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Vagabond Treehouse (2023) [Beware of Chicken 3 - December 4th]
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Jackal is the best!!! lol
I tend to prefer Overdrive.. but it was the first one I tried to use. I couldn't get Libby to work for me.I think I can permanently get Hoopla to work if I stop by the library I signed up with for the permanent card... Let's see if I actually do that though LOL
@Julian, I actually work in the same institution as a BSL4 lab! I've even been inside the building that houses the lab. I've only been trained for a BSL2 though. They have definitely handled ebola there (level 4), and we actually have a whole section of the hospital ready for extreme isolation if the need arose.
Emily, are you reading Hot Zone too? The audiobook is abridged and a cut down, summarized version of the book. I listened to it. Then got the ebook cause Julian said I needed to do that. I read a few pages. XD
I'm planning to start it today or tomorrow. My library had the unabridged audio!
What's it like knowing that such a dangerous virus is present nearby? Also they mention in the book that they're isn't a level 1 it skips from 0 to 2. Is there a reason for that?
Free Bastards:All of the original figures (that are alive) are back in play! Story slowed down to setup for the final stages. I'm curious to see how this is going to actually end the trilogy.
In all, the True Bastards want the freedom to live and rule the Lot Lands.
I think I chose the wrong career lol, all this medicine/biology stuff is way more interesting than the stuff I do
Julian wrote: "What's it like knowing that such a dangerous virus is present nearby? Also they mention in the book that they're isn't a level 1 it skips from 0 to 2. Is there a reason for that?"I mostly forget that its there day to day honestly lol. It can be kinda scary if I really think about it, but I just have to trust all precautions/regulations are being followed. They have multiple layers of securities, etc.
As far skipping level 1 goes, I definitely didn't learn that. BSL1 we learned as minimal standard precautions as they don't work with microbes known to cause serious diseases. Just basic lab precautions. I'm curious what the book says about that, and I'll get back to you when I get there :D
Julian, what's your career?As for interesting jobs, I feel like all of them have the cool points and the drudgery of everything between the exciting parts.
I started Blood Oath today. Didn't get far yet, just a few chapters. It's an interesting set up. I'll post more as I get farther in.Talk about a blast from the past. I read the Hot Zone in school for one of my biology classes. Talk about a scary virus! Isn't there a TV show based on it? Its been too long to remember details though I remember being totally engrossed when I read it.
@Emily they really don't say much, just that it goes from 0, 2, 3, 4. It wasn't really a major talking point in the book but a small detail I noticed and wished they had answered for my own curiosity. @Soo I'm a software engineer. Compared to some of the stuff you read here it's a pretty dull and safe career lol
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Amazon/Audible have an unabridged version... not sure if anywhere sells the abridged version you got from the library...
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All of the original figures (that are alive) are back in play! Story slowed down to setup for the final stages. I'm curious to see how this is going to actually end the trilogy.
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Yea... alot has to happen to finish... but there was alot of setup in book 2, with the people from the other continent and stuff...
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Just don't read Joe Ledger / Code Zero ;)
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When Court announced to the reader his intention to steal a CIA cargo plane (that was only in the area to transport a team sent to retrieve HIM and force him home for a sanctioned mission) I laughed out loud in my car :D ... classic Court... and explains why the author brought back the flight attendant from 1-2 books ago, that survived the shootout on a previous CIA cargo plane / incident...
I really dislike the Goodreads beta page format too. I will not be happy if that becomes the new normal.
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Free Bastards: I've been playing Moonlight Sculptor game. In which I set out to become a Moonlight Sculptor & still haven't gotten the class. On the upside, just doing the Quests have given me a bunch of levels. Faster than going out to hunt. I'm at Lv53 now. I have had my first death. I went into a dungeon on my own cause I don't wanna party--haha! It took a while to die, but I definitely died. Before trying that dungeon, I haven't needed to use any potions, etc. Just hunting and leveling have been enough to keep me up. That dungeon was fun. I did a lot of attach, lure, run, attack. Handling one was okay, but two is where I died. Anyways, I was playing that and listening to Free Bastards. The middle is slower than should be. I'm heading into the last quarter and I'm super skeptical on how this will all end.
Jonathan French said he wants to write other stories and this will conclude this particular series. I'm going to bet that there will be a soft ending and he needs to follow up with another trilogy.
Something that I'm really curious about, why is it that these space suits that virologists use are constantly ripping?? Are they made of some kind of paper thin fabric or something? It shocks me how frequent it seems to be that someone's space suit somehow rips.@Yanique or @Emily do either of you know at all by any chance?
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1) Forgot to mention this earlier, but Gentry finally knows Brewer is out to kill him and/or get out of the Poison Apple program in general... he seemed on the fence about it in the last book, so it's a bit of a change of mind here... hate her...
2) The stolen plane thing didn't play out, but it led to an Old Hogs commando scenario that reminds me of some of the best old Jack Reacher books, where he teamed up with old Army team...
3) Now the rescued victims are proving to have a bevy of military skills... they might just survive (I trust Court to survive Gray Man books, but not many of his allies/clients)
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As a layman, I think the "space suits" are a tradeoff in protection vs maneuverability... if they were 100% effective, it would probably be hard to do work in them...
