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PostWed Aug 12, 2015 3:33 pm 
Schenk I agree it is a fantastic book and I too, I would have loved to see our country and its magnificent nature during this time

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PostFri Aug 14, 2015 12:20 pm 
Recently finished "The Soul of an Octopus" by Sy Montgomery. Fairly interesting. Octopus are fascinating, bizarre creatures I knew very little about. Just started "Ancient Places: People and Landscape in the Emerging Northwest" by Jack Nisbet (a Spokane resident I think). Also just found out that Ivan Doig has a posthumous novel about to be released, his last. Got on a long wait list at the library for that one. Will be bittersweet reading that.

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PostSat Aug 15, 2015 12:10 pm 
Starting in on book IV of Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Still no word from Patrick Rothfuss on the third Kingkiller Chronicle book. I guess as long as he releases it before either of us croaks I'll be happy.

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PostSat Aug 15, 2015 12:38 pm 
The trailer for this upcoming movie, looked pretty intense and starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the real life fur trapper Hugh Glass. Had to order the book as I'm not familiar with this character or piece of history.

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PostSun Sep 06, 2015 1:19 pm 
Just started "Glencoe, The Story of a Massacre", John Preeble. We visited the site of the massacre last year and wanted to find out more about it.

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PostFri Sep 11, 2015 9:45 am 
Daniel J. Levitin PhD. is a Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience. His most recent book, The Organized Mind-Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload has helpful advice on how not to mentally drown in the deluge of input during our modern daily lives. For me his most memorable sentence is Make no mistake: Email, Facebook, and Twitter checking constitute a neural addiction. He is speaking tonight at Town Hall for those interested.

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PostFri Sep 11, 2015 10:12 am 
Finished reading Clariel, Garth Nix's latest tale in the Old Kingdom series. It's a great prequel to the original trilogy, which I can also heartily recommend. They're a fantastic mix of fantasy and horror, with very well written characters and plots.

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PostFri Sep 18, 2015 1:03 pm 
Last couple books didn't really grab me. Currently reading "The Queen of the Tearling" by Erika Johansen. First book in a trilogy. Sci fi/fantasy. Enjoying it fairly thoroughly. It has a teenage female main character, so of course it gets compared to Hunger Games, but it's not particularly similar in my mind.

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PostTue Sep 22, 2015 3:20 pm 
Half a War, third in a series by the great Joe Abercrombie http://www.joeabercrombie.com/books/half-a-war/

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PostMon Sep 28, 2015 4:30 pm 
I was really excited to read "Last Bus to Wisdom" by Ivan Doig, his last and published posthumously. Finally got it from the library. Off to a really slow start. I keep hoping it will get going, but no luck so far about 50 pages in.

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PostWed Sep 30, 2015 8:55 am 
olderthanIusedtobe wrote:
I was really excited to read "Last Bus to Wisdom" by Ivan Doig, his last and published posthumously. Finally got it from the library. Off to a really slow start. I keep hoping it will get going, but no luck so far about 50 pages in.
Been my experience with his more recent stuff. Earlier work will always be top shelf. up.gif

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PostWed Sep 30, 2015 10:29 am 
Phil wrote:
Been my experience with his more recent stuff. Earlier work will always be top shelf. up.gif
I liked "Whistling Season" and "Work Song" quite a bit, stand up well beside his earlier stuff. "Sweet Thunder" and "The Bartender's Tale" were OK. I thought "The Eleventh Man" was just plain bad--contrived and awkward, just didn't work. I think "Dancing at the Rascal Fair" will always be my favorite, with "English Creek" a close second.

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PostWed Sep 30, 2015 11:12 am 
olderthanIusedtobe wrote:
by Ivan Doig
I'll take the non fiction any day

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PostWed Sep 30, 2015 11:41 am 
East of the Divide. Great book recommended by a guy named Lee who was camped near us in the Enchantments a few weeks ago.

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PostWed Sep 30, 2015 1:18 pm 
mike wrote:
I'll take the non fiction any day
I read "This House of Sky" way back when and I think I read "Winter Brothers" at some point as well. I prefer his fiction, but to each his own.

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