“A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life”
John Milton, Areopagitica

What I've been reading
(Titles link to Amazon.com)
Title Author Rating Comment Date Read
Fire and Ice J.A. Jance ****   2010-07-28
Deviant Way Richard Montanari ***   2010-07-28
The Serpent's Tale Ariana Franklin ***   2010-07-24
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From Crack Down, by Val McDermid, spoken by P.I. Kate Brannigan to an 8-year-old after he asked why she didn't carry a gun:

"If I was fighting someone who had a gun, and he knew I had a gun, he'd have to shoot me to win the fight. But if he knows I haven't got a gun, he only has to hit me. That way I stay alive. And, on balance, I think I prefer being alive."

Chris F.A. Johnson

My two books on Unix shell scripting:

Dick Francis

A bibliography of Dick Francis novels, with a page for each. There are comments on many of the books, and all pages have links to Amazon.com, Amazon.ca and Amazon.co.uk.