03-26-2014, 04:36 PM | #19366 |
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Currently reading "Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival" by Peter Stark. A great true-adventure story about the first attempt to settle the Columbia basin, just a few years after the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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03-26-2014, 05:46 PM | #19369 | |
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03-26-2014, 06:24 PM | #19370 |
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I did enjoy The Martian, but maybe not as much as some. I just couldn't get past the fact that he was just too ingenious. I know I should have been suspending my disbelief, but after about the fifth "horrible thing happens, Mark finds a way of getting around it" I was starting to get a bit bored of it. I guess it was fun finding out what the ingenious solutions were, but I'm not sure I'd ever believe one person would come up with them all.
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03-26-2014, 06:47 PM | #19371 |
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Just finished reading Mad Ship by Robin Hobb and a I am moving immediately into Ship of Destiny to finish the trilogy. Very good stuff.
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03-26-2014, 07:48 PM | #19372 | |
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03-26-2014, 08:08 PM | #19373 |
Is that a sandwich?
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Today, I completed Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell. Purchased last year from Kobo for 79 cents. Very engaging cozy murder mystery. The author displays tremendous skill crafting each sentence. Many synonymous sidebars along with its large vocabulary, including Latin, make this especially pleasing to those readers looking for something with a higher grade level than many typical of its genre. However, she did use a technique I find unpleasant in the final reveal.
Overall, it was well done. I consider it a good read whenever I have to grab my Latin dictionary off the shelf. Rated B [4 stars]. Next will be something in the Star Wars universe. |
03-26-2014, 11:39 PM | #19374 | |
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03-27-2014, 12:43 AM | #19375 | ||
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I finished this this evening and my post basically became my review over on GoodReads. I did end up liking the story as a whole, and gave this a rating of 3 (which for me equals "Its ok/ I liked it"). I do plan to continue the series, especially since my husband already owns the entire set. |
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03-27-2014, 03:42 AM | #19376 | |
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This week I finished Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov and The Code Book by Simon Singh.
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03-27-2014, 03:58 AM | #19377 |
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The last book I finished was Poppy Done to Death by Charlaine Harris, the final book in the Aurora Teagarden series. Enjoyable enough and on par with the rest of the series, but nothing particularly outstanding.
I'm currently reading The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani - not entirely sure yet how I feel about it (as far as the plot goes), but it's a fairly well written and at times very amusing middle grade book. |
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03-27-2014, 10:27 AM | #19379 | |
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03-27-2014, 10:32 AM | #19380 |
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I'm with both Stitchawl and BelleZora. These are astronauts, after all, and they have to be pretty damned near the top of the tree to get that job.
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