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[Fannie]

And I just bought 2 books today, but none for me:

Museum Of Mysteries and Doctor who : l'encyclopédie des personnages

[Vinca]

I picked up paperbacks of The Vagrant and The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet today. I was dithering between the two but the other half convinced me to just get them both. He's an enabler of my book addiction ;-)

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Vinca wrote: "I picked up paperbacks of The Vagrant and The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet today. I was dithering between the two but the other half convinced me to just get th..."

I wish my other half was!! You got a goodun there!

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Loved the Vagrant. Really dark but brilliant

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

The Vagrant looked pretty fantastic to me, definitely on my to read list.

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

I just grabbed it from the library yesterday :D

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I have a lovely signed limited first edition :-p

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Nice! I believe Freya has a signed edition too and has met him? I wanted to go to the event but wasn't able to :(

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I remember talking to Freya about that event. Sadly I didn't get to meet him but he was in Dublin for our fantasy con last year.
I think its one of the first times I've read books by a husband and wife in the same month.

[Jeff]

Love to Believe by Lisa Ricard Claro

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Jeez, gonna have to shell out some cash soon. Final book in Brian Staveley's Chronicles of the Unhewn throne trilogy comes out as well as The Spider's War the final book of Daniel Abraham's Dagger and Coin Quintet.

Both series I would recommend.

[Jeff]

Just started the brian Staveley series.ITS NOT DONE YET!?Boy am I tired of starting a work that isnt finished.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

It is done Jeff. The last part is out next month.

[Melanie]

So far, I've stuck to my New Year's Resolution not to start reading an unfinished series, except for Fifth season because it was a BOTM.

[Rich]

Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover. Up on the shelf it goes, to be read sometime, but not now.

[Jeff]

Thank you Paul.Starting it now.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I'm with you though. Nothing worse than waiting years on a series

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Richard I absolutely loved Heroes Die, read it a few months ago. Such a unique idea. I will eventually get to the rest of the series if I can find them used. If not I will get them first hand because I definitely want to continue the series.

[Jeff]

I waited 20 years for the gunslinger and was devestatingly disappointed with the ending.I have been waiting for george martin around 20 years.Waiting for rothfuss.on and on.

[Dawn]

ha ha! Yes Jeff, you and the rest of us! I'm still hoping for Scott Lynch's next book on July 21st after... is it four or five publishing delays over three years :(
Still, there's a lot of great books out there to keep us occupied in the meantime :-)

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Paul wrote: "I'm with you though. Nothing worse than waiting years on a series"

I agree and disagree on this statement, I don't mind a little waiting since it builds up the excitement for the book. If I have to wait too long then I just give up...

Speaking of waiting....I'm pretty excited that Fire Touched comes out today, will be at my house tonight! I'm a huge Patricia Briggs fan. She writes good urban fantasy with a female protagnist and it doesn't just become a romance novel, I definitely recommend her series to anyone that likes paranormal urban fantasy.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Very true Roger , a reasonable wait between books can be a good thing , its when it moves beyond that that its painful.
Pratchett was great for a steady flow of books and theres a few trilogys I've read over the last couple of years released in nice timelines.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Paul wrote: "Very true Roger , a reasonable wait between books can be a good thing , its when it moves beyond that that its painful.
Pratchett was great for a steady flow of books and theres a few trilogys I'v..."

Yup, that's what I was thinking, the wait between Stormlight Archives books is almost too much for me, but Sanderson does offset it by writing entire trilogies in between...

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I think I can forgive Sanderson. Its authors producing nothing but rereleases and guide books for years that annoy me .

[Jeff]

i AM AT THE POINT WITH THE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVES.sorry for the caps.also the patrick rothfuss.I am going to have to reread them to catch up.may as well have waited to read the first ones.I do have about 400 books on my to read list so there is no lack of material.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

I think it;s pretty much cliche to say it but the only time it has made me give up or stop caring about a series has been with A Song of Ice and Fire. Brandon Sanderson has at least released steady material in the interim and its only going on a few years for Stormlight,

GRRM on the other hand may never finish the series, has not released anything other than stuff like what Paul has mentioned and in my opinion has chosen TV fans over the book fans that made it possible for the show to happen. I believe that the first book came out around 1996 so with 5 books released so far is an average of 4 years between books. A lot of authors with big gaps between books will at least have periods where they release some very close together. I may be in the minority here but to me ASOIAF boks 4 and 5 have been mediocre at best on top of that.

I don't mind a longer wait if it means the quality of the end product reflects it. But when you wait that long for a "meh" result it stings even more.

sorry.... im done ranting

[Sarah]

Recent audio book purchases:
Redshirts
His Majesty's Dragon

Then a bunch of ebooks that I got for Kindle for $1.99 with all the sales Amazon has been doing lately:
The Last Kingdom
The Girl in the Steel Corset
The Martian Chronicles
Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Lancer wrote: "I think it;s pretty much cliche to say it but the only time it has made me give up or stop caring about a series has been with A Song of Ice and Fire. Brandon Sanderson has at least released steady..."

