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lindyhop · 05-21-2005, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

In the Presence of the Enemy by Elizabeth George. It's a mystery and so far is quite good.

Elizabeth George is great. Her stories tend to be complicated and dense but are very worth the effort.

I'm slowly making my way through Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell.

dsnylndmom · 05-21-2005, 02:10 PM

The Manhattan Hunt Club by John Saul

Not Afraid · 05-21-2005, 02:57 PM

Riding the Black Ship: Japan and Tokyo - Aviad E. Raz

Very interesting sociological study of how Disney made it's home in Japan.

libraryvixen · 05-21-2005, 03:04 PM

I've just started Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld. It's about a small town girl who gets accepted to a fancy boarding school on scholarship. The character, Lee, has a good voice in describing the catty politics in her school.

Cadaverous Pallor · 05-21-2005, 04:04 PM

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman....man, I am wishing for a night where I can stay up and really take a bite out of this. I never get tired of Alice in Wonderland-style fiction, especially as dark and rich as this.

Ghoulish Delight · 05-27-2005, 12:24 PM

I've finally finished Foucault's Pendulum. I really really liked it, BUT...

1) It's just too long, and it really didn't need to be. I mean, I understand that he really was trying to impart the whole process of thought these characters went through, but he could have done it without the excrutiating detail of the historical "facts". I got the point after the first meeting with the colonel, everything after that could have been FAR less detailed. By the end, I was so crammed with so many names and dates and connections that when things from the beginning of the book were brought up again, I couldn't remember what they were.

2) There was one thing I just didn't get, maybe someone who's read it can help me...

Spoiler:

Baileykat · 05-27-2005, 12:29 PM

Dang it! I want more books! But alas, I was bad and now have a library fine!

Gemini Cricket · 05-27-2005, 01:14 PM

I think it was either GD or CP that was talking about 'The Phantom Tollbooth' on another thread. It made me want to read it. I like it so far. I'm right in the middle. I thought I had read it in the past, but I was mistaken.

Me likes.

Ghoulish Delight · 05-27-2005, 01:19 PM

Probably me. I've probably read it 20 times, it's a wonderful book.

Prudence · 05-27-2005, 01:42 PM

GD: I've run into that a few different times, especially with older and/or European authors. The only thing I could think of was that it was to represent a generic place and not commit them to the specifics of any actual place. But I'm just making that up, so who knows.

05-21-2005, 02:10 PM	#112
dsnylndmom Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Matterhorn Way Posts: 363	The Manhattan Hunt Club by John Saul
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Riding the Black Ship: Japan and Tokyo - Aviad E. Raz Very interesting sociological study of how Disney made it's home in Japan.
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libraryvixen is part of the resistance Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: up North Posts: 963	I've just started Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld. It's about a small town girl who gets accepted to a fancy boarding school on scholarship. The character, Lee, has a good voice in describing the catty politics in her school. __________________ Yes, I'm still alive!
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman....man, I am wishing for a night where I can stay up and really take a bite out of this. I never get tired of Alice in Wonderland-style fiction, especially as dark and rich as this. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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05-27-2005, 12:24 PM	#116
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I've finally finished Foucault's Pendulum. I really really liked it, BUT... 1) It's just too long, and it really didn't need to be. I mean, I understand that he really was trying to impart the whole process of thought these characters went through, but he could have done it without the excrutiating detail of the historical "facts". I got the point after the first meeting with the colonel, everything after that could have been FAR less detailed. By the end, I was so crammed with so many names and dates and connections that when things from the beginning of the book were brought up again, I couldn't remember what they were. 2) There was one thing I just didn't get, maybe someone who's read it can help me... Spoiler: Why the fvck does he mask the name of Belbo's home town?! I kept expecting it to be revealed at the end, that the name of the town would be some sort of lynch pin in the Plan and that the revelation would change everything. But no dice. Just ***. Was that supposed to be symbolic of something, or was Eco just too lazy to find an Italian town that matched his description? __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Baileykat Hotel Expert! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: follow the yellow brick road and take a left Posts: 396	Dang it! I want more books! But alas, I was bad and now have a library fine! __________________ Me:"Bailey you need to eat some fruit! Fruit never killed anyone!" Bailey" "Yes it did..Snow White!"
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05-27-2005, 01:14 PM	#118
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I think it was either GD or CP that was talking about 'The Phantom Tollbooth' on another thread. It made me want to read it. I like it so far. I'm right in the middle. I thought I had read it in the past, but I was mistaken. Me likes.
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05-27-2005, 01:19 PM	#119
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Probably me. I've probably read it 20 times, it's a wonderful book. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	GD: I've run into that a few different times, especially with older and/or European authors. The only thing I could think of was that it was to represent a generic place and not commit them to the specifics of any actual place. But I'm just making that up, so who knows. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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