September Song (of reading)

mossygreen had a video to watch said Wed, Sep 4th 2019 at 10:57pm ET

Amazon has the ebook of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell for $1.99 today. I remember it being very long and kind of boring, but also loving it.
https://smile.amazon.com/Jonathan-Strange-Norrell-Susanna-Clarke-ebook/dp/B003RRXXMA

I’m still buying Gladys Mitchell mysteries, even though a bunch of them are available at archive.org for free. The Worsted Viper has satanists and takes place during a boating holiday! The Rising of the Moon is about a serial killer and is narrated by a 13-year-old boy! The latter is 99 cents at amazon right now, which bugs me because I paid 99 cents for it w/a $3 credit, and that’s, like, another Gladys Mitchell mystery I could have bought. AND an Ed McBain.
https://smile.amazon.com/Rising-Moon-Mrs-Bradley-ebook/dp/B00IEIIOA8

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sammydog01 said Thu, Sep 5th 2019 at 11:59am ET:

Missed it. Crap. I did buy the moon one though.

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- @sammydog01 If you ever want to borrow it, whisper me an e-mail address and I’ll lend it to you.
  
  I’ll be interested in hearing your impression of The Rising of the Moon when you’re done with it. I really liked it, but don’t want to give anything away that might impact your enjoyment. Apparently it was the author’s favorite of her novels, and it’s a little different than her books that I’ve read so far.
  
  mossygreen said Thu, Sep 5th 2019 at 1:32pm ET
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zinimusprime said Fri, Sep 6th 2019 at 12:39pm ET:

I would read books all the time if I didn’t get distrac-- oooooooo what’s that?!

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- @zinimusprime I’m guessing… not a book? Or, perhaps, a WHOLE BUNCH of books?
  
  mossygreen said Fri, Sep 6th 2019 at 1:22pm ET
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- @mossygreen It was shiny, that’s all I remember.
  
  zinimusprime said Fri, Sep 6th 2019 at 3:05pm ET
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- @mossygreen @zinimusprime
  /giphy SQUIRREL
  
  sammydog01 said Fri, Sep 6th 2019 at 3:20pm ET
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- @zinimusprime Was it this?
  
  Or this?
  
  mossygreen said Fri, Sep 6th 2019 at 10:17pm ET
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- @mossygreen @zinimusprime
  
  Retro moment ?
  
  /giphy retro
  
  f00l said Fri, Sep 6th 2019 at 11:53pm ET
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kdemo said Fri, Sep 13th 2019 at 8:21pm ET:

Found this:

Escape room idea -
Just a well-stocked bookstore with clearly marked exits. You have one hour to get out.
Good luck.

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OldCatLady said Sat, Sep 14th 2019 at 10:32am ET:

My reserve copy of The Testament, Margaret Atwood’s sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, just arrived. It’s a beautiful day outside. Patio time.

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f00l said Sat, Sep 14th 2019 at 11:34am ET:

I just finished 3 books re Broadway and the American musical theater.

Enjoyed them all

The Street Where I Live
Alan Jay Lerner

Act One
Moss Hart

The Secret Life of the American Musical
How Broadway Shows Are Built
Jack Viertel

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mossygreen said Wed, Sep 18th 2019 at 1:21am ET:

Hmm, daily kindle sale for Dorothy L. Sayers’ Strong Poison, the book in which she does the single most terrible thing an author can do: insert a thinly-veiled version of herself for her main character to fall in love with, and it works because it’s Dorothy L. Sayers.
https://smile.amazon.com/Strong-Poison-Peter-Wimsey-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B008JVJKOY/

I’m torn, because I love that book, but I own a crappy paperback of it AND can borrow the e-book from my library for free.

I downloaded a kindle book through my library for the first time tonight. It’s really easy! You sign in, look for the book, choose which version you want, as I chose the kindle it opened amazon in a new tab and I checked it out. The loan period is two weeks.

It wasn’t Strong Poison, which was checked out, it was Margaret Atwood’s The Robber Bride, which I was thinking about recently while reading various stuff about Caroline Calloway and her former best friend/ghostwriter Natalie Beach. Literally I was thinking, “this reminds me of that Margaret Atwood book I had and didn’t like that much and donated, I should read it again.” And then in the comments on one article somebody wrote, “This is just like The Robber Bride,” and I was like, DAMN, WHY DID I GET RID OF THAT WITHDRAWN LIBRARY BOOK WITH A BROKEN SPINE? And THEN I found it in a thrift shop today for thirty cents, and my mom was like, “don’t buy it, you don’t need it.” But I DID need a paperback which posits that medieval succubi were actually alien women having sex with Earth men, and a Penn & Teller book.

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  I just re-read the Sayers Wimsey series.
  
