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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 10/9/2015 10:27:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Since I know the book The Martian was mentioned previously, I wondered. Any comments from those who first read the book, then saw the movie? We have not seen it yet but wondered if we really need to do the theater or can wait for the DVD and see in the comfort of our home. Feedback?

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 10/12/2015 9:45:59 AM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 10/17/2015 9:37:12 AM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 10/17/2015 11:36:30 AM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 10/25/2015 1:46:31 PM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 10/25/2015 4:48:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		That latest by Grisham is on my list. This afternoon I finished Badlands by C. J. Box. He writes very well, but this is a suspense novel with details of drug trade-related violence. Not a book to read before bedtime IMHO. But the author is solid.

Will read about vino tonight. A better evening topic.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 11/9/2015 8:55:26 AM   
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I had avoided this book, but after watching the movie, I decided to give it a whirl.
I really like it, much more than I thought I would.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 11/9/2015 9:44:51 AM   
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Wild by Cheryl Strayed.

My wife really liked it.
We like wilderness hiking but nothing quite as adventurous as Cheryl's story.
Maybe I'll read it after one of her friends returns our copy.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 11/18/2015 1:28:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Took a break from reading European history to download and read "Thirsty Dragon" by Suzanne Mustacich. Saw a reference to this from JR and downloaded to my iPad and breezed through it.

It is a very interesting look at the Bordeaux wine business, the entry by the Chinese into that market and business, and the state of the wine industry in general in China.

Coincidentally, the Seattle Times had a profile on Emma Gao, part of a family-owned wine business in China, in Monday's edition: Emma Gao Article

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 11/18/2015 3:09:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		On page 420 of about 750 of Stephen King's 11/22/63. Has me totally hooked. I haven't read a Stephen King novel in years but 2 people suggested it so I went for it. Glad I did.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 11/19/2015 2:10:29 PM   
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GREAT book, one of those that you just devour.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 11/21/2015 1:21:17 PM   
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On page 420 of about 750 of Stephen King's 11/22/63. Has me totally hooked. I haven't read a Stephen King novel in years but 2 people suggested it so I went for it. Glad I did.

Annette


I liked that one, haven't been a big fan of his 21st century work but the alternate history angle hooked me.
Currently reading Anne Applebaum's Iron Curtain, a study of the systematic repression of Eastern Europe post WWII.


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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 11/22/2015 5:59:46 AM   
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Liking it so far

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 11/22/2015 7:37:48 AM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 11/30/2015 6:07:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore - the sequel to A Dirty Job.
I loved A Dirty Job and have high hopes for this one, but I should have done myself a favor and re-read it so I'd be up to speed with the sequel!

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 11/30/2015 7:20:36 AM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 11/30/2015 8:20:58 AM   
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Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore - the sequel to A Dirty Job.
I loved A Dirty Job and have high hopes for this one, but I should have done myself a favor and re-read it so I'd be up to speed with the sequel!


I thoroughly enjoyed A Dirty Job, too, so please report back on Secondhand Souls!



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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 12/13/2015 10:40:25 PM   
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Working through this now as one of my current topics is (ahem) positive aging. Finding it very useful.


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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 12/22/2015 8:19:06 AM   
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Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore - the sequel to A Dirty Job.
I loved A Dirty Job and have high hopes for this one, but I should have done myself a favor and re-read it so I'd be up to speed with the sequel!


I thoroughly enjoyed A Dirty Job, too, so please report back on Secondhand Souls!




Okay - I did really like this, but it wasn't quite as marvelous as A Dirty Job.
I did laugh a lot and out loud, and there is a new character (he's a bit dim lets say) that you will really get a kick out of… need a cheez!
I would definitely read this if you liked the first one - but do read at least a synopsis on Goodreads first to refresh your memory - otherwise you won't remember who Minty Fresh is!


