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What books do you read?
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#281At the moment, my Nook is sitting on "The $100 Startup" by Chris Guillebeau, though finding the time to read it is getting increasingly difficult. -
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#282I follow that dude and his crazy world-wide travels. Let me know what you think of his book. -
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#283More proof that Mistborn is awesome: http://store.inkwing.com/fear-the-llama-t-shirt -
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#284That....is....awesome! -
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My new favorite fantasy series of all time (yes, they're that good). Drumroll please . . .
The Mistborn Trilogy, by Brandon Sanderson.
Mistborn: The Final Empire: A band of thieves combine their unique powers to overthrow an empire that has stood for over 1000 years.
Mistborn: The Well of Ascension: The remnants of the thieving crew must keep the kingdom they have forged from falling apart, while their capital city is besieged by three separate armies.
Mistborn: The Hero of Ages: The world is ending in fire and ash, and it is up to our heroes to decipher the clues of a millenia-old puzzle, while helping the remnants of humanity survive.
The ending of the trilogy actually managed to surprise me as well. This is a really clever series, with tons of hidden clues -- stuff from the first and second books comes together and really delivers a punch in the third. I would definitely call this a character-driven trilogy. Additionally, the ending of the first book is extremely satisfying; enough so that it could have been a stand-alone book. And lastly, I'll say that the third book has some of the most beautiful character deaths I have ever read.
If you're looking for a believable and interesting cast of characters, a unique and versatile magic system, and a lot of subtle mysteries to solve, definitely give this trilogy a try. :)
Just finished this series and it, as a whole, is outstanding. The first book was great, second had me wondering but the third blew me out of the water. I was mesmerized by the ending and just blown away by how everything was wrapped together to make it just sooooo satisfying!! I don't get that feeling that often from books. It is when a bunch of plots and somewhat random things get pulled together and the rational behind them all is just brilliant and, in some cases, a bit unexpected but obvious once it is pointed out. Very fun read!
Never even heard of it till Dossta brought it up and I am so thankful for that!! Thanks Dossta!
Oh, yes. If you haven't read it. READ IT NOW!!! -
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#286Ah hahaha! Yes! Revel in the Mistborn goodness! :D -
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#287Just finished I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells. It's YA, technically, but is beautifully written and features one of the most interesting protagonists I've seen in a long time. Give it a try if you want a quick break from your normal Fantasy/Sci-Fi. -
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#288Halfway through 'A Game of Thrones', it's a lot better than I'd originally thought. A slow start but now I'm hooked! -
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Halfway through 'A Game of Thrones', it's a lot better than I'd originally thought. A slow start but now I'm hooked!
The book (and each book in the series) has that freight train appeal. It starts off verrrry slow and interesting and eventually takes off. -
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#290Indeed. I bought the 1st 4 books for my Ipad, and burned through them in very short order.
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#291Just finished Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Now I really want to go see the movie
Currently reading: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -
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Just finished Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Now I really want to go see the movie
Currently reading: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Who is the author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?
I've only seen the film (the new one) so far, but want to read the book at some point too. -
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#293I'm probably late to the bandwagon, but I love The Dresden Files. I just finished book nine (White Night) and am impatiently waiting for the bastard who has the next book to check it back into the library :P -
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I'm probably late to the bandwagon, but I love The Dresden Files. I just finished book nine (White Night) and am impatiently waiting for the bastard who has the next book to check it back into the library :P
If you are late to the party, then you probably don't know about this either:
http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/
Yep. It is a great game. Powered by the Fate System. It is one of the best iterations of Fate out there (and for completeness FATE is an expansion of Fudge). The Setting material is top knotch and the system works pretty darn well (compellingly well, if you don't mind the pun). -
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The Setting material is top knotch and the system works pretty darn well (compellingly well, if you don't mind the pun).
