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March 12 2010
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Jonathan
is on page 215 of 512 of
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
"pretty comprehensive so far. A little too reliant on direct quotes. Time for trial!"
"pretty comprehensive so far. A little too reliant on direct quotes. Time for trial!"
March 11 2010
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March 10 2010
Jonathan marked as to-read: The Last Child (Hardcover)
by
John Hart
bookshelves: fiction, mystery, to-read
bookshelves: fiction, mystery, to-read
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The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny.... interesting tale of The Bounty. They've made it to Tahiti, but I think things are going to go badly..."
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Book Review: The Road
My rating: ★★★★✩
What a fascinatingly dark book. Probably more of a 3.5 star book, but the writing was heart-wrenchingly gloomy and sparse, and so I'll move it up a notch.
The Road tells the story of "the man" and "the boy" - never named in the book. And they are on a quest to the sea in the east, and then south, in the hopes of finding the "good people", many (7? 8?) years after some undescribed apocalypse left the landscape in ashes, and small bands of survivors, usually cannibals, searching for food. The man and boy dodge trouble and continue on The Road.
And really, that's the entire story. What exactly happened isn't every clear, maybe even The Man doesn't know it. They have a few adventures and the book ends. I guess that was one strike against it - I just didn't feel like there was a point to the book or the characters, so I felt like the author could play at whatever he wanted to do. So I was on tenterhooks waiting for disaster to fall. But much like [The Cider House Rules, where I was just waiting for the bizarre, awful, Irving tragedy to crash down, it never did and I guess that's a good thing. I also had some trouble suspending disbelief, wondering just how some of it would really work in such a desolate landscape.
The ending was a little too trite, after all that gloom. But it was a good read, and the narrator, Tom Stechschulte, did a real good job of it. Sometimes, I wouldn't get out of the car as I awaited the next paragraph! Read it, but prepare to be depressed.
Jonathan
is on page 150 of 512 of
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
"interesting tale of The Bounty. They've made it to Tahiti, but I think things are going to go badly..."
"interesting tale of The Bounty. They've made it to Tahiti, but I think things are going to go badly..."
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Jonathan
read and liked
Tony's
review of The Egyptologist: A Novel:
"A mild recommendation. An interesting scenario told in a brilliant format, with a disappointing ending. The dust jacket (as shown here on Goodreads), boasts of an unpredictable ending, but I (not the brightest or readers) saw it coming for at least half the book. This is a story of two men. The first is an Australian detective hired to find the lost, bastard, child of an English philanderer. The second is the Egyptologist, Ralph M. Trilipush, who is leaving his professorship at Harvard to find the tomb of an apocryphal king. Most of the story takes place just after the first world war. I loved the method of Phillips' narrative, letters and journal entries. And, because I listened to it on CD, was overwhelmed by the brilliant narrators hired to portray the different accents and characters (that might be enough to justify listening to it). I spent a lot of time piecing together the different story lines and gaps in my mind as the story moved along. There is a lot of commentary (from the Egyptologist) on the subject of the "self-made-man". No, not someone who makes their own fortune, but rather the man, who without any positive influence from parent or those he comes in contact with, makes himself into something worth admiration. I'll let you decipher, if you dare read it, Phillips' end conclusion on the matter. But I have to admit, it got me thinking. With all of that said, I had unraveled the mystery sometime around the midpoint, and therefore felt like I was slogging through mud for the rest of the novel. Phillips' editors didn't do him any favors in not cutting the length as they should have. The dark and sadist ending might have been enough to save the book if it hadn't dragged on so long. A fun read, and it isn't a total waste of time (again loved the device of the letters and journal entries, and the brilliant narration of the audio version), but only if you're willing to slog through an easily solved mystery. (Although mild, there is some sexual innuendo in the book.)" | |
Jonathan marked as to-read: Speaks the Nightbird (Vol. I&II)
by
Robert R. McCammon
bookshelves: fantasy, fiction, historical-fiction, to-read
bookshelves: fantasy, fiction, historical-fiction, to-read
March 09 2010
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Book Review: Xombies: Apocalypse
My rating: ★★✩✩✩
In yet another apocalypse book, Xombies : Apocalypse Blues tells the story of 17 year old Lulu, one of the few women immune to the Agent X plague, which turns women into slobbering killers, infecting men along the way. Lulu, for reasons which remain unclear to the end, doesn't get infected and helps lead a troop to safety in Greenland(!). A meandering book, with too few Xombies and too many strange discourses on the rich and famous, is a book I'm surprised I finished.
Lulu leads a nomadic life with her strange mother and they only find out about Agent X after it has been loose for a bit. Her mom gets it but she barely (one of many last minute extrications) escapes thru the help of a local man who may or may not be her father. They fight their way threw hoardes of xombies to a naval base that has a submarine. Then the next third or more of the book is spent on board this submarine, as they make their way to Greenland, where, perhaps, Agent X can't survive but they can. But when they get to Greenland, there's an even more bizarre community awaiting them.
I finished the book, which is suprising, because I usually have a short plug when I start to find a book boring. And when they got on the sub and tehre were no more xombies, I got bored. And when they got to Greenland, I got bored and very very confused. I kept pushing thru, hoping for better but it never really made sense and in the end, I wish I hadn't stuck with it. It just wasn't that exciting.
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