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StevePalmer
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Tim flannery, The Weather Makers
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Andrew Hook
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:56 am |
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Finished "Snow Falling On Cedars" by David Guterson which I enjoyed up to a point, but there was a lot of extraneous - and often tedious - background information which wasn't required, in my opinion. The story itself worked in itself though. Probably recommended.
Picked up "The Facts of Life" by Graham Joyce to read at work. Still reading "The Magic Toyshop" by Angela Carter to read at home.
By the way, where is Pete?!
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George Berger
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:56 am |
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Location: Uppsala, Sweden
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James Joyce: -Portrait of the Artist.
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des2
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:59 am |
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Location: Clacton-on-Sea
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The Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys (first read in 1975 now being reread) Green Dolphin Country by Elizabeth Goudge and just finished this review of A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT by Peter Bell (Sarob Press). I think the book as a whole is possibly the best example yet of Ghorror (as defined). http://nullimmortalis.wordpress.com/201 ... eter-bell/_________________ MY WEBSITE: www.nemonymous.com
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Pete
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:49 pm |
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Quote: Andrew Hook wrote:-
By the way, where is Pete?! Too busy reviewing books to be reading them, though that's about to change.
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Pete
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:22 pm |
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Just finished a couple of books, the anthology "House of Fear" edited by Jonathan Oliver and Felicity Dowker's collection "Bread and Circuses".
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Pete
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:56 am |
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Also finished "Terror Tales of the Lake District", edited by Paul Finch, which I read as part of the BFS Best Small Press judging malarky.
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Ray
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:07 pm |
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Location: Portsmouth
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I'm on Ghostwritten, by David Mitchell at the mo. So far so good.
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Rolnikov
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:55 pm |
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Location: Birmingham
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Just finished Catherynne Valente's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Devising and now on to the sequel, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There.
Also reading GI Joe: Classics Volume 1.
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Ali_L
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:15 am |
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Amazing titles, Stephen - I just grabbed a Kindle sample of one of those to check out.
I'm partway through 11.22.63, which is a sheer treat so far.
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StephenBacon
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:39 am |
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The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. And also just about to start Graham Joyce's new one.
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Andrew Hook
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:21 am |
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Finished Angela Carter's "The Magic Toyshop" but I never really got into it. For much of the book it read like Enid Blyton and even when things started to happen I felt uninvolved. Oh well.
Still reading Graham Joyce's "Facts of Life" at work, and picked up the PS PostScripts anthology "The New And Perfect Man" to read at home.
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Pete
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:47 pm |
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Just finished "The Orphan Palace" by Joseph S. Pulver, which was pretty darn good.
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Pete
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:05 am |
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"The Brothel Creeper" by Rhys Hughes, another one I've read for the Best Small Press Award.
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Michael Wehunt
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:27 pm |
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Recently finished Laird Barron's The Croning. Recommended for those who like their cosmic horror to not taste of Lovecraft. Proof that Barron's good at novel length as well as short form.
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