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Originally Posted by wolf
Dana, I've put Jeff Noon's Vurt onto my TBR pile, I'll let you know what I think.
I'm continuing to read Doctor Who novelizations, have made it up to Pertwee, just finished Cave of Monsterswhich was based on the first Silurians episode, now reading Ambassadors of Death.
I borrowed Kathryn Stockett's The Help from crazynurse's daughter, liked it more than I expected to, but I still wasn't entirely pleased with it. It is charming and poignant, without being overtly sappy, and really focuses on the strengths and foibles of the women, both black and white, involved. The white women tended to be two dimensional caricatures, all hair styles and silver patterns, but I guess less of their story was being told.
I'm currently reading Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum - Mark Stevens.
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Oh, yes, let me know what you think of Noon.
Broadmoor Revealed is an excellent book. Really well-written. I have a side interest in criminality and social resistance in the 18th and 19th centuries.
At the moment I am still working my way through some Pratchett audios. Basically, I started out with the intention of just listening to those stories with Sam Vimes as the central character. Then I decided I'd also include any of the stories that have Vimes or the Ankh Morpork City Watch in them at all.
Started out with Men at Arms, as I'd not so long since listened to the radioplays of the first Vimes book (
Guards, Guards). Then changed my mind, went back and listened to Guards Guards after all :p
Am now just approaching the end of
The Truth , which is a brilliant look at the growth/role of the press. Great characters, excellent story, and just enough of a Vimes appearance to make me happy
I particularly like the central character in this story: William deWorde.
Next up: Nightwatch. Probably my favourite of the Vimes stories. This one has Vimes as its central character and plays with time travel (under the watchful gaze of some temporal monks).