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Just finished the first two books in the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss. Am now reading S by Doug Dorst and JJ Abrams, but haven't quite figured out how I should read it.
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at home in Mitford by Jan Karon and yes she has a new one coming out for all you fans out there ...Somewhere safe with someone good comes out sept 2 2014 ...I almost cant wait ...
Finished listening to "Mr. Mercedes" by Stephen King; read by Will Patton
There was a lot to like about this book, the writing being foremost. Mr. King has a talent that is rarely surpassed for his readability, character development, plot, his turns of phrase. I only wish he wrote a different genre. I liked all his characters except for Mr. Mercedes, and I was SO chilled by him that it overcast my enjoyment of the writer behind him. (The same was true of Patricia Cornwell novels.)
Sick, sick, twisted, and sick.
I decided to give up on Voltaire's collection. I enjoyed the first two, but I could tell that my ignorance of the historic context that he was satirizing was inhibiting my fully appreciating it. (Ditto for Dante's "Inferno.")
I've been reading "The Nature Lover," by Susan Vreeland, but when three requested library books arrived simutaneously, and only three weeks to read them I knew I had to set it aside. (I am a slow reader.)
Of the three, I am presently reading: "They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars: The Untold Story," by Ann Jones. I am only into the second (short) chapter and already can tell it is one I will recommend that everyone read -- especially flag-wavers that "support our troops."
Following are:
"Christine Falls," by Benjamin Black
"Call Me Zelda," by Erika Robuck
Finished Wool by Hugh Howey and immediately downloaded the prequel, Shift. IMO Wool had some fairly large holes in the plot, but was still remarkable for the detailed world Howey created. So far, I'm not as interested in the Shift characters and am having some trouble buying the premise, but we'll see.
I recently read How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain by Gregory Berns. He is a researcher at Emory University and with his team they trained several dogs to hold still in an MRI device so that they could do some fMRI's on them without sedating or restraining them in any way other than the same sort of "cage" that would be used on a human to help steady their heads. They came up with some surprising results. An interesting read if you like this sort of thing. They went through a lot of hot dogs in the training, to say the least.
I followed up this book with a light novel Dogs Aren't Men by Billi Tiner. The storyline, about a young female vet was rather predictable and when I finished it I was surprised to find that the author is a veterinarian since much of what occurred at her clinic seemed simplistic and did not reflect any of my experiences in such situations (and with all the dogs I've owned or fostered over the past 25 years it's plenty).
I do want to get back to Deep Pools, about trading on Wall St. but the book almost seems like scary science fiction of computers gone wild and automated programs creating havoc on a massive scale. It's due back at the library on Friday so I'd best get with it.
With thunderstorms expected all day it's a good one for doing laundry and reading.
Hope you all get plenty of enjoyable reading time this week.
I love that book and have read it several times. I stumbled across it at the library years ago, before they made the movie, and was enchanted. Hope you enjoy it.
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