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So I just finished the latest book in the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley. The first book is "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie", and the one I just finished is "I am Half-Sick of Shadows". There are currently 4 books.
This series isn't for everyone, but it's a light and fun series to read in between "heavier" stuff, especially if you enjoy mysteries. The protagonist is 11-year-old Flavia who lives with her father and two sisters on a large estate in 1940s England. She uses her skills as a fledgling chemist to help solve murders. The books aren't terribly long either.
I don't know anyone else that has read them so let me know if you have!
Post by Dave Maynar on Nov 21, 2011 15:07:00 GMT -5
Well, apparently some genius lost my library's copy of A Dance with Dragons, so I'll have to actually read something aside from George RR Martin for a bit. So many choices.
Just read Mapping Human History and Guns, Germs & Steel. I'm a nerd at heart, so hearing about how modern humans migrated thousands of years ago to settle in the manner they did (Mapping Human History) and then reading about their interactions once they settled there, and how isolated cultures developed both differently and similarly to one another without any contact is remarkable to me.
If you like this kind of thing, I highly recommend both of those books.
Just read Mapping Human History and Guns, Germs & Steel. I'm a nerd at heart, so hearing about how modern humans migrated thousands of years ago to settle in the manner they did (Mapping Human History) and then reading about their interactions once they settled there, and how isolated cultures developed both differently and similarly to one another without any contact is remarkable to me.
If you like this kind of thing, I highly recommend both of those books.
Guns, Germs and Steel is pretty great. I would never have guessed I would be so enthralled by a chapter about the nature of genetic traits that effect edibility in trees nuts.
Guns, Germs and Steel is pretty great. I would never have guessed I would be so enthralled by a chapter about the nature of genetic traits that effect edibility in trees nuts.
Yeah, the two of them flow incredibly well together, almost as a two-part book. MHH sets everything up for GG&S, and it all is extremely interesting to me. In MHH, the way that the author describes using mitochondrial genomes to map the history of modern humans and their routes during the multi-millennial migration is astounding. It's also pretty cool to see how they've used these strands to determine that all people descended from the same few "clans" of the first modern humans, who lived in Northeastern Africa.
It's also pretty cool to see how they've used these strands to determine that all people descended from the same few "clans" of the first modern humans, who lived in Northeastern Africa.
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Well, apparently some genius lost my library's copy of A Dance with Dragons, so I'll have to actually read something aside from George RR Martin for a bit.
You finished FFC that quick? I still haven't finished SoS and I was halfway done before Moog.
Well, apparently some genius lost my library's copy of A Dance with Dragons, so I'll have to actually read something aside from George RR Martin for a bit.
You finished FFC that quick? I still haven't finished SoS and I was halfway done before Moog.
First, apparently, they found it because it was there yesterday when I went by. Second, I am 3/4 done with FFC. I work at an office that isn't really close to anything, so I end up reading most days during lunch. It allows me to keep a decent pace up. Also, my reading pace really picks up in the last 1/4 or so of a book. I read the last 200 pages of SoS in a day.
^Had to read Slaughter House Five in comp I and I wasn't impressed. Maybe because I had a crazy bitch professor, it's super rare I don't enjoy a book.
This seemed as good a place as any to say I'M GETTING A KINDLE FOR CHRISTMAS!! I peeked at my Amazon wish list. I KNOW it was bad, but I couldn't help it when it said items were purchased. Got some Sanuks, too... hehehe. SCORE.
This seemed as good a place as any to say I'M GETTING A KINDLE FOR CHRISTMAS!!
Kindle rocks! I love mine. I finished the first Hunger Games book on Thanksgiving Eve and I am over half way through the third one right now! Kindle makes it a taadddd to easy to say, "OOh this book was good! Let me buy the rest!"
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
So is Hunger Games basically a nicer version of Battle Royale? I've heard great things about the series but am leery of jumping into another series.
You haven't read it? Do it now. It's awesome. But have all 3 on hand. You finish one, you got to have the next one immediately. Kinda like salty snacks.
So is Hunger Games basically a nicer version of Battle Royale? I've heard great things about the series but am leery of jumping into another series.
Yes, in a way... but also different. It's a young adult novel so it's not as graphic/violent. There's also a political element. I would suggest reading the first one and seeing how you like it before reading the other two.
Yes, in a way... but also different. It's a young adult novel so it's not as graphic/violent. There's also a political element. I would suggest reading the first one and seeing how you like it before reading the other two.
I think I'll put it on the list. I've also decided that, after a break after Dance with Dragons consisting of smaller books, I am ready to tackle my copy of Moby Dick.
Post by Lawn Gnome on Nov 30, 2011 20:37:04 GMT -5
I recently read this (very brief) treatise on geometry and the nature of perception. Go to a place where books are sold or downloaded and buy it...or download it...
So is Hunger Games basically a nicer version of Battle Royale? I've heard great things about the series but am leery of jumping into another series.
You haven't read it? Do it now. It's awesome. But have all 3 on hand. You finish one, you got to have the next one immediately. Kinda like salty snacks.
Druid is right on both accounts. Like I said, I had to immeeeeediately buy the second and third after finishing number one. Also, salty snacks are my downfall. Hmmmm salt.
Yes, in a way... but also different. It's a young adult novel so it's not as graphic/violent. There's also a political element. I would suggest reading the first one and seeing how you like it before reading the other two.
Yeah, I know nothing of Battle Royale, but what Julie said. I would liken it to the Giver. Not in the idea of a “utopian” society of sameness, but the idea that it describes an alternative reality. I enjoyed them immensely and would totally recommend it.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
Recently finished "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves", a collection of short stories by Karen Russell. I was really impressed, considering at the time, she was only 25. Now she's 29! I picked up her first novel, "Swamplandia!" at the library, going to start it today.