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In Topic: The Book I bought today is...
10 October 2024 - 06:44 PM
JPK, on 07 October 2024 - 05:59 PM, said:
I actually seem to be the only one here who absolutely loved it; it was my favorite read of the year. The prequel is also great, though not nearly as good as the first. -
In Topic: Reading at t'moment?
03 October 2024 - 05:22 PM
JPK, on 03 October 2024 - 12:37 AM, said:
I also finished off my ded-tree read of GORMENGHAST (book, not series. TITUS ALONE can wait). I've loved both books in this series though the pacing in this second novel felt off and I think it's due to an unnecessary storyline involving a side character that adds about a hundred pages that weren't really needed.
I too had to put GORMENGHAST aside about halfway through, though I came back and completed it (and it finished strong IIRC.) Peake really can do some amazing things with just words printed on a page.
If you're wondering where I've been this past year, I basically spent March through July reading SHOGUN, which was of course amazing. (I don't remember if seeing the announcement of the TV show spurred me to finally pick it up, or if it was entirely coincidental.) Anyway, reading it on Kindle made the ending (specifically, when it ended) come as quite a surprise. I liked how the plot, while it would often revolve around Blackthorne, was never about him. And indeed, in the end you find outSpoilerI also enjoyed reading (due to buzz around the show) how John Byrne was so enamored of the character of Mariko that he stole her outright to put her into Wolverine comics.
Since July, I've been reading D.V. Berkom's LEINE BASSO thrillers, via a prequel short from the author's website, and an 8-book omnibus from Amazon. They're about a former government assassin lady turned anti-human trafficking operative. Definitely not high literature, but entertaining enough. If you see the 1-8 omnibus on sale for a couple bucks, there are definitely worse things to spend your money/time on. -
In Topic: The Comics Thread!
29 September 2024 - 03:30 AM
Been meaning to post this for a few days. I figured since I'm not on social media anymore, you folks are the only ones who might appreciate it. Anyway, earlier this week I watched the Thunderbolts* trailer, which looked great. Then the next morning when I woke up, the first thing that popped into my head once the proverbial fog had cleared was this terrible joke:
Q: Why are The Sentry's checks never any good?
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In Topic: The Cheap/Free Ebooks Thread!
14 June 2024 - 09:56 PM
Abyss, on 07 June 2024 - 01:33 PM, said:
there's probably a nuance i'm missing, but the download button is right there on the 'my library' ebook cover?
Hm, nope. There's no button on the cover (of any of my books, TMNT or otherwise) and the drop-down list doesn't have "download" as an option. But all of my non-TMNT books do have "download" as a drop-down option.
But it's fine; I've paid for electronic copies of the books, so I went and found copies that I can download. -
In Topic: The Cheap/Free Ebooks Thread!
06 June 2024 - 09:11 PM
Robert Silverberg's excellent "Heart of Darkness but in space", DOWNWARD TO THE EARTH, is only $2 right now: https://amazon.com/dp/B09RPRDG5F
Abyss, on 28 May 2024 - 04:36 AM, said:
noting the TMNT set are Kobo ebooks, so you'll need a Kobo account for them to work. Not a problem, just fyi. The Kobo app is perfectly fine and there are (or at last were, i haven't done this in a while) ways to dl from it if you hate it.
I've exported all my other Kobo books to EPUB and brought them into Calibre to transfer to my Kindle without issue. But the TMNT books have no download option on the Kobo website; just FYI to anyone who might be expecting it.
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