New month. Nov 2019. New book topic. Whatcha reading?

f00l posted a pic said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 1:04am ET

Still working my way thru the Longmire series. Getting close to running out of them.

Not sure what’s next for me after that. Maybe non-fiction? Something theoretical?

Dunno, I will follow my mood re next reads.

Still in love with the atmosphere of Craig Johnson’s book series. There are flaws: plot holes, various characters who could use more revealing; but quite compelling as is.

/giphy longmire

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therealjrn said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 3:27am ET:

If by “reading” you mean the subtitles I just read both Jumanji’s & Zathura A Space Adventure in preparation for the new Jumanji coming out soon.

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  I’m so out of it that I’m not sure what “Jumanji” is.
  
  Is that a Disney film series or something?
  
  f00l said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 5:04am ET
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- @f00l @therealjrn It’s actually a kids book by the guy who wrote The Polar Express. It’s about a board game that pulls you in. They did a movie with Robin Williams which was great plus a sequel and remake.
  
  sammydog01 said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 7:14am ET
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- @therealjrn There is another “new” Jumanji? Like, other than the one from a couple years ago with Dwayne Johnson?
  
  ruouttaurmind said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 6:14pm ET
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- @ruouttaurmind @therealjrn YES THERE’S A SEQUEL WITH DWAYNE JOHNSON COMING OUT AND I REALLY WANT TO GO!
  
  sammydog01 said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 6:14pm ET
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- @sammydog01 WSS @ruouttaurmind! December 13th.
  
  therealjrn said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 7:19pm ET
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njfan said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 9:19am ET:

The Conservative Sensibility by George Will. If you ask the same question in December, January, February…this will likely be my answer. It’s long and super dry.

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- @elimanningface Required for a class? Having trouble sleeping? Lose a bet?
  
  sammydog01 said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 10:21am ET
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- @sammydog01 not quite, lol. The last book I read was The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein and there was some reference to Will’s book in there so I thought I would check it out. It jogged my memory of a piece Will wrote a couple years ago suggesting a certain leader possibly having a disability that causes said leader not to think or speak clearly. Just a heads up, I don’t think he is going to discuss baseball anywhere in the book (I’m making an obscure Ken Burns’ Baseball reference - which btw, was fantastic!).
  
  njfan said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 11:15am ET
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sammydog01 said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 10:23am ET:

I FINISHED SHADOWLAND BY PETER STRAUB! LET THE CELEBRATION COMMENCE! Why do I feel the need to finish books I don’t like? I’m thinking about starting a nice Kinsey Milhone mystery. Or maybe a young adult novel.

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- @sammydog01 I have the same problem but am working very hard to overcome it. This year I did not finish a record five books and I am so proud of myself. Also, I love a Stephanie Plum, Kinsey Milhone, or Sookie Stackhouse after struggling through a slow read.
  
  callow said Tue, Nov 19th 2019 at 7:23am ET
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sammydog01 said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 10:47am ET:

A new book just popped into my inbox- a scary anthology for ages 8-12. Perfect!
Terrifying Tales to Tell in the Dark

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speediedelivery said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 11:31am ET:

I am still listening to the Wheel of Time in the car. I am about a third through book 7. I am reading Jeffery Deaver on the kindle I bought myself for Christmas last year. I started with the first Lincoln Rhyme story and now am debating if I want to read the Kathryn Dance books as part of the series or stay with Lincoln. So, Sleeping Doll or Burning Wire?

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- @speediedelivery We love Jeff Deaver’s prose in any book he writes.
  I’m finishing “The Kurtherian Gambit” serie by Michael Anderle on Kindle- it’s an awesome sci-fi, which also provides the scientific basis for vampires and were-folk [wolves, bears, felines, etc.]
  I’m about 1/2 way through book 12, and wishing there were more, but I have some of his other series that I’m also looking forward to.
  There are some other of his books besides those two series that are also great.
  
