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Thank you for sharing, I am sure they enjoyed signing your book as much as you loved having it signed.


Susan Allen
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----Original Message----
From: "Maida 'Mac' Combs" <maida.mac@gmail.com>
Sent: Mon, Feb 24, 2014 11:15 PM
To: tamson-house@googlegroups.com
Subject: CdL, MAH, and Charles Vess

Charles de Lint, Mary Ann Harris, and Charles Vess were in Seattle tonight,
promoting the new color version of Seven Wild Sisters. They had been in
town for FaerieCon West, which I still haven't gotten a chance to go to
yet.

CdL talked about the book, Charles Vess showed a slideshow of his art, and,
and Charles and Mary Ann played a couple songs.

After all of these years, since I found his books when I was 13 or 14, I
finally managed to be there when he was in town. I got both Charles and
Mary Ann to sign my ancient, tattered, and worn copy of Moonheart, his
first book that I ever read. I talked to Mary Ann for a bit and even got a
hug.

It was nice to finally get a chance to tell him how much I enjoyed his
books, after over 25 years of reading them.

~ Mac, the poster formerly known as Liss

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On 2/25/14 1:14 AM, Maida 'Mac' Combs wrote:
> Charles de Lint, Mary Ann Harris, and Charles Vess were in Seattle
> tonight, promoting the new color version of Seven Wild Sisters. They had
> been in town for FaerieCon West, which I still haven't gotten a chance
> to go to yet.
>
> CdL talked about the book, Charles Vess showed a slideshow of his art,
> and, and Charles and Mary Ann played a couple songs.
>
> After all of these years, since I found his books when I was 13 or 14, I
> finally managed to be there when he was in town. I got both Charles and
> Mary Ann to sign my ancient, tattered, and worn copy of Moonheart, his
> first book that I ever read. I talked to Mary Ann for a bit and even got
> a hug.
>
> It was nice to finally get a chance to tell him how much I enjoyed his
> books, after over 25 years of reading them.
>
> ~ Mac, the poster formerly known as Liss
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And welcome to the Mythic Cafe! ;^)





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Thank you for the encouragement. I had hopes she would evolve


Susan Allen
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From: "Gwyn Ryan" <gwynhefar@gmail.com>
Sent: Mon, Feb 24, 2014 11:35 AM
To: tamson-house@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: What are you reading?

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:03 AM, Susan wrote:

> I need new glasses in order to enjoy reading; and I broke the ones that
> were almost good enough
> after a day of peering at my laptop (in order to earn my daily bread), my
> eyes are so fatigued that I have no energy for reading for fun.
>
> New Glasses to be delivered "real soon" whenever that may be (I am
> skeptical of the soon-ness of the promise, soon compared to what is the
> question on my head)>
> at which point I am reading at least a half dozen books, one of which is
> Dimestore Magic, which I now recall I did not read due to the fact I had
> found the protagonist so annoying in the previous book where she was not
> the lead character.
>


I put off reading Dimestore Magic for exactly the same reason - Paige
annoyed the hell out of me in Stolen. She's much better in Dimestore
Magic though, and she continues to evolve throughout the series. Still not
my favourite character, but she doesn't annoy me anymore.

Gwyn

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Thank you got the suggestion; but I am over the line as I am over 7

:not recommended for people with over 6 diopters of myopia

Susan Allen
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Sent: Mon, Feb 24, 2014 8:55 AM
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Subject: Re: What are you reading?

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Susan wrote:

> I need new glasses in order to enjoy reading; and I broke the ones that
> were almost good enough
> after a day of peering at my laptop (in order to earn my daily bread), my
> eyes are so fatigued that I have no energy for reading for fun.
>
>
Try pinhole glasses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_glasses - they
take time to get used to and need stronger lighting, than usual glasses,
but they do not have to be fitted and can serve as reserve glasses (if you
don't mind looking strange, of course). According to some sites they make
the vision better, according to others - it's an urban legend. My
optometrist believes in the former - I know that after several months of
use at work I went back to my old glasses at home (from 2.5 to 1). :-)

ilana

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Charles de Lint, Mary Ann Harris, and Charles Vess were in Seattle tonight, promoting the new color version of Seven Wild Sisters. They had been in town for FaerieCon West, which I still haven't gotten a chance to go to yet.

