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ReadingManiac · 03-19-2021, 10:12 AM

I'm currently reading Later by Stephen King. Started reading a sample and just kept on going!

Paperbackstash · 03-19-2021, 10:54 AM

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I'm currently reading Later by Stephen King. Started reading a sample and just kept on going!

I'm wanting to read that this month as well! Been hearing good things, plus I just love Hard Case Crime imprint. I ordered that one in paperback.

Paperbackstash · 03-19-2021, 10:55 AM

I'm taking the next week off of work other than Tuesday afternoon, so I'm hoping to get a lot of reading done. It's the last month for a challenge I was working on in 2020 that I got behind on. Won't fully finish it since it's a lot, but it's fun. I'm trying to read a lot of mysteries this month but keep getting distracted by other genres. That always happens to me - I pre-plan, but am a mood reader.

John F · 03-19-2021, 11:48 AM

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Are you in U.S. or somewhere else? That's the message I always get on Amazon U.S. because I'm in U.K. Shows $3.99 price to me but I can only order on U.K.

I was following the link. I am from the U.S. when I use the Amazon U.K. site, I get 3.99 pounds or $5.44.

Fbone · 03-19-2021, 10:02 PM

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Next, Aftershocks by Marko Kloos, a KU selection.

This one was slow going and continues on in the next in series. Writing was competent but not much happened and when something did there was little drama or suspense. Multiple storylines. One big honking convenience near the end

. I suspect the next book will be better now that the necessary info has been transmitted. Still a solid C rating [3 stars].

Next undecided.

CRussel · 03-20-2021, 12:56 AM

Currently reading What Abigail Did That Summer, by Ben Aaronovitch. Not at all "Peter", this is all about Abigail, as you might suppose from the title. Told in the first person, with a personal narrative that some older, white, priviledged folks might take a bit of getting in to. But once you let it flow over you, and get stuck in, it's just fine. Another book that I think could have been very successful as an audio book, but unfortunately it isn't available in North America. At least not yet.

Uncle Robin · 03-20-2021, 01:51 AM

3.5/5 for Ben Bova's Powersat - by the end it was less Wilbur Smith, more Tom Clancy. Prhaps it's because there was very little fiction about the science that it came across as another tale of US derring do vs evil Ay-rab terrorists. Not awful, but not what I was expecting. REALLY hope Mars is better.

Uncle Robin · 03-20-2021, 05:13 AM

1/3 through Bova's Mars and it really is a MUCH better book than Powersat. Both the science and the politcking are more more interesting, and better handled. The only constant little niggle is the way the Navajo/Anglo main character is constantly using Spanish expressions like "muchas gracias" and "adiós" when talking to the Brazilian scientist he's smitten with. He (and the author) should be smarter than that

cc_in_oh · 03-20-2021, 06:50 PM

The Cook of the Halcyon is the last Montalbano book to be translated to English. Unfortunately it doesn't wrap up the series. From what I can gather it was originally written earlier as a movie script, then rewritten when that deal fell through. So we're left with no follow up to the way things were left at the end of The Sicilian Method, a bit of a disappointment.

Almost done with Maigret now too after Maigret in Vichy, another one done from a refreshing viewpoint, I'm not expecting a definitive finale for Maigret given the way the timeline has jumped around (e.g. into then back out of retirement) but we'll see.

disconnected · 03-20-2021, 10:05 PM

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The Cook of the Halcyon is the last Montalbano book to be translated to English. Unfortunately it doesn't wrap up the series. From what I can gather it was originally written earlier as a movie script, then rewritten when that deal fell through. So we're left with no follow up to the way things were left at the end of The Sicilian Method, a bit of a disappointment.

Almost done with Maigret now too after Maigret in Vichy, another one done from a refreshing viewpoint, I'm not expecting a definitive finale for Maigret given the way the timeline has jumped around (e.g. into then back out of retirement) but we'll see.