  PhysAssist said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 1:02am ET
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- KRULL! A SKULL! BRETT HULL! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 1:02am ET
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- @speediedelivery You’ll be happy to know Amazon is producing a Wheel of Time series.
  
  Targaryen said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 3:07pm ET
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- @Targaryen Yes and no. I tend to watch while mentally comparing what I remember. It detracts a bit from just enjoying the story. It should be interesting to see how they portray the power being used. I will be watching.
  
  GOT series was mostly OK until they went past the books. I didn’t like some of changes made but overall I liked it. Some of the stars really sold the characters for me.
  
  speediedelivery said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 7:17pm ET
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AttyVette said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 12:03pm ET:

Started reading The Oracle by Jonathan Cahn —Already read his New York Times bestseller The Harbinger. Very insightful and reveals things in today’s world that are parallels from the past.

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Willijs3 said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 3:13pm ET:

Count Zero by William Gibson. Last month I picked up Neuromancer and was so confused and enthralled that I decided to read the next one in the trilogy. I really like the universe he created that has a “not so distant future” vibe to it.

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  Gibson is a lotta fun.
  
  Yeah you have to suss your way along.
  
  f00l said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 8:48pm ET
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- @Willijs3 I really enjoyed Neuromancer (and the earlier short story Johnny Mnemonic), but liked each successive book in his cyberpunk series a little less.
  
  macromeh said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 12:07pm ET
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  I did too. The novelty of his cyberpunk approach and vocabulary wore off a bit. Then the reader has to rely on storytelling.
  
  With gibson, perhaps the first book is always the best book for the reader?
  
  f00l said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 12:12pm ET
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bleedmichigan said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 7:42pm ET:

Working through Hitlers Wonderland written in 1934 by British journalist Michael Fry. Fry writing for the Times would compare the Nazi Salute to the British bowler hat. It’s part of a paper I am working on.

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ybmuG said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 9:02pm ET:

Finished How to Forget by Kate Mulgrew (highly recommended memoir of the deaths of her parents, her mom’s story being one of Alzheimer’s) and I think I’ll get back to The Warner Boys: Our Family’s Story of Autism and Hope by Curt Warner. Was really enjoying it when I got distracted by Mulgrew’s book.

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PlutoIsAPlanet said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 10:42pm ET:

I just found Dune. Holy cow. Not sure how I made it this long having never read it. It is incredible. Seems like Star Wars used some of its ideas? Anyway, please don’t take my word for it. Try it out.

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- @PlutoIsAPlanet Tried it out years ago. Read it more than once. The only negative part was that no matter how many times I tried I couldn’t get into the second book in the series.
  
  yakkoTDI said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 4:03pm ET
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- @yakkoTDI I think most sequels suffer similar fates. But even if it’s only half as good, I’m going to love it. Now, where did I put my spice…
  
  PlutoIsAPlanet said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 10:44pm ET
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- @PlutoIsAPlanet it’s preeeeeetty much my favorite sci-fi book. Enjoy!
  
  UncleVinny said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:51pm ET
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PlutoIsAPlanet said Sun, Nov 3rd 2019 at 11:32pm ET:

I also just enjoyed reading Rich Dad Poor Dad, but only for the information bits about leverage. While I was enlightened to the world of real estate, the repetition made the book a bit of a labor to digest. Maybe I just suck at reading. Would like to hear what others thought about the series.

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- @PlutoIsAPlanet I think I read it maybe 10 years ago so this opinion is dated. Agreed that its a bit redundant but from what I remember, I think that was the point (kind of like Think and Grow Rich) so people remember the lessons. I’m not affluent so some of the lessons (like real estate) I didn’t feel was applicable but it did provide some good tips on how to manage money that anyone can use.
  
  njfan said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 10:20am ET
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phendrick said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 1:18am ET:

I had been reading the Brother Cadfael series of books earlier this year, interspersed with casual other books, on my Kindle, until life got in the way and derailed me while I was on the seventh book. I’m going to try to get back to it, as I can.

