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The Vor Game 07/16 Res is currently reading:
The Vor Game (Mass Market Paperback)
by Lois McMaster Bujold
bookshelves: currently-reading, sff
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Star of the Unborn 04/26 Res is currently reading:
Star of the Unborn (Mass Market Paperback)
by Franz Werfel
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Res Res said: "When the kidlet's teacher discovered I read science fiction, she gleefully pressed a much-read paperback copy of this into my hands and told me it was her favorite book ever in the entire world. Feeling a little pressure, here. "
The Pickwick Papers 09/03 Res is currently reading:
The Pickwick Papers (Signet Classics)
by Charles Dickens
bookshelves: currently-reading, literature, research-dickens
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Res Res said: "Bathroom book. "



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July 23
Story: Substance, St... Res gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by Robert McKee
bookshelves: writing
my rating:
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recommended to Res by: Julad
read in July, 2008

Res Res said: "OMG brilliant. This book hones in on exactly the stuff I have trouble with.

He clarifies things I didn't even know were unclear -- for instance, I wasn't aware that people were being vague when they said, "Stories need action," u...more
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July 21
The First Five Pages... Res gave 1 of 5 stars1 of 5 stars1 of 5 stars1 of 5 stars1 of 5 stars to:
The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile (Paperback)
by Noah Lukeman
bookshelves: writing
my rating:
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read in July, 2008

Res Res said: "Lukeman's 0 for 2 now; this one's even less useful than The Plot Thickens.

To start with, the whole "first five pages" thing is a bait-and-switch; it suggests that the book is s...more
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July 16
The Vor Game Res is currently reading:
The Vor Game (Mass Market Paperback)
by Lois McMaster Bujold
bookshelves: currently-reading, sff
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Shadow Speaker Res gave 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars to:
The Shadow Speaker (Hardcover)
by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
bookshelves: didnt-finish, sff
my rating:
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read in July, 2008

Res Res said: "The one where our world is beginning to overlap with other worlds, some of them magical, and Ejii, who can hear shadows, has to leave her mother and follow her fate.

I wanted to badly to like this -- I want to support any specfic that comes out of...more
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July 12
The Rabbi's Cat Res gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Rabbi's Cat (Hardcover)
by Joann Sfar
bookshelves: fiction
my rating:
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read in July, 2008

Res Res said: "The one where the rabbi's cat eats a parrot and gains the gift of speech, which he uses in a delightfully catlike way.

I adored most of this -- especially the way the characters were drawn, the oozy bony slinky cat and his juicy mistress in partic...more
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The Plot Thickens: 8... Res gave 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars to:
The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life (Paperback)
by Noah Lukeman
bookshelves: nonfiction
my rating:
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read in July, 2008

Res Res said: "I don't remember who recced this to me, or I'd ask them what they got out of it. I picked up a few tips, but most of the book seemed to be devoted to the obvious (Try to have at least one person other than you read the book) and the irrelevant (Pick ...more "
July 10
The Sharing Knife, V... Res marked as to-read:
The Sharing Knife, Volume Three: Passage (Hardcover)
by Lois McMaster Bujold
bookshelves: to-read
my rating:
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Fun Home: A Family T... Res gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Hardcover)
by Alison Bechdel
bookshelves: fiction, slash-interest
my rating:
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recommended to Res by: cowsunafraid
read in July, 2008

Res Res said: "A memoir of growing up, coming out, and Bechdel's relationship with her difficult father.

Beautiful, well done, interestingly structured; I loved it.

Frankly, her father sounds like a narcissistic jerk to me, but the relationship they're able ...more
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July 08
On Writing Res gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
On Writing (Mass Market Paperback)
by Stephen King
bookshelves: nonfiction
my rating:
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read in July, 2008

Res Res said: "A quick, fun read (I miss the days when King's novels were this length), but more entertaining than useful.

I enjoyed the memoir parts a great deal, and King's voice is always a pleasure to read. The advice may take the pressure off some p...more
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July 07
183740 New comment on Res's review of Farthing
56479 Res wrote: "Well, I sure think an sf/f reader would enjoy this more than someone who was hoping for a historical...more "

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