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Our reads in September 2022
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dustydigger
Posted 2022-08-31 3:20 PM (#25032)
Subject: Our reads in September 2022



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Location: UK		Another month,another pile of books. Share your plans with us

Dusty's TBR for September:

SF/Fantasy
Arthur C Clarke - Against the Fall of Night
Paul Cornell - London Falling
C J Cherryh - Brothers of Earth
Philip Wylie - The Disappearance
Mike Carey - X Men - Age of X
from other genres
Helen Clare - Merlin's Magic
C S Lewis - The Problem of Pain
Aubrey Beardsly - Under the Hill
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daxxh
Posted 2022-08-31 8:27 PM (#25033 - in reply to #25032)
Subject: Re: Our reads in September 2022



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Location: Great Lakes, USA		I intend to read the books I listed for August, if I don't get sidetracked again🤪. I only read one on the SF list.

Lady of Caladan - Brian Herbert, Kevin Anderson (should finish this weekend)
The Exploits of Engelbrecht - Maurice Richardson
Mars Life - Ben Bova
Star Trek - exact title(s) to be determined
Wolves of the Calla - Stephen King
Saturn - Ben Bova

Other Genres
Spirit of the Horse - William Shatner
Shots Fired - CJ Box
All the Real Indians Died Off - Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Blackening Song - Aimee and David Thurlo

A bit ambitious for this time of year, but I will try.



Edited by daxxh 2022-08-31 8:29 PM
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TheBlackYeti
Posted 2022-09-02 9:03 PM (#25040 - in reply to #25033)
Subject: Re: Our reads in September 2022



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Oooo i only missed one from last month apparently.


TBR for September:

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson: On page 163. Really enjoying it but it's thick.
Void Star by Zachary Mason: Carry over from last month
Saving Proxima by by Travis S. Taylor, Les Johnson
Dolphin Island by Arthur C Clarke
The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw

Off Topic:
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

But really i'm pretty mood dependent and it's diffuclty to plan my reads. I've got like 10-12 old sci-fi mmpb's arriving in the mail and it could be any of those lol.
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dustydigger
Posted 2022-09-13 4:20 AM (#25058 - in reply to #25040)
Subject: Re: Our reads in September 2022



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Location: UK		Managed 4 books off my TBR so far this month,I think it was only two last month! lol
Will be a major slowdown this week,am glued to the Queen's funeral events on TV. I distinctly remember,aged 5 going to the cinema(only rich had TV in UK in 1953,for heaven's sake we were still on rationing!) to watch the Queen's coronation on the screen in glorious technicolour. Loved the golden coach. So it was with respect and sorrow i watch an end to the second Elizabethan Age.
I also remember the last state funeral,that of Winston Churchill in 1965(I was 17 then) We had tellies by then,small,blurred black and white,but I remember the military parade,and the coffin on a gun carriage,then on a boat on the river. We Brits love our pomp and ceremony,but there is always respect and emotion at the heart.
I have a C J Cherryh on the TBR,and Philip Wylie's The Disappearance,but dont know if I can concentrate enough to do them justice. May just read the second in the St Mary's sequence,enjoyable enough fluff!
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daxxh
Posted 2022-09-24 4:11 PM (#25084 - in reply to #25058)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		I read a lot of what I said I was going to read this month.

Lady of Caladan - good. Waiting for the next book.

Wolves of the Calla - good. I am liking this series.

Mars Life - good. Wow. This was written in 2008 but what is going on in the book is going on here right now.

The Exploits of Engelbrecht - ok. The imagery in this book is incredible but the writing style is rather ho hum. Lots of buildup of what could be spectacular adventures that end on a rather blah note. These stories would make good video.

The Nemesis Effect - meh. Big dumb object attacks Earth. Main character is too obsequious.

Gemini Rising - ok. Mystery with clones.

Non- genre
Hell and Back - latest Longmire book. Excellent.
Shots Fired - short stories from Joe Pickett land. Very good.
Free Fire - Joe Pickett mystery. Very good.
Blackening Song - Ella Clah mystery - Good
All the Real Indians Died Off - interesting. Knew a lot of this but learned a few things.

Currently reading Saturn, written in 2006. This stuff is happening under our noses (if you live in the USA). Guess Bova was trying to warn us.




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