02-11-2024, 04:45 AM | #31726 |
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Currently halfway through The Patient book 3 in Tim Sulliva's DS Cross series. Another enjoyabe mystery, with the calm pacing and focus on evidence that have made the series a favourite for me
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02-13-2024, 06:07 AM | #31727 |
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Reading Madonna: A Rebel Life by Mary Gabriel. It was publish in the fall of 2023. I got it for kindle when it was on sale in late December (4.99 at the time). I have only read the intro so far.
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02-13-2024, 04:07 PM | #31728 |
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Blitz Volume 1 by Harumo Sanazaki, Cedric Biscay, and Daitaro Nishihara.
A young man named Tom, in order to impress a young woman who loves Chess, decides to take up Chess. Due to a freak accident involving a virtual reality world, both the knowledge of Chess and drive to play Chess from Garry Kasparov are downloaded into his mind (the real Kasparov makes an appearance at the beginning of the book). It bares a similarity to the manga/anime Hikaru No Go which involved the game of Go. I enjoyed the first volume, and am looking forward to getting the next one. |
02-13-2024, 08:33 PM | #31729 |
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I just finished reading The Murderous History of Bible Translations by Harry Freedman. Extremely interesting, particularly as I am a translator. Now I’m reading a medical thriller by Robin Cook to relax.☺️ Both ebooks borrowed from my local library on my Libra 2.
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02-14-2024, 02:31 AM | #31730 | |
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02-14-2024, 04:36 AM | #31731 |
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Robin Cook medical thrillers is definitely a genre I want to explore. Thanks for the reminder. Right now I'm still in a reread of Lord of the Rings. Somewhere in the Two Towers.
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02-14-2024, 04:12 PM | #31732 | |
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ETA: Actually I think it was two years ago, time is speeding up for me. |
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02-14-2024, 10:35 PM | #31733 |
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Just finished The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo, the first in the Detective Kosuke Kindaichi mysteries, very enjoyable.
Am re-reading Foundation by Isaac Asimov, a classic. Also recently completed Bliss Montage by Ling Ma, a very original collection of short stories. |
02-14-2024, 10:59 PM | #31734 |
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Blitz Volume 2 by Harumo Sanazaki, Cedric Biscay, and Daitaro Nishihara.
Just got it from my bookstore. Enjoyed the first one enough to special order this one. Very Short Summary in the form of a Question: Who will go on to an International Chess Tournament? |
02-15-2024, 06:11 PM | #31735 |
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Look what happened when I was reading my Robin Cook! The chances against this must be astronomical- and what makes it even more amazing is that this book is set after the pandemic, so it must be actually TODAY, not just the same date and time in a previous year.
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02-15-2024, 08:24 PM | #31736 |
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I had a similar experience when first seeing the movie Time After Time, where H. G. Wells travels to the then-future, 1979 (IIRC). What was interesting is that when I saw the movie the date that it took place in was a few days in my future.
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02-16-2024, 12:22 AM | #31737 |
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Bonus points if you read it AT THE SPECIFED TIME
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02-16-2024, 02:02 AM | #31738 |
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02-16-2024, 08:37 AM | #31739 |
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Now reading Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories by Mike Rothschild (not an actual Rothschild ) and The Trouble with Lichen by the wonderful John Wyndham. First one on my Oasis as the library loan did not transfer to my Libra, so I’m reading the fiction one on my Libra - got the Complete Works of John Wyndham on it for only $3.99. Both books wonderful so far.
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02-17-2024, 03:38 PM | #31740 |
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I just finished Midworld by Alan Dean Foster. I don't know how I missed this one for 50 years. I enjoyed it. An interesting world that Foster built here.
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