October 2010 – Fire & Sonic

Ender’s Game – Cannonball Read #40

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Classic Sci Fi.

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Fantasy Lover & An Unforgettable Lady- Cannonball Read #37 & 38

Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Slightly paranormal romance with contemporary setting.

An Unforgettable Lady by J.R. Ward writing as Jessica Bird. Contemporary romance.

I found myself in the position of having read back to back two romance novels wherein the protagonists spent most of the book trying not to sleep together.

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Chat Box

Sonic Rob: dude
Sonic Rob: when are you coming over for some rock band?
Sonic Rob: there are so many good songs we didn’t get to yet
Sonic Rob: Cheap Trick
Sonic Rob: Jimmy Eat World
Sonic Rob: Bikini Kill
Sonic Rob: The Libyans
FyreHaar: I thought JEW was only guitar hero?
Sonic Rob: Bleed American is
Sonic Rob: RB2 has The Middle
Sonic Rob: which is quite fun
FyreHaar: coo
FyreHaar: It’s gonna be a bit
FyreHaar: maybe next week
Sonic Rob: =(
Sonic Rob: tonight!
FyreHaar: I am working out!
Sonic Rob: Rock Band is a workout!
Sonic Rob: I cannot play it with pants on!
FyreHaar: I don’t think we should play that together then

The Scarlet Pimpernel – Cannonball Read #39

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. Adventure novel of derring-do in Revolutionary France.

Highly reminiscent of The Lady in the Lake, Orczy gets things off with a bang. Two pages in and the milieu is set: A teeming bloodthirsty mass against the lone, hidden hero.

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The Girl Who Played with Fire – Cannonball Read #36

The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson. Second book in the Millennium Trilogy. Thriller with Scandinavian flavor. Spoilers for this and the first book in the trilogy, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Continue reading The Girl Who Played with Fire – Cannonball Read #36

A Dark Adapted Eye – Cannonball Read #34

A Dark Adapted Eye by Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine. Psychological thriller.

About fifteen years ago I watched half of the TV adaptation of this novel with my mother. We never got to watch the second half. It has been long enough that I remembered nothing of the plot, only flashes of Helena Bonham-Carter looking distraught. I finally got around to reading the book and I was not disappointed.

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Married by Morning – Cannonball Read #26

Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas. Historical Romance.

Romance novels are a lot like supermarket pudding cups. They aren’t necessarily the highest quality products in the world but they go down smooth, are nicely satisfying and I can slam down way too many while drinking red wine in the bath on a Saturday night.

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