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  1. 10-31-2016, 12:03 AM #821
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    The Red Pavilion: A Judge Dee Mystery
    by Robert Van Gulik

    Fiction > Mystery & Detective
    Tang dynasty, 618-907
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    Dee Jen-Djieh (Fictitious character)
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    A chance encounter with Autumn Moon, the most powerful courtesan on Paradise Island, leads Judge Dee to investigate three deaths. Although he finally teases the true story from a tangled history of passion and betrayal, Dee is saddened by the perversion, corruption, and waste of the world "of flowers and willows" that thrives on prostitution.
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    I'm in the middle of "The Papers of Tony Veitch" -- the second volume in William McIlvanney's "Laidlaw" trilogy. The author is widely held to be the progenitor of the Tartan Noir genre; sadly, he passed away last December.
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    Undermajordomo Minor, by Patrick deWitt.
    So far so good.
    I read "The Sisters Brothers" and enjoyed, figured I'd pick this one up too.
    I like his style of writing, but it may not be for everyone.
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    Anyone read any Franklin Horton? I picked up a knife mag yesterday and there a full page ad for his ISIS/End of the World type books.
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    Logic Made Easy by Deborah J. Bennet
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    Before Gillette: The Quest for a Safe Razor - Inventors and Patents 1762-1901 by Robert K Waits.

    Fascinating stuff on the attempts to tame the razor, lots of diagrams, easy to read in small increments.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings View Post
    I am around 100 pages into American God's by Neil Gaiman. The story looks like it will be about gods brought to North America by immigrants, now forgotten, trying to be relevant again.
    Read that along with Anasazi Boys last month. Both books entertained me thoroughly enough to seek out out more of Neil Gaiman's work at the local library.
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    "The Hiding Place" the Corrie Ten Boom story. Second time reading it. I have it in a tattered hardcover I picked up from Goodwill however, the softcover I am reading now belongs to my daughter- She got it with her most recent shipment of curriculum for home schooling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Speedster View Post
    Read that along with Anasazi Boys last month. Both books entertained me thoroughly enough to seek out out more of Neil Gaiman's work at the local library.
    The Starz network will be airing a 10 episode series of American Gods this year.
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    The Civil War Trilogy, "Gods and Generals", "The Killer Angels" and "The Last Full Measure."
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