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pilotbob · 10-08-2009, 01:14 PM

Just finished _Verdant Skies_. A very good story... if a bit light on the antagonist side. I actually preferred _The Lens_.

I'll have more to say about _Verdant Skies_ once we open the (annex) book club thread later this month.

Guess I will read _Flash Forward_ next for the book club.

But, I am really itching to read Gibraltar Stars!!! I'm a little surprised to see the eBook on the Authors site is $7.50 though. I wonder if he does that so as not to undercut retailers that sell it too.

I guess _The Pillars of the Earth_ will have to be pushed back again.

BOb

kennyc · 10-08-2009, 01:20 PM

Hey Pillars of the Earth....that's been on my to-read list a while now...

ould · 10-08-2009, 03:23 PM

Recently finished the following books:

The Day After Tomorrow by Allan Folsom - decided to pick this up after some recommendations here. Great thriller, kept me guessing til almost the end.

Velocity by Dean Koontz - another good read that had some twists and turns throughout.

Rough Country by John Sandford - I have read all of John Sandford's Prey Series and have now read all of his spinoff Virgil Flowers books. All great reads, recommended to anyone who likes crime thrillers. This one was great as always. The 100% micropay rebate helped with the $20+ price tag but I figured it was basically free with the rebate.

Now I am about halfway through Flashforward, october's selection for the reading club here. So far I am enjoying it and plan to check out the first couple episodes of the tv show once I am done with the book(I have em pvr'd)

Latinandgreek · 10-08-2009, 03:58 PM

Oh, Pillars of the Earth is one that I think you will enjoy, don't push it back too long! I picked it up a couple years ago after a friend recommended it to me, not expected all that much. Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down.

Now I am reading (about a third of the way through) "Let the Right One In". The plot is interesting but fairly creepy, and I have to say that the writing style is a little too pared down for my taste - however, that might have something to do with the translator as well. Still an interesting, if creepy, read.

Next on my list is Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood, and I am considering putting "Let the Right One In" aside mid-read to get this one started! I really enjoyed Oryx and Crake, which is set in the same world.

MelC · 10-08-2009, 05:17 PM

I finished the Poisonwood Bible, which I really liked - and like more and more the more I think about it and look at it from all the angles. Then I read Fool Moon (Book 2 of the Dresden series) which was light and easy and now I am reading Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffeneger which I have been eagerly awaiting having been a big fan of The Time Traveller's Wife. So far it's different but it is starting to get good.

Mel

lilac_jive · 10-08-2009, 05:57 PM

I just started "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie. I haven't read a Poirot novel that someone else was narrating yet, so this is a little different.

kennyc · 10-08-2009, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

Oh, Pillars of the Earth is one that I think you will enjoy, don't push it back too long! I picked it up a couple years ago after a friend recommended it to me, not expected all that much. Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down.

Now I am reading (about a third of the way through) "Let the Right One In". The plot is interesting but fairly creepy, and I have to say that the writing style is a little too pared down for my taste - however, that might have something to do with the translator as well. Still an interesting, if creepy, read.

Next on my list is Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood, and I am considering putting "Let the Right One In" aside mid-read to get this one started! I really enjoyed Oryx and Crake, which is set in the same world.

Just finished The Year of the Flood and loved it 4-1/2 stars!

zerospinboson · 10-09-2009, 04:40 AM

I just finished reading The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke (2003), and I have to say I found it incredibly interesting in how she debunks a lot of popular myths about what's "wrong" with american spending patterns. Rather than being a problem of frivolous spending on appliances, clothes, etc, she shows that nearly all personal bankruptcies are due to either enormous mortgage payments, or costs incurred related to healthcare. Rather than two income families being more secure (because of the much-touted 'extra' income), they are in fact at more risk, because they take out mortgages based on the assumption that both workers will continue to have jobs for the duration of the mortgage (and because house prices have risen to reflect those new incomes, because people are able to bid more), and as such, as soon as something goes wrong, all goes wrong. If you want to get a sample of what she tells in the book, watch this (starts at about 8mins in). It's a very quick read, but it summarizes and refers to (via notes) enormous amounts of research that were used in writing it.

kennyc · 10-09-2009, 06:53 AM

Just finished "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" -- I didn't feel the ending quite lived up to the promise of the beginning but still an excellent book.

Picked back up "Hard Times" - Dickens.

