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What are you reading in March 2014?
God Brenda if that were only true. 6-10 inches of snow expected tonight. Sigh. I just finished Miserere: An Autumn Tale. I'll be reading Gardens of the Moon for our buddy read and Streams of Silver.
Yeah, it's currently 15 degrees Fahrenheit and we're supposed to get 8-10 inches of snow tomorrow. I sincerely hope spring is just around the corner.
:DI know wishful thinking.....
But it's gotta be.....it's just gotta be!
It was 10 degrees early this morning...now 21...
Wintery mix called for Sun-Mon.
Come on; let's skip this one!
I'll be reading Princeps' Fury
Want to start Words of Radiance first to finish my re-read of TWoK.
i starting Neverwhere and think i will read Wyrd Sisters The Chronicles of Amber and Foundation and Empire
I preordered Words of Radianceso I feel like I'm going to have Christmas on March 4th. Also, I just started a YA fantasy book called The Waking Dreamer.
Right now, The Reluctant Berserker. Still waiting for The Bastards and the Knives which they *say* will be out March 3, but I'm not holding my breath since they've been saying it'll be out 'soon' for years. As soon as the next parts of I Bring the Fire or Bauldar's Tears come out, I'm grabbing those. They're quick reads, very Loki-centric and have not only great characterization but wonderful plots.
Pickle wrote: "i starting Neverwhere and think i will read Wyrd Sisters The Chronicles of Amber and Foundation and Empire"Oooo.....
The Chronicles of Amber
I'm always up for that series.
;)
Brenda ╰☆╮ wrote: "Pickle wrote: "i starting Neverwhere and think i will read Wyrd Sisters The Chronicles of Amber and Foundation and Empire"Oooo.....
[book:The..."
ive read the first two books but this time im going to read all five in the one go. It seems difficult to get the last 5 books, i keep getting sent the wrong thing.
Brad wrote: "God Brenda if that were only true. 6-10 inches of snow expected tonight. Sigh. I just finished Miserere: An Autumn Tale. I'll be reading Gardens of the Moon for our bud..."Yeah, I'm up in Kokomo, and I need to go to Indy on Tuesday to pick up Words of Radiance. Hopefully 31 will be clear by then or I think I'll scream lol.
"Pickle wrote: "It seems difficult to get the last 5 books, i keep getting sent the wrong thing.That's tough!
Hope you weren't stuck with anything.
FYI
Betancourt is an author who was continuing Zelazny's series. They're not quite the same and there is a lot of controversy as to whether he was really given permission by the author. So be careful of those books. I read them and found them... okay... on their own.
Luke wrote: "Brad wrote: "God Brenda if that were only true. 6-10 inches of snow expected tonight. Sigh. I just finished Miserere: An Autumn Tale. I'll be reading [book:Gardens of the Moon|55399..."I wish you well in that trip. Mine is scheduled for delivery, we shall see how that turns out.
Andreas wrote: "1,000 pages of Words of Radiance. If you're curious, read my review - I edit it continuously."I read that when you first posted it. It made my mouth water for more lol.
Luke wrote: "I read that when you first posted it. It made my mouth water for more..."Yeah, it is a truely month-covering book :)
Tuesday is near, friend! You have to get the hardcover, it is really beautiful.
Come back tomorrow, I'll post an update.
Well...I love long books....soOo...:D
But I'm confused. You have a copy of Words of Radiance?
Yeah, TONS of copies got released early. Amazon.de (Germany Amazon) released their books early this week, as well as stores in the UK sold their stock early. Amazon US sent out a lot of copies early as well for unknown reasons. I know of probably 100+ people between 17S, Reddit, and here that already have copies :(
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currently reading gardens of the moon for our buddy read, im a third of the way through assassins quest, then decide from my to read pile
Luke wrote: "Yeah, TONS of copies got released early. Amazon.de (Germany Amazon) released their books early this week, as well as stores in the UK sold their stock early. Amazon US sent out a lot of copies earl..."Amazon.de sent mine on Feb 23 and I wasn't in the first delivery round. I think that it is fair that they send out things to arrive in time. But that was way off and I don't know why they are allowed to do so.
I'm pretty sure that you'll finish the novel earlier than me, Luke - I haven't got much time this week reading it. I just finished the second part (page 392) which is mouth-watering :)
Not fair because I don't have my copy.;)
Not fair, because I read that it was important that none of the books get delivered before March 4. It's okay...no prob....Just don't want any spoilers. Want to read it for myself.
