Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:57 am
sgt.null wrote:it's about bunnies.
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Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:05 am
All That I Am, by Anna Funder.
I just wrote a whole post about the book but deleted it because I couldn't express myself properly. (That's happening a lot lately.
) Something about how scary it is, the parallels between pre Third Reich Germany and our current world. Whistle blowers arrested for treason, gathering of data on dissidents, surveillance. We have the means, and the laws on the books. Just takes the mad (er) folk to gain power and push it into darker territory.
Ah, anyway, the novel's about political and cultural resistance in Germany between the first and second world wars. And much more. I like the way Anna Funder writes. Condensed, meaningful, resonating.
I just wrote a whole post about the book but deleted it because I couldn't express myself properly. (That's happening a lot lately.
) Something about how scary it is, the parallels between pre Third Reich Germany and our current world. Whistle blowers arrested for treason, gathering of data on dissidents, surveillance. We have the means, and the laws on the books. Just takes the mad (er) folk to gain power and push it into darker territory.Ah, anyway, the novel's about political and cultural resistance in Germany between the first and second world wars. And much more. I like the way Anna Funder writes. Condensed, meaningful, resonating.
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 2:47 pm
I always consider it a crossroads of sorts. Kinda like how Syria reminds me of the Slavic incident that started World War I. Maybe it will tip into something disastrous, maybe not. Unfortunately, it's out of our hands.
Just finished my recent John Crowley binge. Might finish some books I started before hand now... nah, I'll just start a bunch more
Just finished my recent John Crowley binge. Might finish some books I started before hand now... nah, I'll just start a bunch more
Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:58 am
you mean there is subtext?Avatar wrote:sgt.null wrote:it's about bunnies.
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Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 2:22 pm
Right now I'm finishing off Hunted by Kevin Hearne.
After that ... Fool by Christopher Moore.
After that ... Fool by Christopher Moore.
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:37 am
Sharpe's Honour.
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 4:45 am
And of course, Sharpe's Regiment.
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:20 am
Just finished Killing Floor by Lee Child
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:37 am
Sharpe's Siege which will temporarily end my foray into the Peninsular Wars.
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Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 1:59 pm
Finished Fool. Moving on to Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal also by Moore.Wildling wrote:Right now I'm finishing off Hunted by Kevin Hearne.
After that ... Fool by Christopher Moore.
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:14 am
reading Stephen King - Joyland. likely will finish that at Julie's moms tomorrow.
bringing Coma - Alex Garland as plan b if I do finish the King.
bringing Coma - Alex Garland as plan b if I do finish the King.
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 4:29 pm
Finished my Chippewa short course and went back to Quiet. I might actually finish it this time! 
And then I can get back to reading fiction for awhile. My TBR pile is ridiculous -- I still have 6 books on my nightstand from last year's WFC book bag, and I hesitate to even look at the Kindle...
Oh, I did read Louise Erdrich's The Round House in the interim. It was quite good.
and went back to Quiet. I might actually finish it this time! And then I can get back to reading fiction for awhile. My TBR pile is ridiculous -- I still have 6 books on my nightstand from last year's WFC book bag, and I hesitate to even look at the Kindle...Oh, I did read Louise Erdrich's The Round House in the interim. It was quite good.
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:49 am
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell.
(Friend of mine in the UK was at school with him.)
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Oh? Lemme know what it's like. I love The Beach, but didn't really enjoy Tesseract much. Turns out he was the writer for 28 Days Later too, which was obviously brilliant.sgt.null wrote:bringing Coma - Alex Garland as plan b if I do finish the King.
(Friend of mine in the UK was at school with him.)
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Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:58 am
Let's see here... I'll be reading Goethe's Faust... Part I AND Part II... I'm no illiterate redneck.
I'll also be finishing a book with four of D H Lawrence's 'short novels' (soo...short stories) and a book of Dostoevsky's short fiction, which includes Notes From the Underground....
I'm also reading *cough* Alan Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems
Reader: What was that, Orlion?
Bite me! That's what I said!
I'll also be finishing a book with four of D H Lawrence's 'short novels' (soo...short stories) and a book of Dostoevsky's short fiction, which includes Notes From the Underground....
I'm also reading *cough* Alan Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems
Reader: What was that, Orlion?
Bite me! That's what I said!
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:43 am
The Pale Horseman by Cornwell.
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Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:19 am
Ahhh! Is that the bittersweet whispering sound of the pages of books by hipster wastrels being turnedOrlion wrote:I'm also reading *cough* Alan Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems
Now, for my next trick, to get Orlion to read some Kenny Goldsmith, Caroline Bergvalle and Ron Silliman
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Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:45 am
Lords of the North by same. ^
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Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:34 am
Read Sword Song this weekend, now The Burning Land.
One more to go in this series.
(Edit: Oh, it looks like book 7 is out, or nearly out.)
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One more to go in this series.
(Edit: Oh, it looks like book 7 is out, or nearly out.)
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 4:26 am
Death of Kings. And it seems book 7 will only be out at the end of September.
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:39 pm
Sybil, Flora Rheta Schreiber.
Not sure why, was a buck so I picked it up. Heart-warming story of childhood torture and DID. Must line up something light and fluffy after this. I have Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders on my coffee table, but I think that's about the Plague so not exactly fluffy. Reaper's Gale is also queued up but that's not really light. Maybe I'll just surf Facebook or continue learning Spanish on my phone app. Yo soy mujer, hear me roar...
Not sure why, was a buck so I picked it up. Heart-warming story of childhood torture and DID. Must line up something light and fluffy after this. I have Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders on my coffee table, but I think that's about the Plague so not exactly fluffy. Reaper's Gale is also queued up but that's not really light. Maybe I'll just surf Facebook or continue learning Spanish on my phone app. Yo soy mujer, hear me roar...