JB Book Club - Page 9

Librarygirl · 02-04-2013, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Kissa

Will surely be getting The Dovekeepers.

I was thinking about extraordinary books last night and realised that I haven't mentioned Skallagrigg by William Horwood. It is no longer in print but available second hand on the usual sites. Of course your library may well have a copy Cindy.

It is an extraordinary book about the horrors of the 'care' of the disabled during the earlier part of the last century and the amazing difference computer technology has made to the lives of so many with Cerebral Palsy.

We did not have this book in our collection, but we soon will.

Thank you for the recommendation!

mom23kids · 02-04-2013, 05:23 PM

Just finished the road, by cormac mccarthy. Wow, that was intense! Very good though! I can see why it won the pulitzer prize

I need something lighter next and tomorrow i'm going to start a steampunk, spring heeled jack by mark hodder.

Librarygirl · 02-04-2013, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Shpongle

Have you guys read the outlander series by Diana Gabaldon

I cannot express just how much I love these books....am totally obsessed with them and they got me interested into so many topics I never thought I'd be curious about.
Diana Gabaldon is my absolute favorite author ever! I'm a bookworm and love to read and I've never come across a series as captivating and absorbing as outlander

It made me really wish the characters were real and I was in 18th century Scotland

Cannot recommend these books enough!

I downloaded the first one to my Kindle just now. You made them sound so good!

mom23kids · 02-04-2013, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Librarygirl

I downloaded the first one to my Kindle just now. You made them sound so good!

I need to add this series to my tbr list, i've heard nothing but good about it!

tekla · 02-04-2013, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Shpongle

Have you guys read the outlander series by Diana Gabaldon

I cannot express just how much I love these books....am totally obsessed with them and they got me interested into so many topics I never thought I'd be curious about.
Diana Gabaldon is my absolute favorite author ever! I'm a bookworm and love to read and I've never come across a series as captivating and absorbing as outlander

It made me really wish the characters were real and I was in 18th century Scotland

Cannot recommend these books enough!

LOVE the entire series. It feels like I've been waiting forever for the next one!

Kissa · 02-06-2013, 02:35 AM

I am engrossed in Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver, thank for the recommendation. I thought the ......?....... Bible was amazing but quite harrowing, while this is so far such a joyful read.

I must try the Outlander series, I often see it on my Kindle offers.

Cindy, I don't think you'll be disappointed in Skallagrigg. It has dated because technology has moved so fast, but it is a powerful read.

ouizoid · 02-06-2013, 06:53 AM

I'll have to read Prodigal Summer next--I recently finished Flight Behavior and loved it so so much--

b_lou_who · 02-06-2013, 07:07 AM

Devouring Laurie R King's Mary Russell and Sherlock series right now. Who doesn't love a kindle?
Love a good old-fashioned mystery, scifi, and fantasy.
Need to re-read JUDDD book.
Also, picked up my first paper book in a year "A Drop of Chinese Blood"...decent read thus far as well.

deboratpc · 02-06-2013, 08:56 AM

Check out Wounded by Jasinda Wilder!!!

mom23kids · 02-06-2013, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by b_lou_who

Devouring Laurie R King's Mary Russell and Sherlock series right now. Who doesn't love a kindle?
Love a good old-fashioned mystery, scifi, and fantasy.
Need to re-read JUDDD book.
Also, picked up my first paper book in a year "A Drop of Chinese Blood"...decent read thus far as well.

I have the 2nd book in the series in my book pile right now

i'm a huge holmes fan!

Zib · 02-06-2013, 10:19 AM

Just got "The Inventor and the Tycoon" from the library. I spent the first evening just looking at all the photographs interspersed throughout the book.
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One hundred and thirty years ago Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography, anticipating and making possible motion pictures. He was the first to capture time and play it back for an audience, giving birth to visual media and screen entertainments of all kinds. Yet the artist and inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial is one of the early instances of a media sensation. His patron was railroad tycoon (and former California governor) Leland Stanford, whose particular obsession was whether four hooves of a running horse ever left the ground at once. Stanford hired Muybridge and his camera to answer that question. And between them, the murderer and the railroad mogul launched the age of visual media.

