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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3135 on: July 19, 2011, 03:46:04 PM »
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3136 on: July 19, 2011, 05:02:29 PM »
The fifth book of the Game of Thrones series by George RR Martin: A Dance With Dragons. Awesome series!
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3137 on: July 21, 2011, 12:03:17 AM »
Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell- the first of the Scarpetta series I've struggled with.  It's a bit- dry? I've been reading the Scarpetta books since I was a young teen and they're sort of my mystery equivalent of the comfort I feel when I reread the Little House books.  Hopefully, the next one will be better. 
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3138 on: July 23, 2011, 08:40:38 PM »
Quote from: Nicole5446 on July 14, 2011, 07:31:29 PM
She had a collection of short stories too, but I haven't read them. I don't fault her for not publishing much else though, that book is so exhaustive and completely epic! I would probably just call it a day after that one :D

It's called the Ladies of Grace Adieu. We have it. I read it last year, after Johnathan Strange...I wasn't that keen on it, if I remember. :/
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3139 on: July 23, 2011, 08:51:18 PM »
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3140 on: July 30, 2011, 10:40:57 PM »
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim by Jonathon Coe.

I was somewhat skeptical about reading this at first as I've been reading pretty much only Haruki Murakami and Kurt Vonnegut, and I prefer their writing styles. But this book is quite engrossing. I don't really find it as hilarious as the reviewers, but more sad...
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3141 on: July 30, 2011, 11:43:18 PM »
Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3142 on: July 31, 2011, 06:10:26 AM »
I am always reading a half a dozen books at once, usually self-help, psychology, alternative healing type-stuff. However, I just finished "Brooklyn" by Colm Toibin.  I thought it was chic-lit, set in the 1950s, didn't even realize at first that it was written by a man.  It was so good (not chic-lit at all; has a man ever written a chic-lit book anyway?)!

Today I am going to look for "Persuasion" at the library, due to a recent thread on Jane Austen.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3143 on: July 31, 2011, 05:25:53 PM »
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (I do read other authors I swear!)
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3144 on: August 01, 2011, 05:49:29 AM »
OK Scratch that, I'm reading Guenevere Queen of the Summer Country (has a lot of bad reviews, but I'm going to try it out.) Also perusing a collection of DH Laurence short stories.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3145 on: August 02, 2011, 11:31:20 AM »
I'm currently reading The Princess Bride - again! :) When was the last time you held that book in hand?
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3146 on: August 02, 2011, 11:34:24 AM »
Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry and The Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett.  I'm loving the Stephen Fry book!
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3147 on: August 02, 2011, 03:37:21 PM »
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard, which is almost too poetic. Interesting characters.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3148 on: August 02, 2011, 03:46:47 PM »
When God Spoke English by Adam Nicolson - very interesting.  This is about how The King James version of the Bible came into being.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #3149 on: August 10, 2011, 11:44:12 AM »
I finally finished Game of Thrones and am on to Clash of Kings. It's kinda odd which things I remember and which things I've forgotten.
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