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Laika
A graphic novel about the first dog in space. One weep.
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10/2011
Loaded: The Life (And Afterlife) Of The Velvet Underground
Lots and lots of quotes by people, many I have never heard of, so I had to look them up.
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Courtney Love (Musician): "Black Angel's Death Song" is really scary. Even on dope.Read:
1/2024
Catch me if you can
A fairly fascinating tale of a teen who impersonates air line pilots, a doctor, and a lawyer. Leads quite a life. I think they made a movie about him.
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11/2006
The Monkey Wrench Gang
A book from the seventies about a group of eco-terrorists. Pretty good.
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6/2000
The Postcard
Jason goes to awful Florida to help his dad after his grandmother passes away. A mystery unfolds with a postcard he finds, and a mysterious telephone call. An odd but mostly interesting tale, although I tended to forget who was who.
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12/2009
Go And Come Back Again
Told from the point of view of a teenage girl of the Isabo people in Peru, two female anthropologists come to study a village in the 1970s. Very good story, the more I think about it.
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2/2015
Saying It Out Loud
A high school girl deals with her mother's death. A really good story.
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3/2015
Before They Are Hanged
The First Law, #2. Good story, lots of action. Some characters die that I kinda liked, but that's war, I guess.
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"Just once," he murmured, "I'd like to take someone else by surprise."Quote:
"Heads on spikes, eh?" He dragged the head on the table by its long beard. "Never goes out of fashion."Read:
4/2025
Last Argument Of Kings
The First Law, #3. Ends abruptly, I wasn't expecting that. Guess I have to find more of his books!
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Elections don't rig themselves, you know. Quote:
"Well, Morrow, you know just how to make a girl feel special, I'll give you that."Quote:
"Sheep-fucker!" cursed the girl, kicking at the hammer on the ground.Quote:
"...They say it was a demonstration. We say it ws treason."
"Treason, eh?" The definition is notoriously flexible. Quote:
"Still alive," he whispered.Quote:
The Adeptus Historical craned forward over his desk, peering dewily up at Glokta. -- Is that a pun?Quote:
"Still alive," he whispered to himself.Quote:
"Just once. Just once I'd like to get the help before I'm at the point o'getting killed."
"Better'n after."Quote:
"That bitch talks too much," he grunted.Quote:
Glokta blinked. "I fear the metaphor has lost its relevance."Quote:
It always amazes me, how swiftly problems can be solved, once you start cutting things off of people. Quote:
"If you so much as touch my---"
"Yes, yes." Glokta waved his hand. "My terror is boundless."Quote:
"God smiles on results."Read:
5/2025
Sharp Ends
A number of short stories by the author that take place in the same "universe". One of which (Two's Company) I read before in a collection of fantasy/science fiction stories, and which I LOVED very much!
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'You ain't even got a weapon,' he snarled.
But Javre only smiled. 'My friend, am the weapon.'Quote:
'I thought this was an equal partnership.'
'All the best side kicks thing that,' said Javre...Quote:
Shev held up a knife. 'Tickle me and I will fucking stab you.'Quote:
'Stand and deliver!' he boomed, somewhat muffled by the scarf.
Carcolf raised her brows. 'Who even says that?'Read:
2/2025
The Blade Itself
The First Law, #1. Story of a number of people whose stories are intertwined. I thought it was pretty good. I WILL read the next one!
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They'd been through a lot together, him and that pot.
"Fare you well, old friend."
The pot did not reply.Quote:
Better to have it, and not want it, than to want it, and not have it. -- Not unlike a certain bail bondman, eh? Quote:
"So," said Bayaz brightly, "that went well." -- Well, no one died, anyway! Read:
3/2025
Behind The Curtin
Echo Falls, #2. Ingrid learns about anabolic steroids. Very enjoyable read!
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Spangled: Ingrid loved the word. Maybe it didn't make sense, but that was America to her, summed up.Quote:
Ingrid leaned her bike--Univega, bright red--against the window. -- Is that her 31 speed bike from the first book?Quote:
"This country has way too much history," Stacy said. "If we lived in 1770, we wouldn't have to study the Continental Congress."Read:
4/2024
Down The Rabbit Hole
I thought this was going to be a scary horror book, but it turned out to be a mystery story. It took a while to get going, I felt it come alive around page 214. The author has laid a lot of groundwork for future books.
Words This Guy Had To Look Up:
Manolo Blahniks (pg. 306) -- A VERY expensive brand of shoes.
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Waffles, such a great invention, and all because of those little squares, like rice paddies, perfect for filling up with a melted butter and maple syrup combo. Another example of what made America great--the nation that turned plain old rice paddies into syrupy butter paddies. -- (pg. 315)
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Her bike, a Univega mountain bike, red of course, with fat knobby tires and twenty-three gears, of which she used one, stood against the back wall. -- (pg. 222) She has three chainrings and 7.666 cogs??
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1/2009
Into The Dark
Echo Falls, #3. It was a pretty good mystery to me!
Having dealt with military supply organizations I have doubts about the whole taking his weapon home with him thing. I lost a pair of pliers and they wouldn't let me out until I came up with another pair!
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That expression she heard from time to time, begging the question? Ingrid understood it at lastRead:
4/2024
The Hitchhiker's Guide ToThe Galaxy
Read the series many years ago, but the principal told me to read this again, so I did.
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9/2011
Selections from The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
A selection of really good Sherlock Holmes stories by modern authors. Really good!
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9/2022
The Reading List
People keep finding a list of books, so they read them and come out of their safe zones to live better lives. It's very nice, I wish I could remember all (or any) of the wonderful thoughts the people have. But I can't.
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7/2024
The Angel Of The Crows
A sort of Sherlock Holmes-ish story, with werewolves, vampires, angels, and I don't know what-all. I enjoyed it.
Words I Had To Look Up:
CasuistryQuote:
I shuddered at the thought of eating tinned peas cold.Read:
8/2024
The Goblin Emperor
The Chronicles of Osreth #1.
I've read two other books by this author, I guess in this series, and I liked them a lot, so I read this one which appears to be the first in the series, so I got that going for me. So what is this book about? A half-Elf/half-Goblin boy finds himself emperor, due to his father and several elder brothers dying in an airship accident. Or was it?
Words I Had To Look Up:
Cantrip and emendation.Quote:
She quirked an eyebrow at him. "Still listening?"
"Yes," he said.
"You are patience itself." ...
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8/2024
The Grief Of Stones
The Cemeteries of Amalo #2. Also #3 in The Goblin Emperor series, I suppose. I enjoyed this fantasy mystery very much, just like I did the first book I read. I'm intrigued by the bits of technology mentioned, the coin-operated gas metering in his squalid apartment, the pneumatic messaging tubes at work, the occasional airship. One thing is, I keep thinking of Thara as a woman, why is that?
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"Photographers, like other undesirables, keep very late hours,"Read:
10/2023
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