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lilac_jive · 11-04-2009, 10:14 PM

I'm currently reading "St. Patrick's Day Murder" by Leslie Meier. Got started on her with the "Women Sleuths Bundle" I got on Sony. Fun, light read so far.

columbus · 11-05-2009, 02:46 AM

Just finished The *Templar Legacy* by Steve Berry.
Lots of info & trivia, obviously very well researched and in places thought provoking.
But I rate it as only 3 star as it was a bit of a yawn at times.

neilmarr · 11-05-2009, 05:08 AM

Hya Kenny: I emailed you re Ray Chandler. All his stuff's good fun and the one-liners are unfortgettable. Hoots. Neil

kennyc · 11-05-2009, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neilmarr

Hya Kenny: I emailed you re Ray Chandler. All his stuff's good fun and the one-liners are unfortgettable. Hoots. Neil

Thanks Neil! Appreciate it. Not being very familiar with him, I'm just looking for a recommendations on his "best" novel to give a read.

Just ran across this list on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Raymond-Chandl.../2TFB33VUMX86S

you agree about the order?

kennyc · 11-05-2009, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by columbus

Just finished The *Templar Legacy* by Steve Berry.
Lots of info & trivia, obviously very well researched and in places thought provoking.
But I rate it as only 3 star as it was a bit of a yawn at times.

Thanks. That book attracted my attention and I was wondering. You've confirmed my decision to standby on it til some others are read.

BenG · 11-05-2009, 10:52 AM

I finished Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene. I was thinking that it would be something like Auntie Mame. There is humor in the novel but it's a more dramatic story than Patrick Dennis' book.
This is one of those stories where you are carried through the book by sheer force of character. I'd give it 4 stars out of five.

Now if only Our Man in Havana were available.

Edit: The link to a free ebook of Travels that you get from Inkmesh leads you to a mislabeled file at the Internet Archive.

Superlucky · 11-05-2009, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

Thanks. That book attracted my attention and I was wondering. You've confirmed my decision to standby on it til some others are read.

I paid $0 for it and got what I paid for. Some people here said they liked Steve Berry, but he should really talk to Dan Brown about how to get someone to want to turn the page. Granted, Dan Brown should probably speak to Berry about how to construct a sentence.

kennyc · 11-05-2009, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Superlucky

I paid $0 for it and got what I paid for. Some people here said they liked Steve Berry, but he should really talk to Dan Brown about how to get someone to want to turn the page. Granted, Dan Brown should probably speak to Berry about how to construct a sentence.

.

lilac_jive · 11-05-2009, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Superlucky

I paid $0 for it and got what I paid for. Some people here said they liked Steve Berry, but he should really talk to Dan Brown about how to get someone to want to turn the page. Granted, Dan Brown should probably speak to Berry about how to construct a sentence.

SHOECHICK · 11-06-2009, 02:37 PM

Too funny on Steve Berry and I totally agree. I'm about 1/3 of the way through it right now. But hey, it was free

Snowychik · 11-06-2009, 04:04 PM

Now that I have finished writing my Ripper research paper I am free to pick up Cape Storm by Rachel Caine, book 8 in the Weather Warden series.

Dr. Drib · 11-06-2009, 04:05 PM

Ok, I said I would post some comments (in some thread, but can't remember which one, so I'll post here in this Thread I started), about John Irving's new novel, Last Night in Twisted River: A Novel.

I'm now 27% into it, and it's a rich novel, steeped in life and slow-moving like (indeed) a slow-moving river coursing its way across a landscape of imagination.

Irving writes with a majesty and love toward his characters - one feels the intensity of their emotions and of Irving's closeness to what he has created. There is something close to the core of what it means to be human that he is exploring, both of beauty and of ugliness; but throughout, the Reader senses the love Irving feels for these people.

I must talk in generalities, as there is so much more to read and to learn from this engaging novel. Please keep in mind that I love Irving's works - even the slow and pedantic moments that occur in almost all of his writing - because (for me), there is the irredeemable quality of majesty in his characters as they enjoin one to LIVE with them, to share in their hopes and dreams, their loves and their hates.

There is present always a grandeur in Irving's characters, and for this I am grateful to be reading him, to love the world he creates, and to have the opportunity to discover something of myself in his characters.

The human spirit rings true, even though the incidences he relates are sometimes beyond one's experience.

To conclude: Deliciously slow in an artistic way. Embued with Life and Artistry. A work of imaginative beauty.

Don

MelC · 11-06-2009, 04:15 PM

Just finished Mil Millington's Things My Girlfriend and I have Argued About. Hilarious, particularly the interactions between him and his girlfriend. I actually felt like the plot was almost unnecessary and irrelevant (except at the end when the situation serves as more fodder for the final argument). This was definitely funnier than Love and Other Near Death Experiences which was okay but not laugh out loud. I have one left of his and I hope it lives up to this one. However, in the mean time I need to decide what to read next - right now I am torn between getting a jumpstart on the second in the Milennium series in anticipation of the third which should be coming my way in a week from Europe (thanks sis) and reading A Fire in the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky which I have been interested in since I read about them here. Any advice between now and before I go to bed tonight when I will have to commit one way or another?

Mel

kennyc · 11-06-2009, 04:15 PM

Thanks for the initial review Don.

I'm still holding out hoping the price of the ebook will drop.

kennyc · 11-06-2009, 08:30 PM

Well, I just fell in love with Edgar Rice Burroughs all over again.

