Finished: Little Prince
Currently: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Next: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
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Finished: Little Prince
Currently: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Next: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
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I just finished the third and final book of the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. What a wonderful trilogy. Couldn't recommend it more if you're a fan of fantasy genre.Originally Posted by Kaputnik
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I finished Sir Francis Drake, by John Sugden. Unsurprisingly, it turned out to be a biography of Sir Francis Drake.
I'm now a couple of chapters into The Way of All Flesh, by Samuel Butler. There are so many literary classics that I've never read, and now realize that I never shall read most of them. But I have time for some. I'm liking this one so far. Somewhere on my shelves I have a copy of Erewhon, by the same author, but can't for the life of me recall if I ever read it.
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G.K. Chesterton
Lady Onogaro (September 15th, 2018), VertOlive (May 14th, 2018)
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Literally just started re-reading Ian Fleming's Casino Royale about an hour ago for only the second time ever, first was about 12 years ago, very shortly before the release of the Daniel Craig et al movie.
... one thing has caught my attention as a possible plot flaw;
it is declared in the plan by Head of Section S, that assassination of Le Chiffre would be fruitless as The Opposition would cover-up and make him look a martyr, but they could've just kidnapped/arrested him - such an exercise would surely have had the same resultant effect on the various French interests of 'Redland' as trying to bankrupt him at the casino, and with virtually zero financial/collateral risk.
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The Dictator Pope by Marcantonio Colonna and, on a lighter note, Terminal Alliance: Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse
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I'm about 75% thru my copy, and it is an amazing (and sad) read.
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The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie. It was laugh out loud funny and well, its Agatha Christie, perhaps the best selling author of all time.
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Finished Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi and A Walk with Lillian Boxfish by Kathleen Rooney.
Now reading: Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon.
Lady Onogaro
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Just finished this trilogy, a lovely gift from a friend of ours who shares the interest of handwritten correspondence. We have the 2nd trilogy on the shelf, waiting to start. Lovely stuff.
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Lady Onogaro (September 15th, 2018)
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By Greg King: "Season of splendor. the Court of Mrs Astor in Gilded Age New York"
Really quite amazing.
Cob
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Lady Onogaro (September 24th, 2018)
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Fear by Woodward. Peering into the inner workings of the current administration was quite enlightening and well worth reading.
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Lady Onogaro (September 24th, 2018)
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Just finished that one too. Informative and entertaining.
azkid (September 24th, 2018), Lady Onogaro (September 24th, 2018)
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Love in the time of cholera--excellent...
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...rather crass of Barkley to advertise a write papers for $....in this space.
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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Lady Onogaro (September 24th, 2018)
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Loved Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon. Not many books have a 70 year old woman as a protagonist, so it's inspiring. I also liked Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney, which is based in part on the life of one of the first women in advertising, Margaret Fishback.
Here's an article about it: http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifest...117-story.html
Lady Onogaro
"Be yourself--everybody else is already taken." --Oscar Wilde
VertOlive (September 25th, 2018)
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I read this book because my son is reading it, so it's considered "YA". Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry. It's hands down the best fiction I've read in several years.
"Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine
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Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story, by Chris Nashawaty.
In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher'.
Bob
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The Godfather by Mario Puzo for the first time. Quite a lurid little tale. Puzo is good at dissecting human motives and emotions, also quite succinct when he describes violence and brilliant at orchestrating it's build-up and examining it's aftermath and consequences. Over-familiarity with the films meant I was able to enjoy the parts where he dwells on his character's psyche rather than worry too much about how Sonny Corleone or Don Barzini or Khartoum meet their doom. Puzo's detailed descriptions of gynaecological surgical procedures I found baffling and superfluous. A good book, turned into peerless films.
azkid (October 4th, 2018), Lady Onogaro (October 4th, 2018)
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I just finished The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware.
Lady Onogaro
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