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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Dec 1, 2018 23:13:23 GMT
I didn't realize her books were a series, well, if I like this book, I'll try to start at the beginning and read the books in order. I'll have to check the local library and see if they carry any of her books, if not then I'll buy them used. Since she is longer alive, I don't feel guilty buying her books used. Authors that are still alive get nothing from used books sales so if I like an author, I'll buy their books new so they can make a small profit and continue to write. Thanks amyghost for introducing me to a new author (for me). You're welcome! Her books aren't actually a 'series' in the sense of continuing stories or characters--though there's occasional mention of a character from one novel in another. They share something of the same basic locale (Oxford), though several of the novels have other settings, pretty much nearly always an English town, with some forays into London. I think it's part of what makes her books fun, is that there's a bit of a 'shared universe', but not so much that each novel doesn't function as its own, discrete, world. Most all of the books can be found online, usually in paperback form, but I've acquired a couple of them in hardback from library discard sales. Just finished Quartet in Autumn and I really enjoyed it. I'm going to get some more of Pym's books, thank for introducing me to another author. Quartet in Autumn is what I would describe as a "quiet" book, a nice book for a rainy afternoon.
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Post by amyghost on Dec 2, 2018 18:18:58 GMT
You're welcome! Her books aren't actually a 'series' in the sense of continuing stories or characters--though there's occasional mention of a character from one novel in another. They share something of the same basic locale (Oxford), though several of the novels have other settings, pretty much nearly always an English town, with some forays into London. I think it's part of what makes her books fun, is that there's a bit of a 'shared universe', but not so much that each novel doesn't function as its own, discrete, world. Most all of the books can be found online, usually in paperback form, but I've acquired a couple of them in hardback from library discard sales. Just finished Quartet in Autumn and I really enjoyed it. I'm going to get some more of Pym's books, thank for introducing me to another author. Quartet in Autumn is what I would describe as a "quiet" book, a nice book for a rainy afternoon. I'm so glad you liked it! Pym is great winter reading, and her wry, but good-natured humor is a treat. No pyrotechnics in them, and thank goodness. You could wish there were at least a few writers of her sort working out there today.
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Post by hi224 on Dec 4, 2018 5:25:09 GMT
An amanda knox book.
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Post by darknessfish on Dec 5, 2018 15:16:07 GMT
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Post by faustus5 on Dec 5, 2018 20:51:40 GMT
The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts and Reason
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Post by lostinlimbo on Dec 6, 2018 11:14:21 GMT
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Dec 8, 2018 4:58:35 GMT
Finished The Exorcist, back to Different Seasons. On The Body.
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Post by lordquesterjones on Dec 8, 2018 18:25:36 GMT
'The Labyrinth Index' by Charles Stross.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 15, 2018 2:17:03 GMT
'The Interstellar Age : Inside The Forty-Year Voyager Mission' by Jim Bell
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Post by OldSamVimes on Dec 16, 2018 7:46:50 GMT
Just finished 'Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family.'
The fact the guy was 26 when he published it reminds me of Orsen Wells being 25 when he made Citizen Kane.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Dec 16, 2018 15:09:04 GMT
The next book I'll be tackling is The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass.
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Post by hi224 on Dec 16, 2018 23:09:53 GMT
October Country actually.
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Post by mmexis on Dec 17, 2018 2:08:32 GMT
Just finished Andre Alexis's Fifteen dogs. Quite different. Next, some young adult as I'm part of a selection committee. Hope to intertwine with some other stuff.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Dec 18, 2018 1:13:33 GMT
Still reading the Devil Rides Out.
Finished!
Well, it picked up in spots.
I can see why the movie version removed a few things--like the scene where Simon baths the child--that was kind of pervy. And Duc de Richelieu waving around a mummified phallus at the end.
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Post by darknessfish on Dec 19, 2018 9:11:47 GMT
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Post by darknessfish on Dec 24, 2018 8:56:22 GMT
I really didn't fancy this one, but it's the last in my backlog before a few books will fall into my lap tomorrow.
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Post by yougotastewgoinbaby on Dec 24, 2018 17:13:41 GMT
Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon.
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Post by hi224 on Dec 29, 2018 5:03:06 GMT
probably going to read a true crime book about a serial killer during WW2.
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Post by louise on Dec 29, 2018 16:37:21 GMT
Th e Jewel That Was Ours by Colin Dexter. An Inspector Morse novel.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Dec 29, 2018 21:02:33 GMT
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