I downloaded Harry's excellent Omnibus collections of Barsoom and Venus and started reading Princes of Mars (the first Mars book) and what should I come across in the early pages of chapter 9 but the following:

"The men are trained in the higher branches of the art of war; in strategy and the maneuvering of large bodies of troops. They make the laws as they are needed; a new law for each emergency. They are unfettered by precedent in the administration of justice. Customs have been handed down by ages of repetition, but the punishment for ignoring a custom is a matter for individual treatment by a jury of the culprit's peers, and I may say that justice seldom misses fire, but seems rather to rule in inverse ratio to the ascendency of law. In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people; they have no lawyers."

I almost dropped my reader rolling on the floor laughing!

11-05-2009, 10:52 AM	#2901
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	I finished Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene. I was thinking that it would be something like Auntie Mame. There is humor in the novel but it's a more dramatic story than Patrick Dennis' book. This is one of those stories where you are carried through the book by sheer force of character. I'd give it 4 stars out of five. Now if only Our Man in Havana were available. Edit: The link to a free ebook of Travels that you get from Inkmesh leads you to a mislabeled file at the Internet Archive. Last edited by BenG; 11-05-2009 at 10:56 AM.

11-06-2009, 04:15 PM	#2909
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,918 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Thanks for the initial review Don. I'm still holding out hoping the price of the ebook will drop. Last edited by kennyc; 11-06-2009 at 04:22 PM.

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11-04-2009, 10:14 PM	#2896
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	I'm currently reading "St. Patrick's Day Murder" by Leslie Meier. Got started on her with the "Women Sleuths Bundle" I got on Sony. Fun, light read so far.

11-05-2009, 02:46 AM	#2897
columbus Wizard Posts: 999 Karma: 5487540 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: In my own imagination. Device: Sony Prs 650, 505	Just finished The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry. Lots of info & trivia, obviously very well researched and in places thought provoking. But I rate it as only 3 star as it was a bit of a yawn at times.

11-05-2009, 05:08 AM	#2898
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Hya Kenny: I emailed you re Ray Chandler. All his stuff's good fun and the one-liners are unfortgettable. Hoots. Neil

11-06-2009, 02:37 PM	#2905
SHOECHICK Addict Posts: 228 Karma: 1032 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Vancouver BC Device: Red Sony 505 and Ipad	Too funny on Steve Berry and I totally agree. I'm about 1/3 of the way through it right now. But hey, it was free

11-06-2009, 04:04 PM	#2906
Snowychik Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Murecula, CA Device: Nook	Now that I have finished writing my Ripper research paper I am free to pick up Cape Storm by Rachel Caine, book 8 in the Weather Warden series.

11-06-2009, 04:05 PM	#2907
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,471 Karma: 60119087 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	Ok, I said I would post some comments (in some thread, but can't remember which one, so I'll post here in this Thread I started), about John Irving's new novel, Last Night in Twisted River: A Novel. I'm now 27% into it, and it's a rich novel, steeped in life and slow-moving like (indeed) a slow-moving river coursing its way across a landscape of imagination. Irving writes with a majesty and love toward his characters - one feels the intensity of their emotions and of Irving's closeness to what he has created. There is something close to the core of what it means to be human that he is exploring, both of beauty and of ugliness; but throughout, the Reader senses the love Irving feels for these people. I must talk in generalities, as there is so much more to read and to learn from this engaging novel. Please keep in mind that I love Irving's works - even the slow and pedantic moments that occur in almost all of his writing - because (for me), there is the irredeemable quality of majesty in his characters as they enjoin one to LIVE with them, to share in their hopes and dreams, their loves and their hates. There is present always a grandeur in Irving's characters, and for this I am grateful to be reading him, to love the world he creates, and to have the opportunity to discover something of myself in his characters. The human spirit rings true, even though the incidences he relates are sometimes beyond one's experience. To conclude: Deliciously slow in an artistic way. Embued with Life and Artistry. A work of imaginative beauty. Don

11-06-2009, 04:15 PM	#2908
MelC Evangelist Posts: 410 Karma: 2081 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Cybook Gen3, PRS600	Just finished Mil Millington's Things My Girlfriend and I have Argued About. Hilarious, particularly the interactions between him and his girlfriend. I actually felt like the plot was almost unnecessary and irrelevant (except at the end when the situation serves as more fodder for the final argument). This was definitely funnier than Love and Other Near Death Experiences which was okay but not laugh out loud. I have one left of his and I hope it lives up to this one. However, in the mean time I need to decide what to read next - right now I am torn between getting a jumpstart on the second in the Milennium series in anticipation of the third which should be coming my way in a week from Europe (thanks sis) and reading A Fire in the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky which I have been interested in since I read about them here. Any advice between now and before I go to bed tonight when I will have to commit one way or another? Mel

11-06-2009, 08:30 PM	#2910
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,918 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Well, I just fell in love with Edgar Rice Burroughs all over again. I downloaded Harry's excellent Omnibus collections of Barsoom and Venus and started reading Princes of Mars (the first Mars book) and what should I come across in the early pages of chapter 9 but the following: "The men are trained in the higher branches of the art of war; in strategy and the maneuvering of large bodies of troops. They make the laws as they are needed; a new law for each emergency. They are unfettered by precedent in the administration of justice. Customs have been handed down by ages of repetition, but the punishment for ignoring a custom is a matter for individual treatment by a jury of the culprit's peers, and I may say that justice seldom misses fire, but seems rather to rule in inverse ratio to the ascendency of law. In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people; they have no lawyers." I almost dropped my reader rolling on the floor laughing!