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Just started Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton. Pretty decent so far, as basic setup stuff goes. It has also brought to my attention that I really don't know much of anything about the Bone Wars, which is terrible. I've been a dinosaur fan all my life, but I've always paid much more attention to the animals themselves than to their discoverers. I'll have to correct that now.
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JAGzilla wrote:Just started Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton. Pretty decent so far, as basic setup stuff goes. It has also brought to my attention that I really don't know much of anything about the Bone Wars, which is terrible. I've been a dinosaur fan all my life, but I've always paid much more attention to the animals themselves than to their discoverers. I'll have to correct that now.
Would you recommend it? Im an avid dinosaur - and crichton - fan, but it seems like it might drag a bit.

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SenseiTeriyakiV wrote: Would you recommend it? Im an avid dinosaur - and crichton - fan, but it seems like it might drag a bit.
Can't really say yet. I'm only twenty-some pages in, and they've mostly just been introducing our main character, setting up the circumstances that send him out west, and establishing what the country was like in 1875 for readers that don't know. No dinosaur material to speak of yet, but I'm sure that's coming.
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SenseiTeriyakiV wrote: Would you recommend it? Im an avid dinosaur - and crichton - fan, but it seems like it might drag a bit.
Can't really say yet. I'm only twenty-some pages in, and they've mostly just been introducing our main character, setting up the circumstances that send him out west, and establishing what the country was like in 1875 for readers that don't know. No dinosaur material to speak of yet, but I'm sure that's coming.
I looked it up on Amazon last night. All things considered, an Allosaurus skull would've been more fitting/appropriate for the cover than a T-Rex skull.
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My last book was about Steve Jobs, a real one, not electronic. Read quite fast, interesting person and not easy life...Love reading real books, especially biographies.

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Ninelle wrote:My last book was about Steve Jobs, a real one, not electronic. Read quite fast, interesting person and not easy life...Love reading real books, especially biographies.
There is that special quality of reading real books that you don't quite have with ebooks.
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Finished Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Currently reading The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum.
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Ivo-goji wrote:Finished Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Without spoiling anything, was it any good? I can't help but see it as a needless cashgrab sequel, but I haven't read it yet. Will be doing that once I finish reading Deathly Hallows to my little brother in a few weeks.
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JAGzilla wrote:
Ivo-goji wrote:Finished Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Without spoiling anything, was it any good? I can't help but see it as a needless cashgrab sequel, but I haven't read it yet. Will be doing that once I finish reading Deathly Hallows to my little brother in a few weeks.
It's... it's okay. Not as good as the seven main books honestly, and it ignored a couple of established characters that would be present around that time, so it feels less of a continuation than it's trying to be. I'd say read it, but don't expect it to be the best HP book.
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CyberZilla wrote:
It's... it's okay. Not as good as the seven main books honestly, and it ignored a couple of established characters that would be present around that time, so it feels less of a continuation than it's trying to be. I'd say read it, but don't expect it to be the best HP book.
My expectations were low anyway, so that's no problem. :lol: Thanks.
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JAGzilla wrote:
Ivo-goji wrote:Finished Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Without spoiling anything, was it any good? I can't help but see it as a needless cashgrab sequel, but I haven't read it yet. Will be doing that once I finish reading Deathly Hallows to my little brother in a few weeks.
It feels very much like a fanfic rather than the actual books. It also compresses a huge amount of stuff into a single storyline that would have been better told over several instalments. Its still decently enjoyable though and has some interesting ideas.
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Gotta catch up as I finished Invasive Species a while back. After that, the last two books I've read were

-Slavemakers by Joseph Wallace
-Amazonia by James Rollins

Currently Reading: The Jersey Devil by Hunter Shea

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I'm currently reading Vol 1 of the Turok comics released by Dark horse. It's good campy fun.
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Last Read: The Jersey Devil by Hunter Shea

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TyrantGojira wrote:I'm currently reading Vol 1 of the Turok comics released by Dark horse. It's good campy fun.
Nice! Turok is great stuff. Have you read any of Valiant's Dinosaur Hunter run?

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Komenja wrote:
TyrantGojira wrote:I'm currently reading Vol 1 of the Turok comics released by Dark horse. It's good campy fun.
Nice! Turok is great stuff. Have you read any of Valiant's Dinosaur Hunter run?
I don't think I've heard of that series. Got to check it out some time.
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The new Thrawn novel is my next read. So far very interesting new take on the character.
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