Which book are you reading currently? #3

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If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell. I'm thankful the publishing company and his editor(s) allowed him to write like he talks. Lots of insider pictures as well.

 

Although I meant to continue WoT, I found myself reading a book Shura sent me to proof read called Son of Strife. It's actually really good and have liked to have found how he did with it.

 

I think I heard sometime ago that Shura was supposed to write an FR novel called "Maiden of Pain". Is that true? If so, whatever happened to it?

 

Maiden of Pain is out here in Canada and it is not a bad novel for a FR book. That whole priest series is pretty good but the thief series is a lot better. But I digress, I have just finished reading Meg: Primal Waters about a giant killer shark and I must say, I enjoyed it immensely.

 

@Newfie

I read Meg years ago and I thought it was pretty cool to, excpet for the ending which was just plain ridiculous.

Reading Deadhouse Gates now, second in the a Tale of the Malazan book of the Fallen

 

Hey Apeman, I think the story is filled with ludicrous situations, but hell, it's a lot of fun.

 

@ kuemper - Yeah, that was really a very interesting and entertaining autobiography - but then again I am one of the Boards' leading B movie nuts so I am probably not the most impartial person to comment about it.

I just finished Beyond the Blue Moon - what can I say except that the plot's resolution was horrible. You really have to hate it when after the big build up the ending just works too neatly and much much too easily. Still, the book has its good moments - one does not read Simon Green's novels for the plot, one reads them for the interesting characters and quirky dialogue, or at least that's what I read them for.

I guess I should finish Mad Ship but I find that I lack the motivation to finish it. So far I have found the characters to be somewhat dull and the plot hasn't been all that interesting either.

 

Reading Nigh Watch by Pratchett. 1st book of his I've read excluding his collaboration with Neil Gaiman (Good Omens). It's actually pretty good.

 

Good Omens. No kidding. I just finished that. Awsome book...or rather funny.

 

Yeah, I found it pretty funny. I actually saw more of Pratchett than Gaiman there come to think of it. Just finished Night Watch. It turned out to be a very moving book imo. This one line nearly made tears well up in my eyes: "You had to be there. I was honored to have been there twice."

Now about to start on The Assassini by Thomas Gifford.

 

On the flight over to Ireland I finished Mad Ship and I have made a good start on Ship of Destiny. The series seems to be getting better as it goes along.

 

Hour of the Clown by Amos Aricha

 

The Clan of the Cave Bear, by Jean M. Auel

 

Been reading Dragonlance - Autumn Twilight, which is just plain bad if you just finished Storm of Swords - Blood and Gold.

Now I am reading Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Book 1, Eye of the World.

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I just finished Coraline by Neil Gaiman--I picked it up to read to my daughter and ended up finishing it on my own...

@ Morgoth

The first 3 WoT books are the best, IMO. It kinda goes downhill from there...

 

I just finished HP6 in 2 hours. Don't flame me.

 

I finished HP6 in 6 hours...hehe
I'm a bit slow.
Can't say I'm surprised by the ending, though...

 

ah, you're not slow... I'm just special.

 

@el timor

coraline was awesome. children's book my arse, parts of it scared the crap outta me! if you liked it (or your kid did) pick up The Thief of Always by Clive Barker, similar and also very good.

Am unable to get "into" Hour of the Clown so I'm going to read The comical tragedy or tragical comedy of Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman

 

"The Mad Ship" by Robin Hobb.