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meandering Wa Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 1516 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
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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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
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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Bedivere Why Do Witches Burn?
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 7464 | TRs | Pics Location: The Hermitage |
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Sat Aug 15, 2015 12:10 pm
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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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Toni Member
Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 829 | TRs | Pics Location: Issaquah |
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Sat Aug 15, 2015 12:38 pm
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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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mike Member
Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Posts: 6397 | TRs | Pics Location: SJIsl |
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Sun Sep 06, 2015 1:19 pm
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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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Mike Collins Member
Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 3096 | TRs | Pics
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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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NacMacFeegle Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2014 Posts: 2653 | TRs | Pics Location: United States |
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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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
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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Phil Member
Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 2025 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline, WA |
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Tue Sep 22, 2015 3:20 pm
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
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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Phil Member
Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 2025 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline, WA |
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Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:55 am
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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.
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
Phil wrote: | Been my experience with his more recent stuff. Earlier work will always be top shelf. |
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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mike Member
Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Posts: 6397 | TRs | Pics Location: SJIsl |
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Wed Sep 30, 2015 11:12 am
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olderthanIusedtobe wrote: | by Ivan Doig |
I'll take the non fiction any day
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graywolf Member
Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 808 | TRs | Pics Location: Sequim |
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Wed Sep 30, 2015 11:41 am
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East of the Divide. Great book recommended by a guy named Lee who was camped near us in the Enchantments a few weeks ago.
The only easy day was yesterday...
The only easy day was yesterday...
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
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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