What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?
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Did in fact end up picking up the "Dresden Files" book by Jim Butcher and starting it..
Putting it on hold for awhile though while I have "Scholar" (L.E. Modesitt Jr.) out from the library again... going to try to finish this one now.
Putting it on hold for awhile though while I have "Scholar" (L.E. Modesitt Jr.) out from the library again... going to try to finish this one now.
Well, it started out with a clever intro, and got really weird really fast - that seems to be pretty typical for his style!Fist and Faith wrote:I've heard that the Jim Butcher books are pretty good. I have the first one, but I probably won't get to it for a while.
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Wow! I was coming here to post that I just finished Storm Front. It was good. Not fantastic or enthralling, but good enough to read it pretty quickly. Plot was interesting enough. Good job of explaining some rules of magic. Some witty bits. Plenty of books, so we can at least see further adventures. Not sure if there's character growth, or if the writing becomes more complex. I'll probably get the second book soon enough. Probably back to Warhammer for the moment. 
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The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons. It is turning out a lot better than Endymion.
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Amusing!Fist and Faith wrote:Wow! I was coming here to post that I just finished Storm Front. It was good.
The one we have around the house is like book 9.
My husband expressed shock (well, partially mock-shock) that I was "starting" in the middle of the series, and I just told him it was the consequence of him bringing it into the house without checking out Book 1 at the same time!
Sounds about right; he's a pretty awesome character to hear the perspective of, though!Not fantastic or enthralling, but good enough to read it pretty quickly. Plot was interesting enough. Good job of explaining some rules of magic. Some witty bits. Plenty of books, so we can at least see further adventures. Not sure if there's character growth, or if the writing becomes more complex.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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Sailing to Sarantium, on my Kindle. Very, very good so far, particularly in the character and setting departments. 
Av, I hardly considered ever reading Harry Potter, although I do enjoy the movies considerably-- but if you enjoy them over and over, there's go to be something there.
Av, I hardly considered ever reading Harry Potter, although I do enjoy the movies considerably-- but if you enjoy them over and over, there's go to be something there.
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While I received permission to send them, and SD covered the cost of the shipping, they weren't originally mine to inscribe. And good luck getting Beorn to do such a thing, heh.Avatar wrote:And now I'm on book 4.Menolly wrote:Avatar wrote:Re-reading the Harry Potter books...started book 3 today.I always think of you when I read them Menolly. You shoulda inscribed them though.
I know I am going to sound biased as mod of the Rowling forum, but the books are way better than the movies...deer of the dawn wrote:Av, I hardly considered ever reading Harry Potter, although I do enjoy the movies considerably-- but if you enjoy them over and over, there's go to be something there.
Even Jim Dale's audiobooks are awesome. Truly.
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What? Yes, the books are much better. Hell, the last few movies really weren't good...I felt that if I hadn't read the books, I wouldn't have known what was going on.deer of the dawn wrote:Av, I hardly considered ever reading Harry Potter, although I do enjoy the movies considerably-- but if you enjoy them over and over, there's go to be something there.
Do yourself a favour.
Read them.--A
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Who?Holsety wrote:Jimmie Dale Gilmore did the Harry Potter audio books!?Menolly wrote:Even Jim Dale's audiobooks are awesome. Truly.
I doubt it.
Beorn has the CD versions, and I have never downloaded audiobook files online, so I can not vouch for this site. However, if it is what it claims to be, it is worth the download.
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Couldn't read the books, can't watch the films. What's wrong with me?Avatar wrote:What? Yes, the books are much better. Hell, the last few movies really weren't good...I felt that if I hadn't read the books, I wouldn't have known what was going on.deer of the dawn wrote:Av, I hardly considered ever reading Harry Potter, although I do enjoy the movies considerably-- but if you enjoy them over and over, there's go to be something there.
Do yourself a favour.
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