Set in California during its frontier decades, The Tycoon and the Inventor interweaves Muybridge's quest to unlock the secrets of motion through photography, an obsessive murder plot, and the peculiar partnership of an eccentric inventor and a driven entrepreneur. A tale from the great American West, this popular history unspools a story of passion, wealth, and sinister ingenuity.
=============
And finished listening to "Attack of the Theocrats" by a former congressman, now leading a secular lobbying organization. Fascinating.

Librarygirl · 02-07-2013, 05:08 PM

I ordered Dr. Johnson's Alternate Day Diet for the library yesterday. I have a niggling fear that one of my co-workers will read it and start JUDDDing and surpass me by miles.

Kissa · 02-08-2013, 07:40 AM

Ha, ha! I would hate that too.

mom23kids · 02-08-2013, 01:06 PM

So excited, a bunch of my library holds came in today

here's what i got-these will keep me busy for a few days lol.

Last kiss goodnight by gena showalter-pnr
Speaking from among the bones by alan bradley-myst, the new flavia de luce book yay!
Etiquette and espionage by gail carriger-steampunk YA
The madman's daughter by megan shepherd horro YA
Prophecy by ellen oh -fantasy YA
The prey by andrew fukuda-fantasy YA

mom23kids · 02-10-2013, 02:34 PM

Read two books this weekend-last kiss goodnight by gena showalter and etiquette and espionage by gail carriger. Last kiss was simply awful. such a disappointment from one of the best pnr authors out there

On the other hand Etiquette was amazing! Carriger is one of my favorite authors and her writing is only getting better

shirlc · 02-10-2013, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Zib

I just finished listening to "Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton.

Oddly, at the end, I thought it reminded me of a "Twilight Zone" episode written by Rod Serling, who was fond of irony. And even odder, while looking at reviews at Audible, this was exactly the comment made by another listener.

I just finished reading Ethan Frome. I thought it sounded good based on your description. I didn't remember your comment about "Twilight Zone," but when I looked back at your post here, I totally agree!!!

I also think it's one of those stories I'll always remember.

Librarygirl · 02-10-2013, 04:23 PM

I think I read Ethan Frome in college, but I need to read it again. Luckily, it's in the library.

b_lou_who · 02-10-2013, 05:11 PM

Just read Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society. Readable with a certain charm but not my usual type of book. Halfway through Clockwork Angels. Steampunk novel about societal freedom (guy Fawkes-v for vendetta kind of thing)

mom23kids · 02-10-2013, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by b_lou_who

Just read Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society. Readable with a certain charm but not my usual type of book. Halfway through Clockwork Angels. Steampunk novel about societal freedom (guy Fawkes-v for vendetta kind of thing)

That series is on my tbr list, hopefully i'll get to it this year!

Kismet311 · 02-11-2013, 03:24 AM

Just started The Kingmaker's Daughter. Splintered came in at the library also so I am going to pick that up today! Next week is vacation so I will be on a reading marathon LOL

mom23kids · 02-11-2013, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Kismet311

Just started The Kingmaker's Daughter. Splintered came in at the library also so I am going to pick that up today! Next week is vacation so I will be on a reading marathon LOL

I hope you like splintered!

I'm partway through The madman's daughter, by megan shepherd. It's a YA horror story inspired by H.G. Well's The island of dr. Moreau. Really good so far!

krow134 · 02-11-2013, 07:06 AM

I just finished legend and prodigy by Marie Lu now have to wait til third book is out. I really liked them. I have a bunch of waiting for the third book series this year actually. Lol! Lauren Oliver's delirium series, Sylvia days crossfire series, the infernal devices by Cassandra Clare......etc etc. I wish the could just release a series all at once!!! I did recently get the graceling series and with income tax I am going to get the birthmarked series. A friend of mine India Drummond is an author in the UK and she has a series that interests me, I might purchase that also. The books of fae is what she writes. My only complaint with my kindle is I can't buy used books for cheap off of Amazon like I used too! Sometimes I hate spending ten bucks an ebook when I would get them for a buck or two uses! Oh well I do love this thing lol!

Librarygirl · 02-11-2013, 08:27 AM

I have a new book (unpublished) to review for LJ. It was on my desk when I came in this morning, so I guess it came by late afternoon mail Friday after I left work. Not my usual pick, but it's entitled, "You", by Austin Grossman. It's about a young man who joins a gaming studio where he will work with others to create video games...some mysterious software glitch and he's in a race to save his job and the people he works with...