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Who uses items in video games?... they just go in my inventory to collect dust and try to reach x99/etc :D
I only use items in video games when there's some early game strat that lets you gain crazy levels and become OP... like rigging that monster hunter competition in Final Fantasy 9 so you get a Thunder Ring and can occasionally beat Thunder Dragons 40 levels early and gain crazy levels like 3 discs early...
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authors that only write 1 book/year (or less) have it hard (if they want to finish one project before starting another)...
You see some authors like Gabalden or Brust or Mary Whalen Turner spend decades finishing a single series... never getting much chance to write anything else (or not having any other stories to write, I guess)...
Better than the alternative... there was this Margo Bond Collins that wrote some interesting books I liked all the blurbs for... but she released the first book in like 5-10 series to build interest and make money, and I was left feeling she started too many things, and wasn't going to have time to write sequels to them all in a timely manner, and I think I was right...
EDIT: Just checked, and she's filled out some series now, but she's started a ton more, and half still only have one book... she has over 20 open series... enough to require 2 pages of listings (2nd page only has 1 entry): https://www.goodreads.com/series/list...
Steven Brust has written several standalone, co-written and etc books. He just doesn't focus on being an author, I believe. Gray Man: Ahh yeah! You're getting me hyped for the new one that will come out. =D
Moonlight Sculptor Game: The dungeons are meant to be done as a party. The game is setup for people to join a guild and do stuff together.
I haven't decided if I'm going to play the game that in depth. It is a time hog. Even with the auto functions built in, still a time hog. Enjoying it for now. See how long I keep playing once I deem it safe to go back out for light hikes. Heh
Margo Collins --- Without even looking her up, I would have zero interest in trying her stuff. LoL Just from what you wrote there.
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I worry way too much about authors getting old and dying before finishing their great series...
And I only read one MBC book... I had a ton on my TBR forever, but eventually removed...
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Court does a solo mission for his morals... gets a bit hurt... then it's thrown into the thick of things, with a CIA-sanctioned mission while still recovering...
Ending was great... "look on the plus side, free knife!!!" (sticking out of Court's shoulder/side)
LOL Free knife! =DLet me know when you get around to Free Bastards and write out your thoughts. I totally want to read what you think of the ending. I need someone to talk about it!!!
Don't read my review for Free Bastards. I'm done and wrote a review. =P
Hm, I think I'll see if one of the romance books will work for me. I mean, I like romance novels, but it's a 50-50 tossup on audio. At least, most of the narrators are good. =DI want to do a popcorn read before I start the library loan book, If I Had Your Face. That one will probably be backstabby and full of drama.
About half way through The Hot Zone now. The narrator is very slow so I can easily listen at 2x..It seems the biosafety levels are either different because it was in the 80s, or maybe USAMRED does things a little differently?
As far as tears in positive pressure suits, I don't think its super common, but obviously its super notable when it happens. Most breaches in containment are due to human error. But luckily, people wear at least two layers of gloves underneath the suits too.
The science described is pretty good for a lay person, but I was thrown out of the audio for a minute because the narrator pronounced Psuedomonas so weird lol
LOL What do you think of the way the book was sumarried in the audiobook? Decent or shoddy?
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So she gets the full-book experience, no summaries...
Ah ok. Two strikes for romance audiobooks. I'm sorry I paid money for the second one. *grumble grumble*
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OOo, that's nice to hear. =D
Dade County Death Cruise #2 - Alex Kane wrote a sequel to Orland People. It came out last year. Not sure how I missed that. Adding to Wish List.
In search of humor, I decided to resume my re-read of the Good Guys and get caught up to the books I haven't read.
The Hot Zone was a surprisingly good book, finished it this morning and think I might read the author's newest book at some point in the future. Also I just realized that for the first time in months my currently reading is a single book.
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I should read Andrea Vernon and the Orlando People series... both sound up my alley...
Andrea Vernon is great. Awesome mix of humor and superhero action. Kane is pretty much on my instant buy list AND his books always go on sale. So, I don't have to wait too long to get the audiobooks. Woo~
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Kane is pretty much on my instant buy list AND his books always go on sale. So, I don't have to wait too long to get the audiobo..."
Sounds like another henchman / superhero assistant series... it's such an interesting niche genre... with a hint of A. Lee Martinez wackiness...
Bahni Turpin is the narrator. She's a fantastic fit for Andrea Vernon and the story. The story & Turpin are an excellent combo. I believe my review for #1 was in Audible's customer rave review highlight deal. First time the author messaged me on GR to let me know that my review was given a spotlight. lol
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No hits when you do a search on Audible? It would be harder to do a search on Hoopla. Though, you could guess from results. =)
JFC. Just got past the part where (I dont remember his name) was reminiscing about eating termites, and that description of eating the queen termite 🤢For some reason I can handle what Ebola does to bodies, but the part about eating bugs got me? Okay, self.
But then it went immediately into that vet handing them a bunch of dead monkeys full of Ebola only contained in a few layers of plastic bags which they handled with their BARE HANDS and just drove in the back of their Jeep??? I'm screaming.
Since this book talks both about both USAMRIID and CDC its kinda reminding me of Feed and if you don't believe how some people act with the zombie virus well... some not so believable stuff happened with the very real Ebola virus.
@Emily lol I know what part of the book you're referring to! I think it was CJ and Gene on their trip to Kitum Cave right?And having never read Feed, what stuff in particular are you referring to?
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