Kevin's Watch

Fist and Faith wrote:Worm, it's the first of a huge series of books. The final installment of which, the tenth book, is coming out March 1st. It's incredible. Absolutely incredible.

Ok thanks. But others here don't think its so incredible. My previewing of the book reveals some fantasy sword play and the like.

Are you suggesting that preferences for literature are subjective?!?!??

Fist and Faith wrote:Are you suggesting that preferences for literature are subjective?!?!??

Of course you're half-joking, but I had already read other comments about the book here where the word "slog" was used.

Ignore the rabble. Heh. Anyway, no way to know except to try it.

As I always say, I didn't like book 1 until I'd read book 2, 3 & 4. Then I went back to bookk 1 and loved it.

So if you're struggling through GotM, go straight to book 2, then come back to it later.

--A

@ 1/3rd through "Perdido Street Station."
Liking it.
Pretty funny that just read a section that has almost exactly the same discussion a number of us did in the "Platonic Mathematical" thread.

The Power That Preserves

--A

The Wounded Land

(TIW was always my favourite 1st Chrons, but now I'm thinking I might have enjoyed TPTP more this time...)

--A

Finally managed to read AATE.
Can hardly wait now until March, for the chapter dissections begin.

Dived straight into The Fellowship of the Ring.

Just read Hunter's Death by Michelle West. I liked it! Somewhat cumbersome (a lot of characters- albeit interesting ones- to keep track of) but it had a freshness and a psychological reality to it.

Ok, so what does GoTM stand for? *blushing*

Gardens of the Moon, the "first" book in Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series. I'm slugging through the 3rd book right now, Memories of Ice. I'm definitely enjoying it, but it's the type of book you need to sit down with for 2 hours at a time and devote your entire attention to.

Sorry Kary Kat, but the dissections don't begin until May...there's plenty of sign-up slots left right now!

danlo wrote:Sorry Kary Kat, but the dissections don't begin until
May...there's plenty of sign-up slots left right now!

Ta, Danlo.
If that's an invitation to join in and choose a chapter to dissect, I'll give it some thought.

No invitation needed, Kat.

And nice typo, danlo. hehe

Finished "perdido" liked it quite a lot over-all, but some things about Isaac bugged me a bit.

Starting "The city and the city"

White Gold Wielder

--A

Reading" the Hobbit" once again ,in preparation for movie also cause I aint got dosh to buy new books

Dam, sorry Krazy Kat (which was one of my fav cartoons as a kid, Officer Pup, "You can't escape the long arm of the law." *arm stretches forever in effort to grab Ignatz*


Going to make a serious effort to get back into MoI tomorrow at the coffee shop. Got interrupted by a quick little book that Tam suggested I read called Heaven is For Real about a 4 year old kid in Nebraska who goes to "heaven" on the operating table-it's endearing but a little to white-bread/born again hermetically sealed. Interestingly enough both the boy's and a little black girl's, year's before, vision of Jesus are exactly the same and he looks just like Kenny Loggings! (when I found out the co-author also co-authored Palin's Going Rogue my eyebrows raised even higher--that's the risk you run when buying a book at CostCo, I guess... )

The Runes of the Earth

--A

SoulBiter wrote:Blackveil: Book Four of Green Rider. by Kristen Britain

Just finished this last night. I must say this series just seems to get better as it goes.