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Old 09-17-2010, 09:14 AM   #1876
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Denial of Death - Ernest Becker.

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Old 09-17-2010, 12:50 PM   #1877
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Boneshaker - Cherie Priest
for a book club, wouldn't have chosen it on my own

House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne
Drove past it on the way out of Salem, glad I didn't pay for the tour, or for the book (free Kindle Download). How does something that boring get to be a classic.

On Killing - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
Cool guy, finally getting around to reading his book.

Valley of Dry Bones - Priscilla Royal
Another netgalley.com electronic galley, due out in November, I think. 12th century mystery. Pretty good so far, about halfway through, but someone better get on to doing some detecting ... that corpse isn't getting any fresher or the intrigue any less confusing
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Old 09-18-2010, 03:07 AM   #1878
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Wait!

I think you meant "more, better sluts". Better sluts and more of them. I couldn't agree more better.
V's right. It needs the comma.
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Old 09-18-2010, 12:23 PM   #1879
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The Stranger - Camus
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
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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.

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Old 09-18-2010, 03:07 PM   #1880
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Cyborg by Martin Caidin (in English)
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Old 09-19-2010, 02:31 PM   #1881
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Cyborg by Martin Caidin (in English)
Wow. Congratulations on finding that! It is long out of print. I loved the book, as well as it's sequel, Cyborg: Operation Nuke, read them both back in the 70s, and yes, for the obvious reason.
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Old 09-19-2010, 07:36 PM   #1882
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Spoiler alert: The Macintosh dies at the end.
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Old 09-20-2010, 12:50 PM   #1883
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Spoiler alert: The Macintosh dies at the end.
Ah. It was fiction, then.
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Old 09-20-2010, 07:51 PM   #1884
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The Rule Of Four.

412 bad reviews ( one star rating ) of this book on Amazon. I am only a few chapters in but I don't get all of the disdain. Brown Lover's? Untried young author envy?

I like the book well enough so far. Well see....
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Old 09-21-2010, 11:16 AM   #1885
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There are a lot of jealous novice authors out there. It's not unusual for them to post (repeatedly) bad reviews on their rivals. I've sent myself a sample and will give it a shot, probably some time later this year. I have a REALLY long TBR queue.

I recently started As Always, Julia.

If you saw (or read) Julie and Julia you know about the correspondence between Julia Child and Avis DeVoto. Well, this is it. With pictures, many of them taken by Paul Child. It's due for publication in December 2010. I have an electronic galley from netgalley. I'm really enjoying it.
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Old 09-21-2010, 11:56 AM   #1886
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You sound like my son. His book queue is enormous. My style is hit and miss. Probably why I read so many crappy books.

I'm glad you are enjoying your new book.
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Old 09-21-2010, 02:28 PM   #1887
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The Rule Of Four.

412 bad reviews ( one star rating ) of this book on Amazon. I am only a few chapters in but I don't get all of the disdain. Brown Lover's? Untried young author envy?

I like the book well enough so far. Well see....
I read it in French. I didn't like it. I found it confusing and with some very long moments in it. I may give it another try in a few years.
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Old 09-23-2010, 03:29 AM   #1888
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I read it in French. I didn't like it. I found it confusing and with some very long moments in it. I may give it another try in a few years.
I hope it is better than the reviews. Page 89 doesn't give me much to go on yet.
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Old 09-23-2010, 06:30 AM   #1889
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In the next few days, I'll go through :

- the Paladin of Shadows by John Ringo (in English)
- the Cristal Singer by Ann McCaffrey (in French)

and another try at the Koran (in French)
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Old 10-06-2010, 10:57 AM   #1890
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A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

jim had recommended this when I was talking about my love of Irving. Once again, I love the characters and the descriptions and (pssst) the political commentary and the humor and the sadness...

Getting near the end. Might finish it today as they once again replace my freaking headlight on my car.
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