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[Freya, Dragon Rider]

I finished The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson yesterday night (late night early morning :S ).

Brilliant and with great humour - recommended for fans of the Final Empire Trilogy, short book set a few hundred years after events of the third book.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I only bought Alloy if Law two weeks ago :-)

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Gooood! :D

[Lisa]

Freya wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Well I recently finished two books in one day but I wanted to mention Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb (I'm sorry I'm posting this from my phone and I can't figure out how to post the li..."

Awesome!! Thank you so much! I only knew there was some other stuff based on the series but I had no idea how many or where to begin! This is fantastic! Thank you! :)

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

I've been considering getting into the Robin Hobb books (because I need another series on the go...) just curious what you guys would compare it to?

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Just finished Golden Son by Pierce Brown last night and holy crapper in a brown wrapper it was awesome. Leaves you on one hell of a cliff hanger too. Like my favourite sci fi of the last couple years!

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

Eeep good news, I have both books to read :)

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Rinn I can't see you not enjoying them. They were fantastic and I eagerly await the conclusion!

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

In case you didn't know already, Red Rising is being made into a movie already. The author is writing the screen play. :)

[Lisa]

Lancer wrote: "I've been considering getting into the Robin Hobb books (because I need another series on the go...) just curious what you guys would compare it to?"

Well I haven't read them but my brother-in-law who was the one that recommended the farseer trilogy to me said that if I like that one I should check out Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set, The Reluctant Swordsman and the rest of that series and The Name of the Wind. He said those are great books that are pretty similar to the The Farseer Trilogy 3-Book Bundle: Assssin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest. Like I said I personally haven't read them yet but I do plan on getting to them. Also I trust his judgement as he's never steered me wrong and has excellent taste. He's basically my book mentor haha. I do highly recommend the farseer trilogy. Hope this helps!

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Well I have read and enjoyed the mistborn books as well as name of the wind/wise man's fear so they must be decent. I have seen them recommended by quite a few people. If I ever run out of stuff to read (ha) then I will have to try them or fit them in to my never ending to read list.

[Lisa]

Lancer wrote: "Well I have read and enjoyed the mistborn books as well as name of the wind/wise man's fear so they must be decent. I have seen them recommended by quite a few people. If I ever run out of stuff ..."

Haha you sound like me! Glad to know they are well recommended. Hope you enjoy!

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

Yaaaas and yaaaas. I loved it, but you probably already knew that :P

[Andrew]

I really enjoyed A Darker Shade of Magic. Good fun that makes me look forward to further adventures in the series.

[Simply Sam]

Claire wrote: "I just finished A Darker Shade of Magic.. has anyone here read it? What do they think?"

I REALLY liked this book. Ready to see where the author takes it.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Has anyone ever read any of the star wars extended universe stuff or know where to start or what order to read them. Just another series I've been wanting to get into for quite some time and with the new movie coming it would be nice to brush up on some of it. Thanks !

[Kritika]

Claire wrote: "I just finished A Darker Shade of Magic.. has anyone here read it? What do they think?"

Loved it! Kell and Lila are such amazing characters and I can't wait to see what other adventures they'll have. That book was so stressful at the end and so entertaining :)

[Anthony]

So i just finished [book:Immortal by Gene Doucette.. I thiught it was a pretty cool book. Not the best, but it i woukd give it a solid 4 stars.

[Simply Sam]

Claire wrote: "I enjoyed it you know. Juuuust finished The Darkest Part Of The Forest by Holly Black last night... was pretty good too!"

I have that on my mental TBR list :) I really liked The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. That's the only book of hers I've read, though I've heard good things about another of her series.

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

I wasn't a fan of Coldest Girl, but I do want to try her newest :)

[Veronica]

Lancer wrote: "Has anyone ever read any of the star wars extended universe stuff or know where to start or what order to read them. Just another series I've been wanting to get into for quite some time and with ..."

Good question. I'm not sure about the new stuff. I haven't read any of it yet. I'm still a little peeved that they threw out all the old stuff. I really liked Mara Jade. :(

And I just saw what they're doing with Han Solo in the Marvel comic...

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Phone of my friends suggested to start with the han solo trilogy and then move to the thrawn trilogy. So I ordered them and am gonna start there. I know bits and pieces if them already but want to actually read them. Hopefully they keep at least a few things in the movies because for the longest time it was considered canon

[Simply Sam]

I know I'm in the minority with Coldest Girl :) Will def check this one out too.

[Andreas]

Just finished Children of Time. I highly recommend this SF space opera. See my review.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Just finished Way of Kings by Sanderson . Brilliant. Now onto the wonderfully titled World War Moo :An Apocalypse Cow Novel by Michael Logan. The first part won the Terry Pratchett prize a few years back

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

The Way of King's definitely stands as one of my all time favourite books. I enjoyed Words of Radiance and will definitely read the entire series but Way of King's will be very hard to beat. I'm just a sucker for origin stories and the first book of many series is often times my favourite. I think it stated with A New Hope being my favourite of the star wars movies and went from there.

The bridge burner sections of the book and getting pieces of Kaladin's past were some of my favourite parts. Sanderson just had a way of drawing you in.

