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Sun Oct-04-09 09:44 AM
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What are you reading the week of October 4, 2009? |
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Black Ice Michael Connelly
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Sun Oct-04-09 09:54 AM
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1. The Reavers by George MacDonald Fraser |
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Sun Oct-04-09 10:05 AM
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2. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood |
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was a tad bored until Crake entered the scene
(had previously read books on the same subject as the beginning of O and C so was kinda bored)
now I've gotten to the point of not wanting to put the book down.
and yes I like reading Atwood's books.
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Sun Oct-04-09 10:17 AM
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3. "a mercy" by Toni Morrison N/T |
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Tue Oct-06-09 09:28 PM
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17. I read that one recently |
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Sun Oct-04-09 10:59 AM
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4. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman |
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Sun Oct-04-09 11:23 AM
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5. In the Company of Ogres by A. Lee Martinez |
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Sun Oct-04-09 11:53 AM
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6. God is Not Great, How Religion Poisons Everything |
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Sun Oct-04-09 12:30 PM
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7. i drink for a reason by david cross |
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Sun Oct-04-09 02:00 PM
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8. No new books in the house :-( so re-reading "High Frontier" - Chris Claremont |
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It's actually an omnibus SFBC edition combining First Flight and Grounded!. "Space opera" type action adventure.
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Sun Oct-04-09 06:32 PM
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9. Will the Circle Be Unbroken: |
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Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith by Studs Terkel
I found it on sale for $2.99 at the grocery store.
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Sat Oct-10-09 07:53 AM
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28. I highly, highly recommend this book. |
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It's an incredible collection of interviews with various people, some famous, others not, about their views on death and their beliefs or not (mostly not) in an afterlife. Very, very uplifting given the subject matter. I thought it was going to be depressing but, even though there were some pretty heavy tales, it was very affirmative overall to know that there are some incredibly, actively caring individuals out there.
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Sun Oct-04-09 10:55 PM
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10. The Trial by Franz Kafka. nt |
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Mon Oct-05-09 12:33 AM
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11. Good one - I've read all of his books except the newest... |
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NINE DRAGONS...am on the list..
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Mon Oct-05-09 12:37 AM
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12. HOLLYWOOD STATION (2006) , Joseph Wambaugh |
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Nice read if you like cops, which I do...great dialog and characters (some I needed a translator to go from "cop" to "english"..
Sad, funny, poignant and I have the next book in the series already.
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Tue Oct-06-09 07:07 AM
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13. I used to read Wambaugh all the time. |
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I haven't read him in years though. I thought his best was The Onion Field.
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Wed Oct-07-09 11:26 PM
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20. He's very prolific... |
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I chose HOLLYWOOD STATION because it seems to be his newest series - I'll go to the series ONION FIELD is in next...am using this as a guide to which ones to get: http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/W_Authors/Wambaugh_Joseph.html
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Tue Oct-06-09 12:23 PM
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14. Memorial Day by Vince Flynn. |
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So far I'm kind of meh on it, but I think my politics get in the way of just enjoying these kind of stories anymore (political/terrorist thriller). My father is as left wing as me, but he's able to put his politics aside and enjoy certain things that I struggle with. This is one of them. It's not that it's a bad book, it's actually a decent page turner, but the main character is too much of the Jack Bauer type for my taste. And it doesn't exactly help to have blurbs by both Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh saying how great it is.
The plus to all of this is that by reading a book my father lent me I can now tell him to read one from me. I hope he likes World War Z. :)
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Thu Oct-08-09 06:09 PM
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23. I've recently discovered Flynn |
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and while his politics and mine don't jive, I do his enjoy his "page-turners." I'm currently reading "Term Limits" from 1997. Lots of pricks to hate. No limbaugh, no O'reilly and its so far (half way through) a damned good "stemwinder."
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Sat Oct-10-09 01:37 PM
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31. My father loves him, and he's a solid Democrat. |
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I used to have no problems with these books. I used to read all the Clancy books, Craig Thomas, etc. But since 2000 I have to admit that I have a hard time separating my politics from the books now. The fact that it's still a page turner even with my reservations speaks to how good he can spin a tale, I'm just uncomfortable with the tale I guess. Surprisingly, the only author like this who doesn't bother me is Richard Marchinko. He's more psychotic than any of the other authors combined, but he just cracks me up.
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Fri Oct-09-09 05:52 PM
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I must admit I've read most of Flynn's books.
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Sat Oct-10-09 01:32 PM
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30. I don't know, my father lent it to me. |
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It's the only one I've read so far, so I don't know what else he's done. The copyright is 2004, so I'm thinking there newer ones.