I highly recommend this series to anyone who would enjoy murder mysteries, set in historical times, with accurate detail of such. (Yes, people did live without electronics or even electricity, and never seemed to miss them!)

As per Wikipedia:

The Cadfael Chronicles is a series of historical murder mysteries
written by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter (1913–1995) under the
name “Ellis Peters”.

Set in the 12th century during the Anarchy in England, the novels
focus on Benedictine monk Cadfael who aids the law with solving murders.

Cadfael is a very down-to-earth person, having been a soldier-of-fortune before taking his vows. He is also an herbalist, and this comes into quite a few of the stories. Usually there is a wrongly accused suspect, sometimes framed. There is usually a love interest for the suspect.
Cadfael uses his insight into the human psyche to aid in his investigations. I have found all the tales to be well-planned, well-told, and they end just the way you would want them to (if you avoid all the red herrings).

Each book is pretty much self-contained, but the historical background story does proceed in order, if you read the books in published order.

(These books are also good for expanding your medieval vocabulary.)

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  I own them all on kindle. Waiting for the right moment to take them on. Thanks for additional rec.
  
  f00l said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 5:39am ET
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- @phendrick I haven’t read the books, but I enjoyed the BBC series with Derek Jacobi.
  
  macromeh said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 12:17pm ET
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- @phendrick Yup, the whole series is in Prime reading except for, is it #16? I downloaded them for my mom to read while recuperating from knee surgery and she blew through them in about four or five days. Very annoyed that the one was not included (also not at our local library). They get pretty formulaic after awhile, but that’s not a problem when you love the formula!
  
  mossygreen said Tue, Nov 5th 2019 at 10:05pm ET
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- @mossygreen You have good taste. ;>) and your mom.
  Yeah, I had already bought ALL of them for Kindle (but when on sale for around $1.99 each), before I found a lot of them totally free for Prime members. Note also that there are, IIRC, nine of them that have been put into TV episodes for free for Prime members. Season 1 Episode 1 is actually from book two, but it is still a good one to get familiar with Brother Cadfael.
  Of course, a 75 minute show cannot give you everything a several hundred page book can. And also the video episodes are not in the same order as the books, so you lose much of the continuity of the back stories.
  
  phendrick said Wed, Nov 6th 2019 at 5:46am ET
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- @macromeh @phendrick I WILL NEVER ACCEPT THE SHERIFF WHO ISN’T JON PERTWEE’S SON SEAN.
  
  mossygreen said Wed, Nov 6th 2019 at 11:55pm ET
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- @macromeh @mossygreen ?? Sorry, I don’t follow your comment…
  Something to do with the videos? I guess I didn’t pay enough attention to those and the cast…
  
  phendrick said Thu, Nov 7th 2019 at 12:37am ET
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- @macromeh @phendrick Yeah, sorry, I just really like the first season sheriff better than his replacement in the rest of the series. It’s not important that he’s the son of Jon Pertwee, the third Doctor Who, but I still think it’s funny.
  
  mossygreen said Thu, Nov 7th 2019 at 12:52am ET
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Barney said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 9:58am ET:

@f00l, this one is for you.

Vox by Christina Dacher, 4 stars with 396 reviews, 336 pages, $1.99.

On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed more than one hundred words per day. Dr. Jean McClellan is in denial. This can’t happen here. Not in America. Not to her.

Soon women are not permitted to hold jobs. Girls are not taught to read or write. Females no longer have a voice. Before, the average person spoke sixteen thousand words each day, but now women have only one hundred to make themselves heard.

https://www.amazon.com/Vox-Christina-Dalcher-ebook/dp/B079WQK537/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=vox&qid=1572878889&sr=8-1

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- @Barney How many words are women allowed to type a day? THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!
  
  sammydog01 said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 10:02am ET
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- @sammydog01 I consider typing on this forum as talking, so you (and @f00l) are screwed.
  
  Barney said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 10:11am ET
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  Hey. Is there an echo in here?
  
