03-15-2019, 12:07 PM | #28156 |
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I'm finally going to start Wheel of Time. It's been delayed too many times.
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03-15-2019, 12:30 PM | #28157 |
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03-15-2019, 01:25 PM | #28158 | |
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03-18-2019, 07:28 AM | #28159 |
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Grayson Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw. Nothing very surprising here: a clumsy romance, a fairly standard ghost and your average* medium coming into her talent. If you're happy enough to buy into the spirit* of this for the duration, it is light and easy reading, but that's about all. 2.5/5 ( * Sorry, couldn't help myself. No, the book is not a comedy. And yes, this is a real fence sitter score. )
The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale. I loved this. Magical and emotionally intense! The first part was essentially sweet with only hints of darkness, so I came to love the characters and toys and the setting, but then the Great War hits and everything starts to fall apart. Wonderfully done. Except very early on, the story rarely went where I expected it to go, and it felt longer than it was, but in a good way: it seemed to pack a lot in. I didn't want to rush it but couldn't put it down. 5/5 I need some time to wind down from The Toymakers, so I'm moving on to some non-fiction for a day or two: Scientific American's Physics: New Frontiers. Last edited by gmw; 03-18-2019 at 07:34 AM. |
03-18-2019, 06:30 PM | #28160 | |
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03-21-2019, 11:44 AM | #28161 |
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I finished The Party by Robyn Harding. One of those books that has a cliffhanger at the end of almost every chapter! So yeah had to keep reading. lol
Now reading The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan. |
03-22-2019, 09:19 AM | #28162 | |
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03-23-2019, 06:43 AM | #28163 |
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I've been interspersing it with various book group reads so still in the early chapters and getting to know the characters. I've heard so much about this series and have meant to start this book for ages!
My one mistake is I also started Lightbringer recently. I usually try to keep multiple reads in different genres so I don't get confused about what happened in which book! |
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03-23-2019, 10:48 AM | #28165 |
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Just finished "The Witches of Karres" by James H.Schmitz, bought from Baen in 2005. I've read Schmitz's "Hub Federation" short stories (again published by Baen) previously and been moderately entertained by them, but no more. This novel, though, I enjoyed enormously. His best work by far, to my mind. Very highly recommended!
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03-23-2019, 12:07 PM | #28166 | |
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03-23-2019, 01:37 PM | #28168 | |
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03-23-2019, 01:58 PM | #28169 | |
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There are a couple of other short stories in those SciFi volumes that later went on to become novels. From Volume 1 there is "Nightfall" by Asimov, and "Flowers for Algernon" by Keyes. There may be others that went through this evolution that I am not familiar with (like "Witches"). |
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03-23-2019, 06:48 PM | #28170 |
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The Case of the Careless Kitten by Erle Stanley Gardner -- in which the solution of the case, not to mention the exoneration of Della Street from the criminal charges brought by Hamilton Burger, rests upon the correct interpretation of a kitten's behavior.
Gardner had to have shared his house with a kitten -- his descriptions of the kitten's behavior and mishaps brought similar examples to my mind from my own experiences with Pixie - my careless kitten. (or brainless... or fearless ... or clueless ....) |
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