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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,368
    Ms. Haiku said:
    The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

    On a different note, how do you read graphic novels? It's a different approach, isn't it? Do you spend more time trying to figure out the emotion of a scene or what? A bookstore near me has a graphic novel book club, and it would be a new way of reading for me.
    I finished The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. I recommend. When I read it at parts I felt the action very deeply. There are loose ends, but overall well worth reading. 
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,943
    Billy Summers The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller Amazoncouk King Stephen 9781529365726 Books
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,368
    Listening to the audiobook, How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair. She is a poet. I was looking forward to hear how she would say the words. Very good so far.

    https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to-Say-Babylon/Safiya-Sinclair/9781982132330
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,943
    Amazoncom The Three-Body Problem 9780765382030 Liu Cixin Liu Ken Books
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,063
    23scidoo said:
    Amazoncom The Three-Body Problem 9780765382030 Liu Cixin Liu Ken Books
    You'll love it!  One of the best series of books I have ever read.  Mind Blowing!
    Scio me nihil scire

    There are no kings inside the gates of eden
  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,556
     Not too far in....but probably going to be my favorite of the year.
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,943
    static111 said:
    23scidoo said:
    Amazoncom The Three-Body Problem 9780765382030 Liu Cixin Liu Ken Books
    You'll love it!  One of the best series of books I have ever read.  Mind Blowing!
    About 100 pages in and allready love it!!..it was on my list for years!!
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,943
    The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,368
    I reread Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward. I remember that the dog fight and Katrina were really intense scenes and I was almost scared to reread it again. The way she pulled me in with the detail was amazing. This time I realized it is probably the best book out there. I didn't notice the amount of love between the siblings and how they had to take on different roles. However, what is very unique that I noticed this time is that Ward wrote two simultaneous intense scenes. I didn't remember this from last time. I don't remember any other author doing this. The events are significant, and she writes them to occur at the same time like in real life. Incredible mastery. I strongly recommend this book.


    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,943
    The journey comes to an end..
    Book Review Cixin Liu portrays a universe in peril in Deaths End
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,800
    Before Christmas I decided it was finally time to read the Sharpe Seies, since I've read everything else Bernard Cornwell.  Sharpe is his longest series, this will likely be split up.  Read the first 7 so far.

    Sharpe's Tiger 

    Sharpe' Triumph

    Sharpe's Fortress

    Sharpe's Trafalgar

    Sharpe's Prey

    Sharpe's Rifles

    Sharpe's Havoc

    Took a break and just read this:




    And picked up this:



    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,657
    A fellow book dealer I know has a huge collection of this book- a copy of every printing and format he's been able to find over that last several decades*, so I figured it was time I give it a go.  After the first 100 pages or so, I'm finally starting to find it interesting.  Glad I've stuck with it. 
    Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the Mast.
    two years before the mast - First Edition - AbeBooks

    *Probably more than 700 by now: https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/collector-owns-nearly-700-editions-same-book

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,688
    fantastic book. 2nd time I'm reading it. A true understanding of deer.  He also wrote Make Prayers to the Raven. Great book too.
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    edited January 2024
    ^ thanks LJ I'll give it a look. Do they like music aside from Bird Song?

    Right now I have one upstairs  that was pictured on Jeff's shelves. 
    Post edited by Spunkie on
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,464
    Spunkie said:
    ^ thanks LJ I'll give it a look. Do they like music aside from Bird Song?

    Right now I have one upstairs  that was pictured on Jeff's shelves. 
    This is a great book. If you like it and horror, I recommend his other books, Mongrels and My Heart is a Chainsaw.
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    I do not like horror! I try to avoid that... I'm sure the nap I just had had nothing to do with the book even though sleep doesn't find me easily and very infrequently during the day!
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,956
    Currently enjoying Dave Grohl’s The Storyteller (expanded) and was cueing this up next and I noticed for the first time this noted on the back cover.



    I have no idea how common a practice this is but I really like it! I still have a pile to read through before I go shopping but when I do I’m going to try to remember to look for this. It could help justify the continued existence of physical books as well (since isn’t paper (wood or other fibres?) essentially a renewable resource if managed properly, lol?).
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

    10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,688
    edited January 2024
    Spunkie said:
    ^ thanks LJ I'll give it a look. Do they like music aside from Bird Song?

    Right now I have one upstairs  that was pictured on Jeff's shelves. 
    Cool cover. I don't think deer like music. Anything out of the norm should send them running. The local herd may tolerate it.
    Post edited by Loujoe on
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,464
    Spunkie said:
    I do not like horror! I try to avoid that... I'm sure the nap I just had had nothing to do with the book even though sleep doesn't find me easily and very infrequently during the day!
    Uh oh! Good luck with the book! It’s a good one, but definitely horror. 😃 
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    edited January 2024
    ^ I'll try again tomorrow. Won't hurt to try a different scary genre!

    For now: The table of contents page looks promising of a new book q̓apkiǂ
    Post edited by Spunkie on
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle

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