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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Orson Scott Card

Tags: fiction family adventure capitalism contemporary conservatism @finished2007

Description: Loved it! It kept me interest through the whole book, as my favourites all do: and it evenLoved it! It kept me interest through the whole book, as my favourites all do: and it even kept me annoyed. Once I figured out his real point, I realized its profound implications.
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2007-09-23

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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Richard Adams

Tags: fantasy adventure shortstories animals ethics life/death @finished2007

Description: Loved it. This book added to my understanding of Adams' world and how things molded together.Loved it. This book added to my understanding of Adams' world and how things molded together. As with the best of my books, I was said when it was finished....

2007-05-01

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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Kathy Reichs

Tags: mystery adventure forensic @finished2007 temperance_brennan

2007-05-01

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Anne Rice

Tags: spirituality gods adventure culture @finished2006 forgiveness

Description: I loved this book. I was a little worried when I started it because Ms Rice built the storyI loved this book. I was a little worried when I started it because Ms Rice built the story on theology that was a bit... idolatrous. But she built an excellent story that turned on some wonderful principles. It was an audio-book, but one that I listened to intensely....

2006-09-28

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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Authors: Kevin J. Anderson Frank Herbert Brian Herbert

Tags: future scifi adventure philosophy politics desert @finished2006 arrakis pleasure

Description: Another audiobook, this one is great: at least the first story was awesome. I listened to itAnother audiobook, this one is great: at least the first story was awesome. I listened to it driving home to Toronto. The first story was an early version of the Dune story, and focused on some of relationships in the books. It has been a while since I read it, and this was a a great re-introduction. Unfortunately, the other chapters were snippets of other scenes, so they did not build nearly as well without intimate knowledge of the books, which I've lost over the last decades. But it did stir me to re-read the old books and read the ones I've not yet discovered....

2006-09-12

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: James Hilton

Tags: fantasy adventure geography ethics

Description: Loved the book. I read this actually soon after the seeing the movie; it was a glorious experienceLoved the book. I read this actually soon after the seeing the movie; it was a glorious experience to first enjoy the movie as much as I did, and then enjoy the book even more....

2006-02-20

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Orson Scott Card

Tags: fantasy spirituality adventure @finished2006

Description: Well I'll admit this one I used an audiotape and listened to it on the way to work. I'veWell I'll admit this one I used an audiotape and listened to it on the way to work. I've followed Alvin since he started in Prentice Alvin and enjoyed every step of the way. It was good to see the return to water and the Unmaker in this one, and there were continual branches back to book one: even though they were not essential to understand the plot-line....

2006-02-18