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Ralph is 2% done with Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2)

— Dec 10, 2025 06:32PM Add a comment

Ralph is 39% done with Lady Molly of Scotland Yard

Holmes and Watson variation, substituting women as the protagonists. First story was too predictable, but they're getting better.

— Sep 22, 2011 01:25PM Add a comment

Ralph is 68% done with The Secret Garden

Will Colin get to see the Garden?

— Aug 26, 2011 08:42AM Add a comment

Ralph is on page 351 of 1386 of War and Peace (The ^AWorld's Classics)

Returned my Nook STR, so I'm toting around my big old paperback version again. How do you change the font size on this thing?!

— Jul 07, 2011 02:05PM Add a comment

Ralph is on page 284 of 1386 of War and Peace (The ^AWorld's Classics)

of 1704(!) pages. It's still 1805.

— Jun 30, 2011 01:26PM Add a comment

Ralph is on page 180 of 1386 of War and Peace (The ^AWorld's Classics)

Switched to an ebook yesterday on my new Nook STR! It's the Project Gutenberg version (Maude translation) via Mobileread.com, then converted to ePub with Calibre. Oh, and the book? It's starting to get a little more interesting!

— Jun 27, 2011 06:16AM Add a comment

Ralph is on page 20 of 1386 of War and Peace (The ^AWorld's Classics)

Reading a paperback copy. It is one big and heavy book! I miss my Kindle, which is "on loan" to my daughter.

— Jun 24, 2011 08:57AM Add a comment

Ralph is on page 170 of 243 of Blue Ridge

— Jun 12, 2011 11:31AM Add a comment

Ralph is on page 124 of 272 of Cry Me a River

There's going to be a "Night in Rio" party at Desmond's. Ray is reluctant to go, not least of the reasons being that the only thing he can find in his wardrobe appropriate for the party is a pair of red socks with palm trees on them.

— Jun 10, 2011 06:20AM Add a comment

Ralph is on page 44 of 272 of Cry Me a River

If you haven't noticed, T.R. Pearson is giving away copies of his new novel, the 4th Ray Tatum novel. The author has said that the books don't have to be read in order, but I'm just kinda like that anyway, so I'm starting with this one. It's hilarious so far!

— Jun 08, 2011 09:47AM 9 comments

Ralph is 78% done with Tess of the D'Urbervilles

A maddening read. I hope that no daughter of mine would ever be as easily manipulated by others as Tess is!

— Jun 06, 2011 09:31AM Add a comment

Ralph is 34% done with Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Description of life at an English dairy farm in late 19th century is the most interesting part to me so far.

— Jun 01, 2011 07:53PM Add a comment

Ralph is on page 213 of 362 of The Last of How It Was: A Novel

Had some time to read this morning in the waiting room at Quicklane Auto Service. I started snickering when great-grandmomma rode the sled over the hill and out of sight. The other guy in the waiting room got up and moved a few chairs away from me.

— May 25, 2011 07:56AM Add a comment

Ralph is on page 64 of 362 of The Last of How It Was: A Novel

The cadence, which is similar to "A Short History of a Small Place", only maybe more so, takes some getting used to. But once you do, the book is hilarious but poignant too.

— May 21, 2011 09:51AM Add a comment

Ralph is on page 93 of 140 of Jerusalem Gap

— May 13, 2011 08:32AM Add a comment

Ralph is 60% done with Red Scare

— May 07, 2011 12:41PM Add a comment

Ralph added a status update

Working. I'd rather be reading. :-b

— May 02, 2011 06:34PM Add a comment

Ralph is 60% done with Sense and Sensibility

The plot has thickened. <spoiler>Willoughby is a roué!</spoiler>

— May 02, 2011 06:32PM Add a comment

Ralph added a status update

now listening to: The Turn of a Friendly Card, Alan Parsons Project

— Apr 30, 2011 10:42AM Add a comment

Ralph is 24% done with Sense and Sensibility

I have to re-read the occasional sentence or paragraph in this book in order to understand it, but overall, a little easier to read than "Pride and Prejudice".

— Apr 30, 2011 10:36AM Add a comment

Ralph is 50% done with I Am the Messenger

— Apr 13, 2011 06:55PM Add a comment