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wolf · 03-30-2007, 07:42 PM

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Superlong, but a wonderful send up of the comedy of manners style. A lot of people were annoyed by the footnotes, but I loved them, and thought that a lot of the time they were more intriguing than the main action.

lumberjim · 04-07-2007, 11:17 PM

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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

the ending was weak. really weak. it's a damn shame, too, cos i liked it up until the last hour or so. It was like he got tired of it, and just tied everything up real quick and ended it. It felt like he could have gone on for a good deal longer with the lines that were developing....and then......climax, denouement, end.

Happy Monkey · 03-30-2007, 07:22 PM

Did I? I don't even remember enough about the book to know whether you're joking.

lumberjim · 03-30-2007, 07:44 PM

the footnotes are entirely tolerable in audio book format. the narrator is excellent. and with the drive i have, the longer the better.

Sundae · 04-02-2007, 07:35 AM

Just finished A Sweet Obscurity by Patrick Gale - I adored it. I need to hunt out some more of his books now. He has a lovely turn of phrase and a clear eye for the way people delude themselves, without being a cynic.

I suppose you would call it romantic fiction, in that it's quite gentle and focuses on relationships, thoughts and feelings. But there is a darker side to the situations and characters (I haven't linked to the Amazon page because it gives far too much of the plot away imo).

He reminded me of Kate Atkinson, another author I love.

In my bag at the moment - Madame Sadayakko, The Geisha Who Seduced the West. I picked it up secondhand quite randomly and wish I hadn't. It is written by Lesley Downer, and I didn't really enjoy the last book of hers that I read. Ah well, I'll muddle through it.

Shawnee123 · 04-02-2007, 10:17 AM

Just started The Tender Bar by JR Moehringer. So far I think it's good.

busterb · 04-02-2007, 10:59 AM

Next, Michael Crichton

duck_duck · 04-07-2007, 07:37 AM

I just started Ringworld by Larry Niven

rigcranop · 04-07-2007, 05:27 PM

Ghost Towns & other quirky places in the New Jersey Pine Barrens by Barbara Solem-Stull. History plus maps & directions.

elSicomoro · 04-07-2007, 05:38 PM

I drove through the big fire in the Pine Barrens a few years ago (along the GSP)...I forget which year.

I just finished a scintillating instruction manual for completing the individual portion of my current class...blecch!

rigcranop · 04-07-2007, 06:43 PM

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I drove through the big fire in the Pine Barrens a few years ago (along the GSP)...I forget which year.

I just finished a scintillating instruction manual for completing the individual portion of my current class...blecch!

I've spent as much time as I can in the pines over the past 35 or so years. A great place to relax or explore. If my family follows my wishes, my ashes will be spread there.

Guyute · 04-08-2007, 10:00 PM

National Geographic Vol. 178, No. 2- Auust 1990. I love reading old NG's, the articles are wild.

Clodfobble · 04-08-2007, 10:44 PM

Suuuuuure it is. I bet you read Playboy for the articles too.

It's all about the dowas (so I hear.)

Ibby · 04-08-2007, 11:04 PM

waaaatch it, some of us browse at school. I'm fairly certain that if i can show that it's Nat.Geo., i can get away with it, but... at least gimme a 'heads' next time.

Re-reading (for the trillionth time) some Wilde. I've got Dorian Gray, Windermere's Fan, Salome, Ideal Husband, and Earnest in my pocket right now.

Ibby · 04-08-2007, 11:05 PM

Read Cat's Cradle this morning. Very weird structure, very weird theophilosophy, very weird plot... very Vonnegut - therefore very, very, VERY good.

03-30-2007, 07:22 PM	#3
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03-30-2007, 07:44 PM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	the footnotes are entirely tolerable in audio book format. the narrator is excellent. and with the drive i have, the longer the better. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-02-2007, 07:35 AM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Just finished A Sweet Obscurity by Patrick Gale - I adored it. I need to hunt out some more of his books now. He has a lovely turn of phrase and a clear eye for the way people delude themselves, without being a cynic. I suppose you would call it romantic fiction, in that it's quite gentle and focuses on relationships, thoughts and feelings. But there is a darker side to the situations and characters (I haven't linked to the Amazon page because it gives far too much of the plot away imo). He reminded me of Kate Atkinson, another author I love. In my bag at the moment - Madame Sadayakko, The Geisha Who Seduced the West. I picked it up secondhand quite randomly and wish I hadn't. It is written by Lesley Downer, and I didn't really enjoy the last book of hers that I read. Ah well, I'll muddle through it. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-02-2007, 10:17 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Just started The Tender Bar by JR Moehringer. So far I think it's good. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-02-2007, 10:59 AM	#7
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Next, Michael Crichton __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

04-07-2007, 07:37 AM	#8
duck_duck Soul Duck Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: over here Posts: 485	I just started Ringworld by Larry Niven

04-07-2007, 05:27 PM	#9
rigcranop Resident Denizen Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: s. jersey Posts: 62	Ghost Towns & other quirky places in the New Jersey Pine Barrens by Barbara Solem-Stull. History plus maps & directions.

04-07-2007, 05:38 PM	#10
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I drove through the big fire in the Pine Barrens a few years ago (along the GSP)...I forget which year. I just finished a scintillating instruction manual for completing the individual portion of my current class...blecch!

04-08-2007, 10:00 PM	#12
Guyute Gamehenge Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Halifax, NS Posts: 168	National Geographic Vol. 178, No. 2- Auust 1990. I love reading old NG's, the articles are wild. __________________ It's Really Plain and Easy To See, The Family grows like fungus on a tree.

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04-08-2007, 11:04 PM	#14
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	waaaatch it, some of us browse at school. I'm fairly certain that if i can show that it's Nat.Geo., i can get away with it, but... at least gimme a 'heads' next time. Re-reading (for the trillionth time) some Wilde. I've got Dorian Gray, Windermere's Fan, Salome, Ideal Husband, and Earnest in my pocket right now. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

04-08-2007, 11:05 PM	#15
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Read Cat's Cradle this morning. Very weird structure, very weird theophilosophy, very weird plot... very Vonnegut - therefore very, very, VERY good. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

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