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 ArtfulMagpie
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| ssshunt wrote on Wed, 26 November 2008 12:25 |
I can't do audio books. Read to me and I go right to sleep. Which is not so good when you're driving.
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Yes, I had to train myself to be able to listen to them. At first, I had the opposite problem...I was so distracted by feeling as though someone were telling me a story that I kept looking at the radio, apparently trying to make polite eye contact with the storyteller!
That's a bit of a problem when driving. 
So I started with nice, simple, short stories, and have worked my way up to novels. I do tend to mostly listen to horror or thrillers, though, as I find that being completely wrapped up in the story and on the edge of my seat makes the drive go by much more quickly!
"...nothing is more fatal to maidenly delicacy of speech than the run of a good library."
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Wed, 26 November 2008 14:09 |
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I have to have music I can sing to to stay awake while driving. At home, audio books have the same effect--I go right to sleep.
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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Sat, 29 November 2008 00:25 |
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I absolutely love this book! I can't believe I've never read a Georgette Heyer before now! I am positively in raptures over it - in fact, I think I may be drunk on Heyer! I am a wee bit tipsy and not had a drop of alcohol for months...
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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Sun, 30 November 2008 17:32 |
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Susan from Athens
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Well mostly I am reading Nico Hadjikyriakos-Ghika's Birth of a new art, because I am translating it into English. Considering I've done something in the region of 18000 words over the weekend I'm finding it fascinating and informative and well written.
I also wound my way around Laurell K. Hamilton's A Lick of Frost and yay! she moves on with the plot in this one. (I've enjoyed a lot of LKH but for the last few years it seemed that both her series had stalled plot-wise). This moved well.
I've also slurped up Things I learned from Knitting.... whether I wanted to or not by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (the Yarn Harlot), which was a hoot. Do cookbooks and knitting books count? I'm always dipping into those.
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Mon, 01 December 2008 09:12 |
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I've just finished 'The Deed of Paksenarrion' and was wondering if Elizabeth Moon would ever go back to that world after all the space stuff when I found this on her website
November 2008: Vatta's War volumes are now available as audio books from Tantor with some already released and others coming in December.
The next books out will be set in the same story-universe as The Deed of Paksenarrion, following on from that story. The draft of the first, Blood and Bone, is near completion, with a projected publication date early in '10. Paksenarrion is not a viewpoint character but does appear in a minor role. The main viewpoint characters--her former commanders, Phelan, Dorrin, and Arcolin--all had a role in her life, and now we see the effect that she had had on them. When one of your soldiers turns into a paladin, nothing can stay the same.
Behind and above the immediate situations the characters must deal with, questions posed in the The Legacy of Gird surface and may be (I hope they are!) resolved in this group of books. Why did elves and humans flee from Old Aare? Who really caused the destruction there, and why and how?
I just wish I didn't have to wait so long!
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Mon, 01 December 2008 12:23 |
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| jaccairn wrote on Mon, 01 December 2008 09:12 |
I've just finished 'The Deed of Paksenarrion' and was wondering if Elizabeth Moon would ever go back to that world after all the space stuff when I found this on her website
November 2008: Vatta's War volumes are now available as audio books from Tantor with some already released and others coming in December.
The next books out will be set in the same story-universe as The Deed of Paksenarrion, following on from that story. The draft of the first, Blood and Bone, is near completion, with a projected publication date early in '10. Paksenarrion is not a viewpoint character but does appear in a minor role. The main viewpoint characters--her former commanders, Phelan, Dorrin, and Arcolin--all had a role in her life, and now we see the effect that she had had on them. When one of your soldiers turns into a paladin, nothing can stay the same.
Behind and above the immediate situations the characters must deal with, questions posed in the The Legacy of Gird surface and may be (I hope they are!) resolved in this group of books. Why did elves and humans flee from Old Aare? Who really caused the destruction there, and why and how?
I just wish I didn't have to wait so long!
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oh goody, i was wondering if she was going to write any more of this series. thank you for the information and i agrree, it always seem s like forever when your waiting for a book.
Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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Mon, 01 December 2008 14:57 |
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"I've enjoyed a lot of LKH but for the last few years it seemed that both her series had stalled plot-wise"
That's a nice way of putting it.
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Mon, 01 December 2008 16:02 |
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Susan from Athens
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| ssshunt wrote on Mon, 01 December 2008 21:57 |
That's a nice way of putting it.
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I did read them, because she is a gripping writer. And I care about her characters. Yeah, I've heard all the downsides and agree with some of it but this is much better. And in Blood Noir she did a flash forward and cut out the big you know what scene. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy my on-page hanky panky, but I want it as part of a story. And as I said, this is going back to politics and plot. Such a relief.
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Mon, 01 December 2008 21:36 |
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My boyfriend threw a LKH book at me about a year ago, 'cause he was irritated with me over something. I picked it up and read it (was Caress of Twilight, I think), enjoyed it, and have continued to read them, much to his dismay. Swallowing Darkness is on my 'hold' list, I've got a few people in front of me though... I've not been able to get into the Anita Blake ones, though, so I stick to Merry.
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Mon, 01 December 2008 21:39 |
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I just ordered the recent two novels, so I can't act like I'm shocked or anything. And now you have me interested in Blood Noir...
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Mon, 01 December 2008 22:18 |
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yes, i just got back my cast in fury by michell west from my mom and she loved it.i gave her foundation by mercedes lackey to read.
