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SOS Titanic
A boy travels from Ireland to America, part of the way, on the good ship Titanic. Good story, but why do I not have any other Bunting books on my list, eh?
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5/2015
Bankok 8
Thai police detective investigates the death of an American Marine, with the help of an FBI agent. Lots of Buddhist thoughts. Snakes. Observation on the Thai sex industry.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Glyph -- A symbol, such as a stylized figure or arrow on a public sign, that imparts information nonverbally. (pg. 307)Quote:
The new age of biotechnology will require a highly developed intuition which operates outside of logic, and anyway the internal destruction of Western society will have reached such a pass that most of your resources will be concentrated on managing loonies. -- pg. 153Read:
6/2007
A Clockwork Orange
I thought I saw the movie in 1968 or '69, which would have meant I saw it with Maureen, but it turns out that it was released in 1972. Which complicates things, as I was dating four or five women that year, three of whom I could have taken to the movie. I wish I had kept a diary!
The author, in his introduction, mentions a glossary. At least, I thought he did. Now, I can find no mention of it.
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9/2024
The Return Of Tarzan
Tarzan repeatedly must foil the machinations of the evil Monsieur Thuran/Rokoff. Rescues Jane from the frightful men of Opar, too. This has been my bathroom reader at work for four months!
Words I Had To Look Up::
bowlder (pg. 210) -- Alternative spelling of 'boulder'.
ulster (pg. 215) --a man's heavy double-breasted overcoat with a belt or half-belt at the back, so-called because it was first produced in Northern Ireland.
Sapristi! (pg. 219) -- Good Heavens!
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3/2011
Brief Cases
The Dresden Files, #15.6. Twelve Dresden Files stories, some of which have been published before, and at least one of which I have read before. Pretty darn good stories, too!
Quote:
She was speaking to me over a ham radio from somewhere in the wilds of unsettled Canada, and was shouting to maker herself heard over the static and the patch between the radio and the phone.Quote:
"I could gaze longingly at your décolletage while you talk, if you like."
"Given how much trouble I go to in order to show it off, it would seem polite."
I lowered my eyes demurely to her chest for a moment. "Well. If I must." Quote:
"Weregoats," I muttered. "Jesus."Read:
10/2025
Grave Peril
The Dresden Files, #3. Harry investigates a rash of missing persons. Also, struggles to say three little words to Susan.
Quote:
Oops.Quote:
"Oh. Damn. This is one of those right and wrong issues again, isn't it."
"Yes, one of those."
"I'm still confused about this whole morality thing, Harry."
"Join the club," I muttered.Read:
10/2025
Shadowed Souls
Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes, editors.
The Dresden Files (#14.5 - Cold Case), Cal Leandros (#10.5 - Impossible Monsters), Greywalker (#9.2 - Peacock in Hell), Simon Canderous (#4.4 - Solus)
Contents:
Cold Case by Jim Butcher
Sleepover by Seanan McGuire
If Wishes Were by Tanya Huff
Solus by Anton Strout
Peacock In Hell by Kat Richardson
Eye Of Newt by Kevin J. Anderson
What Dwells Within by Lucy A. Snyder
Hunter, Healer by Jim C. Hines
Baggage by Erik Scott de Bie
Sales. Force. by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Impossible Monsters by Rob Thurman
I liked most of these stories.
Quote:
"Dammit, man. I'm a Faerie princess, not a forensic analyst."Quote:
'Get him! He's the one we've got a contract out on,' says the rock monster. And the golem says, 'Don't end a sentence with a preposition.'Quote:
A poster i one of the dust-specked windows said "Come for fun in the library!" in dripping-blood letters.Read:
8/2025
Storm Front
The Dresden Files, #1. Harry Dresden, Wizard, helps the police solve a series of murders, and helps a lady find her husband.
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9/2025
Kindred
Dana, a black woman in 1976, is "inexplicitly wretched" back in time to 18-something Maryland and saves a drowning white boy.
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5/2023
Lost In America
Colby travels around the U.S. in his old car, mostly in Detroit, in a kind Kerouac-y mode.
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3/2012
Remainders Of The Day
Diary of a Bookseller, #3. Very enjoyable read of the life and goings-on of a seller-of-books in a small town in Scotland.
Quote:
...Granny told me, 'I can't cycle a stupid fucking bicycle, my eyesight is too shit and I too uncoordinated.'Quote:
How can a woman cook her husband's potatoes properly when her mind is filled with romance?Read:
12/2023
11 books displayed
[Babbit - Baker] [Baldacci - Barnard] [Barnard - Barnes] [Barnes - Barr] [Barr - Beagle] [Bear - Beaton] [Beaton - Beaton] [Beaton - Beck] [Beck - Black] [Black - Block] [Block - Blunt] [Blunt - Botkin, ed.] [Boulle - Breslin] [Brillant - Bryson] [Bryson - Bujold] [Bujold - Bujold] [Bunting - Bythell]