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What Is Truth? The Liars’ Gospel, by Naomi Alderman

The Liars’ Gospel: A Novel, by Naomi Alderman Little, Brown and Company Publication date: March 12, 2013 The story of Yehoshuah (Joshua, who became Jesus) has been told by uncountable authors for two...

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The Testament of Mary — Audible.com — Meryl Streep, Narrator

The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin This is another in a long line of alternate versions of the life of Jesus Christ. This one is written as if by Jesus’ mother, Mary. As a book, it suffers from not...

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YEAR ZERO – ROB REID – GET IT FOR 99 CENTS (KINDLE) NOW!

What with the NSA XBox and spying thing — and now the shut down and who know what else coming to get us, Year Zero gets more and more relevant … and hilarious. And right now, you can grab a Kindle copy...

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I LOVE YOU, AUDIBLE.COM

I joined Audible.com in 2002. I had a long commute and I’d been buying audiobooks for a few years from Books On Tape and Recorded Books. Books On Tape had recently announced they were discontinuing...

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AS THE CLOUD ROLLS BY, DOES YOUR LIFE ROLL WITH IT?

A DNS server went down Saturday afternoon around 3 in the afternoon. It stayed down until past 10 in the evening. Which meant there was no Internet access for a big swatch of Massachusetts’ cable...

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THE NARRATOR

Who should narrate my life?  This is an area in which I can truly claim expertise. I listen to … have listened to … thousands of audiobooks. Am currently listening to two (one on the computer in the...

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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM STRANGER, INTERDIMENSIONAL INSURANCE AGENT

“What’s that?” you cry. “What’s an interdimensional insurance agent and who is Tom Stranger?” From the official blurb on Audible. com: “Have you ever seen a planet invaded by rampaging space mutants...

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BORN A CRIME – TREVOR NOAH

I don’t review a lot of books anymore, but this one got to me. There are lots of books written by people — including me — who had a hard time growing up. Abusive parents, poverty, oppression. War....

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COMPUTERS, ICE, WINTER, WHATEVER

Yesterday Garry’s computer up and died. It apparently didn’t die of not having a battery because (are you ready?) — it doesn’t have a battery. It’s got some other weird thing in it. On the positive...

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MY HARD TO DESCRIBE HOBBY – BY ELLIN CURLEY

I’m frustrated. I have a hobby that people don’t understand. I try to explain it to them in different ways until I see the glimmer of recognition in their eyes. I’m part of an audio theater company. We...

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JOYFULLY ADDICTED

Times being as crazy as they are, we have needed to find escape. When I was younger, this would have been books and more books. Then, more books on top of that. My eyes are not happy reading text these...

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THE FAR ARENA – AVAILABLE ON KINDLE AND AUDIBLE.COM

The Far Arena by Richard Ben Sapir A couple of years ago, I bought a used copy of this long out-of-print book. I had first read it when it was released in 1978. I was working at Doubleday and it fell...

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THE FAR ARENA ON AUDIBLE.COM

“The Far Arena” by Richard Ben Sapir. Narrated by Peter Noble. This great book is finally available again in print as well as on Kindle and as an Audiobook from Audible.com. Thirty-six years after I...

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WHEN DOGS RULE THE WORLD – CITY (1952), CLIFFORD SIMAK

City is a 1952 science fiction novel by Clifford D. Simak. The book is episodic with eight or nine (depending on which version you read) short stories that have “bridges” between episodes. Version of...

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TOM STRANGER: INTERDIMENSIONAL INSURANCE AGENT by LARRY CORREIA

“What’s that?” you cry. “What’s an interdimensional insurance agent and who is Tom Stranger?” From the official blurb on Audible. com: “Have you ever seen a planet invaded by rampaging space mutants...

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“SCYTHE” BY NEAL SHUSTERMAN – ARC OF A SCYTHE, BOOK 1

Scythe By: Neal Shusterman Audiobook narrated by: Greg Tremblay Book 1: Arc of a Scythe Every day, Audible.com (part of the Amazon group), offers one book at a huge discount. Often it’s an older book...

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LEGEND OF A BLOGGER

Legendarily speaking, I’m a nonstop blogger who always has something to say. This is a great idea and flattering, too … but this is one of those days when it isn’t working out. And this is going to be...

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FICTION DAY – JODI TAYLOR AND THE CHRONICLE OF ST. MARY’S

Yesterday, January 2, 2018, was NATIONAL SCIENCE FICTION DAY It was another day too, including National Cream Puff day, but I’m much more interested in science fiction. So I’d like to talk about Jodi...

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BOOKS AND MORE BOOKS

EVOKING IDEAS, EVOKING DREAMS – BOOKS AND MORE BOOKS Seriously, I don’t understand how it happened. I don’t have a job. I am definitely, absolutely 100% retired. Yet — I’m always busy! It’s probably...

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SO WHAT DID YOU DO WITH YOUR SUNDAY?

I’m glad you asked. I am a long-term Kindle user. I started using one when they had keyboards and no WiFi. They’ve come a long way since them The Kindle is my reader and my audiobook listener. I have...

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