CdL talked about the book, Charles Vess showed a slideshow of his art, and, and Charles and Mary Ann played a couple songs.

After all of these years, since I found his books when I was 13 or 14, I finally managed to be there when he was in town. I got both Charles and Mary Ann to sign my ancient, tattered, and worn copy of Moonheart, his first book that I ever read. I talked to Mary Ann for a bit and even got a hug.

It was nice to finally get a chance to tell him how much I enjoyed his books, after over 25 years of reading them.

~ Mac, the poster formerly known as Liss

ian@doc2prod.demon.co.uk said:
> http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScoobyDoobyDoors
> Does this help?

Yup, very much so. I don't like the name they use, but I like the
description and all the examples.

Thanks!
Wayne

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maryann@kih.net said:
> Yellow Submarine! (not what it is, but a good example)

It's been *years* since I've seen that, and I really don't remember it.

I think the Streisand's "What's Up, Doc?" kindasorta qualifies, but it
isn't quite it, in my opinion. In any event, it's hilarious and worth
watching.

Wayne

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bap@shrdlu.com said:
> In the UK it's a Whitehall Farce because the Whitehall Theatre
> specialised in it, usually starring Brian (now Lord) Rix. I believe
> elsewhere it's known as French Farce, but Farce is definitely the
> generic term.

Great, thanks! I have a Thought that is slowly coalescing, and I needed
that name before it could become consumable.

Thanks!
Wayne

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________________________________
> From: Ilana Halupovich <ilana.halupovich@gmail.com>

>Try pinhole glasses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_glasses - they take time to get used to and need stronger lighting, than usual glasses, but they do not have to be fitted and can serve as reserve glasses (if you don't mind looking strange, of course).  According to some sites they make the vision better, according to others - it's an urban legend. My optometrist believes in the former - I know that after several months of use at work I went back to my old glasses at home (from 2.5 to 1). :-)
>
Okay, I looked at the photo and wondered where the correction was -- the actual lenses. Then I read the article and saw this: "they are not recommended for people with over 6 diopters of myopia." I'm kind of double that, with astigmatism, so no wonder I was surprised by the lack of a lens. :)

Ellen

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On 24/02/14 15:42, Wayne Morrison wrote:
> There's this, um, thing used in some movies and plays. There's a bunch of
> doors, usually on a hallway. People run in one door, people run out another
> door, sometimes they run in one door and then out another door on the other
> side of the hallway. I'm most familiar with it from Bugs Bunny. I saw a
> production of "Something Wicked Happened on the Way to the Forum" that used
> this thing, but the doors were for different buildings. I think I've heard
> this thing is (or was) used more often in English movies and plays than in
> anyone else's. This thing may have been common in vaudeville, but I really
> don't know.
>
> Does this thing have a particular name?

In the UK it's a Whitehall Farce because the Whitehall Theatre
specialised in it, usually starring Brian (now Lord) Rix. I believe
elsewhere it's known as French Farce, but Farce is definitely the
generic term.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farce


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I listen to audiobooks almost exclusively now, sadly my brain isn't wired for the concentration to sit and read anymore but an audiobook is great! Where do you get yours? Our public library has a pretty decent setup. I was going to do Audible but they only allow one book a month!

Sent mobile!

On Feb 24, 2014, at 2:00 AM, bardi <bardichaun@gmail.com> wrote:

Actuallly I am mostly reading texts right not. One on synesthesia, one on autism,one on Ehler-Danos Syndrome and one on Cisco certification.  (the last being for work.)

For fun I am reading

Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves by Jacqueline Yallop . Fascinating book on Victorian collecting.

The Six Gun Tarot by RS Belcher. Which reminds me more than a bit of Emma Bull's Territory.

I also have a collection of audio books loaded on my kindle which I have not started yet.  Does anyone else read (listen to) audio books? 

