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What are you reading Chapter 4

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Enjoying this one:
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crucislancer said:
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Tough Baby by Jesse Sublett. This is the second of 3 noir/mystery novels that take place in Austin, TX in the 80’s and 90’s. The main character in all three novels is Martin Fender, a bass player who also moonlights as a skip tracer. This is pure entertainment, beer and pretzels mystery, with music/bass guitar stuff thrown in. All 3 are fun reads, and I’ve re-read them many times, especially the first one (Rock Critic Murders). And, the author is also a bass player in Austin.
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Picked up the first one on Kindle from your recommendation.
It's a fun read, a bit over-complicated a plot, but I did really enjoy it.
There's not a lot of books around where the main character is a musician, and it's always cool to find one.

The one thing that really bugged me, and this is most likely due to either a drunk editor or an incompetent kindle-converter, was the amount of simple mistakes in the writing.
I don't know how Kindle-converting works, but I'd fire whoever did this one.
 
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Oddly said:
Picked up the first one on Kindle from your recommendation.
It's a fun read, a bit over-complicated a plot, but I did really enjoy it.
There's not a lot of books around where the main character is a musician, and it's always cool to find one.

The one thing that really bugged me, and this is most likely due to either a drunk editor or an incompetent kindle-converter, was the amount of simple mistakes in the writing.
I don't know how Kindle-converting works, but I'd fire whoever did this one.
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I have the first book in paperback, picked it up in the early 90’s after reading a blurb about it in Bass Player magazine. Decided I wanted to re-read it again but my paperbacks are packed away, so I picked up the Kindle version. I agree, the editing is awful. I’ve had the same problem with other books that were converted to ebook, usually ones that aren't hugely popular so I would guess they used the cheapest editing possible LOL. I totally dig these books, I’m a sucker for noir fiction like this.
 
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It's an offer you can't refuse. Who would not wish to be
the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork's Royal Mint and the
bank next door? It's a job for life. But, as former con-man
Moist von Lipwig is learning, life is not necessarily
for long.

The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There's
something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is
pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at
a loss.

A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend, he's about to be
exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins' Guild might get him first.
In fact lot of people want him dead. Oh... and every day he has
to take the Chairman for walkies.

Everywhere he looks he's making enemies. What he should be
doing is... Making Money!
(from the dust-jacket)
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Tom Bomb said:

It's an offer you can't refuse. Who would not wish to be
the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork's Royal Mint and the
bank next door? It's a job for life. But, as former con-man
Moist von Lipwig is learning, life is not necessarily
for long.

The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There's
something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is
pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at
a loss.

A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend, he's about to be
exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins' Guild might get him first.
In fact lot of people want him dead. Oh... and every day he has
to take the Chairman for walkies.

Everywhere he looks he's making enemies. What he should be
doing is... Making Money!
(from the dust-jacket)
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I read Going Postal a month or so ago and loved it. Gave it to my son to read and now we're both hooked on the series.
 
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Tom Bomb said:

It's an offer you can't refuse. Who would not wish to be
the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork's Royal Mint and the
bank next door? It's a job for life. But, as former con-man
Moist von Lipwig is learning, life is not necessarily
for long.

The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There's
something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is
pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at
a loss.

A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend, he's about to be
exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins' Guild might get him first.
In fact lot of people want him dead. Oh... and every day he has
to take the Chairman for walkies.

Everywhere he looks he's making enemies. What he should be
doing is... Making Money!
(from the dust-jacket)
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I've been a great fan of The Discworld for a very long time ... it took me a couple of reads to like this and the other two featuring Moist Von Lipwig. I'm glad I made the effort. I still love the ones featuring the City Watch the best though.
 
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Oddly said:
I've been a great fan of The Discworld for a very long time ... it took me a couple of reads to like this and the other two featuring Moist Von Lipwig. I'm glad I made the effort. I still love the ones featuring the City Watch the best though.
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It's all a bit flattish this discworld stuff :smug: I know some hardcore fans. I'm still a novice having only read The Colour of Magic and Soul Music - I do have The Colour of Magic on disk :) Terry's gone now. So sad to see him go. Saw his documentary on voluntary euthanasia and stories later on where he was still writing despite his dementia, with help from some wonderful people. His legacy is something special and a comfort to many.

Making Money's been sitting on the shelf for quite some time but I've been dusting off a few weighty tomes these last few days and this one beckoned to me for some reason :) Thanks for your insights. I'll give it a good run.

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I've been reading this one too, as a companion to Dead White Males.

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In some ways, it's very familiar territory, almost uncannily, and a great source of inspiration, strange as that may seem. Let's just say some dappled light from the Discworld bleeds into mine, on occasion :laugh:

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I thought I'd lost this little gem but it's another ruby in the dust, unearthed again during a recent spring cleaning :) It's good to have it back. I've been craving some of its chapters, lately. They say buying and selling a home, for most people, is one of the most fraught things you'll ever do. If you live long enough, you do get the picture, one way or the other.

So, having some genuine insights is invaluable. The thing is, when people make big money fast, there's nearly always going to be a sucker somewhere: little old ladies, newly weds, divorcees, the unwary, the living, and the like.

That's the message I got from this book. But it doesn't have to be that way. The thing is, the real value here is the honesty within those pages. It's best to find out about the traps awaiting you, as a home buyer, or a seller, vicariously. No two ways about it. It can be a great gift - as good as winning the lottery sometimes, in practical terms.

It's disturbing, even horrifying. It's heartbreaking and it's totally unnerving. Jenman's tales of woe are real and will inspire the kind of awareness that someone like Steven King could easily tap into for some sharper detail in his next best seller.

I just had a gloss over the reviews for Don't Sign Anything and found no need to go past Invalid Link Removed. This is the impression I got too - served me well. I'm gonna reread this over the next little while, just to sharpen up awarenesses :) If "the shark has pearly teeth, dear", then this book is shark repellent.

Here's the lead off from that Australian Investors Association review I linked to - my sentiments exactly.

You see the title and you see the author's name and maybe you will think: "Not that mad fringe real estate identity Neil Jenman, dumping on his own profession again. Hasn't he already said all there is to say?"

I could not put this book down! Jenman does not come across at all lunatic or alarmist. He appears to be chillingly sane, fair and rational as he reveals how 'professional' the real estate industry has become and how conniving these 'professionals' can be when it comes to stripping money from unsophisticated property sellers.[…]
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