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neilmarr · 02-03-2010, 09:38 AM

Still waiting for someone to come up with the War and Peace tweet -- any offers?

angelad · 02-03-2010, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

It was the original Harv and Vera story back when the MobileRead lounge was actually a lounge in someone's house...

And Mobile reading was what you did while the horse was taking you home.

Hehe, that had me smiling.

ficbot · 02-03-2010, 11:10 PM

I read two Star Trek TNG books and they were dreadful. I normally like this sort of thing, but these were post-movie and I miss the old Enterprise and the crew being all together. What can I say, change is hard

I will not be reading any further books in the series set post-movies.

I am going to be reading some multiformat and free stuff for awhile. I am not impressed with mainstream publishing right now, either in content or in behaviour...

Libby Cone · 02-04-2010, 06:38 AM

The New Yorker (Dec 18, I think) hadf a bunch of reviews of novels written in Arabic and translated into English. I have finished "Girls of Riyadh" (not available on Kindle) and enjoyed it. I just finished "The Yacoubian Building" on Kindle and loved it.

Now I have some HOT NEWS! I just uploaded my new novel, "Flesh and Grass," to Kindle. It'll be available ANY MINUTE! It's about a blind kid growing up in Colonial Delaware, a very rough and unpredictable place in the 1600's. Who knew?

hrundi · 02-04-2010, 07:31 AM

Is anyone interested in this?

Code:

http://www.amazon.com/Trotsky-Downfall-Revolutionary-Bertrand-Patenaude/dp/0060820683

PM me if you are.

pdurrant · 02-04-2010, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Fantasy now, The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany from the mobileread library. It'll be interesting to see how this treatment of Elves compares with Tolkien's Smith of Wooton Major.

I rather like this. It requires rather slower reading than my normal fare - light on plot but rich in other ways. I can see why it's considered a modern classic, and one can't help wondering how much (if at all) Tolkien was influenced by it. Since he was working on his stories of Elves (the ones that were eventually published in part in "The Silmarillion") before this was first published, perhaps it's just another case of a coincidence of timing. Does anyone know?

MickeyC · 02-06-2010, 05:04 PM

Just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson and it was every bit as good as others have said. Superb character development.

Next The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace

lilac_jive · 02-06-2010, 05:14 PM

I'm reading "High Marks for Murder" by Rebecca Kent in pbook.

roger the rabbit · 02-07-2010, 03:38 AM

Just finished Catcher in the Rye, not having read it before.

I must admit I can't see what all the fuss was/is about. But then it has just occurred to me that as it was an ebook, (don't ask), how can I be sure it was the original text and not adulterated in any way.

omk3 · 02-07-2010, 04:35 AM

After Brookmyre's Pandaemonium I listened to The Gates(of Hell are about to open. Mind the Gap) by John Connolly. I was amazed by the similarity of the central theme: Science and religion, nuclear accelerators, multiple universes and demons. The books of course were totally different, but still, reading the one after the other was a strange coincidence.

In the meantime I also finished The Convent by Panos Karnezis. Maybe my favourite greek author. I read his three previous books in greek, but this one in english. He writes in english first and then translates himself to greek, so I was interested to see the english version. It was equally good of course.

Now reading a collection of short stories placed in Istanbul called Istanbul Noir and I just started to listen to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in audiobook. Sounds interesting so far.

kennyc · 02-07-2010, 06:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roger the rabbit

Just finished Catcher in the Rye, not having read it before.

I must admit I can't see what all the fuss was/is about. But then it has just occurred to me that as it was an ebook, (don't ask), how can I be sure it was the original text and not adulterated in any way.

I read it ages ago but not since. I have a (used) paper copy on the way.

Dr. Drib · 02-07-2010, 06:44 AM

Just finished Stieg Larsson's, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo."

I can recommend this mystery. I've read quite a number of reviews of this book, and many people say that it is the equivalent of a Literary Mystery. I feel that's somewhat correct. For me, however, it's more "Mystery" than "Literature." It's still a wonderful read.

There is HUGE character development, which I love in any kind of writing. The writing is engaging, and the story slow and delicious to develop - but in a positive way.

I enjoyed it so much that I stopped my reading of Stephen King's recent, enjoyable tome, and started reading the second book in this series by Larsson.

Don

MickeyC · 02-07-2010, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Just finished Stieg Larsson's, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo."

I enjoyed it so much that I stopped my reading of Stephen King's recent, enjoyable tome, and started reading the second book in this series by Larsson.

Don

I was smart and finished Under the Dome before I started The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo or I would have probably done the same thing. Mind you, I was so determined to see Big Jim and Jim Jr get their comeuppances that I might have hung in there.

