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Just started both of these, and just finished:

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Which was a little bit of a let down after everything I'd heard about it, to be honest. I was really hoping for something much more disturbing and revealing. Instead of the emotional challenge the quotes on the book promised, I mostly found myself going "I pretty much agree with this, though that might've been a bit harsh for the situation".

Just finished Our friends from Frolix 8. A good story for the most part although I've started to realise whenever I finsish a PKD novel I'm always left feeling disapointed with the ending then again I'm only reading them as entertaining sci-fi yarns when from what I keep reading they're actually very philiosophical so maybe I just don't see the deeper meaning enough.

a/w next up is Ed:The Millibands and the making of a labour leader. I hate that subtitle. It's so unwieldy isn't it?

That's almost exactly what Bradley Denton said his wife said when she read the book. I think that's what he was going for. Plus he's kind of known for quirky slightly humorous stories so truly disturbing content is probably not going to be in the cards for any of his books, it certainly hasn't been in the three I've read.

Well in that case, it was a success. It wasn't a bad book by any means, it was a good story and Morton is possibly my favourite character from any novel I've ever read; I just had different expectations for it from what I'd heard about it.

This should catch up with my reading over the last 2/3 weeks.

Sacred by Dennis LeHane

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Good, but not up to par with the rest of the series. 7.5/10

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

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Incredible from start to finish, bonus points for concise writing and epic ending. 9/10

Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis LeHane

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LeHane goes longwinded in this epic crime-drama that is jokingly referred to as 'Long, Baby, Long' on Amazon. Still amazing. 8.5/10

Speaker For The Dead by Orson Scott Card

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Knew I was in for trouble when the intro warns you that it's nothing like the first book. This one was a pain to read and actually slowed me from my usual pace. Not preferred. 6/10

Just started:

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

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Darren Shan: Lord Loss.
Good book about demons...

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Vivian Marquis and Patricia Haskell, The Cheese Book 1966

I was in my kitchen looking on a high lonely shelf, right to the ceiling, and came across a big pile of dust-covered books and papers. I dug around it, and it was mostly junk, but lo and behold. At the bottom of the pile lay this beauty. It was published in 1966, and it looked like it hadn't been touched since that year.

I love cheese, and had just finished a few books, so I thought I would give it a try. The book takes a few chapters to talk about the history of cheese making, how it's made, and a chapter on etymology. After that is 14 chapters on specific cheeses. Their taste, their looks, the texture, anecdotes, history, availability in the US (circa 1966, of course). Honestly, it's quite good. Not sure where it came from, but I'm glad I found it.

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John P. Parker, His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad

This is exactly what the name says it is. It is a history that could have been lost to time had it not been for a journalist who heard rumors of the man and interviewed him in his old age, soon before he died. I'm actually rereading this. Highly, highly recommend this for anyone interested in human rights, slavery, or the Civil War.

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i suggest you just stop there and quickly pick up a copy of Ender's Shadow :)

while waiting for my new book to arrive i fall back on a favorite

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Paul Bowles = personal hero and well ahead of his time misanthropic genius....god i wish i could pick his brain for a few hours