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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 30, 2022 21:01:44 GMT -5
I thought you were reading the one from the "Archers Tale" series. That's a great series too. Maybe it's Grail Quest series? I have not seen that one but will look for it when I have finished the series I am on now. Next one is "13XX", Crecy and Poitiers, I assume. Crecy, same song, 1st verse. |
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Post by Zach on Aug 31, 2022 8:47:14 GMT -5
The Tomato Festival Cookbook, lately.
About finished with The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, which has been boring as hell.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 31, 2022 9:05:43 GMT -5
The Tomato Festival Cookbook, lately. About finished with The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, which has been boring as hell. I enjoyed that book. I do agree that it's not like his earlier books but I thought it was still a good read. |
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Post by username on Sept 3, 2022 22:17:29 GMT -5
The lastest Siege of Terra Novel. Echoes of Eternity By Aaron Dembski-Bowden
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Sept 4, 2022 6:10:31 GMT -5
Proust...
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 4, 2022 14:48:40 GMT -5
Another Zane Grey book.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Sept 4, 2022 16:51:38 GMT -5
 The Sparrow Trilogy, 3 books of Russian and America spying on each other. Fiction but very good story.
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Post by jeffd on Sept 8, 2022 15:58:20 GMT -5
“12 Rules for Life” by Jordan B. Peterson Yes! He makes several (at least twelve) good points in an easily grasped and entertaining way. And not simple minded points either. Just started the second book in that series called Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for LIfe He is a lightning rod for controversy, but I think that is because he thinks his own thoughts and expresses them, rather than taking the temperature of the wind and deciding whether to follow, or bloviating just to be noticed. I also think there are those that don't like his clarity, because it leaves little ambiguity. He is hard to misunderstand, whether you agree or disagree. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 8, 2022 16:05:23 GMT -5
The Yellow Sign. Soon to start Sharpe's Company.
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Post by don on Sept 8, 2022 18:02:58 GMT -5
“12 Rules for Life” by Jordan B. Peterson Yes! He makes several (at least twelve) good points in an easily grasped and entertaining way. And not simple minded points either. Just started the second book in that series called Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for LIfe He is a lightning rod for controversy, but I think that is because he thinks his own thoughts and expresses them, rather than taking the temperature of the wind and deciding whether to follow, or bloviating just to be noticed. I also think there are those that don't like his clarity, because it leaves little ambiguity. He is hard to misunderstand, whether you agree or disagree. He definitely is a lightning rod for many. I didn’t agree with all his ideas, but it did cause me to think about quite a few things more deeply than I had done before. I probably won’t read more of his writing, though. Life is short and I have a huge stack of reading to get through.😉 |
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Post by toshtego on Sept 8, 2022 19:03:44 GMT -5
Remembrance of Things Past ?
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Post by terrapinflyer on Sept 8, 2022 19:52:53 GMT -5
Finishing Julie Gregory, Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood, 2009. A memoir of the victim of factitious disorder/Munchausen by proxy. Quite sad, but also darkly humorous.
I'm already dipping into the new Stephen King. It's a guilty pleasure, but King keeps me busy with a couple thick tomes a year. At least it's not crack. Or 50 Shades.
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Post by Gandalf on Sept 8, 2022 20:13:46 GMT -5
Just finished "Casino Royale" by Ian Fleming - his first James Bond novel.
Enjoyed it. Will probably read more of them.
Just started a science fiction novel called "The Ship Who Sang" by Anne McCaffrey.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Sept 8, 2022 20:33:18 GMT -5
Just finished "Casino Royale" by Ian Fleming - his first James Bond novel. Enjoyed it. Will probably read more of them. Just started a science fiction novel called "The Ship Who Sang" by Anne McCaffrey. Dragon riders of Pern Anne McCaffrey? I haven't thought of those in a while! |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 8, 2022 22:26:57 GMT -5
Just finished "Casino Royale" by Ian Fleming - his first James Bond novel. Enjoyed it. Will probably read more of them. Just started a science fiction novel called "The Ship Who Sang" by Anne McCaffrey. Dragon riders of Pern Anne McCaffrey? I haven't thought of those in a while! Same author, different series. I LOVED THE DROP stories. |
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Post by don on Sept 9, 2022 12:12:58 GMT -5
I can tell you what is next. “Two Years Before the Mast”
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 9, 2022 17:00:57 GMT -5
I can tell you what is next. “Two Years Before the Mast” Man, it's been 60 years since I read that! I went into the Hornblower series right after. |
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Post by toshtego on Sept 10, 2022 9:46:51 GMT -5
I can tell you what is next. “Two Years Before the Mast” Man, it's been 60 years since I read that! I went into the Hornblower series right after. Of course, when you were reading all that it was under the heading "Current Events".  (I slay myself, sometimes). |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 10, 2022 13:29:49 GMT -5
Man, it's been 60 years since I read that! I went into the Hornblower series right after. Of course, when you were reading all that it was under the heading "Current Events". (I slay myself, sometimes). You should know! 😁 |
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Post by Zach on Sept 21, 2022 21:48:49 GMT -5
Read Leo Tolstoy's Where Love Is, There God Is Also. The Three Hermits, & What Men Live By are next. These are his lesser known, later in life Christian gospel stories. I've read Anna Karenina, unabridged 12 years ago and a couple others, but never these.
