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Which book are you reading right now?

Discussion in 'Booktalk' started by Apeman, Dec 4, 2002.

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    "Caliban's Hour" by Tad Williams. I found it in the library when I was looking for Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn. So far it's quite engrossing.

    They have George R. R. Martin's trilogy here, but I don't think I should start anything quite that big when we still have so much moving-in work to be doing. It'll wait.
     
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    Stormlight by Greenwood. Starts off pretty good.
     
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    Heh. Memory, Sorrow and Thorn is not so small either. The last book of the trilogy (To Green Angel Tower) was so big that they split it into two thick paperbacks. So it turns out to be 4 rather large books.
     
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    Well I just finished reading the finder's stone trilogy and I'll now be starting with finder's bane and I'm also reading Here under the northstar which is a finnish book.
     
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    Just finnished the last part of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn.
     
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    Re-reading Silmarillion.

    I have such a thing for Maglor and Maedhros... *shudder*

    Maeglin, too.

    I expect to spend the dull hours of school today drawing fanart...
     
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    Just finished The Fallen Fortress, book 4 of The Cleric Quintet. It was ok, but I got pulled away from it by thinking I could read just one paragraph in the first Harry Potter book....heh, read the entire thing. Then SoU arrived and had to play that....then BG called...and then and then... Anyways, about to start The Chaos Curse. (This is the longest time I've ever taken to complete one series of books!)
     
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    RA. Salvatore: Sea of Swords! Awesome book so far!
     
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    Hosts - F. Paul Wilson, The Last Rune (5th book in the series, I forget the actual title) - Mark Anthony, The Satanic Verses - Rushdie

    I can't make up my mind which to focus on.

    Also, technically, I am still reading one of the Jordan books (not the last one but the one before that) as it is on my night stand and has a bookmark in it. I doubt that I will ever re-open it, let alone finish it, so I am not sure it counts.
     
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    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    A document about encryption :p
     
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    I know I am sick. I just know it!

    I just got myself the Complete Guide to Middle-Earth. And now I am cross-referencing it with Silmarillion, LotR and the Unfinished tales! And back-translating! And doing other strange stuff for fun!

    I am obsessed.
     
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    "Essentials of Economics"

    School has started this week ;)
     
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    I just spent way too much money on books. Got myself the core rulebooks for 3E (they were CHEAP!) and some paperbacks... Namely, Dissolution (War of the Spider Queen) and Refugee & Destiny's Way of the NJO:

    I ws awake till 2 am -> reading last night.... :coffee: But it was worth it.

    Now I will be busy for a loong time.

    *shrugs*

    Phaerun is SO cool...
     
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    im about halfway through the dragon reborn right now, started it this morning at school, and am currently on page 358...i got bored in algebra
     
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    [​IMG] Sea of Swords: R.A. Salvatore.
     
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    Finished LoTR. Now I am perusing the different appendices. Its pretty interesting, the different languages and how they are constructed. Might read silmarillion over the holidays.
     
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    Read it! It is awesome... I think I like Silmarillion more than I like LotR...

    Me, I am reading the Core Rulebooks still....
     
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    I finally started reading new book, Murder in Halruaa, yesterday night. It hasn't been good, but I'm going to read it, since I paid 3 euros for it.

    By the way, I realized some time ago, that I don't enjoy reading fantasy books as much I used to. :eek:
     
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    That's because there's very few good fantasy books out there. Most of it is absolute rubbish. I love the genre when done well but trying to find a good author is like trying to find a smarty at a weight watcher convention.
     
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