Cold Service - Robert B. Parker (Classic Spenser)
Cold Service - Robert B. Parker (Classic Spenser)
The Truth (With Jokes) by All Franken. By sheer coincidence, this was the next book in my queue. However, Franken wrote it a year before the USO tour in which the alleged incident took place.
book 7 of The Expanse comes out 12/5, I figured what better time to re-read books 1-6. I'm in the middle of book 1 currently, I forgot how good one specific character is. Why'd they have to Ned Stark him!?!?!
Also I've been reading The Sword Of Shannara, book 1 of a very long running fantasy series. If I like it, it will make a massive time sink. So far, I've heard the phrase "Tolkien clone" before, but this is the first time I've really felt that phrase in action. I've only seen the Lord Of The Rings movies so I don;t know Tolkien's literary style, but in terms of story, it's extremely similar. The way fans compare Star Wars 4 and 7 as essentially a remake/rehash, you could make the same argument about this book and Lord Of The Rings. However, it's quite a fun adventure and a cool world with real interesting history, so the Tolkien Clone thing might be working for it rather than against it.
“Now faith, hope, and love remain, and the greatest of these is love.”--1 Corinthians 13:13
“You had a dream; I have a plan”--Cyclops
“There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.”--The Doctor
Since it's the Christmas season, I'll be reading any holiday-themed books I can find on my Kindle. The first one is The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh (1883) by William Makepeace Thackeray.
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
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Two of three reviews that appeared in the newly released issue of Mystery Scene magazine have also been posted online:
Wolf's Revenge by Lachlan Smith
The Shadow District by Arnaldur Indridason
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.
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.
I read the Star Trek Original Series novel No Time Like The Past by Greg Cox.
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.
The Complete Dramatic Works by Samuel Beckett
I don't read plays very often so this should be interesting.
The Tolkein novels, due to their holiday tone.
Currently re-reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone after almost 20 years. Still find these books to be wonderful and extremely entertaining.
Since I bought the sequel recently, I'm re-reading The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub after 31 years. It has the distinction of being the first novel I ever bought for my own reading pleasure.
On the Kindle front for Christmas reading, I'm tackling the poem Christmas Eve (1850) by Robert Browning and also Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan (1912) by Clement A. Miles.
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Children Of The Fleet, by Orson Scott Card. A new Ender-verse novel. T'was good.
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