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Old 05-17-2010, 06:54 PM
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Had a couple of plane flights over the weekend and managed to knock down a trio of books:

1974, Red Riding Book 1, by David Peace – A truly stupendous crime novel about the north of England in the 70s, serial killers, and a corrupt society. Absolutely terrific.

Fordlandia, by Greg Grandin – An interesting study in the failure of Henry Ford to create the kind of world that he idealized in Brazil in the early part of the 20th century. Drags in places, but overall interesting.

Heart-Shaped Box, by Joe Hill – I was disappointed by this. Some sections and scenes were good, but overall, nothing felt as new or exciting here as its clippings would have indicated.

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Old 05-18-2010, 04:00 AM
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Cote D'Azur: Inventing the French Riviera by Mary Blume. A nice account of the seedy invention of France's Sin City. Late.
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What do you mean by dealt with?

The ending was hopeless. Actually everything but the beginning was just really bad. Even his characters sucked.
I mean the concept behind the zombies, the birdlike hivemind. I liked that. The ending was not that great, I agree and I'm not sure I like his protagonist .
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Old 05-20-2010, 04:13 AM
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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East by David Fromkin. This is touted as a great foundation for understanding how that tumultuous region came to its present form. Late.
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Old 05-21-2010, 09:59 AM
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Just finishing Imperium by Ryszard Kapuściński , and when finished im gonna read Gulag by Anne Applebaum ( have read it before, but its over 1000 pages with names, places and years - Kinda like reading Silmarillion :eek: )
Dont know why, but my fascination toward soviet/post soviet is guiding me in my choice of books. Lots of cozy stories then.. eh? :D
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The First and the Last by John Galsworthy.
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Old 05-23-2010, 01:38 PM
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Old 05-23-2010, 08:09 PM
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blood born by Linda Howard and Linda Jones....Only a couple chapters in so far the kids and man gave it to me for the bday!
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Old 05-24-2010, 02:35 AM
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I'm finally getting around to reading Under the Dome. I bought it at release so it has been rotting in my 'to be read' pile for a fair while.
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