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mojo shivers · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:32 am Post subject:

Charlie Sheen doesn't seem cop-like enough to pull off Morelli. You know who would be a fun casting? Bruce Campbell, Mr. Chin himself.

Watching him play Sam Axe has led me to believe he has just enough chutzpah enough to pull off the gunplay and diving involved in playing cop-on-the-run Joe Morelli, attempting to clear his name of murder.
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rockstonic · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:20 pm Post subject:

As an incentive to do my homework this week I've decided that I will purchase Bossypants once I finish the story that I've been working on. Hooray for motivation!
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JaneAwake · Joined: 04 Sep 2011 Posts: 58

Has anyone of you already read the new book by Jeffrey Eugenides?
I'm currently reading Middlesex and I really like it, though I still love Virgin Suicides most. The movie is great too.. I think I'll buy The Marriage Plot, but at the moment I'm pretty broke.

mojo shivers · Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:03 am Post subject:

Currently reading because apparently all I read these days is urban fantasy.
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**happyfish** · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:50 pm Post subject:

My dad is apparantly a gadget whore and bought a kindle fire (I think that's what it's called). He already had a black and white nook, which he gave to me, yay! It's actually the exact nook I wanted - I like the electronic ink, I really don't get the point of the color ones, they look just like reading off a computer screen which hurts my eyes.
And now, i just need to get some books on it.
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**Heather** · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:16 pm Post subject:

I'm excited for you, Carrie; I love my Nook! It is the among the greatest things I have ever purchased. I agree with you about the e-ink. When I'm reading on the Nook, I can forget the format and just read, like I do with a regular book. I also use my library's iPad sometimes, but the glare and everything is hard on my eyes and I definitely am conscious of reading on a screen when I read on it in a way that's not true with the Nook. I might go for the Nook Simple Touch if I were buying one right now, but I'm more than satisfied with what I've got now.

If you like classics, check out Project Gutenberg for sure. Here are some other websites where you can get stuff that's out of copyright for free (shameful plug of my library blog): http://chathamlibrary.wordpress.com/library-on-the-go/more-free-downloads/

Speaking of libraries, check to see whether your public library has Overdrive, which lets you check out ebooks.

And, uh, PM me here or message me on Facebook or something if you're interested in possibly discussing some possibly less legal sources. Not that I'd ever do anything illegal mind you.

**happyfish** · Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:38 pm Post subject:

Heather, wow, that is all REALLY helpful! I appreciate it! I've been wading through some of the links on the blog entry you posted. I'm so excited to finally be engaging in the world of e-books.
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mojo shivers · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:13 pm Post subject:

I'm finally getting around to reading this. I bought it last year with the intention of reading it, but something about the first three chapters lost my interest. However, I powered through the first 75 pages last night and it picked up rather quickly.

Hopefully, the rest of the book will appease me.
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**Heather** · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:29 pm Post subject:

There are def. problems with that book, and way too much exposition is one of them, but when you excise all the bullshit it's a pretty good story, which is why I actually think the movies are better than the books.

**happyfish** · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:37 pm Post subject:

I agree with Heather. I was of the opinion the book could have benefitted from a good editor. It really is one of the few cases I can think of in which I liked the movie more than the book!
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mojo shivers · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:58 am Post subject:

The trouble with most books is that either the author doesn't know how to tell an engaging story or the author simply doesn't have an engaging story to tell. Thankfully, The Name of the Wind doesn't lack for either. Starting with the simple premise of a simple innkeeper with a somewhat colorful past being asked to tell his life story, Patrick Rothfuss manages to tell the history of one man that is as colorful as it is epic.

Even if you're not a fan of fantasy, this is a story that's well worth its place among the best of 2011 lists. The closest comparison I can come up with is David Copperfield, but with a dash of Tolkien thrown in. Seven hundred pages isn't a short read. However, it is a most worthwhile use of your time.

**happyfish** · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:15 pm Post subject:

The Name of the Wind is nearing the top of my to-read list! My boyfriend read it a few months ago and couldn't stop raving about it.
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mojo shivers · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:57 pm Post subject:

mojo shivers · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:18 am Post subject:

I purchased this today in hardcover. The paperback comes out in March.

That's far too late to be of any use for me. After finishing The Name of the Wind I can't wait that long.
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mojo shivers · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:01 am Post subject:

I'm a sucker for high concept novels, but even I was skeptical when this book suggested to me. One, I hate vampires. I hate vampire novels--with the possible exception of Anne Rice's stuff. Most of the time I find them overblown, highly romanticized, and less than engaging. Two, I'm usually not a fan of political thrillers. Government conspiracies, terrorist plots, and international intrigue I like to reserve for films. Last, buddy cop stories turn out to be underwhelming as a plot device.

But Farnsworth makes all these different conceits work. He's less concerned with the vampire aspects of his hero than the fact he's one employed in the some governmental morass that is responsible for the economic and social conditions we have currently. Moreover, he uses this sense of duty, a man working for a government he doesn't entirely agree with for far (far, far, far) too long to explain the hero's jadedness and not pin it on the fact he's been alive since before the Civil War.

Plus, the writing is clever, the action scenes are well done, and the interplay between the vampire government agent and his human handler is far from cliched. This is a story about a guy who kicks butt like Jason Bourne, except he works directly for the Presidential Office and has been for the last one hundred and forty years, and just happens to be a vampire.

It's a good page turner and may surprise one at how well it executes on its premise without ever abandoning it.

I can't wait to read the sequel, The President's Vampire, now.
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**happyfish** · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:25 pm Post subject:

I just finished The Kite Runner, and was overall thoroughly impressed. The story is interesting and moves quickly. It is emotional as well as entertaining. I also have to admit I learned a lot more about Afghanistan from this novel than I ever have from the mainstream media. My only complaint was that I found a few of the major plot points to be a bit predictable - still, as the novel itself points out, some cliches are cliches for a reason.
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bergenergy · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:47 pm Post subject:

I'm kind of going a little nutty right now and reading six books simultaneously and listening to one on CD. It actually works out really well in that I have something for whatever mood I'm in.

A fictional biography of a Byzantine woman who went from actress to empress.

A duel biography of President McKinley and the anarchist who assassinated him in 1901.

A book about Raoul Wallenberg, who worked to save Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.

A fiction book about Jewish war refugees in London at the end of the war, where they experience anti-semitism from the English.

A novel about adult children moving back in with their parents.

And a novel about a man reflecting back on his life. (pretty boring, but short)

And the book on CD, that I just started and would never try to read.

mojo shivers · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:41 pm Post subject:

**Heather** · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:02 am Post subject:

I finished The Fault in Our Stars by John Green on Monday night (way too late), and holy christ, it was amazing. He is brilliant. Looking for Alaska is one of my favorite books ever, and this almost reached that level of transcendence.

And then I started Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. It may seem improbable, but it's an incredibly entertaining read. I am trying to become less ignorant about science, and I feel like this book is making me smarter while at the same time not making me feel like an idiot. Does that make sense? It's really great.

neverending · Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:59 pm Post subject:

any more details on the science book?
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