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What are you reading now?

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  • Catseye3C Offline
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    Catseye3
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    Fat lot of good y'all are.

    Here's the Amazon blurb: "Ben Cartwright, former soldier, home to mourn the loss of his father stumbles upon cryptic letters from the past between the author, Arthur Conan Doyle and his great, great grandfather who vanished while exploring the Amazon jungle in 1908.

    Amazingly, these letters lead Ben to believe that his ancestor’s expedition was the basis for Doyle’s fantastical tale of a lost world inhabited by long extinct creatures. As Ben digs some more he finds clues to the whereabouts of a lost notebook that might contain a map to a place that is home to creatures that would rewrite everything known about history, biology and evolution.

    But other parties now know about the notebook, and will do anything to obtain it. For Ben and his friends, it becomes a race against time and against ruthless rivals.

    In the remotest corners of Venezuela, along winding river trails known only to lost tribes, and through near impenetrable jungle, Ben and his novice team find a forbidden place more terrifying and dangerous than anything they could ever have imagined."

    Is naming the protagonist after the Ponderosa Daddy a nerdy thing to do?

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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      Catseye3
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      #98

      Here's a sentence right after the beginning from the "Look Inside": "The thing that followed him pushed trees from its path, and its carnivore breath was like a steam train huffing and hissing as it bore down on him."

      Eh.

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      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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      • George KG Offline
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        George K
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        I caved...

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        This is the audio version with multiple actors portraying the characters. I've only gotten to the "Arrival at Arrakis" part, but so far it's a very good adaptation.

        "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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        • HoraceH Online
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          Horace
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          #100

          Is that the one with the background atmospheric sound? It's pretty good but they ran out of money in the production and eventually all the characters are voiced by the main narrator.

          Education is extremely important.

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          • HoraceH Horace

            Is that the one with the background atmospheric sound? It's pretty good but they ran out of money in the production and eventually all the characters are voiced by the main narrator.

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            George K
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            #101

            @Horace said in What are you reading now?:

            Is that the one with the background atmospheric sound? It's pretty good but they ran out of money in the production and eventually all the characters are voiced by the main narrator.

            Yep that's it. Shame about that, however. Nevertheless I'll enjoy.

            "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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            • HoraceH Online
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              Horace
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              #102

              The Baron's voice is awesome, I missed it when it stopped.

              Education is extremely important.

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              • HoraceH Horace

                Is that the one with the background atmospheric sound? It's pretty good but they ran out of money in the production and eventually all the characters are voiced by the main narrator.

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                @Horace said in What are you reading now?:

                Is that the one with the background atmospheric sound? It's pretty good but they ran out of money in the production and eventually all the characters are voiced by the main narrator.

                Really? Or is that some inside joke I’m missing?

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                • HoraceH Online
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                  Horace
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                  #104

                  yarly, it goes from a theatrically produced ensemble narration to a standard single voice narration. I imagine that was not the plan starting out, but who knows.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                  • George KG Offline
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                    George K
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                    #105

                    I see that there are 6 (!) books out there - does this "loss of the actors" occur in the first book?

                    "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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                    • HoraceH Online
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                      Horace
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #106

                      Yes, first book.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                      • Catseye3C Offline
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                        Catseye3
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                        #107

                        This book is being offered for $1.99 -- marked down from $18.99!!!!!

                        It is American Heritage History of the Confident Years: 1866-1914 by Francis Russell: "Here . . . is the vivid story of the confident years - those days of America's exuberant growth in population, industry, and world prestige - from the end of the Civil War to the outbreak of World War I." It seems an inspired choice for these gloomy anxiety-ridden times.

                        I bought it, of course. A $19 book for a buck-99? Are you kidding me?

                        Go to https://www.amazon.com/American-Heritage-History-Confident-Years-ebook/dp/B01DK8FY7C/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=American+Heritage+History+of+the+Confident+Years%3A+1866-1914&qid=1595601920&s=books&sr=1-2

                        I recommend you read at least the opening paragraph in the "Look Inside".

                        I have a feeling that this book will have a salutary effect on my sore heart.

                        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                        • Catseye3C Catseye3

                          This book is being offered for $1.99 -- marked down from $18.99!!!!!

                          It is American Heritage History of the Confident Years: 1866-1914 by Francis Russell: "Here . . . is the vivid story of the confident years - those days of America's exuberant growth in population, industry, and world prestige - from the end of the Civil War to the outbreak of World War I." It seems an inspired choice for these gloomy anxiety-ridden times.

                          I bought it, of course. A $19 book for a buck-99? Are you kidding me?

                          Go to https://www.amazon.com/American-Heritage-History-Confident-Years-ebook/dp/B01DK8FY7C/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=American+Heritage+History+of+the+Confident+Years%3A+1866-1914&qid=1595601920&s=books&sr=1-2

                          I recommend you read at least the opening paragraph in the "Look Inside".

                          I have a feeling that this book will have a salutary effect on my sore heart.

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                          taiwan_girl
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                          #108

                          @Catseye3 thanks for the recommendation. Looks like an iterating book

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                          • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                            @Catseye3 thanks for the recommendation. Looks like an iterating book

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                            @taiwan_girl said in What are you reading now?:

                            Looks like an iterating book

                            You can say that again. And again. And again...

                            Only non-witches get due process.

                            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                              @taiwan_girl said in What are you reading now?:

                              Looks like an iterating book

                              You can say that again. And again. And again...

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                              taiwan_girl
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                              #110

                              @jon-nyc 😂

                              We will have to have @Catseye3 let us know if it was also interesting!!!!

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                                Really good book. There was a series on Netflix called "Heavy Water" or something like that. The series was about the situation, the attempts to stop the Nazi people from making heavy water at a power plant in Norway.

                                Very good book. I recommend.

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                                  #112

                                  I’m still reading this:

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                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    Just got through re-reading the Grail Quest series...

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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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                                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                      I’m still reading this:

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                                      @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                                      I’m still reading this:

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                                      How is that book?

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                                        jon-nyc
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                                        It’s great so far. But I’m less than half way in. It’s been slow going because I’m just working book reading back into my daily habits. Covid interrupted the practice.

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

                                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                          I’m still reading this:

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                                          @jon-nyc

                                          I read this one.

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