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Post by crapgame on Jun 30, 2020 19:10:40 GMT -5
The Amber Chronicles is something I can read over and over again.
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Post by Gandalf on Jun 30, 2020 20:31:12 GMT -5
17% into Armageddon Reef by David Weber. Chapter 5 I think.
Having trouble getting into it. Too much back story, little of the "present story", so far.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 30, 2020 20:33:48 GMT -5
17% into Armageddon Reef by David Weber. Chapter 5 I think. Having trouble getting into it. Too much back story, little of the "present story", so far. It's a long tale. I found it addictive. I agree that it is a bit wordy, but I think it's necessary for the story. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 30, 2020 20:36:13 GMT -5
The Amber Chronicles is something I can read over and over again. I read those stories when I was about 13. I may have to dig out a copy and read it again. |
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Post by ironclad on Jun 30, 2020 20:37:07 GMT -5
The Amber Chronicles is something I can read over and over again. I liked that series and it has been a few years. It may be time for a reread. |
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Post by Gandalf on Jun 30, 2020 21:01:17 GMT -5
Sounds like The Amber Chronicles comes highly recommended. I'll have to look into it.
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Post by Gandalf on Jul 3, 2020 20:02:15 GMT -5
17% into Armageddon Reef by David Weber. Chapter 5 I think. Having trouble getting into it. Too much back story, little of the "present story", so far. It's a long tale. I found it addictive. I agree that it is a bit wordy, but I think it's necessary for the story. It's picking up now. Getting interesting. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 3, 2020 21:34:59 GMT -5
Sounds like The Amber Chronicles comes highly recommended. I'll have to look into it. Zelany was a pipe smoker. |
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Post by ironclad on Jul 3, 2020 21:46:19 GMT -5
Faceless Killers by Mankell
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Post by addamsruspipe on Jul 3, 2020 21:51:51 GMT -5
Seems like lately I am finding it harder to find books I feel like reading. Think I am going to re-read the Hobbit. 😀
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Post by addamsruspipe on Jul 3, 2020 21:54:00 GMT -5
17% into Armageddon Reef by David Weber. Chapter 5 I think. Having trouble getting into it. Too much back story, little of the "present story", so far. I read the first three books, then got tired of all the complexity and detail. 😀 |
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Post by Darin on Jul 4, 2020 10:07:45 GMT -5
Seems like lately I am finding it harder to find books I feel like reading. Think I am going to re-read the Hobbit. 😀 Same here ... Hobbit is a good choice!  I've been thinking about digging up my old Kurt Vonnegut books for re-reading. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 4, 2020 11:38:35 GMT -5
17% into Armageddon Reef by David Weber. Chapter 5 I think. Having trouble getting into it. Too much back story, little of the "present story", so far. I read the first three books, then got tired of all the complexity and detail. 😀 Have you checked out the "Fun with Dick and Jane" series? Good light read. 😈😜🤠🇺🇸🇺🇸 |
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Post by instymp on Jul 4, 2020 16:49:33 GMT -5
Dewey Andreas series, Ben Coes.
Very good.
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Post by JimK on Jul 6, 2020 13:17:21 GMT -5
I'm indulging myself in a guilty pleasure: I'm working my way through the Harry Potter series. Yeah....I know kids' stuff. Well written though.
And for serious reading, "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle.
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Post by jeffd on Jul 16, 2020 10:34:58 GMT -5
I saw an interesting coffee table book in the background of a picture I saw on line.
It was The Pipes Of Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes, by Mark Irwin. I tried to get it from Amazon but it is currently and indefinitely unavailable.
I poked around some other book sites and cannot find anywhere to purchase a copy.
Does anyone have any great ideas? It looks like it would be a wonderful book for my smoking table.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jul 16, 2020 10:51:34 GMT -5
 Toas Lightning, book about a horse race in 1880s from Galveston Texas to New England, 15 yr old boy takes his Dads place in race after his Dad has an accident that costs him his arm. Change of pace for me, reminds me of Hidalgo movie, enjoying it.
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Post by bishop on Aug 3, 2020 19:59:11 GMT -5
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 3, 2020 20:13:08 GMT -5
Robert Crais's Suspect...K-9 handler and his dog...all of Crais's books are good...this one in particular as it is about a K-9 dog that was shot up in Afghanistan, came home to be a K-9 dog with a handler that had been shot multiple times...both re-learn to trust.
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Post by jeffd on Aug 4, 2020 15:48:28 GMT -5
Mansions of Misery, A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison. By Jerry White, who is a historian that writes about London.
The prison was made famous in Dickens' novels, like Little Dorrit and Pickwick Papers, and most recently in a great adventure (kinda) novel, "The Devil in the Marshalsea" by Antonia Hodgeson.
Despite its dreary subject, I cannot put this book down. I was kind of familiar with the prison from Dickens and after reading Antonia Hodgeson's book last year I started to google around and found this book.
It really is the kind of book you will love if you love this kind of book.
It seems to me the stopping places in this book correspond exactly to finishing two large bowled pipes smoked slowly. How the heck did they do that.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 4, 2020 16:19:54 GMT -5
Mansions of Misery, A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison. By Jerry White, who is a historian that writes about London. The prison was made famous in Dickens' novels, like Little Dorrit and Pickwick Papers, and most recently in a great adventure (kinda) novel, "The Devil in the Marshalsea" by Antonia Hodgeson. Despite its dreary subject, I cannot put this book down. I was kind of familiar with the prison from Dickens and after reading Antonia Hodgeson's book last year I started to google around and found this book. It really is the kind of book you will love if you love this kind of book. It seems to me the stopping places in this book correspond exactly to finishing two large bowled pipes smoked slowly. How the heck did they do that. Sounds like a great read if you liked the Gulag Archipelago. (I didn't). |
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Post by jeffd on Aug 23, 2020 21:55:04 GMT -5
I am listening to an audio book. The complete Sherlock Holmes. Just wonderful. I sampled several authors and settled on Stephen Fry. Amazing reading, and some insightful introductions.
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Post by mrlunting on Aug 25, 2020 17:57:58 GMT -5
My yogurt cup. Then back to "the gun seller" by Hough Laurie.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 25, 2020 20:20:29 GMT -5
My yogurt cup. Then back to "the gun seller" by Hough Laurie. I had a look and added it to my wishlist. |
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Post by mrlunting on Aug 26, 2020 14:45:43 GMT -5
My yogurt cup. Then back to "the gun seller" by Hough Laurie. I had a look and added it to my wishlist. It's my second time reading this book. I don't think you will be disappointed. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Aug 26, 2020 14:58:03 GMT -5
Forgotten Valor by Richard Thomas Lane, the start of the Korean War.
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Post by mrlunting on Sept 7, 2020 17:52:30 GMT -5
Tales of Edgar Allen Poe.
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Post by Gandalf on Sept 7, 2020 19:48:57 GMT -5
Vanguard, the first book in the Genesis Fleet trilogy - by Jack Campbell
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Post by jeffd on Sept 7, 2020 22:23:37 GMT -5
Tales of Edgar Allen Poe. Excellent choice, excellent choice. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Sept 8, 2020 10:52:18 GMT -5
Something very different for me, The Red Address Book, a Swedish woman chronicles her life, as she gets older I empathize that I am getting older, you think about people you know, lot of What If pauses, it resonated with me, very sad in the end.
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Toas Lightning, book about a horse race in 1880s from Galveston Texas to New England, 15 yr old boy takes his Dads place in race after his Dad has an accident that costs him his arm. Change of pace for me, reminds me of Hidalgo movie, enjoying it.
