Read any good books lately?

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Nice collection of books available, free, if you like those authors.
https://classifieds.castanet.net/details/books/3432192/
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Someone snagged them before I could see what they even were, ad deleted.

I'm reading Neal Stephenson's REAMDE - now I am a speed reader and can devour novels in a weekend. I've been working on this one for a month because his writing always makes me stop and think. Trying to follow the plot, figure out what just happened.
https://www.amazon.com/Reamde-Stephenson-Neal-Hardcover/dp/B010WF45U8/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523727492&sr=1-2&keywords=REAMDE

I polished off Jodi Taylor's "And Argumentation of Historians", love her! https://www.amazon.com/Argumentation-Historians-Chronicles-Marys-Book/dp/1597809349
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I found The Good Earth trilogy by Pearl S. Buck cheap on Amazon about a week ago and I remembered my grandma reading The Good Earth and really liking it. I just finished the first book and it's been a fun experience. I'll be reading along and think something like, "I wonder what grandma thought about that!"
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It's been on my reading list forever. Good reminder.
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I'm on book 2 now, Sons and still enjoying! :)
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Pretty much any I get free from BookBub for my E-Reader.
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I'm zipping my way through The Road by Cormac McCarthy (also wrote No Country for Old Men) and must say it is simply but powerfully written. Difficult to put down.
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I just finished re-reading Katherine Neville's The Eight and the sequel, The Fire. A mixture of chess, history, and suspense.

For the less brainy but action-filled read, I also recently finished Matthew Reilly's The Four Legendary Kingdoms. Reilly's books are pure action and fluff, but I love them.
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I finished The Good Earth trilogy! :D They were wonderful. I don't know why I put off reading them for so long. [icon_lol2.gif]
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Lady tehMa wrote:Ink, Iron and Glass - a really fun read.

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/ink-iron-and-glass/9781250112767-item.html

Looks interesting and less than half that price as an E-book for KOBO.
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Yup! I went the library route for this one though :) I use (and abuse?) Suggestion for Purchase on a regular basis.
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I get weekly e-mails fro BookBub which includes some free books as well as reasonably priced ones.
So far I have only paid for 1 or 2 and mostly read the free ones. There have been a couple of duds but for the most part they have been good.
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I just finished: The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen Wow. This is one of those creepy but not scary books that sticks in your mind for a long time after you read it. :)

NOW I'm reading: Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden

Incredible book.
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Has anyone read the novel that AMC's The Terror is based on? I think the book is also called The Terror but I'm not sure.
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