I've had that happen to me before. Not the $2 fee, but them forgetting to call/email me. I do my books audio-style, and the only option for this cover is OverDrive. I've never waited this long for CDs before.I did the same with my Library and it came in, but they forgot to call me, so when I stopped in there for something else and inquired about it, they said they had to send it back because I didn't pick it up in time and got to pay a $2 fee for not getting it...I decided to put a hold on this from my library hearing all the reviews in here. I placed the hold on August 17th and still haven't received it.Source of the post Still waiting on the Gone World to arrive
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The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
I have not read this, but it's been on my list and sounds like if you liked Station Eleven, this may be for you. On sale for $1.99 for kindle today
https://www.amazon.com/Book-M-Novel-Pen ... 815&sr=8-1
I have not read this, but it's been on my list and sounds like if you liked Station Eleven, this may be for you. On sale for $1.99 for kindle today
https://www.amazon.com/Book-M-Novel-Pen ... 815&sr=8-1
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Is Station Eleven in a series or a standalone?
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from my understanding there is another book coming, but it's not a direct sequel. I think just another story in that world or beforehand with different characters
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I've been slacking on my fiction reading lately, that's exactly the kind of book I'm craving. I will check out his catalog. Are his other books good too?
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Anyone enjoy James Agee? I'm reading A Death in the Family and it's good; but he writes in run-on paragraphs that fill three or four Kindle 'pages' and it's a little tougher to get through. This is the first time I've had this issue with Kindle and I've been using one for about 8 years. He's like Hawthorne but with paragraphs.
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Emily St. John Mandel is a woman. (I've never ready any of her other books).
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Well now I feel like an ass. I'll check her out.Emily St. John Mandel is a woman. (I've never ready any of her other books).
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Swan Song by Robert McCammon keeps popping up on my list. I've read one of his others which was excellent. @shafnutz05 , this may scratch that itch too?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/115 ... earch=true
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/115 ... earch=true
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I liked Station Eleven, but it wasn't my favorite in that genre
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I've read this! It is indeed excellent.Swan Song by Robert McCammon keeps popping up on my list. I've read one of his others which was excellent. @shafnutz05 , this may scratch that itch too?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/115 ... earch=true
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i just bought it recently in a lot from half priced books. i usually read the first few pages of the books i buy and if i'm remembering right his first page and a half felt like one long sentence. Glad to hear it's good though - i'm looking forward to it.Anyone enjoy James Agee? I'm reading A Death in the Family and it's good; but he writes in run-on paragraphs that fill three or four Kindle 'pages' and it's a little tougher to get through. This is the first time I've had this issue with Kindle and I've been using one for about 8 years. He's like Hawthorne but with paragraphs.
Just finished my first murakami (wild sheep chase). it started like a rocket and i was completely enamored but it really lost steam and ended up being just really good. it felt a little empty of meaning (at least that i could recognize). the lack of stakes was clear which took away from the adventure and it didn't take me anywhere spritually. and it broached an interesting subject about taking power in japan and about 'civilizing' the rural areas but it just breezed past it all too whimsically for me to rank it amongst my favorites. not to take away from the fact that the whimsiness was one of its best features.
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Glad to hear another book is coming in that world. She's one author i've occasionally checked on to see if a new book is outI liked Station Eleven, but it wasn't my favorite in that genre
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Includes a quote from Blake Crouch on the cover? I'm in@eddysnakeSo I'm reading The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch and it is indeed as good as advertised ('Inception meets True Detective'). eddysnake, I think this is right up your alley.
Went to our very busy library (Chester County Library) on the way home and was shocked to see this in the stacks. Can't wait to dig in tonight.
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I'm currently #2 in line on hold for the audiobook. I'm hoping the timing works out that the book is available as soon as I finish my current bookIncludes a quote from Blake Crouch on the cover? I'm in@eddysnakeSo I'm reading The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch and it is indeed as good as advertised ('Inception meets True Detective'). eddysnake, I think this is right up your alley.
Went to our very busy library (Chester County Library) on the way home and was shocked to see this in the stacks. Can't wait to dig in tonight.
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I know I'm 30+ years behind here but I've decided to start reading Tom Clancy, specifically the Jack Ryan series. Started at the beginning with The Hunt For Red October.
It's good enough so far. Engaging, but the characters are pretty flat. I assume that gets better over the decades, maybe not.
My question is should I read through a certain number of the Jack Ryan books before watching the Jim Halpert Amazon series? Do they intertwine at all or is the TV show just a re imagining of the whole thing? Obviously the timelines and character stuff doesn't line up; for the show did they just take Jack Ryan and reboot him in a modern context?
It's good enough so far. Engaging, but the characters are pretty flat. I assume that gets better over the decades, maybe not.