I'll let you know more if you're interested, as I read it.

ETA: I am reading the first Outlander book and a tiny bit disappointed. It's interesting, but not as much as I'd hoped. I've been reading it for a week or more and anxious to move on to something else. Well, now I have to read this new one, lol. My deadline is 2/27.

tekla · 02-11-2013, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by b_lou_who

Just read Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society. Readable with a certain charm but not my usual type of book. Halfway through Clockwork Angels. Steampunk novel about societal freedom (guy Fawkes-v for vendetta kind of thing)

Love all things steampunk.

mom23kids · 02-11-2013, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by tekla

Love all things steampunk.

Steampunk is fast becoming my favorite sub-genre

i'm starting a steampunk romance tonight, her sky cowboy by beth ciotta

mom23kids · 02-12-2013, 01:06 PM

Finished the madman's daughter and her sky cowboy-both were excellent, 5 star books! Not sure what's next-i have a stack of books on my night stand and all of them look so good!

b_lou_who · 02-12-2013, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Kismet311

Just started The Kingmaker's Daughter. Splintered came in at the library also so I am going to pick that up today! Next week is vacation so I will be on a reading marathon LOL

How is Kingmaker's Daughter?

Shpongle · 02-12-2013, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Librarygirl

ETA: I am reading the first Outlander book and a tiny bit disappointed. It's interesting, but not as much as I'd hoped. I've been reading it for a week or more and anxious to move on to something else. Well, now I have to read this new one, lol. My deadline is 2/27.

Please give Outlander a chance Cindy!

I've just finished The Dovekeepeers and The Snow Child....wow! Loved them both. Any more recommendations like these 2 books??

Has anyone read The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared? I keep hearing how great it is from people.

Librarygirl · 02-12-2013, 06:36 PM

One thing I can say is that she has certainly embraced her new life and new husband.

stephdray · 02-12-2013, 09:09 PM

You realize you ladies are killing me here, right? I've been trying not to post in this thread since it started because there's nothing worse than an author horning in on everyone's reading fun, but I love books! I read books! And you're all talking about some of my favorites.

I had to re-start Diana Gabaldon's OUTLANDER at least three times. Couldn't do it. Ended up buying it on audio instead and then I loooooooooved it!

The DOVEKEEPERS is so beautiful--but then, it's exactly the kind of thing I write, so I would think so. Or at least the kind of thing I hope I am writing.

02-04-2013, 05:23 PM	#242
mom23kids Established Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: The Library Posts: 2,491 Gallery: mom23kids Stats: Maintenance WOE: JUDDD for WL/5:2 IF for maintenance	Just finished the road, by cormac mccarthy. Wow, that was intense! Very good though! I can see why it won the pulitzer prize I need something lighter next and tomorrow i'm going to start a steampunk, spring heeled jack by mark hodder. Last edited by mom23kids; 02-04-2013 at 05:26 PM..

02-06-2013, 10:19 AM	#251
Zib Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: usually at home Posts: 2,552 Gallery: Zib WOE: JUDDD Start Date: August 2012 - Cholesterol down 70 points!	Just got "The Inventor and the Tycoon" from the library. I spent the first evening just looking at all the photographs interspersed throughout the book. =========== One hundred and thirty years ago Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography, anticipating and making possible motion pictures. He was the first to capture time and play it back for an audience, giving birth to visual media and screen entertainments of all kinds. Yet the artist and inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial is one of the early instances of a media sensation. His patron was railroad tycoon (and former California governor) Leland Stanford, whose particular obsession was whether four hooves of a running horse ever left the ground at once. Stanford hired Muybridge and his camera to answer that question. And between them, the murderer and the railroad mogul launched the age of visual media. Set in California during its frontier decades, The Tycoon and the Inventor interweaves Muybridge's quest to unlock the secrets of motion through photography, an obsessive murder plot, and the peculiar partnership of an eccentric inventor and a driven entrepreneur. A tale from the great American West, this popular history unspools a story of passion, wealth, and sinister ingenuity. ============= And finished listening to "Attack of the Theocrats" by a former congressman, now leading a secular lobbying organization. Fascinating. __________________ "I can never take for granted the euphoria produced by a cup of coffee. I'm grateful every day that it isn't banned as a drug, that I don't have to buy it from a pusher, that its cost is minimal and there's no need to increase the intake. And thanks to the magic in a cup of coffee, I'm able to plunge into a whole day's cheerful thinking." Anita Loos Last edited by Zib; 02-06-2013 at 10:20 AM..

