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 Member: InigoMontoyaCollectionsYour library (1,717), Currently reading (3), To read (853), To listen (146), Read but unowned (23), Harvard Classics (23), Readers' Digest Condensed Books (16), Babylon5 (17), Star Wars (11), Fighting Fantasy (37), All collections (1,717) Reviews16 reviews TagsMain (1,307), Fiction (1,230), Study (191), Audio (147), Biography (93), Hall (82), Guest (77), History (64), Short stories (63), Humour (59) — see all tags Cloudstag cloud, author cloud, tag mirror About meThe 18th of April, 1981, was a wet afternoon. Having worked for two years in an office building above both a bookshop and a second-hand bookshop, I'd managed to amass a fair few books, many of which were still unread. I'd just finished...something. I looked over the shelves, but I couldn't decide what to read. I finally reached out for...something. Which I'd already read. I froze, suddenly struck with how ridiculous this was. I emptied the bookshelves, put the books back in alphabetical order and decided to start with the first, whether I'd read it or not. I kept a record of this, becoming positively anal. I got to L before realising that there was no reason why I should have ignored all the hardbacks and non-fiction from this process. Fifteen years later, my parents died within six months of each other and I inherited their books. I'm only back at C, bar a few A-C's that sneak in because they are later additions or from Mum and Dad. Since then, my reading has slowed to almost a halt. That's a bad thing and needs to be rectified. I love to organise and joining LibraryThing is my first step on the path to reawakening a former passion. About my libraryIt's out-of-date, but it's mine. GroupsBBC Radio 3 Listeners, Best of British, Brits, Combiners!, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Go Review That Book!, Reading Tips, Science Fiction Fans, The Prizes Favorite authorsPeter Ackroyd (Shared favorites) Membership LocationUnited Kingdom EmailGetsagrip Account typepublic, lifetime URLs
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I thought the writing, especially the dialogue, was clumsy in places, even allowing for the differences between British English and American English.
Concerning the plot, I found the ending unrealistic and very disappointing. There was little or no connection made between the first couple of chapters and the rest of the book, other than the boy and the priest. Perhaps I missed something :)
posted by pandammonium at 7:03 pm (EST) on Jun 2, 2011
posted by tjsjohanna at 7:56 am (EST) on Apr 28, 2011
Johanna
posted by tjsjohanna at 9:34 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2011
Only just got back from holiday and saw your message - sorry for the delay in replying.
Yes I have read "Fractions of Zero". Overall I enjoyed it, though I agree with you that the violence seems sadistic and unnecessarily brutal. I also thought that, in common with lots of American authors (and Dan Brown...), Bill Murphy writes for the lowest common denominator in a way that's positively demeaning for the reader: every concept or historical character or mathematical concept or element of geography has to be explained, ploddingly, then repeated, even more ploddingly, as though we are all both ignorant and stupid. I despair of the American public school system if this is necessary for his American readership.
However, the idea of a killer obsessed with cryptograms was interesting enough to keep me reading (especially as cryptography was part of my job when I was still working), and overall I'd give it 3 out of 5 I reckon.
Kind regards
Steve
posted by steveclark at 4:15 am (EST) on Apr 19, 2011
posted by tjsjohanna at 11:52 pm (EST) on Apr 13, 2011
If you want to update the "Reviews to Come" link, that is found here: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Go_Review_That_Book!/1#Review_Awaited.
Thanks much!!
Johanna
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posted by TrishNYC at 12:33 pm (EST) on Jan 25, 2009
LOVE IT!!
:-)
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posted by krin5292 at 11:38 am (EST) on May 29, 2008
That would be great thanks!
Danielle
posted by dbolahood at 11:13 am (EST) on May 21, 2008
posted by kayaalder at 10:50 am (EST) on May 21, 2008
feel free to put my reviews on the wiki!
posted by wandering_star at 7:34 pm (EST) on May 18, 2008
I've posted my review for Lady Be Good in the Wiki (#256). Maybe if you get a chance you could take a quick look to make sure I didn't mess anything up :). I think I did it properly though.
