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Finished "Bushville Wins!" Interesting, but enough with the beer puns already. I thought it was a nice balance between game descriptions and back stories.

Also, they referred to the Sentinel as the afternoon paper, and the Journal as the morning paper. It was the other way around. I can't find any record of it switching. This error kind of bothered me. :p

Finally picked up Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from the library - haven't started it yet.
 
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Chris Kluwe's book is pretty entertaining. Doesn't take long to read, either, maybe a couple hours.
 
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My recent reads

Trunk Music by Michael Connelly This Bosch novel finds Bosch back on his first murder case after his suspension and a working back period in burglary. This case finds a B movie producer stuffed in the trunk of his car with a bullet to the head. As Bosch investigates he finds out that this case is connected to the Mafia in Vegas where he runs into his old friend Eleanor Wish whose been released from jail. As is the norm for these novels Bosch ****es of the brass and the FBI but manages to solve the case.

Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick A good tale of the events leading up to Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker (Breed’s) Hill and the subsequent siege and evacuation of Boston by the British. A lot of emphasis is placed on Dr. Joseph Warren’s involvement in the affairs and his death during the battle. But there is a nice timeline of events of the various events which lead to the first major engagement in the American Revolution.

Enemy of Mine by Brad Taylor This latest Pike Logan book by Taylor finds Logan and Jennifer attempting to break up a plot to assassinate a Middle East envoy. Problem with this plot is that there are two assassins, a Palestinian nicknamed the ghost and their old friend Lucas Kane. Non stop action from Tunisia to Lebanon, to Dubai to Qatar as they attempt to break up the plot and bring the former Navy Seal Kane to justice, good read.

The Midnight House by Alex Berenson This John Wells novel by Berenson finds Wells on the hunt for a serial killer. One by one the team members of a rendition house are being murdered. Who is doing this? Is it one of the detainees who was release Al Queda some other force? Wells goes to the Middle East and back trying to unravel the tangled web that this murder plot weaves. Good story. Not quite as much action as the past Wells’ novels.

Pride of Carthage by David Anthony Durham This book written similar to Jeff Shaara’s novels follows the journey’s and battles of Hannibal from Iberia to Rome and back to Carthage and his defeat by Scipio at Zama. It tells the story from the point of view of Hannibal, his brothers, some of the soldiers and camp followers and the various Romans who battled against him, a good read.

Drink with the Devil by Jack Higgins This Sean Dillon novel starts with a mysterious man named Martin Keough helping a Protestant Loyalist hijack a shipment of gold. Threatened with IRA gunman when escaping they dump the gold in the sea and retreat. Fast forward 10 years that Loyalist man is in prison in the US and the Mafia hears about the gold. Partnering with the IRA they help break him from prison to lead them to the gold. The problem Martin Keough is really former IRA gunmen Sean Dillon who now works for the British Prime Minister’s secret army as they try to take down the criminals and recover the gold.

The Legacy by Stephen Frey This book starts with Cole Egan getting notified at work that his father is dead and he needs to go to a safety deposit box to pick up his inheritance. When he goes to the box all it contains is a video tape when watching it he sees a video of another angle of the JFK assassination. This opens a can of worms as people are now trying to kill Egan to get the tape and the bodies start dropping. Okay read.

Supreme Justice by Philip Margolin This book brings back Brad Miller and Dana Cutler from Executive Justice. Miller is clerking for a Supreme Court Justice and an attempt is made on her life. It appears to be connected to a case pending review by the court that involves the CIA and a bunch of mysterious murders. Miller hires Cutler to investigate, once again plunging them into a nationwide conspiracy of mayhem and murder. Good read

Wild Bill Donovan by Douglas Waller This is a biography of OSS founder Wild Bill Donovan, a native of Buffalo NY he was a Republican politician who was tapped by FDR to run the Office of Strategic Services during WWII. This details the trials and tribulations what he had to go through to set up the OSS. The bureaucratic infighting with both the Department of Defense and the FBI. It details the great successes and failures and gives both the positives and negatives of Donovan. A good look at the founder of Central Intelligence in the US, though he never headed the CIA it is based on what he outlined to FDR and many of his protégé’s; Allen Dulles, William Casey, Bill Colby and others headed or played major roles in the CIA.
 
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without backstroking through 300 posts, has anybody read 'Gone Girl'? Great book. Author is Gillian Flynn. Woman goes missing on her 5th anniversary, husband tells lie after lie about her and her disappearance. Very good story; both of the main characters are people you would love to hate.
 
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Finished Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Wow. Looking forward to the next one.

Gone Girl is on my list of books to get to... sometime. Heard lots of good things.
 
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Finished Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Wow. Looking forward to the next one.
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Finally gave in and started reading the book (after watching all the movies multiple times). I am enjoying the differences.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Finally gave in and started reading the book (after watching all the movies multiple times). I am enjoying the differences.
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I usually prefer to read the book before seeing the movie, as I generally like the book better than the movie (maybe that's a chicken-egg question and if I saw a movie first, I'd like it more). Haven't seen any of the movies.

Next up: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Sorcerers-Apprentices-Kitchen-elBulli/dp/1439175551/ref=pd_sxp_f_pt">The Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adrià's el Bulli</a>
 
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I usually prefer to read the book before seeing the movie, as I generally like the book better than the movie (maybe that's a chicken-egg question and if I saw a movie first, I'd like it more). Haven't seen any of the movies.