02-11-2013, 07:06 AM	#262
krow134 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 1,427 Gallery: krow134 Stats: 207 starting weight in 2012 WOE: Low Carb/JUDDD	I just finished legend and prodigy by Marie Lu now have to wait til third book is out. I really liked them. I have a bunch of waiting for the third book series this year actually. Lol! Lauren Oliver's delirium series, Sylvia days crossfire series, the infernal devices by Cassandra Clare......etc etc. I wish the could just release a series all at once!!! I did recently get the graceling series and with income tax I am going to get the birthmarked series. A friend of mine India Drummond is an author in the UK and she has a series that interests me, I might purchase that also. The books of fae is what she writes. My only complaint with my kindle is I can't buy used books for cheap off of Amazon like I used too! Sometimes I hate spending ten bucks an ebook when I would get them for a buck or two uses! Oh well I do love this thing lol! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and from Tanya Current weight: 175 BMI: Obese 1st goal 163 puts me at Overweight! 2nd goal 139 puts me at Healthy weight! 3rd goal 125 puts me at Goal!

02-11-2013, 08:27 AM	#263
Librarygirl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,764 Gallery: Librarygirl Stats: HW 207/(JUDDD) 198/CW 180/GW 130 5'4 49 yo WOE: JUDDD Start Date: Low calorie 6/12 ; Low carb 9/12/ ; JUDDD 11/13/12	I have a new book (unpublished) to review for LJ. It was on my desk when I came in this morning, so I guess it came by late afternoon mail Friday after I left work. Not my usual pick, but it's entitled, "You", by Austin Grossman. It's about a young man who joins a gaming studio where he will work with others to create video games...some mysterious software glitch and he's in a race to save his job and the people he works with... I'll let you know more if you're interested, as I read it. ETA: I am reading the first Outlander book and a tiny bit disappointed. It's interesting, but not as much as I'd hoped. I've been reading it for a week or more and anxious to move on to something else. Well, now I have to read this new one, lol. My deadline is 2/27. __________________ "Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway." I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.--Abe Lincoln *Cindy* Last edited by Librarygirl; 02-11-2013 at 08:30 AM..

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02-06-2013, 02:35 AM	#246
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	I am engrossed in Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver, thank for the recommendation. I thought the ......?....... Bible was amazing but quite harrowing, while this is so far such a joyful read. I must try the Outlander series, I often see it on my Kindle offers. Cindy, I don't think you'll be disappointed in Skallagrigg. It has dated because technology has moved so fast, but it is a powerful read.

02-06-2013, 06:53 AM	#247
ouizoid Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,920 Gallery: ouizoid Stats: 225/165/145 WOE: JUDDD	I'll have to read Prodigal Summer next--I recently finished Flight Behavior and loved it so so much--

02-06-2013, 07:07 AM	#248
b_lou_who Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: heaviest 200.4 Posts: 1,827 Gallery: b_lou_who Stats: 2013 177.3/169.3/159 5'7" 43 WOE: whole organic low-sugars intermittent fasting Start Date: 1997	Devouring Laurie R King's Mary Russell and Sherlock series right now. Who doesn't love a kindle? Love a good old-fashioned mystery, scifi, and fantasy. Need to re-read JUDDD book. Also, picked up my first paper book in a year "A Drop of Chinese Blood"...decent read thus far as well.

02-06-2013, 08:56 AM	#249
deboratpc Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: South Carolina Posts: 185 Gallery: deboratpc Stats: 238/208.8/140 WOE: JUDDD Start Date: 1/07/2013	Check out Wounded by Jasinda Wilder!!!