We don't mind the pun, but the Wardens might take some issue with your flouting of the 4th Law. Hope you've brushed up on your teleport magic! -
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If you are late to the party, then you probably don't know about this either:
http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/
I actually almost bought that game in .PDF a few weeks ago, but was stopped by the realization that I have no one to play it with. My normal group doesn't really get together anymore, and even if they did, none of them know the Dresden Files. Still, the game looks fantastic and I would jump at the chance to play a forum game in the Dresden universe. :D -
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#297Well, a chapter of my life just came to an end. Mere moments ago, I finished A Memory of Light, the 14th and final book in the Wheel of Time. I have a few minor quibbles with some of the resolution, but I am content with it as an ending to a series that has literally been a companion to me my entire life. I've been reading voraciously since I was a small child, but the Wheel of Time was the first major series of books that I started reading, and has probably influenced my life and mindset far more than is readily apparent. -
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#298I started them in 1991 when I saw a friend carrying it in class. Reread the first few books probably 4+ times as new ones came out. Loved the first ones. A few of the middle ones really sucked...really. Then Sanderson took over, thank the moons, and it turned awesome again. All the crap that was flapping in the wind started to get gathered in and was spectacular (comparatively speaking anyway). (PS, Mistborn is probably one of my all time favorite trilogies).
I am SUPER excited for this final book. I'll probably reread some synopsis and then last two full books that he wrote in in the series before I hit this one. I want to stream through to the finale in a slow rehashed buildup...one long blaze of glory to cap almost a lifetime of reading as Chaos discussed. -
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#299I used to read wheel of time. Great series, but it did drag on a fair bit, and I lost interest when I had to wait forever for the next book to come out. Another book I found great was 'the name of the wind' by Patrick rothfuss. The 2nd book, 'a wise mans fear' wadbalso good, but not quite as good as the first. -
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#300So I stumbled across bizarro lit, specifically a book called The Haunted Vagina, by Carlton Melleck III. The concept is among the most unique I've heard of. The woman has a vagina that also happens to be a hyperdimensional space/pocket dimension and the main character/author avatar goes on adventures inside to find the source of the whispers that come from his girlfriend's crotch.
And IMHO my above summary has a distinctly higher quality of writing than The Haunted Vagina.
It reads like a bag blog. Thank goodness I only was reading a free sample chapter and actually didn't pay money for it -
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#301Rothfuss is another whose style I very much enjoy. Plus, he looks like a dwarf and how can you go wrong with that.
Kvothe!!
I reread the two books just this month. What boggles me about it is that it seems that the story just begun and there is supposedly just "one more day" of story telling available to finish it (ie. one book). I agree I liked the first one better but like the second better than many other novels so still awesome. Always great seeing the underdog embarrass his "betters."
Awesome though, I must say. -
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#302Yeah, either he is going to add more days, or the next book will be a whopper! Hopefully the tale continues after his history as well! -
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#303Currently reading: Jo Nesbo... Redbreast, The Snowman, and The Leopard. I can see why he's Norway's favored son now. -
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#304I'm currently reading Michael F. Flynn's Eifelheim. It has great appeal to me as both a historian and a science fiction fan. Setting a SF novel in medieval Germany is kind of a risk, but he nails it with the historical detail and techy-but-real science and mathematics talk in the non-medieval portions of the book. -
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I'm probably late to the bandwagon, but I love The Dresden Files. I just finished book nine (White Night) and am impatiently waiting for the bastard who has the next book to check it back into the library :P
Ah, the Dresden Files are brilliant! It's never too late!
I'm currently reading "A Feast for Crows" - I cannot get enoug GoT, definitely one of the best authors I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Once I finish with the books, I have the task of saving to buy the series on DVD. -
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#306Just finished Book 2 of The Codex Alera by Jim Butcher, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. The first book left me kinda cold for some reason, and I hadn't planned on finishing the series. Now I can't wait to get my hands on the next one. The characters are much better in this one -- far more mature -- and the plotting is really tight. And at only six books long, it's unlikely to devolve into a long slog like The Sword of Truth. Definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a good epic fantasy to jump into. :read: -
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#307Just finished the Liveship Traders Trilogy by Robin Hobb and I must say it was pretty badass. I enjoyed his Assassin Apprentice books a long time ago and wasn't ready to reread them so gave these a try. Very glad I did. Very interesting idea to them and some of the characters were pretty neat. Others were just as cool but left a little too much mystery about them by the end of the book. But all said, "D'aaar, they be a great breed of book they are."
