What Are You Reading? (November 2018)
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Re: What Are You Reading? (November 2018)
just started
#3
DVD Talk Hero
Re: What Are You Reading? (November 2018)
I bought this one from B&N because they sent me a 15% off coupon, which helped a bit, since they charge sales tax. Amazon only gave me a coupon for like $1.82, but with tax, bumped the total to almost $33. B&N's price with free shipping and tax was $27 and change. It's a massive book at almost 600 pages. It's a coffee table sized book, too.
They also have a Kindle version for $14.99.
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DVD Talk Hero
Re: What Are You Reading? (November 2018)
I was reading the Honor Harrington series. That made me curious about Hornblower, and I'm re-reading some of those books. I'm finding Foster a better writer than Weber.
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Re: What Are You Reading? (November 2018)
Just finished Michael Connelly's Dark Sacred Place:
I'm a HUGE Michael Connelly fan...read every one.
I'm a HUGE Michael Connelly fan...read every one.
Spoiler:
Last edited by melasnus; 11-10-18 at 03:09 PM.
#6
Banned
Re: What Are You Reading? (November 2018)
Im still reading Star Wars Coruscant Nights book 1.
after that I dunno what Ill read. Probably start reading Interview with the Vampire or re read the Kenobi novel
after that I dunno what Ill read. Probably start reading Interview with the Vampire or re read the Kenobi novel
#7
Re: What Are You Reading? (November 2018)
I took October off to get as high a count as I could for the horror challenge. But since I didn't make 100, maybe I should've been reading some good horror before bed
Just finished:
I really wanted to like this book more than I did. I love Scooby Doo and Lovecraft ... so this should've been right up my alley. I just didn't like the author's execution. The book had an annoying tendency to shift from novel to screenplay formatting (with no reasoning for this practice). And when it was in novel mode, I just wasn't engaged by the author's writing style. Action scenes that should've been crackling just muddled by. And all the cute-sy references and made-up words got old really fast. *brainee tragishakes head*
Just finished:
I really wanted to like this book more than I did. I love Scooby Doo and Lovecraft ... so this should've been right up my alley. I just didn't like the author's execution. The book had an annoying tendency to shift from novel to screenplay formatting (with no reasoning for this practice). And when it was in novel mode, I just wasn't engaged by the author's writing style. Action scenes that should've been crackling just muddled by. And all the cute-sy references and made-up words got old really fast. *brainee tragishakes head*
#11
Re: What Are You Reading? (November 2018)
Just finished Stephen King's It. It took me over seven weeks to get through it all (averaging about 45 minute of reading per evening).
BTW, I now have a new appreciation for how well the 1990 miniseries managed to condense this material into three hours (and within the standards of network television). While I liked the new movie, it's a far less faithful adaption.
I do hope It: Chapter Two can improve on the climax of the miniseries -- though I figure the "Ritual of Chüd" stuff from the novel will once again be ignored. Kind of a shame, since it could make for some really trippy cinematic visuals (sort of like the astral dimension sequence in Doctor Strange).
BTW, I now have a new appreciation for how well the 1990 miniseries managed to condense this material into three hours (and within the standards of network television). While I liked the new movie, it's a far less faithful adaption.
I do hope It: Chapter Two can improve on the climax of the miniseries -- though I figure the "Ritual of Chüd" stuff from the novel will once again be ignored. Kind of a shame, since it could make for some really trippy cinematic visuals (sort of like the astral dimension sequence in Doctor Strange).
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Re: What Are You Reading? (November 2018)
Finished:
Good entertaining book. While not as good as The Martian, that comparison doesn't seem a fair reason to trash this book (as a number of online reviewers seem to have done). The moon-city setting is an interesting one (and the author works in a number of real-science nuggets into the story like he did with his first book). I can see this making a really good movie ... the story is fairly concise, and transplanting a heist/caper/crime action story onto the moon seems like a great concept.
Good entertaining book. While not as good as The Martian, that comparison doesn't seem a fair reason to trash this book (as a number of online reviewers seem to have done). The moon-city setting is an interesting one (and the author works in a number of real-science nuggets into the story like he did with his first book). I can see this making a really good movie ... the story is fairly concise, and transplanting a heist/caper/crime action story onto the moon seems like a great concept.
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Banned
Re: What Are You Reading? (November 2018)
Im reading two paperbacks which i started today
Star Wars Kenobi. Re-reading it for the 2nd time
Joe McKinneys The Dead Won't Die. One of the Deadlands zombie novels
Star Wars Kenobi. Re-reading it for the 2nd time
Joe McKinneys The Dead Won't Die. One of the Deadlands zombie novels
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Re: What Are You Reading? (November 2018)
Good entertaining book. While not as good as The Martian, that comparison doesn't seem a fair reason to trash this book (as a number of online reviewers seem to have done). The moon-city setting is an interesting one (and the author works in a number of real-science nuggets into the story like he did with his first book). I can see this making a really good movie ... the story is fairly concise, and transplanting a heist/caper/crime action story onto the moon seems like a great concept.
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Re: What Are You Reading? (November 2018)
Finished:
I've got to read more of Scalzi, since I've really enjoyed everything by him so far (and I like how with this, Redshirts, and Old Man's War he wrote three very different types of sci-fi stories).
This was a near-future sci-fi police procedural. I can see how there can be more stories to be told in this world of Hadens, Integrators, and Threeps (and I see another novel's been written).
I've got to read more of Scalzi, since I've really enjoyed everything by him so far (and I like how with this, Redshirts, and Old Man's War he wrote three very different types of sci-fi stories).
This was a near-future sci-fi police procedural. I can see how there can be more stories to be told in this world of Hadens, Integrators, and Threeps (and I see another novel's been written).
Last edited by brainee; 11-24-18 at 11:47 PM.
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Re: What Are You Reading? (November 2018)
Finished:
Another good book by Scalzi (I hadn't had the original "Fuzzy" stories from the 60s). And another entirely different type of sci-fi story (this one veers from family comedy to courtroom drama).
Another good book by Scalzi (I hadn't had the original "Fuzzy" stories from the 60s). And another entirely different type of sci-fi story (this one veers from family comedy to courtroom drama).