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What Else Are You Reading?
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What Else Are You Reading in 2018?
Jacqueline wrote: "But if it had to be wine and books I’d go for cheap books and cheap wine and use the savings for more cheap books"You are a wise woman, and many generations shall honor you.
Currently reading The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, which I found surprisingly entertaining, considering how slow many classics can be. I also started Ready Player One . The reviews are so and so, but I needed a light sci-fi before jumping back into the hardcore stuff.. Also reading some messed up version of Cinderella, but let's not talk about that.
Michele wrote: "There's a meme in there somewhere:Expensive books and cheap wine?
-- or --
Cheap books and expensive wine?"
Cheap books and cheaper booze.
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Free books and booze just nice enough not to cause esophageal damage?
Don't judge, I'm not the one who invented whiskey.
Really chomping at the bit to read my cheap Dispossessed book. I actually think it's an example of when the upgrade would have been worth it--the gutter is basically non-existent. I'm going to have to unglue the spine to know what the inner half of each page says.
Trike wrote: "Michele wrote: "There's a meme in there somewhere:Expensive books and cheap wine?
-- or --
Cheap books and expensive wine?"
Cheap books and cheaper booze."
Excellent, expensive booze and good books. Sipping whiskey lasts a long time. A little dab will do you.
Trike wrote: "Michele wrote: "There's a meme in there somewhere:Expensive books and cheap wine?
-- or --
Cheap books and expensive wine?"
Cheap books and cheaper booze."
Good Tequila + The Library!
I just finished On Basilisk Station which I hated and am currently reading Feed which, as a suprise to me, am enjoying quite a bit. I don't usually get into zombie books but this is more a societal upheaval story with zombies as the catalyst.
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Also, thanks for saying, even briefly, what your opinion of On Basilisk Station was! I tend to miss reviews unless I know what sort of situation I'm getting myself into. Good review!
You never really know what situation you get into when reading my reviews, coherency is not my strong suit, maybe it is the tequila :)
I would like to clarify when I say cheap books I don’t mean cheap and nasty....I mean good books at bargain prices. Or free from the library. Still a fan of cheap books and tea. If you start putting tequila or any other alcohol into the mix I can’t see the page to read it.
I've started Henry V (I'm hoping to see a live performance at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this year).
Eric wrote: "Jacqueline wrote: "Stardust was on the TV here on Sunday and my husband, as usual, had control over the remote. We watched an old Midsomer Murders because apparently there was nothing else on. I wa..."Robert De Niro is just awesome in that movie.
Michele wrote: "Jacqueline wrote: "Stardust was on the TV here on Sunday and my husband, as usual, had control over the remote. We watched an old Midsomer Murders because apparently there was nothing else on. I wa..."You Must Fight for your Right too
PARTY!!!!
Just sayin
Hank wrote: "Trike wrote: "Michele wrote: "There's a meme in there somewhere:Expensive books and cheap wine?
-- or --
Cheap books and expensive wine?"
Cheap books and cheaper booze."
Good Tequila + The Libr..."
If you hated On Basilisk Station, don't try reading any of the others in the series. They generally hold to the model that is set in that book, they just get longer with more attempts at mathematical explanations as to the way the weapons work. In my view Pulp Fiction should never be allowed to be published in books over a thousand pages and hard back.
Jacqueline wrote: "I would like to clarify when I say cheap books I don’t mean cheap and nasty....I mean good books at bargain prices. Or free from the library. Still a fan of cheap books and tea. If you start putt..."
Hmmm, I hadn't even considered another alternative. But I am a second hand shopper to the hilt. Of course even then some of the WWII books I get aren't exactly inexpensive.
Just as a heads up. My computer decided to take a permanent vacation. Might be sporadic in updating info.
Trike wrote: "Reasonably priced books and opioids."OK that made me lol
M. wrote: "I also started Ready Player One . The reviews are so and so, but I needed a light sci-fi before jumping back into the hardcore stuff.. "I loved RPO, but then I am a child of the 1980s video game arcades (oh, the quarters I spent!), so it was all a big adorable flashback for me.
Allison, have you read "Trustee from the tool room" ?
doesn't go lower than Jack Daniels in good times but enjoys cheap or expensive Port wine.
Grey Goose and Fifty Shades of Grey?
CBRetriever wrote: "Grey Goose and Fifty Shades of Grey?" Why spoil the goose?
French Vodka? It's perfect for a risque book.and Bruno, Chief of Police goes perfectly with a good Bergerac
I do like a dirty martini with Stoli 100 proof and a good spy novel.
