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Book Talk » The Golden City by John Twelve Hawks » RE: The Golden City by John Twelve Hawks
ds3233 12 yrs ago
I was just wondering who else had read these books and what they felt about them.
I'm reading Traveller now, thanks to your recommendation on BC. I'm about 100 pages in and enjoying it. I wi…
Book Talk » Diana Wynne Jones has died » I'm so sorry to hear this.
ds3233 13 yrs ago
She had such a fine sense of wonder and humor and compassion. Loved her books.
Chit-Chat » Dr Who fans - the Brigadier has died :-( » I'm so sorry to hear this.
ds3233 13 yrs ago
The episodes were always twice as fun when the Brigadier was in them.
Chit-Chat » New Torchwood series! » RE: Interesting.How are they
ds3233 13 yrs ago | 1 replies
going to pick up from the end of the last series? Afterall, most of the team have been killed off and Jack was last seen trying to outrun his guilt/demons by disappearing off into the galaxy somewhere.
Book Talk » What should I read next? » If you want something wonderful,
ds3233 13 yrs ago
read Game of Kings. Nobody does historical fiction better than Dorothy Dunnett. I've read 7 of the books on your list and none can hold a candle to Game of Kings. In my humble opinion, of course
Chit-Chat » Random Act of Culture » RE: RE: Random Act of Culture
ds3233 13 yrs ago | 1 replies
Not so new. There's a video out there of opera singers popping up at a market in Valencia, singing the Brindisi from "La Traviata", complete with champagne glasses! And I know this isn't the first time Phi…
Chit-Chat » Amazing violinist! » Marvelous.
ds3233 13 yrs ago
Anyone know what the music is? I've heard it before but can't seem to identify it.
Chit-Chat » That book sounds good!! » She's adorable, rars.
ds3233 13 yrs ago
Of course, we knew she would be. What a sweetie.
Book Talk » What do you wish you were reading? » RE: Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
ds3233 13 yrs ago
It comes out in a few days, and I'm waiting by the mailbox for my copy!
Me, too! Mine has been pre-ordered for months and I'm so looking forward to it.
Book Talk » I'm doomed . . . » I've had an Amazon Visa for several years
ds3233 13 yrs ago | 1 replies
Love racking up those points. I always have a list of books to use them on. I NEED more books, you understand.
Chit-Chat » Did anyone find a blue contact lens? » RE: Did anyone find a blue contact lens?
ds3233 13 yrs ago
I was just thinking this morning that I needed a Kitten Wars fix. Thanks, watchcat.
Chit-Chat » Trooper the Peregrine » Please keep posting, LD.
ds3233 13 yrs ago
I loved watching the falcons in their nest.
Chit-Chat » Starry, starry question » I had not seen that before.
ds3233 13 yrs ago
Thanks so much, Joseki.
Chit-Chat » My pic is in print. :) » Haven't got my copy in the mail yet,
ds3233 13 yrs ago | 1 replies
but it should come any day now. I'll be so excited to see the picture.
Book Talk » The August First Sentence Thread » This is the bright candlelit room
ds3233 13 yrs ago
where the life-timers are stored - shelf upon shelf of them, squat hourglasses, one for every living person, pouring their fine sand from the future into the past. Mort by Terry Pratchett. I'm so glad I decided to re…
Book Talk » The August First Sentence Thread » From the prologue:
ds3233 13 yrs ago
Some nights, if I'm sleeping on my own, I still dream about Whitethorn House. From the first chapter: This is Lexie Madison's story, not mine. From The Likeness by Tana French. Another wonderful thriller from this …
Book Talk » August 16th & 17th - What are you reading? » Kate, thanks to your enthusiastic
ds3233 13 yrs ago
recommendation, I got Pilgrim from the library (they didn't have Famous Last Words) and I thought it was wonderful. Guess I'll have to go to Amazon and find Famous Last Words to buy. I don't need to buy any more books,…
Book Talk » The August First Sentence Thread » In the early morning hours
ds3233 13 yrs ago
of Wednesday, the 17th of April, 1912, a man called Pilgrim walked bare-footed into the garden of his home in London at number 18 Cheyne Walk. Pilgrim by Timothy Findley. Marvelous book.
Book Talk » The August First Sentence Thread » I was never so frightened as I am now.
ds3233 13 yrs ago | 1 replies
Affinity by Sarah Waters. Another book I saw mentioned favorably here on BC. I am so easy. This isn't quite as good as Fingersmith but she writes so well that I am engrossed anyway.

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