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Post by edwardjohn on Jan 13, 2021 21:09:15 GMT
Killing Quarry - Max Allan Collins
The latest installment in the Quarry series. This book has a bit of a twist on the series as my favorite hit man (Quarry) is the target of a hit instead of the one doing the hitting.
You should check out the Keller series if you're into those books.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2021 20:32:48 GMT
Started The Tudors by Jane Bingham. Starts with the birth of Henry VII and ends with the death of Elisabeth the first. Good disposition of the book, the only thing so far that i'm not happy with is that she thinks, IMO, far too much of Polydore Virgil, the italian that wrote a history over England. He arrived in England in 1502 as rather inexperienced 17 year old boy/man. His opinion of the early reign of Henry VII and Richard III cant be seen, IMO again as more than at best second hand sources and often gossip. Henry VII reigned from 1485-1509. I also think she praises him a bit too much as king but thats just that opinions differ, not really a fault. She writes well and keep the narrative in a steady flow without stopping up as so often happens in history books. I am in the early years of Henry VIII now before the really big problems started to arrive for him.
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Post by morgan on Jan 15, 2021 3:41:48 GMT
Started Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman. About 75 pages in. I'm hopeful.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2021 18:34:18 GMT
Finished The Tudors. Started The Hundred Years War by Desmond Seward. He at least try, which far to few writers in the english language has done, to see further than the big victories for the english (Crecy, Poitiers, Agincourt) and to see both sides in the conflict. After all France won the war in the end and they cant have done that just by losing. Here we see, at least in the beginning, both sides. And Edward III and The Black Prince may have talked about chivalry but this war was brutal, The killing of civilians was used as method to incite fear and cause france to give up. Burning towns and cities and raping women was common practice in their armies even if they personally did not do it. Still they were considered the height of chivalry at the time. Its a strange world.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2021 0:58:54 GMT
Started Prehistoric Mammals by Donald Prothero. written in 2016 its a, for me, much needed update in mammal evolution. In the last decades a lot of molecular research has been done on both living and extinct mammals which has brought new light on how different families are related among the mammals. Also some new info on some mammal families that i wish had made it to our times. The nimravids or "false cats" that looked very catlike but are not really closely related to the true cat family of today. And the Bear Dogs which werent related to either bears or dogs but was its own family and fascinating creatures. Very successful family as such goes, they existed in over 40 million years which is much more than than the true cats have existed.
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Post by wolf on Jan 24, 2021 1:01:41 GMT
Started Prehistoric Mammals by Donald Prothero. written in 2016 its a, for me, much needed update in mammal evolution. In the last decades a lot of molecular research has been done on both living and extinct mammals which has brought new light on how different families are related among the mammals. Also some new info on some mammal families that i wish had made it to our times. The nimravids or "false cats" that looked very catlike but are not really closely related to the true cat family of today. And the Bear Dogs which werent related to either bears or dogs but was its own family and fascinating creatures. Very successful family as such goes, they existed in over 40 million years which is much more than than the true cats have existed. That sounds awfully interesting and a fascinating read! How are you Kurbie? You doing alright? Haven't seen much of you lately. a054
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2021 1:07:28 GMT
I'm fine, Wolf. Just been busy. I'll try to be around more often.
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Post by wolf on Jan 24, 2021 1:20:50 GMT
I'm fine, Wolf. Just been busy. I'll try to be around more often. Okay. Good to see you Kurbie. 🙂
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Post by mary on Jan 26, 2021 21:03:54 GMT
I read Bag of Bones over the weekend to see if I remembered all the story parts and it seemed to be like I remembered. Then I started reading Lisey's Story and I'm half-way through but NONE of it sounds familiar. So far, this one is a total downer. I had planned to read The Dark Half next, but maybe I will switch to one of the Dark Tower stories instead.
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Post by osnafrank on Jan 26, 2021 21:14:20 GMT
I read Bag of Bones over the weekend to see if I remembered all the story parts and it seemed to be like I remembered. Then I started reading Lisey's Story and I'm half-way through but NONE of it sounds familiar. So far, this one is a total downer. I had planned to read The Dark Half next, but maybe I will switch to one of the Dark Tower stories instead. smilie_girl_freude BoB is always a good Book for a re-read.
Speaking of re-reads: I'm reading Duma Key, 1408 and Under the Dome.
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Post by osnafrank on Jan 26, 2021 21:26:37 GMT
I read Bag of Bones over the weekend to see if I remembered all the story parts and it seemed to be like I remembered. Then I started reading Lisey's Story and I'm half-way through but NONE of it sounds familiar. So far, this one is a total downer. I had planned to read The Dark Half next, but maybe I will switch to one of the Dark Tower stories instead. Lisey's Story is indeed a downer. I didn't like this book untilLisey get's Amanda out of this Hospital.
