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Gravdigr · 07-12-2011, 02:44 PM

Just started a Long Rider story: "Kill Crazy Horse", by Clay Dawson.

DanaC · 07-12-2011, 03:55 PM

Herz namez iz Cherreh!

Beest · 07-15-2011, 12:04 PM

More Ian M . Banks, Surface Detail. Culture book, I'm nearly 200 pages in, about 1/3, and the 3 or 4 plot lines are coalesing into a story. Most of the stuff I read is done in 200 pages

wolf · 07-30-2011, 11:20 AM

A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness

Why, oh why did no one warn me that this was a "My Boyfriend is a Vampire" book. Also ... it says "a novel" on the cover. Implies a single event, right? No, the damn thing is part of a series that isn't yet written. I noticed I was running out of pages before I ran out of story and went, ut-oh ...

Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein
read this as an antidote to the irritation of the Witch book.

On the Beach - Nevil Shute
one of my online bookclub sets forth three challenges per month that I'm poor at meeting. I have to read something about siblings, something with a summery word in the title, and I forget the third one. Since I don't read books with drawings of Fabio on the front, I have chosen this as my Summery Word in the Title book. And it's also additional antidote to that witch book. I need to scrub that out of my brain, kind of like how you use the coffee beans to reset your scent receptors when checking out perfumes.

Trilby · 09-16-2011, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness

Why, oh why did no one warn me that this was a "My Boyfriend is a Vampire" book. Also ... it says "a novel" on the cover. Implies a single event, right? No, the damn thing is part of a series that isn't yet written. I noticed I was running out of pages before I ran out of story and went, ut-oh ...

In error, I read that book. Ms. Harkness should be burned at the stake for creating such a travesty! Or at least burned a little with a cigarette (as Dana recommends).

Simply put, the book sucketh whole and entire and the author - well, if we can't burn her, maybe we can make her walk the plank. the entire story is rancid and puke-provoking and puerile and unforgivingly bull-shitty.

Also, I didn't like it.

DanaC · 09-16-2011, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

In error, I read that book. Ms. Harkness should be burned at the stake for creating such a travesty! Or at least burned a little with a cigarette (as Dana recommends).

Simply put, the book sucketh whole and entire and the author - well, if we can't burn her, maybe we can make her walk the plank. the entire story is rancid and puke-provoking and puerile and unforgivingly bull-shitty.

Also, I didn't like it.

Just make sure you don't use a roll-up cigarette. They go out too quick.

Trilby · 09-16-2011, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Just make sure you don't use a roll-up cigarette. They go out too quick.

words to live by, dana. Wise words to live by.

wolf · 08-10-2011, 12:38 PM

Grave Goods - Ariana Franklin

I love the Mistress of the Art of Death books, this is the third in the series. They're mysteries, set in England during the reign of Henry II. The mystery parts are quite good. The author apologizes for and points out historical inaccuracies in the afterward, frankly, I wouldn't have noticed if she hadn't said something.

wolf · 08-23-2011, 10:55 PM

I'm having book ADD again ...

Cyborg - Martin Caidin
The Machine of Death
Doctor Who and the Wheel in Space - Terrance Dicks
Caged in Darkness - J.D. Stroub (online friend of author, trying to find diplomatic way of writing review, so I'm taking my time with the book)
Red Mars - Kin Stanley Robinson
The Power of Four: Leadership Lessons of Crazy Horse - Joseph Marshall III
The Age of Odin - James Lovegrove
The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon

I read a little bit, put the book down, decide I want to know what's going on in another one, or I end up in another room where the book isn't but there is a book at my elbow, so I read based on availability ...

Griff · 08-24-2011, 07:27 AM

I just started Neuromancer by William Gibson.
Beautiful and Abundant: Building the World We Want by Bryan Welch. He is a Mother Earth News editor laying out ideas for how we as individuals can improve the way our world operates without getting caught up in ideas that are not self-sustaining. He is interesting because his magazine manages to occupy a market space which includes dirty hippies, survivalists, small farmers, and backyard and urban gardeners.
I'm continuing to read The Power of Now by Eckart Tolle. So far, most of it is adopted wholesale from Buddhist thought but I'm enjoying the way he relates and defends the idea of being present.

DanaC · 08-24-2011, 01:39 PM

I loved neuromancer. I went through a Gibson phase in my 20s. Some awesome stuff.

I have just finished the second Jack Nightingale mystery, Moonlight, by Stephen Leather, on audio. Bloody marvellous. I listened to the firts and second in quick succession and am now bereft as the next one is yet to be written.

They're like a traditional detective story but with a supernatural satanic twist. Excellent lead character.

Sundae · 08-25-2011, 05:51 AM

Just finished The Secret Tunnel by James Lear.
Not quite as filthy as The Back Passage but well worth buying second hand for 99p.

I want to get The Hot Valley next.