Next up: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Sorcerers-Apprentices-Kitchen-elBulli/dp/1439175551/ref=pd_sxp_f_pt">The Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adrià's el Bulli</a>
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The Swedish versions happened to be streaming when I decided I was going to check out the trilogy, so in this case, it was a matter of convenience. :)
 
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The Swedish versions happened to be streaming when I decided I was going to check out the trilogy, so in this case, it was a matter of convenience. :)
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The American movie stayed much truer to the book than the Swedish version. As for the book, I had a hard time reading the first couple chapters, they just didn't capture my attention. Then once I hit something in the book that caught my attention and I couldn't put it down. The Girl Who Played With Fire is one I ripped through in a couple days (very fast rate for me). The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is much less impressive than the first two, but not a bad book for tying up the series.
 
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As for the book, I had a hard time reading the first couple chapters, they just didn't capture my attention. Then once I hit something in the book that caught my attention and I couldn't put it down.
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It definitely started out slow in setting the background.
 
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St. Clown said:
The American movie stayed much truer to the book than the Swedish version. As for the book, I had a hard time reading the first couple chapters, they just didn't capture my attention. Then once I hit something in the book that caught my attention and I couldn't put it down. The Girl Who Played With Fire is one I ripped through in a couple days (very fast rate for me). The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is much less impressive than the first two, but not a bad book for tying up the series.
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I don't know how true it is, but I read somewhere that "Hornet's Nest" is not as strong because it was only a 1st draft, and Larsson died before he could get it completely finished. They published the book to tie up the series after he died, despite it not being finished.
 
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I read that last night. It makes me wonder how A Casual Vacancy would have been reviewed/received has Rowling used a pseudonym for that book as well. Were people overly harsh on it because her name was attached or just the opposite? Maybe it was some of both and it ended up getting middling ratings as a result, perhaps where it should have been.
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I tried like nobody's business to like that book and it was plain awful. Chapters of never getting to the point. I ended up not finishing it. I think I have not finished a book maybe 3 times in the past 5 yrs.

Figured this would be as good a place as any to ask this question- looking to turn in a bunch of books for cash. Mr has a ton of sports related biographies- Feinstein etc about Baseball, hockey, golf. Lil has tried Amazon and MyBookBuyer.com with little success. Anyone know of a different site or have suggestions?
 
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I tried like nobody's business to like that book and it was plain awful. Chapters of never getting to the point. I ended up not finishing it. I think I have not finished a book maybe 3 times in the past 5 yrs.

Figured this would be as good a place as any to ask this question- looking to turn in a bunch of books for cash. Mr has a ton of sports related biographies- Feinstein etc about Baseball, hockey, golf. Lil has tried Amazon and MyBookBuyer.com with little success. Anyone know of a different site or have suggestions?
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I know with Amazon you have the option of selling it directly to the site (or some wholesaler), or making yourself into a seller and just waiting for people to make a purchase directly from you. There's also that chain, I forget its official name, but it's something like Second Hand Bookstore. The one time I took a stroll through the one in town, they'll pretty much buy any book so long as it's not missing pages or a cover.

There's also http://www.bing.com/search?q=second+hand+bookstores&qs=AS&form=QBLH&pq=second+hand+books&sc=8-17&sp=2&sk=AS1
 
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leswp1 said:
I tried like nobody's business to like that book and it was plain awful. Chapters of never getting to the point. I ended up not finishing it. I think I have not finished a book maybe 3 times in the past 5 yrs.

Figured this would be as good a place as any to ask this question- looking to turn in a bunch of books for cash. Mr has a ton of sports related biographies- Feinstein etc about Baseball, hockey, golf. Lil has tried Amazon and MyBookBuyer.com with little success. Anyone know of a different site or have suggestions?
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I have a friend who finds books at estate sales, etc..., and turns around and sells them for cash. Makes about $15,000/year doing it. Swears by AbeBooks.com. Is the only place he lists them, apparently.
 
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SJHovey said:
I have a friend who finds books at estate sales, etc..., and turns around and sells them for cash. Makes about $15,000/year doing it. Swears by AbeBooks.com. Is the only place he lists them, apparently.
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Smart. Neat idea.
 
leswp1 said:
I tried like nobody's business to like that book and it was plain awful. Chapters of never getting to the point. I ended up not finishing it. I think I have not finished a book maybe 3 times in the past 5 yrs.

Figured this would be as good a place as any to ask this question- looking to turn in a bunch of books for cash. Mr has a ton of sports related biographies- Feinstein etc about Baseball, hockey, golf. Lil has tried Amazon and MyBookBuyer.com with little success. Anyone know of a different site or have suggestions?
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To maximize your cash with the least amount of effort, frist take them to an independent used book store near you. They likely won't take everything, but will pay you more for the better items.

Take the rest to a chain used boom store (like half price books) but you will get significantly less and if you itemize your deductions you will likely be better off taking the books and just donating them.

If you are looking to maximize how much you get for them, you need to go to the work of selling them directly to people who want them, which is much easier thanks to the internet but still a not insignificant time sink.
 
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Thanks. No one seems to be buying books like they used to. The Abe books place will take a few, Amazon a few, Cash4books a few. LOTS of books that no one wants.
 
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leswp1 said:
Figured this would be as good a place as any to ask this question- looking to turn in a bunch of books for cash. Mr has a ton of sports related biographies- Feinstein etc about Baseball, hockey, golf. Lil has tried Amazon and MyBookBuyer.com with little success. Anyone know of a different site or have suggestions?
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Find out if your local library (or a Friends of the Library group) has a booksale and donate them. Much easier, it's helps a non-profit, and you can write the donations off on your taxes.
 
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