  /giphy echo
  
  f00l said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 12:18pm ET
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- @f00l Here, you’re going to need this.
  
  Barney said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 12:39pm ET
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yakkoTDI said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 4:18pm ET:

This month I should be starting The Children of Húrin by Tolkien and Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas.

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OldCatLady said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 5:46pm ET:

I just picked up a copy of Drift, Rachel Maddow’s first book, for twenty cents, at Goodwill. With dust jacket,

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- @OldCatLady That is on my list. I have to get my ‘To Read’ stack a little smaller first.
  
  yakkoTDI said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 6:39pm ET
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- @OldCatLady
  
  I wanna read her newest. On the oil and gas industries.
  
  I don’t take her as anything like final gospel in shaping my opinions, but I’m sure I’ll find her book v interesting.
  
  f00l said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 9:45pm ET
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- @OldCatLady @yakkoTDI Fun fact: the Japanese have a word for the pile of books you’ve bought and intend to read, but have not yet. It is “Tsundoku”.
  
  ticklescratch said Tue, Nov 5th 2019 at 4:42pm ET
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- @ticklescratch I love that word!
  
  sammydog01 said Tue, Nov 5th 2019 at 4:45pm ET
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- @sammydog01 @ticklescratch
  
  I must be a type of
  
  mucho Tsundoku
  
  f00l said Tue, Nov 5th 2019 at 9:12pm ET
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ruouttaurmind said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 6:09pm ET:

Just finished Fuzzy Nation this morning. It was excellent, but not necessarily quintessential Scalzi. Probably because this was an adaptation of Little Fuzzy, written by H. Beam Piper back in the '60s, and not an original Scalzi concept. Good story though. I haven’t read the original so I have no basis for comparison.

I haven’t started anything new just yet. I guess I’m feeling lackluster about everything in my library at the moment.

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  Either I did this one and can’t remember any specifics, it I haven’t done it yet.
  
  I like Scalzi. But I find his stories, even when in a fictional universe unconnected to other books of his, resemble each other enough … so I like to space the listening of these out.
  
  f00l said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 9:56pm ET
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- @f00l The general premise: Not so near future, disbarred attorney from Earth becomes a mineral surveyor for some Evil Corp mining operation on a distant planet, finds little fuzzy creatures who are smarter than your average house pet, madness and mayhem ensue. There is also a dog named Carl, a former love interest named Isabel, and a carnivorous species of dino-like creatures called zararaptors who tend to eat mineral surveyors for lunch.
  
  There! Clear as mud now?
  
  ruouttaurmind said Tue, Nov 5th 2019 at 1:58pm ET
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  I purely did not do this one yet
  
  Sounds like “inspired by the trouble with tribbles” a little bit
  
  /giphy Spock tribbles
  
  f00l said Tue, Nov 5th 2019 at 9:10pm ET
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- @ruouttaurmind Oh, I loved Little Fuzzy when I read it in junior high. I should reread it and then read this. Maybe.
  
  mossygreen said Tue, Nov 5th 2019 at 10:01pm ET
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- @mossygreen I kinda wanna experience the original myself. I’ve added Little Fuzzy to my wish list in the Kindle store and Audible. Maybe it’ll pop up as a deal of the day eventually.
  
  ruouttaurmind said Tue, Nov 5th 2019 at 10:29pm ET
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- @ruouttaurmind I read Piper’s Fuzzy stories as a kid, and a teen, and several times since. I loved Scalzi’s “Old Mans War” series but the Fuzzy book left me cold.
  
  I bought the Scalzi book at Goodwill and donated it back after reading it. I still have all my Piper hard and paperbacks. And my Old Man’s War paperbacks which were Scalzi’s best works imo.
  
  duodec said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 9:11pm ET
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- @duodec I haven’t tried the Old Man’s War series. I should give it another look probably. But I’ve been trying to avoid getting wrapped around any more series. I tried The Human Division but that one left me kinda flat so I bailed out of it. I would pick Android’s Dream as my preferred Scalzi book with the silliness of Agent to the Stars for a runner up.
  
  ruouttaurmind said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 9:49pm ET
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- @duodec @ruouttaurmind I’m working my way through the Old Man’s War series- I really like it. I have Android’s Dream on Audible and it was really fun.
  
  sammydog01 said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 10:14pm ET
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riceatusc said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 6:49pm ET:

I’m living the audio book life.
Currently listening to Red Rising.
loving it so far

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  The audiobook life is most excellent.
  
