Kevin's Watch

Posted: **Tue Nov 25, 2014 4:54 am**

Dura Fairflank wrote: I saw that book, just the other day while searching for second-hand DVDs. I haven't been reading much at all recently and didn't know it was about the further adventures of Lisbeth Salander...

That one is book 3 though, make sure you read book 2 first...they're actually just one book split in two. (And better than the first it must be said.)

StevieG wrote:Then to AATE...

My favourite of the last chrons.

--A

Posted: **Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:04 am**

StevieG wrote:That's a noble quest, Cord Hurn!

IMO, The Man Who books get better, and kind of turn into an SRD work as they go. The Man Who Killed His Brother was relatively straight-forward for an SRD work, but they get more complex and character driven as they go on, and The Man Who Fought Alone to me was more about the characters than the mystery. Definitely my favourite of the series.

I still haven't read all SRD yet - haven't made it to The Last Dark yet - I'm almost finished with Fatal Revenant, which was a bloody chore in parts (at least the first half of it, then it got better). Then to AATE...

I appreciate your encouragement, Stevie G! And you're right, the detective novels get more character-driven the further along we go. Hope you enjoy AATE, for some amazing things happen in that one!

Posted: **Mon Dec 01, 2014 3:49 pm**

Just finished "Till We Have Faces," by Lewis.

I'm not sure which is a more amazing accomplishment:
SRD achieving reader-empathy with Mr. Sunshiney-Cheerful-Leper-Rapist-Hero, or
Lewis achieving reader-empathy with a heroine who early on..

Spoiler

threatens to commit suicide in order to compel her sister to a betrayal

Posted: **Mon Dec 01, 2014 7:00 pm**

Finally moved on to White Gold Wielder over the weekend after having far too many interruptions while reading The One Tree.

Hopefully I will get a lot more reading time now, so I'll be planning a trip to the bookstore to pick something new up. Probably old new rather than new new, as I want to get some of the Thomas Hardy novels that I don't currently have a copy of but have read in the past.

After that I am definitely going to be considering the Final Chronicles.

Posted: **Tue Dec 02, 2014 5:51 am**

Angels & Demons, Dan Brown. Feel like some bubblegum.

--A

Posted: **Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:58 pm**

Picked up The Last Dark today.

Just in time. There were only four hardbacks left in stock.

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:03 am**

I think you and MichaelM are looking for this thread: What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?

(Not that it matters in the scheme of things, but we try to be orderly. Sometimes.

)

--A

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:20 pm**

Avatar wrote:I think you and MichaelM are looking for this thread: What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?

(Not that it matters in the scheme of things, but we try to be orderly. Sometimes. )

--A

I would have but because the next thing I'm aiming for is Thomas Hardy, I posted here.

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:07 pm**

Avatar wrote:I think you and MichaelM are looking for this thread: What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?

(Not that it matters in the scheme of things, but we try to be orderly. Sometimes. )

--A

The *not* Donaldson part confused me.

General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion
A place for anything *not* Donaldson.

- okayday

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:55 pm**

Dura Fairflank wrote:
Avatar wrote:I think you and MichaelM are looking for this thread: What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?

(Not that it matters in the scheme of things, but we try to be orderly. Sometimes. )

--A
The *not* Donaldson part confused me.

General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion
A place for anything *not* Donaldson.
- okayday

He's right! Don't post in the General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion! Stay here, where we are sane!

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 6:17 pm**

You guys are confusing me! All I wanted to do was say that I'm shortly going to start reading Hardy, but elaborated too much...

Posted: **Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:49 am**

Hahaha, the forum is for non-Donaldson discussion, the thread is for any sci-fi or fantasy book you're reading.

This one if for any non-sci-fi or fantasy book you're reading.

Except for historical books. They have their own thread in Doriender Corishev.

--A

Posted: **Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:32 am**

White Plague by Frank Herbert. Written when the IRA were still the most dangerous terrorist organisation in the world, but very good. (I've read it before...got it for the GF.)

--A

Posted: **Sat Dec 27, 2014 4:48 am**

Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish by Morgan Llewellyn. A long time favourite of mine.

--A

Posted: **Sun Dec 28, 2014 1:42 am**

Sonic Boom - a history of Seattle music. from Louie, Louie to Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Posted: **Tue Jan 06, 2015 1:12 pm**

I finally finished White Gold Wielder last night and as I put it back on the shelf, Junky by William Burroughs caught my eye, so I started reading that.

Posted: **Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:14 pm**

Just finished the latest Michael Connelly Bosch novel, The Burning Room. Quite good, and it's always satisfying when Harry is doing what he does best

(Rather than gallivanting around and messing with things that are not really his thing (like in Nine Dragons, which I didn't finish

)

u.

Posted: **Wed Jan 21, 2015 6:49 pm**

Finished Junky, and before I could get to the book store I had a desire to read The Trial by Kafta, so that's what I'm reading now.

Posted: **Wed Jan 21, 2015 6:54 pm**

Have you read other Kafka?
I have never read him... not yet sure if I should; but am kinda curious.

Posted: **Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:32 pm**

Linah Heartlistener wrote:Have you read other Kafka?
I have never read him... not yet sure if I should; but am kinda curious.

I have read The Castle too, which is less finished, but still a good book. I have wanted to get Metamorphosis and Amerika and the various short stories too, but haven't got round to it.

First time I read The Trial and The Castle I just sped through them as I got so caught up in things and really wanted to see how all the frustrations and plot twists got resolved.

Kevin's Watch

What are you reading in general?