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YGG- · 07-02-2010, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by bookwormfjl

I'm reading Collapse: How Societies Choose to Succeed or Fail by Jarod Diamond. Loved his other book; Guns, Germs, & Steel.

Yeah, great reading! Made me feel smarter...

Harry001 · 07-02-2010, 11:47 AM

i am just in the middle of
stieg larson - the girl with the dragon tattoo

is it just me or does the first third of the book is extremly lame?
the secon third is getting a bit better.
now i am in the last quarter and it starts to be good.

how where they ever able to convert this into a movie?
Or is it possible that i don't get it or am i too old for this kind of books (i'm 50)

keep reading
harry

pilotbob · 07-02-2010, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

I downloaded Sheepfarmer's Daughter and read a few pages. It looks nice but not extremely well written, as is too often the case with this type of fiction.

What does that mean? I'm glad I am not an English major or expect perfectly preened prose so I can just read a book and enjoy the story. Yes, I have read books where the language got in the way of the story... but I can't recall it happening a lot.

Well... to each his (or her) own.

BOb

glowhappy · 07-02-2010, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harry001

i am just in the middle of
stieg larson - the girl with the dragon tattoo

is it just me or does the first third of the book is extremly lame?
the secon third is getting a bit better.
now i am in the last quarter and it starts to be good.

how where they ever able to convert this into a movie?
Or is it possible that i don't get it or am i too old for this kind of books (i'm 50)

keep reading
harry

I pick this book up in March and still am only a few chapters in, its so boring. I thought it was just me that didn't really get it since it's such a hit on most best sellers list.

I don't think age has anything to do with it. (I'm 31)

Just finished Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan. Really enjoyed it and am reading the second in the series featuring the Villian hero Takeshi Kovacs. Thanks for the great recommendation MR members!

glowhappy · 07-02-2010, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by maxbookworm

I'm re-reading "Through A Glass Darkly" by Karleen Koen. I was very excited to see it's available for Kindle on Amazon now, after I spent a lot of last year clicking the "let the publisher know I want to read this on Kindle!" button. Wouldn't it be nice if clicking that button put you on an email notification list for when the book finally becomes available?

Anyway, I will probably purchase her other two books as well. I've read the sequel many years back (remember it not being as good as the original novel), but never the prequel.

I read that about 12 or 13 yrs ago. Very beautifully written and haunting. But I don't think I could read it again, too much angst. Which was probably why I liked it as a teenager

FlorenceArt · 07-02-2010, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

What does that mean? I'm glad I am not an English major or expect perfectly preened prose so I can just read a book and enjoy the story. Yes, I have read books where the language got in the way of the story... but I can't recall it happening a lot.

Well... to each his (or her) own.

BOb

Sorry, I wasn't referring to language, but to the narrative style. It annoys me (too much, probably) when authors spend so much time spelling out things that are already obvious. And I don't like it when everything is too obvious, when everything is said and explained, when there is no ambiguity, in short when there is no space for my imagination to fill. That's what I meant by "not very well written".

FlorenceArt · 07-02-2010, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harry001

i am just in the middle of
stieg larson - the girl with the dragon tattoo

is it just me or does the first third of the book is extremly lame?
the secon third is getting a bit better.
now i am in the last quarter and it starts to be good.

how where they ever able to convert this into a movie?
Or is it possible that i don't get it or am i too old for this kind of books (i'm 50)

keep reading
harry

Quote:

Originally Posted by glowhappy

I pick this book up in March and still am only a few chapters in, its so boring. I thought it was just me that didn't really get it since it's such a hit on most best sellers list.

I don't think age has anything to do with it. (I'm 31)

Just finished Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan. Really enjoyed it and am reading the second in the series featuring the Villian hero Takeshi Kovacs. Thanks for the great recommendation MR members!

I agree, it's rather boring, and in the case of the French edition it's badly translated too

chlmccann11 · 07-03-2010, 04:59 AM

Glad to know it isn't just me! I found it boring and downloaded "61 Hours" a few days later. "61 Hours" moves at a much quicker pace.

neilmarr · 07-03-2010, 05:16 AM

Harry001 said ***is it just me or does the first third of the book is extremly lame?***

Because of the hype and 'some' positive reviews here, Harry, I gave *The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo* 130 pages before I was so bored to tears, I tossed it aside. That's very rare for me.

Quite honestly, had this come to my little publishing house as a manuscript submission, I'd have rejected after a chapter. Maybe, though, that's why we're still a 'little' publishing house. I guess there must be something in this trilogy judging from rave reviews elsewhere.