Same for me Lancer, dont care if he ever finishes it at this point.

[Jeff]

I agree.I wont mind reading Sandersons and rothfuss.I am annoyed with martin.I did like all the books but agree the most recent books felt like filler.The next one better be fantastic,or I may never finish it.I never finished the wheel of time for similar reasons.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Lancer wrote: "Jeez, gonna have to shell out some cash soon. Final book in Brian Staveley's Chronicles of the Unhewn throne trilogy comes out as well as The Spider's War the final book of Daniel Abraham's Dagger ..."

I didn't really like book 1 of Unhewn Throne, but I seem to be in the minority.

I've been reading the Michael Vey series as it comes out (a top favorite). They've been coming out a year apart, which I guess is reasonable. If I can, I try to stick to series (serieses?) that are completed before I start them.

[C.E.C.]

The first two books of the Artemis Fowl series (in English); I've already read all of them (ebook), and I fell in love, so now I have to buy them <3
And last time I bought the Spanish editions of The Shining (Stephen King) and The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follet).

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Just picked up The Spider's War which is book #5 of Daniel Abraham's Dagger and Coin Quintet. I've really enjoyed the series so far an am excited to see how it wraps up

[Zele]

Endangered Words: A Collection of Rare Gems for Word Lovers by Simon Hertnon

...*terribly red-faced and silent, I go back to my tiny home.*

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I got Something Wicked This Way Comes for 50 cents at the library book sale and The Stone Bearers for $1 on Kindle. I think it's a new release. I seem unable to pass up dollar Kindle books.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Something Wicked is ome of my absolute favourites

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I bought Steal the Sky and am waiting on The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet to arrive in the mail. I'm impatiently checking my mailbox every day...

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I got Something Wicked This Way Comes for 50 cents at the library book sale and The Stone Bearers for $1 on Kindle. I think it's a new release. I seem unable to pass up dollar Kindle books.

[Veronica]

Roger wrote: "Speaking of waiting....I'm pretty excited that Fire Touched comes out today, will be at my house tonight! I'm a huge Patricia Briggs fan. She writes good urban fantasy with a female protagnist and it doesn't just become a romance novel, I definitely recommend her series to anyone that likes paranormal urban fantasy."

Started this one last night!

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Paul wrote: "Something Wicked is one of my absolute favourites"

It's been a while since I read it. One of top Bradbury favorites.

[bittertea]

last book i bought was a natural history of dragons -- it was so pretty i couldn't resist, and it has an amazing female lead.

[Christina]

I just put a hold on that book on OverDrive with my library! I've heard great things about it.

[Veronica]

I just picked up for $1 at one of my local used bookstores.

[Gary]

The League of The Scarlet Pimpernel It was free through Early Bird Books a couple of days back for the Nook. .

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

So once again the guy that sets up the used book tables once a month or so ar my University has snagged me. I can never resist because his prices are great and he has a great selection.

This time I grabbed:
- Thud by Terry Pratchett. I am nowhere even close to getting g to this book I haven't even started the series, but where I am it is very hard to find used Pratchett books so I generally grab them when I see them regardless of whether I'll be reading it this decade.
- Full Moon by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files #2) I haven't started this series yet either but recently grabbed books 1 & 3 at a used book sale so was nice to find #2 for when I get to them, also heard the first book isn't the greatest and that #2 is much better)
- and finally The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas. Been watching the recent BBC series on Netflix and it got me in the mood for that time period and ha e always wanted to read it.

It all only costed $8.00 and they are in great condition so I'm happy

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Lancer wrote: "So once again the guy that sets up the used book tables once a month or so ar my University has snagged me. I can never resist because his prices are great and he has a great selection.

This time..."

sounds like a nice haul for a good price, can't beat that

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Yeah great haul. Thud is a really good book

[Veronica]

I'm wary of buying more than just the next book in a series, especially if it's a series I haven't started yet. In the past I've bought several books in a series, decided I didn't like it after the first or second one, and then been stuck with several books I don't care to read. Nowadays I pretty much will only buy the next book in the series.

[Andrew]

Lancer wrote: "Full Moon by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files #2) I haven't started this series yet either but recently grabbed books 1 & 3 at a used book sale so was nice to find #2 for when I get to them, also heard the first book isn't the greatest and that #2 is much better) "

The second one is better, but "much" might be a stretch lol They're both entertaining, and short, pulp though. They are not chores by any means.

I think book 3 it really starts to find its footing, and introduces us to some really unique concepts and important characters. Then each book after gets better and better. It becomes a great series that I need to get back to eventually. I stopped around book 11 I think.

Great haul for a great price :)

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

O don't mind buying ahead, I have a friend that I trade books with and if I don't like them I donate them. I would never do it if I was buying them new but I o Ly paid a couple bucks for them so it's Ok.

[Evangelin]

The city by Dean Koontz