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The Golden Compass
Lyra joins forces with gypsies to rescue a kinapped friend in Lapland. Very good.
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8/2002Read:
6/2013
The Ruby In The Smoke
When Sally Lockharts' father dies, she must fend for herself in a Victorian world of opium smokers and smugglers.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Distemper (pg. 137) -- A water-based paint combined with glue.
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6/2008
The Shadow In The North
Book two of the Sally Lockhart series. Sally gets into it with some blond guy.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Lawn (pg. 147) -- A lightweight, sheer, cloth.
Aspidistra (pg. 195) -- Plant from east Asian forests. It's green.
Victoria (pg. 263) -- In this case, an elegant carriage, very fashionable for a ride in the park.
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6/2008
The Subtle Knife
Lyra meets a boy named Will from our world. Even better than the first book. Two weeps!
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8/2002Read:
6/2013
The Tiger In The Well
In book three of the Sally Lockhart series, she falls into a world of crap, but climbs her way out.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Solar Topees (pg. 159) -- Those hard hats, often white, the British wear in the tropics.
Perukes (pg. ?) -- Refers to a type of wig, worn by men. (Plural)
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6/2008
The Tin Princess
I enjoyed this very much. Adelaide marries a prince and gets involved in the political machinations of the times.
Words I Had To Look Up:
morganatic (pg.40) -- Of or denoting a marriage in which neither the spouse of lower rank nor any children have any claim to the possessions or title of the spouse of higher rank.
birdlime (pg. 75) -- A sticky substance spread on twigs to trap small birds.
charlotte a la parisienne (pg. 160) -- Seems to be a dessert of complicated heritage.
Quote:
..."Look, can't we just shoot the guard and run for it?"
"If there any shooting, I'll do it. But not guards. He's just doing what's he's told. Mind you, he's not doing what I tell him. Perhaps I will shoot him."... -- pg. 213
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2/2015
V.
Interesting, some extremely boring parts, must be the parts I didn't understand. Interesting electronics references.
QUOTE:
Her novels--three to date--ran a thousand pages each and like sanitary napkins had gathered in an immense and faithful sisterhood of consumers.Read:
2/2001
Vineland
Somewhat more readable than V., so far.
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In the interests of cost containment, Takeshi subscribed to the services of Cheapsat, an economy communicatins satellite that was not, like more expensive units, geosynchronous, or parked in orbit always above the same spot on the Earth -- no, Cheapsat instead drifted continually backward through the heavens, always going over the horizon in the middle of people's calls, as it even now was doing.Read:
2/2001
Balsamic Dreams
Rant on the Baby Boomer generation. Enjoyed listening to the author more than reading the book.
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4/2004
A Cat Was Involved
Chet and Bernie Mystery #0.1. A short story that fills us in on some prior history.
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5/2024
A Fistful Of Collars
A Chet and Bernie Mystery, #5. Narrated by Chet, the dog. A movie production crew comes to down, people start dying.
Quote:
"Ever have a B-13 go off right over your head?" -- What is a B-13?Quote:
I pulled a Uey. -- I'd spell it U-ie. Read:
5/2024
Dog On It
Chet and Bernie Mystery, #1.
A teenager missing, possibly kidnapped, and the boys are on the job!
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6/2024
Heart Of Barkness
Chet and Bernie Mystery #9. The country music scene is explored.
Quote:
"When Oksana needs blinis she needs blinis."Quote:
"I was about to commit hari-kiri by means of soduko." -- I just learned about this meme today!!Read:
5/2024
It's A Wonderful Woof
Chet and Bernie Mystery, #12. Sort of a Christmas story, at least it takes place during the season. Chet and Bernie look for a missing friend, and find out about artwork. Good story!
Quote:
"I am like an educated man, in some ways," Bernie told him. "What's this false penitent shit?"Read:
4/2025
Mrs. Plansky Goes Rogue
Mrs. Plansky, #2. Mrs. Plansky tries to figure out who blew up the yacht, who kidnapped her son, and just what the heck is going on.
Quote:
A tinted privacy windows slid down -- The privacy window in a limo slid down for privacy? Quote:
She ended up making a quick pencil copy of the map -- Why not just take a picture with her phone? Quote:
"...Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees," she said, ...Read:
8/2025
Mrs. Plansky's Revenge: A Novel
Spencer Quinn is a pseudonym of Peter Abrahams! A widow gets all her money ripped off over the telephone (one of those scams) so she travels to Romania to get it back. I enjoyed it very much!
I chatted on the internet with a girl in Romania once, you don't suppose...
Quote:
"This may sound harebrained," she began.
He interrupted. "That's one expression I've never understood."
"H-A-R-E," said Mrs. Plansky. "Like bunny rabbit."
Max smacked his forehead... "What an idiot!" he said...Read:
4/2024
Of Mutts And Men
Chet and Bernie Mystery #10
The diminishing aquifer seems to be the subject.
Quote:
"Whew," Mindy Joe said. "Thought for a second there you were having a stroke."
"That was last week," said Mr. Parsons.Read:
5/2024
Paw And Order
Chet and Bernie Mystery #7
They start out (in the book) in Louisiana, decide to "Go East" to D.C, where Suzie is.
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5/2024
Santa 365
Chet and Bernie Mystery #3.1
A fun quick Christmas tale, with elves. Well, an elf.
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5/2024
Scents And Sensibility
Chet and Bernie Mystery #8. Someone stole a cactus.
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5/2024
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