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Hmmm, have seen that, and will consider...not sure how I feel about another series that is only just starting... :D

Reading Jingo now, 'cause you can't read just one Terry Pratchett. :D

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Avatar wrote:not sure how I feel about another series that is only just starting... :D
It's a complete novel on its own, and very satisfying. The other coming novels are other characters' adventures and such. Go for it :D
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Good to know, I think I shall add it to my next order, thanks. (I remember Murrin recommending it some time ago, but I hadn't realised it was going to be a "series")

(I guess I shall read The Last Continent next, since I haven't replaced my 5th Elephant since it was in the bag that was stolen from my car...I was reading it at the time, and apart from the quite expensive med kit I kept in the boot (trunk), (and the bag itself which was sentimental) it's the only thing I was annoyed about losing. :D

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Avatar wrote:it was in the bag that was stolen from my car...
I honestly don't know how I would deal with such a tragedy.
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Eh, price of living in SA really.

Finished Last Continent and moved onto something else, which is getting off lightly for a Pratchett read. :D

Started Outlander, will see how it goes.

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Dragonfly in Amber, 2nd Outlander book.

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Finished Voyager, now on book 4, Drums of Autumn.

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Ever read Lev Grossman's The Magicians, Av? Just finished it and can give it the thumbs up. Harry Potter for adults sums it up.

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Nah, never heard of it. Will keep an eye out. Still, Rivers of London is my go-to "Harry Potter for Adults" series. ;)

(Oh, Outlander book 5 now...The Fiery Cross.)

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Outlander book 6 btw, A Breath of Snow and Ashes.

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peter wrote:Ever read Lev Grossman's The Magicians, Av? Just finished it and can give it the thumbs up. Harry Potter for adults sums it up.

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That reminds me, I was enjoying the show for the first two seasons, but haven't seen 3 or beyond. I wonder how many seasons they're up to now.
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Echo In The Bone, Outlander 7.

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And finally, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, last completed (current) book of the series.

I wonder what I'll read next...

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I'm on page one of The Lightstone, book one of the Ea Cycle by David Zindell - continuing my Zindell marathon :D
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Finished the Outlander books, might as well knock off the 2 Lord John books I have, so, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade it is.

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Don't know if anyone's talked about it, bit I'm reading The Dark Forest, book two in The Three-Body Problem by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. The title refers to the three-body problem in orbital mechanics. It is the first novel of the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy, but Chinese readers generally refer to the whole series as The Three-Body Problem. Rumor has it that “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (and Alexander Woo) are adapting it and it should be released as a series on Netflix in 2022. Cixic...is in a bunch of hot water for siding with the Chinese Govt. re the Uyghur Muslims...
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Wow, nice to see you around Danlo. :D

I'm reading The Scottish Prisoner, last of my Diana Gabaldon books.

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Right, finished that and re-reading A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness.

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