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Started by krisalyx, January 14, 2009, 07:21:05 PM

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GhostTown11

The three little pigs by David weisner.

I find myself on the edge of my seat as I read.
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justmeinoz

Going back and forth between "Best Lesbian Romance 2012", and "Mortal Companion" by Patrick Califia.  Forget "50 Shades of Grey"! ;)

Karen.
"Don't ask me, it was on fire when I lay down on it"
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Cody Jensen

Catching Fire (Second book in The Hunger Games trilogy) by Suzanne Collins

as annoying as some people think she is, I love Effie Trinket  :)
Derp

"I just don't know what went wrong!"
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Jamie D

Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney: Slavery, Secession, and the President's War Powers by Professor (of Law) James F. Simon.   First edition 2006

A history, with emphasis on the legal controversies of the day.

I have found several factual errors!
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GhostTown11

Quote from: Jamie D on July 08, 2012, 03:47:22 AM
Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney: Slavery, Secession, and the President's War Powers by Professor (of Law) James F. Simon.   First edition 2006

A history, with emphasis on the legal controversies of the day.

I have found several factual errors!

In. The book?

Smarty pants  :P
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Jamie D

Quote from: Adam1 on July 08, 2012, 03:54:03 AM
In. The book?

Smarty pants  :P

The author is a retired law professor at the New York Law School.  He is not an historian.  Should have paid me to proof read it before he published.

By way of example:

The author refers to Lincoln's son, Edward, as "Tad."  Edward Baker Lincoln (1846-1850) was Lincoln's second son.  "Tad" was Thomas Lincoln (1853-1871), Lincoln's fourth and youngest son.
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GhostTown11

Quote from: Jamie D on July 08, 2012, 04:15:16 AM
The author is a retired law professor at the New York Law School.  He is not an historian.  Should have paid me to proof read it before he published.

By way of example:

The author refers to Lincoln's son, Edward, as "Tad."  Edward Baker Lincoln (1846-1850) was Lincoln's second son.  "Tad" was Thomas Lincoln (1853-1871), Lincoln's fourth and youngest son.

*backs away slowly*
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eli77

Quote from: Jamie D on July 08, 2012, 04:15:16 AM
The author is a retired law professor at the New York Law School.  He is not an historian.  Should have paid me to proof read it before he published.

By way of example:

The author refers to Lincoln's son, Edward, as "Tad."  Edward Baker Lincoln (1846-1850) was Lincoln's second son.  "Tad" was Thomas Lincoln (1853-1871), Lincoln's fourth and youngest son.

147 is my record for factual errors in a book. Of course that was pre-publication... luckily for the author. ;)
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AbraCadabra

Fiona Walker "Lucy Talk" great fun read, chick-lit. One more addition to my growing chick-lit library.
Much better than watching any soapies or serials, save "Friends" ? Could be :)
And no one hogging the remote either - what a blessing!

Axélle
Some say: "Free sex ruins everything..."
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Jamie D

Quote from: Sarah7 on July 08, 2012, 08:18:18 AM
147 is my record for factual errors in a book. Of course that was pre-publication... luckily for the author. ;)

Oooh!  You're good.
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Tammy Hope

Finally got around to reading "Odd Thomas" and now I'm working on "Forever Odd"
Disclaimer: due to serious injury, most of my posts are made via Dragon Dictation which sometimes butchers grammar and mis-hears my words. I'm also too lazy to closely proof-read which means some of my comments will seem strange.


http://eachvoicepub.com/PaintedPonies.php
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Constance

Love & Lies: Marisol's Story by Ellen Wittlinger

Padma

The End by Nora Olsen. Queer Young Adult fiction, with a trans theme buried in there somewhere :).
Womandrogyne™
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Shang

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

I love this book!
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Edge

Quote from: Arawn Gabriel on July 27, 2012, 09:41:51 AM
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

I love this book!
Seconded! Have you read Ender's Shadow? It's told from Bean's point of view.

I'm reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman, Durarara!!, and Preacher.
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Elsa

reading Dance with Dragons - George R. R. Martin
Sometimes when life is a fight - we just have to fight back and say screw you - I want to live.

Sometimes we just need to believe.
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Alexis

Quote from: Edge on July 27, 2012, 09:50:38 AM
Seconded! Have you read Ender's Shadow? It's told from Bean's point of view.
I thought all three of the Shadow novels were written so much better than the Ender's series, and I loved the Ender's books

Just finished the Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri - worst translation ever, I think would have been better off reading it in Italian
I'm starting into The Judgement of Paris - George Taber
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Padma

I'm in the middle of My Name is Red by Orhan Pamouk (bloody great book, re-reading it, trying not to cringe at the American English translation), about to start Body of Glass by Marge Piercy. Taking a temporary break from all the YA LGBT fiction I've been reading lately :).
Womandrogyne™
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Felix

I've been on a zine bender. I put in holds lately for all the history stuff by Sarah Mirk that I hadn't read yet, and I'm also plowing through all the education-related, sex positive/queer, and Portlandy zines I find at the handful of nearby libraries.
everybody's house is haunted
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Pica Pica

I managed to get hold of the twelve volumes of Casanova's unexpurgated memoirs. On volume two and having a wonderful time.
'For the circle may be squared with rising and swelling.' Kit Smart
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