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Still listening to the Eric Idle book, it is a bit slower read than I expected..he does so much name dropping it is hard to keep up with who he is talking about. Got to the fun bit about how Python got going and he is starting to tell his tale about Holy Grail...should be good.

 

Starting the Cormoran Strike series again, going to re-read the first three and then Lethal White which just came out last month.

 

Since it is holidays, going to listen to Patrick Stewart narrate Christmas Carol. I saw him in 1991 do his one man show and it was fabulous. This is the audio version I bought that night and have listened to many times. Love that man's voice.

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Still listening to the Eric Idle book, it is a bit slower read than I expected..he does so much name dropping it is hard to keep up with who he is talking about. Got to the fun bit about how Python got going and he is starting to tell his tale about Holy Grail...should be good.

 

Starting the Cormoran Strike series again, going to re-read the first three and then Lethal White which just came out last month.

 

Since it is holidays, going to listen to Patrick Stewart narrate Christmas Carol. I saw him in 1991 do his one man show and it was fabulous. This is the audio version I bought that night and have listened to many times. Love that man's voice.

 

The Patrick Stewart sounds interesting; I'm going to look for that! Thanks!

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But was then easily seduced into a small stack of JD MacDonald thrillers.

Travis McGee series? I still have 80's era paperbacks of MacDonald stashed somewhere.
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Started wading thru "The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha: Expanded Edition."

But was then easily seduced into a small stack of JD MacDonald thrillers.

 

I had no idea what "pentateuch" was. I figured it had something to do with molestation of satanists. :huh:

If you are enjoying JD MacDonald you might like Robert B. Parker. He has a whole series of Spenser mysteries, a detective based in Boston. It was a tv series years ago but the books are better!

 

Thanks for the recommendation, blueschica! :cheers:

I'll see what I can find at the library the next time I'm in, and go from there.

Way to distract me from the Bible! :LOL:

 

Fun fact: JDM and Kurt Vonnegut shared the same editor/agent for a brief while, the excellently named Knox Burger.

 

 

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But was then easily seduced into a small stack of JD MacDonald thrillers.

Travis McGee series? I still have 80's era paperbacks of MacDonald stashed somewhere.

 

Yep, I've read a few of those (and working thru a few right now). He's a very good writer, although a little dated in spots (I love that McGee is a hi-fi nut). I've read a couple of his other stand-alone novels, and would like to check out more of those, like "The Executioners" (which was made into "Cape Fear"). He also wrote a couple of sci-fi books which might be interesting, although I'm not really a sci-fi guy.

 

A couple of the McGee ones I've recently read (written in the 70s) are surprisingly dark (a bad-guy is dispatched with hot tar, another dies after being set upon by fire ants). I'm enjoying his very pleasant sounding descriptions of Florida. He's probably had more than a little influence on Carl Hiassen, another Floridian crime-novelist, although with a wackier take.

 

Just started this one:

 

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Next up: The Green Ripper. :o

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Lacuna Coil- Nothing Stands In Our Way (Official band biography)

 

An illustrated history, and a personal account, of the entire bands history. My mind is blown. Really beautiful book and a really uplifting story!

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Kidnapped- Robert Louis Stevenson

 

One of my most favourite books growing up, I bought myself a really beautiful unabridged illustrated edition recently and immediately started to read it again.

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Kidnapped- Robert Louis Stevenson

 

One of my most favourite books growing up, I bought myself a really beautiful unabridged illustrated edition recently and immediately started to read it again.

Fantastic book! Kidnapped and Catriona are two of my favourite Stevenson publications.

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Kidnapped- Robert Louis Stevenson

 

One of my most favourite books growing up, I bought myself a really beautiful unabridged illustrated edition recently and immediately started to read it again.

Fantastic book! Kidnapped and Catriona are two of my favourite Stevenson publications.

 

I read Kidnapped so many times as a child, perhaps as often as Harry Potter. Another I loved was Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley. I love Robert Louis Stevenson. I want to read Catriona, only heard of it recently!

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A little embarrassing, but I've been nibbling my way through lotr for the better part of the past few years. Anyway I've been on Return Of The King for months, and finally over the past few days I've sat myself down and started plowing through it. At last earlier this afternoon I reached Mt. Doom, and now I've stopped again with four chapters left in the whole trilogy, most of the action seemingly abided. I can say without a doubt lotr has been the greatest story I've ever read, especially including The Hobbit and The Simarillion, but I will be glad to turn my attention to other great works in this genre, and other great works in general. It's been years since I finished the first book of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice (or is it Ice and Fire), A Game of Thrones. I should be happy to pick up with A Clash of Kings once I'm finished with Tolkien's trilogy. Or perhaps I shall turn to C.S. Lewis' works. Or perhaps even borrow the Harry Potter books from my sisters. It seems to me I'm on the brink of being able to read freely and frequently for the first time since early high school. How enchanting.

 

Does it show I've been reading Tolkien? lol

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A little embarrassing, but I've been nibbling my way through lotr for the better part of the past few years. Anyway I've been on Return Of The King for months, and finally over the past few days I've sat myself down and started plowing through it. At last earlier this afternoon I reached Mt. Doom, and now I've stopped again with four chapters left in the whole trilogy, most of the action seemingly abided. I can say without a doubt lotr has been the greatest story I've ever read, especially including The Hobbit and The Simarillion, but I will be glad to turn my attention to other great works in this genre, and other great works in general. It's been years since I finished the first book of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice (or is it Ice and Fire), A Game of Thrones. I should be happy to pick up with A Clash of Kings once I'm finished with Tolkien's trilogy. Or perhaps I shall turn to C.S. Lewis' works. Or perhaps even borrow the Harry Potter books from my sisters. It seems to me I'm on the brink of being able to read freely and frequently for the first time since early high school. How enchanting.

