What are you reading now?
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But you are (at least) as funny as Zing. (See his Nov 11 post earlier in this thread).Randy said:
Found this via some random "best fantasy series" search in google. I really like it. It's a little more gritty - especially in language - than most fantasy, but it's very well written, and the characters are complex and interesting. Highly recommended.
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The Girl On The Train
The wife had mentioned it before as Amazon suggested it for her multiple times but she never pulled the trigger. There was an article about it in the KC Star yesterday so, after reading that, I encouraged her to buy it. Well, she finished it today and now I'm 30% through. This is a good book. I may be up late finishing it...
The wife had mentioned it before as Amazon suggested it for her multiple times but she never pulled the trigger. There was an article about it in the KC Star yesterday so, after reading that, I encouraged her to buy it. Well, she finished it today and now I'm 30% through. This is a good book. I may be up late finishing it...
CMonster
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CMonster said:The Girl On The Train
The wife had mentioned it before as Amazon suggested it for her multiple times but she never pulled the trigger. There was an article about it in the KC Star yesterday so, after reading that, I encouraged her to buy it. Well, she finished it today and now I'm 30% through. This is a good book. I may be up late finishing it...
Ended up a bit disappointed with this one. The first half or so was excellent but then it bogged down and the ending was a bit of a let down.
Finally got this finished. In a nutshell, this was one of the best books I've read in years, and I intend to re-read it in about a year, there's a lot of meat in it. I'm gonna cheat and post Amazon's review, it's a lot more succinct than I am:Botch said:
I'm only about 1/3 of the way through this one, will post more when finished. Already, one of the most eye-opening books I've read.
I don't know if I was sick on the day(s) we were taught about Bretton Woods, but I honestly had never heard of it before, and it was crucial in how the US helped shape the planet following WWII, when we alone had very little damage to our infrastructure, compared to the rest of the world's powers. Learned a lot too about how geography determines a nation's wealth and power, despite our airline and Intranetz world. He also spends a lot of time on how the demographics (the spread of the population via age in any country) also has a huge effect (it is killing Japan right now, and will absolutely decimate Russia in ten to twenty years).
The last part of the book he makes a lot of predictions, these were amazing too; the U.S. will continue to grow and prosper, while much of the rest of the world, will not; the new superpower in Africa will be: Angola?; Alberta will most likely secede from Canada and join the U.S.; how the illegal drug trade and illegal immigration are completely entwined; how China will most likely fall apart soon; etc.
A fascinating read, highly recommended. :handgestures-thumbup:
EDIT: lakedmb, will be interested in hearing your thoughts on it.
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Just finished a bunch of books, but it's the last one that I'll mention.
I've long been a fan of Michael Palmer and his "medical" thrillers.
Before starting Trauma, his latest book, I noticed that credit was also given to Daniel Palmer on the cover, and that both their photos and short bios appeared on the back jacket.
What I now find odd, after having read the Afterword by Daniel Palmer, is that nowhere is it mentionned, until then, that Michael Palmer died in 2013, and that Daniel, his son, had taken his story idea and written a book around it.
That explains perfectly why, as I was reading it, I kept thinking how weak the writing and story telling was. I almost put it down on a few occasions. Unfortunately the writing gift, at least for this genre, did not get passed down from father and son. Maybe Daniel will improve if he finds more of his father's outlines to turn into books, and I hope he does, but Trauma was a pretty disappointing read.
Jeff
I've long been a fan of Michael Palmer and his "medical" thrillers.
Before starting Trauma, his latest book, I noticed that credit was also given to Daniel Palmer on the cover, and that both their photos and short bios appeared on the back jacket.
What I now find odd, after having read the Afterword by Daniel Palmer, is that nowhere is it mentionned, until then, that Michael Palmer died in 2013, and that Daniel, his son, had taken his story idea and written a book around it.
That explains perfectly why, as I was reading it, I kept thinking how weak the writing and story telling was. I almost put it down on a few occasions. Unfortunately the writing gift, at least for this genre, did not get passed down from father and son. Maybe Daniel will improve if he finds more of his father's outlines to turn into books, and I hope he does, but Trauma was a pretty disappointing read.
Jeff