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  • DarthMaeglinDarthMaeglin Posts: 2,604
    F Me In The Brain said:

    Just read this...had never read any of the "Fables" work, thought it was a fun/quick read.

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    On to this anthology -- loved the first 2 stories...Joe Abercrombie and Gillian Flynn. I like almost every author in this and short stories are fun to read and they seem like they are fun for the authors to write. (And each of these stories is about....a Rogue...so that makes it fun in and of itself.)

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    Is it just me, or is the cover for Fables a nod to the cover of The Dark Knight Returns, lol?
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,954
    edited March 2015
    I'm reading the Oryx and Crake trilogy by Margaret Atwood (one of the best writers of all time of course). I have read Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood before, but not MaddAddam, so am just starting from the beginning. Really looking forward to finally reading the last one!

    I just finished reading Children of Men. Much better than the movie... but i was disappointed that it ended the way it did (i guess I can't go into it since it would be a spoiler). Anyway, i think the book is actually meant to be a rather non-religious mirror of the story of the biblical flood.... which isn't too creative. Still, good book, mostly because of the writing style (even though it is a little unnecessarily pompous in its language at times).
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,266
    DarthMaeglin said:

    F Me In The Brain said:

    Just read this...had never read any of the "Fables" work, thought it was a fun/quick read.

    image

    On to this anthology -- loved the first 2 stories...Joe Abercrombie and Gillian Flynn. I like almost every author in this and short stories are fun to read and they seem like they are fun for the authors to write. (And each of these stories is about....a Rogue...so that makes it fun in and of itself.)

    image

    Is it just me, or is the cover for Fables a nod to the cover of The Dark Knight Returns, lol?
    This did occur to me as well!

    Read this on the plane back from CA yesterday. I really like him and this was an OK wrap up to this series but he really should write longer books:

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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    Just picked up Neil Gaiman's latest, "Trigger Warning", which I will read once I finish up Rogues.
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  • ldent42ldent42 Posts: 7,859
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,266
    ^^ nope, I have books coming out of my ears, if I went to something like that I would probably come back with 20 more.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,174
    F Me In The Brain said:

    DarthMaeglin said:

    F Me In The Brain said:

    Just read this...had never read any of the "Fables" work, thought it was a fun/quick read.

    image

    On to this anthology -- loved the first 2 stories...Joe Abercrombie and Gillian Flynn. I like almost every author in this and short stories are fun to read and they seem like they are fun for the authors to write. (And each of these stories is about....a Rogue...so that makes it fun in and of itself.)

    image

    Is it just me, or is the cover for Fables a nod to the cover of The Dark Knight Returns, lol?
    This did occur to me as well!

    Read this on the plane back from CA yesterday. I really like him and this was an OK wrap up to this series but he really should write longer books:

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    Is that the Angie and whatshisname series? I gotta pick that up....didn't know Lehane had a new one.

    I'm reading some POS by T Jefferson Parker called The Jaguar. I'm not into it at all....I should just bag it but I'll probably stick it out to the bitter end.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,174
    ^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,266
    imalive said:

    ^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.

    The first 2 I really liked, the third was just OK. First one especially, there is a Babe Ruth tie in and I know you are a ball fan.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,174
    F Me In The Brain said:

    imalive said:

    ^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.

    The first 2 I really liked, the third was just OK. First one especially, there is a Babe Ruth tie in and I know you are a ball fan.
    I am....but babe ruth is overrated :tired_face:

    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,025
    imalive said:

    ^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.

    You still go to the library? Very, very, very elitist of you!
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,174
    Halifax2TheMax said:

    imalive said:

    ^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.

    You still go to the library? Very, very, very elitist of you!
    I do.....and not for fucking DVD's either! :rage:

    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,025
    imalive said:

    Halifax2TheMax said:

    imalive said:

    ^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.

    You still go to the library? Very, very, very elitist of you!
    I do.....and not for fucking DVD's either! :rage:

    Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Rob's using the card catalog. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! One must be very, very, very quiet in the library. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! No clomping around, wearing squeaky shoes or humming, giving or receiving, allowed! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,954
    DarthMaeglin said:

    After almost 41 years of identifying as Christian, I finally decided to read the Bible cover to cover.

    Boring, eh? ;)

    I read it years ago (as an Atheist... needed to know exactly what I don't believe in). It was by far the most tedious read of my whole life (no offense).
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  • ldent42ldent42 Posts: 7,859
    PJ_Soul said:

    DarthMaeglin said:

    After almost 41 years of identifying as Christian, I finally decided to read the Bible cover to cover.

    Boring, eh? ;)

    I read it years ago (as an Atheist... needed to know exactly what I don't believe in). It was by far the most tedious read of my whole life (no offense).
    I had to read part of the King James Bible for a class. After three pages of who begat who I gave up.
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  • DarthMaeglinDarthMaeglin Posts: 2,604
    PJ_Soul said:

    DarthMaeglin said:

    After almost 41 years of identifying as Christian, I finally decided to read the Bible cover to cover.

    Boring, eh? ;)

    I read it years ago (as an Atheist... needed to know exactly what I don't believe in). It was by far the most tedious read of my whole life (no offense).
    I agree it can be tedious at points (as well as extremely repetitive), but it is interesting nonetheless. I've only made it to Joshua so far (almost 200 pages out of just over a thousand in my copy), Moses just died.
    One of the most interesting things I've noted thus far is how ordinances were passed down directly from God (yes, I'm a believer, even if I no longer identify as Anglican, just Christian, lol), to be performed essentially until the end of time. As far as I know, blood sacrifice is no longer practiced by the 3 religions that grew out of this book (or the first part of it), yet there it is, right at the beginning: blood sacrifice to me (animals), or fall out of favour.
    Also interesting to note that this far in, there's been mention of heaven, but no talk of the afterlife, which is a big part of the basis of the New Testament. I'll be interested to see when it makes its first appearance, lol.
    There are some good rules to live by though.
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  • EnkiduEnkidu Posts: 2,996
    DarthMaeglin said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    DarthMaeglin said:

    After almost 41 years of identifying as Christian, I finally decided to read the Bible cover to cover.