Now reading some normal fiction that my wife said I must read. Read one of hers in between the trilogies. Next I am looking at some Guy Gavriel Kay books. I know they are technically trilogies so was going to start with Tigana. Seems everyone says read that one. Still stalling on reading the last Wheel of Time book. I think I am going to read them all the way through one more time. -
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#308Having read The Doomsday Vault and the Impossible Cube. I have found and have nearly finished Dragon Men - the third book in the Clockwork Empire series.
I am looking for Havoc Machine, in the same steampunk setting, just different characters. -
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Just finished the Liveship Traders Trilogy by Robin Hobb and I must say it was pretty badass. I enjoyed his Assassin Apprentice books a long time ago and wasn't ready to reread them so gave these a try. Very glad I did. Very interesting idea to them and some of the characters were pretty neat. Others were just as cool but left a little too much mystery about them by the end of the book. But all said, "D'aaar, they be a great breed of book they are."
Robin Hobb is great, I've soon read almost all her work (she's a she btw, real name, Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden). Currently reading the Golden Fool. And the Wheel of Time is great too, haven't read the final book yet though. -
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#311How long did that take you?
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#312When I read it, it took approximately 2 weeks. Which is about what I expect when reading the equivalent of an entire book series. Definitely worth your time, though don't get any ideas about reading it all in one sitting.
Thread Tax: Ignoring manga, the most recent tale I finished was Promise of Blood, a swords-n-sorcery-n-gunpowder story that sucked me in and kept me along for the ride until the last page. Also well worth your time. -
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#313Currently reading through David Donachie's John Pearce novels. Almost finished the 4th one. Absolutely devouring them.
Naval historical fiction at its peak. -
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#314Been reading more of Matthew Reilly books, specifically his Shane Schofield series, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Schofield which are non stop action and special forces style mayhem, framed in a near future settings that's readily believable and holds true to the capabilities of real world military weaponry, and actual combat tactics for the most part.
Fair warning through, they're really hard to put down once you pick one up. :wink: -
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#315This:
http://titanbooks.com/the-clone-rebellion-the-clone-republic-book-1-6995/
is what I'm now engrossed in, started reading it yesterday and haven't been able to put it down.
Another book on my to-read shelf is The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt, which looks to be more fascinating. -
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#316By the blade it's self- joe ambercrombi
The Dresden files series - Jim butcher
The emperors edge- Lindsay buroker
All were very unique and good reads -
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#317Great choice with the Dresden Files there Tiannaki! -
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#318I have been reading them since the first book was published :)
Also I just started
The Last Wish- anderzej sapowski -
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#319Across this boring, bank holiday weekend I've managed to cram in 3 books:
Simple Genius - David Baldacci. First time I've read any of his books, and it hooked me quickly. Good book. Will read more of him in the future.
Digital Fortress - Dan Brown. I've read most of his previous works (all of the Robert Langdon ones), some good, some meh :/ This one was ok.
The Racketeer - John Grisham. Can't believe I haven't read anything by him before. Hooked. Will certainly read more.
And now I'm reading Lone Survivor by Markus Lutrell. Good book so far, hard and humorous. Saw the movie when it was released back in January. A good film, but I won't be adding it to the 'buy' list.
I also have a few books on my shelf - borrowed from the library - about writing. Though I know I'm nowhere near that level yet. So I'll probably return them. I did pull a couple of good daily challenges from them though.
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#320Just finished the Hunger Games trilogy, mind it was a translation(which is normally a no-no for me). It was a good read with a twist or two, though it got worse towards the end. The character Katniss was very unsympathetic in my eyes.
Also done with the last part of the Fool trilogy by Robin Hobb. And now starting on part two of the Rain Wilds novels by the same.
They read a bit sluggish at time, with Little to no action/development but the World itself is very rich and Deep, with a few interesting characters sprinkled throughout.
Lately I've seem to been reading nothing with less than 1,000+ pages...
As for recommendations(Kaz),...I've got nothing. I don't recognize any of those authors, except vaguely Grisham.