:)
Andreas wrote: Amazon.de sent mine on Feb 23 and I wasn't in the first delivery round. I think that it is fair that they send out things to arrive in time.Yeah, for some reason Amazon.de started selling REALLY early and I haven't discovered why. The site had the March 4th release posted, but then allowed the stock to be released like 1-2 weeks early.
I'm working on finishing up books from last month- The Battle of the Labyrinth (audio), Shift Omnibus Edition (Silo, #2), and Mrs. Poe.
As I've been highly inactive in my reading, I have made little progress since last year. Hurray for real life intervention!Standing still in Dust of Dreams.
Just read The Importance of Being Earnest, highly amusing and quick read.
I've picked up on The Rithmatist again, lovely to listen to while sitting on the bus for half an hour. Keeps me awake with all this pondering!
And I'm soon-ish done with Chronicles of the Black Company. I really want to continue the series, but at the same time, it's THREE novels in one. It will fuck up my yearly book goal as well :< Oh well. I have lots to start on anyway.
I have to catch up with some of my book clubs, picking up my copy of The Name of the Wind next.
Though I HAVE gotten through 3 novels already this year, all Guild Wars 2 related:
Ghosts of Ascalon, Edge of Destiny and Sea of Sorrows.
Have got as far as approx pp400 of Memories of Ice (Steven Erikson), but left it off for a while so decided to start from beginning and am re-reading Gardens of the Moon.
Got a dozen or so on the 'back-burner' in work and will try to interweave them with Steven Erikson. Wish me luck :-) !!
Just finished reading The Assassin's Blade.Planning to read Bitterblue, Tigana and Theft of Swords for this month.
After finished Fantastic Voyage, now I'm reading The Cuckoo's Calling. I'm planning to read The Ocean at the End of the Lane also this month.
Paused my Way of Kings re-read to enjoy Bishop's latest, Murder of Crows, and my book club's pick, Hild. But then it will be back to Way of Kings and on to Words of Radiance.If I get really ambitious, I'll finish up Canavan's Traitor Spy trilogy.
A.C. wrote: "I always have a few things on the go. At the moment, I have:Kindle: Prince of Thorns, Mark Lawrence
Audio: The Scar, China Mieville
Paperback: Temeraire (His Majesty's Dragon), Naomi Novik
Nonfic..."
Prince of Thorns is my current paperback read. So far it's living up to its dark reputation better than The Blade Itself did.
PoT is one of my personal favorites. Lawrence is awesome and he's active on here and Reddit, so you can actually chat with him occasionally.
Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip. Love her writing. A good book to read while I wait for my copy of WoR to arrive. I got the slow Amazon delivery on this one for some reason.
I'm still reading the Riyria Revelations. I started Book 1 in January and loved it so much I moved on. But all through February, I lost my Kindle upon which the books reside. My phone's Kindle app (Windows Phone) freezes, so I couldn't read the book. I found my Kindle a few days ago (which was, strangely, in the pocket of the bag I carry around all the time and thought I had searched thoroughly) and now I am finishing the last book of that series. I'll be reading The Golem and the Jinni next, since I have djinn in my own books. (There is also a movie called "Jinn" coming out soon... they are making a fantasy comeback, folks!)
Finished Broken Angels and started Woken Furies, both by Richard K. Morgan. When that's done it'll be time to revisit Michael Shea, probably starting with Nifft the Lean.
I am going to reread John Morressy´s books about Kedrigern, yeah!
Luke wrote: "PoT is one of my personal favorites. Lawrence is awesome and he's active on here and Reddit, so you can actually chat with him occasionally."
Twitter as well (two underscores!). I've had a few back and forth's with him on there, which is one of the great things about Twitter. Approachability definitely weighed in on my decision to read his books.
Just finished Words of Radiance. Planning to reread Richard K. Morgan before the last sequel is released.
theft of swords by michael j sullivan, im really enjoying this book so far il be moving on to the next one
The hobbit and Lord of the rings, all three books or i ll try at least one from tryology
I'm reading Doctor Sleepnow that I'm done with Ready Player One. While RPO isn't a fantasy I highly recommend it.Oh - and Ian - thanks for reading Theft of Swords, I'm glad you like it.
Yes, RPO is very good. I loved that book.
I'm rereading Way of Kings, followed by Words of Radiance. After that it's The Golem and the Jinni followed by The Thousand Names.
The Lord of The Rings trilogy...starting today
Let's see. I've finished:Mistborn The Final Empire
Emperor's Soul
Words of Radiance
And still planning on reading:
Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages
Alloy of Law
The Warded Man
Storm Front
If I somehow manage to finish all that, then I'll probably finish Gardens of the Moon and then continue with the rest of Malazan Book of the Fallen in April.
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