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Michael Penn
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Might just let this one sit for a day or two before embarking on the next subject.
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That's almost as pleasurable for me as the reading of a good book: don't rush to the next tome, but just sit back, ponder a while, let it all soak up!
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Michael Arndt
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Put it in my Amazon wish list. Thanks, Matt.
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Andrew Hess
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8) "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
Fun juvenile fiction yarn which is heavy on action but light on characterization for Artemis himself. From a plot stand point, it almost reads like a screenplay. Would love if Eoin had spent some time digging a little deeper into the title character. Maybe that comes up more in the sequels.
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Brad Brickley
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Andrew Hess says: (hmmm, probably would be pushing it to add The Torah to my list of 100 books read this year, even if I am including Audio Books...)
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From what I understand The Torah and the first five books of the Bible are the same. Is this correct? Also, are there any more books for Torah or is that it? Curious.
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Andrew Hess
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Yes, the Torah is the first five books of the Christian Bible (and is also referred to as The Five Books of Moses), and runs from the Beginning of Everything to Moses lecturing the Hebrews before they (not he) enter the land of Israel.
In the course of a year we listen to the whole thing in synagogue, section by section.
Hmmm, I *do* read along in the English...there might be a loophole in here after all!
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Andrew Hess
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9) "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman, read to me by Neil.
This is my first time "reading" just the prose version of this story (having read the graphic version several times), and hearing it in Neil's voice added quite a bit to the story.
To the uninitiated, this is a "fairy tale for adults" with all of the usual tropes (witches, pirates, talking animals, magical beings, etc) but told in Neil's inimitable style.
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John Byrne
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IN DARKEST DOMESTICA - Eric NicolHaven't actually started reading yet, but it arrived yesterday from Amazon. This was a favorite book when I was in my teens. Nicol (1919-2011) was a top Canadian humorist, and this was, I thought, one of his funniest books. We shall see if it holds up! (Fingers crossed!)
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Robbie Moubert
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Bright Lights, Dark Shadows - The Real Story of ABBA by Carl Magnus Palm The Hunter by Tom Wood - the first book about Victor, an assassin. Picked up the sequel at the airport recently and enjoyed it enough to get this one.
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Fabrice Renault
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I just finished PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION by Asimov, and will soon start FORWARD THE FOUNDATION.
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Andrew Hess
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10) "Leviathan" by Scott Westerfeld
A true ripping yarn: far-flung adventure, strange beasts, wild machinery, secrets and mysteries, countries at war, the world hanging in the balance.I had not realized this was a Juvenile book when I picked it up, and though it is a little sanitized it is a great read for all ages. Too bad it ends without resolving a few loose threads. Guess I'll have to pick up the next one too.
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Andrew Hess
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11) "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding, as read by the author.
Another one of these Classic Books on CD that I'm listening to, since I had trouble reading it before.
In case you didn't already know the set up: a group of boys find themselves on a tropical island, and have to figure out how to survive and be rescued. Fabulous look at archetypes: intellectuals, leaders, and hunters. The way the kids revert to basic impulses is at times heart-rending.
And I didn't realize it has a science fiction set up to the plot (the boys were in some manner fleeing an atomic war), which hangs over the story like a shroud (maybe there is no one left to rescue them).
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Jeremy Simington
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I just finished REFLEX by Steven Gould. It's the sequel to JUMPER, by the same author. Both books are based around a main character who is the only person on Earth who can teleport. I highly recommend them. If you saw the movie that was made of JUMPER, the book is *much* better and very different plot/story-wise.
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