Danielle
posted by dbolahood at 10:40 am (EST) on May 18, 2008
posted by Shortride at 4:39 pm (EST) on May 12, 2008
The Wiki page is great too. I really like reading all the group reviews in order! Thanks for doing all that work!
posted by elbakerone at 4:12 pm (EST) on May 12, 2008
I'm happy to have my reviews, such as they are, included!
Liz
posted by frithuswith at 10:48 am (EST) on May 12, 2008
posted by dancingstarfish at 2:06 pm (EST) on May 10, 2008
I'm glad you liked my Sleep Tight review. At least some good came of that book.
Danielle
posted by dbolahood at 11:58 am (EST) on May 10, 2008
I don't have the 2 reivews from my Yahoo! 360 page.
Sorry,
Marcia
posted by woodbear at 11:45 am (EST) on May 10, 2008
posted by pscindy at 11:45 pm (EST) on May 9, 2008
Posting my reviews on the Wiki page is fine.
Marcia
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posted by ElizaJane at 11:42 am (EST) on May 9, 2008
You definitely have my permission to use my reviews. I think I've been absent from the group for a while because I'm shamefacedly too bored by the book I was asked to review to get past the introduction. I suppose I should just jump back in and ask for something new.... Thanks for your work in creating the Wiki page. It looks great!
el :)
posted by elbakerone at 11:33 am (EST) on May 9, 2008
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posted by xicanti at 9:59 am (EST) on May 9, 2008
Danielle
posted by dbolahood at 9:27 am (EST) on May 9, 2008
posted by nancyewhite at 8:51 am (EST) on May 9, 2008
I think your efforts with the Wiki are admirable. Thanks for taking on this challenge for the group.
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posted by the.ken.petersen at 2:38 pm (EST) on Nov 7, 2007
Go Review that Book, has really taken off, with 48 members and a high turnover of good reviews.
posted by reading_fox at 8:00 am (EST) on Nov 1, 2007
Yes, it was written by H. Beam Piper. I entered the book into my list way back when LibraryThing was just starting out, and so I may have left out some details.
Rgds,
Ron
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Rog
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Lily
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posted by sthitha_pragjna at 12:20 am (EST) on Apr 19, 2007
I've added pretty covers before too, some of them deserve the picture!
posted by stuntcat at 1:10 pm (EST) on Apr 18, 2007
It's such a pretty little book.
posted by stuntcat at 11:18 am (EST) on Apr 18, 2007
Thanks for the heads up on the Spike Milligan cover, much appreciated. Mine is a bit tattered and I hadn't got around to taking a photo and uploading it.
posted by Black_samvara at 8:26 am (EST) on Apr 17, 2007
Sorry I haven't replied sooner,but I've been out today in Brackley and Banbury book-hunting.
I believe that the shop that you mean on the corner of Abington Street and St Giles Terrace was Fagins.(Quite a good shop it was too)
Funnily enough one of my bookish projects at the moment is "A History of Northampton Bookshops" This from 1700 or so. It does however include shops in existence in living memory and Fagins is in my records complete with a photograph which I took at the time.
posted by devenish at 11:16 am (EST) on Apr 12, 2007
It's nice to hear from somone else living in the literary desert of Northampton.I often do a quick search for other members living in the area,but until now,without much luck.I'm pleased that you are interested in our library,which has taken many years to achieve.We also travel fairly extensively to obtain the books that interest us as can be seen on the profile page.The Town used to have several quite good shops in fact,but it is now as bad as it's ever been.The only half-decent shop is the Kingsthorpe Bookshop,and thats closing soon. I do get some of the more difficult titles from ABE and I also use Amazon of course.
A lot of people that I know don't have a book in the house,and in fact in a funny sort of way seem to be frightened of books and reading. The very worst statement that I'm always having quoted at me is ' have you read them all ?' I mean,words fail me.
Librarything I think is great,mind you it was really hard work entering all those books - but well worth it.
All the best
posted by devenish at 12:39 pm (EST) on Apr 11, 2007