Horses for courses -- just not one that grabs me by the short and curlies. And if an author hasn't done that within 130 pages, I reckon he's not doing his job.

Hoots. Neil

Moejoe · 07-03-2010, 06:02 AM

'Burr' by Gore Vidal and 'Burning Your Boats' by Angela Carter.

GeoffC · 07-03-2010, 06:05 AM

The Onuissance Cells

stryker9 · 07-03-2010, 06:58 AM

Just started Men at War (stories by Mikhail Alexeyev, Semyon Borzunov & Akram Sharipov)

In the middle of The Argumentative Indian (by Amartya Sen)

About to finish Einstein's Dreams (by Alan Lightman)

MickeyC · 07-03-2010, 09:56 AM

Just finished Einstein's Cosmos by Michael Kaku and what an excellent read! Kaku does a masterful job blending Einstein's science with his life story. This book gives you an superb insight into both Einstein the Scientist and Einstein the man. And, thanks to Kaku's ability to describe very complex principles of physics in understandable terms I now have a much better understanding of Einstein's work.

Next Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Bluesman7 · 07-03-2010, 10:46 AM

Finished The City & The City by Mieville. I thought it was pretty good (and it's not normally my genre).

Just began The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick. An historical account of the events and circumstances of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. (Excellent thus far and I've read several other books on this subject.)

pilotbob · 07-03-2010, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by neilmarr

Quite honestly, had this come to my little publishing house as a manuscript submission, I'd have rejected after a chapter. Maybe, though, that's why we're still a 'little' publishing house. I guess there must be something in this trilogy judging from rave reviews elsewhere.

Well perhaps for you it is more about "selling good books" than "good selling books"?

BOb

(Excuse the english faux pa... but it was the best I could do.)

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07-02-2010, 11:47 AM	#5387
Harry001 Addict Posts: 210 Karma: 729 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Tehran/Iran - new posting 2024 Device: Nook glow light 3, 3+ and 4+, Tolino Epos 1, 2 and 3	i am just in the middle of stieg larson - the girl with the dragon tattoo is it just me or does the first third of the book is extremly lame? the secon third is getting a bit better. now i am in the last quarter and it starts to be good. how where they ever able to convert this into a movie? Or is it possible that i don't get it or am i too old for this kind of books (i'm 50) keep reading harry

07-03-2010, 04:59 AM	#5393
chlmccann11 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: KOBO	Glad to know it isn't just me! I found it boring and downloaded "61 Hours" a few days later. "61 Hours" moves at a much quicker pace.

07-03-2010, 05:16 AM	#5394
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Harry001 said *is it just me or does the first third of the book is extremly lame?* Because of the hype and 'some' positive reviews here, Harry, I gave The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo 130 pages before I was so bored to tears, I tossed it aside. That's very rare for me. Quite honestly, had this come to my little publishing house as a manuscript submission, I'd have rejected after a chapter. Maybe, though, that's why we're still a 'little' publishing house. I guess there must be something in this trilogy judging from rave reviews elsewhere. Horses for courses -- just not one that grabs me by the short and curlies. And if an author hasn't done that within 130 pages, I reckon he's not doing his job. Hoots. Neil

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Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	'Burr' by Gore Vidal and 'Burning Your Boats' by Angela Carter.

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stryker9 bib-lee-O-file Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bombay, India Device: FB Reader on Laptop	Just started Men at War (stories by Mikhail Alexeyev, Semyon Borzunov & Akram Sharipov) In the middle of The Argumentative Indian (by Amartya Sen) About to finish Einstein's Dreams (by Alan Lightman)

07-03-2010, 09:56 AM	#5398
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Just finished Einstein's Cosmos by Michael Kaku and what an excellent read! Kaku does a masterful job blending Einstein's science with his life story. This book gives you an superb insight into both Einstein the Scientist and Einstein the man. And, thanks to Kaku's ability to describe very complex principles of physics in understandable terms I now have a much better understanding of Einstein's work. Next Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

07-03-2010, 10:46 AM	#5399
Bluesman7 Book 'em Danno Posts: 156 Karma: 180 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Blue Ridge Mtns, NC Device: Kindle 2	Finished The City & The City by Mieville. I thought it was pretty good (and it's not normally my genre). Just began The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick. An historical account of the events and circumstances of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. (Excellent thus far and I've read several other books on this subject.)