Pre-order --

https://www.amazon.com/Riccardino-In...t%2C188&sr=1-3

Uncle Robin · 03-21-2021, 05:02 AM

Grrrr! Bova's Mars is a great read, but if I was irked by a wannabe lover using Spanish when talking to a Brazilian, I head-desked when the Brazilian spoke to herself in Spanish!

Did Bova really not know that Brazilians speak Portuguese, or did he just not care and go with "close enough is good enough"? Either way, irksome grit in the cogs that takes me out of the world he's building.

Uncle Robin · 03-21-2021, 05:19 AM

So it was just lazy writing on Bova's part, because a few pages further on, the character's father

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lapsed into a string of rapid Brazilian Portuguese

So he did know and was just too lazy. Disapppointing.

Luffy · 03-21-2021, 07:47 AM

My 2 star review of Survivor Type, by Stephen King:-

Spoiler:

cc_in_oh · 03-21-2021, 08:57 AM

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Pre-order --

https://www.amazon.com/Riccardino-In...t%2C188&sr=1-3

Oh my mistake - Fantastic Fiction wasn't showing that one the last time I looked. I recommended it to my libraries so should get it shortly after release. According to FF though Camilleri wrote it to be the finale years before his death so we still might not learn how things work out with Salvo and his new babe...

Thanks for the heads up!

gmw · 03-22-2021, 07:08 AM

Bird Box by Josh Malerman. A horror apocalypse, it's not safe to go outside without a blindfold. Told in two threads, current and four years previously, and these are so cleverly constructed that the tension is unrelenting; I felt quite drained when I put it down. Certainly there are holes in the story but you never get time to think about them. All up, I thought this was very well done, although I'm a little ambivalent about the ending. A firm 4/5.

Do You Dream Of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh. In an alternative history some young adults get picked for a 23 year journey to another planet. I really wanted to like this, and for the first quarter or so I did, mostly, although I was starting to wonder if they'd ever get off Terra-One. But the middle third/half of the book really dragged - I mean really - and certain aspects of the end became quickly apparent. Plus there were a lot of things that jarred so that the unsatisfying conclusion was merely the final straw of disappointment. (The very last sentence, in the context of the book, was actually quite disturbing, which is perhaps the most interesting aspect of the book, although I'm guessing it was unintended.) On the other hand, I did actually finish it, so 2/5.

03-21-2021, 07:47 AM	#29848
Luffy Wizard Posts: 4,464 Karma: 429063498 Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Mauritius Device: Kindle Paperwhite 4	My 2 star review of Survivor Type, by Stephen King:- Spoiler: Ugh! Quite a macabre short story. I don't know what really to think of the last words in the book. There is no optimism, not much buildup, and little suspense to cloth the skeleton of the story. I read this story because of an interview on YouTube of King himself. He outlined the tale and I knew it would end on a cliffhanger. Ha! I think this short appeared in a compilation called Skeleton Crew, a book by Stephen King, of course. He is not the author that I need, or I ever needed. There are many more talented writers than him. King has undergone a habit of dillydallying. He just is in love with his own words. I'm glad I just dabbled in his world, instead of shelling out for more bloated books of his. Here we part ways. Last edited by Luffy; 03-25-2021 at 05:33 AM.

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03-19-2021, 10:12 AM	#29836
ReadingManiac Genre Jumper Posts: 1,070 Karma: 11070900 Join Date: Dec 2015 Device: Kindle paperwhite	I'm currently reading Later by Stephen King. Started reading a sample and just kept on going!

03-19-2021, 10:55 AM	#29838
Paperbackstash Wizard Posts: 1,656 Karma: 20102554 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Central Florida Device: Oasis 3, PW 3 & 5, Fire HD 8 & 10	I'm taking the next week off of work other than Tuesday afternoon, so I'm hoping to get a lot of reading done. It's the last month for a challenge I was working on in 2020 that I got behind on. Won't fully finish it since it's a lot, but it's fun. I'm trying to read a lot of mysteries this month but keep getting distracted by other genres. That always happens to me - I pre-plan, but am a mood reader.