My question is should I read through a certain number of the Jack Ryan books before watching the Jim Halpert Amazon series? Do they intertwine at all or is the TV show just a re imagining of the whole thing? Obviously the timelines and character stuff doesn't line up; for the show did they just take Jack Ryan and reboot him in a modern context?
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Character development isn't typically the point of Clancy novels imo. Jack Ryan and John Clark are really the only two characters that you'll get attached to, maybe Chavez a little bit. Other than that, it's all plot driven. Clancy is very good at giving you all the painstaking details of the story, as well as interweaving subplots into one major plot.Source of the post It's good enough so far. Engaging, but the characters are pretty flat. I assume that gets better over the decades, maybe not.
I'm thinking in the next few months I'll reread the series for a third time.
Can't say much about the Amazon series as I haven't seen it yet. But from what I've read it doesn't really line up with the books. Jack Ryan seems to be more of a shoot em up, superhero action figure than he is the CIA analyst in the books.
As an FYI, Without Remorse is chronologically before HFRO. Jack Ryan is not in the book, but I highly recommend reading it.
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I suppose given how much Clancy was praised for the technical stuff I assumed the characters would have some depth as well. I was basically hoping/expecting for the military version of Michael Chrichton.
Thanks for the response!
Thanks for the response!
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The books and series have little in common other than a few character names, to be honest. The films are obviously closer to the books they were based on, but the new show is set today and the nemesis is an Islamic terrorist.
My favorite of the early Tom Clancy books was Red Storm Rising, which he co-wrote with Larry Bond. It isn't a Jack Ryan book, but a stand alone book about World War III, USSR vs. NATO. I enjoyed it back in the day a lot. Bond's other books back then were similar, and I enjoyed them as well...but it's been 25+ years since I read them, so I'm not sure they aged well. Well, the USSR didn't age well lol.
My favorite of the early Tom Clancy books was Red Storm Rising, which he co-wrote with Larry Bond. It isn't a Jack Ryan book, but a stand alone book about World War III, USSR vs. NATO. I enjoyed it back in the day a lot. Bond's other books back then were similar, and I enjoyed them as well...but it's been 25+ years since I read them, so I'm not sure they aged well. Well, the USSR didn't age well lol.
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It should be mentioned that Mark Greaney, who has written several of the books after Clancy's death, has done a fine job IMO.
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Finished this book last week. It was excellent...just the kind of plot I was looking for, and the main protagonist is great. It started to get a bit convoluted in the last third of the book, and just a touch difficult to follow, but "Interstellar meets True Detective" is a good way to describe it.I did the same with my Library and it came in, but they forgot to call me, so when I stopped in there for something else and inquired about it, they said they had to send it back because I didn't pick it up in time and got to pay a $2 fee for not getting it...I decided to put a hold on this from my library hearing all the reviews in here. I placed the hold on August 17th and still haven't received it.Source of the post Still waiting on the Gone World to arrive
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I'll probably finish today or tomorrow. Agree on your summary. A few times I thought to myself, "Ah, that's how it's going to unfold," and every time I was wrong. It's easy to get lost when time travel is involved.Finished this book last week. It was excellent...just the kind of plot I was looking for, and the main protagonist is great. It started to get a bit convoluted in the last third of the book, and just a touch difficult to follow, but "Interstellar meets True Detective" is a good way to describe it.I did the same with my Library and it came in, but they forgot to call me, so when I stopped in there for something else and inquired about it, they said they had to send it back because I didn't pick it up in time and got to pay a $2 fee for not getting it...I decided to put a hold on this from my library hearing all the reviews in here. I placed the hold on August 17th and still haven't received it.Source of the post Still waiting on the Gone World to arrive
If you haven't read Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, it has a similar multiverse plot to it but a little easier to follow.
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Continuing the theme of travel, this time in space, John scalzis 2nd book in the series the consuming fire is just as great as the first one (the collapsing empire). If you want a fun political read that deals with travel across different systems and what happens when that flow closes off travel between the planets and the different governments/religions scrambling to rule what's left, this is the series for you.
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I'm a sucker for anything Ford county related, so when I saw that Grisham was releasing a new novel in that setting I preordered it a few months ago. It dropped last week and I've been reading it, The Reckoning. It's a really slow novel, even for him. A good bit of it is, somehow, about the Bataan Death March, Japanese POW camps, and the Philippine guerrilla war. I recommend it to anyone that might care about that era of military history as the narrative is pretty emotionally engaging.
The central conflict of the book is barely acknowledged and I'm 60% of the way through it. Again, slow burn.
The central conflict of the book is barely acknowledged and I'm 60% of the way through it. Again, slow burn.
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re: The Reckoning
Really slow burn, like I said. It didn't scratch the Ford County itch the way I would've liked. But, I read the last chapter through tears so I consider it a worthwhile read.
Really slow burn, like I said. It didn't scratch the Ford County itch the way I would've liked. But, I read the last chapter through tears so I consider it a worthwhile read.
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