Books I've Read
Recent Books
The Slow Regard Of Silent Things
The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5.
A charming tale about Auri, who lives in the Underthing. I am so glad I got to read this story, the author states that he wasn't going to publish it as he thought no one would read it.
I love the eight pages of soap making!!
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Better still, the slow regard of silent things had wafted off the moisture in the air.Read:
7/2025
McNally's Bluff
Archy McNally, #13.
I guess this is the last book. It has a maze-mystery!
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Note: I must give in to the new century and get a cell phone however opposed I am to people walking about with the damn tings glued to their ears and yakking like magpies.Quote:
This shameless brazenness I attribute to women's lib, a movement that heralded the decline of Western civilization. Its fail is imminent.Read:
7/2025
The Railway Children
Enjoyable tale from 1905 of three children and their mother reduced in circumstances and moving to the country. Lots of UK words to look up!
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7/2025
The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association
A couple move to a new place so their kindergarten werewolf daughter can fit in. Well, stuff happens.
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But Vivian liked adding up all the numbers. Not having numbers add up made her itch.Quote:
"The whole 'sacred Indian burial ground' thing is a trope invented by lazy racist horror writers, it's kind of offensive, no offense." -- Are you saying Stephen King is racist?Quote:
"So they all follow you because..."
"Because I'm their grandmother." She sniffed.
"And because you're terrifying."
"Well, naturally."Quote:
"You're right," Orphne sighed. "Cookies won't solve this. We need pizza."Read:
7/2025
First Degree
Andy Carpenter, #2.
Lawyer defends his girlfriend who is charging with murdering a cop.
I was expecting more dog in the story, but it was OK.
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"Sorry to interrupt, Andy," she says. "At first I wasn't sure it was you. I thought it might be a rock star."
I put on my most wistful look. "For a moment there, I was."Quote:
...a twenty-seven-year-old Puerto Rican immigrant living in Passaic. -- It sounds odd to refer to a U.S. citizen as an immigrant, even though New Jersey IS another world. Quote:
We bring a loaf of bread to fed them -- Don't feed the ducks bread! Quote:
"Don't I know you from somewhere?"
I shrug. "Maybe. I went to NYU. What fraternity were you in?"Read:
7/2025
Demon Copperhead
Growing up poor and an orphan in Tennessee during the Oxycodone era. Really good!!
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I asked Mom one time how to fix the bed so it was covered up like you see them on TV, which she thought was dead hilarious.Quote:
Okay yes, there are the Gola Hams of this world, -- What is a Gola Ham?? Quote:
"If you say so," I told her. "But will I always still be in a bottle?"
She laughed. "The world's a bottle, Demon. Gravity and shit. Don't expect miracles."Quote:
I thought a lot about my mom's months- and years- sober chips I used to screw around with like play money instead of the damn gold doubloons they were .Quote:
I saw a hoot owl. It was hiding, all the same colors as tree bark, but outed by a mob of loud crows that had their grudge against it -- I read that as "a mob of loud cows"... Read:
7/2025
A Bad Deal For The Whole Galaxy.
The Salvagers, #2. I said I may not read the second one, and here I've gone and done it? My Libby doesn't have the third book, ain't that nice?
I think I liked this one a bit more better, maybe I'm starting to like the characters?
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..."at the end of a wench line..." -- What is a wench line?? Quote:
Originally, it meant a light bulb that blinked because of a short circuit. -- Or an open circuit maybe?? Sorry, pet peeve! Quote:
"You guys are a bunch of assholes."
No one laughed.
"But ..." she began, "I guess that's why I fit in so well. Don't let me die out there."Quote:
Apparently, losing his arm had pissed him off pretty good, so at least he and Boots understood each other.Quote:
Even Boots. -- Well, I wept a bit here. Read:
6/2025
McNally's Dare
Archy McNally, #12. Written by Vincent Lardo. Some guy drowns in a shallow pool.
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Father, nibbling on a piece dry toast, looked somber and morose. -- Page 104. Quote:
Father, scooping up his scrambled eggs, looked somber and morose. -- Page 104. Quote:
Father, sipping his coffee, looked somber and morose. -- page 105. Read:
6/2025
McNally's Alibi
Archy McNally, #11. Written by Vincent Lardo. Archy is supposed to deliver the money to some guy selling a Truman Capote manuscript, but stuff goes wrong.
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What cheek. It was that damn computer--that infamous information highway that was encouraging the young of the land to castigate their betters.Quote:
"Why don't you get a cell phone?"Read:
6/2025
Never Lie
Well, I can certainly see why her books are so popular! Nicely written, amazing surprises. I'll probably end up reading more!
This one is about a newlywed couple looking to buy a house out in the boonies. It's winter, and they get stuck at the house all alone. Or are they?
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Yes, we do have GPS, but that signal went out about ten minutes ago. -- GPS doesn't work like that. You don't need cell coverage to find yourself on a map. I've been geocaching with no cell coverage, the phone GPS works fine. Read:
6/2025