Mary Robinette Kowal's "The Calculating Stars" is on sale on Amazon for $2.99. It's good ... I haven't read the sequels, but I enjoyed this.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Toddson - Jul 14, 2021 8:58:02 am PDT #26786 of 28476
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Pix - Jul 14, 2021 9:03:26 am PDT #26787 of 28476
The status is NOT quo.
I loved that whole series, but the first one was definitely the best.
dcp - Jul 14, 2021 9:16:04 am PDT #26788 of 28476
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I tried The Calculating Stars earlier this year. The pilot/airplane/operations/maintenance/airshow/flying stuff was so badly done, I rage quit about a third of the way through, never made it to space.
Toddson - Jul 14, 2021 9:36:28 am PDT #26789 of 28476
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Sometimes, ignorance IS bliss (at least for reading).
-t - Jul 14, 2021 9:44:27 am PDT #26790 of 28476
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I read a short story in that series but not the novels. Hm, 2.99 is still a little high for a kneejerk impulse buy, at least the day before payday...
meara - Jul 14, 2021 1:47:13 pm PDT #26791 of 28476
It’s probably available at your library, since it’s the first book and several more are out. I remember enjoying the first one but never read the others!
-t - Jul 14, 2021 2:26:46 pm PDT #26792 of 28476
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I decided that I could take the $3 risk
ETA because what I need is more to read. I'm almost finished with Bleak House and I only had 2 books that I pre-ordered and forgot about pop onto my reader this week so my TBR pile is not quite overwhelming enough
-t - Jul 15, 2021 1:30:11 pm PDT #26793 of 28476
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Finished Bleak House, yay! I'm glad you said it was a soap opera before I started, Jesse, that put me in the right frame of mind. I was way more worried about that whole Jarndyce-Woodcourt-Summerson situation than the Jarndyce and Jarndyce suit, but that also worked out better so all to the good. For some reason I keep wanting to call Esther Summerson "Ethel Summersby" which makes searching the text pretty frustrating, but after a rocky start when I wasn't sure I'd make it through the parts she narrates I did grow pretty fond of her. Bucket will be an excellent addition to my informal database of early detectives, quite a departure from the Dupin mold! I started watching the 2005 PBS miniseries (with Gillian Anderson) and it might be a little too This is Serious Art for me, Dickens's little winks and nods to the reader are my favorite parts, but I'm not giving up on it yet. I was hoping that the performance would clarify why everyone seems to enjoy Skimpole's company so much but they seem to have opted for less universal fondness instead. Ah well. I might give the Diana Rigg version a try also, or I might decided I've had enough of Bleak House, we'll see.
Mystery of Edwin Drood up next, although I will be taking a bit of a break to enjoy While We Were Dating and maybe some other books that have come my way...
Toddson - Jul 15, 2021 1:34:19 pm PDT #26794 of 28476
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I saw the Diana Rigg version and enjoyed it quite a bit. There's a PBS show called "Dickensian" (I think) that mixes up Dickens characters from a number of his books; I enjoyed that as well. It does give you Miss Havisham's back story, which I found interesting.
-t - Jul 15, 2021 2:05:21 pm PDT #26795 of 28476
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've only ever read A Christmas Carol (which I love), Great Expectations (which was ok I guess), and now Bleak House (which I liked) so I feel like I would have to do a lot of homework for Dickensian