  She’s something else with the 1920’s upper class piffle and amusing chat, and the later literary quote contests she does when H Vane enters the series.
  
  Somehow it does work, with Vane as a character. I’m not sure a more modern “Sayers” could pull it off.
  
  f00l said Wed, Sep 18th 2019 at 1:58am ET
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- @f00l @mossygreen I have a bunch of those books. I watched the tv show on PBS back in the day- I hope I forget the endings.
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, Sep 18th 2019 at 6:36pm ET
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- @f00l Sayers did an amazing job in Whimsey of balancing the Wodehouse fizziness with the very real scars of WWI. Like if Bertie Wooster were Batman.
  
  mossygreen said Wed, Sep 18th 2019 at 9:45pm ET
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- @f00l @sammydog01 They’re great even if you remember the ending. The writing is so good.
  
  mossygreen said Wed, Sep 18th 2019 at 10:39pm ET
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Barney said Sun, Sep 29th 2019 at 1:04pm ET:

Lilith’s Brood: The Complete Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia E. Butler

The complete series about an alien species that could save humanity after nuclear apocalypse—or destroy it—from “one of science fiction’s finest writers” (The New York Times).

754 pages. 4 1/2 stars with 478 reviews. $3.99

https://www.amazon.com/Liliths-Brood-Complete-Xenogenesis-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B008HALOMI/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Xenogenesis+Trilogy&qid=1569776262&sr=8-3

Interesting.

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Barney said Sun, Sep 29th 2019 at 4:30pm ET:

Thrown Away: The Complete Post Apocalyptic Series (Parts 1-7) by Glynn James

Thrown Away is a post-apocalyptic survival saga that drags the reader, kicking and screaming, on a journey through a world hundreds of years after civilization fell.

510 pages. 4 1/2 stars with 30 reviews. $1.25.

https://www.amazon.com/Thrown-Away-Complete-Apocalyptic-Parts-ebook/dp/B07PNR7QDD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ZMALWHY1V52Q&keywords=thrown+away+glynn+james&qid=1569788657&sprefix=thrown+away%2Caps%2C685&sr=8-1

(Go Chiefs!)

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Barney said Sun, Sep 29th 2019 at 4:43pm ET:

Yesterday’s Gone: Seasons 1-6 Complete Saga by Sean Platt, David W. Wright

They thought they were alone. They were wrong.

On October 15th, humanity went missing.

A handful of scattered survivors wake to find the world empty of friends, family, and neighbors.

Among them, a child searches for his family. A special agent turned enemy of the state survives a fiery plane crash with no way to reach his daughter. A serial killer discovers he’s no longer at the top of the food chain.

Now these strangers must find the strength inside them to weather the new world.

2966 pages. 4 1/2 stars, 23 reviews. $0.99 cents

https://www.amazon.com/Yesterdays-Gone-Seasons-Complete-Saga-ebook/dp/B07SZJ3RZG/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Yesterday's+Gone%3A+Seasons+1-6+Complete+Saga&qid=1569789384&sr=8-2

(Chiefs win, Chiefs win! Yay!!)

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- @Barney Sean Platt is the guy who did Unicorn Western! I have a bunch of his stuff and kickstarted a thing he did.
  
  sammydog01 said Sun, Sep 29th 2019 at 9:56pm ET
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mossygreen said Mon, Sep 30th 2019 at 1:19pm ET:

Oh damn, I’ve been waiting months for these Grady Hendrix ebooks to go on sale! I never dreamed it would be before October!
https://smile.amazon.com/My-Best-Friends-Exorcism-Novel-ebook/dp/B014BQVMGE/
https://smile.amazon.com/Paperbacks-Hell-Twisted-History-Fiction-ebook/dp/B01NBO5GIH/

This is shaping up to be the best Rosh HaShanah EVER!

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- @mossygreen I love Horrorstor! Just bought these too.
  
  sammydog01 said Mon, Sep 30th 2019 at 1:21pm ET
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- @sammydog01 We Sold Our Souls is not as good as Horrorstor (similar-ish plot, similar social commentary), but is also $1.99, I just noticed.
  https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B078LRC6GP
  I read it over the summer, which was good because it’s actually set this year, between the spring and September.
  We’re well on our way to being Grady Hendrix completists!
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Sep 30th 2019 at 1:35pm ET
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- @mossygreen Looks like I bought that book in July. I should read it.
  
  sammydog01 said Mon, Sep 30th 2019 at 4:22pm ET
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- @sammydog01 I’m going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that you bought it on July 11th. Because that’s when I bought it.
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Sep 30th 2019 at 4:39pm ET
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- @mossygreen TWINSIES!
  
  sammydog01 said Mon, Sep 30th 2019 at 5:10pm ET
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