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[Vinca]

I finished A Monster Calls on the bus tonight and had a good cry at the end. Pretty sure the rest of the bus passengers were too drunk to notice so that's fine ;-) It was a beautiful book though, both in terms of the story and the illustrations. Glad I picked it up from the library :-)

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Vinca wrote: "I just finished The Death Cure, which is the last in the Maze Runner trilogy, although I know there's the prequel too which I've not read yet.

I found the second book in the series ..."

I recently finished the prequel. I found the whole series interesting but not something I'm totally crazy for. It was also kind of depressing. (Why Newt? Why??)

[Meera]

Vinca wrote: "I finished A Monster Calls on the bus tonight and had a good cry at the end. Pretty sure the rest of the bus passengers were too drunk to notice so that's fine ;-) It was a beautiful..."

This is one of my favorites books and it made me cry as well when I read it.

I read the The Maze Runner but didn't read the rest. It didn't really grab me for some reason.

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

The Maze runner was actually the only book that I've ever thought was better as a movie than a book. In fact, when I was reading the book I thought to myself, this would be more entertaining as a movie.

[Meera]

I agree with that! And True Blood tv show. That was better than the books. I hope I don't offend anyone by saying that.

I recently finished A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire. I wasn't crazy about the first but I heard the series get better and I read this one and I liked this even less. (view spoiler)[ She is the worst detective ever. She really doesn't solve anything. Things get solved for her and other people are constantly rescuing her. Once again, how on earth was she made a knight? (hide spoiler)]

[Bana AZ]

Greg wrote: "Finished another batch of great books over the last couple weeks:

The Awakening by Kate Chopin (4.5 ★ - hard to believe this was written in the 1800s, way ahead of its ..."

I loved Hamlet! Neuromancer is so difficult for me.

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

Meera wrote: "I agree with that! And True Blood tv show. That was better than the books. I hope I don't offend anyone by saying that. "

In some places yes, in others no. The endings of both the TV series and book series were AWFUL though! So bad :(

[Meera]

Rinn wrote: "In some places yes, in others no. The endings of both the TV series and book series were AWFUL though! So bad :(
..."
You're right... The tv show had ups and downs too but it annoyed me less than the series by the time I gave up on it. I stopped at#9 in the series. I liked it up to and including #6. It kind of jumped the shark for me I guess. So when the show came on and I gave it a try, I was actually happy that it wasn't fully following the books.

[Greg]

Ana A wrote: "
I loved Hamlet! Neuromancer is so difficult for me. ..."

Ana, I agree with you - hard to go wrong with Hamlet! :)

And though I liked Neuromancer quite a bit, I can definitely see what you mean. In the first part I had to keep looking up Japanese words (zaibatsu, gaijin,...), and it was hard to keep straight some of the other terminology - like the different brand names for cigarettes and lighters. I wrote them down because they'd keep popping up, and I'd forget those darn weird brand names: Yeheyuans, Gitanes, Bunhill,... Not a light breezy read even if I did really enjoy it.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Hybrid Creature (devours books instead of brains) wrote: "The Maze runner was actually the only book that I've ever thought was better as a movie than a book. In fact, when I was reading the book I thought to myself, this would be more entertaining as a m..."

Same here. I liked the Scorch Trials movie better, too, even though it changed everything.

I finished Retribution Falls last night. Very fun.

[Andrew]

Audrey wrote: "I finished Retribution Falls last night. Very fun. "

Woo! haha I really enjoyed that one, an easy 4 stars or higher for me. Yet somehow I found the second one to be twice as good!

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Just finish The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley, the final book of the chronicles of the Unhewn throne trilogy yesterday and I must say it was fantastic. Best book of the the three, but I believe the whole series is 5 stars.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

I finished Armada by Ernest Cline of Ready Player One fame. It wasn't quite as good as Player One but it was an enjoyable read. If you're a gamer and/or general sci fi geek at all, you should probably check it out. Lot of fun.

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Good to hear that Wayland. It's on my to read list because I loved Ready Player One so much, and I can live with it being not quite as good but still great! I'll push it up the "to buy" list!

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

Wayland wrote: "I finished Armada by Ernest Cline of Ready Player One fame. It wasn't quite as good as Player One but it was an enjoyable read. If you're a gamer and/o..."

Did you read the paperback? :D

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Just finished The Dragon's Path . It was excellent. Just purchased the next in the series The King's Blood.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Rinn wrote: "Wayland wrote: "I finished Armada by Ernest Cline of Ready Player One fame. It wasn't quite as good as Player One but it was an enjoyable read. If you'..."

It was an advance reader copy I picked up at a writers' seminar earlier this year. Soft cover.

[Veronica]

Jessica wrote: "I really enjoyed Ex-Patriots and Ex-Heroes but seem to be stuck on the very beginning of Ex-Communication. I think it's a stress reaction though...lots of stress in my life right now, so reading about zombies doesn't alleviate much stress! Weird how that works ;o)"

And it probably doesn't help that the set up in that book was quite different from the rest.


I just finished a reread of Where Serpents Sleep from my absolute favorite historical mystery series. Just prior to that I also finished Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong which was a lot of fun.

[Jessica]

That's a really good point Veronica, and might explain why it just didn't grab me from the get-go like the previous books did.

I just finished The Darwin Elevator (book 1 of the Dire Earth Cycle) by Jason Hough. For some reason this one took me awhile to get into, and I kept putting it down and switching to something else. I focused solely on it though for the past couple of days and finished it. I enjoyed the book and like the protagonist. I've downloaded the next book in the series and was all set to start it, but instead I have just completely switched genres and am reading The Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner, a WWII story set in London.

