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wolf · 06-28-2009, 05:05 PM

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane - Katherine Howe

Pretty good for a first novel, but there were a couple of times that I wanted to shout at the main character's stupidity, being that she's a doctoral candidate in American History and she can't figure out something blazingly simple for close to two whole chapters.

Other than that, it's very cool, story jumps between Colonial and Modern(ish, set in 1991, probably because she didn't want to have cellphones) New England.

Just started Glenn Beck's Common Sense

Still chugging along with Raven.

Aliantha · 06-04-2009, 08:46 PM

i've been reading the same book for about 5 months now. lol I don't feel very good about that.

DanaC · 06-04-2009, 08:48 PM

I go through phases like that ali. I remember this one time (at band camp) I was out of my reading mood. It took me damn near half a year to finish one terry pratchet novel.

Aliantha · 06-04-2009, 08:51 PM

yeah well, it's not that I don't want to read. It's that I climb into bed, open my book, and then read half a paragraph and fall asleep. lol

It's all Max's fault!

Actually, over the last few days I've managed a couple of pages each night. Things are improving.

Kaliayev · 06-10-2009, 06:01 AM

Ironically, given current events on this here e-biz board. I'm read Tom C. Schelling's Strategy of Conflict, an excellent book on game theory.

Sundae · 06-10-2009, 09:08 AM

Just finished To the Devil A Diva by Paul Magrs.
Now that's how you you write horror with a camp feel and a modern twist. My only complaint is that it was finished off far too abruptly, with a two page letter from one of the protagonists tying up all the loose ends. It had a flavour of, "And then I woke up and found the whole thing had been a dream!" when you got bored of your creative writing homework.

Apart from that, funny, incisive and with some lovely turns of phrase.

Just started The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde. The first non-Thursday Next novel of his I've read. The jury is still out, but then I'm only on the second chapter.

Just had a library run today.
Must remember to review more of them, even if it's just a line or two. I get through at least 4 a week, but if you read this thread you wouldn't believe it. Not having any baby sons (or even baby suns) to tend to, I have no excuse not to!

wolf · 06-10-2009, 10:16 AM

Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People - Tim Reiterman with John Jacobs

Sundae · 06-10-2009, 11:42 AM

Any good?
I'll look out for it if so.

wolf · 06-10-2009, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People - Tim Reiterman with John Jacobs

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Any good?
I'll look out for it if so.

So far, yes, although I've only gotten as far as the early years of his marriage, before he started preaching. The author is doing a good job of capturing the bizarre, manipulative aspects of Jones' personality.

I've been fascinated by his story since the mass suicide, which occurred while I was in high school. I've read many of the other books, both quickies and well-researched, on The People's Temple.

plthijinx · 06-12-2009, 05:05 PM

i've been reading james rollins - deep fathom, excavation, amazonia, ice hunt to name a few. others would include steve berry - the templar legacy, david baldacci - the whole truth.....all pretty good books, and that was just in the last month!

DanaC · 06-10-2009, 02:54 PM

Oh buggeration...I never did send you those books did I? I still have 'em set aside in a pile on my landing. Must do that this week. You'll love 'em.

Sundae · 06-11-2009, 11:06 AM

I've been fascinated by it since a puzzling reference in a Stephen King book.
There have been many, which I have tracked down over the years!

My parents couldn't help either.
It must have been big news over here too, but neither of them knew what Jim Jones or poisoned Koolaid meant.
It's far easier to track down refs now, because of the internet, but I much prefer to read around them too.

I might ask my Secret Santa this year for a good Jim Jones book, so be prepared to be consulted. Hey! Maybe our theme could be serial killers for 2009! Or just Murder Most Horrid. I mean you have everything from clown wigs to Koolaid...

Chocolatl · 06-17-2009, 12:06 AM

Tears and hugging of disoriented, sleeping-until-just-now husband as I finish reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger at one in the morning. I borrowed it from a friend after she discovered that I *gasp* hadn't read it yet, and I ploughed through it in two days. I loved it, and found it both beautiful and unbearably sad -- kinda like life.