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:54 AM, Susan <dragonmom7@onebox.com> wrote:

I will be interested to how you feel about Lolita.
My opinions did not match my High School English class' English Teachers viewpoint (& still does not lo these decades later).


Susan Allen
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Sent:    Fri, Feb 21,  2014 11:50 AM
To:      "tamson-house@googlegroups.com" <tamson-house@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: What are you reading?

On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Ellen Rawson  wrote:

> Oops... Fingers flew too quickly across the keyboard...
>
> So, whatcha reading?
>

Ah, the old diehard!

As usual I am reading way too many things at once. So here's a rundown.

1. Lolita by Nabokov. Because I never have, and it's one of those books I
feel like I should have read. I've only just started it so haven't formed
an opinion yet.

2. Femmes du Chaos by Kristin Duval. She's a friend, and it's been on my
kindle for a while, so I thought it's time to read it! Short stories about
kickass women? My cup of tea, let me show you it. Also just started, but so
far it's what I expected from Kristin: twisted and dark and brilliant.

3. Silverthorn by Feist. Finally working my way through the riftwar books.
I'm not totally sold, honestly. They feel like fairly typical 15year old
boy books to me, and I'm annoyed by how every woman in them fits neatly
into a stereotype in a way I probably wouldn't have been if I'd read them
as a teen like everyone else did. But they're entertaining enough to keep
going. And I'm told the woman thing gets better in later books?

4. The Killing Floor by Lee Child, because everyone needs some fluff,
right?

5. Ovid's Metamorphosis, because I am a big nerd.

6. Flowers in the Attic, because I read a really interesting article about
these books, and had to reread them in light of it. Did I mention big nerd?
Yeah.

7. Making Money by Sir Pterry, because Pratchett, that's why.

8. Chronicles of Amber by Zelazny. I have a weird complex relationship with
these ones. I'm finding them dense and slow going, and yet pretty damned
original, so I can't stop reading them.

I am probably leaving something out. I tried for a while to only read one
book at a time, but apparently I suck at that.

Jax


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>Wayne said:

>There's this, um, thing used in some movies and plays. There's a bunch of
>doors, usually on a hallway. People run in one door, people run out another
>door, sometimes they run in one door and then out another door on the other
>side of the hallway. I'm most familiar with it from Bugs Bunny. I saw a
>production of "Something Wicked Happened on the Way to the Forum" that used
>this thing, but the doors were for different buildings. I think I've heard
>this thing is (or was) used more often in English movies and plays than in
>anyone else's. This thing may have been common in vaudeville, but I really
>don't know.
>
>Does this thing have a particular name?


Yellow Submarine! (not what it is, but a good example)

Maryann

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I do audible..but then I only listen when at work generally

In your message regarding Re: What are you reading? dated 23/02/2014,
Robert Blake said ...
> >> Galdrin:
> >> One Second After by William Forstchen
> >
> > Wyyknot:
> > I've read this one twice. It is truly
> > scary in a 'this really could so easily
> > happen' kind of way. I do really enjoy
> > reading post apocalyptic novels.

> I am also a fan of post-apocalyptic literature, but only in small doses and I
> have found it hard to find a real good piece of work. My all-time favorite is
> still Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven.

One of my favourite books is sort of post-apocalyptic... well, it starts
before, then runs through the during into the post...

This Is The Way The World Ends by James Morrow

about an ordinary guy, a tomb-stone engraver, who lives through the
apocalypse and then finds himself on trial for it.

Ian


> > [...] Let us know your thoughts after
> > you read it.

> I will certainly try to remember to do so. I was a big fan of his Lost
Regiment
> series and his collaborative work with Newt Gingrich.

> - Galdrin

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In your message regarding whaddayacallit... dated 24/02/2014, Wayne
Morrison said ...
> There's this, um, thing used in some movies and plays. There's a bunch of
> doors, usually on a hallway. People run in one door, people run out another
> door, sometimes they run in one door and then out another door on the other
> side of the hallway. I'm most familiar with it from Bugs Bunny. I saw a
> production of "Something Wicked Happened on the Way to the Forum" that used
> this thing, but the doors were for different buildings. I think I've heard
> this thing is (or was) used more often in English movies and plays than in
> anyone else's. This thing may have been common in vaudeville, but I really
> don't know.

