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4 minutes ago, Sane said:

Went to buy Circe, found out I already have it AND Song of Achilles :blush:. I will move them to the top of my reading list! 

That happens to me an embarrassing number of times. I did it once with a £75 medical textbook, got it home to find I had the last edition which had a different cover .

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43 minutes ago, Boothjan said:

Ooooh - what kind of book is this?  Is it part of a series or a standalone?  (Not heard of either)

They are standalone,  although share a similar topic of Greek mythology.  Circe is a Nymph Goddess in the pantheon of Greek God's.  All of this sounds quite pretentious but like Song of Achilles it is beautifully written and the author has an MA in the classics which elevates her books far above other recent Greek retellings such as Women of Troy etc

 

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I might have accidentally ordered a Kindle Scribe. Not because I need to take a lot of notes. Just because I quite fancy the idea of a 10 inch eink screen for reading sci-fi on. Will report back on Saturday when it arrives. I've just started Children of Memory.

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1 hour ago, Flub said:

I might have accidentally ordered a Kindle Scribe. Not because I need to take a lot of notes. Just because I quite fancy the idea of a 10 inch eink screen for reading sci-fi on. Will report back on Saturday when it arrives. I've just started Children of Memory.

 

Look forward to hearing your impressions.  I have images of using one to take notes at work, but I know I'm just kidding myself and also want to try out a nice big e-ink reader :)

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2 minutes ago, Bushtopher said:

 

Look forward to hearing your impressions.  I have images of using one to take notes at work, but I know I'm just kidding myself and also want to try out a nice big e-ink reader :)

 

Out of the gate before it arrives I'm very sad it doesn't have physical page turn buttons. A friend of mine bought one and he said the actual writing was very good. No lag and it felt like writing on paper. Apparently he found editing afterwards a bit of a chore.

 

I'll be focusing on how good it is as a reading device.

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3 hours ago, Flub said:

 

Out of the gate before it arrives I'm very sad it doesn't have physical page turn buttons. A friend of mine bought one and he said the actual writing was very good. No lag and it felt like writing on paper. Apparently he found editing afterwards a bit of a chore.

 

I'll be focusing on how good it is as a reading device.


Did you consider the Remarkable device that I get endless ads for? I saw someone using it recently and it seemed pretty slick. 

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Better late than never, I've given myself a detention as punishment.  

 

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett

 

Father Christmas' Fake Beard by Terry Pratchett

 

How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (Probably my favourite book of the year)

 

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

 

Wool by Hugh Howey

 

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton £1.09

 

The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts

 

1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: The story of two lives, one nation, and a century of art under tyranny by Weiwei Ai

 

Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham

 

The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers £2.29

 

The Ramble Book by Adam Buxton

 

Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy by Timothy Zahn

 

Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View by Various Writers

 

How To Watch Football by Ruud Gullit

 

Bossypants by Tina Fey

 

Making Sense of the Troubles: A History of the Northern Ireland Conflict by David McKittrick

 

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

 

Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk £3.49

 

Yearbook by Seth Rogen

 

The Seeds of Time by John Wyndham

 

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

 

Futebol Nation: A Footballing History of Brazil by David Goldblatt

 

The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football by David Goldblatt

 

I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic by Zlatan Ibrahimovic

 

Count Zero by William Gibson

 

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland

 

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

 

Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall by Spike Milligan

 

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

 

Inverted World by Christopher Priest

 

The Prestige by Christopher Priest

 

The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry

 

A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne

 

Artemis by Andy Weir

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1 hour ago, Kingpin said:


Did you consider the Remarkable device that I get endless ads for? I saw someone using it recently and it seemed pretty slick. 

 

At one point yes but I'm fully embedded in the Kindle ecosystem for my reading.

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7 hours ago, Flub said:

I might have accidentally ordered a Kindle Scribe. Not because I need to take a lot of notes. Just because I quite fancy the idea of a 10 inch eink screen for reading sci-fi on. Will report back on Saturday when it arrives. I've just started Children of Memory.

 

I've just done the same 😀

 

EDIT: Ordered a Scribe, not started Children of Memory

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Early impressions of the Scribe. Out of the box it looks and feels premium. Metal case. Solid but very light. The screen for text and simple images is just flawless. UI is still as slow as ever but for reading it's lovely. Shame it's lacking page turn buttons but maybe they'll come back for a future Scribe Oasis :) Writing is smooth and flawless though. I wrote "Stupid cunts" on the screen and it felt great. I may draw a crude spunking penis later.

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Stopharage

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Eh? You just click on the massive Get Voucher button on there. 

 

If I'd have given you my Amazon link you would have been confronted with

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"Congratulations! You have already activated the offer. Now let's help you find your next read here. All purchases need to be completed by 11:59 PM BST on 31 December 2022 to be eligible for the credit. Please note that you can only participate once in this offer."

 

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25 minutes ago, Stopharage said:

Eh? You just click on the massive Get Voucher button on there. 

 

If I'd have given you my Amazon link you would have been confronted with

 


Your link that looks like hotukdeals redirects to rllmuk. It’s grand, Fry popped up the right one. 
 

Related thing - I remember doing this deal stuff before but I don’t remember actually getting the voucher. I spent £15 on wishlist books, when do I get a voucher? 

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