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wolf · 01-16-2012, 07:17 PM

Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope

Borrowed it from a friend who borrowed it from somebody else. It's nice, but I'm about 1/3 in and haven't hit anything really substantive, mostly reminiscences about childhoods, how plucky and courageous she is, that sort of thing. I'm hoping there will be more details of the treatment and real assessments of her progress and capabilities, but I'm not expecting any. not Hopeful enough,.

classicman · 01-16-2012, 07:35 PM

Good luck with that. My mother read it also - told me not to waste my time.
Hopin she was wrong and you find something. PLEASE let me know if you do.

infinite monkey · 01-22-2012, 07:28 PM

I read a book in one day, with a nap in between, but it kept me up most of last night because I liked it so much.

It is The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst. The writing is incredible, and the story is no less incredible. Plus, the protaganist is a writer and her latest book is a rewrite of all the endings of the books she'd written before...so you get short stories, the endings of the books the character got published with, with alternate endings, in between what she is going through in her real life.

Because you seem to have the same tastes in books, I thought you'd like this one. It was available in the new section of my library so I bet you can find it in yours.

I thought it was amazing.

Trilby · 01-23-2012, 10:50 AM

Thank YOU!

I'm really needing a new read right now and I think we have the same taste in books, too!

I'm still waiting to get MAINE and I'll look for this one while I'm at the library.

many thanks.

Griff · 01-23-2012, 06:08 PM

Death of Kings: A Novel (Saxon Tales) : Bernard Cornwell This is like number 6? in the series. Uthred continues to kick ass. He is simply a great character in interesting times.

wolf · 01-23-2012, 07:14 PM

Gabby ended up being pretty much what I expected it to be ... although, they did point out that her rehab experience was seriously not typical. I was the only person among my friends who wasn't surprised by her resignation ... they had been talking about her in the next election cycle and they were appalled that I was saying there was no way that she was ever going to be capable of remaining in congress. Turns out, of course, that I was right.

I finally read The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester. Awesome cross-pollination of science fiction and mystery. Neither genre would work for the story without the other ... good mystery AND good SF in the same package, rather than a convention mystery with spaceships and rayguns added to it.

Now onto Percepliquis by Michael J. Sullivan. It's the final book in the Riyria Revelations fantasy series.

wolf · 01-26-2012, 01:06 PM

Percepliquis was awesome. Rare that a fantasy series stays consistently good from beginning to end.

Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon

Had a couple of false starts on this, keep getting distracted by other (i.e., Kindle) books. This is one of the massive pile of books I ended up with during the Borders closing sale.

Not even a quarter into it ... it's a detective story set in an alternate history Sitka, Alaska, temporary homeland for Jews after WWII. The Alaskans seem to be kicking them out.

Happy Monkey · 01-26-2012, 01:55 PM

The Greenlanders, by Jane Smiley. Very interesting content, but I find the prose style extremely difficult to get into. I gave up on my first attempt years ago, but I'm sticking to it this time.

jimhelm · 01-26-2012, 02:25 PM

Bernard Cornwell is one of my faves Griff. Pisses me off that this particular series is only available in the abridged version on audible. Not gonna burn a credit on a 5 hour book.

I'm reading Reamde by Neal Stephenson. just started it, so.... I'll let you know.

Sick of my tapatalk sig

glatt · 01-26-2012, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

I'm reading Reamde by Neal Stephenson. just started it, so.... I'll let you know.

I just started it as well. Good so far.

Gravdigr · 01-26-2012, 03:14 PM

"The Lost Wagon Train" by Zane Grey

Griff · 01-26-2012, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

Bernard Cornwell is one of my faves Griff. Pisses me off that this particular series is only available in the abridged version on audible. Not gonna burn a credit on a 5 hour book.

I'm reading Reamde by Neal Stephenson. just started it, so.... I'll let you know.

Sick of my tapatalk sig

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I just started it as well. Good so far.

