What Are You Reading? Part 18 [December]
12-09-03, 10:19 AM
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Just finished Return of the King. The LOTR books just get better every time I read them.
Just started Snow Falling on Cedars by David Gutterson, and so far loving it.
Just started Snow Falling on Cedars by David Gutterson, and so far loving it.
12-10-03, 02:36 PM
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Finished Hubert Selby Jr.'s The Room last week. Click the link for my quickie review/recommendation.
NR; Thomas Jefferson's autobiography.
NR; Thomas Jefferson's autobiography.
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12-22-03, 12:58 AM
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I'm tearing through a couple of graphic novels I borrowed from the library.
Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl? - This was fantastic. Very easy read, great art, and a nice story.
JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice - Going to start this in a few minutes and hopefully finish it.
After these I will start The Civil War: Secession to Gettysburg. I'm fascinated by anything Civil War related, so I cannot wait to start this one
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Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl? - This was fantastic. Very easy read, great art, and a nice story.
JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice - Going to start this in a few minutes and hopefully finish it.
After these I will start The Civil War: Secession to Gettysburg. I'm fascinated by anything Civil War related, so I cannot wait to start this one
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12-22-03, 01:16 AM
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Beaver - Did I see correctly that you read the Civil War books by Foote? I saw you gave them a 10/10, that has me even more excited to get started.
12-22-03, 01:48 AM
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Yep. I read the 14 volume Time-Life illustrated ones. They were excellent. It's a narrative history so it was very readable. I don't have a ton to compare it to...I also read Battle Cry of Freedom and liked Foote better than that. Foote doesn't dive a lot into analysis of causes of the war or impacts. It's very soldier (especially generals) and battle focussed. But it was a ripping good yarn. I hope you like it!
I hope you like it!
12-28-03, 10:15 PM
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Finished Stephen King's most recent Dark Tower installment, Wolves of the Calla last night.
Next up, it's time for my annual, dead-of-winter/tropical paridise mystery with Laurence Shames' Scavenger Reef.
Next up, it's time for my annual, dead-of-winter/tropical paridise mystery with Laurence Shames' Scavenger Reef.
12-29-03, 08:06 AM
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At work I'm reading Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose.
At home on the couch I'm reading Forester's Mr. Midshipman Hornblower.
At home on the deck when I smoke I'm reading the complete Sherlock Holmes.
I think there's yet another book I started, but it's been lost in the shuffle.
At home on the couch I'm reading Forester's Mr. Midshipman Hornblower.
At home on the deck when I smoke I'm reading the complete Sherlock Holmes.
I think there's yet another book I started, but it's been lost in the shuffle.
12-29-03, 03:22 PM
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Originally posted by Alien Redrum
Just finished Stephen Hunter's Pale Horse Coming and just started Three to get Deadly by Janet Evanovitch (?).
Just finished Stephen Hunter's Pale Horse Coming and just started Three to get Deadly by Janet Evanovitch (?).
I also finished The Fool's Run by John Sandford. Not a bad book.
Right now I'm halfway through both The Destructor by Jon Merz and The Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg, both of which are entertaining, but the edge is going to Destructor.
After Destructor I'll finish up the series with The Syndicate.
12-30-03, 05:04 AM
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I just finished the da Vinci code. I'm kinda pissed while i did like the book I got it on xmas and finished it in 2 days. I'm thinking im going to go to the library instead of barnes and noble.
12-30-03, 05:30 PM
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Just finished James Wilson's "The Dark Clue".
The narrative is driven by the travails of a writer/artist (and his half sister) charged with looking into the intriguing (if not to say disturbing) life of the artist J.M.W. Turner. It is recounted by way of journal entries, personal notes and letters.
The book is set in Victorial times and uses the main characters from Wilkie Collins' "The Woman in White". However, anyone familiar with Collins' Marian Halcombe and Walter Hartright may look askance when they see ultimately where Wilson takes them!
The narrative is driven by the travails of a writer/artist (and his half sister) charged with looking into the intriguing (if not to say disturbing) life of the artist J.M.W. Turner. It is recounted by way of journal entries, personal notes and letters.
The book is set in Victorial times and uses the main characters from Wilkie Collins' "The Woman in White". However, anyone familiar with Collins' Marian Halcombe and Walter Hartright may look askance when they see ultimately where Wilson takes them!