false 30 1718 1659 true 5673941 read 1 true 3230913 currently-reading 58 true 3230912 to-read 534 false 4992501 star-trek-books 290 false 4924996 science-fiction 251 false 4925212 fantasy 160 false 4992506 star-wars-books 126 false 3277017 celtic-studies 58 false 4992524 fiction---classics 55 false 4993205 historical-mythic-fantasy 39 false 4993228 pagan 32 false 4924993 fantasy---non-tolkienian 26 false 4992517 classical-studies 17 false 4992492 historical-fiction 14 false 4994087 fiction 12 false 4992527 fiction---gay 9 false 4993204 history 7 false 4995763 horror 5 false 6958853 wanted-to-buy 5 false 4994088 non-fiction 4 false 4993985 numismatics 1 false 4998878 mystery http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/243258-any-way-to-make-hardcover-the-primary-search-result Kernos made a comment in the Goodreads Librarians group:

You can add 'hardcover' to your title search, eg, hardcover "The Hobbit" to get presented with a list of the hardcovers. The results are not ideal, but it helps me a lot since I generally only read hardcovers. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/243109-top-and-bottom Kernos made a comment in the Goodreads Feedback group:

Otis wrote: "The problem is that it takes a lot more space, and there really isn't space on this page (topic pages).

ps. On a mac you can hold down apple-up/down to go to the top or bottom."

Or spacebar, shift-spacebar :-)



]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77439635 to: A Betrayal in Winter (Long Price Quartet, #2) by Daniel Abraham
bookshelves: fantasy---non-tolkienian
In this 2nd book Otah become Khai. It is a direct continuation of book one and they could have been in a single volume.

I did not like this as much as the 1st book. It has become too romantic for my tastes. I am hoping book 3 adds new ideas and tones down the lovey-dovey stuff. I am a bit surprised a male wrote this. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77435284 to: A Shadow in Summer (Long Price Quartet, #1) by Daniel Abraham
bookshelves: fantasy---non-tolkienian
Another feudal-oid political fantasy with a unique magic system. Good, not great. I easily identified with Otah and his struggle to live in this 1st book of a tetrology. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77435129 An Autumn War (Long Price Quartet, #3) by Daniel Abraham
bookshelves: currently-reading, fantasy---non-tolkienian
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bookshelves: fantasy---non-tolkienian
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/240053-is-an-audio-book-the-same-as-reading Kernos made a comment in the SciFi and Fantasy Book Club group:

For me the experiences are different. I have trouble with audio books and really do not like them. I like to see the words, especially weird names and languages. I do not like someone else to decide how they should be pronounced for me. Similarly, I do not like others deciding how a sentence should be read, which words emphasized, what tone is used etc. And, the Gods forbid they add music to force my emotions.

I have enjoyed listening to Lord of the Rings while driving on a trip, but I had read it multiple times before, so had already formed my impressions.

I have used 'audiobooks' to good effect. This dates me, but when in college I took a semester of Shakespeare and we did a play a week, IIRC. I would check out an album of LPs and would read the plays while listening to a performance. For someone new to Shakespeare this made my understanding of the reading a play much better. Of course today you could do the same by watching some DVD, but it would be more difficult (I think) to read along without distractions. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/243309-december-fantasy-theme-nominations Kernos made a comment in the SciFi and Fantasy Book Club group:

I too like Mistborn, but I think I enjoyed Sanderson's Elantris and it's Aons even more. There is a lot more to tell of that world.

I also thought Peter V. Brett's The Warded Man provided a fascinating exposition on the concept of wards. And its sequel The Desert Spear can now be pre-ordered. Let's have a discussion in preparation for the sequel! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/243355-how-do-i-uncheck-all-stars-for-book-rating Kernos made a comment in the Goodreads Feedback group:

Thanks Lisa ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/25972-vote-for-our-general-fantasy-selection-for-a-reading-in-january-with-di Kernos voted on the poll: Vote for our General Fantasy selection for a reading in January, with discussion in February. ]]>