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Postby Alice » Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:45 pm

Death of a Mystery Writer: A Murder Mystery (Of Course), [that's the actual subtitle according to amazon.com!], by Robert Barnard, and I'm waffling between several Raymond Chandler books, now that I've finished "Farewell."
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Postby bigsleepj » Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:45 pm

I enjoyed Farewell, my Lovely a lot since I enjoy Chandler's prose, but for some reason I could not help but feel that the novel was somewhat... erm, what's the best words, erm, highly political incorrect.
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Postby Alice » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:24 am

Oh, I know. It was horrible how racist the attitudes of so many were. The cops didn't even care when a black guy was murdered! I sincerely hope the world has changed A LOT in the 60+ years since that was written.

(As well, it may have been some social commentary; the hero's attitude seemed somewhat different, and the book definitely showed the inequality of the attitudes of the cops. I hope that's true, but I can't help suspecting Chandler was writing about something that could really have happened.)
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Postby Icarus » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:26 pm

The Phoenix Poetry collections of Yeats and Donne, Threshold by Caitlin R. Kiernan, and Reiffen's Choice by S. C. Butler.

Threshold is a stream of consciousness narrative, so it's a bit hard to get into.
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Postby Armored_Saint » Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:34 pm

Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony, by Eoin Colfer. It's been sitting on my bookshelf for a good three weeks, so I just started it. :hits_self
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Postby Alice » Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:55 pm

I'm also reading Something Rotten, by Jasper Fforde, the last (*sniffle*) of the Thursday Next fantasy books.

I think I put it off for awhile because I didn't want the series to be over. Still don't.
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Postby SnoringFrog » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:16 pm

The Angel's Command by Brian Jacques
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Postby bigsleepj » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:09 pm

[quote="Alice"]Oh, I know. It was horrible how racist the attitudes of so many were. The cops didn't even care when a black guy was murdered! I sincerely hope the world has changed A LOT in the 60+ years since that was written.

(As well, it may have been some social commentary]

Thing that shocked me was the fact that all these elements are entirely absent from other Chandler novels, which is why I'm not quite sure if its his views or, as you suggested, social commentary.
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Postby Phantom_Sorano » Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:14 am

I'm starting All Quiet on the Western Front....
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Postby Yeshua-Knight » Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:23 pm

The Ahriman Gate by Tom and Nita Horn
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Postby LittleTokyo91 » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:30 pm

I just got finished reading Anne Frank. Its sad.
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And everything seems to be ok.
And your the same as you've always been (your the same)
If I'd listened, would you have talked to me?

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But I can't even pick up myself.
I only wanted to make you proud,
But I don't think I can do this anymore.

When did this crowded room get so lonely?
And everyone keeps looking at me.
I'm tired (so tired) of faking my life
I'm so tired, I don't wanna feel this way.
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Postby yukinon » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:11 am

I recently stole my boyfriend's Men's Health magazine to do some recon.
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Postby Alice » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:38 am

Sneaky! ;)


I'm about 60 pages into "Gold Comes in Bricks," by A. A. Fair (actually Erle Stanley Gardner). It's a legitimate mystery, and quite interesting so far, but the cover (it's a 70's-looking paperback) was made up to look like a trashy bond movie. :eyeroll:
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Postby jon_jinn » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:30 pm

the legend of sleepy hollow and other tales by washington irving.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:51 am

Reread Villians By Necessity and then read A Traveler's Guide To The History Of
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Postby Gypsy » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:50 pm

Dark Elf Trilogy by Salvatore.
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Postby Tommy » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:12 pm

To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee.
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Postby Kokhiri Sojourn » Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:12 pm

Tom Dincht wrote:To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee.


I assume this is your first time through - hope you enjoy it!
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Postby Etoh*the*Greato » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:00 pm

alright, I know I'm gonna get stoned for the title, but I'm gonna post it anyway because the book is hillarious.
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Postby Kaori » Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:14 pm

At the Back of the North Wind, by George MacDonald. The book has some good and interesting bits but not much of an overall plot; I have mixed feelings about it. I also recently reread Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles; while I love Hardy's prose style, the book's anti-Christian elements are rather bothersome.
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Postby Alice » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:26 pm

If Death Ever Slept, Rex Stout
The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler
Original Sin, Brandt Dodson (a Christian detective-noir book - great!)
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Postby mitsuki lover » Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:29 pm

Is Original Sin any good? I have found that most Christian fiction these days tends to be low on literary quality and high on preachiness.
btw:As a Calvinist I do love the title of that novel!
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Postby Alice » Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:43 pm

It's very good, so far. Seems like great quality and no preachiness. I can write more about it if you like after I'm done with it. (It may be a little bit because I'm reading several books right now.)

But if you like detective fiction, I'd say don't want, check it out now. It has a lot of promise.
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Postby jon_jinn » Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:30 pm

Warriors: The New Prophecy: Sunset.
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- Mark Driscoll

"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther

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Postby CHILD OF AVALON » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:22 pm

Niclola and the Viscount. New Mexico. Silk. and a whole bunch of other things haha
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Postby Mithrandir » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:35 am

At the moment I'm finally getting around to reading the back log of Scientific American that built up when I was taking classes. I'm also reading "Mastering Regular Expressions" which is actually way more engrossing than one would expect, given the title.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:33 pm

And what do you consider Light reading?
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Postby uc pseudonym » Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:44 pm

1001 Nights by Bill Willingham

I've always wanted to read some of Fables, so when this volume of side stories appeared at the local library I picked it up. So far I have enjoyed it fairly highly.

Marked by Steve Ross

Probably the best known graphic novel presentation of a gospel, in this case Mark. It does the events pretty much scene for scene from the book, though each one is taken in a different light and he plays fairly loose with some organizational factors. But once I got used to this I thought it very effective. It is good to have something like this I can actually endorse.
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Postby chimera189 » Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:24 pm

The Lord of Snow and Shadows by Sarah Ash
All of Grace by Charles Spurgeon
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Postby jon_jinn » Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:04 pm

reading Kindred by Octavia E. Butler. quite an odd novel this one...
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- Mark Driscoll

"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther

"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
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