Janin of Yen

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  • July 5, 2010 at 1:32 am in reply to: Anyone interested in a book swap? #45845
    Janin of Yen
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    I should really go through my books and compile an actual list instead of random things popping up every other page. :)

    I have a paperback copy of Harpist in the Wind I’m willing to part with. I want a hardback copy for my library but got a paperback by mistake… The only problem is it’s the third in a series so unless you’ve read the first two it’s not much interest to anyone. Although I highly recommend the series. It’s got to be one of best series I have ever read.

    July 5, 2010 at 1:28 am in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 #45558
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    Heir of Sea and Fire: Patricia A. McKellip: 199
    The long anticipated sequal (at least, for me) to the Riddle-Master of Hed. When I read it it came as rather an anticlimax, but since it’s the middle of a trilogy it was more like an interlude because….

    Harpist in the Wind: Patricia A. McKellip: 157
    The ending of the trilogy was awesome. Riveting. Everything the first book had been and more. I think this trilogy, (which no one I’ve ever met has ever heard of,) is one of the most awesome fantasy series I have ever read.

    Running Total: 4765

    July 2, 2010 at 2:24 pm in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 #45540
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    The Dutch Shoe Mystery: Ellerey Queen: 375 pages

    The Finishing Stroke: Ellery Queen: 354

    Random Commentary: Read that many Ellery Queen book in a row and even I’ll get tired of them…

    Running Total: 4309

    June 29, 2010 at 2:29 am in reply to: Book Care #45878
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    Ooh, collateral. That’s a good idea. I got two books once that were used, but still in pretty good condition and by the time all my siblings were done with them the dust jackets were in tatters. I was furious, and no one could figure out why. I also insist on not turning books upside down to hold your place, and everyone thinks I’m outrageous about that too.

    June 29, 2010 at 2:00 am in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 #45524
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    The Drackenburg Adventure: Vester Holly: Lloyd Alexander: 152 pages.
    Not my favorite Vester Holly book, although it’s only the third one I’ve read. They start to get tedious around the third one I think.

    Ten Days Wonder: Ellery Queen: 396 pages
    As usual, Ellery Queen is wonderful. He always manages to get the mystery solved to the very last plot, even though he often doesn’t want to.

    Running Total: 3580

    June 25, 2010 at 12:15 am in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 #45509
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    Ellery Queen: A Study in Terror: Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper: 192 pages

    It’s actually a full blown Sherlock Holmes mystery, backset against Ellery Queen being handed the original manuscript while unable to finish a novel of his own. A hilarious situation I can sympathize with. Not the best Sherlock Holmes story I’ve read, but very good all the same. Especially having not been written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

    Avalon High: someone-who’s-name-I-forget Cabot: 351 pages

    A ‘Return of King Arthur in modern times’ story. A bit too much kissing and highschool drama for my taste, but still pretty good. It had an interesting twist at the end.

    Ranger’s Apprentice: Book Six: The Siege of Macindaw: 293 pages

    How can they call it the Ranger’s Apprentice when he’s not an apprentice anymore???

    Running Total: 3152

    June 21, 2010 at 3:58 pm in reply to: Anyone interested in a book swap? #45843
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    I also have the second book of the Arthur Trilogy by I-forget-who. I didn’t think it was that great. I know where I can get the third too…

    June 21, 2010 at 3:33 pm in reply to: Favorite Detective? #45255
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    Hercule Poirot. The one I forgot along with Agatha Christie.

    June 21, 2010 at 3:21 pm in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 #45498
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    Science Fiction Hall of Fame: 558
    The Lost Art: 522

    There’s another book, but I returned it without the page count so I’ve got to go back to the library and check…

    Running Total: 2316

    June 12, 2010 at 8:35 pm in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 #45455
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    A fine and private place. Ellery Queen. 235 pages.

    This one had some more.. ah… adult subject matter in it. Just a warning.

    Running Total: 1471

    June 12, 2010 at 5:03 pm in reply to: Favorite Detective? #45247
    Janin of Yen
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    Argh…. I knew I forgot some.

    Agatha Christie

    The detective invented by Edgar Allen Poe; whatever his name is.

    June 12, 2010 at 4:50 pm in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 #45452
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    Ah, it was at  903.

    Running total 1236 pages.

    June 12, 2010 at 4:48 pm in reply to: Read-a-Thon 2010 #45451
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    The Devil to Pay. Ellery Queen. 366 pages.
    Love Ellery Queen. :)

    Now I’ve forgotten my running count…..

    June 11, 2010 at 5:17 pm in reply to: Ted Dekker #45232
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    Short on character development, long on Fragments. Incomplete Sentences. And. Stream of Conciousness.

    That is hilarious!! That describes it sooo well….

    (Not sure I know how to work these tags….)

    June 11, 2010 at 5:07 pm in reply to: Anyone interested in a book swap? #45823
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    The only thing in the Myst books that could be objectionable is the Art. It all depends on how you look at that. It’s a major part of D’Ni culture so it figures in the plot, but the whole thing seems more SciFi than Fantasy to me. IMO.

    I think I also have an extra copy of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, although I’m not sure where it came from so I don’t know why I’d have it.
    Some of those books you people have listed sound really good! Enough to make me want to ransack my library!
    But yeah, we’ve got a one sided conversation going here. We have the books we don’t want, but very few lists of what we do want!

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