> Does this thing have a particular name?

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScoobyDoobyDoors

Does this help?

Ian


> Thanks,
> Wayne

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There's this, um, thing used in some movies and plays. There's a bunch of
doors, usually on a hallway. People run in one door, people run out another
door, sometimes they run in one door and then out another door on the other
side of the hallway. I'm most familiar with it from Bugs Bunny. I saw a
production of "Something Wicked Happened on the Way to the Forum" that used
this thing, but the doors were for different buildings. I think I've heard
this thing is (or was) used more often in English movies and plays than in
anyone else's. This thing may have been common in vaudeville, but I really
don't know.

Does this thing have a particular name?

Thanks,
Wayne

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Actuallly I am mostly reading texts right not. One on synesthesia, one on autism,one on Ehler-Danos Syndrome and one on Cisco certification.  (the last being for work.)

For fun I am reading

Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves by Jacqueline Yallop . Fascinating book on Victorian collecting.

The Six Gun Tarot by RS Belcher. Which reminds me more than a bit of Emma Bull's Territory.

I also have a collection of audio books loaded on my kindle which I have not started yet.  Does anyone else read (listen to) audio books? 

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:54 AM, Susan <dragonmom7@onebox.com> wrote:

I will be interested to how you feel about Lolita.
My opinions did not match my High School English class' English Teachers viewpoint (& still does not lo these decades later).


Susan Allen
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From:    "Jax Goss" <royaldragon@gmail.com>
Sent:    Fri, Feb 21,  2014 11:50 AM
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Subject: Re: What are you reading?

On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Ellen Rawson  wrote:

> Oops... Fingers flew too quickly across the keyboard...
>
> So, whatcha reading?
>

Ah, the old diehard!

As usual I am reading way too many things at once. So here's a rundown.

1. Lolita by Nabokov. Because I never have, and it's one of those books I
feel like I should have read. I've only just started it so haven't formed
an opinion yet.

2. Femmes du Chaos by Kristin Duval. She's a friend, and it's been on my
kindle for a while, so I thought it's time to read it! Short stories about
kickass women? My cup of tea, let me show you it. Also just started, but so
far it's what I expected from Kristin: twisted and dark and brilliant.

3. Silverthorn by Feist. Finally working my way through the riftwar books.
I'm not totally sold, honestly. They feel like fairly typical 15year old
boy books to me, and I'm annoyed by how every woman in them fits neatly
into a stereotype in a way I probably wouldn't have been if I'd read them
as a teen like everyone else did. But they're entertaining enough to keep
going. And I'm told the woman thing gets better in later books?

4. The Killing Floor by Lee Child, because everyone needs some fluff,
right?

5. Ovid's Metamorphosis, because I am a big nerd.

6. Flowers in the Attic, because I read a really interesting article about
these books, and had to reread them in light of it. Did I mention big nerd?
Yeah.

7. Making Money by Sir Pterry, because Pratchett, that's why.

8. Chronicles of Amber by Zelazny. I have a weird complex relationship with
these ones. I'm finding them dense and slow going, and yet pretty damned
original, so I can't stop reading them.

I am probably leaving something out. I tried for a while to only read one
book at a time, but apparently I suck at that.

Jax


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On 21 Feb 2014, at 21:38, Jette Goldie <jgoldie247@btinternet.com> wrote:

> What am I reading?
>
> "The Ides of April" by Lindsey Davis. It's a continuation of her "Falco mysteries" - gumshoe detective in ancient Rome, except that this is 'the next generation' - Marcus Didius Falco's adopted daugher Albia now a young widow and working at her father's profession (he has retired).
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Ooohh, I loved those books. Didn't know they had 'continued' it like that...I must track it down!

Jenny U

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I need new glasses in order to enjoy reading; and I broke the ones that were almost good enough
after a day of peering at my laptop (in order to earn my daily bread), my eyes are so fatigued that I have no energy for reading for fun.

