dogmatix
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Watership Down, my favorite book. I have two signed copies. One is a very rare edition. I also had my very first paperback copy from 4th grade. I've read that one probably 30 times.
The Plague Dogs also good. It made me angry, I guess it was supposed to.
Another great Adams book is A Girl in a Swing. Can't recommend that one enough.
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Well it was such a lovely reading day today cool and breezy and my wonderful hubby put a hammock on the front porch a couple of month's ago. So I've had 1/2 bottle of that Bull's Blood and frankly I'm feeling just a bit drowsy. I did make another 200 page dent in Jonathan Strange though.
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I really liked the development of the characters as the years go by, and this is really one good reason to stick with the book.
Strange, in particular, really matures over the course of the book and I'm really enjoying his character.
(I'm just starting the last section now)
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I'm putting this up here becaus I'm a big Adams fan. This is his latest and is due to be releasd at the end of Ocober. I'm preordering.
By what Name are we to call Thee, Master, to worship Thy divinity?" "I AM THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE." "O Master, those are Thy flames roaring through ransacked villages, Thy foolish mothers bereft, Thy silly, defenceless victims screaming, Thy whips striking home." " I AM ULTIMATE EVIL. FALL DOWN BEFORE ME. THERE IS NO CRUELTY GREATER THAN MINE."
So begins one of the most potent passages in Richard Adam
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I am in love with this book! I certainly understand the frustration many readers seem to have with the initial slowness of the pacing but once you get dipped in her beautiful prose the pacing is just perfect. It's like a train ride through the country the train may be the slow way to get there but the scenery is gorgeous. At page 200 or so (where I am) the characters are beginning to all come together and tension is beginning to build. Clarke's humor becomes a lot sharper too as the story progresses. I'm finding the developing plot intriguing and I'm turning the pages quite a bit faster. This book definitely is not for everyone and I've never read anything like it, in style and pacing, before. It's a little Dickensian (if that's a word).
I'll be watching this thread for any other tenacious reviewers and I'll post a complete one when I finish. I have the next 3 days off so it might not be too long.
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Is Bull
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Mine, mine mine, mine!!!!! Think Golum and that precious ring. For me books are a comfort and I hoard them. Lending...... rare for me. They NEVER come back. I've bought three copies of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime because I keep lending it out and it keeps disappearing. I try to buy only hardbacks when possible and I have no problem with used so that saves me some money. However if it came down to a choice between books and food, books would win, hands down.
One bright side; when I die someone is going to get an amazing hard cover book collection.
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Bought one of my standards yesterday. MadFish. It's a blended red from Australia. During the fall and winter I drink it regularly. Also picked up another regular for me Bull's Blood from Spain (I think) very bold.
So chilled red Andy? I'll have to try that sometime.
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Good grief!!!
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I have the Starship Titanic computer game and it's hilarious. Oh yeah and don't worry those books are put away nice and safe.
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How sad. I just love Whole Foods. The closest is 30 minutes away and past several other perfectly fine supermarkets but it's worth the drive.
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Has "anyone" read any of the books on my list or am I a misfit.
You're a total misfit. You probably give anonymously to charity, are kind to others, love Sophia's legs, and like to drink wine that's on sale too. What the hell's wrong with you anyways?
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I am a huge Douglas Adams fan! I have most, if not all of his books. Actually I recently went on a buying spree and picked up a few copies of signed hardcover editions on Ebay. I think I've read pretty much everything he's written. I was very happy to see the movie finally come to fruition last year and honestly they did a good job with it.
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Whole Foods has Vinho Verde on sale right now.
I bought three bottles.
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
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Great book. Here's another Out - Natsuo Kirino (check the spelling) great book that really lays out the mysoginistic Japanese culture. Plus it's got murder and boxed lunches! Read it!