  My audiobook library, just counting the ones purchased from audible, chirp books, nook audiobooks, and e-stories, is embarrassingly large.
  
  I also have a few from google books. None, I think, from the Apple Store, for some un-remembered reason.
  
  Only that downloadable audiobook library is way way too small. : (
  
  I have been donating my cassette and Cd version audiobooks, as I purchase downloadable versions of the same book. So I no longer have so many of those.
  
  But I really hope you enjoy the audiobook life!
  
  f00l said Mon, Nov 4th 2019 at 9:49pm ET
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cf1 said Tue, Nov 5th 2019 at 8:25am ET:

Just finished Tiamat’s Wrath. Next up is Artemis.

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therealjrn said Tue, Nov 5th 2019 at 9:54am ET:

Cross-post from November deals topic:

How about free? Is free a good price? Our most excellent October goat @aetris posted some pretty spooky stories, but Tor posted some more in their November newsletter. All free original fiction from tor.com.

These Deathless Bones by Cassandra Khaw

A Human Stain by Kelly Robson

meat+drink by Daniel Polansky

The Night Cyclist by Stephen Graham Jones

A Kiss with Teeth by Max Gladstone

Thanks Tor! Enjoy everybody!

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ruouttaurmind said Tue, Nov 5th 2019 at 2:24pm ET:

This morning I started Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys. This is book 2 in the American Gods series.

I finished the first book a few months ago, then tried to go back and rewatch the Starz series. It’s nearly two totally different stories. I gave up after a few episodes. I remember enjoying the show the first time I watched, but this time I was that guy who picks apart the story where it diverged from the book.

I’ve hardly cracked the covers of Anansi Boys, but I’m looking forward to it.

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- @ruouttaurmind I loved Anansi Boys so much. It just caught me in its web.
  
  OldCatLady said Tue, Nov 5th 2019 at 11:44pm ET
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Star2236 said Wed, Nov 6th 2019 at 10:16am ET:

I’m reading Heads in Beds by Jacob Tomsky. It’s good so far i just haven’t had much time to read it, have had a lot going on. Hopefully things slow down.

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- @star2236 I checked that out a while ago and it expired before I got around to it. I just checked it out again. Someone recommended it a while back- @therealjrn maybe? I’ll start it tonight.
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, Nov 6th 2019 at 11:09am ET
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  I read that one. Informative and fun.
  
  f00l said Wed, Nov 6th 2019 at 11:23am ET
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  I bought it from a used book store bc someone on this site was talking the book up and it sounded interesting. It’s really good so far but like I said I’ve just been busy and haven’t had a lot of time to read it.
  
  Star2236 said Wed, Nov 6th 2019 at 11:57am ET
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- @f00l @sammydog01 @star2236 I liked it OK…the first half I thought was better. The second half seemed to be a bit repetitive. I’m not a writer, but it kinda felt like he was forcing himself to make the book a little longer.
  
  I wouldn’t recommend buying it because for me it’s a “one read” book, but it was entertaining enough.
  
  therealjrn said Wed, Nov 6th 2019 at 2:45pm ET
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- @f00l @star2236 @therealjrn I finished it- was pretty fun.
  
  sammydog01 said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 10:14pm ET
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- @star2236 @f001 @therealjrn I liked that one and I think I am the one that recommended it–
  
  moonhat said Tue, Nov 19th 2019 at 7:52pm ET
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- @f001 @moonhat @star2236
  
  @moonhat said: I liked that one and I think I am the one that recommended it–
  
  Wasn’t a bad read, thanks! I guess that guy hasn’t written much else…not that I could find anyway.
  
  therealjrn said Tue, Nov 19th 2019 at 8:23pm ET
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  You were the one that recommended it.
  
