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The Time Travel Broach of Vallantyne



:) I'm currently reading "The Time Travel Broach of Vallantyne"
This book is so good that I wouldn't be surprised if it was made into a movie! You get so wrapped up in the characters and you feel like you are there with them. It's romantic and funny, laugh out loud. I found it on Lulu.com and I don't think it's really out yet, so I'm one of the first to get my hands on it.
 
I went into the bookstore today to pick up the copy of Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Chrisopher Moore that I ordered. I can't wait to start this one :D
 
Just bought today: Against The Tide by John Ringo
His Majestys Dragon by Naomi Novik
Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson.:D
 
I recently purchased A Man Rides Through ,volume two of Stephen Donaldson's Mordant's Need series, from a charity shop (I have only to find book 1 and I can start reading another Donaldson saga)

Anyway, a bit off topic, but In the charity shop I saw the most horrible thing; someone had donated the Riftwar series with an extra copy of Silverthorn! I know it was for charity but who could commit such an atrocity!?!? :eek: :) (my local charity shops never have any Fiest Books, and many of them seem to have a moral objection to fantasy, this particular shop being one of them)

Anyways, I dutifuly arranged them in order at the end of the shelf and left.
 
Guns, Germs, and Steel trade paperback by Jared Diamond.

Flirting with non-fiction for a change. Make me smarterer.
 
Borders prospers. I just bought:

Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
The Years of Salt and Rice - Kim Stanley Robinson
and
The Beekeepers Apprentice - by Laurie R. King, "the novel of suspense that introduced Mary Russell (a smart-mouthed, half-American /gasp/ fifteen-year-old feminist sidekick) and Sherlock Holmes."

I decided it was time to catch up on some sadly neglected relaxation.
Peder
 
Peder You will love The Beekeepers Apprentice! Um, I hate to bring it up, (yeah right!) but its a series.......:eek: A very good series I might add. Although I must say the last two have not been as much to my liking as the first 3 or 4. :rolleyes:
 
pontalba said:
Peder You will love The Beekeepers Apprentice! Um, I hate to bring it up, (yeah right!) but its a series.......:eek: A very good series I might add.
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Yes, Pontalba,
That's exactly what I was a little bit afraid of. :rolleyes:
But it was so much fun to buy. :eek:
Peder :)
 
Peder said:
Yes, Pontalba,
That's exactly what I was a little bit afraid of. :rolleyes:
But it was so much fun to buy. :eek:
Peder :)
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I loved the Mary Russell series too. I thought Locked Rooms was great, but I have a friend who prefers her other books -- the ones that are not the Holmes/Russell ones. (One of those was way too scary for me.)

I just went a little nuts and sprang for a copy of Arthur & George by Julian Barnes -- on CD. (It cost me an Arm & and a Leg, so it better be good.)
 
StillILearn said:
I loved the Mary Russell series too. I thought Locked Rooms was great, but I have a friend who prefers her other books -- the ones that are not the Holmes/Russell ones. (One of those was way too scary for me.)

I just went a little nuts and sprang for a copy of Arthur & George by Julian Barnes -- on CD. (It cost me an Arm & and a Leg, so it better be good.)
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Stil,
I seem to have accidentally hit a gold mine here and am very glad for all the suggestions.
I'll keep y'all posted as I proceed, but for the moment it is Gabaldon's Outlander, which I can say I am really enjoying.
Many thanks, :)
Peder
 
recently bought

The Secret Supper: Javier Sierra, Blindness: Jose Saramago, The World According to Garp: John Irving, Lives of the Monster Dogs: Kristin Bakis (re-purchase since you all know what happens when you lend out a book:mad: :mad: :mad: )

I wonder how much money I spend on books every year? Not complaining just wondering...
 
drmjwdvm said:
I wonder how much money I spend on books every year? Not complaining just wondering...
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Peder and pontalba both spend a shocking amount, so you don't need to feel like the Lone Ranger here.
 
drmjwdvm said:
I wonder how much money I spend on books every year? Not complaining just wondering...
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Sometimes its better not to keep too close track of these things. :eek: :p

Besides I have a book fairy, and said book fairy has been wonderful.:D
contributed to my cause Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (Forty Stories of Crime and Detection from Original Illustrated Magazines) selected and introduced by Alan K. Russell -- Hardback in great condition.

btw.....
I hit the second hand book store the other day, without too much damage. Only bought two. They are:
Hercule Poirot's Casebook Christie a lovely hardback in excellent condition.
the Best American Mystery Stories (2003) Michael Connelly, editor trade paperback.
 
StillILearn said:
I loved the Mary Russell series too. I thought Locked Rooms was great, but I have a friend who prefers her other books -- the ones that are not the Holmes/Russell ones. (One of those was way too scary for me.)

I just went a little nuts and sprang for a copy of Arthur & George by Julian Barnes -- on CD. (It cost me an Arm & and a Leg, so it better be good.)
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I haven't gotten around to reading Locked Rooms as of yet, its in the TBR stack, and so is another one, but I can't remember the name. I have not attempted to read Laurie King's other series, the synopsis on the back creeped me out, so I left it alone.
I looked at Arthur & George and was tempted, but stayed on the fence, and there is way too much on this side of the fence anyway, so I've left it for now. :eek: but you could let me know how you like it...:D
But I do have semi plans to go to another second hand book store next week, and the thrid weekend is coming up fast....thats the Friends of the Library Sale. :eek:
 
It was difficult passing up the Laurie King/Mary Russell books, but I did read all the blurbs and it sounds like there are more purchases to come. Many more!

Instead, I indulged my curiosity for Islam:
Orientalism - Edward Said, sparked by the thread here.
The Arabs in History - Bernard Lewis, just because and partly the author.

Two more are being held for me and will appear here sooner than one might think. :)
Peder
 
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