    Boring, eh? ;)

    I read it years ago (as an Atheist... needed to know exactly what I don't believe in). It was by far the most tedious read of my whole life (no offense).
    I agree it can be tedious at points (as well as extremely repetitive), but it is interesting nonetheless. I've only made it to Joshua so far (almost 200 pages out of just over a thousand in my copy), Moses just died.
    One of the most interesting things I've noted thus far is how ordinances were passed down directly from God (yes, I'm a believer, even if I no longer identify as Anglican, just Christian, lol), to be performed essentially until the end of time. As far as I know, blood sacrifice is no longer practiced by the 3 religions that grew out of this book (or the first part of it), yet there it is, right at the beginning: blood sacrifice to me (animals), or fall out of favour.
    Also interesting to note that this far in, there's been mention of heaven, but no talk of the afterlife, which is a big part of the basis of the New Testament. I'll be interested to see when it makes its first appearance, lol.
    There are some good rules to live by though.
    I should try to read it again. I know when I go to church (progressive Episcopalian), the lessons always seem interesting - plus our priest is amazing. On Palm Sunday he read the Passion (Mark 14 - 15:47 - I had to look that up, btw) and it was un-tedious and very moving.

    I think I talked about Zealot by Reza Aslan - a historical look at Jesus. Fascinating.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    imalive said:

    Halifax2TheMax said:

    imalive said:

    ^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.

    You still go to the library? Very, very, very elitist of you!
    I do.....and not for fucking DVD's either! :rage:

    Libraries are great...... I simply don't have the money to buy all the books I want to read.

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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,266
    I knew the story and had the book in my pile for a long time. Now that the movie is out for home viewing I made sure to bring the book to the top of the pile before I watch the flick.
    Halfway through and love it. Makes me alternately proud, angry, sad, happy...quite something.

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  • ldent42ldent42 Posts: 7,859
    The Lost Hero.
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    Sorry to link to my blog again, but I just posted this today. The book I just finished is called Wonder of Wonders by Alisa Solomon and it's a historical history of Fiddler on the Roof and yes, I know that sounds awful, but the book is incredible. It's all about Yiddish history and theater - lots of stuff I didn't know anything about. Check out my blog post or go to Amazon, you'll see the rave reviews.

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  • PJSirenPJSiren Posts: 5,863
    About to start reading this book....

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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    PJSiren said:

    About to start reading this book....

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    Did you (ahem) download this for free from BookBub? Because I saw it offered just a few days ago (says I hesitantly, knowing the anti-ebook sentiment on this board).
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  • ldent42ldent42 Posts: 7,859
    oftenreading said:

    PJSiren said:

    About to start reading this book....

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    Did you (ahem) download this for free from BookBub? Because I saw it offered just a few days ago (says I hesitantly, knowing the anti-ebook sentiment on this board).
    I have no anti-ebook sentiment. I never heard of that site before so I just checked it out. It's a nice idea but I wish there was more options for sorting. And I'd really love to know what exactly "women's fiction" is.

    Did score an Ursula LeGuin for $2 though so w00t!
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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    ldent42 said:

    oftenreading said:

    PJSiren said:

    About to start reading this book....

    image

    Did you (ahem) download this for free from BookBub? Because I saw it offered just a few days ago (says I hesitantly, knowing the anti-ebook sentiment on this board).
    I have no anti-ebook sentiment. I never heard of that site before so I just checked it out. It's a nice idea but I wish there was more options for sorting. And I'd really love to know what exactly "women's fiction" is.

    Did score an Ursula LeGuin for $2 though so w00t!
    I've found some great books for free, or close to it. Of course, there are a lot of dogs too, and a lot of the featured books seem to really be "romance" even if they aren't calling it that.
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  • PJSirenPJSiren Posts: 5,863
    edited April 2015
    oftenreading said:

    PJSiren said:

    About to start reading this book....

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    Did you (ahem) download this for free from BookBub? Because I saw it offered just a few days ago (says I hesitantly, knowing the anti-ebook sentiment on this board).
    Yes I did...what's wrong with E-books? Someone has a problem with what I'm reading they can kiss my ass....

    P.S. That's not directed at you...just a generalization...if someone really has a problem with the fact that I read ebooks, then that's how I feel....
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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    PJSiren said:

    oftenreading said:

    PJSiren said:

    About to start reading this book....

    image

    Did you (ahem) download this for free from BookBub? Because I saw it offered just a few days ago (says I hesitantly, knowing the anti-ebook sentiment on this board).
    Yes I did...what's wrong with E-books? Someone has a problem with what I'm reading they can kiss my ass....

    P.S. That's not directed at you...just a generalization...if someone really has a problem with the fact that I read ebooks, then that's how I feel....
    I love my Kindle; however, there are a few luddites on the board who are firmly against :wink: . Personally, I'm all for people reading, whatever the format.
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  • MalrothMalroth Posts: 2,524
    PJSiren said:

    oftenreading said:

    PJSiren said:

    About to start reading this book....

    image

    Did you (ahem) download this for free from BookBub? Because I saw it offered just a few days ago (says I hesitantly, knowing the anti-ebook sentiment on this board).
    Yes I did...what's wrong with E-books? Someone has a problem with what I'm reading they can kiss my ass....

    P.S. That's not directed at you...just a generalization...if someone really has a problem with the fact that I read ebooks, then that's how I feel....
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