02-07-2013, 05:08 PM	#252
Librarygirl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,764 Gallery: Librarygirl Stats: HW 207/(JUDDD) 198/CW 180/GW 130 5'4 49 yo WOE: JUDDD Start Date: Low calorie 6/12 ; Low carb 9/12/ ; JUDDD 11/13/12	I ordered Dr. Johnson's Alternate Day Diet for the library yesterday. I have a niggling fear that one of my co-workers will read it and start JUDDDing and surpass me by miles.

02-08-2013, 07:40 AM	#253
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	Ha, ha! I would hate that too.

02-08-2013, 01:06 PM	#254
mom23kids Established Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: The Library Posts: 2,491 Gallery: mom23kids Stats: Maintenance WOE: JUDDD for WL/5:2 IF for maintenance	So excited, a bunch of my library holds came in today here's what i got-these will keep me busy for a few days lol. Last kiss goodnight by gena showalter-pnr Speaking from among the bones by alan bradley-myst, the new flavia de luce book yay! Etiquette and espionage by gail carriger-steampunk YA The madman's daughter by megan shepherd horro YA Prophecy by ellen oh -fantasy YA The prey by andrew fukuda-fantasy YA

02-10-2013, 02:34 PM	#255
mom23kids Established Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: The Library Posts: 2,491 Gallery: mom23kids Stats: Maintenance WOE: JUDDD for WL/5:2 IF for maintenance	Read two books this weekend-last kiss goodnight by gena showalter and etiquette and espionage by gail carriger. Last kiss was simply awful. such a disappointment from one of the best pnr authors out there On the other hand Etiquette was amazing! Carriger is one of my favorite authors and her writing is only getting better

02-10-2013, 04:23 PM	#257
Librarygirl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,764 Gallery: Librarygirl Stats: HW 207/(JUDDD) 198/CW 180/GW 130 5'4 49 yo WOE: JUDDD Start Date: Low calorie 6/12 ; Low carb 9/12/ ; JUDDD 11/13/12	I think I read Ethan Frome in college, but I need to read it again. Luckily, it's in the library.

02-10-2013, 05:11 PM	#258
b_lou_who Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: heaviest 200.4 Posts: 1,827 Gallery: b_lou_who Stats: 2013 177.3/169.3/159 5'7" 43 WOE: whole organic low-sugars intermittent fasting Start Date: 1997	Just read Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society. Readable with a certain charm but not my usual type of book. Halfway through Clockwork Angels. Steampunk novel about societal freedom (guy Fawkes-v for vendetta kind of thing)

02-11-2013, 03:24 AM	#260
Kismet311 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New York Posts: 891 Gallery: Kismet311 Stats: 161/131.8/125 WOE: TOPS/Juddd	Just started The Kingmaker's Daughter. Splintered came in at the library also so I am going to pick that up today! Next week is vacation so I will be on a reading marathon LOL

02-12-2013, 01:06 PM	#266
mom23kids Established Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: The Library Posts: 2,491 Gallery: mom23kids Stats: Maintenance WOE: JUDDD for WL/5:2 IF for maintenance	Finished the madman's daughter and her sky cowboy-both were excellent, 5 star books! Not sure what's next-i have a stack of books on my night stand and all of them look so good!

02-12-2013, 06:36 PM	#269
Librarygirl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,764 Gallery: Librarygirl Stats: HW 207/(JUDDD) 198/CW 180/GW 130 5'4 49 yo WOE: JUDDD Start Date: Low calorie 6/12 ; Low carb 9/12/ ; JUDDD 11/13/12	One thing I can say is that she has certainly embraced her new life and new husband.

02-12-2013, 09:09 PM	#270
stephdray Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Baltimore Posts: 1,118 Gallery: stephdray Stats: 290/249/250 WOE: Moderate Carb JUDDD (Lost first 4 lbs on WW) Start Date: 7/4/2012 -- 41 lbs lost total	You realize you ladies are killing me here, right? I've been trying not to post in this thread since it started because there's nothing worse than an author horning in on everyone's reading fun, but I love books! I read books! And you're all talking about some of my favorites. I had to re-start Diana Gabaldon's OUTLANDER at least three times. Couldn't do it. Ended up buying it on audio instead and then I loooooooooved it! The DOVEKEEPERS is so beautiful--but then, it's exactly the kind of thing I write, so I would think so. Or at least the kind of thing I hope I am writing.