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Spoilers What Book Are You Reading?
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The Andy Weir book?
Very different from The Martian, but I liked it OK
Wasn't great, but it held my interest for the most part
The reviews were mixed and some really, really didn't like it
Arturo Perez Reverte is one of those writers I wanted to like, but, with the single exception of The Seville Communion, which I did actually enjoy, found that I couldn't.
I've read most of his works, but not, oddly, The Flanders Panel.
I read and loved “The Club Dumas”, and I found “The Flanders Panel” quite engaging as it had nice twists as a mystery novel.“The Queen of the South” was a fun read, but I would not call it anything else than just a nice book to read on a train or on a plane. I’ve never read “The Seville Communion”.
This book (the entire series actually) was amazing. So many different characters and stories going on at once. Definitely recommend the others (Winter of the World, and The Edge of Eternity).
Thanks. The start was a bit heavy but once it picks up momentum it never loses it. I'll surely read the rest. I sometimes get lost with the sheer amount of characters but all the historical explanations and the copious amount of stories are really interesting.
Are we talking a book about the monster here? Or something else? Haven't come across it before.
Artemis - enjoyed it, but I do a fair bit of diving, so I'm not sure if I enjoy it because all the gas stuff is so convincing or because its a good book to read?
Just finished:
Really good actually. Having always been fascinated by the supposed Dark Ages - I've never been convinced by the whole "Whatever did the Roman's do for us?" After all, if the Romans genuinely created a modern looking state that worked for a majority how come it had no stickiness in Britain as a 'good' idea, when it did elsewhere? After all, the locals here threw off the whole thing as soon as they could. There must have been a very good reason and I think this book goes a long way to suggest why.
Are we talking a book about the monster here? Or something else? Haven't come across it before.
Artemis - enjoyed it, but I do a fair bit of diving, so I'm not sure if I enjoy it because all the gas stuff is so convincing or because its a good book to read?
Just finished:
Really good actually. Having always been fascinated by the supposed Dark Ages - I've never been convinced by the whole "Whatever did the Roman's do for us?" After all, if the Romans genuinely created a modern looking state that worked for a majority how come it had no stickiness in Britain as a 'good' idea, when it did elsewhere? After all, the locals here threw off the whole thing as soon as they could. There must have been a very good reason and I think this book goes a long way to suggest why.
Ah, now that does sound extremely interesting.
I thought to put "winter weather" in perspective by reading Brian Murphy's book "81 Days Below Zero" -- an account of a guy named Leon Crane, who bailed out of a military plane crash via parachute into the Alaskan wilderness in December of 1943. He alone of the crew managed to survive the crash, walk out and live to tell the tale, but it took him almost three months to do it. All he had on him in the way of survival gear when he hit the ground was 40 matches (which he had only bought on his way to that flight while thinking to please the pilot, who was a pipe smoker) and a Boy Scout pocketknife plus the silk of his parachute. He was dressed in regular winter wear except for mittens, left behind in the plane. Clearly he needed a lot of luck besides a rudimentary understanding of cold weather survival tips... he was from Philadelphia.
He did have amazing luck in discoveries he made along the way, following a frozen river downstream in hopes of finding a camp or a village... but he also had frequent brushes with death in temperatures as cold as 50 below zero. The book integrates an account of Crane's journey and his will to survive with some glances back to his childhood, some history of Alaska and military aviation development of that era. Anyway with that book in the rear view mirror, I've decided to quit complaining about the walk to my roadside mailbox in this snowy but once again ordinary-seeming winter.
He did have amazing luck in discoveries he made along the way, following a frozen river downstream in hopes of finding a camp or a village... but he also had frequent brushes with death in temperatures as cold as 50 below zero. The book integrates an account of Crane's journey and his will to survive with some glances back to his childhood, some history of Alaska and military aviation development of that era. Anyway with that book in the rear view mirror, I've decided to quit complaining about the walk to my roadside mailbox in this snowy but once again ordinary-seeming winter.
I've just begun this one, and I am having a hard time putting it down. I've recently discovered a used book store here that I walked by at least 100 times, just never went inside.
I loved this book.
Are you taking a class by chance?
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I dug this one also. While a lot of folks think he is an ok writer, I really like Dean koontz books and his writing style. With the exception of the "Odd" and "Frankenstein" series of books I have read almost everyone of his books. My two favorite are "The Watchers" and "Dragon Tears".
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I just read the description of this and I think I found my next book to read. I have about a nights worth in my current book and this will be next! Sounds interesting!
Yeah, a lot of his writing is a bit adjective laden. This book is certainly getting strange. I'm a little over halfway through it. . when he reads the CVR Transcript...
Excellent!
It's a really fun read, as in, it's actually funny, and he does a great job of subverting some played out sci-fi tropes and providing commentary on war (and the pointless of it, for context, he was in Vietnam, received a Purple Heart).
After I posted that I went up into the "server closet" where my book overflow lives, found my copy, wow, it's super worn out (cover totally separated), funny enough, just under it was a copy of Starship Troopers.
Finished this one last night... What a depressing read but I freaking loved it. Thank you again!
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I just ordered this one and will be starting it shortly. I have a few graphic novels I want to finish first! Can't wait to start reading it though!
I'll give Lansing's Endurance a shot next... close to snowbound again here myself, so I might have plenty of time to focus on that adventure instead of whatever might otherwise be available outside my own back door. Not even rabbit tracks out there lately and if there were, they'd be filled up in an hour or two.
Meanwhile I have been reading Steve Coll's 2012 book about Exxon, Private Empire; Back then things were possibly a little simpler for Rex Tillerson. The book is well researched and fascinating.
Endurance is a great read and Shackleton's story is an incredible journey