  Star2236 said Tue, Nov 19th 2019 at 8:54pm ET
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f00l said Thu, Nov 7th 2019 at 1:32pm ET:

For anyone who has an “audible credits membership”, today’s Daily Deal looks good.

Apollo
By: Charles Murray, Catherine Bly Cox
Narrated by: Bob Souer

$5.95
Till midnight PT

https://www.audible.com/pd/Apollo-Audiobook/1982654139?pf_rd_p=546231fd-3642-4741-b744-8cf460cefbfe&pf_rd_r=BX8GCGXX0VENSH90ECC1&ref=a_hp_c10_dd

Apollo is the behind-the-scenes story of an epic achievement. Based on exhaustive research that included many exclusive interviews, Apollo tells how America went from a standing start to a landing on the moon at a speed that now seems impossible. It describes the unprecedented engineering challenges that had to be overcome to create the mammoth Saturn V and the facilities to launch it. It takes you onto the gantries at Cape Canaveral and behind the consoles of Houston’s Mission Control as it relives the tragedy of the fire on Apollo 1, the first descent to the lunar surface, and the rescue of Apollo 13.

A story of daring bordering on recklessness on the ground and life-and-death decisions made in seconds during the flights, Apollo captures the drama of humans leaving Earth for the first time.

/image book Apollo Murray Cox

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mossygreen said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:44pm ET:

The last $4.11 of my October Offer $40 credit is expiring, like, tomorrow? Not today, I hope, anyway, but I can’t decide what kindle books to buy. More Gladys Mitchell? A Brian Eno monograph that my local library has? Nick Mason’s book about Pink Floyd? More Ed McBain? More Gladys Mitchell and Ed McBain? A 4-short story Grady Hendrix collection? I’ve bought so many books I’m barely even excited anymore.

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- @mossygreen I see that Amazon Prime is offering to rent the newest version of the Lion King for $2.99. Does this work on rentals?
  
  https://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=17751916011&ref_=pe_3326960_452185560_pmwn_pvdls&pldnSite=1
  
  Edit: OR maybe I could find you an end of the world book.
  
  Barney said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:55pm ET
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- @Barney Heh. Nope, only ebooks and not pre-orders.
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 12:03am ET
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- @mossygreen Meanies.
  
  Barney said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 12:06am ET
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- @Barney Well, I knew what I was signing up for.
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 12:17am ET
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UncleVinny said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:56pm ET:

People keep giving me books.

Things on my list that I feel duty-bound to read at least part of:
The Disappearing Spoon - about the periodic table
These Truths - a nice review of US History. I’m reading the Reconstruction --> Progressive movement --> WW1 chapter.
In the Courts of the Conqueror - a review of the 10 worst Indian Law cases ever decided in the US
The Art of Attack in Chess

I told people not to get me books for my birthday. Did they listen? No, they didn’t. I want to finish Gormenghast, but instead I’m saddled with these fine specimens and I’m a super slow/flighty/distractable reader.

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- @UncleVinny I have the disappearing spoon book. Looks like I bought it in 2013. I think I read one element and got bored.
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, Nov 20th 2019 at 10:33am ET
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- @sammydog01 oh no! I flipped through it and it looks ok. Do you usually like chemistry/science stuff? Or was it too simplistic for you? Or…?
  
  UncleVinny said Wed, Nov 20th 2019 at 10:44am ET
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- @UncleVinny I don’t remember. I’ll put it on my bathtub kindle and try again.
  
  I also need to give Wicked Plants and Wicked Bugs another shot.
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, Nov 20th 2019 at 11:06am ET
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f00l said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 7:45pm ET:

Gifts of audible memberships of 12 months (and 12 credits) are on sale.

They can be given to a new member, or to someone with an existing membership.

