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Antonella wrote: "We talked about the Deadly Mysteries by Victor Banis. He is apparently feeling better, because he is going to publish a new one, excerpt here:http://glfictionexcerpts.blogspot.ch/..."
That's great news all around.
Susinok wrote: "Ginn Hale proves the point that you can write amazing fantasy without being a doorstop. Lord of the White Hell is so very good! I am happy that it's the first of a series, so I can h..."I just finished book 4, I do hope she'll write more books in this 'verse.
Idamus wrote: "Susinok wrote: "Ginn Hale proves the point that you can write amazing fantasy without being a doorstop. Lord of the White Hell is so very good! I am happy that it's the first of a se..."I seem to remember her saying there might be one more someday. I really hope so! :-)
I got so many good reading recommendations from this group, I'm really thankful for that. I spent my sickness days reading James Lear's Mitch Mitchell series - no, not a good idea to read funny books with pneumonia ;-) - and made my way through another perfect Brandstetter and three Stracheys. And I read the third book in Kate Aaron's Puddledown mysteries, The Poison Pen. That's a very low key series set in rural England in the late 40's which I quite like.
I thought about reading some classical mysteries - has anyone of the mystery buffs here read the Gervase Fan series by Edmund Crispin?
Or maybe I should switch to something else completely and finally start on the Rifters?
I really enjoyed Wicked Gentlemen. Harper is exactly the kind of character I love. But, man, that world was depressing. I hate books with torture, and the "religious" overtones were a bit depressing to me. Even though the MCs got their HEA, I was left feeling really sad for the rest of the people in that world.
KC wrote: "I seem to remember her saying there might be one more someday. I really hope so! :-) "I think she said the next book will be with Fedeles and Atreau (no guarantee I remember this correctly).
Anyway she will write holiday stories for several "Hellions" including Fedeles and Javier.
Lou wrote: "I love her world building (and everything else). It comes of perfectly natural and logical...."It does seem effortless, doesn't it? The sign of a true master. No long-winded anything to set the stage or tell the story.
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It does seem effortless, doesn't it? The sign of a true master. No long-winded anything ..."
That's it exactly. She's amazing with her world building.
I'm currently listening to Hell & High Water where I feel like she's doing a lot to explain and describe every little thing. It's not exactly bad, but sometimes I think there's a little too much going on. Even so, I am enjoying the story. The narrator's pretty good, though he doesn't do a good British accent. Oh well.
Varecia wrote: "I got so many good reading recommendations from this group, I'm really thankful for that. I spent my sickness days reading James Lear's Mitch Mitchell series - no, not a good idea to read funny bo..."
Rifters! Yes! :-)
Susinok wrote: "Lou wrote: "I love her world building (and everything else). It comes of perfectly natural and logical...."It does seem effortless, doesn't it? The sign of a true master. No long-winded anything ..."
Ginn is definitely a true master. This is going to sound a bit weird, but I always feel as if her writing is a sort of entity on its own, with shape and texture, wild, but friendly, like...Falkor maybe, sometimes not always, since there's that dark edge too in her stories, but definitely for the Cadeleonian series, if that makes sense...
Varecia wrote: "I got so many good reading recommendations from this group, I'm really thankful for that. I spent my sickness days reading James Lear's Mitch Mitchell series - no, not a good idea to read funny bo..."
You seem to have been busy reading-wise. ;)
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by Steve Neil Johnson. It was amazing and a really gripping mystery. The detective in the book goes..."I noted a couple of years ago that Johnson had started writing again. It's good news for sure.
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I have never understood the concept of "auto-buy." Because as much as I love any given author, whether I buy a book or not will always depend on the story--there are some stories that I just don't care who wrote them, I'm not interested in anything related to child abuse or prison or so forth. And it's nothing to do with the author--my love remains unchanged--it's totally about what I am willing to read.
But Ginn Hale...if I have an autobuy author it's probably Ginn Hale.
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It does seem effortless, doesn't it? The sign of a true master. No long-..."
It makes perfect sense. :-)
I am reading Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers again. I love these book. It is intriguing, that advertising did not change so much! Murder Must Advertise was released 1933. :-)
Sabine wrote: "I am reading Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers again. I love these book.It is intriguing, that advertising did not change so much! Murder Must Advertise was released 1933.:-)"I really like Gaudy Night. It is amazing how much has changed but even more so, how much has stayed the same.
Josh wrote: "Susinok wrote: "Ginn Hale proves the point that you can write amazing fantasy without being a doorstop. Lord of the White Hell is so very good! I am happy that it's the first of a se..."Yes Josh, if you start writing shifter stories.... I will wince a lot as I buy them.
;-)
Sabine wrote: "I am reading Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers again. I love these book. It is intriguing, that advertising did not change so much! Murder Must Advertise was released 1933. :-)"I love these too, i should get back to them :-) Is it very important to read them in order? I read the first...6-7 maybe in order, but then stopped. And the library here has some of them in audio, but it's kind of random.
