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Gravdigr · 01-02-2013, 06:48 PM

Recently finished "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War" by Max Brooks. Not wild about the 'interview notes' style of writing.

Spoiler Alert:

One scene in the book I can't wait to see is the thermobaric bomb scene, I can't wait to see the undead walking, on fire, with their lungs/abdomen/wind pipe/organs hanging out of their mouths. On fire. That's gonna rock.

Gravdigr · 01-02-2013, 06:50 PM

Just started "A Rocky Mountain Christmas" by William W. Johnstone with J.A. Johnstone

DanaC · 01-04-2013, 05:15 AM

I'm enjoying a bit of a return to sword and sorcery fantasy. I finished the first of The Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling and am now on book 2.

They're very entertaining. Though I would probably recommend them for reading rather than audiobook (I am listening to the audio) as the narrator is a bit hit and miss with some of his accents.

@ Sundae: I think you might enjoy these. The character Seregil for instance, aside from being a very cool, funny and charming protagonist is also gay. There's a bit of a romance brewing between him and the young man he takes on as his apprentice in thieving and spying. Very nicely done. Not gay fiction, just a really well-drawn gay character at the centre of the story. Reminds me a bit of Captain Jack in that regard.

One of the things I like is the regular swearing by this or that deity's eyes or balls or on one occasion 'Balari's codpiece!'

It's funny and charming, with a detective story and courtly intrigue and spying and disguises and magic.

Aliantha · 01-04-2013, 05:20 AM

I'm almost finished the third book in the fifty shades series. I have to say I'm not overly impressed. In fact, I've started skipping over all the gratuitous sex scenes which is making the reading of the last book go pretty quick.

DanaC · 01-04-2013, 05:21 AM

hahahaha. My mum really enjoyed the first book. She ended up quite enjoying the whole series, but by halfway through the second book she was skipping whole pages.

wolf · 01-06-2013, 05:28 PM

Very nearly through all the Quillers ... on Quiller Meridian, which I think leaves only Quiller Balalaika.

damn, but I love these.

orthodoc · 01-07-2013, 08:13 AM

Finished Flight Behavior, which was a typical Kingsolver exercise in excellence ... also just read Death Comes to Pemberley, a lark by P.D. James, of all people. I thought she did a great job, caught Austen's sentence structure and caustic wit very well. And P.D. James is 91.

wolf · 01-10-2013, 10:23 AM

There is another Quiller left ... Quiller Salamander. But before I do that the goodreads.com Science Fiction and Fantasy ebook group is doing Neuromancer, and I do love me some Gibson, haven't reread it in quite a few years (probably at least 10-15).

footfootfoot · 01-12-2013, 09:41 PM

Finished listening to Gone Girl, per Pete Z's suggestion (He suggested the read, but I didn't have time)

I have to say the reading by two actors (man and woman) was brilliant. It was unabridged, like 18 hours of reading. I definitely could have read it faster, but the performances were masterful.

I was/am totally freaked out. Still freaked out. I have to read more of her stuff.

Trilby · 01-13-2013, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Finished listening to Gone Girl, per Pete Z's suggestion (He suggested the read, but I didn't have time)

I have to say the reading by two actors (man and woman) was brilliant. It was unabridged, like 18 hours of reading. I definitely could have read it faster, but the performances were masterful.

I was/am totally freaked out. Still freaked out. I have to read more of her stuff.

well, that clinches it. I'm buying it today on Kindle. I hope the plot includes some asshole in AA lecturing about her lack of commitment and she stabs him in the eye with a shiv. THAT's the book I'm looking for.

Trilby · 01-13-2013, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Balalaika.

damn, but I love these.

What woman doesn't love Balalaika? If it's done correctly, I mean.

footfootfoot · 01-13-2013, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Trilby

well, that clinches it. I'm buying it today on Kindle. I hope the plot includes some asshole in AA lecturing about her lack of commitment and she stabs him in the eye with a shiv. THAT's the book I'm looking for.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to say you wouldn't be happy with this book in that case.

Sundae · 01-13-2013, 02:43 PM

Am tempted by Gone Girl too. But I am making tough going of reading at the moment.
I still stay up after my parents (22.00) but the second I feel weary I'm off to bed, lights off and sparko.

Reading The People's Queen by Vanora Bennett and have been for at least a week (!) It's pretty much okay but I can't hold Plantagenet politics in my mind indefinitely, so I keep having to backtrack. I'm not doing it justice.

