tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117988114815121161.post8363652619029245876..comments2022-08-24T05:48:14.422-07:00Comments on Unsolicited Advice: What I'm Reading IIAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710701805683512821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117988114815121161.post-14794276694973346062013-03-16T10:12:56.848-07:002013-03-16T10:12:56.848-07:00Not finishing books is pretty new to me, but I'...Not finishing books is pretty new to me, but I've done it a lot lately. I've returned 4(?) real library books, unfinished, in the past year, and 2 Kindle library books. I guess if every book was good, it would diminish the value of the greats. Rhihttp://knowitallmrs.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117988114815121161.post-78516587060949907632013-03-15T10:40:13.662-07:002013-03-15T10:40:13.662-07:00I'm getting ready to STOP reading a book becau...I'm getting ready to STOP reading a book because its author seems to have NO IDEA how to do BASIC RESEARCH before including certain specific references in his story. Couple examples:<br />* In one character's back-story, he started a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) YEARS before such an option even existed.<br />* Multiple instances of characters removing batteries from their iPhones, which is tricky since no iPhone EVER has had a removable battery.<br /><br />Combine these (to me) glaring inconsistencies with flawed, highly improbable plot elements and - yeah. I'm done.<br /><br />I think it's time for another round of Tad Williams' "Otherland."<br />:)Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814379524664994701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117988114815121161.post-23125622742624075832013-03-15T07:57:20.564-07:002013-03-15T07:57:20.564-07:00Currently reading:
"The Eye of the World: Bo...Currently reading:<br />"The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan.<br />Actually I am listening to this on CD as I drive all over creation. I realize that this is only the beginning of a 15 book marathon. It could easily take me more than a year to listen to all of the books.<br /><br />"The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien - I am reading this aloud to my daughters.<br /><br />"The Death of a Disco Dancer" by David Clark<br />I am just about to start this for my book group that meets next week.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238263762817117803noreply@blogger.com