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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 12/22/2015 8:51:43 AM   
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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 12/22/2015 12:21:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just finished a crime novel that is apparently very popular in England -- Irene, by Philip LeMaitre. Very disturbing, with some pretty horrible violence against women. Not sure I would recommend it. It is the first in a series of three, and I don't think I will read the other two.

Now turning to Wallace's Infinite Jest -- which I am enjoying immensely so far. The introduction by David Eggers is worth the whole book. It is much easier to read than I thought -- though still challenging. I was inspired by the movie, The End of the Tour, which I enjoyed more than I thought I would.

I saw that Lockestep was reading his last unfinished book -- curious how he ended up liking it.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 12/22/2015 1:01:59 PM   
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Just finished a crime novel that is apparently very popular in England -- Irene, by Philip LeMaitre. Very disturbing, with some pretty horrible violence against women. Not sure I would recommend it. It is the first in a series of three, and I don't think I will read the other two.

Now turning to Wallace's Infinite Jest -- which I am enjoying immensely so far. The introduction by David Eggers is worth the whole book. It is much easier to read than I thought -- though still challenging. I was inspired by the movie, The End of the Tour, which I enjoyed more than I thought I would.

I saw that Lockestep was reading his last unfinished book -- curious how he ended up liking it.


My copy of IJ is the original British paperback edition:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Infinite-Jest-David-Foster-Wallace/dp/0349121087



I picked it up from a remainder table (here is the USA) about 10-12 years ago. I had not heard of it (nor its author), but a brief scan seemed to be interesting.

IJ is one of my very favorite books, I read it with 2 bookmarks, naturally, and do so every year or two. Having had a brush with depression in my very close family, I can assure you that DFW was a very unhappy man (really, it comes through in all his writings, even the non-fiction), but what a narrative voice, hilarious, knowing, unflinching, and totally in control. There is plenty of horrific violence in IJ as well, for appreciators...

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 12/22/2015 1:33:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks Steve! Yes, it is all the poignant knowing about Wallace's end. The writing is so delicious. I am looking forward to the coming weeks (months?) as I work my way through it.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 12/22/2015 3:54:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Read "The Silkworm" while lying about for three days after elbow surgery. Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) has created an interesting character in Cormoran Strike.

My latest excuse to not read my European history is how hard it is to manage a large paper book with one hand......

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 12/23/2015 6:24:29 AM   
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Read "The Silkworm" while lying about for three days after elbow surgery. Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) has created an interesting character in Cormoran Strike.



I enjoyed both the Cormoran Strike books; I've got the 3rd - Career of Evil - in my To Read list.

I've just started Offshore: A Novel by Penelope Fitzgerald - bookclub choice, and Mad About the Boy (Bridget Jones #3) by Helen Fielding


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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 12/23/2015 7:21:00 AM   
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By Oak, Ash, & Thorn (Modern Celtic Shamanism), by D. J. Conway;

Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm, by Stephen Harrod Buhner;

Game of Foxes, by Ladislas Farago;

and The Gargantuan Gunsite Gossip, by Col. Jeff Cooper (I'm reading this one for the third or fourth time, one of my favorite books).

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 12/24/2015 8:23:24 AM   
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GREAT book, one of those that you just devour.


Eddie - you ever read "death of a president" by William Manchester? A very forensic breakdown of the whole Kennedy assassination - pretty much closes down all the conspiracy theories - very well written book, and quite addictive.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 12/24/2015 8:40:56 AM   
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Wild by Cheryl Strayed.

I had avoided this book, but after watching the movie, I decided to give it a whirl.
I really like it, much more than I thought I would.


She ends by my house. I have wine.

Just sayin' in case you have a motivational epiphany...

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 12/24/2015 8:43:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		I just finished 11-22-63 by Stephen King, loved it and ampsyched for the Hulu Miniseries out in Feb.

Now I'm absolutely engrossed by the Pulizer Prize winning "All the Light We Cannot See"

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 12/24/2015 3:44:55 PM   
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Now I'm absolutely engrossed by the Pulizer Prize winning "All the Light We Cannot See"


I absolutely loved this book. Truly.


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