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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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    Getting into The Children of Men by PD James --- dystopia rocks :D
     
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    I was on a Terry Brooks kick for the last few months. Read the Shannara series. Great books. His website turned me onto another great author, Eldon Thompson. I just finished "The Crimson Sword" by Eldon Thompson last night. Read it in a week. It's an epic fantasy with a lot of really good battle scenes. It would make a great movie someday.
     
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    Just started reading The game of Throne by George R. R. Martin.
     
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    Just finished "The Killing Dance" by Laurell Hamilton. It contained the first sex scene in the Anita series, so I guess it marks the beginning of Hamilton's metamorphosis into a writer of porn. Or is that erotica? Whatever.
     
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    I finished Assassin's Apprentice - I rather enjoyed it. There was nothing particularly special about the characters or plot but it was told well.
     
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    Reading the Sigma Protocol (or is it Directive?). I dunno, Sigma something by Robert Ludlum. Pretty good so far, about halfway through.
     
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    "The King and Queen of Swords" - by Tom Arden. Book 2 of the Orokon. Ok so far.
     
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    I just got Terry Goodkinds 'Debt of Bones' from the library, hope it's better than 'Naked Empire'. ;)
     
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    "Ignorance" by Milan Kundera.
     
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    I have started on Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb. So far it has been pretty good but I think that if the main character goes on feeling sorry for himself for too much longer it will probably start wearing on my nerves.
     
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    C'mon JSBB, he's having a pretty bad time. Cut him some slack!
     
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    J.P. Jacobsen - "Niels Lyhne".
     
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    Fortunately the main character pulled out of his funk shortly after the point at which I wrote my last message. All in all I would say that it has been quite good so far.

    There is one thing that is bothering me. I am not too impressed at the somewhat cliche direction that it appears is being taken with regards to King Shrewd.
     
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    Fools Fate by Robin Hobb. Can't wait to finish this trilogy, love the story.
     
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    Just finished reading City of Towers by Keith Baker, the first of the Eberron setting novels, it had me so hooked that I bought another one, Marked for Death. This whole Eberron setting has me enthralled, and the novels have been well written so far.
     
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    My brand new 1300 pages english dictionary.
     
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    I read Terry Goodkinds "Debt of Bones", a prequel to the "Sword of Truth" series, yesterday. It wasn't horrible, the fact that it's so short probably saved it. I just read a review of the new book "Chainfire", surprise, surprise, Kahlan goes missing AGAIN. :eek: I relly liked the first books in the series, but this ridiculous, can't TG come up with any other plot twist?
     
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    TG is a despicable writer, kinda liked his first books but his last 3-4 have been bad books and more of political pamphlets than fiction. Go read on his homepage, the man is a lunatic.
     
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    Lunacy doesn't necessarily make for bad writing. See: Orson Scott Card.

    Finished Laurell Hamilton's Obsidian Butterfly, liked it a lot, but I'm done with the series and author now; I have no desire to read any more of her, eh...erotica, I suppose, which is what every books she's written after OB has been, or near enough.
     
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    Last And First Men
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    Star Maker

    by Olaf Stapledon

    At first I was struggling a bit with this man's way of writing. Then, when I got used to his extravagant style I really, truly wanted to throw it out of the window in a fit of frustration... the U.S. callously murdered the whole of Europe no sooner than on page 35 (I think)! =/ Of course, by then, Europe had already annihilated Russia...

    Got over it eventually and continue reading ever since. Excellent stuff.
     
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