01-20-2021, 06:53 PM | #29626 |
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Just finished Cadillac Jack by Larry McMurtry. Thanks to some of you I also read Death in the Long Grass and Last Horizons by Capstick. Starting the latest from Stephen King, The Institute
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01-20-2021, 07:02 PM | #29627 | |
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01-20-2021, 08:05 PM | #29628 |
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I finished Star Trek Agents of Influence by Dayton Ward. Now going to read Battle Grounds by Jim Butcher.
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01-20-2021, 10:33 PM | #29629 |
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Currently reading Lingo: Around Europe in 60 Languages by Gaston Dorren. At times annoyingly facile, but I have to give it kudos for being the first 'popsci' linguistics book to explain ergativity in an easy to understand way.
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01-21-2021, 02:51 AM | #29630 |
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My 5 star review of Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen:-
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01-21-2021, 11:29 AM | #29631 | |
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The next random pick from my calibre backlog was 1,227 QI Facts. Which I decided to 'discard'. That is, mark it as neither read not unread. Definitely the sort of book that's better as a paperback in the loo. Next up: All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriott. The third in the omnibuses of his stories. I suspect it'll be good, but not as good as the first two omnibuses. |
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01-21-2021, 12:17 PM | #29632 |
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I've been re-reading The Stand. It's been so long I forgot the book. While there are many complaints on the new series by CBS, and I agree the non-linier method of storytelling is a pain, I'm enjoying it. The version I'm reading is the expanded, uncut version. I was a bit hesitant on the length but it's flying by. I'm a little over 20% in and find it fascinating. Some books I read when I was younger, with less patience, will likely resonate better with me now. I could not find my physical copy so assume, since it was so old, it was probably damaged and tossed. I'm reading an ebook version - for this type of keeper book, I'd like to get a copy for the shelves to match the others in my King collection. I am not a fan of the newer covers, so may find an older cover in used and good format, still searching. Also has to be reasonably priced; some aren't!
I am doing the audio of The Women on the Orient Express. Pacing is soft, but it's not bad. It was one of the cheap audio upgrades to 1.99 so I am mainly reading it that way. Otherwise I'm reading some UF and PNR series, and still working on a cozy mystery that's the second in a series, Design for Murder by Carolyn G. Hart, finishing up the horror Devil's Creek by Todd Kiesling. |
01-21-2021, 01:07 PM | #29633 |
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My 2 star review of Berried in the Past (Cranberry Cove #5) by Peg Cochran:-
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01-21-2021, 02:11 PM | #29634 |
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I started reading WoT when it was new (1990). I got halfway through the series and then stopped because I wanted to wait for the series to be complete and then reread from the beginning. 8 years later after the last book was published, I'm finally back at it.
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01-21-2021, 02:46 PM | #29635 |
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I started it around then too and never read Brandon Sanderson’s books that finished it.
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01-21-2021, 03:18 PM | #29636 |
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I plan to start Wheel of Time someday. It's highly recommended, but not something I usually enjoy much, so we'll see. I did read his YA Reckoners series, except for the final, which is on my TBR
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01-22-2021, 03:30 AM | #29637 |
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Wheel of time is a huge commitment for someone like me who has never read a single book in the series. I get the feeling Wot and I won’t get along.
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01-23-2021, 10:06 AM | #29638 |
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01-23-2021, 10:09 AM | #29639 |
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Another one I keep hearing is good and want to read, but I don't have a copy yet so it's easy to put off until a good sale comes.
I really need to stop buying books, but I have to get the next one in Guy Donovan's Dragon Treasure series! |
01-23-2021, 03:47 PM | #29640 | |
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