KC wrote: "Sabine wrote: "I am reading Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers again. I love these book. It is intriguing, that advertising did not change so much! Murder Must Advertise was r..."I kinda read them as i found them, but I think the ones involving the relationship between Lord Peter and Harriet should be read in order.
Josh wrote: "I have never understood the concept of "auto-buy." Because as much as I love any given author, whether I buy a book or not will always depend on the story--there are some stories that I just don't care who wrote them, I'm not interested in anything related to child abuse or prison or so forth. And it's nothing to do with the author--my love remains unchanged--it's totally about what I am willing to read...."Yes I agree in concept, but I do have a lot of authors that I am always looking forward to the next book and seem to buy them each time. However I DO read the blurb to see what the book is about. Most of the authors I follow closely don't normally put out books that have concepts I'm uncomfortable with. I do not buy a book, any book, without knowing what it is first.
Jordan wrote: "I'm currently listening to Hell & High Water where I feel like she's doing a lot to explain and describe every little thing. It's not exactly bad, but sometimes I think there's a little too much going on. Even so, I am enjoying the story."I skimmed quite a lot because of that, and gave the book 2,5 stars.
ARGH! After the day I had yesterday I kinda needed a happy ending. No such luck with Book 1 Lord of the White Hell. Onwards to book 2. Maybe a short story or two first to up my mood some.
Lou wrote: "Susinok wrote: "ARGH! After the day I had yesterday I kinda needed a happy ending. No such luck with Book 1 Lord of the White Hell. Onwards to book 2."Book 2 will be delicious and suspenseful. I ..."
I'm sure it will be. I was just needing some happy. It was a LONG day yesterday. Today was sales meeting, a bit frantic, but much less stressful. The days can swing bad to good like that on a dime in food service.
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I would have to say Gaudy Night is my absolute favorite of Sayers' works. It helps that it's so dense and rich both in plot and characterization. It's her most emotional work, for sure. Even the villain's motive is more emotional and personal.
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Agreed. It is only the romance arc of Peter and Harriet that is best read in sequence.
Josh wrote: "Haldis wrote: "Sabine wrote: "I am reading Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers again. I love these book.It is intriguing, that advertising did not change so much! Murder Must A..."I have to say when I was reading H and M, where J.X. is telling Kit he's not writing the book he could if he put his heart/soul/whatever into it, it reminds me of the scene where Peter tells Harriet her MC is a sap and she needs to put more of herself into the story. Harriet says that will hurt, and Peter says yes, but it will make a damn good story. (Totally paraphrasing)
I can't settle on any of my new books :-(, so now I'm going through my Cut & Run and Holmes & Moriarity audios, in no particular order
I am finally caught up on this topic. A couple of months of you guys chit-chatting makes for a lot of new books to add to my list! I love it. :)
I wanted to join in on the Ginn Hale love fest of a few days ago. She's brilliant and I completely love her books. My husband is reading Lord of the White Hell right now and he says he likes it. He's well into the second book at the moment, so I'm keen to see what he thinks at the end.
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But, I have been making my way through my first pile of Manga, between yesterday and today. We're slowly getting there. I love that manga is such a quick read.
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One of the really good things about preparing to buy a house is we are buying nothing non-essential. So no new movies, no books, no nothing. No meals out. Eat what is in the freezer or the pantry. It's forcing us to go back and actually read, watch, listen to what we already have. Also to throw a lot of freezer burned food out. :-P
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Cool!
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This is cool too. And practical. And something we should really, really do too.
Josh wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I'm trying NOT to pick up new titles just now. Must clean off coffee table. Of course, I'm not thinking about the book fair I'm attending next weekend. You know, if Riptide is there,..."I like to think that I am not buying new books but I am buying a few here and there especially paperbacks and graphic novels. I recently finished March: Book One and March: Book Two which are graphic novels about the civil rights movement but focusing less on Martin Luther King. The books tell stories of the Nashville Student Movement and how they struggled to de-segregate restaurants and cinemas by holding sit-ins. The books also portray the freedom rides and different marches and other civil rights action. It is a phenomenal story and to have it in comic form is excellent. The drawings have a brilliant way of conveying the fear, violence that people faced and the courage of those involved in the movement, and also the hatred and blindness of the people who wanted to remain segregated. It is fantastic reading.
I also read West of Yesterday, East of Summer: New and Selected Poems, 1973-1993 by Paul Monette which is a selection of his poems and now I am reading The Boy with the Painful Tattoo way after everyone else. I think this is going to be my favourite JL book :) I love Kit in this book, especially his humour, sarcasm and vulnerability. And at the same time I am reading Justice at Risk which is gritty and somehow dark so I think BWPT is providing a nice contrast for me.
I've read
and really liked it. A YA book told from the perspective of a 15 years old mathematical genius with some autistic traits. And tomorrow I'm going to see the movie ''X+Y'', also about a mathematical genius with neurodevelopmental disorders. See alsohttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/...