I also thought of The Girl as a bit Police Procedural in the way they carefully reviewed the evidence and interviewed so many people. I was also completely unprepared for who he found when he makes the trip towards the end.

kennyc · 02-07-2010, 07:23 AM

Thanks for the reviews/followups on "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" I must get to that one. I have purchased it already and it's in my to-read list...getting closer to the top every time I read a review.

thinkpad · 02-07-2010, 08:50 AM

I see several users in here reading the Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson.

Another very appreciated author back here in Sweden is Jan Guillou who has written everything from spy/thriller books to historical fictions.

One especially good series is about the crusades circling around the Knight Templars in the 1100s spanning over 3 books:
# The Road to Jerusalem, originally Vägen till Jerusalem, (1998)
# The Knight Templar, originally Tempelriddaren, (1999)
# The Kingdom at the End of the Road

More info can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Magnusson

You will certainly get a lot of Sweden's medieval history if you decide to pick it up.

02-04-2010, 06:38 AM	#3694
Libby Cone scribbler Posts: 117 Karma: 246 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Philadelphia USA Device: Kindle	reading and writing The New Yorker (Dec 18, I think) hadf a bunch of reviews of novels written in Arabic and translated into English. I have finished "Girls of Riyadh" (not available on Kindle) and enjoyed it. I just finished "The Yacoubian Building" on Kindle and loved it. Now I have some HOT NEWS! I just uploaded my new novel, "Flesh and Grass," to Kindle. It'll be available ANY MINUTE! It's about a blind kid growing up in Colonial Delaware, a very rough and unpredictable place in the 1600's. Who knew?

02-04-2010, 07:31 AM	#3695
hrundi Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: sony reader	Is anyone interested in this? Code: http://www.amazon.com/Trotsky-Downfall-Revolutionary-Bertrand-Patenaude/dp/0060820683 PM me if you are.

02-06-2010, 05:04 PM	#3697
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson and it was every bit as good as others have said. Superb character development. Next The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace Last edited by MickeyC; 02-07-2010 at 06:59 AM.

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02-03-2010, 09:38 AM	#3691
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Still waiting for someone to come up with the War and Peace tweet -- any offers?

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02-06-2010, 05:14 PM	#3698
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	I'm reading "High Marks for Murder" by Rebecca Kent in pbook.

02-07-2010, 03:38 AM	#3699
roger the rabbit Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 10215 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wherever I lay my hat! Device: Sony PRS-T3, 650 Black, 505, Kobo Glo HD Aura ONE	Just finished Catcher in the Rye, not having read it before. I must admit I can't see what all the fuss was/is about. But then it has just occurred to me that as it was an ebook, (don't ask), how can I be sure it was the original text and not adulterated in any way.

02-07-2010, 04:35 AM	#3700
omk3 Wizard Posts: 1,454 Karma: 37243 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Europe Device: pocketbook 360, kindle 4	After Brookmyre's Pandaemonium I listened to The Gates(of Hell are about to open. Mind the Gap) by John Connolly. I was amazed by the similarity of the central theme: Science and religion, nuclear accelerators, multiple universes and demons. The books of course were totally different, but still, reading the one after the other was a strange coincidence. In the meantime I also finished The Convent by Panos Karnezis. Maybe my favourite greek author. I read his three previous books in greek, but this one in english. He writes in english first and then translates himself to greek, so I was interested to see the english version. It was equally good of course. Now reading a collection of short stories placed in Istanbul called Istanbul Noir and I just started to listen to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in audiobook. Sounds interesting so far.

02-07-2010, 06:44 AM	#3702
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,461 Karma: 59592133 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	Just finished Stieg Larsson's, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo." I can recommend this mystery. I've read quite a number of reviews of this book, and many people say that it is the equivalent of a Literary Mystery. I feel that's somewhat correct. For me, however, it's more "Mystery" than "Literature." It's still a wonderful read. There is HUGE character development, which I love in any kind of writing. The writing is engaging, and the story slow and delicious to develop - but in a positive way. I enjoyed it so much that I stopped my reading of Stephen King's recent, enjoyable tome, and started reading the second book in this series by Larsson. Don

02-07-2010, 07:23 AM	#3704
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,907 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Thanks for the reviews/followups on "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" I must get to that one. I have purchased it already and it's in my to-read list...getting closer to the top every time I read a review.

02-07-2010, 08:50 AM	#3705
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	I see several users in here reading the Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson. Another very appreciated author back here in Sweden is Jan Guillou who has written everything from spy/thriller books to historical fictions. One especially good series is about the crusades circling around the Knight Templars in the 1100s spanning over 3 books: # The Road to Jerusalem, originally Vägen till Jerusalem, (1998) # The Knight Templar, originally Tempelriddaren, (1999) # The Kingdom at the End of the Road More info can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Magnusson You will certainly get a lot of Sweden's medieval history if you decide to pick it up.