WT Sharpe · 10-09-2009, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

I just started "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie. I haven't read a Poirot novel that someone else was narrating yet, so this is a little different.

One of the best Poirot mysteries. Enjoy!

WT Sharpe · 10-09-2009, 07:52 AM

I posted in another thread that I had just finished this book, so I hope this doesn't count as a "double posting," but I just finished reading The Evolution of God by Robert Wright. I became interested in Robert Wright when I read that Bill Clinton called him a genius who managed to articulate some of his own deepest thoughts after reading his Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny.

You can read Clinton's thoughts on Wright here.

poohbear_nc · 10-09-2009, 09:20 AM

Just finished "The Affinity Bridge" by George Mann - touted on the Tor Steampunk month page - available as Kindle. OK read - bit of a "light" steampunk - but did have zombies and zeppelins!

Apparently part of a new series.

neilmarr · 10-09-2009, 09:43 AM

Just on the closing pages of George R Stewart's *Earth Abides* thanks to a chum here who sent me an ebook copy when I couldn't find one for sale anywhere. It was published in my year of birth (1949) and I must have read it a dozen times in my teens. Now -- after forty years away from the book -- I still find it absolutely thrilling, often quite profound and beautifully written. One of the first post-world's end novels with so many copy-cats of the cencept, there are still few to beat *Earth Abides*. Highly recommended.

kalitara · 10-09-2009, 10:08 AM

Just finished "Rowan of the Wood" - the first book I read on my new Kindle 2, and I LOVED IT! I couldn't stop reading it!

I had found the book because of a Kindle contest several months ago, but never got around to getting it. After I got my Kindle, I saw that the Kindle price was just 99 CENTS!

Can't go wrong!

Now I'm trying very hard to wait and get the sequel "Witch on the Water" until their promotional "send Witch to the top" day on Amazon, October 15th. These unknown authors deserve a boost.

Link & Picture:
Rowan on Kindle

If you like fantasy, give this one a shot. You won't be disappointed.

It's in the Top 20 (#15) of Kindle historical fantasy.

SHOECHICK · 10-09-2009, 11:11 AM

Read 5 books while on vacation for the last 2 weeks:
Nefrettiti - Michelle Moran
The Apostle - Brad Thor
The Reader - Bernhard Schlink
Prince of Fire - Daniel Silva
and damned if I remember what the 5th one was...

Currently about 1/3 of the way through South of Broad by Pat Conroy and enjoying it very much.

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10-08-2009, 01:14 PM	#2716
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	Just finished _Verdant Skies_. A very good story... if a bit light on the antagonist side. I actually preferred _The Lens_. I'll have more to say about _Verdant Skies_ once we open the (annex) book club thread later this month. Guess I will read _Flash Forward_ next for the book club. But, I am really itching to read Gibraltar Stars!!! I'm a little surprised to see the eBook on the Authors site is $7.50 though. I wonder if he does that so as not to undercut retailers that sell it too. I guess _The Pillars of the Earth_ will have to be pushed back again. BOb

10-08-2009, 01:20 PM	#2717
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,907 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Hey Pillars of the Earth....that's been on my to-read list a while now...

10-08-2009, 03:23 PM	#2718
ould Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 1000399 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario Device: Sony PRS-500	Recently finished the following books: The Day After Tomorrow by Allan Folsom - decided to pick this up after some recommendations here. Great thriller, kept me guessing til almost the end. Velocity by Dean Koontz - another good read that had some twists and turns throughout. Rough Country by John Sandford - I have read all of John Sandford's Prey Series and have now read all of his spinoff Virgil Flowers books. All great reads, recommended to anyone who likes crime thrillers. This one was great as always. The 100% micropay rebate helped with the $20+ price tag but I figured it was basically free with the rebate. Now I am about halfway through Flashforward, october's selection for the reading club here. So far I am enjoying it and plan to check out the first couple episodes of the tv show once I am done with the book(I have em pvr'd)

10-08-2009, 03:58 PM	#2719
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	Oh, Pillars of the Earth is one that I think you will enjoy, don't push it back too long! I picked it up a couple years ago after a friend recommended it to me, not expected all that much. Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. Now I am reading (about a third of the way through) "Let the Right One In". The plot is interesting but fairly creepy, and I have to say that the writing style is a little too pared down for my taste - however, that might have something to do with the translator as well. Still an interesting, if creepy, read. Next on my list is Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood, and I am considering putting "Let the Right One In" aside mid-read to get this one started! I really enjoyed Oryx and Crake, which is set in the same world.