Sundae · 06-17-2009, 03:49 AM

Oh Clod - I envy you reading it for the first time.
I love that book. If I was stranded on a desert island it would be in my top ten books to be stranded with.

Trilby · 06-17-2009, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Oh Clod - I envy you reading it for the first time.
I love that book. If I was stranded on a desert island it would be in my top ten books to be stranded with.

Do you mean Clod or Choco? Coz, chick, they are reading different books. I need to know. I'm going on vaca with the rents in July and MUST stock up so...if Time Traveler's Wife is awesome, lemme know. I've never read it either.

I"m reading Stephen Fry Revenge; The Noon Day Demon (an atlas of depression) and How Proust Can Change Your Life.

06-28-2009, 05:05 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane - Katherine Howe Pretty good for a first novel, but there were a couple of times that I wanted to shout at the main character's stupidity, being that she's a doctoral candidate in American History and she can't figure out something blazingly simple for close to two whole chapters. Other than that, it's very cool, story jumps between Colonial and Modern(ish, set in 1991, probably because she didn't want to have cellphones) New England. Just started Glenn Beck's Common Sense Still chugging along with Raven. __________________ 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

06-04-2009, 08:46 PM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	i've been reading the same book for about 5 months now. lol I don't feel very good about that. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-04-2009, 08:51 PM	#4
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	yeah well, it's not that I don't want to read. It's that I climb into bed, open my book, and then read half a paragraph and fall asleep. lol It's all Max's fault! Actually, over the last few days I've managed a couple of pages each night. Things are improving. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-10-2009, 10:16 AM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People - Tim Reiterman with John Jacobs __________________ 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

06-12-2009, 05:05 PM	#10
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	i've been reading james rollins - deep fathom, excavation, amazonia, ice hunt to name a few. others would include steve berry - the templar legacy, david baldacci - the whole truth.....all pretty good books, and that was just in the last month! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

06-10-2009, 06:01 AM	#5
Kaliayev Magnificent Bastard Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 216	Ironically, given current events on this here e-biz board. I'm read Tom C. Schelling's Strategy of Conflict, an excellent book on game theory.

06-10-2009, 09:08 AM	#6
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Just finished To the Devil A Diva by Paul Magrs. Now that's how you you write horror with a camp feel and a modern twist. My only complaint is that it was finished off far too abruptly, with a two page letter from one of the protagonists tying up all the loose ends. It had a flavour of, "And then I woke up and found the whole thing had been a dream!" when you got bored of your creative writing homework. Apart from that, funny, incisive and with some lovely turns of phrase. Just started The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde. The first non-Thursday Next novel of his I've read. The jury is still out, but then I'm only on the second chapter. Just had a library run today. Must remember to review more of them, even if it's just a line or two. I get through at least 4 a week, but if you read this thread you wouldn't believe it. Not having any baby sons (or even baby suns) to tend to, I have no excuse not to!

06-10-2009, 11:42 AM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Any good? I'll look out for it if so.

06-11-2009, 11:06 AM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I've been fascinated by it since a puzzling reference in a Stephen King book. There have been many, which I have tracked down over the years! My parents couldn't help either. It must have been big news over here too, but neither of them knew what Jim Jones or poisoned Koolaid meant. It's far easier to track down refs now, because of the internet, but I much prefer to read around them too. I might ask my Secret Santa this year for a good Jim Jones book, so be prepared to be consulted. Hey! Maybe our theme could be serial killers for 2009! Or just Murder Most Horrid. I mean you have everything from clown wigs to Koolaid...

06-17-2009, 12:06 AM	#13
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Tears and hugging of disoriented, sleeping-until-just-now husband as I finish reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger at one in the morning. I borrowed it from a friend after she discovered that I gasp hadn't read it yet, and I ploughed through it in two days. I loved it, and found it both beautiful and unbearably sad -- kinda like life.

06-17-2009, 03:49 AM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oh Clod - I envy you reading it for the first time. I love that book. If I was stranded on a desert island it would be in my top ten books to be stranded with.

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