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doreenjoy · 07-22-2009, 06:05 AM

I'm about to start reading SPIN. Required reading for grad school.

carld · 07-22-2009, 07:17 AM

Just read Serial, a quick fun read, but not for the squeamish.

MelC · 07-22-2009, 09:49 AM

Finished Three Men in a Boat and am starting my first ever James Patterson - Run for your Life.

Mel

Alphapheemail · 07-22-2009, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I've just had trouble reading for quite some time now, for reasons unknown. (As an audience member, can you get the parallel, "Reader's Block", to writers' "Writer's Block"?

)

another whack to the head is what i prescribe. it can get awfully congested in there...

let me know.. I am happy to assist.

benham · 07-22-2009, 08:28 PM

Just starting Immoral by Brian Freeman. It's a Pbook!

He was recommended on a different forum and his first book isn't available on ebook.

phenomshel · 07-23-2009, 02:21 AM

Just finished Juliet Blackwell's Secondhand Spirits. AWESOME!! Just what I like, a cozy mystery with some paranormal thrown in. On the BlackBerry I'm reading Claudia Bishop's first one in her "new" series about Dr. Mackenzie, The Case of the Roasted Onion. I like it, and there's some mentions of her older series about the Inn at Hemlock Falls.
Also after checking Books on Board umpteymillion times, today Julie Hyzy's series about the White House Chef and Mary Ellen Hughes' Craft Corner series showed up! I immediately threw both in my wishlist and will get them as soon as budget allows. Also looking forward to the newest entry in Annette Blair's Vintage Magic mystery series, due out Aug. 4th and Jennie Bentley's second in the DIY series, also due out the 4th. I'm going to be soooooo broke....

ficbot · 07-23-2009, 07:10 AM

Just finished Crux by Moira Rogers. Not bad, but as seems typical of my latest reads, the first half was better than the second half. That was #20 on my summer reading challenge.

Libby Cone · 07-23-2009, 09:14 AM

"The Book of Dahlia" was excellent; I don't think it's available on Kindle. I keep looking at my copy of "The White Tiger", but haven't cracked it yet. The latest Kindle book I finished was "Acts of Love," I was astonished by the parallels I could draw to "The Kindly Ones."

FlorenceArt · 07-23-2009, 01:46 PM

Finished "The Fortress of Solitude". The second half was different from the first, less oppressive. Still reading Fabre, but it's getting more technical and less interesting now. Started Proust again and full steam into "A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs" (what's the English title?). I'm enjoying it and the best thing is that when it gets a little too much, I can just leave it for a while and read something else, and it will still be available whenever I want to pick it up again. I'm not sure I could read Proust in p-book form

[Edit]Looks like the English title of "A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs" is "Within a Budding Grove"[/edit]

Brainphart · 07-26-2009, 02:55 PM

I've recently finished
"Dracula" - Bram Stoker (3 stars)
"Immortal in Death" - J.D. Robb (3 1/2 stars)
"Star Trek Movie Tie-In" - Alan Dean Foster (3 1/2 stars)
"The Lost Fleet: Dauntless" - Jack Campbell (3 1/2 stars)
"The Ninja" - Eric Van Lustbader (4 stars) (R rated)
<ratings based on 5 star scale>

All of these were from recomendations obtained in this forum. (Thanks Everyone!)

ficbot · 07-26-2009, 03:21 PM

Just finished 23/50 for my summer reading challenge

Last few were:

The Children of Hamlin by Carmen Carter: A Star Trek novel. I used to read these as a kid, quite enjoyed them and just bought some in a Fictionwise sale. I love not having to clear out my trashy paperbacks due to space. In ebook form, I can keep every book!

Even Dead Men Play Chess by Michael Weitz: A multiformat mystery from Fictionwise, and not a bad one either. A chess teacher investigates when one of his adult students dies.

My Sister the Ghost by Linda Joy Singleton: A YA book from Fictionwise with a intriguing premise. Its execution was only so-so though. The book needed to be longer. Everything moved so fast! There are sequels but I will not be reading them.

pilotbob · 07-27-2009, 07:01 PM

Just now finished _Old Man's War_ by John Scalzi. I've gotta say I loved this book. I have had it since to TOR givaway and just got to it now after a glow reco.