10-08-2009, 05:17 PM	#2720
MelC Evangelist Posts: 410 Karma: 2081 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Cybook Gen3, PRS600	I finished the Poisonwood Bible, which I really liked - and like more and more the more I think about it and look at it from all the angles. Then I read Fool Moon (Book 2 of the Dresden series) which was light and easy and now I am reading Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffeneger which I have been eagerly awaiting having been a big fan of The Time Traveller's Wife. So far it's different but it is starting to get good. Mel

10-08-2009, 05:57 PM	#2721
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	I just started "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie. I haven't read a Poirot novel that someone else was narrating yet, so this is a little different.

10-09-2009, 04:40 AM	#2723
zerospinboson "Assume a can opener..." Posts: 755 Karma: 1942109 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Local Cluster Device: iLiad v2, DR1000	I just finished reading The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke (2003), and I have to say I found it incredibly interesting in how she debunks a lot of popular myths about what's "wrong" with american spending patterns. Rather than being a problem of frivolous spending on appliances, clothes, etc, she shows that nearly all personal bankruptcies are due to either enormous mortgage payments, or costs incurred related to healthcare. Rather than two income families being more secure (because of the much-touted 'extra' income), they are in fact at more risk, because they take out mortgages based on the assumption that both workers will continue to have jobs for the duration of the mortgage (and because house prices have risen to reflect those new incomes, because people are able to bid more), and as such, as soon as something goes wrong, all goes wrong. If you want to get a sample of what she tells in the book, watch this (starts at about 8mins in). It's a very quick read, but it summarizes and refers to (via notes) enormous amounts of research that were used in writing it.

10-09-2009, 06:53 AM	#2724
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,907 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Just finished "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" -- I didn't feel the ending quite lived up to the promise of the beginning but still an excellent book. Picked back up "Hard Times" - Dickens.

10-09-2009, 07:52 AM	#2726
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	I posted in another thread that I had just finished this book, so I hope this doesn't count as a "double posting," but I just finished reading The Evolution of God by Robert Wright. I became interested in Robert Wright when I read that Bill Clinton called him a genius who managed to articulate some of his own deepest thoughts after reading his Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny. You can read Clinton's thoughts on Wright here.

10-09-2009, 09:20 AM	#2727
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,591 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Just finished "The Affinity Bridge" by George Mann - touted on the Tor Steampunk month page - available as Kindle. OK read - bit of a "light" steampunk - but did have zombies and zeppelins! Apparently part of a new series.

10-09-2009, 09:43 AM	#2728
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Just on the closing pages of George R Stewart's Earth Abides thanks to a chum here who sent me an ebook copy when I couldn't find one for sale anywhere. It was published in my year of birth (1949) and I must have read it a dozen times in my teens. Now -- after forty years away from the book -- I still find it absolutely thrilling, often quite profound and beautifully written. One of the first post-world's end novels with so many copy-cats of the cencept, there are still few to beat Earth Abides. Highly recommended.

10-09-2009, 10:08 AM	#2729
kalitara Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kansas Device: Kindle 2	Just finished "Rowan of the Wood" - the first book I read on my new Kindle 2, and I LOVED IT! I couldn't stop reading it! I had found the book because of a Kindle contest several months ago, but never got around to getting it. After I got my Kindle, I saw that the Kindle price was just 99 CENTS! Can't go wrong! Now I'm trying very hard to wait and get the sequel "Witch on the Water" until their promotional "send Witch to the top" day on Amazon, October 15th. These unknown authors deserve a boost. Link & Picture: Rowan on Kindle If you like fantasy, give this one a shot. You won't be disappointed. It's in the Top 20 (#15) of Kindle historical fantasy.

10-09-2009, 11:11 AM	#2730
SHOECHICK Addict Posts: 228 Karma: 1032 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Vancouver BC Device: Red Sony 505 and Ipad	Read 5 books while on vacation for the last 2 weeks: Nefrettiti - Michelle Moran The Apostle - Brad Thor The Reader - Bernhard Schlink Prince of Fire - Daniel Silva and damned if I remember what the 5th one was... Currently about 1/3 of the way through South of Broad by Pat Conroy and enjoying it very much.