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What are you reading Chapter 4
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The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper
The second book in the timeline of the Leatherstocking Tales and the second book in the 5 novel series as published. The Deerslayer, the first novel in the timeline was actually the last book published. Last of the Mohicans is the most famous of the tales and considered to be the best of Cooper's books.
Good story. Lengthy. Tells of the time in young North America set in The French-Indian Seven Year War. British and French were fighting for territory pre USA and both sides using Native American Tribes in battles against each other.
The plot os long and twisted and complicated. Read the book. Written the old style English, but you can see where American writing is breaking away from that of the old European style of say Dickens, Hawthorne, etc, and just sounding more American. Still old style of writing where words are very concise and used in really spefic meaning to describe scenes, scenery, actions, and ideas. Very cool.
I read Deerslayer and wanted to continue the pentalogy having heard more reference of Mohicans in school and discussions. Will maybe one day read more of the series, but this will do for now. Cooper'd out - but he is a fine, fine writer. Again - wordy sumnab*tch.
The second book in the timeline of the Leatherstocking Tales and the second book in the 5 novel series as published. The Deerslayer, the first novel in the timeline was actually the last book published. Last of the Mohicans is the most famous of the tales and considered to be the best of Cooper's books.
Good story. Lengthy. Tells of the time in young North America set in The French-Indian Seven Year War. British and French were fighting for territory pre USA and both sides using Native American Tribes in battles against each other.
The plot os long and twisted and complicated. Read the book. Written the old style English, but you can see where American writing is breaking away from that of the old European style of say Dickens, Hawthorne, etc, and just sounding more American. Still old style of writing where words are very concise and used in really spefic meaning to describe scenes, scenery, actions, and ideas. Very cool.
I read Deerslayer and wanted to continue the pentalogy having heard more reference of Mohicans in school and discussions. Will maybe one day read more of the series, but this will do for now. Cooper'd out - but he is a fine, fine writer. Again - wordy sumnab*tch.
The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey
It's been interesting so far. It's my first time reading anything by Lackey. I'm not sure why it's taken this long. The only quirk of Lakey that sort of rubs me is her penchant for using slang that doesn't feel/read/sound right in a fantasy setting. Generally I like an author who reads like they talk ( Anthony Bourdain, for instance ) but in this instance it sticks out like boots on a cat.
It's probably just a "me" thing.
It's been interesting so far. It's my first time reading anything by Lackey. I'm not sure why it's taken this long. The only quirk of Lakey that sort of rubs me is her penchant for using slang that doesn't feel/read/sound right in a fantasy setting. Generally I like an author who reads like they talk ( Anthony Bourdain, for instance ) but in this instance it sticks out like boots on a cat.
It's probably just a "me" thing.
One of the best reads of my life!
I was buyin’ what he was sellin’...to the point that, for the several Months I spent with that wordy sumnab*tch I would tell her “I’m headed up into the woods for a while!”
She bought what I was sellin’.
Old school sci-fi this week:
Such a great series of short stories and novels.
And so influential to what came later--The Death Star, The Borg, The Terminator, Daleks, etc.
I love his book of swords series as well. I even had my grandmother read them. She enjoyed them very much. She was in her mid 70's at the time and I was just a teen.
Started reading the book on Independence Day.(in my best sales rep voice...)
An Excellent Choice, good sir!
Danny and the Dinosaur was a favorite for my son and my grandson. Alas, they are both too old now, so I don't have and excuse to read it.
Hound Dog: The Lieber & Stoller Autobiography - with David Ritz
Good read by two of the best song writers of the 50 & 60s. Ton of hits for a ton of bands and artists 50s-80s.
Look into how making music used to be, from writing, to arranging, to recording, to sales and distribution through the majors and indies.
Good read by two of the best song writers of the 50 & 60s. Ton of hits for a ton of bands and artists 50s-80s.
Look into how making music used to be, from writing, to arranging, to recording, to sales and distribution through the majors and indies.
Martin Luther translation of the Bible in German with ESV on opposite page. I asked for KJV but got ESV instead.
The German is pretty simple and to the point.
Also reviewing German grammar using Schaums. I read very well intuitively, but have forgotten all the rules.
The German is pretty simple and to the point.
Also reviewing German grammar using Schaums. I read very well intuitively, but have forgotten all the rules.
Knocking out some light stuff from the cabinet of books-to-be-read:
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This is a fun read, and surprisingly interesting, with lots of neat details!
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This is a fun read, and surprisingly interesting, with lots of neat details!
Ok, now we'll dig into some "classic literature." (For full effect, please read that term with a haughty, posh accent.) 
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I'd heard about this book, of course, but never got around to reading it. Then, during the course of the PBS "Great American Read," they had a segment about it, in which none other than Neil deGrasse Tyson expressed an admiration for it. I figured if he likes it, that's motivator enough for me to read it for myself.
Thanks, edg-yu-ma-cay-shun-nel television (participation of human sedative Meredith Vierra notwithstanding).
Maybe I should say instead, "Thanks Dr. Tyson!"
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I'd heard about this book, of course, but never got around to reading it. Then, during the course of the PBS "Great American Read," they had a segment about it, in which none other than Neil deGrasse Tyson expressed an admiration for it. I figured if he likes it, that's motivator enough for me to read it for myself.
Thanks, edg-yu-ma-cay-shun-nel television (participation of human sedative Meredith Vierra notwithstanding).
Maybe I should say instead, "Thanks Dr. Tyson!"
Recently discovered this author (BJ Bourg) and this series featuring a backwoods small-town Louisiana police chief. There are 11 in the series and I'm currently on Book 3. The first three are a 'loose' trilogy, with each case being solved in each book but with some cliffhangers/subplots carried over into the next book. So far I'm really liking his writing style.
