What Are You Reading? 2022
05-02-22, 11:08 AM
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Summer means a return to book season for me. I'm currently reading, among other things, "Inventing the Future" by Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams.
05-06-22, 08:49 PM
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Re: What Are You Reading? 2022
Finished the Robin Hobb. Hesitant to start the final book. So this instead:
05-08-22, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Kurt D
Finished the Robin Hobb. Hesitant to start the final book.
A massive book that really feels like the capstone to a 16 book series (if not Robin Hobb's writing career). Normally a 200 page epilogue would be indulgent, but in this case I think it's earned. There are so many call-backs to events in all the other books that it's hard to imagine the response from readers who started with this trilogy (and I wouldn't recommend it). And you know, for readers who have been following the whole series, that Hobb is going to seriously gut you in the feels by the end of it.
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05-09-22, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by brainee
Speaking of which, I finished:
A massive book that really feels like the capstone to a 16 book series (if not Robin Hobb's writing career). Normally a 200 page epilogue would be indulgent, but in this case I think it's earned. There are so many call-backs to events in all the other books that it's hard to imagine the response from readers who started with this trilogy (and I wouldn't recommend it). And you know, for readers who have been following the whole series, that Hobb is going to seriously gut you in the feels by the end of it.
A massive book that really feels like the capstone to a 16 book series (if not Robin Hobb's writing career). Normally a 200 page epilogue would be indulgent, but in this case I think it's earned. There are so many call-backs to events in all the other books that it's hard to imagine the response from readers who started with this trilogy (and I wouldn't recommend it). And you know, for readers who have been following the whole series, that Hobb is going to seriously gut you in the feels by the end of it.
Originally Posted by mndtrp
I've gone on about it before in this thread and others, but I agree with everything you said.
05-10-22, 08:04 PM
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Finished this bitchy exposé of Old Hollywood a few days ago. Escapist trash.
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05-10-22, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Norm de Plume
Finished this bitchy exposé of Old Hollywood a few days ago. Escapist trash.
05-10-22, 11:40 PM
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Finished Gwendy's Button Box then moved to Gwendy's Magic Feather, loved them both, but I'm now reading Gwendy's Final Task and its quality isn't up to the previous 2 i don't think but its still a good story so far.
05-11-22, 10:19 AM
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That's the best kind of trash! (I see this volume at used book stores frequently, but have never ponied up for it.)
05-11-22, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Norm de Plume
It's worth a few bucks, but when it comes to behind-the-scenes Hollywood stories, David McClintick's "Indecent Exposure" is infinitely more in-depth and interesting. I have a number of other "underbelly of Hollywood" books that I plan to read this summer. I'll report back on those.
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05-11-22, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Norm de Plume
Finished this bitchy exposé of Old Hollywood a few days ago. Escapist trash.
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05-11-22, 08:41 PM
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Just finished:
I was quite taken by this profane little book that's laugh-out-loud funny one moment and touching and sad the next.
Up next:
I was quite taken by this profane little book that's laugh-out-loud funny one moment and touching and sad the next.
Up next:
05-13-22, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by FunkDaddy J
Thoughts?
It seems pretty obvious that it is using the Japenese internment and the horror as a commentary on COVID and the current politcal/social environment. I like the idea behind tying the horrible internment of the Japanese to what is happening in today's environment, but the execution just fell flat for me.
Good concept, but in the end it didnt do very much for me.
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05-13-22, 01:43 PM
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Talking about a book as a "palate cleanser" after 2500 pages of epic fantasy I went with:
As expected, it was a fast "popcorn" read. I appreciate the author's journey in writing this book: working as a flight attendant for 10 years, working in her spare time on a first novel, and making it through dozens of rejections before hitting it big. While a fast read, I didn't think this was particularly good though. A lot came across as corny and hackneyed. Since the author was a flight attendant, you would think that the main hero of the story would've been one too. But no ... it's the tall, handsome, smart, sensitive, "Mr. Perfect" pilot. None of the book's attempts at emotion worked for me. Maybe this was a case of not being helped at all for me by following up an author whose books are a masterclass in emotional involvement.
As expected, it was a fast "popcorn" read. I appreciate the author's journey in writing this book: working as a flight attendant for 10 years, working in her spare time on a first novel, and making it through dozens of rejections before hitting it big. While a fast read, I didn't think this was particularly good though. A lot came across as corny and hackneyed. Since the author was a flight attendant, you would think that the main hero of the story would've been one too. But no ... it's the tall, handsome, smart, sensitive, "Mr. Perfect" pilot. None of the book's attempts at emotion worked for me. Maybe this was a case of not being helped at all for me by following up an author whose books are a masterclass in emotional involvement.
05-14-22, 07:09 PM
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Shibumi by Trevanian. The last of the superspy books. I didn't realize it when it came out that the protagonist is basically a Bond supervillain. He's smart, deadly, lives in a medieval castle on a mountain, and the CIA agent faces him in his lair. But the CIA (and MI-5/6) are much more evil than the protagonist. More than half the book is origin story, so it's kind of slow moving. It's deeply anti-American and anti-capitalism. I'm surprised it was a bestseller.
I'm done with this omnibus volume.
I'm done with this omnibus volume.
