She was Google Search before Google existedI love that book so much.
It is an amazing read . . .I can't believe it slipped by me for so long!
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It is an amazing read . . .I can't believe it slipped by me for so long!
Hello. It has been a while!
I have been reading books by Oliver Sacks. Perhaps the most wondrous, majestic non fiction out there.
I have been reading books by Oliver Sacks. Perhaps the most wondrous, majestic non fiction out there.
I have had this book in my Amazon cart for quite some time now. Can I borrow some $ ?
Heck, I might have an extra copy around here somewhere--lol. Let me look, and if I have one you're welcome to it
Yes, let me know!Heck, I might have an extra copy around here somewhere--lol. Let me look, and if I have one you're welcome to it
My first adult book, read it when I was thirteen!! Loved it, loved it, loved it.
Really enjoying Breaking Creed by Kava. This novel a first of a series is about dogs that have been trained to scent out either drugs or corpses. So easy to read, kinda sliding through it.
I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn at the same age. Haven't read it in ages. I'd probably still ove it.
I finished H is for Hawk. At its heart it is a memoir about the grief over the authors father, but it is so much more. My words cannot speak to its beauty.
I also started The Shining Girls, by Lauren Beukes and The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, by N K Jemisin
I also started The Shining Girls, by Lauren Beukes and The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, by N K Jemisin
Still reading The Martian. It's very good and has had me on the edge of my seat a few times and I'm only halfway through it (I just cannot read quickly for recreation anymore due to a full 8-hour day of writing/reading/proofing at work). To me, it's as if SK had decided to write a hard-science fiction novel. The tone, characterization and storytelling remind me of SK's writing. I can't wait to see how this one comes out in the end.
Go Set a Watchman.
Actually really enjoying it so far.
Actually really enjoying it so far.
Is Atticus as bad as the reviewers are saying he is? I'm kind of dreading reading this book. Would you come back and give us a review?
Please.
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Back to Gone South. I like the main story (about Dan), but the stuff with the freaks is just distracting. Wonder why he wrote that in? It's very Koontz-ian. Not judging until I get further into the book, but so far I want to skim the freak parts and get back to the poor main character.
I'm only about 45 pages in, and he doesn't seem too bad to me. He's 72 in this book and a bit grumpy at times, but not mean.
I've never read TKAM, though-- I decided
To read Watchman first so I wouldn't be mentally comparing the two. I'll read TKAM next.
I finished above and signed up for Silent Creed which comes out this month. I am thirty-five on the library list so I am thinking maybe I should use my gift card. Hmmm.....
Read The Revenant in a single sitting this weekend. Very good action historical, I thought, though I imagine some readers balked at the ending (no 'crash' to let you know it was finished--in that, it's very much an ending Mr. King might have written ). Done properly, as I imagine Inarritu will do, this is going to be a good movie.
). Done properly, as I imagine Inarritu will do, this is going to be a good movie.
Started The Martian as well, 132 pages in. Very good so far. A bit technical, as expected, but I love the main character's sense of humor. Can't wait to read the rest.
Yes, that's what reminds me of SK's writing. The technical stuff is sometimes hard to follow, but the author is so good at making the characters condense what was just explained with vernacular observations. I feel like I am learning things!
3/4 finished with Gone South, and I still dislike the bounty hunters. It's like trying to mash a decent action book together with a 'quirky' fish out of water story. If those characters were played straight, I would have liked this book better. I do really enjoy the characters McCammon created for this one (aside from the bounty hunters, and even those feel real, if ridiculous); like Boy's Life, the main character feels real and important. Next up is a review book, then maybe something light. I picked up Roth's Divergent series for the girls today ($1 a book for three unopened HB books ain't a bad deal!), so maybe I'll try that.
Started Mr Mercedes this weekend. I wasn't too keen on it - hard-boiled crime fiction is not really my thing - but I'm starting to warm up to the characters. Brady is one twisted guy. I like that.
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