tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post7551573795271219623..comments2024-03-28T23:03:57.917-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: What Are You Reading?Billie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-77097965091342277462022-02-21T18:55:14.050-05:002022-02-21T18:55:14.050-05:00Milostandfield, hooray! I'd love to hear your ...Milostandfield, hooray! I'd love to hear your thoughts in it. I don't know anyone else who even owns it.Josie Kafkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-68172935529286058482022-02-21T14:37:39.063-05:002022-02-21T14:37:39.063-05:00This thread has conjured McCarrarher's "E...This thread has conjured McCarrarher's "Enchantments" from my wish list to reality, weight warning taken.<br /><br />I think the heaviest book ever published has to be the two volume set of Gary Larson's complete cartoons. EACH book is 12x15x4 inches and weighs 10 pounds! Put one of these in your lap without a crane nearby and you'll never get up again.<br /><br />This just in: didn't realize Expanse Book 9 was out. Got it yesterday. I'm over half finished already and I'm a slow reader! Great end to a great space opera. Too bad how they lopped off an "ending" to the TV series. It deserved better.milostanfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601982445850157037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-32563353667710125882022-02-17T00:53:12.511-05:002022-02-17T00:53:12.511-05:00Lamounier, I'm so happy the Series of Unfortun...Lamounier, I'm so happy the Series of Unfortunate Events is working for you! You've got some great, depressing stuff coming up.<br /><br />Milostanfield, I read Station Eleven when it came out and have weirdly mixed feelings about it. I think I was expecting something more sci-fi, but it's really very "literary fiction" with an apocalyptic gloss. I keep thinking about returning to it with that understanding in mind, but I'm waiting for the end of Covid.<br /><br />(I have been waiting a while.)Josie Kafkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-76462372967469273532022-02-14T06:19:01.022-05:002022-02-14T06:19:01.022-05:00The movie has got me rereading Dune, which is the ...The movie has got me rereading Dune, which is the first time ever I have read a book twice. Also reading Fantastic Four and Doctor Strange from the very beginning. Mark Greighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12984193299389764649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-84857268019188361962022-02-13T13:33:52.911-05:002022-02-13T13:33:52.911-05:00I'm bouncing back and forth between "Stat...I'm bouncing back and forth between "Station Eleven" the book, and the TV series. I bought the book a few years ago but it got shelf locked until I watched the show. Then I read the book. Now rereading and rewatching. How novels get adapted, for better or worse, to the screen fascinates me. My brain has a tendency to lock in the first read or seen version of something as "Definitive", but this time I really do think the TV show is better. They are both good and recommended. I love stories about what happens after a civilization's shit hits the fan. Would mention recently discovered series "Sweet Tooth", another post apoc series, but I'll wait for "What Are You Watching" while I search for the "Sweet Tooth" comic.<br /><br />Also reading (again!) "The Order Of Time'' by Carlo Rovelli, about the physics of time.<br />Next up: "Under A White Sky" by Elizabeth Kolbert, who thinks we're already living in the post apoc!milostanfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601982445850157037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-46932739076561349732022-02-13T06:27:14.444-05:002022-02-13T06:27:14.444-05:00I read Seveneves a few years ago, but I haven'...I read Seveneves a few years ago, but I haven't read The Diamond Age. In Seveneves, I felt like the writing got bogged down in the technical details.magrittenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-85794118897325616512022-02-12T20:25:23.675-05:002022-02-12T20:25:23.675-05:00I like The Diamond Age. Recently I read the Graphi...I like The Diamond Age. Recently I read the Graphic novel: Sunstone by Stjepan Šejić and enjoyed it a lot.HanakoGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05775051089571409749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-34355635943727047022022-02-12T17:18:23.609-05:002022-02-12T17:18:23.609-05:00I have been reading a lot of YA lately. I started...I have been reading a lot of YA lately. I started a job as a school librarian for a middle school and high school this school year. (I added on my degree last December and finally got a job in rural SC.) I just finished Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer because I really liked her Cursebreaker series. I also just read Fallout by Steve Sheinkin because I am trying to make sure that I read in different genres for the kids. I have a new Bosch book by Michael Connelly in my "to be read" pile. Maybe next weekend, when we have an extra day for President's Day . . .paladinteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12332845034159632611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-14564867162248985032022-02-12T17:12:38.838-05:002022-02-12T17:12:38.838-05:00I started rereading The Series of Unfortunate Even...I started rereading The Series of Unfortunate Events books because I wanted to introduce them to my nephew, but I sputtered out after The Austere Academy. (Just because I got distracted, not because of the books themselves.) I would also highly recommend the other Lemony Snicket series All the Wrong Questions. I liked them even more than the books about the Baudelaires.paladinteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12332845034159632611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-49878334328652159822022-02-12T17:06:41.242-05:002022-02-12T17:06:41.242-05:00I'm in the middle of a really fantastic biogra...I'm in the middle of a really fantastic biography of Ada Lovelace called Ada's Algorithm by James Essinger that I can't recommend enough<br /><br />I only know who Ada Lovelace was thanks to Doctor Who, thanks to the failure of the American school system, but I'm really loving the biographyMikey Heinrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053287699381988084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-74270643447331059512022-02-12T13:26:55.676-05:002022-02-12T13:26:55.676-05:00I just started "Babylon's Ashes" (Bo...I just started "Babylon's Ashes" (Book 6 of the expanse) and just finished "Use of Weapons" by Iain Banks.magrittenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-42368253665654226752022-02-12T12:10:45.198-05:002022-02-12T12:10:45.198-05:00For what it's worth, on Twitter yesterday Step...For what it's worth, on Twitter yesterday Stephen King highly recommended Ken Follett's latest, called <i>Never</i>. And I started it today.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-81001150018144663292022-02-12T10:32:33.253-05:002022-02-12T10:32:33.253-05:00I am bouncing among three right now. The Other Alc...I am bouncing among three right now. <i>The Other Alcott</i> because I will read anything to do with that family even if it is fiction. <i>Where the Lost Wander</i> I am reading for my book club but am loving. Finally, I am listening to Chernow's <i>Alexander Hamilton</i>, the book on which the musical is based. It is taking me forever as it is dense and wanders off on tangents that are even more so. However, I am nearly finished, so I power on.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843864158239536750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-81231710738977630292022-02-12T10:25:22.055-05:002022-02-12T10:25:22.055-05:00Josie, I'll start The Austere Academy (book 5)...Josie, I'll start <i>The Austere Academy</i> (book 5) from <i>A Series of Unfortunate Events</i> today! I read <i>The Miserable Mill</i> (book 4) and it was the best so far.<br /><br />Billie, I think I have to put <i>The Expanse</i> on my list. I only hear good things about it.Lamounierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225447169375363236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-62691308181563350442022-02-12T09:45:49.719-05:002022-02-12T09:45:49.719-05:00Oh, and I finally tried Audible and after a few ch...Oh, and I finally tried Audible and after a few chapters of something, I just stopped. But I'm not taking long walks these days. Maybe that would change the situation.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-57840289970570391272022-02-12T09:31:51.245-05:002022-02-12T09:31:51.245-05:00I just finished all nine books of The Expanse, and...I just finished all nine books of <i>The Expanse</i>, and it is one of my favorite sci-fi series ever. The last three books in particular were exceptional. I'm a "hard sci-fi" person and the whole series is my cup of tea. I even like the book series more than the TV series. (I had promised myself not to try the books until the TV series was over, and now I'm kicking myself for waiting.)Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.com