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Postby shafnutz05 » Fri Feb 15, 2019 1:33 pm

I thought Book of M was terrific.
I really liked it, but the ending was disappointing for me. The "elephant never forgets" stuff was unintentionally funny IMO
For whatever reason, something just clicked with me and I saw the ending coming pretty far out. The way everything was intentionally not being said and described, I knew it wasn't going to be her wife,and at first I was disappointed, but the more I thought about it and how it all ended up working with the other themes of the book, I kinda really dug it. I was pretty impressed for this being her first novel and especially bringing something different to the post apocalyptic story
Totally agree. Very unique twist on the dystopian genre.

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Postby Gaucho » Fri Feb 15, 2019 1:34 pm

:lol:

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Postby Gaucho » Fri Mar 01, 2019 6:41 am

Started reading Don Winslow's The Border. It's probably terrific.

Also, I wondered what my last post was all about. It was about the last post on the previous page, not shad's.

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Postby eddy » Fri Mar 01, 2019 7:53 am

Started reading Don Winslow's The Border. It's probably terrific.

Also, I wondered what my last post was all about. It was about the last post on the previous page, not shad's.
Did you read the previously 2 in that trilogy? I can't remember if they are all stand alones?

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Postby Gaucho » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:02 am

Started reading Don Winslow's The Border. It's probably terrific.

Also, I wondered what my last post was all about. It was about the last post on the previous page, not shad's.
Did you read the previously 2 in that trilogy? I can't remember if they are all stand alones?
I did. It certainly makes sense to read them in order.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:04 am

I picked up Tom Sweterlitsch's Tomorrow and Tomorrow since I liked The Gone World so much (and all of the Pittsburgh tie-ins). Eh. You can tell this was his debut novel.

I love the futuristic world it creates but hate the writing style. He tried to go really hard with the cyberpunk futuristic style, but he does it in journal format from the perspective of the main protagonist the entire book. It's distracting and exhausting, if that makes sense. It meanders all over the place.

I am going to try and finish it but it is a chore.

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Postby Gaucho » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:12 am

I agree.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:16 am

Next up is The Hobbit, which I have sadly never read. Kind of excited I saved it so I can experience it now.

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Postby llipgh2 » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:23 am

I just finished "Behind the Fireplace: Memoir of a girl working for the Dutch Resistance". Her son, Andrew Scott interviewed her for the book. Absolutely a fascinating read.

"Behind the Fireplace" refers to the secret room her family hid Jewish refugees in.

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Postby eddy » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:29 am

Next up is The Hobbit, which I have sadly never read. Kind of excited I saved it so I can experience it now.
not sure how old your kid is, but that was a fun book to read to mine (also one of my favorite books)

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:43 am

Next up is The Hobbit, which I have sadly never read. Kind of excited I saved it so I can experience it now.
not sure how old your kid is, but that was a fun book to read to mine (also one of my favorite books)
Yes. We got the illustrated edition which was a lot of fun to read together - a lot of detail though.

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Postby eddy » Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:00 am

Next up is The Hobbit, which I have sadly never read. Kind of excited I saved it so I can experience it now.
not sure how old your kid is, but that was a fun book to read to mine (also one of my favorite books)
Yes. We got the illustrated edition which was a lot of fun to read together - a lot of detail though.
Oh yeah, a lot to unpack for the youngest, but that means more voices for me. I also did the illustrated version

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Postby eddy » Tue Mar 12, 2019 3:06 pm

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Postby obhave » Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:05 pm

What I think is lacking in many YA novels and fantasy/sci-fi in general recently is multiple intrigues and complexity. There is often one story, one mystery. But throughout these first two books there is so much complexity and questions to answer, beyond world building. I like my sci-fis/fantasy to not just be complex world building, but complex plots.

I think I've mentioned it before, but for a YA-friendly fantasy/sci-fi series, I highly recommend the Heartstrikers series by Rachel Aaron.
It would fall into the "urban fantasy" genre, and the main character is a dragon in an alternate United States with magic. Really good characters, story, and writing. These books are good enough that I bought each one even though they are included in my Kindle Unlimited subscription.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0793 ... rw_dp_labf

Cool, I'll check it out!
Put this on hold at the library, finally.

I took at look at this book on goodreads, and I had to laugh at one of the questions/answers:
Q: Is there swearing or sex
A: Yes, there's a kiss, and a couple almost kisses. He's 24, she's 25, it works

Ma'am, that is not sex.

Okay. @Shyster I love Marci.

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Postby Shyster » Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:18 pm

Okay. @Shyster I love Marci.

Marci to me is a more interesting character than Julius, who can come across as a little too nice at times. They really compliment each other. The whole series is packed with colorful characters (both figuratively and literally when many characters are brightly colored feathered dragons). My personal favorite is Chelsie. Her story doesn't get fleshed out until the later books, though.

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Postby Gaucho » Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:01 pm

'Extraordinary' 500-year-old library catalogue reveals books lost to time

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Postby dodint » Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:14 pm

Wow.

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Postby LeopardLetang » Wed Apr 10, 2019 11:06 pm

Spectacular!

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Postby Kane » Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:36 am

Damn. That is really cool.

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Postby eddy » Tue May 14, 2019 11:44 am

anyone recommend any other books by Yann Martel. I enjoyed Life of Pi

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Postby shafnutz05 » Tue May 14, 2019 12:02 pm

Just finished the first two books of the Thrawn trilogy. Going back to re-read these was a great choice, I don't remember them at all since I read them in high school.

I am also going back and re-reading A Walk in the Woods again. Bill Bryson is IMO one of the funniest damn writers around.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Tue May 14, 2019 3:23 pm

I'm listening to the second of the new Thrawn trilogy. Pretty good stuff.

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Postby Gaucho » Tue May 14, 2019 3:28 pm

EL Doctorow's Ragtime is a fabulous book.

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Postby dodint » Tue May 14, 2019 3:28 pm

How much of a break do you typically take between first, second, and subsequent reads of a fictional work? There are some books that I just love and have to keep myself trying to reread as not to render them flat in my mind. I waited a good 20 years before re-reading Replay by Ken Grimwood and I'm glad I did. There is a John Grisham book that I read twice in the course of about three years simply because I love the setting (Ford County/Clanton).

Sometimes I'm troubled about whether or not I should even bother re-reading a book. I'll never have time to read every book I'll want to read so it's hard for me to circle back and hit something twice unless I really yearn for it.

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