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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 27, 2021 0:25:02 GMT
The Buried Giant, by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro. A bit strange but I am enjoying it so far.
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Post by paislene on Aug 27, 2021 2:10:35 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Aug 27, 2021 2:45:54 GMT
Orbit by Thomas H. Block.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 27, 2021 11:29:22 GMT
The Buried Giant, by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro. A bit strange but I am enjoying it so far. I'm only becoming aware of Ishiguro , Jep . He is a highly regarded mystic writer ,Β and his last book is futuristic and has received high praise . So I'm bookmarkingΒ him , but I'm not sure where to start yet ?!Β This is only the second of his books that I've read. The first one was The Remains of the Day, which I read because I loved the movie with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. I loved the book just as much, if not even more so. But of course there is nothing mystic about it. I have heard good things about "Never Let Me Go", which was also made into a movie, bit I haven't read it yet. That one has some futuristic/mystic elements. As I said, I am enjoying "The Buried Giant" so far, although I am not sure where it is going. There are definitely some mystic elements in that, although not futuristic ones.
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Post by gspdude on Aug 27, 2021 15:06:00 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Aug 28, 2021 21:09:41 GMT
I just finished βA Study In Crimson : Sherlock Holmes 1942 by Robert J. Harris (2020), the first novel to follow up on the 1940s Sherlock Holmes films that placed Sherlock and Dr. Watson in London during WWII. Holmes has to catch a serial killer who is replicating the Jack the Ripper murders during the London blackouts. I have been reading chronologically through the complete Raymond Chandler in the Library of America volumes so after finishing βA Study In Crimsonβ I started on Chandlerβs fourth (of seven) novels, βThe Lady In The Lakeβ (1943).
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Post by theravenking on Aug 29, 2021 10:03:00 GMT
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Post by Zos on Aug 29, 2021 12:43:41 GMT
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Sept 2, 2021 2:43:51 GMT
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Post by theauxphou on Sept 2, 2021 12:42:44 GMT
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Sept 6, 2021 18:19:29 GMT
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Sept 7, 2021 3:29:47 GMT
The Border by Don Winslow
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Sept 7, 2021 18:57:51 GMT
"Forever Young" by Haley Mills. I got it this morning and just started reading the book.
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Post by Vassaggo on Sept 8, 2021 2:54:39 GMT
I intentionally misspell Vassago with 2 g's because in 1996 vassago was taken at my email of choice... The Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley is on the way...
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Post by Ass_E9 on Sept 8, 2021 5:00:15 GMT
The Next Day - John Porcellino / Paul Peterson / Jason Gilmore
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Post by theravenking on Sept 8, 2021 15:39:54 GMT
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Post by Zos on Sept 8, 2021 16:37:02 GMT
I intentionally misspell Vassago with 2 g's because in 1996 vassago was taken at my email of choice... The Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley is on the way... The anniversary edition of The Book Of The Law is a very nice copy. I used to have a beautiful leather bound copy of the Goetia but I sold it and now only have the usual paperback. Could have had an original set of The Equinox for Β£300 back in 1979 but couldn't scrape enough cash together, Aiwass knows what that would be worth today. 93. 93/93
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Post by needysboy on Sept 10, 2021 21:35:36 GMT
The Dark Colleen by Harriett Jay. It's an old Irish novel, romance.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Sept 13, 2021 1:50:00 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Sept 17, 2021 1:40:28 GMT
I finished reading the complete novels of Raymond Chandler in the Library of America volumes. The last time I reported I had just started The Lady In The Lake. Following that came:
The Little Sister The Long Goodbye Playback
The Lady In The Lake has his best puzzle and surprise ending. The Little Sister was the first Marlowe book I read back in high school. It is probably Chandler's most cynical. The Long Goodbye is the Longest Novel with a large stretch in the middle that seems to lose the mystery all together, but this is his best achievement as a literary work. Playback, a reworking of a screenplay he couldn't sell, is the weakest but, hey, it is still Philip Marlowe.
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