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[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

I'll add my own pet peeve about the stunningly attractive woman character. One thing I see over and over is a female character who about every male she meets throws themselves at (and sometimes some women), and she keeps being convinced she's not attractive. If no one's expressing interest, I could see it, but when they're the subject of so much attention, it gets old really quick.

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

Like the 'plain' female MC of many a YA book :P

[Gary]

I wandered back to mysteryville for my current read. Book 4 of The Wheel of Time is mocking me. So is the next Discworld novel, Pyramids, but I'll get to them soon enough.

[Jessica]

Greg wrote: "Finished A Gathering of Shadows and now halfway through Station Eleven.

Station Eleven is fantastic so far IMO - quite a lot of character depth des..."

I loved Station Eleven Greg! Kind of like how I felt after reading The Sparrow (by Mary Doria Russell....highly recommend!) I was sort of frustrated with it when I first finished it, but it is one of those books that i cannot get out of my head. I'm sure I will re-read it eventually.

Cheers, Jessica

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

Raven Rebecca wrote: "Wayland wrote: "I'll add my own pet peeve about the stunningly attractive woman character. One thing I see over and over is a female character who about every male she meets throws themselves at (a..."

Wow. Wow. So... that person was allowed to compliment you, but you weren't allowed to actually accept it? That makes no sense.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Sparrow Knight wrote: "Kevin wrote: "sir Lancer wrote: "What annoys me is female characters that are "the most beautiful woman he ever laid eyes on" type. Give me a smart, funny girl anyday over that one."

I'm inclined ..."

Exactly.

I just finished Uprooted.

[Greg]

Raven Rebecca wrote: "LOL I had someone who was interested in me compliment my appearance, and I said 'thank you'. And they told me that it was rather stuck-up to say thank you. I was apparently supposed to feign bashfulness. Bashfulness. I am many, many things. That ain't one of 'em."

I think I have complimented many, many women over the years, and I don't remember a single one who feigned bashfulness. That guy who said it was rude, is stupid.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Just finished Skullcrack City by Jeremy Robert Johnson and it was fantastic. First that I have read from him but will definately be looking into his work.

[Kritika]

Just finished The Raven King last night, started Mort today! Both books have been fantastic (so far)

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

I love Mort, my favourite Pratchett :)

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Not my favourite but in my top three. Such a good book. Very nearly made as a film by Disney

[Greg]

I've only read Guards! Guards!: The Play and The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by him so far, and I enjoyed both of them in different ways.

[Gary]

I read Mort last year. What great fun. Pyramids is next up on my Discworld tour.

[Greg]

Just finished Antigone, the last of the three plays in The Oedipus Cycle, as part of a buddy read in another group. This was an extraordinary translation of the three plays by Fitts/Fitzgerald that's not only direct & deeply moving and a great straightforward read, but also lyrical, quite lovely! 5 ★ and added to my favorites shelf. Between this and Station Eleven, it's been an amazimg couple reading weeks!!

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

Just finished Magic Breaks and had the best time so I'm off to the next book!

[Sam]

@Gary: I love Pyramides! One of my favourite Discworld novels.

I finally finished A History of Reading today. Honestly, I think it is quite shallow and dull annd nothing like I anticipated. On the plus side, I can now declare this tbr dustcatcher ("catching dust since February 2008") read.

[Gary]

Hybrid Creature (devours books instead of brains) wrote: "Just finished Magic Breaks and had the best time so I'm off to the next book!"

I have only read the first 2 in that series and enjoyed them a great deal.

[Veronica]

Just finished a reread of Storm Front for another group.

[[deleted user]]

Just finished Sleeping Giants - 5 star book for me. I started and not quite sure how I feel about Steal the Sky yet....

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I got an arc of Sleeping Giants earlier in the year and it is very good

[Vinca]

I finished reading Fight Like A Girl a couple of days ago but was quite disappointed. Admittedly, I'm a tricky customer when it comes to short stories as I generally find they don't have enough depth to them to keep me satisfied, but I really struggled to engage with this collection. I *wanted* to enjoy it, but didn't connect with any of the characters and found it almost annoying that in a woman-focused, woman-written anthology the female characters were so often secondary, or forced to hide who they were. It didn't feel particularly empowering...

This is the third short story collection I've read in the last six months or so and the first where I've really not connected at all. Neil Gaiman's Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances was excellent, and I enjoyed a lot of Far Orbit Apogee, so it isn't
just that I don't 'do' short stories.