They are much better written than most erotic fiction, as he is a real author. By which I mean he is a published author of mainstream fiction. And the storylines hold together as well as the one-wank-per-chapter set pieces. But yes, it's mostly the pron

Also reading some Mandasue Heller's Mum got from the library.
Not so good.
I'm wading through them because I don't like to see books unfinished. But they're essentially dull and have a minor plot stretched thin across far too many pages.

Snatched and Two-Faced.
Avoid.

DanaC · 08-25-2011, 06:00 AM

I don't have a book on the go at the moment. I want something similar in tone to the Jack Nightingale stories I just finished.

Trilby · 08-25-2011, 07:09 AM

there are several books I wanna read but I'm gonna have to buy them from Amazon as stupid library doesn't have them and prolly never will.

Reading my Father - Alexandra Styron

The House on Crash Corner - Greenstein

Bad Dog - Martin Kihn

glatt · 09-14-2011, 09:49 AM

I just saw that Neal Stephenson's next new book is coming out next week. I had no idea it was coming. He takes so long between books, I forget about them. The new book got a good review on BoingBoing.

07-12-2011, 02:44 PM	#1
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07-30-2011, 11:20 AM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness Why, oh why did no one warn me that this was a "My Boyfriend is a Vampire" book. Also ... it says "a novel" on the cover. Implies a single event, right? No, the damn thing is part of a series that isn't yet written. I noticed I was running out of pages before I ran out of story and went, ut-oh ... Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein read this as an antidote to the irritation of the Witch book. On the Beach - Nevil Shute one of my online bookclub sets forth three challenges per month that I'm poor at meeting. I have to read something about siblings, something with a summery word in the title, and I forget the third one. Since I don't read books with drawings of Fabio on the front, I have chosen this as my Summery Word in the Title book. And it's also additional antidote to that witch book. I need to scrub that out of my brain, kind of like how you use the coffee beans to reset your scent receptors when checking out perfumes. __________________ 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

08-10-2011, 12:38 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Grave Goods - Ariana Franklin I love the Mistress of the Art of Death books, this is the third in the series. They're mysteries, set in England during the reign of Henry II. The mystery parts are quite good. The author apologizes for and points out historical inaccuracies in the afterward, frankly, I wouldn't have noticed if she hadn't said something. __________________ 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

08-23-2011, 10:55 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm having book ADD again ... Cyborg - Martin Caidin The Machine of Death Doctor Who and the Wheel in Space - Terrance Dicks Caged in Darkness - J.D. Stroub (online friend of author, trying to find diplomatic way of writing review, so I'm taking my time with the book) Red Mars - Kin Stanley Robinson The Power of Four: Leadership Lessons of Crazy Horse - Joseph Marshall III The Age of Odin - James Lovegrove The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon I read a little bit, put the book down, decide I want to know what's going on in another one, or I end up in another room where the book isn't but there is a book at my elbow, so I read based on availability ... __________________ 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

08-24-2011, 07:27 AM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I just started Neuromancer by William Gibson. Beautiful and Abundant: Building the World We Want by Bryan Welch. He is a Mother Earth News editor laying out ideas for how we as individuals can improve the way our world operates without getting caught up in ideas that are not self-sustaining. He is interesting because his magazine manages to occupy a market space which includes dirty hippies, survivalists, small farmers, and backyard and urban gardeners. I'm continuing to read The Power of Now by Eckart Tolle. So far, most of it is adopted wholesale from Buddhist thought but I'm enjoying the way he relates and defends the idea of being present. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-15-2011, 12:04 PM	#3
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	More Ian M . Banks, Surface Detail. Culture book, I'm nearly 200 pages in, about 1/3, and the 3 or 4 plot lines are coalesing into a story. Most of the stuff I read is done in 200 pages

08-25-2011, 05:51 AM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Just finished The Secret Tunnel by James Lear. Not quite as filthy as The Back Passage but well worth buying second hand for 99p. I want to get The Hot Valley next. They are much better written than most erotic fiction, as he is a real author. By which I mean he is a published author of mainstream fiction. And the storylines hold together as well as the one-wank-per-chapter set pieces. But yes, it's mostly the pron Also reading some Mandasue Heller's Mum got from the library. Not so good. I'm wading through them because I don't like to see books unfinished. But they're essentially dull and have a minor plot stretched thin across far too many pages. Snatched and Two-Faced. Avoid. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

08-25-2011, 07:09 AM	#14
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	there are several books I wanna read but I'm gonna have to buy them from Amazon as stupid library doesn't have them and prolly never will. Reading my Father - Alexandra Styron The House on Crash Corner - Greenstein Bad Dog - Martin Kihn __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-14-2011, 09:49 AM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I just saw that Neal Stephenson's next new book is coming out next week. I had no idea it was coming. He takes so long between books, I forget about them. The new book got a good review on BoingBoing.

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