I have to echo the reco... this was a great story with a great concept. I would recommend it to both SF and non-SF fans alike.

Next up, Max and Mistborn. Probably in that order. The Maximum Ride books usually are a very fast read. However, that is a pbook... my wife bought it and I am too cheap to buy another copy on ebook.

BOb

Verencat · 07-27-2009, 09:52 PM

Now finishing Agaguk, by Yves Thériault. It's supposed to be a Québec masterpiece about the Inuit life in a world dominated more and more by the White. I hate it. I rarely hate a book, I can keep on with most stories, but this is just an analogy of the wife-beating, people-killing primitive man that finally acquires morals thanks to the contact his people have with the White man and thanks to the love he feels for his progressive wife.
Gross, sappy, revolting and moralist.

On the side, I'm also reading a series of lectures on narration in our times, The Triumph of Narrative, by Robert Fulford. This I enjoy a lot!

ficbot · 07-27-2009, 10:08 PM

I am reading a cheesy Fictionwise multiformat impulse buy right now that I am having trouble with. It's fine, divorced couple accidentally gets sent to the future and must band together to blah blah blah, but the world-building here is not very good. They seem to have a lot of 'stuff' in the future, which is normally the fun part about books like this, but they also have a post-apocalyptic situation where pretty much the entirety of the habitable surface of earth has been made uninhabitable, except for mid-town Manhattan. So I am not seeing how they manage to grow food, build an economy, manufacture all the marble bathtubs and luxury sex pods etc. in an area that size. I mean, it's basically utopia where everyone has all worldly goods and the leisure time and Big Brother-esque social engineering to enjoy and appreciate them. But it's all happening in a world that literally consists of a section of Manhattan. I don't get it.

Libby Cone · 07-28-2009, 07:00 AM

I'm reading Cathy Gere's Knossos and the Prophets of Modernism, a very interesting account of how two archaeologists adapted the ruins of Knossos to their own agendas, eventually dwarfing the original site with a multistory modernist edifice.

07-22-2009, 07:17 AM	#2282
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Just read Serial, a quick fun read, but not for the squeamish. Last edited by carld; 07-23-2009 at 02:30 PM.

07-23-2009, 01:46 PM	#2289
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	Finished "The Fortress of Solitude". The second half was different from the first, less oppressive. Still reading Fabre, but it's getting more technical and less interesting now. Started Proust again and full steam into "A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs" (what's the English title?). I'm enjoying it and the best thing is that when it gets a little too much, I can just leave it for a while and read something else, and it will still be available whenever I want to pick it up again. I'm not sure I could read Proust in p-book form [Edit]Looks like the English title of "A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs" is "Within a Budding Grove"[/edit] Last edited by FlorenceArt; 07-23-2009 at 01:49 PM.

07-26-2009, 02:55 PM	#2290
Brainphart Compost Power Posts: 79 Karma: 62238 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee Device: Nook ST-1 Sony Reader PRS500(retired but still kicking)	I've recently finished "Dracula" - Bram Stoker (3 stars) "Immortal in Death" - J.D. Robb (3 1/2 stars) "Star Trek Movie Tie-In" - Alan Dean Foster (3 1/2 stars) "The Lost Fleet: Dauntless" - Jack Campbell (3 1/2 stars) "The Ninja" - Eric Van Lustbader (4 stars) (R rated) <ratings based on 5 star scale> All of these were from recomendations obtained in this forum. (Thanks Everyone!) Last edited by Brainphart; 07-26-2009 at 03:00 PM. Reason: grammar

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07-22-2009, 06:05 AM	#2281
doreenjoy 01000100 01001010 Posts: 1,889 Karma: 2400000 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Polyamorous	I'm about to start reading SPIN. Required reading for grad school.