I also have Anno Dracula by Kim Newman waiting in the wings. I bought it on a whim because Mum used my Waterstones card to get a few books she wanted post-Christmas, giving me enough points that I only paid £1.13 for it. Given the price of paperbacks nowadays I count this as a bargain and am determined not to be disappointed. When I finally get round to it.

And I have bought 11.22.63 by Stephen King. Ebay 99p. The benefit of waiting until other people have rushed out to buy it and then just want to pass it on. I did the same for Rowling's A Casual Vacancy. It's on free delivery of 10-12 working days but I'm hardly worried about the time it takes to get to me.

When I worked in the charity shop they sent all of Rowling's books for pulping. Just too many people bringing in the Hogwarts series and too few people who hadn't already read them. That's why I love eBay, there are people out there willing to take a punt on a book, without worrying that it is taking up shelf-space on something they can sell for more.

DanaC · 01-13-2013, 02:45 PM

Hey Sundae, did you see my recommendation further back in this thread for a series of fantasy books I think you might like?

Sundae · 01-13-2013, 02:55 PM

Nice flag-up - I didn't.
Will definitely check out. Need to rejoin the library.

ETA checking eBay first - what's the actual title?

ETAA - Luck in the Shadows. Just bought it

01-02-2013, 06:48 PM	#2461
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Recently finished "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War" by Max Brooks. Not wild about the 'interview notes' style of writing. Spoiler Alert: One scene in the book I can't wait to see is the thermobaric bomb scene, I can't wait to see the undead walking, on fire, with their lungs/abdomen/wind pipe/organs hanging out of their mouths. On fire. That's gonna rock. __________________ 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.

01-02-2013, 06:50 PM	#2462
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Just started "A Rocky Mountain Christmas" by William W. Johnstone with J.A. Johnstone __________________ 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.

01-04-2013, 05:20 AM	#2464
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I'm almost finished the third book in the fifty shades series. I have to say I'm not overly impressed. In fact, I've started skipping over all the gratuitous sex scenes which is making the reading of the last book go pretty quick. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-06-2013, 05:28 PM	#2466
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Very nearly through all the Quillers ... on Quiller Meridian, which I think leaves only Quiller Balalaika. damn, but I love these. __________________ 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

01-07-2013, 08:13 AM	#2467
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Finished Flight Behavior, which was a typical Kingsolver exercise in excellence ... also just read Death Comes to Pemberley, a lark by P.D. James, of all people. I thought she did a great job, caught Austen's sentence structure and caustic wit very well. And P.D. James is 91. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

01-10-2013, 10:23 AM	#2468
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	There is another Quiller left ... Quiller Salamander. But before I do that the goodreads.com Science Fiction and Fantasy ebook group is doing Neuromancer, and I do love me some Gibson, haven't reread it in quite a few years (probably at least 10-15). __________________ 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

01-12-2013, 09:41 PM	#2469
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Finished listening to Gone Girl, per Pete Z's suggestion (He suggested the read, but I didn't have time) I have to say the reading by two actors (man and woman) was brilliant. It was unabridged, like 18 hours of reading. I definitely could have read it faster, but the performances were masterful. I was/am totally freaked out. Still freaked out. I have to read more of her stuff. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-13-2013, 02:43 PM	#2473
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Am tempted by Gone Girl too. But I am making tough going of reading at the moment. I still stay up after my parents (22.00) but the second I feel weary I'm off to bed, lights off and sparko. Reading The People's Queen by Vanora Bennett and have been for at least a week (!) It's pretty much okay but I can't hold Plantagenet politics in my mind indefinitely, so I keep having to backtrack. I'm not doing it justice. I also have Anno Dracula by Kim Newman waiting in the wings. I bought it on a whim because Mum used my Waterstones card to get a few books she wanted post-Christmas, giving me enough points that I only paid £1.13 for it. Given the price of paperbacks nowadays I count this as a bargain and am determined not to be disappointed. When I finally get round to it. And I have bought *11.22.63* by Stephen King. Ebay 99p. The benefit of waiting until other people have rushed out to buy it and then just want to pass it on. I did the same for Rowling's A Casual Vacancy. It's on free delivery of 10-12 working days but I'm hardly worried about the time it takes to get to me. When I worked in the charity shop they sent all of Rowling's books for pulping. Just too many people bringing in the Hogwarts series and too few people who hadn't already read them. That's why I love eBay, there are people out there willing to take a punt on a book, without worrying that it is taking up shelf-space on something they can sell for more. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-13-2013, 02:55 PM	#2475
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Nice flag-up - I didn't. Will definitely check out. Need to rejoin the library. ETA checking eBay first - what's the actual title? ETAA - Luck in the Shadows. Just bought it __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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