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04-24-2018, 11:39 AM | #27122 |
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Finished Paper: Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky. Engaging, interesting, and informative. I appreciate all the more the wonderful books I have in my possession, and even the little thumbnail sketch that I made my avatar from, though sadly, the original is long gone...
Anyhow, now reading the third Jack Reacher book, Tripwire. |
04-25-2018, 09:24 AM | #27123 |
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Finished The Broken Girls by Simone St James. A thrilling story about a small town, haunted boarding school and four roommates. Quite satisfactory.
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04-26-2018, 08:54 PM | #27124 | |
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I also read A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, which was short and very good. Not sure what's next. I have a couple of ideas but I'll decide tomorrow. |
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04-27-2018, 12:37 AM | #27125 | |
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I'm very much looking forward to my next read, which will be L.R. Wright's The Suspect, the first of her Karl Alberg novels set on my own Sunshine Coast. I read all these in DT versions before we ever moved up here, but they've only recently become available in eBook format, and I'm really looking forward to re-reading them. Wright either won or was shortlisted for Edgar, Ellis or Hammett awards for virtually every one of her way too few novels in a life cut short. I'm hopeful that these have stood the test of time, plus it is always fun to read about a place you live in. Especially when it's a really small place and you know every one of the locales. Of course, the Coast has changed since The Suspect was written in 1985, but it's still a small community. |
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04-27-2018, 08:44 AM | #27126 |
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04-27-2018, 10:18 AM | #27127 |
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Finished Tripwire, then read Minion by John David Anderson[/I], and am now 25% through Violet Grenade by Victoria Scott, though I am still waiting for some kind of point to show up.
Plenty of other stuff to read, so unless I see some action soon, this will go bye-bye. |
04-27-2018, 10:48 AM | #27128 |
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Just finished up The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland. It was good, I liked the idea of how magic stopped and what could be done with it. It did not end the way I expected.
Finally jumping into The Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton....three novels, about 1200 pages each. Just bought/downloaded The Reality Dysfunction. |
04-27-2018, 11:46 AM | #27129 | |
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Next, another library book, Halt's Peril by John Flanagan the 9th book in the Ranger's Apprentice series. |
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04-28-2018, 06:17 AM | #27130 | |
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Next up, another Cadfael: The Heretic's Apprentice. The usual fun mystery/murder/romance with a touch of heresy thrown in. And now I think another Georgette Heyer is on the menu: The Reluctant Widow. |
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04-28-2018, 06:42 PM | #27131 | |
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04-29-2018, 11:19 AM | #27132 |
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04-29-2018, 04:36 PM | #27133 |
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So I re-read City of Stairs with the intent of reading the full trilogy. I originally read it in 2015 and enjoyed it. This time it felt more of a slog which worries me for the next two books, but we'll see.
Anyway as is my wont, I am alternating anyway with other books so next up is All Grown Up which I found browsing the shelves at the library and looks like it might be fun. |
04-30-2018, 01:33 PM | #27134 |
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05-02-2018, 09:16 AM | #27135 |
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