11-11-2012, 10:06 AM | #14581 |
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1982 is 30 years ago now. And, yes that is making me feel old too.
Another Terry Pratchett Discworld selection with Guards! Guards!. |
11-11-2012, 11:35 AM | #14582 |
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11-11-2012, 03:08 PM | #14583 | |
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The Dresden Files and the James Potter Series
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I've begun my re-read (again) of James Potter And The Vault Of Destinies in preparation for the Autumn release of the 4th novel in the James Potter series, James Potter and the Morrigan Web. |
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11-11-2012, 03:29 PM | #14584 | |
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Next was Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood. #4 in the Phryne Fisher series. I'm still enjoying the heck out of this series, but going to take a break and read the second in the Morse series by Colin Dexter. |
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11-11-2012, 07:19 PM | #14585 |
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I'm about half-way through Cloud Atlas and I'm finding it rather cheesy. Oh, it's a good-enough read, but I hope the payoff is worth it.
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11-12-2012, 07:54 AM | #14586 | |
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11-12-2012, 08:08 AM | #14587 |
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11-12-2012, 08:29 AM | #14588 | |
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Next up: Shadow of a Dark Queen by Raymond E. Feist. I bought this one back in 2008, for $5.64. A lesson in 'don't buy except when on special offer or you're going to read immediately', as it's now readily available for under $3. |
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11-12-2012, 11:36 AM | #14589 | |
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11-12-2012, 11:59 AM | #14590 |
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I'm reading several things at once. Ereaders make that so much easier to do.
I set myself a goal to read through the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. I've never read through the Bible straight through before. I haven't set a specific deadline to complete this. Coupled with this is the Catechism of the Catholic Church, again no real deadline. I'm also continuing my year of Lincoln by reading Team of Rivals. I plan on seeing the Spielberg movie based on this, and I may break my general rule of completing the book before the movie. I've already read another biography, A. Lincoln, as well as books on the American Civil War. I'm also rereading Taft 2012 with plans to write a Wikipedia article on the book. Its premise is that President William Howard Taft mysteriously appears in the modern day USA, just in time to disrupt the 2012 presidential election campaigns. I recommend the book, it's quite funny and timely. Yes, there's more. I'm rereading Les Misérables before the movie musical comes out. I may finish the reread by then, I may not, I'm not concerned about that. |
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I forgot, I'm also reading a book on the Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch, but it's a paperback.
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11-12-2012, 03:02 PM | #14592 |
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The Justice Series
I read the entire Justice Series, purchased book by book, and loved this MI5-type crime drama. But now I see the series is boxed: The Justice Series.
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“Oh, once you’ve been initiated into the Elderly, the world doesn’t want you back.” Veronica settled herself in a rattan chair and adjusted her hat just so. “We—by whom I mean anyone over sixty—commit two offenses just by existing. One is Lack of Velocity. We drive too slowly, walk too slowly, talk too slowly. The world will do business with dictators, perverts, and drug barons of all stripes, but being slowed down it cannot abide. Our second offence is being Everyman’s memento mori. The world can only get comfy in shiny-eyed denial if we are out of sight.” (I'm now 78% through Mitchell's book.) FWIW, 30 years ago was 48% of my life ago, but I don't feel bad about that. I know people much older than me who were born long after I was. It's only in the past few years that I've stopped thinking of myself as a teenager. |
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I'm done and I think Cloud Atlas is grossly overrated. A lot of cheap effects and lazy pastiche. |
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11-13-2012, 04:32 AM | #14595 |
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