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audiobooklover
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Post subject: Re: Books - Top Five Reads of the Year 2011  Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:04 pm |
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Lisa SF wrote: 1) A Discovery of Witches (seems we all like this one! can't wait for the sequel in July!)
ABL - The Connie Willis books are getting much closer to the top of my "to read" pile! Really looking forward to these, although I think I want to read her two earlier (and related to these) books first: The Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing Of The Dog.
Could talk about books all day... Couldn't we all?  I am on the wait list for the sequel to DoW at my library so I should get it first when it's ready (assuming I am not traveling at the time). I've read both Doomsday Book and TSNotD and liked them both a lot even though they are very different styles. I would definitely recommend them. Doomsday Book is more similar to Blackout/All Clear and TSNotD is much more humorous, but they are all excellent. There is also a short story called Fire Watch that is available free, and with the author's consent, here: http://azsf.net/cwblog/?page_id=49 that would be good to read before Blackout.
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Mary_Mac
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Post subject: Re: Books - Top Five Reads of the Year 2011 Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:12 pm |
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| emerald member |
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Me too! I added you!
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Lisa SF
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Post subject: Re: Books - Top Five Reads of the Year 2011 Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:45 am |
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Location: San Francisco, CA
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Great! Look forward to comparing book notes with you!
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kerry j
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Post subject: Re: Books - Top Five Reads of the Year 2011 Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:43 pm |
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| emerald member |
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The Doomsday Book remains one of my favorites...there is a line in it uttered by the young historian that remains my favorite explanation for why any of us study history: *** Spoiler alert***
"I wanted to come, and if I hadn't, they would have been all alone, and nobody would have ever known how frightened and brave and irreplaceable they were."
Gives me shivers every time.
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aquagirl
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Post subject: Re: Books - Top Five Reads of the Year 2011 Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:08 pm |
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Location: NW Arkansas
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I'm halfway through A Discovery of Witches and I'm enjoying it verra much!
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