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phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Just finished Juliet Blackwell's Secondhand Spirits. AWESOME!! Just what I like, a cozy mystery with some paranormal thrown in. On the BlackBerry I'm reading Claudia Bishop's first one in her "new" series about Dr. Mackenzie, The Case of the Roasted Onion. I like it, and there's some mentions of her older series about the Inn at Hemlock Falls. Also after checking Books on Board umpteymillion times, today Julie Hyzy's series about the White House Chef and Mary Ellen Hughes' Craft Corner series showed up! I immediately threw both in my wishlist and will get them as soon as budget allows. Also looking forward to the newest entry in Annette Blair's Vintage Magic mystery series, due out Aug. 4th and Jennie Bentley's second in the DIY series, also due out the 4th. I'm going to be soooooo broke....

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ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Just finished Crux by Moira Rogers. Not bad, but as seems typical of my latest reads, the first half was better than the second half. That was #20 on my summer reading challenge.

07-23-2009, 09:14 AM	#2288
Libby Cone scribbler Posts: 117 Karma: 246 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Philadelphia USA Device: Kindle	"The Book of Dahlia" was excellent; I don't think it's available on Kindle. I keep looking at my copy of "The White Tiger", but haven't cracked it yet. The latest Kindle book I finished was "Acts of Love," I was astonished by the parallels I could draw to "The Kindly Ones."

07-26-2009, 03:21 PM	#2291
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Just finished 23/50 for my summer reading challenge Last few were: The Children of Hamlin by Carmen Carter: A Star Trek novel. I used to read these as a kid, quite enjoyed them and just bought some in a Fictionwise sale. I love not having to clear out my trashy paperbacks due to space. In ebook form, I can keep every book! Even Dead Men Play Chess by Michael Weitz: A multiformat mystery from Fictionwise, and not a bad one either. A chess teacher investigates when one of his adult students dies. My Sister the Ghost by Linda Joy Singleton: A YA book from Fictionwise with a intriguing premise. Its execution was only so-so though. The book needed to be longer. Everything moved so fast! There are sequels but I will not be reading them.

07-27-2009, 07:01 PM	#2292
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	Just now finished _Old Man's War_ by John Scalzi. I've gotta say I loved this book. I have had it since to TOR givaway and just got to it now after a glow reco. I have to echo the reco... this was a great story with a great concept. I would recommend it to both SF and non-SF fans alike. Next up, Max and Mistborn. Probably in that order. The Maximum Ride books usually are a very fast read. However, that is a pbook... my wife bought it and I am too cheap to buy another copy on ebook. BOb

07-27-2009, 09:52 PM	#2293
Verencat Wizard Posts: 2,615 Karma: 96491 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Qc Device: xxx	Now finishing Agaguk, by Yves Thériault. It's supposed to be a Québec masterpiece about the Inuit life in a world dominated more and more by the White. I hate it. I rarely hate a book, I can keep on with most stories, but this is just an analogy of the wife-beating, people-killing primitive man that finally acquires morals thanks to the contact his people have with the White man and thanks to the love he feels for his progressive wife. Gross, sappy, revolting and moralist. On the side, I'm also reading a series of lectures on narration in our times, The Triumph of Narrative, by Robert Fulford. This I enjoy a lot!

07-27-2009, 10:08 PM	#2294
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	I am reading a cheesy Fictionwise multiformat impulse buy right now that I am having trouble with. It's fine, divorced couple accidentally gets sent to the future and must band together to blah blah blah, but the world-building here is not very good. They seem to have a lot of 'stuff' in the future, which is normally the fun part about books like this, but they also have a post-apocalyptic situation where pretty much the entirety of the habitable surface of earth has been made uninhabitable, except for mid-town Manhattan. So I am not seeing how they manage to grow food, build an economy, manufacture all the marble bathtubs and luxury sex pods etc. in an area that size. I mean, it's basically utopia where everyone has all worldly goods and the leisure time and Big Brother-esque social engineering to enjoy and appreciate them. But it's all happening in a world that literally consists of a section of Manhattan. I don't get it.

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07-28-2009, 07:00 AM	#2295
Libby Cone scribbler Posts: 117 Karma: 246 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Philadelphia USA Device: Kindle	I'm reading Cathy Gere's Knossos and the Prophets of Modernism, a very interesting account of how two archaeologists adapted the ruins of Knossos to their own agendas, eventually dwarfing the original site with a multistory modernist edifice.