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I'm in the middle of Crucible of War by Fred Anderson. It's weighty, but it's a very well-written history of the French and Indian/Seven Year's War. Very up-to-date. I met the author at a National Council for History Education conference. If you have any weakness for American History, I recommend it.
I've been checking Doonesbury books out of the library. Brilliant stuff.
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules - a collection of short stories picked and edited by David Sedaris. All about life,lonliness,love and envy for monkeys.
The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan - another collection of short stories about her life and journey to become a writer.
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. History book.
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i'm reading volume#1 of the Han Solo trilogy by A.C. Crispin. intitled "the Paradise Snare" the whole trilgoy tells the story of the adventures of a young Han Solo before Epi#4.
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quote:Originally posted by Semi Transparent Fellow: I finally finished "The Historian." ughhh! what a chore. Now I'm reading "Olympos", Dan Simmons sequel to "Ilium." What a pleasure!
So sorry you didn't enjoy The Historian, Semi. Scott gave me this for Valentine's Day, and he even got a large print edition so that my mother could read it as well. Mom picked it up before me, and she however stopped on page 49 where they (briefly) describe exactly how Vlad Tepes impaled people and stuck the stakes around his grounds as warnings to his enemies and ghastly trophies. I, on the other hand, am loving it!!! Of course, maybe that's because I am mad for any and all things vampire. This book could drag for a lot of people who are not into the details. Someone said they describe what they are eating and drinking on every page. Well, that's part of the inside joke too because it's a lot of the same takes on the cultures of the areas they are traveling through that Stoker and Florescu and Anne Rice and others have also used in their plots. I want more, more. I want to be the next one the letters and clues and such are left for! (But, I'm too damn old and fat to get the job done. So, Dracula is still gonna be safe out there wherever he is presently hanging out) Anyway, now someone please write such a fantastic book about the great werewolves of history!
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Caroline, if you like werewolf books, one that I really enjoyed was St. Peter's Wolf by Michael Cadnum. it's set in San Francisco in the 1990's. Cadnum makes the werewolf a somewhat noble and free creature, who is only really vicious during the first few months of his transformation, before he gets control over his new powers.
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I just finished Wicked ,and liked it a great deal. Also, the new Star Wars, The Joiner King, it was an enjoyable fast read if not riveting. Now am on to the second book of the triology of The Victorian Age series from White Wolf, can't think of the name of the book at the moment...
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I finished Olympos by Dan Simmons last night. Wow! What a tour de force. Simmons imagination is so rich. Why can't epics like this be made into movies? I highly recommend this two book series. The first is Illium. Olympos goes way beyond Illium, but it all makes sense.
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I'm totally hooked on the Southern Vampire Chronicles by Charlaine Harris. Great guilty pleasure stuff and one of the most plausible depictions of life as a telepath I've read. It's got some pretty sexy vampires, too. [sigh] Eric...
And it's got a werecollie, which has got to count for something.
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quote:Originally posted by Arachne: [QBAnd it's got a werecollie, which has got to count for something.[/QB]
Well it counts for a lot with this collie lover. Tell me about the werecollie. Is it a man that turns into a collie, or a collie that turns into a werebeast?
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I don't know if this fits into the "highbrow" stuff that everyone else is in to, but i am (re)reading a Stephen King book called "Insomnia" - nice plot...if ever a movie about it came on TV, maybe the sponsors could insert random coffee commercials...coz it (the book) certainly kept me up at nights...
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quote:Originally posted by Semi Transparent Fellow: Well it counts for a lot with this collie lover. Tell me about the werecollie. Is it a man that turns into a collie, or a collie that turns into a werebeast?
His name's Sam, and he owns the bar where Sookie (the main character) works. He can actually change into any animal, but he prefers being a collie. He has to change during the fulll moon whether he likes it or not. He's also a potential love interest for Sookie. If this were real life I'd say he was perfect for her, but this is fiction and I find Sookies relationship with Eric more interesting. Maybe she could hook up with Sam in the last book.
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legionadventureman, I've only read the first book but I realy dug it. My gf has read all of them except the latest. I love the films and plan to read the rest!
Since my last post I read the Seville Communion. As a big fan of the city Seville -probably my favorite city ever(Napoleon Dynamite voice)- I realy enjoyed it. Shitty ending but ohwell.
I am currently reading The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson.
It belonged to a friend of mine who basically told me I had to read it. It's ok...lots of historical details about 1890s Chicago...including the serial killer H.H. Holmes. After that reading the History of the Basques...and then hopefully a Harry Potter.
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Wow, thanks so much Semi. I will definitely have to get this one.
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