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Finished Hugh Howey's Shift, now reading The Light Between Oceans. I hate to admit it, but these types of romance novels are pretty good! For example, I really liked Bridges of Madison County. So sue me!
What book is on your nightstand? Readers!
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The Light Fantasic, Terry Pratchett (Book 2 of the Rincewind Discworld books.) Keeping it light.
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Finished Hugh Howey's Shift, now reading The Light Between Oceans. I hate to admit it, but these types of romance novels are pretty good! For example, I really liked Bridges of Madison County. So sue me!
So, I read almost half of this the other night and the next morning I was telling the wife about it. Turns out there's a movie. My wife told me Alicia Vikander (sp?) stars in it. I thought crap, that's crazy, I was thinking she'd be great in the role. And then I see this thread and realize why I thought of her: she's on the Amazon book cover.
Anyway, some nice little twists in this odd story. Author has great mature writing style. So far, highly recommended.
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^^ finished that late last night. Recommended.
Now, reading a recommendation from an earlier post:
Pilgrims Wilderness
Now, reading a recommendation from an earlier post:
Pilgrims Wilderness
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A funny coincidence. The book above is based in McCarthy, Alaska. In the first chapter an english author shows up. He adds to the towns 12 inhabitants.
The author is Pete McCarthy. I've read his McCarthy's Bar, one of the funniest books ever. Highly recommended! If you want a hilarious travelog about driving around Ireland and drinking a LOT of beer, he's your guy.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I1W5HNE/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
The author is Pete McCarthy. I've read his McCarthy's Bar, one of the funniest books ever. Highly recommended! If you want a hilarious travelog about driving around Ireland and drinking a LOT of beer, he's your guy.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I1W5HNE/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
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The Girl on the Train. Just starting it. Interesting.
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I just realized I downloaded MacArthur's bar and haven't read it yet!
Also just downloaded a couple of Carrie Fisher's books. Got to get caught up before she gets too senile to remember all the juicy details of her young life!
Also just downloaded a couple of Carrie Fisher's books. Got to get caught up before she gets too senile to remember all the juicy details of her young life!
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Homer, read it, it's your kind of humor I think. It'll make you want to retrace his steps around that island.
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passedpawn just purchased McCarthy's Bar on your recommendation.
I thank you in advance
I thank you in advance
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Haha, don't tip the driver until you see where he's taking you.
Hope you enjoy it. Pete McCarthey just died a month ago. Cancer ate him up. Pretty sad, he had a lot of good books left in him I'll bet.
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The Girl on the Train. Just starting it. Interesting.
^^ This was a good book. Recommended. It's an interesting writing style: told in 1st person, from 3 different women's POV. The main character is a bit whacked, and her profound alcoholism is the main thread throughout the book. Mix in murder, deceit, sex, and a satisfying climactic ending and you have a good page-turner.
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Decided to jump into some non-fiction. I was going to read Bill Nye's new book Undeniable, but somehow I ended up with the following. Just read the prologue and I like his writing style already.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0074V3712/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0074V3712/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
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It's pretty good so far, but there are lots of things I don't get the meaning of. It's written in English English.
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Just finished Follow You Home by Mark Edwards. I would recommend it. A suspenseful psychological thriller about an English couple on a trip through Europe who end up in a creepy area of Romania at one point. Some things happen there that set the stage for the rest of the story. Enough of a page turner to keep me interested and I decided to try his next one, The Devils Work. Just started that one last night.
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Thanks,- just added it to my Kindle. Price was right (wtf?). Also bought the audible version. I'll listen during my bike rides (I ride every day).
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Geez, I guess! I bought the kindle version and have Prime. Didn't pay much but not free. Hope you like it. Kind of similar in some ways to Girl on the Train, which I also read and liked.
哈利波特与死亡圣器 - After getting stuck on book five for over two years, I pushed through the sixth one in about eight months and I'm about 160 of ~550 pages into the seventh Harry Potter book in Chinese. I'd like to say I'll finish it before the summer - I'm on that pace, but will my reading time survive my transition to fatherhood in the next week or two? That's far from certain...
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Congrats! (on the book, and on the imminent Little Dragon)
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It's a beer book, but it's a book!
It's whatever gets me reading, these days. I used to read like crazy when I was younger. Nowadays I have a great deal of difficulty getting into a book, it seems.
It's a beer book, but it's a book!
It's whatever gets me reading, these days. I used to read like crazy when I was younger. Nowadays I have a great deal of difficulty getting into a book, it seems.
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Cleon Moon: fallen Empire by Lindsay Buroker
Been on an Arthur C. Clarke jag lately on Kindle with Prime.
One book leads to another. It's almost like he planned it...
Cheers!
One book leads to another. It's almost like he planned it...
Cheers!
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^^ Finished this. It certainly was a page turner, but the plot was a bit ridiculous. I loved the spooky beginning on the tracks, and in the woods, etc, but man by the end of the thing there were more players and twists. I kinda got the feeling the author was making up a lot of it as he was writing it.
It was a good read for the daily bike rides (I listened to most of it). Thanks for the recommendation.
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@ passedpawn I agree, it had a promising beginning, but wasn't as good on the follow through, although it did keep my attention. Glad it got you through some bike rides.
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Back to my childhood with Robert Asprin, The Myth Series, I'm on Mything Persons right now.
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Reading When I'm Gone now. Just read the first chapterish. Sappy, not for me. Somebody dies, it's sad, there's love notes, yada yada.
But I looked on Amazon and apparently there's more to it than sad syrup. So, I'll give it a shot. At least another chapter or two, but life's short you know
But I looked on Amazon and apparently there's more to it than sad syrup. So, I'll give it a shot. At least another chapter or two, but life's short you know
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Currently Michael Sullivan's Rose and Thorn and Wilbur Smith River God.
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Just grabbed the audible version of this for my bikerides. Anybody read this? I love Bill Bryson. I've read a bunch.
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Been doing a lot of reading on Buddhism as of late. Currently reading the one on the left with the on on the right on tap. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1483671032.629920.jpg
I liked Do androids dream of electric sheep? So now I'm on to: The Philip K. Dick MEGAPACK ®: 15 Classic Science Fiction Stories
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I just started The Winter Over by Matthew Iden, a thriller/mystery that takes place at a research facility at the south pole. Was my once a month freebie from Amazon prime. Kinda early on but seems good so far.
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