# Whatcha Readin' Nov 2010 Edition

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 31, 2010, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-nov-2010-edition/558963 "2010-10-31T11:40:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-nov-2010-edition/558963/121 "2010-11-30T21:48:10Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Omigod… does he turn _French?_

Well, we know he was in the Foreign Legion at one point … 😃

Sadly, GMF did not live long enough to actually write that adventure.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-nov-2010-edition/558963/122 "2010-12-01T03:49:52Z")

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> [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](#):
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> With an image search I found it [here](http://www.painting-palace.com/en/paintings/37047). That is hilarious.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Omigod… does he turn _French?_

Whoa! What an image! Good ol’ Flashy. That cover instantly brings to mind one time in Bangkok, when I … but never mind about that. We all know Flashman is a pathetic coward, but that does not _necessarily_ mean he would ever turn French, although it’s easy to see why it would qualify him for citizenship. 😃

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**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-nov-2010-edition/558963/123 "2010-12-01T04:02:14Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> About halfway through the final Aubrey-Maturin, _Blue at the Mizzen_. High hopes for Aubrey to be awarded the coveted blue flag – the title sorta gives it away. 😃

Wow, you’ve flown through those books!

There are a few chapters of book 21 available - what little O’Brian had written before he died, but there’s not much to them. My book has a copy of the handwritten last few pages, and the neatest thing is a quick sketch laying out the dinner party he was writing about. Those dinners are among my favorite scenes in the series.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-nov-2010-edition/558963/124 "2010-12-01T06:34:53Z")

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So, I didn’t finish _Dearly Devoted Dexter_ by Jeff Lindsay. It only took a few track of the audiobook to highlight why I didn’t continue reading the books earlier, despite enjoying the show: I hate the narration.

On the other hand, _Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter_ by Seth Grahame-Smith is friggin’ brillant. It’s one of those books where you need to stop and remind yourself occasionally that there’s a lot of fiction mixed in with accurate historical accounts. Anyway, I loved it.

Today, now that nanowrimo is over, I picked up a couple of new books: _Dark Flame_ by Alyson Noel (the series isn’t great, but it’s oddly appealing anyway) and _The Island of Lost Girls_ by Jennifer McMahon. I’m also reading _Time and Chance_ by Sharon Kay Penman, too, and I’m almost through with \*Dead & Alive \*by Dean Koontz, which as a solo act is much worse than the earlier books with a cowriter.

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