ScoutTN Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I read all of the Aubrey/Maturin novels years ago and I have many of them. I am a big re-reader but somehow haven't gotten back to these until now. So fun. New vocabulary words for me! Hints at future plot elements and character details that I never could have noticed the first time through. Any other fans out there? Word of the day: nacreous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Me!!! I'm a BIG fan of POB. I have read up to #14 in the series but am also listening to the ones I have read so it's kind of like reading them twice. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I dare you to post this in the Book a Week thread! LOL. You will find quite a few like-minded souls there. (I haven't read this series but it is definitely on my to-read list because so many on the weekly book threads love it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Oh, sure! We just read the Captain Cook chapter in SOTW, and I was dreamily revisiting some of my favorite scenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 My husband, who typically reads only non-fiction, loves this series. He's read it three times through now over the course of some twenty years. Initially he was having to wait for the books to be published since he started in about 1992. I saw the recommendation for the series in the old Common Reader catalog. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxmum Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 My husband and I are huge fans! We used to wait for the new ones to come out and fight over the book! I am now listening to them-love Jack and Stephen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I read all of the Aubrey/Maturin novels years ago and I have many of them. I am a big re-reader but somehow haven't gotten back to these until now. So fun. New vocabulary words for me! Hints at future plot elements and character details that I never could have noticed the first time through. Any other fans out there? Word of the day: nacreous. Oh yeah? I see your nacreous and raise you a crapulous. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt. Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Sounds like a strong recommendation: what are they about? Why so likeable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 They are the series from which the movie "Master & Commander" was made. :-) Aubrey is Russell Crowe's character Maturin is Paul Bettany's character (the surgeon) Our ds is also a big fan of the book series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Sounds like a strong recommendation: what are they about? Why so likeable? Here is a fantastic review http://www.npr.org/2013/12/01/246427056/a-skeptic-is-swept-away-by-the-bromance-at-sea-in-master or this: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Master-and-Commander/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I read them all a few years ago and am starting over this week. I have to request them from our library, so the timing isn't always the best, but the books are! Love, love, love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 Me!!! I'm a BIG fan of POB. I have read up to #14 in the series but am also listening to the ones I have read so it's kind of like reading them twice. :) I haven't heard the audiobooks yet. Something else to look forward to! I think our library has some of them. Who is the narrator? Where did you get yours? Audible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 Oh yeah? I see your nacreous and raise you a crapulous. ;) :lol: :lol: :lol: You've got me beaten. No better word than that today. But tomorrow is another day and I will get to read tonight after my kids go to bed. :D We need a smiley reading a book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 We need a smiley reading a book! Here you go! (It's a tad large though.) Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 Hey Mothersweets! Match this!? argosy delectation solomongundy tumefaction I guess because the characters and writing style are familiar, but I am reading through these so, so quickly compared to the first time. Especially considering that I'm 10+ years older and I'm wiped out after a day of homeschooling in a way I rarely was after work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I haven't heard the audiobooks yet. Something else to look forward to! I think our library has some of them. Who is the narrator? Where did you get yours? Audible? Yes, I joined Audible and got the "1 credit per month for $14.99" deal. So I download one each month - it works out to be a pretty good deal as most of them are $20 or more. I listen to the version done by Patrick Tull. His narration is excellent. Listening to him adds a whole new layer to the books for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Hey Mothersweets! Match this!? argosy delectation solomongundy tumefaction I guess because the characters and writing style are familiar, but I am reading through these so, so quickly compared to the first time. Especially considering that I'm 10+ years older and I'm wiped out after a day of homeschooling in a way I rarely was after work. Ooooh, nice!! I knew solomongundy was some kind of food but the others I had to look up. Isn't POB great? Have you seen these quizzes? Lots of fun. :) http://exlibrismagnis.blogspot.com/2012/08/increase-your-word-power-with-patrick.html and http://exlibrismagnis.blogspot.com/2013/06/increase-your-word-power-with-patrick.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 Wow, those quizzes are hard! I got 5/10 on the first one but only 6/20 on the second (and one of those was a repeat!). And I got a perfect score on the vocab sections of the SAT, twice! Haha! POB puts them to shame. Do you think anyone ever uses any of those words anymore? Did they really use them in the late 18th/early 19th century? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 :hurray: You did better than me! 5/10 on the first one and 5/25 on the second. I think most of those are pretty rare nowadays - wether and carious are the ones that stood out to me as being the most likely used in modern times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest professor1453 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Have you seen these quizzes? Mothersweets, thanks for enjoying and directing people to my O'Brian vocabulary quizzes! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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