01-26-2013, 02:17 PM | #15436 |
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James S.A. Corey, Carolyn Keene (Mildred A Wirt) & Kim Harrison
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Also I read a Nancy Drew mystery, The Bungalow Mystery, between chapters (revisiting my youth) and will probably continue doing that with another one while I'm reading Kim Harrisons new release, Ever After, the 11th in The Hollows series. Last edited by alansplace; 02-06-2013 at 04:08 PM. Reason: fix link |
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01-26-2013, 10:31 PM | #15438 | |
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Basically, for 3/4 of the story I felt adrift, suspecting the reason for it but not particularly enjoying it. As this disjointed narrative starts to drop greater hints as to what's going on it became much more interesting and I could better appreciate the author's efforts. However, it was a bit "too little too late" for me and I was left feeling like there could have been a better way to execute what was an interesting study. Now, next cab off the rank is another indie effort. This time it's Taking the Highway by M. H. Mead. I've already read two novels from this writing duo and enjoyed them both. This one is set in the same future world so it should feel quite familiar and hopefully will be at least as enjoyable as those I have read before. |
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01-27-2013, 02:25 AM | #15439 | |
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Next is Shards of Honor by Lois McCaster Bujold. My first with this author also. |
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01-27-2013, 04:58 AM | #15440 | |
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A very unusual detective story, and one which thoroughly merits the awards it received. Highly recommended. Now on to the Douglas Preston thriller, "Blasphemy", the 2nd book in the "Wyman Ford" series. |
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01-27-2013, 07:17 AM | #15441 |
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I'm reading "Call Me Killer," by Harry Whittington, an entertaining pulp fiction novel republished by Prologue Books.
He also published under these pseudonyms: Ashley Carter Curt Colman John Dexter Tabor Evans Whit Harrison Robert Hart-Davis Kel Holland Harriet Kathryn Myers Suzanne Stephens Blaine Stevens Clay Stuart Hondo Wells Harry White Hallam Whitney Henri Whittier J. X. Williams Here's a great site for more information: http://www.pulporiginals.com/Content...ton-intro.html Don Last edited by Dr. Drib; 01-28-2013 at 10:45 AM. Reason: cleaned up a sentence. |
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So I went straight onto Necessity's Child by Lee and Miller Also excellent, but not a continuation from Dragon Ship, but a look at some of the other characters and introduction of some new characters and events on Korval's new planet. And now only my other recent purchase: How Firm a Foundation by David Weber. Continuing his Safehold series, and I hope this one moves a bit faster than the previous one! |
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01-27-2013, 12:39 PM | #15444 |
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I finished Notorious Nineteen the other day. I liked it, but not as much as some others in the series. It was just missing something. I don't know!! Probably because the series is just dragging out too long and nothing ever changes in it. Still a fun read, though.
Oh well, I'm on to The First Confessor by Terry Goodkind. I always look forward to his books. Last edited by PurpleStar; 01-27-2013 at 12:44 PM. |
01-27-2013, 08:36 PM | #15445 |
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I've started Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (I have not seen the movie), but I might have to set it aside for Third Shift from Hugh Howey. That'll be a quick read though.
I'm in the mood to read older books. I read Brideshead Revisited recently and liked that, and I thought I might read some Jane Austen. Or something. Something old anyway. |
01-28-2013, 03:46 AM | #15446 |
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hmm.. so far most of the book (I'm 6% in) has been mind-numbing detail about a sailing ship in a storm. It would be excessive in a story explicitly about war ships in the 1700s. Sigh. He really needs and editor to tell him to cut these chapters down to just three paragraphs or so.....
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01-28-2013, 02:21 PM | #15447 |
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I\ve come across a remarkable and largely forgotten wrier in Stella Benson {1892-1933}. Her neglect is probably in part owing to her early death at the height of her powers from pneumonia. My introduction is through an early work, I Pose (1011) centering around two un-named characters--a Gardiner and a militant Suffragette. (Both Stella and her mother were active in women's rights.}
I thought I Pose was very interesting and iconoclastic mixing a dead serious commitment to its basic theme and a mordant humour that leaps out at nearly every paragraph. The title refers to the fact that people tend to empower themselves and find self-esteem through ideological "poses' they adopt rather than through true self-understanding and interfacing with reality. I gather that she did better in later novels, but this one is by no means insignificant. You won't soon forget her description of the Suffragette March not the ending--with its disturbing modern relevance. The one down side to the novel is the use of language by her characters describing the natives of the Trinity Islands which nowadays would be considered highly objectionable but which in 1911 would cause less controversy. All her works are in the public domain. I Pose is available for a low price from Amazon but it can be downloaded it free from Internet Archive. There's a great deal about her here: http://mairangibay.blogspot.ie/2008/...la-benson.html Last edited by fantasyfan; 01-30-2013 at 11:05 AM. |
01-28-2013, 07:40 PM | #15448 |
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I was sunning on a beach in Cuba the past week, so I read a bit. Some of these were paper, some were ebooks, some were audiobooks.
I tackled the classic Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. Very atmospheric and I liked the outsider perspective, great way to hook the reader into the story. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan was just average. I felt it was trying too hard to be hip and the story was secondary. Google was practically a character in the book, more focus on the actual characters would have helped. The Giver by Lois Lowry. Great YA book I snagged for a quarter last year. When I finished I wanted more, but unfortunately I didn't have the second in the trilogy, it's on hold now at the library (and the third). Seabiscuit by Lauren Hillenbrand was good, but much of the story was known to me, so the book wasn't as engrossing as Unbroken (which I could not put down at the start of the year). The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood mixed a science fiction story with a family drama. At the beginning it peaked my curiosity, but I found my interest waning as it devolved into a predictable drama. The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie is a collection of short stories with her non-detective spook. A treat from a master. To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey. One of the Alan Grant mysteries, set in a country house with a likeable cast of characters. I'll be sad when I read the last of her books, I only discovered her last year and have been enjoying the Alan Grant series. The Blackhouse by Peter May was on my wishlist for a while, since I enjoyed his Enzo MacLeod mysteries, and I'm almost finished listening to the audiobook. Terriffic setting on an island off Scotland with a homegrown policeman, I'll certainly be carrying on with this trilogy. |
01-28-2013, 08:38 PM | #15449 |
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I was caught up in the drama that is Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl for a while -- rollercoaster that kind of crashes to a stop!
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01-29-2013, 01:12 AM | #15450 |
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- Gun Machine by Warrren Ellis- I enjoyed this quite a bit. I've been a big fan of Ellis's unique brand of weirdness for quite a while and this novel didn't disappoint. Currently Reading: - Time for Sherlock Holmes by David Dvorkin (70%) - Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie (51%) - The Twelve by Justin Cronin (51%) |
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