 

Does it show I've been reading Tolkien? lol

 

Please listen to me. Skip all those and go straight to Robin Hobb. I will link you to an article later to whet your appetite. Then you can thank me later!

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A little embarrassing, but I've been nibbling my way through lotr for the better part of the past few years. Anyway I've been on Return Of The King for months, and finally over the past few days I've sat myself down and started plowing through it. At last earlier this afternoon I reached Mt. Doom, and now I've stopped again with four chapters left in the whole trilogy, most of the action seemingly abided. I can say without a doubt lotr has been the greatest story I've ever read, especially including The Hobbit and The Simarillion, but I will be glad to turn my attention to other great works in this genre, and other great works in general. It's been years since I finished the first book of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice (or is it Ice and Fire), A Game of Thrones. I should be happy to pick up with A Clash of Kings once I'm finished with Tolkien's trilogy. Or perhaps I shall turn to C.S. Lewis' works. Or perhaps even borrow the Harry Potter books from my sisters. It seems to me I'm on the brink of being able to read freely and frequently for the first time since early high school. How enchanting.

 

Does it show I've been reading Tolkien? lol

 

Please listen to me. Skip all those and go straight to Robin Hobb. I will link you to an article later to whet your appetite. Then you can thank me later!

 

Robin Hobb? Never heard of it, but you seem so enthusiastic I’m intrigued. I’ve still got a day or two more before I finish off Return Of The King, so be my guest with the link!

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A little embarrassing, but I've been nibbling my way through lotr for the better part of the past few years. Anyway I've been on Return Of The King for months, and finally over the past few days I've sat myself down and started plowing through it. At last earlier this afternoon I reached Mt. Doom, and now I've stopped again with four chapters left in the whole trilogy, most of the action seemingly abided. I can say without a doubt lotr has been the greatest story I've ever read, especially including The Hobbit and The Simarillion, but I will be glad to turn my attention to other great works in this genre, and other great works in general. It's been years since I finished the first book of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice (or is it Ice and Fire), A Game of Thrones. I should be happy to pick up with A Clash of Kings once I'm finished with Tolkien's trilogy. Or perhaps I shall turn to C.S. Lewis' works. Or perhaps even borrow the Harry Potter books from my sisters. It seems to me I'm on the brink of being able to read freely and frequently for the first time since early high school. How enchanting.

 

Does it show I've been reading Tolkien? lol

 

Please listen to me. Skip all those and go straight to Robin Hobb. I will link you to an article later to whet your appetite. Then you can thank me later!

 

Robin Hobb? Never heard of it, but you seem so enthusiastic I’m intrigued. I’ve still got a day or two more before I finish off Return Of The King, so be my guest with the link!

 

https://writerscuppabrew.wordpress.com/2018/08/17/16-reasons-the-next-author-you-pick-up-is-robin-hobb/

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Patrick O'Brian- Master And Commander (Aubrey/Maturin series #1)

 

I have always wanted to read these, and after spending thousands of pages roaming oceans in a fantastical world via Robin Hobb's imagination, I had a yearning for more realistic naval fiction.

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Patrick O'Brian- Master And Commander (Aubrey/Maturin series #1)

 

I have always wanted to read these, and after spending thousands of pages roaming oceans in a fantastical world via Robin Hobb's imagination, I had a yearning for more realistic naval fiction.

I've got that book sitting on my desk and is up next!
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A little embarrassing, but I've been nibbling my way through lotr for the better part of the past few years. Anyway I've been on Return Of The King for months, and finally over the past few days I've sat myself down and started plowing through it. At last earlier this afternoon I reached Mt. Doom, and now I've stopped again with four chapters left in the whole trilogy, most of the action seemingly abided. I can say without a doubt lotr has been the greatest story I've ever read, especially including The Hobbit and The Simarillion, but I will be glad to turn my attention to other great works in this genre, and other great works in general. It's been years since I finished the first book of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice (or is it Ice and Fire), A Game of Thrones. I should be happy to pick up with A Clash of Kings once I'm finished with Tolkien's trilogy. Or perhaps I shall turn to C.S. Lewis' works. Or perhaps even borrow the Harry Potter books from my sisters. It seems to me I'm on the brink of being able to read freely and frequently for the first time since early high school. How enchanting.

 

Does it show I've been reading Tolkien? lol

 

Please listen to me. Skip all those and go straight to Robin Hobb. I will link you to an article later to whet your appetite. Then you can thank me later!

 

Robin Hobb? Never heard of it, but you seem so enthusiastic I’m intrigued. I’ve still got a day or two more before I finish off Return Of The King, so be my guest with the link!

 

https://writerscuppabrew.wordpress.com/2018/08/17/16-reasons-the-next-author-you-pick-up-is-robin-hobb/

 

Pirates and assassins I’m on board with. Character development awesome as well. The many points about equal representation I of course am more than glad to see, but don’t really tell me enough about the quality of the storytelling or plot to entice me. I will look for one of her books next time I’m at the library or bookstore, but forgive me if I happen to start something else first. Thank you for the recommendation though, I’ve not read much in the way of seafaring literature and would love to read something of the sort.

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Patrick O'Brian- Master And Commander (Aubrey/Maturin series #1)

 

I have always wanted to read these, and after spending thousands of pages roaming oceans in a fantastical world via Robin Hobb's imagination, I had a yearning for more realistic naval fiction.

I've got that book sitting on my desk and is up next!

 

I went and left it on the train gggrrr...it is absolutely amazing how quickly you come to love the lead characters!!!!! Amazing book! Will buy another copy after christmas

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