I finished the final book of the Mistborn trilogy on Friday. It was such a good trilogy. Definitely plan on reading more Brandon Sanderson, but for now I'm back on Bram Stoker's Dracula after putting it down half way through not long ago.
Pull List: Daredevil, Radiant Black, Rogue Sun, No One, Time Before Time
“We never lose our demons. We only learn to live above them"
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
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Latest books: The Age of Napoleon (1975) by Will and Ariel Durant, the eleventh and final (yay!) work from their The Story of Civilization series. It took a couple of decades to actually read them from cover to cover (I got them for free when I joined the History Book Club back in the '90s), but I'm glad I finally took the plunge.
On my Kindle, I'm also reading Of Plymouth Plantation (1651) by William Bradford.
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Hmm... since you have only read The Illustrated Man and (I believe) Fahrenheit 451, here are the other essentials to read:
The Martian Chronicles - his greatest sci-fi work, IMO.
Dandelion Wine - probably his finest novel of pure literary fiction, it's also the first thing I ever read of his (over forty years ago).
Something Wicked This Way Comes - his proudest achievement from the horror genre.
I could add so many more, but that should hold you for a while.
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I finished the Vicki Delany mystery Silent Night, Deadly Night.
Beth Hart - Fire On The Floor CD Review
Beth Hart February 23rd, 2017 Boston, MA Concert Review
"I can't complain. I got to be Jim Morrison for the first half of my life, and Ward Cleaver for the second half." - Warren Zevon.
Finishing Post Office by Charles Bukowski
"The Batman is Gotham City. I will watch him. Study him. And when I know him and why he does not kill, I will know this city. And then Gotham will be MINE!"-BANE
"We're monsters, buddy. Plain and simple. I don't dress it up with fancy names like mutant or post-human; men were born crueler than Apes and we were born crueler than men. It's just the natural order of things"-ULTIMATE SABRETOOTH
I finished the Thomas Kies mystery Random Road.
Beth Hart - Fire On The Floor CD Review
Beth Hart February 23rd, 2017 Boston, MA Concert Review
"I can't complain. I got to be Jim Morrison for the first half of my life, and Ward Cleaver for the second half." - Warren Zevon.
Just starting Stoner, by John Williams
"The Batman is Gotham City. I will watch him. Study him. And when I know him and why he does not kill, I will know this city. And then Gotham will be MINE!"-BANE
"We're monsters, buddy. Plain and simple. I don't dress it up with fancy names like mutant or post-human; men were born crueler than Apes and we were born crueler than men. It's just the natural order of things"-ULTIMATE SABRETOOTH
Has anybody been on a reading retreat?
I'm thinking about one next year because I don't really like holidays, I just stay at home and read in my library. However, I am awful at switching off from work and inevitably end up doing things. So, I feel like a reading retreat could be good for me
“We have a saying, my people. Don’t kill if you can wound, don’t wound if you can subdue, don’t subdue if you can pacify, and don’t raise your hand at all until you’ve first extended it.”
Here's my Mystery Scene review of the book.
Beth Hart - Fire On The Floor CD Review
Beth Hart February 23rd, 2017 Boston, MA Concert Review
"I can't complain. I got to be Jim Morrison for the first half of my life, and Ward Cleaver for the second half." - Warren Zevon.
Here's my Mystery Scene review of the book.
Beth Hart - Fire On The Floor CD Review
Beth Hart February 23rd, 2017 Boston, MA Concert Review
"I can't complain. I got to be Jim Morrison for the first half of my life, and Ward Cleaver for the second half." - Warren Zevon.
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
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