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The Curse Of Chalion
A washed-up wreck from the wars begs a job in the scullery at the castle where he used to be a page. Gets job as tutor to princess. First book in Chalion series.
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5/2012
Vorkosigan's Game
Three stories about Miles Vorkosigan.
QUOTE:
"Where are you?" Ivan demanded suspiciously. "Stuck in limbo." "Well, I don't want any of it stuck to me," said Ivan roughly, and punched off-line. BONUS QUOTE:
I can't believe this. Trapped in Ryoval's basement with a sex- starved teenage werewolf. There was nothing about this in any of my Imperial training manuals...Read:
1/2000
Young Miles
Vorkosigan Omnibus (#2)
Contents:
The Warrior's Apprentice
The Mountains of Mourning
The Vor Game
Author's Afterword
Quote:
It isn't easy, being Vor...Read:
3/2023
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
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
Mildred Pierce
Mildred starts a restaurant after getting divorced from her philandering husband. Noir. No one is murdered.
Quote:
"The gams, the gams! Your face ain't news!"Quote:
Salad, for some reason, is served first in California.Words I Had To Look Up:
Untrammeled bosom.Read:
7/2024
The Postman Always Rings Twice
I don't know what the title has to do with anything. I looked it up and I still don't understand. So I say, "WhatEVER". The story was OK, the female character is just weird.
Quote:
"You think I'm going to cash that? I am like hell. I'm going to frame it. It goes up there, right over my desk."Read:
9/2024
Dear And Glorious Physician
Story of St. Luke. Pretty long. I might not have read the third third quite as throughly as the first two thirds.
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12/2002
Honey Baby Sweetheart
Ruby meets a boy who is trouble. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend to teenage girls, but there is a bit more profanity than I would like for middle school students. Although no one will notice as I am only the second person to read it in since it was acquired in 2006.
Quote:
"I love that Heart of Darkness. Steinbeck's a genius," Frank said.
"Joseph Conrad," my mother said. "Heart of Darkness is by Joseph Conrad."
"I'm sure it's Steinbeck," Frank said. "I remember it from high school."
"She's a librarian," Harold said. -- Pg. 287
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1/2015
Sportbike Performance Handbook
In a form of self-torture I perused this book. Can't way I READ every word, though. Lots of interesting "how stuff works" information. I remember the author's column and articles from Cycle magazine. I don't see much "how to do it", though. I've got to get a bike...
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6/2009
Andorra
Strange story, a mystery fantasy. I didn't know there was a beach in Andorra...
SMOKE QUOTE:
I sat next to her and watched her smoke. I liked how she did it: a little greedily, narrowing her green eyes and sucking in her cheeks as if smoking were very hard work.Read:
3/2000
A Dog's Purpose: A Novel For Humans
Took me a while to get into this story, about a hundred pages. A dog recounts his various lives (dogs are reincarnated). Damn book is so dusty, my eyes keep watering...
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10/2010
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