New Scaratings

I just started reading "Give Us This Day" by Sidney Stewart which I picked up at a used book store. I guess it should be called a semi-autobiogrphy. It was publish in 1956. It is the story of his surviving the Bataan Death March and 3 years of hell in Japanese POW prisons.

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"Truth Like Football. Gets kicked around much, before reaching goal." - Charlie Chan

" Don't look back, The bastards might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige

Frank

Just Another Judgement Day - Simon R. Green

Hyperion - Simmons
Fevre Dream - Martin

Finished up the four Hyperion books and The Forever War by Haldeman. Back to Fevre Dream again, and reading Song of Kali by Simmons.

Also a few thousands pages of stupid ass manuals and tech guides, but those don't count, as they're joyless.

All good ones.

Finished The Dreaming Void and The Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton.

Continues the Commonwealth Universe store line introduced by Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained, though set 1,500 years later (though with some of the same characters).

Looking forward to the final book in the trilogy, the Enternal Void.

I'm trying to read "Just After Sunset" by Stephen King. It's not his best work, but not terrible either. It's a series of short stories so just as you're getting into it, the story is over and the next one begins.

Just finished The Good, The Bad and The Uncanny by Simon R. Green and Kage Baker's The Life of the World to Come

Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham. Sort of a Final Countdown.

I'll bet you wouldn't find the manual and tech guide for Golden Tee joyless.

I got "Under The Dome" by Stephen King for Christmas. Have been thinking about starting that book, definitely a long read but looks good. All I keep thinking about is the Simpsons movie though when looking through the storyline. lol
Cheers,
--Tia

Finished Final Impact by John Birmingham.

Getting ready to start The Simulacra by Philp K. Dick.

The Introvert Advantage, How To Thrive In An Extrovert World - Marti Olsen Laney

It's all finally starting to make sense

Gone through a bunch since last posted here, but currently finishing Anthony Bourdain's newest book. Highly recommend it.

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Unfortunately the blurb is a bit of false advertising. They try to make it sound as if it's Bourdain ripping on people the entire time. It isn't. In fact, the vast majority of the book is not that at all. Quite a few of the chapters are incredibly touching, especially when he discusses his daughter.

Then again, on a personal level, I feel a certain kinship with Bourdain and his descriptions of both himself and his worldview, so I'm probably a bit biased.

Just started "Veeck as in Wreck". I intend on finishing it by the pool at Bellagio after I lose all of my money on the first day of my trip.

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Malort. It's not just for breakfast anymore.

Tuna, I read that 40+ years ago. A Great Book.

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"Truth Like Football. Gets kicked around much, before reaching goal." - Charlie Chan

" Don't look back, The bastards might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige

Frank

"Heaven and Hell" by Don Felder with Wendy Holden

An enjoyable "tell-all" book. His teen years and early friendship with Stephen Stills, the Allman Brothers and "Tommy" Petty are pretty interesting.

In retrospect, I surprised he lasted that long as a member of the Eagles. According to his recollection, he could tell they were disfunctional after his second day in the studio with them.

"Eye of the Storm" by John Ringo. A return to the Aldeneta Legacy !

Halfway through the Uplift series by David Brin

Finished a whole bunch again, currently working on:

Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
Book 5 of the Swords series by Fritz Leiber
A poorly digitized book of Einstein's (that has no title -- I'm assuming it's his clear writing on Relativity)
Phases of Gravity by Dan Simmons
And the SQL 2005 Bible.

Yay

Parisians: an adventure history of Paris, by Graham Robb

I did not think Paris Hilton was old enough to have much of an history.

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"Truth Like Football. Gets kicked around much, before reaching goal." - Charlie Chan

" Don't look back, The bastards might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige

Frank

I guess you didn't see The Hottie and the Nottie.