[Veronica]

I read and liked The Darwin Elevator too, Jessica, but apparently not enough to ever go back and finish out the trilogy.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Last I read was the Death of Dulgath. Gonna miss Royce and Hadrian. Hopefully they pop up again someday.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Lancer wrote: "Last I read was the Death of Dulgath. Gonna miss Royce and Hadrian. Hopefully they pop up again someday."

That's up next for me. The intro to Revelations said there was room for 12, so this is not necessarily the end.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

That would be fantastic. Such fun reads.

[Greg]

Another wildly varied set of books I've just finished or been reading the past couple weeks:

Just finished Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel (4.5 ★), an Irish play about some unlucky sisters and a priest who is sent home from missionary work in Africa after "going native", really affecting & deeply sad overall but also occasionally downright hilarious. I felt so much for these characters!

Last week, read the first play Oedipus the King from The Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles (5 ★), love this direct, heartfelt translation by Fitts/Fitzgerald!

Just began A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab today, so happy and excited to be back in this world. I've been looking forward to it as a reading treat! Also nice to have a lighter book to throw in the mix.

On the final chapter of A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White, on track for 3.5 ★, beautifully written and some extraordinarily vivid character sketches, particularly of his troubled mother and father, but ... more of a collection of stories/happenings rather than a coherent memoir, and some of the very early aged sexual content is a bit creepy. Despite the highly evocative writing style, I feel remoter from this than I'd expected.

About half way through The Church of Mercy by Pope Francis, a collection of sermons. I've been reading one or two of these short 2-3 paged sermons a day. I actually quite love it!

And still continuing slowly on with A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving as a back burner read.

After I wrap up some of these, next up will be Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.

[Ginny Marie]

Finished reading ! and now on . I like these :)

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

You must be enjoying the series then :-)

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

That's good that you like them, I have The Black Prism on my to read soon list

[Gary]

Finished and now working on finishing off

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I finished the middle-grade The Fairy-Tale Detectives. It's cute.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Ginny wrote: "Finished reading ! and now on . I like these :)"

Final book comes out in the fall (i think), I've already got it pre-ordered :)

[Ginny Marie]

Roger wrote: "Ginny wrote: "Finished reading ! and now on . I like these :)"

Final book comes out in the fall (i think), I've already go..."

eeeeeewwwwwwww! I really don't like waiting!!! :)

[Veronica]

Roger wrote: "Ginny wrote: "Finished reading ! and now on . I like these :)"

Final book comes out in the fall (i think), I've already go..."

Good to know. I'll wait to start the first book then because I hate waiting. Mostly because I tend to forget a lot of details. ;-)

[Mike]

I just finished The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny from Polish writer Sapkowski, Andrzej. These books are short story bundles and are the prologue to the Witcher Saga books that follow.

I became interested in the books after playing Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, because I really liked Geralt as a character and the world itself. It might be good to know that these books were written in the 90's by Sapkowski, which obviously means that the books were the source material for the game, and not the other way around. But in the end it was good to have the combination of game and books. Because I already know some of the characters, but because of the short stories I know how they met or what their back story is. So all in all I quite enjoyed both books.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Mike wrote: "I just finished The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny from Polish writer Sapkowski, Andrzej. These books are short story bundles and are the prologue to..."

I've read the first one of these for the same reason, I loved the game and am very interested in reading all the books

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Just finished Daniel Polansky's She Who Waits, the final book of the Low Town trilogy. Such a fantastic trilogy that was totally in my wheelhouse. One of the best endings I've read in a long time. And one of the main/side characters would make for a great continuation of the world of he so chooses.

[Vinca]

Lancer wrote: "Just finished Daniel Polansky's She Who Waits, the final book of the Low Town trilogy. Such a fantastic trilogy that was totally in my wheelhouse. One of the best endings I've read in a long time. ..."

I also found the ending of that series to be particularly satisfying :-)

Good series all round, though I read the Rojan Dizon series at about the same time and found them quite similar in many ways. I think with a bigger gap between them I'd have enjoyed both series more.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

I keep thinking about it and that's usually how I judge how good the ending is. I would absolutely love to see a continuation in the world focusing on Wren.

[Gary]

Two nights ago finished

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Finished The Dread Wyrm yesterday. It's the third book of a really amazing fantasy series. Fantastic detail, but be warned, the author is not kind to his characters.

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

Hmm we read the first in the series as a BotM, right? I do have it, and never got round to it at the time! That has reminded me :P

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Wayland, i read the Red Knight and do have The Fell Sword on my shelf at home. I enjoyed the first one I believe 4 stars. Did you find the series got better as it goes or sits around the same enjoyment level so to speak. Ive kind of been putting it off a bit for some reason.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

@ Rinn- yes, I think so.

@ Lancer-I think Red Knight was slightly better than the other two, but they're all really good. The detail he puts into both his combat and the way magic works are just amazing.

[Ryan]

I just finished The Name of the Rose. It's about monks but not a single kung fu fight in it.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

lol different monks, Ryan.

[Gary]

Ever since Weird Al appeared on Galavant all I can think of when someone says monk is that song...Hey hey we're the monks....

[Greg]

Ryan wrote: "I just finished The Name of the Rose. It's about monks but not a single kung fu fight in it."

lol Ryan

[Gary]

Last night I finished Admittedly, it is a short story set between book 1 and 2 of the series. I started reading it yesterday afternoon.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I have started an " As recommended by Sir Lancer" title Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley

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

PETITION FOR LANCER TO START AN OFFICIAL 'SIR LANCER RECOMMENDS' THREAD:

- Rinn
- Shawnie
- Paul
- Kirsty
- Dawn
- Lel
- Ryan
- Audrey

Please sign names below :D

[Shawnie]

Shawnie signed. :D