That just applies to men, right?I think we have rules against that--something about sexual harassment in the workplace.
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That just applies to men, right?I think we have rules against that--something about sexual harassment in the workplace.
I must have missed that memo.That just applies to men, right?
Just finished Caretakers. Am about to start on Blood Chain, a book written by an Internet friend!
The one I liked best by her was her first. The further along they got, the more they became Stone Age soft core porn--lol. Clan of the Cave Bear was pretty damned good, though.So tired this evening. To tired to read anything new. I think i will go to bed with Jean Auels The Mammoth Hunters tonight. Not a masterpiece but likeable even if she is not a great stylist. But she has done her research. Far from everyone who writes about the Stone Age has done that.
I'm curious how you like it. I finished her Galbraith mysteries a couple of weeks ago and preferred them to CV.I am finally reading "The Casual Vacancy."
I'm curious how you like it. I finished her Galbraith mysteries a couple of weeks ago and preferred them to CV.
Did you like Caretakers?Just finished Caretakers. Am about to start on Blood Chain, a book written by an Internet friend!
Very much so!Did you like Caretakers?
Thanks! I had trouble a few times with the timeline, I'd be a couple of paragraphs into a chapter before I would realize what era it was set in. I loved the story tho!Very much so!
I'm taking a break from Tabby for the rest of the month and next month (I always read straight-up horror during October) but I'll be reading Pearl in November....probably.
Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove. Trust me: if you like Mr. King, you'll love this book. I don't even particularly like westerns, and it's in my top 5 books ever. Not all of McMurtry's books are this good (particularly his later books), but Lonesome Dove is just about perfect. Same attention to dialogue and characterization as Mr. King, similar level of humor and pathos… Now I want to read it again (lol).
I love his The Last Picture Show. Great movie too. Heartbreaking performance by Chloris Leachman, of all people.
I loved this book!Very much so!
I'm taking a break from Tabby for the rest of the month and next month (I always read straight-up horror during October) but I'll be reading Pearl in November....probably.
I thought it was well enough executed (Rowling is a good storyteller), but I don't get along with "well-off white people filled with ennui and behaving badly" books. They frustrate (and ultimately bore) me. I personally preferred her Galbraith books, and I'm not much of a mystery reader.I'm at the beginning, so I don't have a strong opinion yet. I'm still learning the characters and how they're all related, and there isn't a lot that's happened yet. It's very dark, and I find I'm more forming opinions of J.K.R. than the characters! She doesn't miss a trick in real life, I imagine, and I know all (good) authors are observers of people, but it's just an adjustment on my part to hear certain things coming from her after years of pumpkin juice and house elves!
True. Somehow you had the feeling she wasn't interested either. It was as if she had some hastily written sexscenes that she put in whenever it was deemed necessary. They are so similar that they are boring. The first is obviuosly best. Partly because she is a girl there, not a grown woman and partly because Jondalar isn't in it. Her 'hero' is probably one of the most boring and uninteresting persona i know. What is good is the description of the neanderthal society in Clan of the cave bear and the cromagnon society in the Mammoth Hunters. Then she is not good enough a storyteller to handle well the situations when she has to tell what happened in previous books. The story doesn't just slow down, it stops. There is a lot of this retelling in the later books that should have been done much less of it and much better. Gabaldon handles a similar problem much better in her series because she is a better writer. When i read Auel i just read the good bits and skip the rest.The one I liked best by her was her first. The further along they got, the more they became Stone Age soft core porn--lol. Clan of the Cave Bear was pretty damned good, though.
I think we have rules against that--something about sexual harassment in the workplace.