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Just finished "Guardian" by John Saul. Good book. Saul writes good books - each with its own subplot of controversy. Who would read a book if it were dull, anyway?
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I just loaded the DaVinci Code to my PSP. It is the last of Brown's books for me to get to. I hope I've saved the best for last.
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quote:Originally posted by Semi Transparent Fellow: PSP? Play Station Portable?
Yep. I watch my TV shows, movies, read comics and books as well as play games on my PSP. Best little electronic buddy I've ever had.
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By the way, Scott, has Caroline heard of The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova? I'm reading it right now. It's a novel about a girl's search for her father, an historian, who's gone in search of Dracula, who apparently is still alive. It's rather well written, but slow paced. It just came out 2 weeks ago, but is already climbing up the best seller list.
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quote:Originally posted by Semi Transparent Fellow: By the way, Scott, has Caroline heard of The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova? I'm reading it right now. It's a novel about a girl's search for her father, an historian, who's gone in search of Dracula, who apparently is still alive. It's rather well written, but slow paced. It just came out 2 weeks ago, but is already climbing up the best seller list.
Yep. Had it on order at Amazon since early this year. Got it week before last. We decided to wait for the large print edition so her mom could read it too.
Oh, and the movie rights have already been bought up. I think even before it was published.
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Am currently reading Book of Leaves - it scares me!
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I've been on a reading binge since school let out. I'd need notes to remember them all.
I read a huge number of Anne McCaffery book ending with the early Pern novels. It seems every time a reread one I find more sex. ;7
I've also recently read The Lost Tomb by Ken R Weeks. It's a great book about the excavations in kv5, the tomb of the sons of Rameses II. One of the nice parts is that it's got a website (www.kv5.com) that has regular updates on the project, so for once I don't feel like I'm reading out of date history.
Taking a break while I wait for more Pern books, I decided to read The Mummy by Anne Rice which is semi-coincidently about Ramses II. Not a bad book, but I'm glad there's no sequel. I suspect it would just be one non-stop orgy.
The Mummy led to Interview With a Vampire, and The Vampire Lestat. I thought I'd read both before, but I didn't remember any of Interview. It was really different from what I expected. I thought it would be a "noble" vampire novel, where the vamps never do anything really evil. That would have been more fun, but this was a lot more thought provoking than I expected. I'm reading Lestat now and it, at least, is familiar.
Semi's been recomending Shadowmarch by Tad Williams. I agree, that's a really, really good book. Better than Dragonbone Chair, and I loved Dragonbone Chair.
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I'm really struggling through "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova. I've read about 400 pages and still have 250 or so to go. The writing is decent, but the pacing is off. It's supposed to be a suspense novel, but the characters spend all their time having 3 square meals a day. That just doesn't seem right. I can't recommend it unless you like a long leisurely novel and have a lot more patience than I do.
Next up, Olympos by Dan Simmons. It's the sequel to Illium, one of my very favorite books in a long time.
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Do you finish a book whether or not you enjoy it? Some people do see a book right through to the end, but I don't have the patience.
I'm looking forward to Olympos also - don't know if I'll shell out the $$ to buy it, or wait for the library - which could take months. So I'll probably buy it - and Locked Rooms by Laurie King - next in the series of Mary Russell ("Sherlock Holmes' wife") series.
quote:Originally posted by Fat Cramer: Do you finish a book whether or not you enjoy it? Some people do see a book right through to the end, but I don't have the patience.
I'm looking forward to Olympos also - don't know if I'll shell out the $$ to buy it, or wait for the library - which could take months. So I'll probably buy it - and Locked Rooms by Laurie King - next in the series of Mary Russell ("Sherlock Holmes' wife") series.
I try and finish the books I start. I'm afraid that I'd never finish anything if I gave up when my interest started to flag - because it always does at some point in every book. The only book that I couldn't finish was "The Little Friend" by Donna Tart. I got through about 400 pages with 100 pages to go and I gave it up. I hated it so much and was so disappointed. I'm told I didn't miss anything since the story was never resolved.
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