Gonna need a report from both you dudes... after six months or however long this one takes.

jimhelm · 01-26-2012, 06:27 PM

I get about 2 hours in per day, and its 25 hours long, so .....2 or 3 weeks?

glatt · 01-26-2012, 09:39 PM

I get through about 15 pages each night before falling asleep, and it's like 1000 pages long, so maybe by the Fall...

jimhelm · 01-26-2012, 11:38 PM

I think dana would enjoy this book. I want to play the mmorpg it's protagonist invented.

01-16-2012, 07:17 PM	#2281
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope Borrowed it from a friend who borrowed it from somebody else. It's nice, but I'm about 1/3 in and haven't hit anything really substantive, mostly reminiscences about childhoods, how plucky and courageous she is, that sort of thing. I'm hoping there will be more details of the treatment and real assessments of her progress and capabilities, but I'm not expecting any. not Hopeful enough,. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-16-2012, 07:35 PM	#2282
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Good luck with that. My mother read it also - told me not to waste my time. Hopin she was wrong and you find something. PLEASE let me know if you do. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-22-2012, 07:28 PM	#2283
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	To Brianna I read a book in one day, with a nap in between, but it kept me up most of last night because I liked it so much. It is The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst. The writing is incredible, and the story is no less incredible. Plus, the protaganist is a writer and her latest book is a rewrite of all the endings of the books she'd written before...so you get short stories, the endings of the books the character got published with, with alternate endings, in between what she is going through in her real life. Because you seem to have the same tastes in books, I thought you'd like this one. It was available in the new section of my library so I bet you can find it in yours. I thought it was amazing.

01-23-2012, 10:50 AM	#2284
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Thank YOU! I'm really needing a new read right now and I think we have the same taste in books, too! I'm still waiting to get MAINE and I'll look for this one while I'm at the library. many thanks. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-23-2012, 06:08 PM	#2285
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Death of Kings: A Novel (Saxon Tales) : Bernard Cornwell This is like number 6? in the series. Uthred continues to kick ass. He is simply a great character in interesting times. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-23-2012, 07:14 PM	#2286
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Gabby ended up being pretty much what I expected it to be ... although, they did point out that her rehab experience was seriously not typical. I was the only person among my friends who wasn't surprised by her resignation ... they had been talking about her in the next election cycle and they were appalled that I was saying there was no way that she was ever going to be capable of remaining in congress. Turns out, of course, that I was right. I finally read The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester. Awesome cross-pollination of science fiction and mystery. Neither genre would work for the story without the other ... good mystery AND good SF in the same package, rather than a convention mystery with spaceships and rayguns added to it. Now onto Percepliquis by Michael J. Sullivan. It's the final book in the Riyria Revelations fantasy series. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-26-2012, 01:06 PM	#2287
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Percepliquis was awesome. Rare that a fantasy series stays consistently good from beginning to end. Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon Had a couple of false starts on this, keep getting distracted by other (i.e., Kindle) books. This is one of the massive pile of books I ended up with during the Borders closing sale. Not even a quarter into it ... it's a detective story set in an alternate history Sitka, Alaska, temporary homeland for Jews after WWII. The Alaskans seem to be kicking them out. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-26-2012, 01:55 PM	#2288
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The Greenlanders, by Jane Smiley. Very interesting content, but I find the prose style extremely difficult to get into. I gave up on my first attempt years ago, but I'm sticking to it this time. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-26-2012, 02:25 PM	#2289
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Bernard Cornwell is one of my faves Griff. Pisses me off that this particular series is only available in the abridged version on audible. Not gonna burn a credit on a 5 hour book. I'm reading Reamde by Neal Stephenson. just started it, so.... I'll let you know. Sick of my tapatalk sig __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

01-26-2012, 03:14 PM	#2291
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	"The Lost Wagon Train" by Zane Grey __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-26-2012, 06:27 PM	#2293
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	I get about 2 hours in per day, and its 25 hours long, so .....2 or 3 weeks? __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

01-26-2012, 09:39 PM	#2294
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I get through about 15 pages each night before falling asleep, and it's like 1000 pages long, so maybe by the Fall...

01-26-2012, 11:38 PM	#2295
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	I think dana would enjoy this book. I want to play the mmorpg it's protagonist invented. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

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