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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
| Subject | Re: How many books do tou read in parallel? |
| Message-ID | <oFD8yK.1t98@kithrup.com> (permalink) |
| Date | 2016-10-20 21:56 +0000 |
| References | <7b927fe3-a87b-4f02-ba5a-2c10430e98b1@googlegroups.com> <nubalu$l28$1@dont-email.me> <oFD7nA.1qJL@kithrup.com> <nube7l$1dh$2@dont-email.me> |
| Organization | Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. |
In article <nube7l$1dh$2@dont-email.me>, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote: >On 10/20/2016 4:28 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >> In article <nubalu$l28$1@dont-email.me>, >> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 10/20/2016 3:20 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >>>> In article <20161013a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz <g@crcomp.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Interruptions do not reflect on the quality of a novel. Because as soon >>>>> as a novel turns into a stinker it gets dropped faster than a campaign >>>>> promise the day after an election. >>>> >>>> Oh, lord, yes. I remember when somebody lent me the first volume >>>> of Martin's _Game of Thrones_ (I can't even remember the volume's >>>> title). So I read through it; Martin's a good writer and it was >>>> a page-turner; and then there was some interruption -- a knock at >>>> the door? a phone call? I can't remember -- and I put it down and >>>> I never picked it up again. I didn't throw it against the wall, >>>> because it was somebody else's property, but I gave it back to >>>> its owner. >>> >>> Too bloody ? >> >> Undiluted grimth. Martin's great at characterization; he brings >> full-bodied three-dimensional characters to life, and then he >> kills them off. Horribly. Over and over and over. >> >>> I have yet to read Martin's _Game of Thrones_ also. >> >> Um, depending on your tastes (see above), you might not want to. > >Gotcha. Besides that, my SBR (strategic book reserve) is well over 500 >books and slowly increasing. I even got a warning from the >wife the other day about more orders from Big River. Gosh. My SBR amounts to about two ... not counting one I've ordered from Amazon that should arrive in early November. But I'm on Social Security and not a lot of it. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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