Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=57339ABC - Authors, Books, and Chat or Comments about Books We Love; Books We Hate; Books We Write; Books We'd Like To Write; Books We Wish Others Would Write: A discussion about books of all kinds, concentrating on but not limited to our own libraries and including new, mainstream and non-mainstream, i...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=5733938013210StanCC Prose channel on Youtube where classics are read aloud. ccprose.com  The left pane has the main topics/authors - the right each list/playlist. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289020875/18/2013 12:02:50 PMLindyBillGood series! BEST KEPT SECRET, by Jeffrey Archer. (St. Martin's.) In Volume 3 of the Clifton Chronicles, the focus shifts to a new generation — Sebastian, the son of Harry and Emma Clifton. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288975065/16/2013 5:03:56 AMLindyBillI leave the politics out when I post this here. U.S. Now Paints Apple as ‘Ringmaster’ in Its Lawsuit on E-Book Price-Fixing By EDWARD WYATT and NICK WINGFIELD WASHINGTON — The e-mail, from Steve Jobs of Apple to James Murdoch of News Corporation, reads as if one old sport were trying to cajole another...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288950525/15/2013 4:03:13 AMSmoothSailhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288894075/12/2013 12:21:13 AMSmoothSailhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288890145/11/2013 4:42:40 PMAlan Smitheehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288849455/9/2013 3:04:14 PMSmoothSailChanging the oil and tires on your motorcycle? Listening to music in your gazebo? Arguing cases in front of the Supreme Court? I can see why you're busy.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288847885/9/2013 2:12:29 PMAlan SmitheeI second what Lindy says about The Lieutenants. All of the books in the series build on what came before. Excellent reading. I've taken a break from reading much lately. Got other things on my plate that are keeping me occupied. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288841835/9/2013 10:08:40 AMLindyBillFrom Crashes to Exorcism, His Own Cut By JANET MASLIN THE FRIEDKIN CONNECTION By William Friedkin Illustrated. 497 pages. Harper. $29.99. When William Friedkin was doing research for his controversial film “Cruising,” he showed up on jockstrap night at the Mine Shaft, the famed gay ba...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288832355/8/2013 6:27:17 PMLindyBillThe thing that makes this book unusual is that this award normally goes to a Liberal Prof. Jean is a conservative, so it must be VERY good. Theodore Roosevelt and the American Political Tradition by Jean Yarbrough, professor of government and Gary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social Sciences at Bowdoin College. We a...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288806875/7/2013 3:33:40 PMCarolynhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288787895/6/2013 7:30:30 PMSmoothSailI didn't see her name listed as one of the authors. Did she also help on that book?http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288787825/6/2013 7:25:09 PMCarolynhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288787085/6/2013 6:46:05 PMSmoothSailTo say the least: Mary Higgins Clark, John Connolly, Charlaine Harris, CJ Box, Mark Billingham, Lawrence Block, Ken Bruen, Alafair Burke, Stephen L. Carter, Marcia Clark, Max Allan Collins, James Grady, Heather Graham, Bryan Gruley, Val McDermid, SJ Rozan, Dana Stabenow, Lisa Unger, and Sarah Weinman. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288782585/6/2013 2:54:08 PMLindyBillhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288782455/6/2013 2:48:57 PMSmoothSailhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288782235/6/2013 2:38:21 PMLindyBillSanford had a new one, STORM FRONT. Lee Child also has one, INHERIT THE DEAD. As does Lee Child with NEVER GO BACK. All due out this fall. C.J. Box has THE HIGHWAY. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288782165/6/2013 2:35:47 PMSmoothSailhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288781975/6/2013 2:28:13 PMLindyBill[graphic] Michael Connelly Books Read chapters 1 & 2 from THE GODS OF GUILT, the next Mickey Haller novel. Coming out on November 21 in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, and on December 2 in the US and Canada. michaelconnelly.com  [graphic] The Gods of Guilt Excerpt www.michaelconnelly.com Part 1: Glor...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288780935/6/2013 1:44:12 PMManyMooseI guess PETA would have a cow too! OSHA, PETA, and the EPA should all have a cow. Mooooo! The hide business in the 19th and 20th came from those pulley belts. All leather.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288756645/5/2013 12:17:25 AMLindyBillThe hide business in the 19th and 20th came from those pulley belts. All leather. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288755255/4/2013 9:36:14 PMManyMooseThat dog is one mellow creature, or an extremely deaf one. And Louis L'Amour books and CD sets look wonderful in those boxes. I have several.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288755065/4/2013 9:08:00 PMManyMooseWonderful is an understatement. I'm proud to own several of those boxes. Wish I had more.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288754795/4/2013 8:45:15 PMManyMooseAbout 30 years ago I knew of a machine shop that was set up with those belts, and one engine ran all the tools. It's amazing how they keep the belts from running off the pulley. OSHA would have a cow if it saw that. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288754735/4/2013 8:35:48 PMThomas A WatsonLast night I finished "The Striker" It is book 6 in Clive Cusslers Issac Bell series. Narrated by Scott Brick. Although it is the sixth book in the series in the time line of Issac Bells life it would be number one. I've enjoyed all of the Issac Bell books. fantasticfiction.co.uk  Detective Isaac Bell retu...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288749765/4/2013 1:43:06 PMLindyBillEver wonder who makes those wonderful boxes we see collections of books in? Watch this great film. Full screen is the best. Hat tip, Stan. Watching that old steam engine in operation is fantastic! [youtube video]http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288731865/3/2013 12:46:25 PMLindyBillBernie's back! A MAN WITHOUT BREATH, by Philip Kerr. (Marian Wood/Putnam, $26.95.) Bernie Gunther, the Berlin cop, is sent to Smolensk to try to pin a massacre on the Russians. This is a great serial novel down from a POV you will get nowhere else. A Berlin Detective from 1930 to 1950. He meets and w...