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Post by hilllover36 on Jan 26, 2021 21:34:58 GMT
I just started kings eyes of the dragon last night, and so far I love it. I am wondering how this all fits into the dark tower. Like was he already writing the dark tower books, ie was the gunslinger done yet, before he wrote eyes of the dragon, did he have a small idea of the whole series of books? But I love this book, and love the paper it’s written on. I have the Viking hardcover, with Ilistrations in it
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2021 17:47:22 GMT
Why must comics be so expensive. As much as I love Harrow County so far I'm 3/4 of the way through and have already spent an upwards of around $50 for the past issues, and the last quarter of issues is like $18. Argh, money.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2021 22:37:40 GMT
Finished Prehistoric Mammals. Really good. All things considered it is very up to date and at the same time keeps the sciency wording at a basic level so non specialists can follow. Of course many names of species and families are latin because that the only names they have. When an extinct family, like the Bear Dogs, have a modern name he uses that too. Very little time is spent on human evolution since that is such a teeny-weenie-eenie part of the mammals evolution.
Reading this book inspired me so i started Earth Before the Dinosaurs that is about the time 370 million years ago to 200 MYA. It goes into the origin and evolution of Tetrapoda, fourfooted animals. Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are all Tetrapoda. The first came into existence at about 370 MYA and were totally aquatic animals. It was not until 330-340 MYA that they started to explore land. It stops at 200 MYA becuse thats when Dinos started to dominate land and so much has been written about them in a good way but hardly anything about these perhaps less spectacular creatures but just as fascinating. Will be interesting.
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Post by mary on Jan 31, 2021 19:26:07 GMT
Just finished The Dark Half last night, shorter than some of the others. It was looking like doom at the end 'til the very last, a real heart in your throat situation. The screeching halt ending was just right. Might go back to TDT next.
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Post by mary on Feb 1, 2021 16:52:52 GMT
Finished Prehistoric Mammals. Really good. All things considered it is very up to date and at the same time keeps the sciency wording at a basic level so non specialists can follow. Of course many names of species and families are latin because that the only names they have. When an extinct family, like the Bear Dogs, have a modern name he uses that too. Very little time is spent on human evolution since that is such a teeny-weenie-eenie part of the mammals evolution.
Reading this book inspired me so i started Earth Before the Dinosaurs that is about the time 370 million years ago to 200 MYA. It goes into the origin and evolution of Tetrapoda, fourfooted animals. Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are all Tetrapoda. The first came into existence at about 370 MYA and were totally aquatic animals. It was not until 330-340 MYA that they started to explore land. It stops at 200 MYA becuse thats when Dinos started to dominate land and so much has been written about them in a good way but hardly anything about these perhaps less spectacular creatures but just as fascinating. Will be interesting. kurben, I was totally surprised the first time I read there have been five mass extinctions on Planet Earth already.
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Post by Steffen on Feb 1, 2021 23:06:50 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2021 1:40:49 GMT
Finished Prehistoric Mammals. Really good. All things considered it is very up to date and at the same time keeps the sciency wording at a basic level so non specialists can follow. Of course many names of species and families are latin because that the only names they have. When an extinct family, like the Bear Dogs, have a modern name he uses that too. Very little time is spent on human evolution since that is such a teeny-weenie-eenie part of the mammals evolution.
Reading this book inspired me so i started Earth Before the Dinosaurs that is about the time 370 million years ago to 200 MYA. It goes into the origin and evolution of Tetrapoda, fourfooted animals. Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are all Tetrapoda. The first came into existence at about 370 MYA and were totally aquatic animals. It was not until 330-340 MYA that they started to explore land. It stops at 200 MYA becuse thats when Dinos started to dominate land and so much has been written about them in a good way but hardly anything about these perhaps less spectacular creatures but just as fascinating. Will be interesting. kurben, I was totally surprised the first time I read there have been five mass extinctions on Planet Earth already. I know! Interesting, though, i think. The extinction before the one that wiped out the Dinos (except the birds that are, biologically speaking, dinosaurs) was, ironically, the extinction that wiped out the Dinos competetors at about 205-200 MYA. Makes one wonder when we will be wiped out and what lifeform will replace us, doesn't it??
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Post by Dizzy on Feb 2, 2021 2:11:02 GMT
I Reading as Stephen King Book Called Skeleton Crew it Has Many Different Stories in it I Just Finish One called The Monkey an it was Creepy. My Cousiin Danielle let Me Borrow this Book.
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Post by mary on Feb 2, 2021 15:45:24 GMT
kurben, I was totally surprised the first time I read there have been five mass extinctions on Planet Earth already. I know! Interesting, though, i think. The extinction before the one that wiped out the Dinos (except the birds that are, biologically speaking, dinosaurs) was, ironically, the extinction that wiped out the Dinos competetors at about 205-200 MYA. Makes one wonder when we will be wiped out and what lifeform will replace us, doesn't it?? I have read articles which say humans will be gone after the next extinction but cockroaches will never be gone!!
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