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May 18, 2016 at 10:10 am
(May 17, 2016 at 10:27 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: (May 17, 2016 at 8:29 pm)Martian Mermaid Wrote: "Pretties" by Scott Westerfeild. I am now obsessed with the series, because it's so entertaining. So 10/10.
I am now reading Specials. I like that too.
Ohhhhh. No spoilers! Those are on my short list!
I.... think I've heard of those and they're on my amazon wishlist.... But I thought they were called The Uglies or something
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May 18, 2016 at 10:43 pm
(May 18, 2016 at 10:10 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote: (May 17, 2016 at 10:27 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: Ohhhhh. No spoilers! Those are on my short list!
I.... think I've heard of those and they're on my amazon wishlist.... But I thought they were called The Uglies or something
I think "Uglies" is the name of the series.
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May 28, 2016 at 3:15 pm
Ashley's War
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The story of the first women trained to operate with Army Special Ops teams. Talks about the need for and idea to create teams of women who can deploy with Army Rangers in order to gather intel from and search the women and children in Afghanistan where male soldiers aren't allowed to do so thus missing out on vital intelligence, the training these women underwent, being attached to Ranger teams and conducting night missions with them, and the insanity of the political correctness of what to call the teams of women in order to avoid calling attention to the fact that they were women who would be put into combat situations.
A very interesting side of a predominantly male activity - going to war - and a great story, but a tear jerker.
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June 4, 2016 at 9:50 pm
Just finishing up "Devil Said Bang," the fourth book in the Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey (ebook) and "Chimera," the third and final (?) book in the Parasitology series by Mira Grant.
The Sandman Slim books have been deliciously blasphemous. Turns out the devil ain't such a bad guy and gawd is a seven part (not three) entity and a couple of them are royal fuckwads.
Mira Grant seems to be Seanan McGuire's zombie story pen name. First the Feed trilogy, now Parasitology. She takes a
very different view on zombies in general though. Best zombie stuff I've read.
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June 5, 2016 at 12:43 am
Kaplan Construction Documents & Services
AIA A201 Contract
I don't recommend either unless you're crazy -- or studying for the ARE like me
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June 5, 2016 at 12:45 am
I was reading Anne Rice's Prince Lestat, the latest in the vampire chronicle novels, but I never got around to finishing it. Perhaps I should.
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June 7, 2016 at 10:47 pm
Started Half Moon Street by Paul Theroux, which is two novellas called Dr. Slaughter (Later made into a film called Half Moon Street with Sigourney Weaver and Michael Caine) and Dr. De Marr.
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June 12, 2016 at 1:06 am
Finished up "And Another Thing" by Eoin Colfer the other day. It's "Hitchhiker's Guide" part six of three. Having read the Hitchhiker's guide series several times, I was skeptical that anyone other than Douglas Adams could do it justice. I love being proven wrong like this! Now I'm hoping there will be a part seven of three!
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June 21, 2016 at 11:00 pm
"The Way I See It"
Patti Davis
Does your vorlon really need to read any more poop on Nancy Reagan ??
LOL, well, sure, why not. I wasn't under any illusion Patti was going to rehabilitate Nancy's image, and I wasn't disappointed. Nancy was certainly a desperately unhappy bitch, and she wasn't shy about sharing the misery. Ron comes off as even more detached and uninvolved as a father. And poor Micheal, sheesh, hard to imagine just how much shit he had to put up with from Nancy and Ron.
Funny revelation:
Patti informs she isn't liberal because she ignored her father's politics, she is liberal because she paid attention.
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