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What are you reading now?

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  • KlausK Offline
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    #739

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    I haven't read a real novel in a long time, maybe decades. I read this one in two days (the original German version).

    It was quite cool and inspiring. I had almost forgotten what it feels to read a novel and how to emphasise with its characters. This one was rather tear-inducing in some places (cried like a baby) but also strangely fulfilling.

    This is a book about how we are shaped by our past, about what family is, about love. It's all super-relatable. Great book!

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    • George KG Offline
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      I'm not a huge King fan, though I loved Salem's Lot and some of his shorter stuff (Apt Pupil). Also, of course, The Shining.

      So....

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      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • RenaudaR Offline
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        #741

        https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/27109827

        Elbows up!

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        • CopperC Offline
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          #742

          I have been looking at textbooks lately.

          There is not really a degree in the book. But that would have advantages over some school-bought degrees.

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          • George KG George K

            I'm not a huge King fan, though I loved Salem's Lot and some of his shorter stuff (Apt Pupil). Also, of course, The Shining.

            So....

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            George KG Offline
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            #743

            @George-K said in What are you reading now?:

            'm not a huge King fan, though I loved Salem's Lot and some of his shorter stuff (Apt Pupil). Also, of course, The Shining.

            Ahhh...screw it.

            Time to reread "The Shining."

            Interesting to see how his style has changed, and yet, remained the same over the last 40-plus years.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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              Aqua Letifer
              wrote on last edited by
              #744

              This is excellent.

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              Please love yourself.

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              • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                Doctor Phibes
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                #745

                I'm on Book 3 of the Dune saga. I'm enjoying them a lot, and I'm hoping I can stick with them, but if I remember correctly the next one in the series is when Herbert jumped the sandworm

                I was only joking

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                • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                  I'm on Book 3 of the Dune saga. I'm enjoying them a lot, and I'm hoping I can stick with them, but if I remember correctly the next one in the series is when Herbert jumped the sandworm

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                  Aqua Letifer
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                  #746

                  @Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:

                  I'm on Book 3 of the Dune saga. I'm enjoying them a lot, and I'm hoping I can stick with them, but if I remember correctly the next one in the series is when Herbert jumped the sandworm

                  My recollection also. Really it should've just stayed a trilogy. Maybe even just one book.

                  Please love yourself.

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                  • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:

                    I'm on Book 3 of the Dune saga. I'm enjoying them a lot, and I'm hoping I can stick with them, but if I remember correctly the next one in the series is when Herbert jumped the sandworm

                    My recollection also. Really it should've just stayed a trilogy. Maybe even just one book.

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                    Doctor Phibes
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                    #747

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in What are you reading now?:

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:

                    I'm on Book 3 of the Dune saga. I'm enjoying them a lot, and I'm hoping I can stick with them, but if I remember correctly the next one in the series is when Herbert jumped the sandworm

                    My recollection also. Really it should've just stayed a trilogy. Maybe even just one book.

                    The first book was way, way better than I remembered. The second one was a little meh. The third one is pretty good.

                    I was only joking

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                    • CopperC Offline
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                      Got book #2 (WW II) in the 4-book series for Christmas.

                      I still have to finish book #1 - West Point History of the Civil War.

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                      • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in What are you reading now?:

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:

                        I'm on Book 3 of the Dune saga. I'm enjoying them a lot, and I'm hoping I can stick with them, but if I remember correctly the next one in the series is when Herbert jumped the sandworm

                        My recollection also. Really it should've just stayed a trilogy. Maybe even just one book.

                        The first book was way, way better than I remembered. The second one was a little meh. The third one is pretty good.

                        George KG Offline
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                        George K
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                        #749

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in What are you reading now?:

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:

                        I'm on Book 3 of the Dune saga. I'm enjoying them a lot, and I'm hoping I can stick with them, but if I remember correctly the next one in the series is when Herbert jumped the sandworm

                        My recollection also. Really it should've just stayed a trilogy. Maybe even just one book.