I don’t know if these discounted memberships can be given to oneself. Might be worth a try if you want the audible credits.

Details here:
https://www.audible.com/ep/giftcenter?pf_rd_p=4a1f1643-23ed-433a-a840-6d7ee99142e8&pf_rd_r=M7KXRG5SMBDYTEKMAED9&ref=a_hp_c1_zing_0

Available at this price thru Dec 09 2019

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f00l said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 7:48pm ET:

The audible daily deal looks pretty attractive, if you are eligible to purchase it.

Sea Stories
My Life in Special Operations
By: William H. McRaven

Audiobook from audible is $3.95 until midnight PT.

Audible account holders who have existing or new memberships are eligible to buy this book at that price.

/image sea stories mcraven

https://www.audible.com/pd/Sea-Stories-Audiobook/1549194976?pf_rd_p=db1c118c-97ca-4ca5-ba13-6c9fba6dd4f1&pf_rd_r=10YCFEPS2HDYCPQV3ZW2&ref=a_hp_c10_dd

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sammydog01 said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 10:15pm ET:

I’m reading My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix. It’s pretty good so far.

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barbgreenland said Tue, Nov 19th 2019 at 12:16am ET:

I’m so glad I’m not a Queen. I mean a real life Royal Queen. I don’t think I’d be much good at it

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callow said Tue, Nov 19th 2019 at 7:34am ET:

Cop Town by Karin Slaughter. This author looks so cute and sweet but scares the crap out me with the brutal crimes she comes up with.

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mossygreen said Wed, Nov 20th 2019 at 11:39pm ET:

Hmm, five Andre Norton Witch World ebooks for $1.99 seems like a deal.
https://smile.amazon.com/Witch-World-Hallack-Jargoon-Zarsthors-ebook/dp/B07GQLD8TX

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mossygreen said Thu, Nov 21st 2019 at 12:47pm ET:

I put Umberto Eco’s Travels in Hyperreality on an amazon watch list LITERALLY LAST WEEKEND, when I was looking for books to buy and it was $10.99, and I was like, that’s too much for a single book I could probably buy for less as a hard copy. Today, it is $2.99 and I don’t understand why. I don’t care, though, I’m buying it.
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00KV1QTDA

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  Much thx!
  
  Oops. Showing $10.99 for me.
  
  f00l said Fri, Nov 22nd 2019 at 12:39am ET
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- @f00l Dang. Well, you can whisper me an email address and I’ll loan it to you.
  
  I don’t understand how kindle sales work. It happened to me once before, where something was discounted and I thought, well, I’ll get it tonight, and by then it wasn’t. Strange.
  
  mossygreen said Fri, Nov 22nd 2019 at 2:21am ET
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  I appreciate the offer, but can’t do it now. I don’t have time to read it now, and I have hundreds of books on the to do list.
  
  I did add this one to my wish list. Maybe someday I’ll focus in on it.
  
  But anyway much thx.
  
  f00l said Fri, Nov 22nd 2019 at 10:57am ET
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mossygreen said Fri, Nov 22nd 2019 at 11:56pm ET:

Don’t know if it’s any good or not, but Ramsey Campbell’s 1988 horror novel The Influence is 99¢ through tomorrow, I guess? Or today? Anyway, he’s usually pretty good.
https://smile.amazon.com/Influence-Fiction-Without-Frontiers-ebook/dp/B07XPDNKQR

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ruouttaurmind said Tue, Nov 26th 2019 at 12:21pm ET:

Yesterday I started Stephen King’s The Stand. This is the author’s edit version. Like a literary equivelent to “The Director’s cut” in cinema I suppose.

In the preface King explains how he was forced to cut about 150,000 words from his original submitted manuscript. Doubleday, the publisher, was concerned about production costs, and those additional pages were the difference between profit and loss. In this version he’s restored much of the cut content, making a very long book much longer.

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- @ruouttaurmind The first one was too long. Good luck.
  
  sammydog01 said Tue, Nov 26th 2019 at 2:12pm ET
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