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Post by Denethor on May 23, 2009 22:58:58 GMT -5
I'm reading the Lemony Snicket books, for reasons anyone who has read said books can readily guess; I find the expected part amusing (though I have little else in common with that character), but the whole series is great fun. This is especially so for someone who lapses into a negative mind-set on occasion and then tends to poke fun at it afterward. Since a single book in the series can be read in an hour or two, they're perfect for a public-transportation commute. But, this is a perfect excuse to start this thread here. What are people reading? Post on any type of book, whether Pagan or not, whether fiction or not, just like in the old "What are you reading?" thread.
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hydra
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Post by hydra on May 24, 2009 8:48:01 GMT -5
I am rereading Health Handbook - A Guide to Family Health by Louise Tenney. It is a reference book for all types of herbs, vitamins, amino acids and supplements for various health issues. This book is just chock full of good information. I am trying to come up with a male tonic tea or I might make a tincture from various herbs for my bf, as he is having some health problems.
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Post by blackrose on May 25, 2009 8:13:14 GMT -5
I liked A Series of Unfortunate Events at the start... and then they got a bit too repetitive, with weird subplots... and I freaking HATE the ending. HAte it, hate it, hate it and want to hunt him down and shake him until his teeth rattle! Grrr!
*ahem*
I am currently rereading Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet.
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Post by Denethor on May 25, 2009 9:39:35 GMT -5
I read Good Omens awhile ago. It was during one of my less functional periods so I don't remember it all that well, except that it was uproariously funny.
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Post by blackrose on May 26, 2009 9:02:57 GMT -5
Finished Good Omen last night...
Now rereading Tithe for, I think, the fourth time - mostly because I don't have any new books to read and this one will only take a day or two while I wait for my amazon order...
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Post by blackrose on May 28, 2009 12:36:48 GMT -5
Finished Tithe... *le sigh* I still get butterflies in my stomach reading it. I was surprised it got such negative reviews on goodreads. A lot of them were because of the smoking and drinking and sex talk from *gasp* 16 year olds... 'cause, ya know, that never happens...
Started The Last Apprentice: Attack of the Fiend by Joseph Delaney.
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simplykali
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Post by simplykali on May 30, 2009 11:04:05 GMT -5
I just finished reading Snake Agent and The Demon and the City by Liz Williams. Both are Sci Fi novels featuring a character called Detective Inspector Chen. It is the future and Detective Inspector Chen investigates any supernatural occurrences. He is part of the regular police force and sometimes he has to make a trip into heaven or hell to talk to a victim or witness to help resolve the crimes that occur on Earth. I don't want to give too much away, but as soon as you start reading you become hooked. There are lots of twists, turns, and surprises and the descriptions are vivid. I have to go buy the other books in the series because they are so addicting! Liz Williams has an amazing imagination.
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Post by E on May 31, 2009 22:28:41 GMT -5
(I like Kali's reviews. They give me hint without blowing the story)
Just my 2 pence.
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Post by blackrose on Jun 1, 2009 8:36:28 GMT -5
Attach of the Fiend was ok... but this series seriously lacks character depth/development and focuses on the "monster of the book", so to speak. Very episodic. (And those people who get upset that witches are depicted as evil and whatnot would be best to steer clear.)
Just started Little (Grrl) Lost by Charles de Lint. This is the third of four books I've read of his that have a girl pair, with one "goody two-shoes" type and one "chip on her shoulder" type... Pattern much?
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Post by Denethor on Jun 1, 2009 18:11:51 GMT -5
Those sound good, I'll have to look them up.
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asator
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Post by asator on Jun 6, 2009 16:06:07 GMT -5
"Annihilation: War Of The Spider Queen pt. V" by Philip Athans
"Lysergic" by K.A. Cole
and I just started "Cunt: A Declaration of Independence" by Inga Muscio
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Post by Denethor on Jun 6, 2009 22:28:43 GMT -5
and I just started "Cunt: A Declaration of Independence" by Inga Muscio My former housemate, a male to female transgender, had that book assigned for a women's studies class. When she went to get it at the bookstore, they were out of it on the shelf. Naturally!...so she, in her unfortunately "especially" male body, had to go seek out a bookstore employee and ask for it...the one she could find was a hairy no-nonsense butch dyke...I think they both were traumatized for life...
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Post by blackrose on Jun 7, 2009 7:10:24 GMT -5
I'm about 200 pages into The Naming by Allison Croggan. This was lent to me by a woman at work who thought I'd like it. I'm not sure what I think of it yet - except that I've come to the conclusion that, with exceptions, "epic" is just a word that means overly long and unnecessarily descript... But, for all of that, the characters seem interesting enough, if a bit inconsistent...
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Post by blackrose on Jul 2, 2009 8:35:14 GMT -5
The Naming was ok, tho cliched. Sort of a LotR-lite
After that I read Meaning of Night: A Confession - a story of revenge, set in Victorian England. Had some flaws - particularly the backstory in the middle, which dragged - but otherwise the wordage and setting was sumptuous and textured, and it definitely lingered in the mind for awhile.
Then there was The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which was very good. Definitely one of his better children's books, imo - better than Coraline, which was still ok. It has a very bitter sweet ending, and I cried a bit... *sniffs*
Now I'm reading The Historian which is, so I'm told, a sort of historical fiction about Vlad Dracula really being a vampire. (Yes, another one *grins*). Rather slow going. I can only read a chapter or two at a time, before I start drifting off - tho, in fairness, I have been particularly tired this week, so we'll see how it goes.
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Post by Denethor on Jul 2, 2009 10:38:35 GMT -5
Finally in the last book of Lemony Snicket. (Nope, haven't had a whole lot of reading time).
How a story can be that repetitive and still not make any damned sense is beyond me...
Casting about a bit (in my own collection, since I'm not looking to buy many more books for a bit) for the next thing to read. I'm thinking maybe non-fiction this time.
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