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Which book are you reading currently? #3

Discussion in 'Booktalk' started by Blackthorne TA, Apr 16, 2005.

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  1. AMaster Gems: 26/31
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    Wait, those things frustrated you? Would've made me cackle maniacally...

    Ah well, different strokes and all that.
     
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    A friend of mine handed me Captain Corelli's Mandolin saying that I had to read it, and that he thought I'd really enjoy it.

    I'm halfway through it now, and loving it.
     
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    [​IMG] Naw, the image of a Europe populated by the dead only did nothing for me. Particularly not when put into scene by a skilled author. Dunno why. But I remember you stating your having a sense of humour of your own, AMaster.

    I got my chance for a hearty chuckle though... a few pages later. ;) Different stroke, eh? :D

    As off as some of Stapeldons forecasts may be - the assessment of his future - our presence? - is highly astute and accurate in some parts. Frighteningly so.
     
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    Just Finished "Hidden Prey" by John Sandford. Not bad, but his Prey novels are on the decline. Read the Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson lately and found it fantastic. I am currently into Greenwood's Band of Four novels and found them pretty good so far (on No. 3). Hey, Irreligious Paladin, can't agree with you on the thumbs up for Marked for Death.
     
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    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    Ooooww, just finished Blood and Gold, now I'll have to wait till the Feast of Crows is released :(

    Oh well, onto Death Trilogy, by Pratchett
     
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    Narnia Chronicles - It seems that reading that one hundred times is not enough... :lol: ...
     
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    Rereading Intervention/The Galactic Milieu Trilogy by Julian May - these books are amazing...
     
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    Herman Melville - "Bartleby, the Scrivener"
     
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    I finished Royal Assassin - overall I found it good but not great.


    I read Wolf in the Fold by Simon Green today - it was o.k. but not as good as the first three books in the Hawk & Fisher series.

    First, Hawk and Fisher have to go undercover and must not act like themselves which is a problem when the characters and the manner in which they usually act is the main attraction of the series. Also, a big chunk of the plot pretty well just resolves itself without Hawk and Fisher having to do much about it.
     
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    Jim Hougan's 'Last Merovingio (not too sure is called like that, I have a spanish version)
     
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    I read Guard Against Dishonour by Simon Green today - overall it was decent - it was a step up from Wolf in the Fold but it was not as good as the earlier books in the series.

    I have started on The Bones of Haven - again by Simon Green. So far it looks like more of the same.
     
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    i just finished salvatores newest series....decent, but more of the same **** with the same vocab.
     
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    I finished The Bones of Haven - I was pleasantly surprised, it was probably the second best book in the Hawk and Fisher series.

    The ending wasn't really as good as it should have been though - Green had a perfectly suitable ending, I was nodding approvingly at it, but then he decided to keep the story going by going all grand on us. To make matters worse, the grand finale was resolved too quickly and easily.

    I have started on Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb. It is off to a very slow start so far. Overall I would have to say that while I have enjoyed the Farseer trilogy, I am not anywhere near as fond of it as many of the other people here seem to be.
     
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    The Crook Factory - Dan Simmons

    I love Dan Simmons, yes I do. Probably my favorite contemporary author.
     
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    Sharpes Tiger - Bernard Cornwell.
     
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    finished hobb´s farseer trilogy. the end damn depressed me, poor fitz :cry:

    im around done with Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa now :)
     
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    I just finished Assassin's quest too. I actually loved the ending - the Farseer trilogy was only ranking as good until the ending really pulled it up a notch in my mind. I find it quite common for a series to start well and then collapse at the ending but it is very rare when the ending elevates the whole series into something better. :thumb:

    By the way, does it matter whether I read the Live Ship books or the Tawny Man series next?
     
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    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Spooky, JSBB - I've just started reading "Ship of Magic" by Robbin Hobb (Book 1 of the Liveship Traders) and I haven't read the Tawny Man series yet. I think this is the order in which they were written / published so it must be OK to read in that order.
     
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    Read the Live Ship Traders first. Tawny Man follows it chronologically, and builds off a few things that happen in the Ship trilogy. Your understanding of certain "global" events will be much greater if you read the Ship trilogy first.

    hmm. JSBB's reaction to Assassin's Quest's ending has me wanting to go back and re-read it. For the life of me, I can't remember just how it ended. Except that it was something of a...downer.
     
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    I will have to try to find book 3 of the Live Ship trilogy - I only have the first two right now and I want to have them all before I start.

    In the mean time, I have started on Deathstalker by Simon Green. So far it is light, fluffy and pulpy goodness which is nice after the rather more serious Farseer trilogy.

    Edit: I managed to pick up the missing Live Ship novel so I guess I will start on the series after I finish Deathstalker.

    [ June 02, 2005, 18:23: Message edited by: JSBB ]
     
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