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This is the second in the Shadowmarch trilogy from Tad Williams. I got addicted to Williams with the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy which I think is one of the greatest fantasy trilogies out there, right up with The Lord of the Rings and  the first three books of the The Shannara series. Anyway I picked this up in a moment of weakness knowing that I didn’t finish the first book. I finished this one and now I’ve got to figure out what I did with the first one.

http://www.amazon.com/Shadowplay-Shadowmarch-II-Tad-Williams/dp/0756404711/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228542140&sr=1-1

Ah, the master Heinlen. I would rather read the worst Heinlen that just about anything else by anybody. This is a little book that consists of two novellas, Waldo and Magic, Inc.Waldo is the superior story but both are worth the short amount of time it takes to plough through.

http://www.amazon.com/Waldo-Magic-Inc-Robert-Heinlein/dp/B000J6EJCK/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228541959&sr=1-5

Stephen Hunter is another author that I anxiously await any output from. This is the next installation in the Bob the Nailer series. I still find the Earl Swagger stories more interesting even thought the only Hunter book I never finished was Havana an Earl Swagger story, but this was a great page turner and I loved every page of it.

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Thunder-Bob-Swagger-Novel/dp/1416565116/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228541701&sr=1-1

I preordered this from Amazon the minute I heard it was coming out. I could not wait for it to finally come out. When I finally did get my greasy little mits on it I devoured it. Then as soon as I finished it I flipped back to the first page and started reading it again. I would like to say that it was because the book was so much fun I had to read it again, but the truth is that I wasn’t satisfied. I felt like I was missing something and it must be my fault because this is Stephenson; the author of the The Baroque Cycle, Cryptinomicon, The Diamond Age, the one with Hiro Protaganist and the bike with a nuclear reactor in the side car whose title eludes me right now. On a second slower reading it was more satisfying but It just didn’t reach the heihts of his other work, but that’s a mighty high bar. I’m still looking forward to anything else he does with great anticipation.

http://www.amazon.com/Anathem-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0061474096/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228541302&sr=8-1

Wow it’s not been as long as I though it was. Among other things I’ve been doing a little reading over the last couple of months. The 1000 book thing is still on my mind. What I will do is post a brief, or maybe not so brief note each time I finish a book and put it in the “1000 Books” category. That way I can keep track of what I’ve read.

Phone in hand, dont feel naked no more

just realized i left my phone at home, arrg I feel nekkid!

feel like a hammer, looking for a nail.

back to the daily grind http://ping.fm/ix5my

restless… oh well, guess its home, Salty Dogs and Old Crow Medicine Show