Last week, I completed my reading of David Eddings’s The Belgariad Volume I. As I’ve mentioned previously, this book contained the first three books of the series, Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, and Magician’s Gambit. I’ve already discussed my thoughts on Pawn of Prophecy, and you can read those thoughts in my post here. In this post, I’ll be taking [...]
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My Thoughts On George Orwell’s Animal Farm
March 17, 2012
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Last weekend, I completed my reading of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. In Animal Farm we have a story of how animals take over their farm, Manor Farm, from their tyrannical owner Mr. Jones. After they successfully drive Mr. Jones from the farm, the story tells of how the animals, led by the pigs Snowball and Napoleon, form their new [...]
Read more My Thoughts On Michael Crichton’s Prey
March 15, 2012
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A week ago, I completed my reading of Michael Crichton’s Prey. As I mentioned previously, Prey was my brother’s choice for our reading group that includes my sister. Prey is a book that’s awfully heavy on scientific details, and I think that’s the case for a couple of reasons, which I’ll get to in a moment. [...]
Read more My Thoughts On Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Tiger
February 25, 2012
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On Thursday evening, I completed my reading of Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Tiger. My sister chose Sharpe’s Tiger for our informal discussion book club. I wasn’t sure exactly what to think of this book when I first began reading it. The first chapter or so started out so slowly, I wasn’t sure if I was going to enjoy [...]
Read more Thoughts On Part I Of The Belgariad
February 24, 2012
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Earlier in the week, I completed reading the first book of David Eddings’s The Belgariad, Pawn of Prophecy. Pawn of Prophecy is a good introduction to the series. In Pawn of Prophecy, we’re introduced to Garion, Mr. Wolf, and Aunt Pol, and their quest to find the man who stole a magical orb. Throughout the book, Garion [...]
Read more My Thoughts on Ian Fleming’s Moonraker
February 18, 2012
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Late last week, I finished my reading of Ian Fleming’s Moonraker. Moonraker is the third in a series of James Bond books. In Moonraker 007 is on the case of ensuring the Moonraker missile test run is successful due to a murder at the Moonraker facility. At the center of the Moonraker project is one Sir Hugo [...]
Read more My Thoughts On Ian Fleming’s Live and Let Die
February 16, 2012
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Good Morning! Late last week, I completed my reading of Ian Fleming’s Live and Let Die. Live and Let Die is Ian Fleming’s second book about famed British secret agent 007, James Bond. In this book, Bond is on a mission to eliminate a major SMERSH agent, Mr. Big. Of course, Live and Let Die was the [...]
Read more My Thoughts On Agatha Christie’s The Mysterious Affair At Styles
February 15, 2012
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I know, I know, I’m a bit behind in my blogging on books I’ve finished reading. My excuse, other than pure laziness, is I don’t have one! :-) Other things have been keeping me busy, work, and outside stuff. As I mentioned last week, I completed my reading of my second Agatha Christie mystery novel, The [...]
Read more My Thoughts On Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale
February 9, 2012
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On Monday evening, I completed my reading of Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale. In Casino Royale, Fleming introduces James Bond, 007, to readers, the book that started it all! Of course, there is a movie starring Daniel Craig with the same title that I’ve seen several times before I even contemplated picking up an Ian Fleming [...]
Read more My Thoughts On James Bradley’s Flags of Our Fathers
February 7, 2012
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Late last week, I completed my reading of James Bradley’s Flags of Our Fathers. In Flags of Our Fathers, Bradley tells the story of each of the men who were responsible for the famous World War II picture of U.S. Marines raising the flag over Iwo Jima. For starters, I was very impressed with James [...]
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