New Glasses to be delivered "real soon" whenever that may be (I am skeptical of the soon-ness of the promise, soon compared to what is the question on my head)>
at which point I am reading at least a half dozen books, one of which is Dimestore Magic, which I now recall I did not read due to the fact I had found the protagonist so annoying in the previous book where she was not the lead character.

Susan Allen
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Subject: Re: What are you reading?

The goal has been one business book and one classic a month, and I'm already behind. And it's audiobooks only. My reading game is weak.

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I will be interested to how you feel about Lolita.
My opinions did not match my High School English class' English Teachers viewpoint (& still does not lo these decades later).


Susan Allen
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Subject: Re: What are you reading?

On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Ellen Rawson wrote:

> Oops... Fingers flew too quickly across the keyboard...
>
> So, whatcha reading?
>

Ah, the old diehard!

As usual I am reading way too many things at once. So here's a rundown.

1. Lolita by Nabokov. Because I never have, and it's one of those books I
feel like I should have read. I've only just started it so haven't formed
an opinion yet.

2. Femmes du Chaos by Kristin Duval. She's a friend, and it's been on my
kindle for a while, so I thought it's time to read it! Short stories about
kickass women? My cup of tea, let me show you it. Also just started, but so
far it's what I expected from Kristin: twisted and dark and brilliant.

3. Silverthorn by Feist. Finally working my way through the riftwar books.
I'm not totally sold, honestly. They feel like fairly typical 15year old
boy books to me, and I'm annoyed by how every woman in them fits neatly
into a stereotype in a way I probably wouldn't have been if I'd read them
as a teen like everyone else did. But they're entertaining enough to keep
going. And I'm told the woman thing gets better in later books?

4. The Killing Floor by Lee Child, because everyone needs some fluff,
right?

5. Ovid's Metamorphosis, because I am a big nerd.

6. Flowers in the Attic, because I read a really interesting article about
these books, and had to reread them in light of it. Did I mention big nerd?
Yeah.

7. Making Money by Sir Pterry, because Pratchett, that's why.

8. Chronicles of Amber by Zelazny. I have a weird complex relationship with
these ones. I'm finding them dense and slow going, and yet pretty damned
original, so I can't stop reading them.

I am probably leaving something out. I tried for a while to only read one
book at a time, but apparently I suck at that.

Jax


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>> Galdrin:
>> I still have Tekumel: Empire of
>> the Petal Throne as well as
>> Barker's two novels set in that
>> world. Really liked those. I wish
>> Barker had continued to write
>> more on that world.
>
> Wayne:
> He has at least three others:
>
> Lords of Tsamra
>Prince of Skulls
> Death of Kings
>
> I enjoyed them, but they weren't
> as good as the first two. They
> focus on parts of Tekumel mostly
> untouched by the other books.

Hmmm - I did not know that. I'm gonna have to keep an eye out for those others. I really did like Tekumel. Never got to play the game, but the world he built was impressive.

- Galdrin

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> I still have Tekumel: Empire of the Petal Throne as well as Barker's two no=
> vels set in that world. Really liked those.
> ...
> I wish Barker had continued to write more on th=
> at world.

He has at least three others:

Lords of Tsamra
Prince of Skulls
Death of Kings

I enjoyed them, but they weren't as good as the first two. They focus on
parts of Tekumel mostly untouched by the other books.

Wayne

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> Wayne wrote:
> I read the first Riftwar book -- Magician,
> I think. It wasn't bad, it wasn't great.
> With the other dimension scenes, I kept
> thinking that it somehow felt like
> Barker's Tekumel/Empire of the Petal
> Throne RPG. Several years later, I heard
> that Feist wrote his stuff based on an
> RPG a friend was running, which
> coincidentally was based on
> Tekumel/EPT. I've read Barker's
> "Man of Gold" and "Flamesong" and
> loved them.

I still have Tekumel: Empire of the Petal Throne as well as Barker's two novels set in that world. Really liked those. I also have Feist's first Riftwar series as well as the Servant of the Empire spinoff. I thought both were pretty good, but later trilogies/series were a bit stale. Enough was enough I guess.