03-20-2021, 12:56 AM	#29841
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,296 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Currently reading What Abigail Did That Summer, by Ben Aaronovitch. Not at all "Peter", this is all about Abigail, as you might suppose from the title. Told in the first person, with a personal narrative that some older, white, priviledged folks might take a bit of getting in to. But once you let it flow over you, and get stuck in, it's just fine. Another book that I think could have been very successful as an audio book, but unfortunately it isn't available in North America. At least not yet.

03-20-2021, 01:51 AM	#29842
Uncle Robin Diligent dilettante Posts: 3,661 Karma: 52758936 Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: in my mind Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra Colour	3.5/5 for Ben Bova's Powersat - by the end it was less Wilbur Smith, more Tom Clancy. Prhaps it's because there was very little fiction about the science that it came across as another tale of US derring do vs evil Ay-rab terrorists. Not awful, but not what I was expecting. REALLY hope Mars is better.

03-20-2021, 05:13 AM	#29843
Uncle Robin Diligent dilettante Posts: 3,661 Karma: 52758936 Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: in my mind Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra Colour	1/3 through Bova's Mars and it really is a MUCH better book than Powersat. Both the science and the politcking are more more interesting, and better handled. The only constant little niggle is the way the Navajo/Anglo main character is constantly using Spanish expressions like "muchas gracias" and "adiós" when talking to the Brazilian scientist he's smitten with. He (and the author) should be smarter than that

03-20-2021, 06:50 PM	#29844
cc_in_oh Bob's my uncle Posts: 984 Karma: 17073086 Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: NE OH Device: Kindle	The Cook of the Halcyon is the last Montalbano book to be translated to English. Unfortunately it doesn't wrap up the series. From what I can gather it was originally written earlier as a movie script, then rewritten when that deal fell through. So we're left with no follow up to the way things were left at the end of The Sicilian Method, a bit of a disappointment. Almost done with Maigret now too after Maigret in Vichy, another one done from a refreshing viewpoint, I'm not expecting a definitive finale for Maigret given the way the timeline has jumped around (e.g. into then back out of retirement) but we'll see.

03-21-2021, 05:02 AM	#29846
Uncle Robin Diligent dilettante Posts: 3,661 Karma: 52758936 Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: in my mind Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra Colour	Grrrr! Bova's Mars is a great read, but if I was irked by a wannabe lover using Spanish when talking to a Brazilian, I head-desked when the Brazilian spoke to herself in Spanish! Did Bova really not know that Brazilians speak Portuguese, or did he just not care and go with "close enough is good enough"? Either way, irksome grit in the cogs that takes me out of the world he's building.

03-22-2021, 07:08 AM	#29850
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	*Bird Box* by Josh Malerman. A horror apocalypse, it's not safe to go outside without a blindfold. Told in two threads, current and four years previously, and these are so cleverly constructed that the tension is unrelenting; I felt quite drained when I put it down. Certainly there are holes in the story but you never get time to think about them. All up, I thought this was very well done, although I'm a little ambivalent about the ending. A firm 4/5. *Do You Dream Of Terra-Two?* by Temi Oh. In an alternative history some young adults get picked for a 23 year journey to another planet. I really wanted to like this, and for the first quarter or so I did, mostly, although I was starting to wonder if they'd ever get off Terra-One. But the middle third/half of the book really dragged - I mean really - and certain aspects of the end became quickly apparent. Plus there were a lot of things that jarred so that the unsatisfying conclusion was merely the final straw of disappointment. (The very last sentence, in the context of the book, was actually quite disturbing, which is perhaps the most interesting aspect of the book, although I'm guessing it was unintended.) On the other hand, I did actually finish it, so 2/5.

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