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What are you reading?
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August 7, 2025 at 9:13 pm
I have trouble getting into most books. If only there was some place where one could borrow books to see if they liked them, hmmm. But currently I'm reading the restaurant at the end of the universe. The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy was my favorite book so I'm really excited about this one.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:37 am
After listening to a couple of books that were less than satisfactory, I decided to listen to Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. I read it many, many years ago and am enjoying the story this time around. Long book, the Audible version is about 40 hours.
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September 17, 2025 at 12:22 pm
Leafing through Prof. Tolkien’s waste paper basket.

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September 17, 2025 at 12:24 pm
(August 7, 2025 at 9:13 pm)Rizen Wrote: I have trouble getting into most books. If only there was some place where one could borrow books to see if they liked them, hmmm. But currently I'm reading the restaurant at the end of the universe. The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy was my favorite book so I'm really excited about this one.

Keep going - there are six books in the Hitchhiker’s trilogy.

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September 17, 2025 at 11:47 pm
The Orchard Keeper.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#276
RE: What are you reading?
September 18, 2025 at 12:03 am
(September 17, 2025 at 6:37 am)arewethereyet Wrote: After listening to a couple of books that were less than satisfactory, I decided to listen to Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.  I read it many, many years ago and am enjoying the story this time around.  Long book, the Audible version is about 40 hours.

I've read all but the latest in the Kingsbridge series, and a few of his other books. His thrillers are also very good.
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October 6, 2025 at 8:53 pm
(September 18, 2025 at 12:03 am)Ravenshire Wrote:
(September 17, 2025 at 6:37 am)arewethereyet Wrote: After listening to a couple of books that were less than satisfactory, I decided to listen to Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.  I read it many, many years ago and am enjoying the story this time around.  Long book, the Audible version is about 40 hours.

I've read all but the latest in the Kingsbridge series, and a few of his other books. His thrillers are also very good.

I just finished the third book (A Column of Fire) but struggled with that one a bit.  I found myself getting bored in parts of it.  I have book 4 and the prequel in my library so I hope that things pick up again and hold my interest a little better.
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October 7, 2025 at 5:10 am
Finished The Fellowship of the Ring, moving on to The Two Towers.

Like Christopher Lee, I re-read LOTR once a year. I don't know if Lee did this, but I always start on 22 September.

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RE: What are you reading?
October 7, 2025 at 1:24 pm (This post was last modified: October 7, 2025 at 1:25 pm by Mister Agenda.)
Tales of Shub-Niggurath, edited by C.T. Phipps. Arguably the most unfortunately named Great Old One/Elder God/whatever she/it is.
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RE: What are you reading?
October 7, 2025 at 1:27 pm
(October 7, 2025 at 5:10 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Finished The Fellowship of the Ring, moving on to The Two Towers.

Like Christopher Lee, I re-read LOTR once a year. I don't know if Lee did this, but I always start on 22 September.

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I met a woman a long time ago who did the same thing while I was reading it for the first time. She reread it every year. I've tried rereading it, I've got the physical copies in a drawer, but I've never been able to follow through.
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