December 10, 200916 yr Sergey Lukyanenko, The Last Watch aka The Final Watch -- Jesus Christ this guy is good. On top of the whole fantasy storyline, there's also the mystery, and I love how he presents the "detective" going through his thoughts, and getting stuck on a particular analysis, and it clouding his judgment towards seeing the real thing. (It's a sequel to the Night Watch/Day Watch/Twilight Watch trilogy.)
December 10, 200916 yr McCarthy -- The Road. Got high marks from Ric, who I trust. Does not disappoint.
December 11, 200916 yr McCarthy -- The Road. Got high marks from Ric, who I trust. Does not disappoint. You might want to check out Samuel Beckett's trilogy Moloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable. It deals with similar subject matter but instead of using metaphor he uses artifice in a more modernist and purer form.
December 11, 200916 yr You might want to check out Samuel Beckett's trilogy Moloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable. It deals with similar subject matter but instead of using metaphor he uses artifice in a more modernist and purer form. Thanks! I've put a hold on them at the local library. I will, however, likely read some sort of graphic novel series about ponies in between this and that, as I caught myself looking at a box of recycling paper yesterday and wondering if I should save it to burn for warmth.
January 10, 201016 yr Tim Powers - Declare on the Kindle. good so far, of course. anyone else read this one yet?
January 10, 201016 yr Just finished this: Michael B. Oren - Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East It's a very even-handed analysis of the events leading up to the war, the actions of both sides during the war and the modern implications from the war.
January 11, 201016 yr Author Tim Powers - Declare on the Kindle. good so far, of course. anyone else read this one yet? Yah, I read it when it came out Tim Powers is awesome.
January 30, 201016 yr Amazon.com: Jane Bites Back: A Novel (9780345513656): Michael Thomas Ford: Books Loving it. Edited January 30, 201016 yr by en480c4
January 30, 201016 yr I am trying to catch up on reading the books I am constantly buying since getting this Kindle.
January 30, 201016 yr Heat Wave (Rick Castle) -- thoroughly enjoying this. You can really picture the actors from the show in the book, not only with the dialog, but also with a lot of other little things they do. They do a lot with body language (smiles, turning away, etc.) which is straight from the show.
January 30, 201016 yr Started reading The Hobbit again after many years. I'd forgotten how much more fun this book was than the LOTR trilogy. Oh Bombur, you crack me up...
January 31, 201016 yr "Kitchen" by Banana Yoshimoto Thanks for the rec Voltron. I really enjoyed the book and will probably read whatever else Banana Yoshimoto has written
February 22, 201016 yr Amazon.com: Unseen Academicals (Discworld) (9780061161704): Terry Pratchett: Books
March 1, 201016 yr Soulless - Gail Carriger "The Parasol Protectorate Series books are comedies of manners set in Victorian London: full of vampires, dirigibles, and tea. They are either Jane Austen doing urban fantasy, or PG Wodehouse doing steampunk." Tremendous fun if you like that sort of thing.
March 1, 201016 yr Sharp Teeth from Toby Barlow Starred Review. Barlow's gut-wrenching, sexy debut, a horror thriller in verse, follows three packs of feral dogs in East L.A. These creatures are in fact werewolves, men and women who can change into canine form at will (Dog or wolf? More like one than the other/ but neither exactly). Lark, the top dog in one of the packs who's a lawyer in human form, has a master plan that may involve taking over the city from the regular humans. Anthony Silvo, a dogcatcher and normally a loner, finds himself falling in love with a beautiful and mysterious woman (Standing on four legs in her fur,/ she is her own brand of beast). A strange small man and his giant partner play tournament bridge and are deep into the drug trade. A detective, Peabody, investigates several puzzling dog-related murders. The irregular verse form with its narrative economies proves an excellent vehicle to support all these disparate threads and then tie them together in the bittersweet conclusion. 5-city author tour. (Jan.) Copyright
March 1, 201016 yr Just finished. Still cranking them out and quality control appears happily unaffected by the shadow of Alzheimers thus far.
March 3, 201016 yr For those who enjoy "what ifs"... Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Pick of the Month at DeepDiscount.com "Gifted with his legendary height, strength and skill with an ax..."
March 6, 201016 yr Sorry if this has already been posted. Great book about how we hear and experience music, and how and why it affects us. The author is a former musician and recording engineer who went back to school to get his PhD in Psychology, and now runs a lab at McGill on Musical Perception, Cognition and Expertise. A fascinating read for any audiophile!
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