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Re: Books!

Posted: April 1st, 2018, 4:07 pm
by Wilborn
Did everyone stop reading or something lol? I'm currently reading the third and final book of the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. Love it. Any Sanderson fans in here?

Re: Books!

Posted: April 1st, 2018, 8:03 pm
by oldwrench
I haven't read any Sanderson bookd. I just finished reading The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum. These are scifi short stories, all written in the 1930's. They may be old but they are still fun to read and in some ways, still have relevance to the human psyche today.

Re: Books!

Posted: May 22nd, 2018, 10:34 pm
by Sakura
Wilborn wrote: April 1st, 2018, 4:07 pm Did everyone stop reading or something lol?
I still enjoy Manga :gg:
I could see myself reading the "Wheel of Time" series again. The story was neverending so I stopped around book 20

Re: Books!

Posted: May 23rd, 2018, 2:57 am
by oldwrench
I mhave a bunch of the When They Cry manga. That was a good anime.

Re: Books!

Posted: May 28th, 2018, 4:31 am
by oldwrench
I found just the mystery book series for you, Sakura. It is the Joe Grey mystery series by Shirley Rousseau Murphy.

Joe Grey is a bit different for a detective....... he's a cat, But he and his girlfriend Dulcie have a secret, sor some reason, probably in the first book of the series, that I don't have, Joe and Dulcie have acquired the ability to speak and read. Joe's owner, Clyde knows this as does Dulcie's owner. The book I am reading is named "Cat Under Fire" in it, a local young woman artist has been murdered and her ex boyfriend, another artist, is accused and standing trial. Dulcie has been hanging around the young man's cell, and he has poured out his story to the cat, not knowing Dulcie understands all he says. She has also been sitting outside the courtroom window, following the trial and is convinced of the young man's innocence. Now all the two cats need to do is find some clue the police have overlooked and somehow bring it to their attention, without revealing their secret. And without getting into danger themselves.

It appears there are quite a few books in this series. I have two other books in the series I found at the second hand store. "Cat Spitting Mad" and Cat Seeing Double." In one of the books, Dulcie and Joe pick up a ward, a kitten, whose curiosity just might get them all killed.

so far the book I'm reading seems well written and is worth looking for.

https://smile.amazon.com/Cat-Under-Fire ... ery+series

Re: Books!

Posted: November 12th, 2018, 7:30 pm
by Sakura
Sadly there are no translations for me. It's hard to read literature in foreign language, it needs more concentration than I can ever come up with :gg:

I'm currently reading a bunch of comic books that were popular in Germany in the 1990's when I was young... not to forget the "educational material" I got :kiss:

Re: Books!

Posted: November 14th, 2018, 5:09 am
by oldwrench
Ah, comics........ Stan Lee died. He was the creator of many of the Marvel comics characters such as Spider Man, the Hulk, and many others. I read many of those comics when I was young........ and they cost 12 cents at the corner drug store.

Re: Books!

Posted: November 14th, 2018, 5:32 am
by oldwrench
Ah, comics........ Stan Lee died. He was the creator of many of the Marvel comics characters such as Spider Man, the Hulk, and many others. I read many of those comics when I was young........ and they cost 12 cents at the corner drug store.
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Re: Books!

Posted: December 15th, 2018, 10:49 am
by Sakura
Ah that's the American version of Otaku then? :gg:
I have heared of these guys (there were a few spider-man movies, right?) Didn't watch them yet. I got a few anime series which I haven't watched either.

Re: Books!

Posted: June 28th, 2022, 5:30 am
by oldwrench
Book series I read that I would recommend for you. The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells, "All Systems Red" "Artificial Condition" "Rogue Protocol" and "Exit Strategy".

Murderbot is a SecUnit, a rented security cyborg, but he is self aware having hacked his governor module. He is on a mission to protect a planetary explorer group, but what he really would like is to be left alone to figure out who he is and why he has vague memories of a former mission gone wrong, a mission where he murdered the clients.
The books are interesting, there is plenty of action as Murderbot moves from one situation to the next trying to track his past and find out the truth behind his fragments of memory. He has all the abilities of a secsys security unit at his disposal but all of it's faults too. There is plenty of humor to keep the mood light. His self appointed name doesn't really fit as he gains friends and also a few enemies. The books aren't long but are a good read for any scifi fan.