                        The first book was way, way better than I remembered. The second one was a little meh. The third one is pretty good.

                        I read the first three books, probably, 40 years ago. I re-read "Dune" twice, the last time about 2 years ago. I really enjoyed it. I suppose I should do the next two, but I'm not in a messianic mood.

                        However, if you like good, hard, sci-fi, the "prequels" written by Herbert's son, Brian, and Kevin Anderson are fun. The give the whole backstory of the Harkonnen/Atreides feud, the origin of the Mentats, Bene Geserit, "folding space," and all that.

                        They get a lot of criticism for not being Frank's work, and "simplistic." Nevertheless, I enjoyed them. I believe @LuFins-Dad has read them as well.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • George KG George K

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:

                          @Aqua-Letifer said in What are you reading now?:

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:

                          I'm on Book 3 of the Dune saga. I'm enjoying them a lot, and I'm hoping I can stick with them, but if I remember correctly the next one in the series is when Herbert jumped the sandworm

                          My recollection also. Really it should've just stayed a trilogy. Maybe even just one book.

                          The first book was way, way better than I remembered. The second one was a little meh. The third one is pretty good.

                          I read the first three books, probably, 40 years ago. I re-read "Dune" twice, the last time about 2 years ago. I really enjoyed it. I suppose I should do the next two, but I'm not in a messianic mood.

                          However, if you like good, hard, sci-fi, the "prequels" written by Herbert's son, Brian, and Kevin Anderson are fun. The give the whole backstory of the Harkonnen/Atreides feud, the origin of the Mentats, Bene Geserit, "folding space," and all that.

                          They get a lot of criticism for not being Frank's work, and "simplistic." Nevertheless, I enjoyed them. I believe @LuFins-Dad has read them as well.

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                          Aqua Letifer
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                          #750

                          @George-K said in What are you reading now?:

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:

                          @Aqua-Letifer said in What are you reading now?:

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:

                          I'm on Book 3 of the Dune saga. I'm enjoying them a lot, and I'm hoping I can stick with them, but if I remember correctly the next one in the series is when Herbert jumped the sandworm

                          My recollection also. Really it should've just stayed a trilogy. Maybe even just one book.

                          The first book was way, way better than I remembered. The second one was a little meh. The third one is pretty good.

                          I read the first three books, probably, 40 years ago. I re-read "Dune" twice, the last time about 2 years ago. I really enjoyed it. I suppose I should do the next two, but I'm not in a messianic mood.

                          However, if you like good, hard, sci-fi, the "prequels" written by Herbert's son, Brian, and Kevin Anderson are fun. The give the whole backstory of the Harkonnen/Atreides feud, the origin of the Mentats, Bene Geserit, "folding space," and all that.

                          They get a lot of criticism for not being Frank's work, and "simplistic." Nevertheless, I enjoyed them. I believe @LuFins-Dad has read them as well.

                          His son made a graphic novel version of the first book.

                          Is awesome.

                          Please love yourself.

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                          • bachophileB Offline
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                            bachophile
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                            #751

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                            on the shelf in the office next door to mine.

                            Bathroom reading I guess

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                              #752

                              Is there a graphic novel version available for these?

                              I was only joking

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                                #753

                                Or even a YouTube short?

                                Only non-witches get due process.

                                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                  #754

                                  On my trip, I read "Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August"

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                                  A very easy read. Basically, it looked at everyday life in Berlin during the 1936 Olympics. Focussed on ordinary citizens, a restaurant/bar owner, etc. Not too in depth, but kept my attention. A quick history lesson, or at least history background.

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                                    This book did its job as literature. It gives solid perspectives on some eternal human questions. It's not the engrossing story of Grapes of Wrath or Of Mice and Men though.

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                          @bachophile, some website had a list of the "Best Spy Books."

                                          Of course, "Tinker, Tailor..." was on the list and other well-known books.

                                          "Damascus Station" is on that list. I've not read McCloskey's books - any good?

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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