I finished
Iron Wolf. Dale Brown is pushing the envelope into Sci Fi with his high tech. weapon battles. Mindless entertainment. Next up
The Circle of Ceridwen. It will be interesting to see if this is fantasy or borderline historical fiction. Six books in the series. I'll see how number one goes.Probably mead with Circle, given it's 871 AD. ;)
Just finished All the Birds in the Sky and The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. I don't think I would have liked Gentleman's Guide half as much if I hadn't been listening to the audible version. Christian Coulson was perfection.
I've started the alternate history The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson. I like it so far; it's vastly more interesting than the similar-length Blue Mars. (I liked the first two Mars books, but I DNFed that one...)Is anyone interested in a buddy read of this book? I was looking at the book discussions listed on its GR page and I'm a little surprised there aren't more discussions...
Don wrote: "I do like a dirty martini with Stoli 100 proof and a good spy novel."Normally I accompany my reading with beer or a G&T though following our return from Bucharest we do have (temporarily) some good tuica.
The books are whatever is on my shelf (it is cheapest if you have already paid out the money) but I never mix alcohol with e-books. The touch-thingy doesn't seem able to sense my fingers when I am inebriated.
Just finished Chupacabra's Song by Jim C. Hines
.It is only a short story but very interesting if you like his Magic ex Libris series
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I listened to The Land: Forging. Much like the first it was fun, but little else. ★★★☆☆ - (My Review)I also finally listened to Prince of Thorns after owning it for several years. I didn't like it nearly as much as Red Sister, but well enough to continue the series - ★★★½☆ - (My Review)
Thomas wrote: "For those of you who like dragons, my review of A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I'm halfway through this one right now and am also thoroughly enjoying it!
Laughing like a loon at all the suggested book-and-beverage pairings XD
Captain wrote: "Just by random good fortune I picked up this Sci-Fi maybe a few weeks back. Planetfall Origins It was outstanding...."The blurb is certainly intriguing: "If Battlestar Gallactica made love to Starship Troopers and had an illegitimate child... and that child was raised by the crew of Firefly, you would only begin to have Planetfall."
Captain wrote: "probably one of those "free" days that I think authors get if they publish on amazon."Authors on Amazon can set their own promotional. Free for a period, reduced price, etc. Many do so to promote a series. Many end up on https://www.bookbub.com/welcome (BookBubs). The authors chose the promotion. Bookbubs does showcase the authors' "deals."
Captain wrote: "Yeah I thought that blurb was pretty enticing too, but I don't know if it is really the best description of the book. Its just a good military Sci-Fi. It looks like Planetfall Origins is free today for download on kindle, probably one of those "free" days that I think authors get if they publish on amazon. ..."At that price I will give it a whirl!
Michele wrote: "M. wrote: "I also started Ready Player One . The reviews are so and so, but I needed a light sci-fi before jumping back into the hardcore stuff.. "I loved RPO, but then I am a child of the 1980s ..."
I'm a child of the 90's, but my country is slow so everything was still technically 80's when I was growing up. And I love the era, which is a big reason why I needed to read RPO.
Finished Stormdancer last night. After a slow start, it really picked up once Yukiko and Buruu finally came together in the story. I enjoyed watching their relationship develop, and became truly invested in their story and the fight against Shogun.That said, I also find myself wishing it was a stand alone book. I have fears that this is going to be a Hunger Games* type thing, where the first story was more personal and I liked it ok enough, but when it takes on a larger focus it just sort of falls apart.
(*Basing this on the movies, as I never read past the first book.)
I will probably pick up the next two, though. I can deal with a trilogy.
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Started Caraval this morning. Not very far in, but it wasn't quite what I was expecting so far.
Captain wrote: "M. wrote: "Trike wrote: "Meth and Atlas Shrugged."Good luck with Atlas Shrugged..."
I second that. Good luck. Reading miss Annie Rand is no light duty."
That’s the joke. See, because you have to be stupid to do either of those.
::: taps screen :::
Is this thing on?
Beth wrote: "I've started Henry V (I'm hoping to see a live performance at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this year)."How fun! I go to the Utah Shakespeare Festival every year and that repertory group is working through all the historicals over the course of several years. They're performing Henry VI Part I this year.
We go to Shakespeare & Company in Western Massachusetts most summers. Maybe we'll also make it to the Stratford Festival of Canada, since we finally got passports this coming summer.Right now I'm reading a Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel set significantly after the series. Sisko is now the captain of the ship U.S. S. Robinson in the Gamma Quadrant called Original Sin by David R. George III.
Trike wrote: "That’s the joke. See, because you have to be stupid to do either of those."
I was right there with you, so much so that my lol sent a fresh sip of coffee up my nose.
Julia wrote: "We go to Shakespeare & Company in Western Massachusetts most summers."I loved going to those shows when I lived in Western Mass. Such a great setting.
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But if it had to be wine and books I’d go for cheap books and cheap wine and use the savings for more cheap books.