I unfortunately have not read Warbreaker or Elantris yet. Can anyone shed some light on how they are?

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I'm going to work my wat through all his stuff. Its proving a very worthwile exercise.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

And like you I do love a good origin story. The bridge runner stuff is some of the best things I've read

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Whoops I totally said bridge burner for some reason

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I knew what you meant ;-)

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

I've wanted to read Elantris and warbreaker mostly because I've read a bit on how the whole cosmere is apparently connected. And how Wit (Hoid) supposedly can travel between each world. I've only ever read read the mistborn trilogy outside of the storm light stuff so it would be interesting to see how that all fits together

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Got to admit, I didn't like Elantris. Love the rest of Sanderson's work, but that one didn't do much for me.

[Kevin]

I have a friend who found it the exact same, Wayland. I suppose you have to give him credit that Elantris is one of his earlier works. I'll give it a go eventually though, whenever I run out of Sanderson to read!

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Most recent completed book was The Anubis Gates. Some good ideas but some mixed execution. I didn't really care for it.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Elantris was okay -- interesting ideas, but a bit longer than it needed to be. It's still worth looking at. I read it after The Rithmatist, which I loved.

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

Most recently finished was Time Salvager, my first read by Wesley Chu and really, REALLY good. Loved the whole premise :)

[proxyfish]

The last book I read was Heirs of the Blade by Adrian Tchaikovsky, yet another brilliant addition to the Shadows of the Apt series. If anything, I feel the series is getting even better with each book I read and I can't wait to get my hands on #8!

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

oooh only read the first Apt book, though looking forward to reading more - seems a really promising series!

Just read Fire and Hemlock - I read it fairly speedily mostly because I was totally bemused and wondering what on earth was happening!

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

Finished The Hero and the Crown last night. I've never read a Robin McKinley novel before and have heard mixed reviews but I absolutely loved this one!

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Never thought of trying it but sounds good

[Lel]

Proxyfish: I love that series! Every book adds to it I think my fav so far has to be The Sea Watch.

Hybrid Creature: I've found Robin Mckinley a little hit and miss. I really liked Deerskin despite the start and wasn't really so fussed by Sunshine.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Hybrid Creature (devours books instead of brains) wrote: "Finished The Hero and the Crown last night. I've never read a Robin McKinley novel before and have heard mixed reviews but I absolutely loved this one!"

That's been on my list a long time. I loved Beauty by McKinley but found Spindle's End a bit odd and too depressing.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Robert B. Parker's The Bridge A continuation of the late Robert B Parker's western series. There's an elegance about the simplicity of the language I really enjoy.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Recently finished The Hutt Gambit the second book in AC Crispin's Han Solo trilogy. Now I'm onto Hyperion as I need a break from the cheesiness of the star wars books. I enjoyed The Paradise Snare and The Hutt Gambit but I'm giving myself till the new movie comes out to read the han solo and thrawn trilogies

[Andrew]

For some reason I can never bring myself to read any Star Wars novels, but I probably should one of these days! Like many, I was enamored/obsessed with the original trilogy as a kid. I even manage to enjoy the prequel trilogy (with the help of the Rifftrax/MST3K commentaries at least ;) ).

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Lancer- I loved those.

Andrew-- I'm a huge Star Wars fan, I know what you mean, but I have nearly all the Star Wars novels (yeah, it's an entire bookshelf by now), and I've enjoyed almost all of them. If you really do like Star Wars that much, give 'em a shot. I'd suggest starting with Zahn's Thrawn trilogy, the ones that started the Expanded Universe in the first place.

[Andrew]

Thanks, Wayland! Another issue I had was not sure where to start or if it mattered haha I read the description and it makes me geek out! Added it to my ever-growing "to-read" list. Wonder if I'll even get to it before EP7 comes out haha

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

That was what had always kept me from reading them was having no idea where to start, but a friend recommended those two Trilogies as a good entry points

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Andrew wrote: "For some reason I can never bring myself to read any Star Wars novels, but I probably should one of these days! Like many, I was enamored/obsessed with the original trilogy as a kid. I even mana..."

Zahn's trilogy is still my favorite of the Star Wars books. His characters are much better developed than most others'. I liked Kevin J. Andersen's books just fine, too.

[Andrew]

Doing a little catch up. I read Uprooted. Left a review here. Just to sum up:

"The more time that passes (about 2-3 weeks), the more I realize that I really liked this book. I knew I liked it, but now I know I really liked it.

In spite of the genuinely eerie aspects, it never becomes dark horror; it maintains the atmosphere of whimsical adventure. Like a fun mix of Guillermo del Toro, Neil Gaiman, and Jim Henson. Perhaps along the lines of Willow or Labyrinth.

I hope Naomi Novik comes back to this world and these characters, because I'd like to see what happens next and see more of their charming relationships develop! 4.5 stars."


I also re-read A Wrinkle in Time, for the first time since childhood. I really enjoyed it again. It seems a bit bizarrely limited though. Not quite as universally timeless and secretly deep from all angles, like Harry Potter or Narnia. Clearly "just for kids" in many aspects. Yet in a few other areas, it's beautifully deep and complex, in ways that a child might miss.

It's a bit of a shame, but it's still really great, and a really quick and simple read.