Has anyone else read it? The reviews seem to be mostly positive, though there aren't all that many available yet.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

...a truly horrible action adventure novel called Atlantis . Badly written on almost every front. I blame Mpauli :P since he was so strict about his Atlantis/siege requirement for the Black Manta challenge this month.

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Wayland wrote: "...a truly horrible action adventure novel called Atlantis . Badly written on almost every front. I blame Mpauli :P since he was so strict about his Atlantis/siege requirement for the..."

Oh I have Atlantis at home, I read some baaaad reviews and so it still sits on my shelf.

[Lel]

Wayland wrote: "...a truly horrible action adventure novel called Atlantis . Badly written on almost every front. I blame Mpauli :P since he was so strict about his Atlantis/siege requirement for the..."

The things we read for a book challenge........

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

I tried to read one of those books (#5) and it was awful :(

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

I just can't believe it's an 8 book series. Although that gives me a LOT of hope for my own writing career...

[Mike]

I came across a book in that series on a sale. The backstory seemed somewhat interesting, but I'm glad I didn't buy it after reading these comments.

[Shawnie]

Lel wrote: "Wayland wrote: "...a truly horrible action adventure novel called Atlantis . Badly written on almost every front. I blame Mpauli :P since he was so strict about his Atlantis/siege req..."

So true, Lel! Isn't it funny what we come up with sometimes for the challenges? :D It's all part of the fun. I don't get stuck in a reading rut anymore.

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

Wayland wrote: "I just can't believe it's an 8 book series. Although that gives me a LOT of hope for my own writing career..."

Haha! And I don't understand the average rating for each one (around 3.5, often higher), when all the reviews seem to be 1 and 2 stars??

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Wayland wrote: "I just can't believe it's an 8 book series. Although that gives me a LOT of hope for my own writing career..."

LOL
I was at a discussion thing with Orson Scott Card once. He said there are two things that make you want to be a writer: You're either so inspired by books that you say, "Wow, I want to have that effect on people," or you say, "If THIS crap got published, I should have no problem."

[Gary]

I am currently reading I really enjoy this series.

[Whitney]

Nefertiti's Heart,A Shade of Vampire and Hardwired

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I just finished The Arabian Nights and a couple short stories.

[[deleted user]]

Just finished The King's Blood - really enjoyed it. Will read The Tyrant's Law next week I think.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Christina I really enjoyed that whole Quintet. Book 4 and 5 are the best Imo but the whole thing had a really satisfying ending.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

The last two I read were Uprooted which was one of the BOTM's and I really enjoyed it a lot, and Aesop's Fables which I'd been meaning to read for forever and finally got around to.

[Gary]

Finished Something Wyverian This Way Comes by Jeffrey M. Poole Another fine humorous fantasy in the series.

[Gary]

Yesterday I also read a short story by Jeffrey M. Poole set shortly after Something Wyverian, The Hunt for Red Oskorlisk

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Just finished Off to Be the Wizard - great fun! Deffo recommend it if you like computer based geekyness.

[Veronica]

Just finished Sword Song . No one does a battle scene quite like Cornwell.

[[deleted user]]

I finished a Vorkosigan novella, The Mountains Of Mourning - I thought it was brilliant.

[Gary]

Just finished A Multitude of Monsters by Craig Shaw Gardner It has been about 30 years since I last read this. I had so forgotten about the cliffhanger ending.

[Ashly]

I finished the other day. I loved it.

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

Just finished The Builders. It was fun but not overly deep. Short read.

[Margo]

The Lazarus Prophecy. Good old school horror but a bit disappointing at the end. I felt the author was rushing to meet a deadline.

[Greg]

Methuen wrote: "I'm currently reading 'Tolstoy - A Russian Life' - despite the title, it contextualises Tolstoy's life through his writing - that is, chronologically studies his life alongside his literary progres..."

This sounds really interesting Methuen!

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

A really slow reading week for me. Turns out its difficult to read on holidays with a toddler.
Working my way through Written in the Blood by Stephen Lloyd Jones. An interesting book so far

[Margo]

Enjoy your holiday Paul. It's hard to believe that one day you will miss having a toddler interrupt your reading ;-)

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Its great fun :-)

[Margo]

Yep! And soon you can go back to work for a rest haha