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ladysoleil
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by ladysoleil » Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:26 pm
I'm mostly wading through my Western Civilization textbook. Exciting.

Otherwise, I've been on a major John Scalzi kick. Currently reading
Redshirts while I wait for
The Last Colony to show up on interlibrary loan.
Also reading various trivia books, just in case I get fished out of the pool anytime soon.
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Sistine Fanny
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by Sistine Fanny » Wed Oct 02, 2013 11:36 am
Thanks, Marley and Kittyfish. Marley makes that dude sound a bit interesting, but I agree with Kittyfish that it was Larson who probably made the White City super-interesting in a dry sort of way.
I think I'll split the difference and see if it's available online through the library. That way I will have nothing really invested if I decide to just jump ship.....
It's the Final Countdown.....
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by Catfish » Wed Oct 02, 2013 1:11 pm
Sistine Fanny wrote:Thanks, Marley and Kittyfish. Marley makes that dude sound a bit interesting, but I agree with Kittyfish that it was Larson who probably made the White City super-interesting in a dry sort of way.
I think I'll split the difference and see if it's available online through the library. That way I will have nothing really invested if I decide to just jump ship.....
Thunderstruck by Larson is also good but not as great as DitWC. It's closer to DitWC, though, being about Marconi and Hawley Crippen.
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by lilyvonschtupp26 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:33 am
Beebs52 wrote:My son and d-i-l alerted me to a new Hunger Gamesy sort of trilogy, Divergent, author Veronica Roth. Finished Divergent, starting Insurgent. Haven't preordered Allegiant yet. Also got Dr. Sleep, King's sequel to The Shining. Got The Shining since it's been many years since I read and reread it and decided to reread it again to refresh on details before I really get into Dr. Sleep.
Am excited to say that Veronica Roth will be visiting our school tomorrow. She is an alumnus of Barrington Hish school in my district. She's just 25 years old and is skyrocketing to fame. Can't wait to meet her. I'm eagerly awaiting the 3rd book on the 22nd
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many lives as we wish. -S.I. Hayakawa
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by danielh41 » Tue Oct 15, 2013 8:28 am
After reading
Dr. Sleep, I decided to catch up on the Stephen King I had skipped the past few years. So I started with the most recent paperback release...

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by mellytu74 » Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:40 pm
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by Jessie » Wed Oct 16, 2013 4:42 pm
For a change of pace, I'm reading a biography.

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Sistine Fanny
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by Sistine Fanny » Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:32 pm
Catfish wrote:Sistine Fanny wrote:Thanks, Marley and Kittyfish. Marley makes that dude sound a bit interesting, but I agree with Kittyfish that it was Larson who probably made the White City super-interesting in a dry sort of way.
I think I'll split the difference and see if it's available online through the library. That way I will have nothing really invested if I decide to just jump ship.....
Thunderstruck by Larson is also good but not as great as DitWC. It's closer to DitWC, though, being about Marconi and Hawley Crippen.
Hawley Crippen? I am so there! Thanks for the rec, how was I not aware of this?
As fate would have it, my next two Preston/Child books are still on hold so I checked to see if this one was available and it was! I love the library Cybershelf.....
So I guess to be current I should relate that as of today I'm reading Thunderstruck and Homer & Langley....
It's the Final Countdown.....
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by Bob Juch » Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:50 pm
Sistine Fanny wrote:Catfish wrote:Sistine Fanny wrote:Thanks, Marley and Kittyfish. Marley makes that dude sound a bit interesting, but I agree with Kittyfish that it was Larson who probably made the White City super-interesting in a dry sort of way.
I think I'll split the difference and see if it's available online through the library. That way I will have nothing really invested if I decide to just jump ship.....
Thunderstruck by Larson is also good but not as great as DitWC. It's closer to DitWC, though, being about Marconi and Hawley Crippen.
Hawley Crippen? I am so there! Thanks for the rec, how was I not aware of this?
As fate would have it, my next two Preston/Child books are still on hold so I checked to see if this one was available and it was! I love the library Cybershelf.....
So I guess to be current I should relate that as of today I'm reading Thunderstruck and Homer & Langley....
Give Larson's
In the Garden of Beasts a read after
Thunderstruck.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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by BackInTex » Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:33 pm
Green Eggs and Ham
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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by SportsFan68 » Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:39 pm
I bogged down in The King of Torts and started The Devil's Tickets.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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by Bob Juch » Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:15 pm
BackInTex wrote:Green Eggs and Ham
What's the moral of
Green Eggs and Ham?
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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by TheCalvinator24 » Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:29 pm
Just finished Stephen King's The Wind Through the Keyhole today. King says it is Dark Tower 4.5 (as in that's where it falls in the Dark Tower storyline).
It was phenomenal and made me want to go back an re-read the entire series again.
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. —Albus Dumbledore
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by SportsFan68 » Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:41 pm
I didn't think anything would make me want to re-read the Dark Tower series, except I love The Drawing of the Three and have read it maybe a dozen times and can easily see myself reading it again. I'll read The Wind Through the Keyhole and decide from there.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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ladysoleil
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by ladysoleil » Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:04 pm
TheCalvinator24 wrote:Just finished Stephen King's The Wind Through the Keyhole today. King says it is Dark Tower 4.5 (as in that's where it falls in the Dark Tower storyline).
It was phenomenal and made me want to go back an re-read the entire series again.
I really loved that book. It made up for the major rageflail I experienced upon reading the end of
The Dark Tower