What are you reading in July 2014?

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Felina wrote: "I'm almost done with Black Feathers which I have very much enjoyed. I'm audioing Ready Player One which I'm struggling with. I always have an issue with first person ..."

I couldn't get much more than a chapter into RPO...

[Chris , cookie guilt]

I loved RPO.

[Laurel]

Ditto

[Felina]

It's getting better. Much better.

(view spoiler)[ I hated the middle part where he goes on and on about Artimus. I hate reading first person narratives where the main characters bleat. But the ending is kind of killing it. (hide spoiler)]

[Lee]

I've started To Kill a Mockingbird. A book I somehow avoided up to now. Not on purpose. I wanted to read it, just... you know.

*I don't even know what it's about... I'm assuming *not* killing mockingbirds...

[Felina]

That's a good one.

[Becky]

TKAM is one of my all-time favorites. Love that book so much.

[Paolo]

I also somehow avoided TKAM until about two years ago and started reading it with zero idea of what it was about, and I loved it.

I finished The Wind Through the Keyhole, which was awesome. Going back to Mid World was a very good time.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

[Jackie]

TKAM is awesome!

I started on The Princess Bride this weekend for bookclub. On advice of people who read the book I read the intros, found them interesting but a bit long. I'm enjoying the story though.

Also, still reading Fall of Kings, which I'm highly enjoying but I'm still finding it hard to focus when reading on my nook. Progress is slow as I've limited my nook reading to lunch time.

[Becky]

I'm still working on Blindsight and... it's not going well. It's been days and days and I'm only up to 15% and ready to call it quits. Whenever I pick it up, I read a section, have no idea what it means, or how it fits into the other disparate sections that I've read, and I put it back down again just as confused, or more so, than I was when I picked it up. I'm really getting impatient for the story to START or that there was some thread that would start tying all of these things together.

Someone tell me that this actually DOES happen in the book... there is an actual story here, right? O_o

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Becky wrote: "I'm still working on Blindsight and... it's not going well. It's been days and days and I'm only up to 15% and ready to call it quits. Whenever I pick it up, I read a section, have no idea what it ..."

lol.

Sounds like you're gonna call it soon.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Just started The Goblin Emperor this morning. Not far enough in to have an opinion yet - except Maia is a girl's name. :P

[Becky]

MrsJoseph wrote: "Sounds like you're gonna call it soon."

YOU DON'T KNOW ME!!

:P

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

**backs slowly away from the thread**

[Becky]

colleen the contrarian ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "**backs slowly away from the thread**"

Come back! Want a cupcake?

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Twist my arm. ;)


**noms the cupcake**

[Laurel]

The Goblin Emperor also refers to some of the male lords as Marquess. I think the author is purposefully trying to make you feel a bit disjointed to realize its a different culture.

[Laurel]

PS - that cupcake looks awesome!

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Laurel wrote: "The Goblin Emperor also refers to some of the male lords as Marquess. I think the author is purposefully trying to make you feel a bit disjointed to realize its a different culture."

I think Marquess is correct for a male - at least in England. But don't quote me on that yet, going to check.


ETA: I was correct:

A marquess or marquis (UK /ˈmɑrkwɨs/; French: "marquis", /mɑrˈkiː/) is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The term is also used to translate equivalent Asian styles, as in imperial China, Japan, and Vietnam (Annam). In the United Kingdom the title ranks below a duke and above an earl (see "Marquesses in the United Kingdom").

snip

The word "marquess" is unusual in English, ending in "-ess" but referring to a male and not a female. In continental Europe it is usually equivalent where a cognate title exists.[clarification needed] A woman with the rank of a marquess, or the wife of a marquess, is a marchioness /ˌmɑrʃəˈnɛs/ in the United Kingdom, or a marquise /mɑrˈkiːz/ elsewhere in Europe. The dignity, rank or position of the title is referred to as a marquisate or marquessate.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Laurel wrote: "The Goblin Emperor also refers to some of the male lords as Marquess. I think the author is purposefully trying to make you feel a bit disjointed to realize its a different culture."

Marquess is a male title in Britain. The female version is Marchioness.

(The French equilvalent is marquis and marquise.)

[Becky]

I remember this from when we read The Case of the Missing Marquess.

[Laurel]

I stand corrected ;)

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Laurel wrote: "PS - that cupcake looks awesome!"

Agreed.

And fancy!

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Becky wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "Sounds like you're gonna call it soon."

YOU DON'T KNOW ME!!