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It is disconcerting on a daily basis. I am finding duplicates of books -- physical books! -- movies, music...I am alarmed at how much we have purchased over the last couple of years and stockpiled without really even paying attention. But then other things, I can't find. Some of my James Colton books are missing. All of them, in fact, which means I put them somewhere and now I can't locate them. WHERE WOULD I PUT THEM?
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I am really getting tired of serial killers and how very fucked up some people are. When I read too much of this stuff I understand why God sent the Flood.
Okay, no. I don't actually believe God sent a flood to wipe out mankind. But it is really disheartening how seriously sick some people are.
And then I see people whining because someone used a pen name and I can't help but hope they meet a serial killer on their way home from the internet.
Josh wrote: "I am only reading non-fiction right now and it's all related to either house-buying or the FBI and serial killers. I am really getting tired of serial killers and how very fucked up some people a..."
I always think the most important thing for me is to be authentic, but that has nothing to do with using a pen name or not! I am all for more privacy not less. Today I was (it happens very often and it annoys me) in the tram and a very indignant witness of a very, very privat telephone conversation. Unbelievable was both told the whole (tram) world. I have heard my audiobook, but they were so loud I could not shut it out. I don't think all people have to know all over me, or that it could be that much interesting!
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I am really getting tired of serial killers and how very fucked up ..."
I agree.
And this is the challenge of social media. Or at least I find it to be a challenge. Regardless of the name I use, I am me online. And some people don't like me -- and some people don't.
Just as I like some of the people I discover online -- and don't like others.
Am I liking or disliking based on limited information? Yes. Of course. We all do. But then again we do it in real life too -- because we never have all the facts and no one shares everything.
And thank God for that.
We share different parts of ourselves with different "audiences."
Where I see one of the serious problems with social media is it creates the ego-maniacal idea (especially for the not-so-smart) that every aspect of their personality is appropriate for every single audience. Like...it's okay to share with Granny what you do with your bestie.
Worse, it has created this ludicrous notion that our every thought and opinion is important. Even worth sharing.
It breeds arrogance. And it has contributed to this farcical idea that my opinion is just as good as your facts.
Which bodes ominously for the future of mankind IMHO.
:-D
But meanwhile I have to buy a book and write a house...waaaait a minute...
Josh wrote: "But then other things,I can't find. Some of my James Colton books are missing. All of them, in fact, which means I put them somewhere and now I can't locate them. WHERE WOULD I PUT THEM?" I can imagine your upset not readily finding something as valuable as your James Colton books. But assuming you didn't lend them out—and that seems unthinkable—they have to be there somewhere. Tell yourself you will find them when the house and garage have been fully emptied. Also, is there any chance you would have stored them at your parents' house?
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No chance of that, but I might have put them in storage at some point. Although even that seems unlikely. I suspect I put them all into a box somewhere because every one of them is missing...which is especially worrying because I just purchased an expensive copy of Known Homosexual and I'm not absolutely sure I didn't already own it.
Which reminds me--if any of you come across a copy of Hang-Up please let me know. I don't care how expensive it is. (Within reason.)
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Uh-oh. Now you're really making me nervous! Seriously, where WOULD you put them? Where's your shrine shelf? ;-) I bet they're still in your bookshelves somewhere...
About shrine shelves (sort of)... A few weeks ago I finally gave up to temptation that has been gnawing me for quite some time now — and I totally blame Josh here mentioning them in our Five Things I Love thread! — and I ended up buying a pile of Dell Mapbacks. I mostly chose them by their cover (there are so many cool ones!) and some of them I chose by their title. I mean, how can you say "no" to a thriller that's called She Ate Her Cake. :-D There were also a few I bought because I actually know who the author is :-D. For example, as much as I love John Steinbeck I've never read his To a God Unknown. And the same goes for Patricia Wentworth's Dead or Alive. So, this is what I'm reading in the near future. :-)
Josh wrote: "But meanwhile I have to buy a book and write a house...waaaait a minute... "LOL!
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How fun. :-)
The SO and I now feel confident enough to start discussing things like...where will we put the couch? :-D And part of that fun is rethinking where to put certain objects. Like instead of being in the library maybe now something will be in the living room?
One of the things we've talked about is taking the tall, dark shelves that were in the library and putting them in the family room -- using them for Dell Mapbacks and certain objets d'art. In addition to the Dell Mapbacks we have a number of Pocket Library and some others with equally marvelous covers and we thought maybe it would be fun to have them where more people could see and enjoy them.
Or where even WE could see and enjoy them.
Vintage stemware in the wet bar area!!! Only we would need a little cabinet.
This is so strange...
Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "One of the really good things about preparing to buy a house is we are buying nothing non-essential. So no new movies, no books, no nothing..."It also reminds me of Boy with a Painful Tattoo. Keep a close eye when moving day comes!!
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LOL
It's a five minute move, so the murderer will have to move fast!
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It breeds arrogance. And it has contributed to this farcical idea that my opinion is just as good as your facts."
This is how some of my students see it. It really is disturbing.
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It breeds arrogance. And it has contributed to this farcical idea that..."
Yes. Especially at voting time.
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That's great news. I really like the 'Deadly' series.