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Tue Oct-06-09 05:52 PM
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15. THE TOMB (1984) F. Paul Wilson |
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I got up to page 112 in this old paperback I got from interlibrary loan, and didn't like it at all. No more Repairman Jack for me.
It's got supernatural creatures from India called rakoshi (like Transylvania has Dracula, I guess), and these rakoshi seem to be in all five Repairman Jack novels that I picked up a few days ago and I'll return them unread.
Don't care much for supernatural villains. Repairman Jack reminds me of Dexter though, they both kill/get revenge on people outside the law. Dexter cuts people up and enjoys it.
I think Reacher is so much better (Lee Child). Have read all of his books, the first 6 or 7 being the best, and I liked almost all of them.
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Tue Oct-06-09 05:55 PM
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16. GRAY GHOST (2007) William G. Tapply |
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Just started and am enjoying lightening-struck Stonewall Calhoun's new murders to solve. Lots of fly-fishing, which I know nothing about.
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Sun Oct-11-09 08:18 PM
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32. THE PRICE OF MALICE (2009) by Archer Mayor |
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I have read all of the "Joe Gunther" books in Mayor's series. Enjoyed some more than others, but this last one was a dud.
I found sentence structure to be too awkward for me, having to read so many sentences two or three times to figure out what the author wanted to tell me takes too long and they weren't worth the effort. Dumb plot. Tired...
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Tue Oct-06-09 09:31 PM
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I am re reading Cats Eye , Orrex and Crake, and if i get to it , The Blind Assassin, but that one will probably be for later because I can't find it . I must have put it in the wrong bookcase!
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Wed Oct-07-09 07:56 AM
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19. Books I've read so far this week |
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Whiskey Sour J.A. Konrath The Body Box Lynn Abercrombie Last Breath Michael Prescott
I'm currently reading Dark Hollow John Connolly
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Thu Oct-08-09 01:24 AM
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21. Motherless Brookly by Jonathn Lethem.... |
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Thu Oct-08-09 05:29 PM
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22. Change question to include "and did you like the book?" |
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I've picked up a few new authors since coming to "Books: Fiction," like Carl Hiaasen, James Lee Burke, William Bernhardt, Tony Hillerman,and a few others I can't think of right now. Thanks to the folks who posted that they liked these authors.
Maybe people would feel free to put in their opinions and a line or two about the subject of the books they read. I'd appreciate it, don't know about the rest of you.
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Fri Oct-09-09 02:30 PM
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25. I like the two I'm reading this week. |
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Of course, I usually do. I'm picky, but I generally screen things well enough ahead of time to know if they will suit.
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Fri Oct-09-09 02:25 PM
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by Jane Yolen
For a book group I'm facilitating for middle school readers. We are all fascinated, so far. The prologue itself used up an entire session of discussion about the history of fairy tales, and the evolution of the fairy tale into modern fanatasy.
"Turn Coat" by Jim Butcher, at home for fun. I like Harry Dresden; his personality reminds me too much of my youngest son.
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Sat Oct-10-09 07:50 AM
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27. Read Mudbound yesterday, the entire book. |
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It's only 324 pages long and not all of them full as it's broken down into small chapters written from the perspective of each of the primary characters. A gut-wrenching tale and sooooo difficult to put down to do anything else. Hillary Jordan's writing is incredible. She's quite a talent and will have a long, successful run ahead of her if she writes anything else even half as riveting as this book is.
I started Rose's Garden by Carrie Brown last night after I had finished Mudbound. Her book Confinement is waiting on the coffee table.
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Sat Oct-10-09 12:23 PM
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29. I had much the same thoughts about this book, too, HW. It is |
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quite an accomplishment for a first book. I hope to see more from Hillary Jordan.
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Mon Oct-12-09 12:46 AM
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33. I read "Mudbound" in the lookout tower this summer. Fantastic book. |
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My relief lookout also read it and loved it. Hillary Jordon is the niece (or some relation) to a DUer. That DUer recommended Mudbound to me when I was compiling my library for the Oregon wilderness.
After the first chapter, I thought: "Faulkner's As I Lay Dying." But not so. Jordon's is a unique story of hardship. Not unlike Wallace Stegner's great Angle of Repose. I'm into that genre now.
Although it is totally different, I'm reading Zane Gray's Riders of the Purple Sage. Like Angle of Repose and the movies Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, and The Molly McGuires, the year 1876 seems to be fairly central.
Mac
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Wed Oct-14-09 12:24 PM
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and I finished it the same week and it's one of the best books in the series.
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