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TagsNon-Fiction (23), Jack Reacher (22), Scot Harvath (12), Gabriel Allon (12), James Bond (11), NUMA (11), John Rain (10), Last 10 Read (10), Mitch Rapp (9), Dune (9) — see all tags

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About meI've kept my own mini-review site (www.wallack.us) for a few years and I decided to give LibraryThing a try. I don't propose to try to catalog my entire library (way too big of a job; plus I'm doing that for myself using BookCAT [www.fnprg.com], by far the most detailed book catalog software available). I'd originally planned to limit my use of LibraryThing to books that I read going forward, but after seeing how easy LibraryThing is to use (how's that for a plug?), I decided go ahead and copy my reviews from my personal website.

Please visit my blog (http://blog.wallack.us) and the Big Country Book of Lyrics (http://wallack.us/bc).

About my libraryI'm a book collector focusing primarily on thrillers (leaning toward espionage) and some fantasy/sci-fi series. I am a huge James Bond fan (focusing more on the books than the movies) and I think that Quiller is the best espionage series that nobody has ever read. While I enjoy hardbacks, I tend to limit my collection to paperbacks. I also read books on various eBook devices (I'm a sucker for eBook hardware). Presently, I've been using my iPad. It replaced by Sony Reader (PRS505 which I like much better than the PRS500). In the past I've used Palm eReader on a Sony Clie. I also have two old RCA REB 1100 (one upgraded to a GEB 1150), but I don't use it anymore (although it is still a great device). And just for yucks, I bought an RCA REB 1200 on eBay (cool device, but boy is it heavy...). Somewhere I've even got a Franklin eBookMan. My wife uses a Kindle 3 (recently replacing her Kindle 1) and my son & daughter each use a Kindle Fire (my daughter previously used a Sony Reader 300).

GroupsBoard for Extreme Thing Advances

Favorite authorsLee Child, Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, Barry Eisler, Ian Fleming, Adam Hall, J. K. Rowling (Shared favorites)

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Favorite bookstoresBarnes & Noble Booksellers - Carmel, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Clearwater Crossing, Borders - Carmel, Borders - Indianapolis - Castleton, Borders - Indianapolis - River Crossing, The Mystery Company

Other favoritesIndianapolis Book Festival - Downtown

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Real nameMichael S. Wallack

LocationCarmel, Indiana, USA

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Member sinceAug 24, 2007

Currently readingThe Fallen Angel [Gabriel Allon #12] by Daniel Silva

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I finally finished with Map of Bones, and you were right. It was definitely better. I'm not sure if I'm going to go out and read the rest of the series right away, but the next few books are definitely going on my To Be Read when I have time (or aren't reading ER books or whatever) list. (And now I have to go find out if the Librarian that Rollins wrote about in the book was a real one at Alexandria too... :))
Just a thank you for your review of James Rollins' 'Sandstorm' in regards to trying the second book. I'm not loving Sandstorm right now, but perhaps I'll give Map of Bones a try before I give up on this Sigma Force book. Thanks. (and at Thumb up :))
I see share many of the same books on Library Thing. Since we have similar tastes, try my new suspense novel, The Undertaker. It's a great beach/ pool read. It's on Kindle, Sony, Nook, and the other e-book sites, and it has a dozen 5-Star reviews now. You can also follow my writing at http://billbrownwritesnovels.wordpress.com/

Enjoy, Bill Brown
Waw!! This Dune series sounds alot bigger than I expected, I love a big series and thanks for listing them all.

Thanks again, Jordan
Hey :D,
I only recently joined LibraryThing, i've added all of the books I currently own and all of the books i've ever read and intened to read. And you appeared in my top similar libraries so I thought i'd have a look at what kinds of books you read, as I saw your library was a lot bigger than mine.
A couple of weeks ago a film was on the TV called 'Dune', it said it was based on a novel, I couldn't get into the film. You gave the Dune series a good few reviews, so I think i'll look out for it ;)
Hi there - I read your review of the God Delusion. If you are interested in a slightly more nuanced take on the "post religious World" I recommend "Between The Monster And The Saint" by Richard Holloway.
Best,
Electric Ray
Thanx Michael.

I'm brand new to this Librarything thing, not yet certain what it does, but apparetnly one thing it does is connect people with similar interests, based upon books. Can't be bad, huh?
Thank you for your comment about the Alexander link. I must admit I don't 'have a dog in the hunt' other than to feel that somehow, if more people got a long, the world would be a safer and nicer place. I also admit I took the 'research' as genuine, but as in anything there are two sides.

I did read a pretty eye opening book about the holy lands called "Holy Land Who's Land" by Dorothy Drummond. I thought see presented the sides pretty well, again not knowing all the facts.

I think from my prospective, he at least presented both sides. Which to me was refreshing.

Thanks again for commenting. I can always use it.

BTW, Drummond does not attempt to answer the question her book poses.
Just passing by having recently read Bad Luck and Trouble, in your review you say "He wonders how the bad guys were able to over power their victims (and wonders how he would have fared in their position). Unfortunately, Child never tells us exactly how the bad guys were able to accomplish that"

I thought he did - Mauder the cop again?

Any Adam Hall you'd specifically recommened? I've read one a long time ago, which I recall quite liking.
I loved your review of Constantine's Sword. I was similarly swept away by it.
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