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Terminal Peace

Hines, Jim C.
Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse #3. Very fun read! I read the author's note (at the end) first, a bit of spoiler, but not a big deal. Very moving, though!!

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..."Nusurans are the only known race to have invented contraceptives before the wheel"... -- Did I read this one of the other books?

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"Are you out of your mind?"
"I don't understand the metaphor," said Johnny. "Krakau brains are internal, not external."

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"It's called checkers."

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"Second chances are for the weak."
He moved another piece. "King me."
"However, if that is your tradition..."

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"I once saw a young varkaw pick a fight with a boulder."
"Who won?"
"It was a draw."

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"It's probably examined your records as well."
"Our records are encrypted," said Kumar.
"It's a supercomputer the size of a moon," Monroe pointed out.

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"Jesus H. Christ on an Oreo cookie," yelled Gabe. "What the hell just happened?"{

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11/2024

Terminal Uprising

Hines, Jim C.
(Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse, #2). Mops and the crew head to Earth. Really an enjoyable read!

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"I read a lot," she preened. "Nusuran war romances, mostly."
Wolf cringed. It was a popular genre, but they all ended with overwritten cross-species sex scenes. Her mouth went dry as she realized Cuaxil might have another motive for chatting up a bored human.

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"...I've never fit in well with my peers. I find much more pleasure in arranging things so I can watch our enemies destroy themselves."
"Remind me to shoot you before this is over," Wolf snarled.

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"Different religions had different traditions and rituals and symbols. Stars, crosses, candles, an apple with a bit missing..."

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"Who are you?" she whispered. "What are you?"

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"What if we fire at it together?" suggested Melvil. "It can't shoot us all."
"I'm pretty sure it can."

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"Do you know what the Prodryans would do to this planet if we hadn't deterred them?"
Cate perked up. "I do."

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11/2024

Evergreen

Hirahara, Naomi
Novel about Japanese-Americans returning from the camps after the war. A mystery, a who-done-it.

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8/2023

The Darkest Path

Hirsch, Jeff
Set in the near future, a boy escapes from a military/cult group that has taken over several states and is poised to defeat the government.

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12/2014

Daring Detectives

Hitchcock, Alfred, editor
Eleven stories of crime and intrigue. I enjoyed meeting The Saint, Hercule Poirot, and Ellery Queen again. CONTENTS: The Day the Children Vanished / Hugh Pentecost -- Through a Dead Man's Eye / Cornell Woolrich -- The Disappearance of Mrs. Davenheim / Agatha Christie -- Green Ice / Stuart Palmer -- The Grave Grass Quivers / MacKinlay Kanton -- The Case of the Irate Witness / Erle Stanley Gardner -- Adventure of the Grice-Paterson Curse / August Derleth -- The Headmaster / Michael Gilbert -- The Adventure of the Seven Black Cats / Ellery Queen -- The Wicked Cousin / Leslie Charteris -- The Footprint in the Sky / John Dickson Carr.

Words I Had To Look Up:

Dacoit -- A member of a robber band or gang in India or Myanmar (Burma).

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11/2007

Assassin's Apprentice

Hobb, Robin
Book I in the Farseer trilogy. Bastard son of a prince becomes an apprentice assassin, 'cause, what's a bastard to do? Good story, really felt the characters were real. Now I gotta find the second book!

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5/2016

Assassin's Fate

Hobb, Robin
Book three in the Fitz And The Fool trilogy. About four hundred pages in this books really starts moving along.

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"That does not happen," I told him gently. -- pg. 539

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10/2017

Assassin's Quest

Hobb, Robin
Book three of the Farseer trilogy. Pretty good, but nearly seven hundred pages long. What's next?

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11/2016

Fool's Assassin

Hobb, Robin
Fitz And The Fool trilogy #1. Guess I didn't read the books in between, this one takes place quite a few years after the Liveship Traders. Great characterizations!

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9/2017

Fool's Quest

Hobb, Robin
Book two in the Fitz And The Fool trilogy sub-series-thing.

Mad Ship

Hobb, Robin
The Liveship Traders book two. It's really weird that these books make me think about events in my own life. Scary, really. At least I don't have sea serpents, pirates, and dragons to worry about. Somewhere (I THOUGHT I had marked it!) around page 254 I had a epiphany as to who a character might be. We shall see...

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...the honesty of her body. -- Pg. 356 Someone explain it to me, I have no idea what that means.

Words I Had To Look Up:

susurrus -- a soft murmuring or rustling sound.

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11/2016

Royal Assassin

Hobb, Robin
Book #2 in the the Farseer Trilogy. Really good, hard to see tiny paperback words. Got #3 in hardback.

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11/2016

Ship Of Destiny

Hobb, Robin
Last book of the mini-series, now I gotta read the next two series, possibly of three books each. Sure hope the library has them!

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11/2016

Ship Of Magic

Hobb, Robin
Book one in the Liveship Traders trilogy. Pretty good, a bit more "racy" than the previous three books I read.

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11/2016

Sheep

Hobbs, Valerie
An Australian Shepard pup gets sold to a pet store, gets bounced around in life until he find his "sheep". A CYRM winner.

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5/2009

Crossing the wire

Hobbs, Will
Victor and Rico cross the border from Mexico to the United States seeking work. A very realistic adventure, showing the many dangers the illegal immigrants face.

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10/2009

King Leopold's Ghost

Hochschild, Adam
Non fiction story of "greed, terror, and heroism in colonial Africa".

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8/2016

Smilla's Sense Of Snow

Hoeg, Peter
Danish mystery story. Pretty good, a little wordy. Says it was made into a movie.

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"I hate lies," I say. "If any lying has to be done, I'll do it myself."

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3/2000

Minn of the Mississippi

Holling, Holling C.
A natural history story of a snapping turtle's journey from the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the Gulf Of Mexico, profusely ilustrated by the author.

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5/2007

Sunny Side Up

Holm, Jennifer L.
With Matthew Holm. Sunny's family cancels their fabulous summer plans and send her to stay with her grandfather in Florida. A graphic novel. Pretty good!

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10/2015
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