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True notebooks
Author goes to juvenile detention facility for mostly murderers, teaches a writing class. Non-fiction. I liked the talking-parts, but not the student writing parts. It's just me, I guess.
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11/2005
The Case Of The Missing Books
A Mobile Library Mystery. I wasn't much interested in this book, except for the library stuff, but as things proceeded to an end I found myself pleased with the ending. Rather witty in parts. I shall have to find the next book.
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Sometimes it felt good to be a librarian.Read:
9/2007
Miles From Nowhere
One of my favorite books, I actually PURCHASED after reading twice from the library so I could share it with others. Barbara and her husband bicycle around the world. Read--several times and more to come.
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No dateRead:
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10/2016
The Moon Bridge
Ruthie makes a new friend at school. They become best friends, then Mitzi and her family are sent away because it's World War II and they are Japanese-American. A really good story, I liked it very much.
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10/2014
Roller Skates
Lucinda is a ten-year-old living in "orphanage" with her aunts while her parents are in Italy for a year because of her mother's health issues. Lucinda is quite outgoing, and reminded me much of Anne Shirley. She loves to meet people, and is totally unconscious of "class". I thought this would be a "nice" story, but there were two deaths that came as quite a shock. Awarded the Newbery in 1937.
Words I Had To Look Up:
story of Diamond (pg. 21) -- the quote in the book is from At The Back Of The North Wind, by George MacDonald, a children's book published in 1871.
Anton Seidl (pg. 92) -- Hugarian-born conductor who became conductor of the New York Philharmonic in 1891. He died in 1898.
Robert Ingersoll (pg. 92) -- Lucinda notes that Aunt Emily said he didn't believe in God. Lucinda wonders "a great deal" why, but never finds out. A very interesting Wikipedia article I perused said he was a great orator and spoke on many topics, including agnosticism.
guimp (pg. 142) -- A narrow flat braid used for trimming. Also spelled gimp.
Cornelius Nepos (pg. 131) -- A Roman biographer.
gertrude (pg. 178) -- A type of clothing for infants. More information is online in The Care Of The Baby, by J. P. Crozer Griffith, published 1900.
Smoke Quote:
The princess brought out a lacquered box, and out of this some cigarettes. She lighted one, lay back on the cushions, and smoked. Lucinda had never seen, had never dreamed it even possible that a woman could smoke. It only made the whole ending of that day appear more unbelievable. (pg. 100)
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3/2009
Agent to the stars
An alien race of Jello-like creatures decide they need an agent to fix up their image before revealing themselves to humans. Very good.
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3/2006Factoid:
This book is available on the author's website as a free download.
Fuzzy Nation
I'm sure I read H. Beam Piper's book back in the 60s, but I don't remember it. I'll have to find it! This one was pretty good, I liked it much more than Redshirts, even though I didn't weep at this one.
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7/2014Read Again:
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5/2021
Head On
Very readable, I couldn't put it down. A sequel to Lock In. Lots of snappy repartee.
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"But then again I self-medicate." -- pg. 57Read:
5/2018
Lock In
A new FBI agent's first day on the job. I really enjoyed this one!
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11/2014
Old man's war
A 75 year old man joins the Colonial Defense Force, gets a new body. I was in tears by the top of the third page. I really enjoyed this book, very Heinelinesque, couldn't put it down. EDIT 20016: This time around I cried a lot more.
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3/2006Read Again:
3/2016
Redshirts
I was pretty ho-hum til the codas started, then it was all laughter and tears.
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7/2014
The Android's Dream
I've heard of sheeple, but this is ridiculous! Good story, interesting to me, quotable quotes, and moves right along.
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12/2013
The B-Team
Human Division #1. e-ISBN 978-1-4668-3051-6
I really really like this story very much. The good ship Clarke is sent on an important diplomatic mission that must not fail!
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1/2023
The Collapsing Empire
Book One of a series, the name of which I don't know. Some snappy repartee, several memorable characters. My immediate favorite character gets killed pretty early, so I am VERY displeased by that. I just KNOW I am not going to remember any of the story or characters by the time the next book comes out. I rate this: A Promising OK.
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5/2017
The Consuming Fire
I guess this is book two in the Interdependency Sequence. The author should maybe include a Glossary, I was unfamiliar with some of the words used, especially that one that started with "F"... Who talks like that? Well, except for my friend. Good story as I got more engaged with it in the second half. Laughed out loud a couple of times, even. Hope I remember the story when the next one comes out!
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4/2019
The End Of All Things
I find that in a series I often forget what went on in previous volumes. So to with this one, but I still enjoyed it about 75%.
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9/2015Read Again:
3/2016
The Ghost Brigades
I really should have read these in order. I laughed out loud a couple or times, which was odd of me, even though I am such a funny guy. I also cried a couple of times. So this is the story of Jared Dirac, who becomes a Special Forces soldier in Jane Sagan's unit. Good stuff.
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7/2009Read Again:
5/2016
The Human Division
Having missed reading this one somehow, I enjoyed reading it after re-reading the previous volumes in the series. And after reading the final book in the series before re-reading all those. So now I can say I don't remember what happens after this one.
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4/2016
The Kaiju Preservation Society
Jaimie gets a new job after being fired by his jerk CEO boss. It involves travel.
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6/2022
The Last Colony
John Perry, Jane Sagan, and Zoe head off to colonized a new planet. But the Colonial Union has some underhandedness under its sleeve, as it were.
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7/2009Read Again:
4/2016
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