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Old 01-02-2013, 06:48 PM   #2461
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Recently finished "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War" by Max Brooks. Not wild about the 'interview notes' style of writing.

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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.
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Old 01-02-2013, 06:50 PM   #2462
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Just started "A Rocky Mountain Christmas" by William W. Johnstone with J.A. Johnstone
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Old 01-04-2013, 05:15 AM   #2463
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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.
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Old 01-04-2013, 05:20 AM   #2464
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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.
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Old 01-04-2013, 05:21 AM   #2465
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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.
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Old 01-06-2013, 05:28 PM   #2466
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Very nearly through all the Quillers ... on Quiller Meridian, which I think leaves only Quiller Balalaika.

damn, but I love these.
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Old 01-07-2013, 08:13 AM   #2467
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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.
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Old 01-10-2013, 10:23 AM   #2468
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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).
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Old 01-12-2013, 09:41 PM   #2469
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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.
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Old 01-13-2013, 11:58 AM   #2470
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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.
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Old 01-13-2013, 11:59 AM   #2471
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Balalaika.

damn, but I love these.
What woman doesn't love Balalaika? If it's done correctly, I mean.
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Old 01-13-2013, 02:21 PM   #2472
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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.
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Old 01-13-2013, 02:43 PM   #2473
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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.
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Old 01-13-2013, 02:45 PM   #2474
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Hey Sundae, did you see my recommendation further back in this thread for a series of fantasy books I think you might like?
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Old 01-13-2013, 02:55 PM   #2475
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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
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