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Linda, is this the one about JFK's assassination?




Michael, The Firm is an excellent book, one of Grisham's finest. I read ..."
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Michael, The Firm is an excellent book, one of Grisham's finest. I read ..."
It is a very interesting book so far, love how the plot t thickens each time!

Started this morning The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
And two books are waiting on my nightstand, begging to be read... soon, Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke & Lisey's Story by Stephen King.



I always enjoy these also Olympia. Have fun.



Linda, is this the one about JFK's assassination?"
Yes. Hope it keeps the momentum. So far I feel like I have fallen down the rabbit hole into an age gone bye.




In audio I just started A Great and Terrible Beauty.
I'm also hoping to start Nightmares and Dreamscapes for the Stephen King Goodreads club. We'll see, though. I think it may be a bit much for me to keep all these books straight. :o)



"Survivor" sounds good, I'm adding it to my TBR list :) What are you reading of Scandinavian mythology?



Oh, I think Survivor is one of Palahniuk's best. I've been meaning to re-read his stuff for years and I'm finally getting around to it. Very excited :)
I'm reading a Finnish edition of The Poetic Edda. It's a collection of poems about the olden days in Iceland. The poems themselves are a thousand years old and these poems mainly tell of the myths of that age. The Finnish version has been split into two parts, the poems dealing with gods (which I read earlier this month) and the poems dealing with heroes. I've just picked up the latter one. The former one was about Odin and Thor and Loki and all them folks if that sheds any light on what I'm trying to talk about :)






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Hey guys,
Been awhile since I've posted in this thread (bad moderator, I know!). I am currently reading Bill Warrington's Last Chance: A Novel to prepare for our Author/Reader discussion in December
and I am also listening to the audiobook version of The Passage - just borrowed this today from the library.
Been awhile since I've posted in this thread (bad moderator, I know!). I am currently reading Bill Warrington's Last Chance: A Novel to prepare for our Author/Reader discussion in December
and I am also listening to the audiobook version of The Passage - just borrowed this today from the library.




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I really have enjoyed all of Dennis LeHane's books. I believe I read that series one after the next. Enjoy!


I really have enjoyed all of Dennis LeHane's books. I believe I ..
Thanks Kevin, I'm really enjoying it so far and already looking forward to the next one. : )

I'm not an expert on the subject so I can't really recommend anything so if you'll excuse my Wikipedia browsing... :)
I'm not sure if the Edda has been published as a single volume in any language. But I think the Finnish editor mentioned using Henry Adams Bellows' translation of the Poetic Edda (1923) when he worked on his own translation. As for the Prose Edda, I guess you would be pretty safe betting on Penguin Classics and checking out Jesse Byock's translation (2006).
If anyone has differing opinions, please voice them? As I said, I'm not an expert on the subject and I'm reading Finnish translations so I can't guarantee anything about the English ones.

Right now I'm reading Happy Ever After to finish out the series. It's nice and light.
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