The story I heard was that Barker tried to take Feist to court over the EotPT/Midkemia thing but lost. I wish Barker had continued to write more on that world.

- Galdrin

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> Ellen Rawson wrote:
> So, whatcha reading?
>
> I recently completed Studies in Ashes
> the final entry in Emma Jane Holloway's
> Baskerville Affair trilogy set in an
> alternative steampunky London,
> featuring Sherlock Holmes' magical
> niece, Evelina Cooper. Thanks to
> Galdrin for introducing me to these
> books!

Firstly - thanks so much for the comment. It is especially gratifying to know that someone found one of my choices in reading material worth mentioning.

So what am I reading?

I, too, am about to finish A Study In Ashes, wrapping up quite a lovely series, The Baskerville Affair trilogy.

I just finished Sherlock Holmes - The Stuff of Nightmares by James Lovegrove. I love this collection from Titan Books and will be seeking out more of them.

Completing the above has freed me to finally begin Fiddlehead, the 'final' volume of Cherie Priest's Clockwork Century series. I have put this one off long enough ( 'cause I really hate to see it come to an end.)

Finally, I am wrapping up a re-read of Timothy Zahn's Cobra Trilogy (now on the final book.)

Coming up - David Weber's latest Safehold book, Like a Mighty Army, and then either Black Feathers by Joseph D'Lacey, One Second After by William Forstchen, or Darkwalker by E.L. Tettensor ... or maybe Caliban's War by James S. A. Corey.

- Galdrin

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On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Ellen Rawson <silme13@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Oops... Fingers flew too quickly across the keyboard...
>
> So, whatcha reading?
>
> I recently completed Studies in Ashes, the final entry in Emma Jane Holloway's Baskerville Affair trilogy set in an alternative steampunky London, featuring Sherlock Holmes' magical niece, Evelina Cooper. Thanks to Galdrin for introducing me to these books!
>
> Right now, I'm almost through Faith Hunter's latest in the Jane Yellowrock series, Black Arts. For work, I just finished Franny Moyle's biography of Constance (Wilde) Holland. I'm also in the middle of Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons, which was published in Britain only this month.

Hi TH!

I haven't posted in years, content to read and enjoy, but I *love* the
"who's reading what" posts...

I'm currently enjoying a mix of audio, ebook and old fashioned
reading, including:

* Hunted, the latest in the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne
* Mountain Echos, book 8 of the Walker Papers by C.E. Murphy
* Cold Days, the latest Dresedn Files ( for the many-eth time)
* Expiration Date, by Tim Powers - I haven't read this in years, and
alone it is not one of my favorite Powers books. However, I like the
overall arc of this one, Earthquake Weather and Last Call.
* The Big U, by Neal Stephenson
* The Cats of Tanglewood Forest - I have the hardcover and the ebook
of this. Both are absolutely gorgeous!

With Google's "Play Books" app finally allowing personal libraries, I
have most of my favorites available all the time, and find myself
reading way too many at once. What a wonderful problem!

At work I'm reading a mix of programming (mostly Lisp & Python) and
Red Hat certification guides. Cert guides are new to me, but I figure
since I work for Red Hat and they are free I may as well take
advantage...

~james

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On 2/22/2014 6:43 AM, Ellen Rawson wrote:
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>
>
>
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>> From: Jenny Tait <piratejenny@verizon.net>
>
>>
>> And we're doing The Penguin Book of Witches, which I should be getting
>> next week. It's nonfiction, edited by Katherine Howe, author of The
>> Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (which I just finished).
>
> What did you think of it? I'd not heard of it until your post, but now I'm intrigued.

I really enjoyed it. The author is descended from two Salem witches,
which intrigued me. I found one part of it fairly predictable, but the
writing was good and otherwise the story was great. She's also working
on a YA book that's sort of retelling the story of Salem through some of
the mass hysteria illness cases in upstate New York. Don't know when
that's due out, but it's from Putnam's YA line.
>
> See, this is why I do this -- to learn about new books and authors unfamiliar to me. :)
>

It's a great way to find about them, I agree!


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