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Book Talk » What are you reading on May 21 » the tomorrow log
silmarillion 16 yrs ago
by steve miller and sharon lee - well, i'm basically done with this one, and trying to decide the next one :)
Book Talk » 5-6 April...what we're reading.. » "carpe diem" by sharon lee&steve miller
silmarillion 17 yrs ago
i'm having a liaden books marathon here :) next is "plan b"...
Book Talk » Dec. 1 and 2: What are you reading now? » "gambler's fortune"
silmarillion 17 yrs ago
3rd "tale of einarinn", by juliet mckenna. so far, so good.
Book Talk » November 27-30: What are you reading? » "The Swordsman's oath", 2nd Tale of Einarinn
silmarillion 17 yrs ago
by Juliet McKenna. The first "Tale" was - not so good; this one still has promises :)
Book Talk » What's your favorite classic? » The Flood (Sienkiewicz)
silmarillion 17 yrs ago
but the list is much longer than this... it should include "wuthering heights"(emily bronte), "sans famille"(hector malot), "little dorritt" (charles dickens), "fratii jderi"(mihail sadoveanu), and so many, many more..…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » 2 Percent RABCK (INTL) (CLOSED) » wow, a multi-language speaker at last :)
silmarillion 17 yrs ago
congratulations for the 300+ books, and more than that, for the widest selection i've seen yet on bookcrossing.com :)) and as no addict can refuse a dose of her drug... i'd like to enter your draw with the next choice…
Book Talk » June 7th and 8th What are you reading now? » Re: June 7th and 8th What are you reading now?
silmarillion 17 yrs ago
> John Corey and Kate Mayfield, did DeMille continue corey's "adventures"? is it going to keep up like this?... i read "plum island" and "the lion's game" and they were more than enough for me... i think stretchi…
Book Talk » Which book did you work the hardest to track down? » Madouc - by Jack Vance, 3rd in the Lyonesse trilogy
silmarillion 17 yrs ago
Still haven't got it, after 8 yrs of searching for it. In the meantime I did get a copy, a translation in French so I know the tale... but Vance's style is missing.
Book Talk » May 21 and 22: What are you reading now? » "cetaganda" by macmaster bujold
silmarillion 17 yrs ago
now into the second half of it - then , "brothers in arms" by the same.
Book Talk » Do you ever read books that you put down years ago? » Re: Books you skimmed because you *had* to
silmarillion 17 yrs ago
i liked "moby dick" from the first sentence ("call me ishmael" :)). "redburn" i struggled through and "white-jacket" i set aside and never tried again (yeah, one of the "no hope" ones). but "there she blows!" sticks to…
Book Talk » Do you ever read books that you put down years ago? » never, if i can help it
silmarillion 17 yrs ago
i'm an obsessive reader. if the book was any good then, when i first had it in my hands, i remembered it and eventually made time to read it. if the impression of "bad book" stuck to it in my mind... i'd never pick it up…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness » The "Whee! I have a new job" RABCK draw extravaganza - Winners Announced » congratulations :)
silmarillion 17 yrs ago
and count me in :). if i'll finally be lucky enough, i'd like "black trillium" :)
Book Talk » What is your favorite non fiction book? » Re: READ ALL DICK FRANCIS NOVELS YOU CAN FIND ! ! !
silmarillion 18 yrs ago
yes, i know - but francis writes fiction about racing as no non-fiction writer could - so if one's interested in horse-racing, this is a miss-it-not! :)
Book Talk » What is your favorite non fiction book? » READ ALL DICK FRANCIS NOVELS YOU CAN FIND ! ! !
silmarillion 18 yrs ago | 2 replies
sorry if you already read them, or they were suggested to you before - but if you are looking for leisure vacation time and are really interested in the horse-racing world, you HAVE to try dick francis' novels, they are …
Book Talk » name the fattest book you've ever read and/or heard of » Re: Maybe this is cheating but...
silmarillion 18 yrs ago
if cheating is allowed, then the "sword of truth" series by terry goodkind might be the "fattest" ever (i don't think he's finished with the series, yet, and there are about 11 or 12 of them, all around 900 - 1000 pages)…
Book Talk » May 3rd, 4th, and 5th -what are you reading now? » "in the frame" by dick francis
silmarillion 18 yrs ago
following "rat race" a 10/10, and "blood sport", a 9/10, by the same author.
Book Talk » name the fattest book you've ever read and/or heard of » "the great book of amber" by zelazny (1258 pages, large trade edition, small fonts)
silmarillion 18 yrs ago
that if you don't count "the bible". that has to be the biggest book ever.(and i include the smallest fonts i've ever seen!).
Book Talk » Favorite authors, name five » high five :)
silmarillion 18 yrs ago
c. j. cherryh lois macmaster bujold henryk sienkiewicz dick francis ursula le guin and most of all the classics :)
Book Talk » Recommend me a book! » "dragon bones", patricia briggs
silmarillion 18 yrs ago
fantasy, light, easy to read, restful. and there's a sequel, "dragon blood", for the next exams period
Book Talk » What is your favorite book from your childhood? » "legendele tarii lui vam" / legends from the country of vam / legends de vam
silmarillion 18 yrs ago
the author is vladimir colin, who wrote great romanian fantasy in a time when nobody in romania wrote fantasy (they did write sf, but that was almost mainstream). i couldn't get enough of this book (i destroyed one copy…
Book Talk » March 29, 30, 31 – What are you reading? » "the plains of passage", (auel)
silmarillion 18 yrs ago
after deciding to go around this huge earth children series, i'm now in the processs of dashing through the books, as they're not really interesting for me, and i want to read them , though, so i won't have to try again …

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