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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1455 on: February 23, 2024, 12:59:19 PM »
Glancing through that Jordan Peterson book, 12 rules for whatever.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1456 on: March 30, 2024, 09:31:57 PM »
I read the fourth Elizabeth Moon book, "Limits of Power". Now I'm onto the fifth and last, "Crown of Renewal". I'm enjoying it and wondering what to read after I've finished this series.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1457 on: March 30, 2024, 09:55:43 PM »
A book about Elvis Presley and his manager, Col. Parker.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1458 on: April 30, 2024, 02:13:24 PM »
Been reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez lately. One brilliant bok after another.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1459 on: April 30, 2024, 09:23:12 PM »
What language are you reading them in? What's the current book about?

I'm savouring the last Elizabeth Moon book. I don't want it to end.

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1460 on: June 12, 2024, 11:34:08 AM »
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What language are you reading them in? What's the current book about?

English. I tried Spanish but my Spanish isn't good enough. The last one I read is about an ageing colonel waiting for a letter than never comes while being pushed around by everybody.

Now rereading Isaac Asimov's The End of Eternity. I've read it a few times before but really just felt like reading it again. :)
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1461 on: June 13, 2024, 06:26:20 PM »
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What language are you reading them in? What's the current book about?

English. I tried Spanish but my Spanish isn't good enough. The last one I read is about an ageing colonel waiting for a letter than never comes while being pushed around by everybody.

Now rereading Isaac Asimov's The End of Eternity. I've read it a few times before but really just felt like reading it again. :)

I have all the Asimov I can find, except for some of those enormous textbooks.
I have two, but it does not take long for me to bog down in the quicksand of Biochemestry, etc. Math is easier and very helpful.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1462 on: June 13, 2024, 11:00:45 PM »
A Stephan King book...Mr. Mercedes

Really gave up reading anything but the how to, self help, non fiction books for quite some time. Just never had the time to sit down and immerse myself in a story line with the kid and husband always interrupting me. Found a few horror novels in the house clean out I had never read, that being one of them. Enjoying it so far.

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1463 on: June 14, 2024, 12:46:28 PM »
A history of the ancient library of Alexandria Egypt. 
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1464 on: June 26, 2024, 12:04:51 PM »
The Count of Monte Cristo

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1465 on: June 26, 2024, 04:02:51 PM »
The Count of Monte Cristo

One of my favorite stories, especially if I can find an unedited version. 
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1466 on: August 13, 2024, 08:27:30 PM »
The Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn. It's the first in a trilogy but I already read the other two books long ago.
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« Reply #1467 on: August 13, 2024, 10:03:42 PM »
An autobiography of Basil Rathbone!  Very interesting.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1468 on: August 18, 2024, 01:45:01 PM »
I was going to start up one of the Robert J. Sawyer novels I just got

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1469 on: August 18, 2024, 02:41:33 PM »
The history of black soldiers during the American Civil war.   :(
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