I haven't read anything (aside from the MB and news/articles online) at all for a couple of months.Flake.... I thought you had finished it by now. Ok, i promise not to tell.....
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I haven't read anything (aside from the MB and news/articles online) at all for a couple of months.Flake.... I thought you had finished it by now. Ok, i promise not to tell.....
You OK? You were missed fer sure, fer sure.
Woohoo! EMARX is back in da house! I was going to call you out on Wherefore Art Thou this morning, but here you are! Hope all is well with you! I was going to post a sassy welcome back on your profile, but I can't - you have to follow me for me to be able to do that. Follow me, EMARX. Follow me....
Your wit and wisdom were missed muchly!
Thanks for your kind words! Just one of those emotional funks I slip into on occasion. But things seem to be on the upswing....Welcome back... your absence was noticed! I hope you're well...
Funks I know well, glad you made it through that one and from this day swing up higher and higher. You were missed and now you are back! Hurrah! Here the books hollering? They are calling, they need your pithy summations.Thanks for your kind words! Just one of those emotional funks I slip into on occasion. But things seem to be on the upswing....
Congratulations on the wedding!Been away from the board for a few weeks as I was busy getting married to my beautiful wife!
I did manage to read Wizard and Glass while travelling on our honeymoon though
Currently about 1/4 of the way through The Deep by Nick Cutter, so far so good (if a bit pedestrian).
Wishing you the best in your marriage...marriage as in every endeavor we undertake, is a day by day adventure!Been away from the board for a few weeks as I was busy getting married to my beautiful wife!
I did manage to read Wizard and Glass while travelling on our honeymoon though
Currently about 1/4 of the way through The Deep by Nick Cutter, so far so good (if a bit pedestrian).
View attachment 12874 and Both excellent short story collections, BTW.
Have you read Acadia? I quite liked that one, until the third act. That part felt forced, unfortunately. I wish she'd ended it sooner.I just recently bought the Groff collection- I loved her first book!
Haven't read it.Have you read Acadia? I quite liked that one, until the third act. That part felt forced, unfortunately. I wish she'd ended it sooner.
The author is making an appearance here in Spokane. From what I read in the synopsis, this book isn't going to be anything like The Stand or Swan Song.The George book started well, but it's become a slog. Have to finish it today, to get the review in on time, but it's not compelling reading.
I started Station Eleven yesterday (as a palate cleanser between After Alice and A Banquet of Consequences), and it's a much more interesting book! Shades of The Stand and Swan Song abound, but the writer also has her own quirks that set the book apart. I'd rather be finishing it, to be honest. After the weekend (I promise myself).
Sounds very typical of Georges later books. I think she has tired of her characters. She even killed off the wife of the detective in a book but it did not help the books at all. She should kill off the detective and start over. Then maybe she might find the writing form she had in the beginning. Station eleven sounds interesting! Who is the writer??The George book started well, but it's become a slog. Have to finish it today, to get the review in on time, but it's not compelling reading.
I started Station Eleven yesterday (as a palate cleanser between After Alice and A Banquet of Consequences), and it's a much more interesting book! Shades of The Stand and Swan Song abound, but the writer also has her own quirks that set the book apart. I'd rather be finishing it, to be honest. After the weekend (I promise myself).
He released a fifth book in the series not long ago, which I haven't read & am a little hesitant to read. It seemed pretty well wrapped up in the 4th book.Finished Rot and Ruin today. It held its promise all the way. I liked this more than i liked his Joe ledger books. Of course i have only read the first, Patient Zero, but his writing seem to ooze more confidence in Rot and Ruin. I plan to go on with Dust and Decay, nr 2 in that series.
Have you read Acadia? I quite liked that one, until the third act. That part felt forced, unfortunately. I wish she'd ended it sooner.
Emily St. John Mandel. I picked it up on a whim at the second hand store the other day. It's interesting, so far as I've gotten into it.Sounds very typical of Georges later books. I think she has tired of her characters. She even killed off the wife of the detective in a book but it did not help the books at all. She should kill off the detective and start over. Then maybe she might find the writing form she had in the beginning. Station eleven sounds interesting! Who is the writer??
Maybe not but 'tis a good story.The author is making an appearance here in Spokane. From what I read in the synopsis, this book isn't going to be anything like The Stand or Swan Song.
But are numbers 3 and 4 in the series good and worth reading?He released a fifth book in the series not long ago, which I haven't read & am a little hesitant to read. It seemed pretty well wrapped up in the 4th book.
What!?? you didn't read the user manual for your new van?I haven't read anything (aside from the MB and news/articles online) at all for a couple of months.