07-13-2013, 05:40 PM | #17146 |
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07-13-2013, 09:45 PM | #17147 |
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07-13-2013, 10:03 PM | #17148 |
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I've just downloaded George Takei's book, "Oh Myyy! (There Goes The Internet)"
'Mr. Sulu' has become quite a popular personage on Facebook, and has developed a huge following with his witty and topical Social commentary. I'm curious to see if he can make it last through an entire book. Stitchawl |
07-14-2013, 03:55 AM | #17149 |
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Sorry, I've just noticed that you're in Australia, which means that (as with me) none of Wodehouse's work is in the public domain for you, so ignore my previous remarks about it being PD; it isn't.
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07-14-2013, 04:08 AM | #17150 |
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I'm currently reading The White Queen by Philippa Gregory, the first in the Cousins' War series. I saw the first episode of the TV adaptation and liked it. The book, however, isn't my thing, although I will finish it.
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07-14-2013, 05:19 AM | #17151 |
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Thanks again. It's okay though, I'm not allergic to paper, and we have a very good second hand bookshop here.
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07-14-2013, 06:03 AM | #17152 | |
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07-14-2013, 03:00 PM | #17153 |
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Well, that's one way to clear up your backlist.
I'm still only about 80% through The Wise Man's Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss. I'm enjoying it quite a bit. It's well written and has some telling turns of phrase. Plus the world seems to hold together, though I can't help wondering about the time frames for some things. Too bad I'll have to wait a year or more for the next one. |
07-14-2013, 06:02 PM | #17154 |
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Just finished Joseph Conrad's "Almayer's Folly," which was his first novel.
A great first novel - and written in English. It's incredible to think about how this author mastered a third language and became, in the process, one of the most important literary writers writing in the English language. I just purchased the Delphi Classics on Conrad, and will soon start reading his second novel. Don Last edited by Dr. Drib; 07-14-2013 at 06:08 PM. |
07-14-2013, 08:01 PM | #17155 |
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I have begun reading Bellefleur by Joyce Carol Oates - finally available in an ebook version - but with one of the most hideous covers I've ever seen mis-applied to a book.
It's been years since I first read it, and I was quite curious to discover if it was as wonderful as I had remembered it to be. And it is .... wonderful. I'm continually bowled over by Oates' ability to seemingly channel Henry James and construct vivid living sentences that flow over page after page, their sinuous syntactical complexity mirroring the genealogical and behavioral complexity of the cursed Bellefleur clan! It's a wild historical tale of greed, madness, and curses that would fit into a volume of tales by Poe. A pet spider named Love. A giant cat that arrives during a thunderstorm. A crumbling mouldering family mansion. A demonic pregnancy. Feuds! Skeletons in every family closet! I'd write more paeans for this volume, but I want to get back to my ereader - I'm only half way through. |
07-14-2013, 08:32 PM | #17156 | |
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Which one is hideous?
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07-14-2013, 09:15 PM | #17157 |
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Both ... but the cover on the left is so completely inappropriate ...
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07-14-2013, 09:47 PM | #17158 |
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07-14-2013, 11:32 PM | #17159 | |
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Now I'm reading an indie effort which promises to be a bit different - a LBGT historical drama. It's The Pretty Gentleman by Max Fincher and I'll be reviewing it for my site. It's about a wide-eyed young painter who falls for his patron and is eventually betrayed. So - here I go. |
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