04-18-2013, 02:31 PM | #16306 |
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I started on IQ84 by Murakami but it expired before I got very far (I had been reading other things and didn't start it until too late in the check-out period). Anyway, I wasn't quite in the mood for something that "dense."
I started on another library book, The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith. It seems to be going down well so far. |
04-18-2013, 02:34 PM | #16307 | |
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My current read is Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton. It's a science fiction murder mystery that's current going in two different directions. It will be interesting to see which direction the investigation takes or if both paths are correct. It's not a small book. But it isn't part of a series.
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04-18-2013, 03:22 PM | #16309 |
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04-18-2013, 05:12 PM | #16310 |
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Oh yes, 136MB is quite bloated. That's all it takes on on my Windows system for the main install directory. The options/plugins directory takes 18.6MB for a grand total of 154.6MB. So yes, Calibre is quite bloated. Don't bother with it. You might not have enough disk space for it.
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Having grown up through the 80s, the references were very good. Overall an excellent book.
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04-18-2013, 10:26 PM | #16316 | |
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I'm not sure where to go now, but it doesn't look like I will have a chance to read again until Monday, so I have some time. Maybe I should put up a thread like DiapDealer for suggestions. My requirements would include free though - vacation starts next week, so all available funds are going towards that for a bit. |
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04-18-2013, 11:07 PM | #16317 |
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So I finished Jane Eyre swapping between audiobook and ebook. I enjoyed the book and and I'm really enjoying the fact that audiobooks can help me increase my available reading time.
I decided to keep that idea rolling, this time with a more current book. I just picked up Hallowed Ground by David Niall Wilson for free at Amazon and the audiobook for $1.99. I've been meaning to try this author for some time, but I'm unlikely to get to him on ebook alone. Enter the wonderful world of audiobooks and I can listen to the book on the way to work in the car and when doing housework and other things that don't lend themselves easily to reading. Meanwhile, I'll still slogging through The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky. I'm enjoying the story and I'm taking notes as I go, but my pure reading time is a little less lately, so it's a pretty slow process. |
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Carolyn Keene (Mildred A Wirt) & Nelson DeMille
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Cursed Was a great read and IMHO even better than its predecessor, Fated! I'll definitely be reading the subsequent books in this series! Now on to Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion (Nancy Drew #18) by Carolyn Keene and since there's been discussion of this author here lately and since I've seen the movie and enjoyed it I also chose The General's Daughter (Paul Brenner #1) by Nelson DeMille. |
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04-19-2013, 05:07 PM | #16320 |
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I finished reading _The Accidental Time Machine_. I read this book in 5 days or so... first because it was probably shorter than the books I have been reading lately (JRR Martin, Steven King, etc) and also because it was a good an enjoyable ready.
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So, what to read next. That book ended with an add for Marsbound and I may just opt for that. Otherwise, I still have many unread Trek books in my Star Trek series memes. Decisions, decisions... BOb |
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