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05 Apr 2015, 3:35 am

Lem's Solaris. Getting back into classic sci-fi and enjoying the different style that sounds fantastic on audiobooks.

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Revival by Stephen King. It's not scary at all. Just weird. Creepy at some parts. It's a good book though.


I thought the same thing.



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10 Apr 2015, 4:02 am

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20 Apr 2015, 3:01 pm

The Saga Of The Outlaw Harry Tracy.

So far, the author has painted a picturesque description of the latter old west era Pacific Northwest, but from relying on other biographic material about robber, gunman, and all around western badman Harry Tracy, I can tell that the author is already in error (ascribing Tracy's upbringing in Midwestern city slums - in fact, he was a country boy, and the popular claim that he had ridden with Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch - while he shared the same hideouts, there is no evidence he was ever a member). On top of that, while short on historic facts about Tracy, the author is long on fictional scenes he puts Tracy into. Not a great book, but an interesting read for anyone with an interest in old west outlaw history.


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22 Apr 2015, 6:31 pm

Reading episode entries along with watching the show on DVD.

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23 Apr 2015, 2:47 pm

About to finish up the Memory, Sorrow, & Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams. Great books.



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27 Apr 2015, 3:08 am

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Figured it was about time. Alas, I'm having so much trouble focusing on reading at the moment. :(

ETA, it bothers me that the color of the book in the image isn't the same as the one I'm reading. Same cover (sans the red banner at the top--URGH, just noticed, that one has updated info!--*#$&#*$&*! :x ), but mine is more greenish. :|

EETA, oh, it's not QUITE the same after all...the placement of the nautilus shell in the background seems slightly different! And part of the font is a different size too, to accommodate the banner. Hm.


Tl;dr--I am apparently reading an outdated version of this book. :evil:



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27 Apr 2015, 12:29 pm

Right now Im reading Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie and Outlander by Diana Gabaldon from The Outlander Series.



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27 Apr 2015, 5:01 pm

Elizabeth of York – A Tudor Queen and Her World by Alison Weir.


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02 May 2015, 10:18 pm

The Aenid by Virgil.


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03 May 2015, 4:14 am

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LIFE AND DEATH IN HITLER’S CONCENTRATION CAMP FOR WOMEN

By SARAH HELM



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04 May 2015, 11:46 am

Sir Thursday, 4/7 Keys to the Kingdom series, by Garth Nix
I also have Old Kingdom (1-3) and Seventh Tower by him.



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04 May 2015, 1:46 pm

The King In Yellow.

Robert Chambers' anthology of horror stories, tied together by a forbidden, madness inducing play called The King IN Yellow. The collection has inspired everyone from H.P. Lovecraft, to the TV series, True Detective. So far, it's pretty weird in definitely a good way!


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09 May 2015, 5:34 pm

Kirjava wrote:
Sir Thursday, 4/7 Keys to the Kingdom series, by Garth Nix
I also have Old Kingdom (1-3) and Seventh Tower by him.


I read those recently (Keys) - really enjoyed them , he writes very well, metaphorically quite deep too.

I am reading David Copperfield by Dickens at the moment.


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09 May 2015, 7:58 pm

Toni Morrison "God Help the Child"



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11 May 2015, 7:36 am

Now that the semester is just about over, I can finally read my book again instead of course required books. I am now reading Bag Of Bones by Stephen King.