:P"

lol

[Becky]

MrsJoseph wrote: " The dignity, rank or position of the title is referred to as a marquisate or marquessate."

Marquis ate the cupcake! :P

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Becky wrote: "I remember this from when we read The Case of the Missing Marquess."


Me too! :D

[Laurel]

I still have to read that book.

[Felina]

Paolo wrote: "I also somehow avoided TKAM until about two years ago and started reading it with zero idea of what it was about, and I loved it.

I finished The Wind Through the Keyhole, which wa..."

Once all the wedding stuff and moving is over and everything settles back down I really want to try to do a Dark Tower re-read. My bones need some mid world.

And Harry Potter. It's been a while since I did a re-read on that one. Maybe I've forgotten things! *crosses fingers*

[Becky]

I totally need to do re-reads of those two as well... I really need to read a good King book soon if only to get the taste of Mr. Mercedes out of my mind. :X

[Jackie]

I was planning on doing an HP re-read later this year. I need to go buy my own boxed set though.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

I might re-read Mr. Mercedes...

Hahahaha

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

hahaha

[Felina]

I want to read the British versions of the HP's. I only have the American versions. I want to read it as it was meant to be read.

I really wish publishing companies would give Americans a little bit more credit.

[Felina]

Becky wrote: "I totally need to do re-reads of those two as well... I really need to read a good King book soon if only to get the taste of Mr. Mercedes out of my mind. :X"

I vote Pet Semetary. I'm sure you've already read it but I just finished it and it was awesome.

[Becky]

Chris wrote: "I might re-read Mr. Mercedes...

Hahahaha"

O_o

[Becky]

Felina wrote: "I want to read the British versions of the HP's. I only have the American versions. I want to read it as it was meant to be read.

I really wish publishing companies would give Americans a little b..."

I hate that shit too. So I bought the UK versions from Amazon.co.uk. The set was like $80.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

That's because for most Americans, English is a second language.

Ehh..wait.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

and ^5's allygirl^

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I could maybe do a DT reread next year, but not sure about this year.

I haven't decided, yet, whether I'll do my December HP read.

[Leland]

I've been itching for a DT and HP re-read myself.

[Felina]

I went to a panel at FantasyCon a few weeks ago that was all about the Dark Tower. They mentioned that it's best to read the original Gunslinger first, go through the series and then finish with the updated Gunslinger. What do you guys think? (view spoiler)[ They were saying that it lends itself more to the cyclical nature of the story (hide spoiler)]

I'm pretty sure I have the updated one. I'll need to see if I can get a copy of the original.

[Jackie]

Becky wrote: "I hate that shit too. So I bought the UK versions from Amazon.co.uk. The set was like $80. "

This is what I want to do. Did you run into problems ordering?

[Felina]

Becky wrote:I hate that shit too. So I bought the UK versions from Amazon.co.uk. The set was like $80."

Oooo. I smell a christmas present!

[Becky]

Jackie wrote: "Becky wrote: "I hate that shit too. So I bought the UK versions from Amazon.co.uk. The set was like $80. "

This is what I want to do. Did you run into problems ordering?"

Nope. It was easy as pie and it came pretty quick too, for being international.

[Jackie]

Becky wrote: "Nope. It was easy as pie and it came pretty quick too, for being international. "

Nice. I'm going to go for it then.

You know what I hate now, though? They have "adult" and "children's" HP versions. It's so stupid. Same freaking story. Stop being ashamed of reading "children's books", adults!

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Jackie wrote: "You know what I hate now, though? They have "adult" and "children's" HP versions. It's so stupid. Same freaking story. Stop being ashamed of reading "children's books", adults! "

Srsly!

Fair warning, I got the adult UK editions ('cause I liked the covers better), but they didn't have the picture versions of the letters... and I felt that that was really lacking.

Other than that, and a few word differences (the major one being Philosopher's Stone, but torch for flashlight, and that sort of thing) - I didn't really notice that many differences between the two versions.

[Becky]

$82: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harry-Potter-...

Or

$66: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harry-Potter-...

[Laurel]

I have to get around to reading the Dark Tower series some day. Isn't it also bring adapted into a graphic novel series?

Must go look...

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Felina wrote: "I went to a panel at FantasyCon a few weeks ago that was all about the Dark Tower. They mentioned that it's best to read the original Gunslinger first, go through the series and then finish with th..."


I never read the original. All I know is that there are continuity issues if you read the original because of things that were later changed or expanded before King rewrote Gunslinger.