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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1200 on: January 25, 2020, 08:41:28 AM »
A biography of Lita Ford.  She was in the and "The Runaways" back in the day.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1201 on: January 29, 2020, 11:56:11 AM »
Taking a break from Niven, after finding a Tom Clancy at the local church sale I had not yet read. It was one of his final and somehow, I had not read it.

"Against All Enemies" will not take long. It is truly a page turner.

I also found a stash of old hand tools at that sale. Nothing spectacular, just some old craftsman's hard used tools. Lots of character!
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1202 on: January 30, 2020, 04:56:55 PM »
Just finished reading a biography of Jorma Kaukonen, a founder of the original Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.  Now I'm reading a Bio of Dusty Springfield.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1203 on: February 02, 2020, 01:54:23 PM »
Reading and editing a whitepaper.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1204 on: February 05, 2020, 09:13:58 PM »
Born To The Purple - historical fiction about Constantinople.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1205 on: February 08, 2020, 04:21:41 PM »
Anton Chekov Short Stories
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« Reply #1206 on: February 08, 2020, 07:16:17 PM »
Some REH S&S fantasy tales.....good escapist tales.
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« Reply #1207 on: February 09, 2020, 10:30:25 AM »
Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

Was 3/4 of the way through another book which I had borrowed electronically from the library and just as I was at the good part, the library yanked it back. I was reading far more slowly than usual because I was sick so I didn't realize that the due date was so close. Now I've got to wait until it's available again because it had a wait list. Bah.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1208 on: February 09, 2020, 10:47:05 AM »
A book of short stories by Robert E. Howard.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1209 on: February 09, 2020, 11:47:37 AM »
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 05, 2020, 09:13:58 PM
Born To The Purple - historical fiction about Constantinople.

Got about 1/3 of the way through it and deleted it. It read like a young adult novel.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1210 on: February 09, 2020, 06:31:51 PM »

Back to finishing up all the Niven.

I can recommend all the Clancy works.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1211 on: February 09, 2020, 09:03:00 PM »
Quote from: Phoenix on February 09, 2020, 10:30:25 AM
Was 3/4 of the way through another book which I had borrowed electronically from the library and just as I was at the good part, the library yanked it back. I was reading far more slowly than usual because I was sick so I didn't realize that the due date was so close. Now I've got to wait until it's available again because it had a wait list. Bah.

The whole concept of a waitlist and restricted checkouts for a library ebook just seems bizarre. Big publishing needs to dream up a marketing model based on yearly royalties and/or charges per checkout.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1212 on: February 10, 2020, 09:27:53 AM »
Quote from: Pyraxis on February 09, 2020, 09:03:00 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on February 09, 2020, 10:30:25 AM
Was 3/4 of the way through another book which I had borrowed electronically from the library and just as I was at the good part, the library yanked it back. I was reading far more slowly than usual because I was sick so I didn't realize that the due date was so close. Now I've got to wait until it's available again because it had a wait list. Bah.

The whole concept of a waitlist and restricted checkouts for a library ebook just seems bizarre. Big publishing needs to dream up a marketing model based on yearly royalties and/or charges per checkout.
Agreed. I get that libraries only get access to X number of "copies", that they pay for, even if it's digital, but there's times when the wait list is months long on a digital copy which is ridiculous. I can understand a physical copy which takes time to be physically passed around and I don't want to see digital content obliterate physical content (I'm a purist at heart). But if I can't get a physical copy, I will resort to digital and they really need to make it more accessible.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1213 on: February 10, 2020, 11:56:05 AM »
Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump, by Rick Reilly. Hilarious.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1214 on: February 10, 2020, 10:17:36 PM »
Quote from: Phoenix on February 10, 2020, 09:27:53 AM
I get that libraries only get access to X number of "copies"

A digital book should not be counted in "copies".

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I'm a purist of a different sort.  :LOL:
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