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wolf · 06-11-2015, 09:05 PM

Hi glatt!

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wolf · 06-14-2015, 11:55 PM

Pines by Blake Crouch. Confusing but interesting so far

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wolf · 06-18-2015, 12:58 AM

On to Wayward, book of the Series.

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wolf · 06-18-2015, 12:59 AM

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On to Wayward, book of the Series.

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Book 2. Don't know where my number disappeared to.

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wolf · 06-20-2015, 06:46 PM

Wayward fell flat in the same way that the D.F. Jones Colossus sequels and the second half of David Brin's The Postman did.

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Happy Monkey · 06-20-2015, 08:49 PM

Kindle Fire is great for reading comics without filling up the house. I read Fables, and am almost done with Unwritten. Thinking of starting Saga next. I'm also rereading Song of Ice and Fire.

wolf · 06-21-2015, 09:36 AM

I love my Kindles. Just finished The Glass Magician by Charlie N Holmberg. It's the second book on the series. The first was The Paper Magician. I am appreciating the books for some decent editing (rare amongst new authors) and a unique magic system.

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wolf · 06-22-2015, 08:32 PM

The Last Town - Blake Crouch. Wayward Pines #3

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monster · 06-24-2015, 09:19 PM

Just finished The Secret Histort of Las Vegas by Chris Abani. It was debatable at one point whether I'd finish it, but I did. was OK. Remember, I'm a philistine, it was probably pretty good.

here's the WaPo review. I just picked it off the library shelf because it was a paperback and in the crime section.

wolf · 06-28-2015, 01:16 PM

Landed Gently - Alan Hunter
The books are not at all like the TV series.

Shadows of the Workhouse - Jennifer Worth
The books are entirely like the TV series (Call the Midwife)

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wolf · 06-29-2015, 01:28 AM

Starting Use of Weapons - Iain Banks. I find him slow going. I think it's the names.

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Griff · 07-09-2015, 06:00 AM

I just started Seveneves by Stephenson. I'd forgotten what a pleasure he is to read.

Sundae · 07-26-2015, 08:08 PM

The collected Maus, by Art Spiegelman.
Not sure how many graphic novels/ comics it originally comprised, but I had it all in one book.

I'm not sure I can do it justice. It's Pulitzer prize winning. They had to shoe-horn in into a category because there wasn't one for "black and white artistry, simply drawn in a comic book format but which will make you cry til your skin gets chapped."

Art's Dad was a Polish Jew.
You pretty much know how that went.

He lived and was fucked up. But he was such a bloody survivor.
The ghettos, Auschwitz, TB, starvation, you name it he did it.
And the book is narrated in his voice, in his slightly broken English. Which allows the Jewish voice to come through.

The illustration is very simple, but as you read it becomes very powerful. What looks like a fun cartoon at the start becomes your world as you read it. The Jews are depicted as mice (obv because they were viewed as rodents) the Poles as pigs, the Nazis as cats. There are even sections where the mice wear pig-masks in order to "pass".

And you never, ever forget that this is a real account. Told by a real man with a number tattooed on his arm, to his son who happened to be a graphic artist. And he wasn't a lovely cuddly man either; he was a real man with real problems.

The most exceptional book I've read in years.

wolf · 07-26-2015, 08:35 PM

I have Maus in two volumes, which is how I think it was originally published. I liked it.

It is hot Summer here, which I think makes it a perfect time to reread The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling.

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Griff · 07-27-2015, 06:15 AM

I guess I read some of the original serial in high school? I'll need to look for the bound copies.

06-11-2015, 09:05 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Hi glatt! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-14-2015, 11:55 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Pines by Blake Crouch. Confusing but interesting so far Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-20-2015, 06:46 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Wayward fell flat in the same way that the D.F. Jones Colossus sequels and the second half of David Brin's The Postman did. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-20-2015, 08:49 PM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Kindle Fire is great for reading comics without filling up the house. I read Fables, and am almost done with Unwritten. Thinking of starting Saga next. I'm also rereading Song of Ice and Fire. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-21-2015, 09:36 AM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I love my Kindles. Just finished The Glass Magician by Charlie N Holmberg. It's the second book on the series. The first was The Paper Magician. I am appreciating the books for some decent editing (rare amongst new authors) and a unique magic system. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-18-2015, 12:58 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	On to Wayward, book of the Series. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-22-2015, 08:32 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The Last Town - Blake Crouch. Wayward Pines #3 Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-24-2015, 09:19 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Just finished The Secret Histort of Las Vegas by Chris Abani. It was debatable at one point whether I'd finish it, but I did. was OK. Remember, I'm a philistine, it was probably pretty good. here's the WaPo review. I just picked it off the library shelf because it was a paperback and in the crime section. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-28-2015, 01:16 PM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Landed Gently - Alan Hunter The books are not at all like the TV series. Shadows of the Workhouse - Jennifer Worth The books are entirely like the TV series (Call the Midwife) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-29-2015, 01:28 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Starting Use of Weapons - Iain Banks. I find him slow going. I think it's the names. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-09-2015, 06:00 AM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I just started Seveneves by Stephenson. I'd forgotten what a pleasure he is to read. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-26-2015, 08:08 PM	#13
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	The collected Maus, by Art Spiegelman. Not sure how many graphic novels/ comics it originally comprised, but I had it all in one book. I'm not sure I can do it justice. It's Pulitzer prize winning. They had to shoe-horn in into a category because there wasn't one for "black and white artistry, simply drawn in a comic book format but which will make you cry til your skin gets chapped." Art's Dad was a Polish Jew. You pretty much know how that went. He lived and was fucked up. But he was such a bloody survivor. The ghettos, Auschwitz, TB, starvation, you name it he did it. And the book is narrated in his voice, in his slightly broken English. Which allows the Jewish voice to come through. The illustration is very simple, but as you read it becomes very powerful. What looks like a fun cartoon at the start becomes your world as you read it. The Jews are depicted as mice (obv because they were viewed as rodents) the Poles as pigs, the Nazis as cats. There are even sections where the mice wear pig-masks in order to "pass". And you never, ever forget that this is a real account. Told by a real man with a number tattooed on his arm, to his son who happened to be a graphic artist. And he wasn't a lovely cuddly man either; he was a real man with real problems. The most exceptional book I've read in years. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

07-26-2015, 08:35 PM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I have Maus in two volumes, which is how I think it was originally published. I liked it. It is hot Summer here, which I think makes it a perfect time to reread The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-27-2015, 06:15 AM	#15
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I guess I read some of the original serial in high school? I'll need to look for the bound copies. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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