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Old 07-05-2013, 07:06 PM   #17071
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Equal Rites was another excellent book from Terry Pratchett. I am ready to read Mort now.
Well, Mort isn't available yet, so I started In Enemy Hands by David Weber (Honor Harrington 7) and got about 10% into it before deciding I wanted something different. I will still complete it (probably this month) but I want a little more separation from the previous ones.

I decided to check on other library books to see what is available. Beyond now having 5 reserved I also have Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre on my Kindle and I will start reading it this evening. It is book 5 in the George Smiley books but book 1 of the "Karla Trilogy" and since I have seen the movie, I hope I can get away with starting in the middle of a series.

None of the reserved books were on my TBR, oops.
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Old 07-05-2013, 11:16 PM   #17072
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I just finished Oleander Girl by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and I really enjoyed it. I'm now reading The Perfect Ghost by Linda Barnes. I'm only about thirty pages in, but am liking it so far.
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Old 07-05-2013, 11:26 PM   #17073
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Well, Mort isn't available yet, so I started In Enemy Hands by David Weber (Honor Harrington 7) and got about 10% into it before deciding I wanted something different. I will still complete it (probably this month) but I want a little more separation from the previous ones.

I decided to check on other library books to see what is available. Beyond now having 5 reserved I also have Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre on my Kindle and I will start reading it this evening. It is book 5 in the George Smiley books but book 1 of the "Karla Trilogy" and since I have seen the movie, I hope I can get away with starting in the middle of a series.

None of the reserved books were on my TBR, oops.
I see that Mort is currently available at Amazon for $5.69.

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Old 07-05-2013, 11:30 PM   #17074
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I see that Mort is currently available at Amazon for $5.69.

Sorry, I meant available at my library. I am the first on the waiting list, but it is isn't available for me to actually check out yet.
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Old 07-06-2013, 12:03 AM   #17075
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I just realized that the very first post in this thread was for Assassin's apprentice', I wish I had thought to read the book then, I've enjoyed Hobb's books so much these past few months. I just started her latest series.
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Old 07-06-2013, 01:11 AM   #17076
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Now I've picked up a book I've owned for years from one of my favourite authors: Passage by Connie Willis. It's about time.
Wow! Why didn't I read this one earlier. It was brilliant! I loved how this was written. Initially I was a bit annoyed by the frustrations experienced by the characters until I realised the whole narrative was a metaphor of what was being investigated.

Every time I actually get around to reading Connie Willis, she reminds me why her career has been successful. This novel was nominated for the Hugo, the Nebula and the Arthur C Clarke awards and won the Locus Award for best science fiction novel in 2002.

Highly recommended.

Now - back to a rather well known indie effort, Saffina Desforges with Sugar & Spice.

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Sugar & Spice is now one of the biggest-selling e-books in the UK of 2011. It has also just been voted as a 'Red Adept Reviews' 2011 indie award winner for mystery!
It's a very dark novel, which suits me fine and I've had it on my TBR list for quite a while now. It will be very interesting to see what impression it makes on me.

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Old 07-06-2013, 01:49 AM   #17077
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I just finished Sleep by Haruki Murakami, great short book.

Now I just started Flow my tears, said the policeman, by Philip K. Dick.
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Old 07-06-2013, 01:59 AM   #17078
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Wow! Why didn't I read this one earlier. It was brilliant! I loved how this was written. Initially I was a bit annoyed by the frustrations experienced by the characters until I realised the whole narrative was a metaphor of what was being investigated.

Every time I actually get around to reading Connie Willis, she reminds me why her career has been successful. This novel was nominated for the Hugo, the Nebula and the Arthur C Clarke awards won the Locus Award for best science fiction novel in 2002.

Highly recommended...
How about that!? I dug around in my TBRS pile and lo and behold I found a copy of Passage by Connie Willis! It sounded vaguely familiar to me, but I've no idea how long I've actually had it. It's both pretty big and pretty interesting sounding! I haven't yet actually begun reading the short story collection that I'd picked for my next book. I think I'll decide on which one to go with next this weekend.

Thanks Caleb, for the recommendation!

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Old 07-06-2013, 02:35 AM   #17079
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How are you finding the Shardlake series? I could be persuaded to try something else of his if the recommendation was strong enough.
I read Dissolution back in August 2010, and I really enjoyed it. I'll certainly get the next books in the series, when they're available at a reasonable discount.

[EDIT: Just noticed a 50% off Kobo code (yournext2613) and found that it worked for me on Dark Fire, the next in the series. £2.51 (~$3.77) is a bit more expensive than my average purchase price for 2013 ($2.92, ~£1.95), but not by too much.]

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Old 07-06-2013, 05:04 AM   #17080
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Wow! Why didn't I read this one earlier. It was brilliant! I loved how this was written. Initially I was a bit annoyed by the frustrations experienced by the characters until I realised the whole narrative was a metaphor of what was being investigated.
I loved this book. As you say, you wonder at at first why the heck she's describing all the long and tortuous problems of getting from "A" to "B" in the hospital - but then you find out. And the "sting in the tail" of the book is just brilliant.
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Now back to Transvergence.
I enjoyed it, but I'm 99% sure I've read it before. I obviously didn't make a sufficient impression on me at the time.

Then I read the latest Grantville Gazette - #48. A good Timespike and standalone SF story made up for just OK Grantville stories.

And now my latest purchase: A Beautiful Friendship by David Weber. The August Baen Monthly Bundle includes Dark Fire, the second in the Stephanie Harrington novels, so I had to buy the first at full price (!). Luckily, being Baen and an older book now in mass market paperback, the full price was $6.99. It just shows what a bargain the monthly bundles are. I'm getting 75% off the books in the August bundle. I apply the discounted proportionally, the second volume is only costing me $1.75! (I actually just divide the bundle cost by the number of books in it that are new to me, so I'm actually recording its cost as $2.25).
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Am off recuperating after an operation so utilising this time to read paper books so currently reading midnight by Stephen leather
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Old 07-06-2013, 11:12 AM   #17084
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Another book in my "read my Baen backlog" quest, this time Dean Ing's "Firefight Y2K" - my last book from Jan 2000. Only another thirteen and a half years to catch up on...

This is a collection of SF shorts and essays about potential future technology. Military oriented, but not strictly military SF. There's even one (very good) fantasy story in there, for good measure.

Recommended.
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I'm currently reading The Cure of Souls by Phil Rickman, the fourth installment of the Merrily Watkins series. I really liked the first three and the fourth is also shaping up to be a good read. It seems that it reads much faster than the previous books.
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