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November 14, 2017 at 9:31 pm
I'm really loving Audible.com! All five "Alcatraz" audio books and "Oathbringer" (Stormilight Archives book 3) by Brandon Sanderson for about $36. Retail for the same audio books is a little over $160. [Image: astonished_face_1f632.png]
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November 15, 2017 at 6:19 pm
Hey, CM, did you ever finish the John Cleaver series?
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November 15, 2017 at 7:47 pm (This post was last modified: November 15, 2017 at 7:49 pm by No_God.)
Kingdom of the monkey god by Douglas Preston


Edit: I meant Lost City of The Monkey God


Cough syrup is kickin in...
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November 15, 2017 at 9:11 pm
I've got that one on my long list. I've read almost everything he teamed up with Lincoln Child on. Should I move his solo stuff to the short list?

Right now, I'm reading (listening) The Expanse series. SyFy has done a comendable job (at least so far) adapting to television. Very good political thriller/sci-fi jaunt.
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November 16, 2017 at 11:22 am
(November 15, 2017 at 6:19 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: Hey, CM, did you ever finish the John Cleaver series?

Yes, I thought it was enjoyable. I'd recommend it.

I should reread/relisten-to it, but I'm not in a very horror-novel place right now, even though I'd barely classify it as horror, or even YA horror.
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November 16, 2017 at 1:06 pm
I'm currently juggling three books: Nabokov's Despair (which adequately expresses my feelings of inadequacy whenever I encounter his glorious prose); a re-reading of The Bible Unearthed (if only more Christians would read this book!); and Tony Salvitti's Black Dragon Kung Fu (a useful -- but badly written -- book about such things as hand conditioning, dragon claw development, and iron body training).
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November 16, 2017 at 3:01 pm
(November 15, 2017 at 9:11 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: I've got that one on my long list. I've read almost everything he teamed up with Lincoln Child on. 

Hopefully that excludes the Gideon stuff...
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November 16, 2017 at 3:06 pm
Haven't read the Gideon books yet. Are they really that bad?
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November 16, 2017 at 3:12 pm (This post was last modified: November 16, 2017 at 3:16 pm by John V.)
(November 16, 2017 at 3:06 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: Haven't read the Gideon books yet. Are they really that bad?

I couldn't even finish the first one. Maybe they got better. As I recall I got to a scene where, instead of parking normally at an airport, he parked illegally - then somehow bluffed the cops that approached him. It felt like something from a bad 70s TV show.
Regarding solo Preston, I've read Tyrannosaur Canyon. It was good. Similar to the Preston/Child stuff.
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November 17, 2017 at 2:47 am
Stranger Than Fanfiction: 6/10

Personally, I really enjoyed it. But you have to be a social-media-addicted teenager to understand some of what went on, as it uses a lot of modern terminology, and has the mindset of a kid who reads fanfiction on tumblr all day. I can certainly see how it may feel way too PC for some people, however, for me, a 19 year old who spends her days on the internet, it was a fun read.
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