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Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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Tue, 02 December 2008 19:53 |
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| jaccairn wrote on Mon, 01 December 2008 09:12 |
I've just finished 'The Deed of Paksenarrion' and was wondering if Elizabeth Moon would ever go back to that world after all the space stuff when I found this on her website
November 2008: Vatta's War volumes are now available as audio books from Tantor with some already released and others coming in December.
The next books out will be set in the same story-universe as The Deed of Paksenarrion, following on from that story. The draft of the first, Blood and Bone, is near completion, with a projected publication date early in '10. Paksenarrion is not a viewpoint character but does appear in a minor role. The main viewpoint characters--her former commanders, Phelan, Dorrin, and Arcolin--all had a role in her life, and now we see the effect that she had had on them. When one of your soldiers turns into a paladin, nothing can stay the same.
Behind and above the immediate situations the characters must deal with, questions posed in the The Legacy of Gird surface and may be (I hope they are!) resolved in this group of books. Why did elves and humans flee from Old Aare? Who really caused the destruction there, and why and how?
I just wish I didn't have to wait so long!
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Yaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!
I'm almost done with The Bell of Sealey Head, which is just lovely, and then I'll be re-reading The Dark is Rising, because it's the theme for my Ravelry group's winter knit-a-long! I have no idea what my project will be--hopefully inspiration will strike when I'm re-reading.
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Tue, 02 December 2008 19:57 |
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I'm reading The Bell at Sealey Head! I love my McWriters!
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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Tue, 02 December 2008 21:34 |
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| ArtfulMagpie wrote on Wed, 03 December 2008 14:25 |
| Charismitaine wrote on Tue, 02 December 2008 18:53 |
I'm almost done with The Bell of Sealey Head, which is just lovely,
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| ssshunt wrote on Tue, 02 December 2008 18:57 |
I'm reading The Bell at Sealey Head! I love my McWriters!
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Oh, I just finished that book a few weeks ago! Lovely and light, but not light in the sense of simple...more in the sense of whimsical, I'd say. 
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I read that a couple of weeks ago - if you cant get McKinley, then McKillip is a good runner up. I read The Book of Atrix Wolfe last weekend
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Tue, 02 December 2008 22:38 |
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to Susan from Athens- I am eagerly going to go out and get Lick of Frost now that I know things are moving!
I just finished False Colors by Heyer- loved it as I have loved them all.
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Wed, 03 December 2008 00:46 |
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Plate of Shrimp! I just got False Colours out of the library this morning... Mind you, I have no idea when I'm gonna read it before Friday, but I have it now...
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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Wed, 03 December 2008 10:18 |
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There are twins involved? Forget schoolwork, I may have to start it today!
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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Wed, 03 December 2008 19:33 |
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Is it meant to be a contest between the twins? Granted, I've only read three chapters today(I couldn't resist!), but I am already absolutely and totally smitten with Kit! *sigh* He's so perfect, in every way - watch out, I'll be positively swooning in a moment... And I cannot get over his brother being named Evelyn! Every time someone says it I think "but, that's a girl's name!" I haven't actually met him yet, of course, but from what I've heard I'm fairly sure that I'm safely in the Kit-camp.
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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Fri, 05 December 2008 15:46 |
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Well, speaking of twins, there's another in the extra-fluffy romance that has a full set of them... the author is Jean Johnson, and the first book is The Sword.... they continue on with titles in that vein. The basic premise is that there are these 8 brothers, four sets of twins, who have these two linked prophecies about them, so they get banished to prevent them bringing doom on the country they grew up in. Part of the prophecy about them is them all finding their ideal matches, which is where the books come in. They're definitely mental candyfloss, but I love the character interactions.
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| Re: What are you reading right now? [message #7066 is a reply to message #722 ] |
Fri, 05 December 2008 18:22 |
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I have The Deed of Paksenarrion, but I have never been able to read it. I can't get past the beginning. Could someone let me know why it's worth reading? PM me if you are afraid of spoilers. I just need a little more incentive.
I can't read one book after another--I mean back to back. I need a few days to digest--unless the next book is a sequel, of course. If it's a good book, I like to let it settle in, you know? I'm not saying anything about anyone here--but I used to know a woman who ALWAYS had to have a book in her hands, read one right after another, but could not tell one from another. She read constantly, she retained nothing. It was really weird.
So maybe that's why I take a little time between books. Now my husband bought a Kindle so he would never be stuck anywhere without a book--but he's brilliant and retains everything he reads. So I'm not saying it's a bad thing. I just can't do it.
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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Sun, 07 December 2008 18:08 |
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I love The Deed for a lot of reasons, but I can probably summarize them with 1) I love the characters. They're the kind of characters that stay with you after you finish the book and live in your head as your friends (at least for me); 2) I love that the world building is thorough and full of realism without being heavy-handed Look at my complex fantasy world! Oh and there's some kind of story going on, but Look at my world!; 3) it's not as evident in the first book, but the second and third book deal with some heavy spiritual themes and do it very, very well, and there are parts of those books that have been very important to me, above and beyond being great reads.
I definitely recommend pushing through the first book.
I finished The Bell at Sealey Head last night, finally! It's such a lovely book--so simple, so graceful. Very pleasing. And I think the dust jacket is my favorite of all the covers that Craft has done for McKillip's books--there is so much detail that ties into the book, it's exquisite! I found myself staring at it for something like ten minutes after I finished the book itself.
Now I'm reading the Peter Wimsey short stories, because I was going into Lord Peter withdrawel, and I'm about to start re-reading The Dark is Rising, because I need to come up with a project based on it for the winter Knit-a-long....
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