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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #90 on: May 13, 2013, 02:36:39 PM »
That's cool.  We just finished watching all the BBC miniseries from those books.  I've never read anything by Le Carrée.  Let us know what you think.

I'm still slogging through Perdido Street Station.  nearly 500 pages in and waiting for them to kill off those pests already.  sheesh.  talk about milking it.  Don't they use editors any more?
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #91 on: May 14, 2013, 12:02:18 AM »
so far so good, not as hard as read as i thought it would be.
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #92 on: May 14, 2013, 08:00:53 AM »
Quote from: 6pairsofshoes on May 13, 2013, 02:36:39 PM
That's cool.  We just finished watching all the BBC miniseries from those books.  I've never read anything by Le Carrée.  Let us know what you think.

I'm still slogging through Perdido Street Station.  nearly 500 pages in and waiting for them to kill off those pests already.  sheesh.  talk about milking it.  Don't they use editors any more?

I have a friend in Albuquerque who started reading Mieville on account of an email I sent him a month ago. He's read a bunch by now and is on Perdido Street at the moment. I quote his latest email to me: Churning thru the Mieville corpus, still pretty entertaining, altho still like Iron Council the best...Perdido Street Station is slow by comparison...

>> I'm reading The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/books/the-rise-and-fall-of-ancient-egypt-review.html?_r=0


Quote from: goldshirt*9 on March 25, 2013, 11:08:29 AM
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le morte d'arthur soon.

How's that going for you?
You might want to check this out: Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler
by Christina Hardyment
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #93 on: May 20, 2013, 12:18:43 AM »
N time for reading lately... :( dying to read my new Molly Harper.
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #94 on: May 20, 2013, 07:22:00 AM »
4th book in the smiley series.  :D
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #95 on: June 08, 2013, 06:57:41 AM »
The last few books...

1) Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen. Big Thumb's Up and is as good as the best of William Faulkner.
This contains spoilers: http://seattletimes.com/html/books/2004356104_shadowcountry20.html

2) Mind of the South by W.J. Cash. A book I bought years ago and felt needed to be dusted off after finishing Shadow Country.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/114560.The_Mind_of_the_South

3) The Hemlock Cup by Bettany Hughes. This woman is very good at what she does; check out her Helen of Troy. Ms. Hughes has also hosted some excellent documentaries. And ya gotta love a gal who wears an evening gown and hiking boots as she explores the ruins of Knossos!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/books/review/Isaacson-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

4) The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury by R. Kirkman and J. Bonansinga. Barely interesting, un-scary, and riven by hyperbolic language.
http://blogcritics.org/book-review-the-walking-dead-the/

5) A Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone. Currently reading... Stone is a thoughtful writer with a background in the Haight-Ashbury era of San Francisco.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/832930.A_Flag_for_Sunrise
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #96 on: June 19, 2013, 01:32:33 PM »
trying to read the last series from
Raymond E Feist - The Chaoswar Saga trilogy.I am finding it hard to complete, possibly just a series too far?
Although i absolutely loved his first series The Riftwar Saga and Empire Trilogy ( which I love).
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #97 on: June 20, 2013, 11:34:18 PM »
I was recommended Neil gaiman/terry pratchett's good omens. Anyone read this? Should I buy?
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #98 on: June 21, 2013, 02:27:54 AM »
Quote from: christ on June 21, 2013, 01:36:54 AM
Yes, and yes.

What he said. 

I did find it a bit weird reading a jointly written book though, especially as I'd read every word Pratchett had ever written at that stage, and absolutely nothing by Gaiman
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #99 on: June 21, 2013, 08:34:46 AM »
I'm reading Sir Walter Scott's Kenilworth, set in the sixteenth century.

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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #100 on: June 21, 2013, 09:01:01 AM »
Quote from: christ on June 21, 2013, 04:28:20 AM
... on that subject, I enjoyed "Stardust" too.
Didnt realise he wrote the book, love the movie  :)
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #101 on: June 22, 2013, 07:54:10 AM »
Quote from: christ on June 21, 2013, 04:28:20 AM
It does come across as a Gaiman book with bits by Pratchett, as well.

... on that subject, I enjoyed "Stardust" too.

I'm a Gaiman fan, I haven't read much Pratchett.

I've first got to finish my six books that I'm in the middle of... then I can read it. :)

Christ: You should read Neverwhere.

P.S. One of my favorite books is to become a tv series on HBO: American Gods. Good Omens is rumored to be adapted for tv, as well.
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #102 on: June 23, 2013, 02:33:23 AM »
Have just obtained some Gaiman books so i will be  looking at soon
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #103 on: June 27, 2013, 01:36:13 AM »
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Re: Book Club & Parchments
« Reply #104 on: July 04, 2013, 12:57:27 PM »
reading American Tales by Nigel Gaiman
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