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288701655/2/2013 7:07:53 AMLindyBillBOOK REVIEW: Battle of Stones River: The Forgotten Conflict Between the Confederate Army of Tennessee and the Union Army of the Cumberlandhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288701235/2/2013 5:39:40 AMThomas A WatsonI use FantasticFiction.com fantasticfiction.co.uk  w.e.b griffin fantasticfiction.co.uk  Willian E Butterworth. between the two pages you can find all his works. Born in 1929 puts him at 84. He can tell story.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288671314/30/2013 4:25:15 PMLindyBillI suggest Griffin readers go to his site and read his Bio. It's fascinating, IMO. He wrote a series of paperbacks in the 60s on contract using M.A.S.H. as the basis. Never have seen one. Plus a whole bunch of kid's books. He is one of these talented people who can sit down and write and write and write. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288667924/30/2013 2:02:19 PMThomas A WatsonMy first W.E.B Griffin book was Presidential Agent 1. By Order of the President ( 2004) I loved it. I have listened too all of that series. I have also listened to the Corps series, Men at War series. I am currently in the Honor Bound series, book 4, Death and Honour. I have started the Badge of Honour ser...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288667694/30/2013 1:47:44 PMLindyBillhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288666984/30/2013 1:16:41 PMStanhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288666144/30/2013 12:49:50 PMJohnMHis best one to start with, IMO, is THE LIEUTENANTS. Let me second that recommendation. I believe it's the first book in the series that got me started.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288663444/30/2013 11:24:39 AMSmoothSailhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288658494/30/2013 4:38:28 AMLindyBillGriffin writes serial novels. His flashbacks in each novel get a bit annoying after a while, but you get used to his style and jump them. I think of the series as "military soap opera." He was in the military after WWII and in Korea. Mainly a clerk for some top Generals at the time, but managed to win the Combat Inf...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288658344/30/2013 3:53:46 AMSmoothSailI'm looking forward to it. Thanks for the recommendation. Looks like he's written a plethora of books - ought to keep me busy for some time.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288658094/30/2013 2:41:32 AMLindyBillI will never forget reading the first chapter of THE LIEUTENANTS, as Bellman is captured during the battle of Kasserine pass. Started my reading journey that has lasted to this day. Perhaps you will be able to tell me why I am so hooked when you finish it. Here is a review at Amazon that I agree with: If you want t...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288658024/30/2013 2:29:25 AMSmoothSailThanks. I'm not getting much work done these days. So many books...so little time. ;)http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288656904/29/2013 11:39:12 PMLindyBillWEB Griffin is next on my list. His best one to start with, IMO, is THE LIEUTENANTS. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288656594/29/2013 11:14:54 PMSmoothSailI agree that the PBS series was depressing. They shot it that way - all dark and gloomy. The books don't come off that way. The character, Wallender, is loaded with flaws but that's part of what makes it interesting. And, of course, Dick Hill makes it a good listen. I'm going to work my way through the whole series....http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288652754/29/2013 6:49:21 PMThomas A WatsonI have found Dick Hill to be an outstanding narrator. But I have found the Wallender series on PBS to be very depressing. I've just finished books two and three of John Scalzi's "Old Man's War" The series is read by William Dufris who is also a great narrator. This 5 minutes I'm in WEB Griffen's 4th boo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288652004/29/2013 6:02:01 PMSmoothSailI've been listening to Henning Mantel's Kurt Wallender series read by Dick Hill who's become one of my favorites. I am now hooked on audio books. I've learned a lot about the pacing and flow of a book by listening to them rather than reading.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288651474/29/2013 5:34:32 PMManyMooseThanks! I've had response that says the author winds the story up well in a way that I would like, so I'm almost there. I think I know what he meant. The ending is very like recent events. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288647624/29/2013 1:58:07 PMThomas A WatsonI listen mostly and a few times, the most recent a few months back was an attempt to listen to the first of Rowlings rings books. It was read by Jim Dale who is highly rated as a narrator. Anyway just could not get into it and quit. I was only a few percent into the book. I only read when books of a series I...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288647134/29/2013 1:38:40 PMManyMooseI've thought about quitting "Rage" but I'm already 4/5 done. Part of the problem may be that my attention span isn't very good because I'm coping with insomnia. I'd like to hear from anyone who read "Rage" and liked it. Already have one response that encourages me to keep going.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288611744/26/2013 5:24:00 PMSmoothSailif I start a book I don't like I quit. Me too. Too many good books out there to waste time reading one you don't like.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288611244/26/2013 4:54:03 PMLindyBillDoes anybody else have this impression? My impression is that if I start a book I don't like I quit. Reading is supposed to be an enjoyable experience. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288611144/26/2013 4:48:19 PMMurrey WalkerI often feel the same. Ludlum had a couple of clunkers along the way (for me, at least). Sometimes walking away from that author you like, happens. WRT "River God", I didn't particularly like the Taita character until well into the third book of the "Egyptian" series.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288609594/26/2013 3:11:42 PMManyMooseThanks, Murrey. I started with "River God" and got hooked on Wilbur Smith. I usually don't have trouble following his themes, but this last one has me re-reading passages a lot.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288608654/26/2013 2:22:54 PM