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What are you reading? (April 2012)

Finished reading Hell & Gone by Duane Swierczynski



Currently reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King

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How was this?

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The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
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How was this?
Very good read. Enjoyed the interesting characters and their back-stories. Although it's not a mystery book, it had those elements surrounding the characters and events on the ship which kept me reading. Ondaatje's most accessible book.
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Finished All The Weyrs Of Pern, started the Psychomech trilogy (Brian Lumley), part one:







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Very disappointing. Fell apart half-way through with nothing but fragmented scenes that never really lead anywhere. I couldn't take it on a satirical level or as any sort of mystery. It seems like it tries to be both but failing in both instances. "The Financial Lives of the Poets" is a much better read. Hopefully his upcoming book in June is closer to "Poets" than this mess.


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Beautifully written and sometimes poetic. A little too detailed on the workings of clocks, but the main plot of a dying man and his thoughts of his father kept me interested. Not sure it deserves a Pulitzer, but it's a helluva debut from the author.


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Is this any good? I was looking at this while I was at the local BN. Sounded interesting.

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Is this any good? I was looking at this while I was at the local BN. Sounded interesting.

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The Professionals was very good, especially for a debut novel.
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The Glorious Becoming.

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Finished:

Ready Player One By Ernest Cline
Horns By Joe Hill

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A Feast For Crows By George R.R. Martin
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Following a recent house move and the re-examination of a large section of my book collection, I have been browsing through a reference/non-fiction book that I picked up two decades ago on a whim because the cover made me smile:

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