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Robert Bradley
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Robbie - It came out last month. I didn't know about it until copies appeared at the library I work at. Then of course I made a beeline to the bookstore!
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Robbie Parry
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I'd better head to Waterstones tomorrow!
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Michael Hogan
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James Woodcock
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Downloaded an inordinate amount of free books on to my Kindle so started to make my way through those after just finishing up STAR WARS: AFTERMATH: LIFEDEBT. Which was a lot better than the previous book in that series.
It was very clear that the first book was hampered by all the secrecy that needed to be maintained pre TFA but now that is out, the ride has really begun. Lots of information on what is going on post ROTJ. And Jakku seems to suddenly be a far more important planet than previously thought. It looks like there will be a real reason why that planet was the staging post of the final Rebel/New Republic/Empire battle.
Now on to Tarzan. Interesting book - very much of its time in how people are described but the main plot thrust is very enjoyable.
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James Best
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William Costello
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ICONS - Margaret Stohl.
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Andrew Hess
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"Shatner Rules!" audio book, written and read by William Shatner
Really, a collection of tongue-in-cheeck anecdotes, but with Shatner reading a true delight. I've listened to several of his books, and this was by far his most frivolous.
(In "Up Til Now" he delves into his own history, including trying to help his wife combat alcoholism and later finding her dead; and "Leonard" where he talks about Nimoy's life, and how crushed he was when Nimoy cut off all contact with him.)
Highly recommended!
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James Best
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Joe Martino
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:)
Edited by Joe Martino on 29 July 2016 at 11:17am
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James Best
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Robert Cosgrove
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The Silver Chalice by Thomas B. Costain. Costain, from Canada originally, was for a time fiction editor of the Saturday Evening Post, and in his day, a best-selling, famous novelist. Today, he's largely forgotten. I remember my favorite English teacher speaking well of his novel, Below the Salt, (a historical novel set around the time of King John and the magna carta) which I've never read. I picked this up at a $1 table at a library sale. The chalice of the title is the Grail cup, and the novel is set in the early Christian era, not long before Peter and Paul meet their deaths. In that sense it's like Ben Hur or the Robe. Sidelight: a movie of the same name based on the novel "introduced" a 29-year old actor named Paul Newman in the role of the hero, a sculptor. In later years, Newman was reportedly so dissatisfied with his own performance that he took out a full-page ad apologizing for the film when it was shown on television, much to the annoyance of his fellow actors. I've taken the video out of the library, but have yet to view it.
Update: I've now watched the movie. It's not without some campy pleasures, e.g., Jack Palance in what is for all the world a super villain costume, complete with cape, but if I hadn't read the book and wanted to see how it adapted, I doubt I would have gotten very far. The later Paul Newman was an astute critic of his earlier self's bad acting.
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Robert Cosgrove
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Walter Mosley's Charcoal Joe, the latest entry in the Easy Rawlins series.
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