Still slogging through towards the end of The Difference Engine very slowly. Seems I barely read a few pages and I put it down, do something else, or read something else.
Picked up a ton of Ray Bradbury's short stories in one collection, as well as his A Graveyard for Lunatics.
Picked up Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime And Punishment because I can't find my copy of that, or of The Brother's Karamazov.
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 21, 2022 22:47:07 GMT -5
Sharpe's Enemy finished, starting Seal Team 13.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Sept 22, 2022 10:08:33 GMT -5
Obery Hendricks, Jr, Christians Against Christianity, 2021. Evangelical Christians. I'm just taking small bites at bedtime. I've read quite a bit on the subject, so there's little factual information that's new to me. It is interesting to read his arguments, though, as he is a Bible scholar and clergy person.
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Post by jeffd on Sept 22, 2022 20:43:46 GMT -5
I am reading, finishing up, North Water, by Ian McGuire. I have not yet seen the five part mini-series.
The book is great. Which only means it is the kind of book I like.
But I bring it up because there is a significant amount of pipe smoking, though no attention is paid to it. It is just a feature of many of the characters, to smoke pipe, and to carry a pouch of tobacco. A feature like the ice, the whales, the cold, and the ship.
If you like sailing stories with really evil bad guys and compromised but effective good guys - many of whom smoke pipe, you will like this book.
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Post by Gandalf on Sept 25, 2022 19:09:14 GMT -5
Just finished "Casino Royale" by Ian Fleming - his first James Bond novel. Enjoyed it. Will probably read more of them. Just started a science fiction novel called "The Ship Who Sang" by Anne McCaffrey. Dragon riders of Pern Anne McCaffrey? I haven't thought of those in a while! Yes, same author. Didn't care for "The Ship Who Sang". Seemed no point to it. I won't bother reading the rest of the series. |
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Post by terrapinflyer on Sept 26, 2022 10:06:45 GMT -5
Dragon riders of Pern Anne McCaffrey? I haven't thought of those in a while! Yes, same author. Didn't care for "The Ship Who Sang". Seemed no point to it. I won't bother reading the rest of the series. Thanks. Good to know. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 26, 2022 12:12:00 GMT -5
Dragon riders of Pern Anne McCaffrey? I haven't thought of those in a while! Yes, same author. Didn't care for "The Ship Who Sang". Seemed no point to it. I won't bother reading the rest of the series. Yeah, I read all the Dragonrider books and the Crystal Singer books, but I couldn't get into any of the others. |
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Post by Gandalf on Sept 26, 2022 17:28:34 GMT -5
Yes, same author. Didn't care for "The Ship Who Sang". Seemed no point to it. I won't bother reading the rest of the series. Yeah, I read all the Dragonrider books and the Crystal Singer books, but I couldn't get into any of the others. Yes, I enjoyed the Dragonrider series. I read the first several books in the series, but after awhile I lost interest. |
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Post by toshtego on Sept 26, 2022 18:15:51 GMT -5
Wrapping hup Cornwells' Agincourt. The dye is cast, the battalions have formed. The archers are ready. Henry has spoken. The French should start dropping in the next few pages...
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 26, 2022 18:16:13 GMT -5
Finished Seal Team 13, starting In Fury Born by David Webber. Also working on Leviticus in the Wesley Study Bible.
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Post by JimK on Oct 3, 2022 13:00:11 GMT -5
I just started A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. It should be pretty interesting.
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The Sparrow Trilogy, 3 books of Russian and America spying on each other. Fiction but very good story.
