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[Sara]

This is probably the wrong folder for this but I'm going to start reading The Ancient soon. This is my first try at R.A. Salvatore. I found this book at my favorite used bookstore. But I'm not sure if I should read another book before I start this one. I'm not sure where this is in the series. Any help or suggestions would be great.

[Brett]

i haven't been reading much pure fantasy for a while, urban fantasy yes, along with sci-fi, horror and thrillers. I seem to be having a hard time getting into the fantasy worlds now and in a while i will be reading just it I'm sure.
The last pure (swords and sorcery) fantasy novel i read was The Black Company by Glen Cook and that was a reread for the umpteenth time.
Otherwise I have just finished rereading and reading the entire Dresden series by Jim Butcher and the same for the Nightside series by Simon Green. Both of which are fabulous, each and every novel.

[Kevin]

Sara wrote: "This is probably the wrong folder for this but I'm going to start reading The Ancient soon. This is my first try at R.A. Salvatore. I found this book at my favorite used bookstore. But I'm not s..."


I'm a huge Salvatore fan as many who knows me, and I would recommend you to not to read The Ancient as I see it all the time in bargain bins, as it is first not the first in book in the Saga of the First King, but The Highwayman actually is. Second, I would actually recommend you to read the The Crystal Shard instead as this is one of top books of all time, even though this is book four in his Legend of Drizzt first. The reason is most people don't read other books then his Drizzt series, which is what he is known for because as I also feel the main character in all his other books are trying to be Drizzt. Second, The Crystal Shard was actually the first book he wrote, and because of that the character of Drizzt is quite different than in the first book. I'm more of a publication date rather than chronological order because it tracks though a writer's level of progression.

[Gianluca]

I'm currently reading A Memory of Light, book 14 of The Wheel of Time. I don't want this series to end.

[Nermin]

L.Y. wrote: "Narmin wrote: "I'm reading The Hobbit. I must be one of the few people on Earth who hasn't read this yet."

You'll have to tell us what you think. It is surprising to find someone that hasn't read ..."

No, I haven't seen the movie yet, i just didn't want to watch it before reading the book. But i've seen the trailer and thought it was amazing.

I've actually read the Lord of the Rings trilogy 6-7 years ago, but hadn't bothered to read the Hobbit for some reason unknown to even myself.

[L.Y.]

Narmin wrote: "L.Y. wrote: "Narmin wrote: "I'm reading The Hobbit. I must be one of the few people on Earth who hasn't read this yet."

You'll have to tell us what you think. It is surprising to find someone that..."

Can I suggest you see the movie first? The upset some people feel when the movie departs from the book's plot is something else! You might enjoy the movie more if you're not comparing them, lol.

[Sara]

Kevin wrote: "Sara wrote: "This is probably the wrong folder for this but I'm going to start reading The Ancient soon. This is my first try at R.A. Salvatore. I found this book at my favorite used bookstore. ..."

Thanks for the help Kevin. I'm always trying to find authors I haven't read yet but I seem to have trouble finding a good starting point. I try to support my local used book store as much as I possibly can then use amazon to fill in the holes.

[Pedro]

Just finished Sharp Objects and my overall feeling is that I was given a bag of sweets, and upon opening it, found none. It has a lot of potential, but never fully lives up to it, which is a shame as it could've been excellent in a multitude of ways. Feel free to read my full review here.

Just started The Last Colony, which I'm quite excited about as I loved the first two books in the series.

[Arthur]

I finished the Doctor Who novel I was reading. Terry Pratchett's Dodger is next, alongside Rowling's Chamber of secrets.

[Pedro]

Finished The Last Colony and I definitely didn't enjoy it as much as the first two. I can't quite point out why (and that really bugs me), but after the whole getting the colony running it really didn't keep me as compelled though the ending was - thankfully - quite satisfying. You can read my full review here.

After putting it off for way longer than I probably should've, going to read The Blade Itself next.

[Brenda]

Finished THE BLACK OPERA and posted a review. A good but flawed work.

[Jonesmikey]

Just finished Shadow Puppets. That's it for that line. All I have left is Xenocide, and I haven't really heard anything good about it. Then again, I heard a lot of naysaying towards the Shadow series and I liked them a lot. Almost more than Ender's Game itself.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

I still have not read a book in 2013. This is...rather unusual for me. But so far I'm cool.

[carol. , Senor Crabbypants]

MrsJoseph wrote: "I still have not read a book in 2013. This is...rather unusual for me. But so far I'm cool."

Wow. Wow. Speechless.

[Tony]

Smashing out books lately isn't a bit of time on your hands a wonderful thing
Terry pratchett - monstrous regiment was great as always
Prince of thorns - mark Lawrence was good too

The second book in the dragons path kings blood? I think -Daniel Abraham was pretty cool as well

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Carol wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "I still have not read a book in 2013. This is...rather unusual for me. But so far I'm cool."

Wow. Wow. Speechless."

I know, right? But still, I think I went into over-burn near the end of the year...

[Kevin]

Jonesmikey wrote: "Just finished Shadow Puppets. That's it for that line. All I have left is Xenocide, and I haven't really heard anything good about it. Then again, I heard a lot of naysaying towards the Shadow s..."

You forgot both the end to both Ender's and Shadow series, Children of the Mind and Shadow of the Giant.

[Jonesmikey]

Kevin wrote: "Jonesmikey wrote: "Just finished Shadow Puppets. That's it for that line. All I have left is Xenocide, and I haven't really heard anything good about it. Then again, I heard a lot of naysaying t..."

Cool

[Natalia]

I just finished Legion , I generally avoid short stories but this one is pretty good.

[Jalilah]

I started The Winter Oak by James A. Hetley which is the sequel to The Summer Country
however I still keep thinking about Among Others...

[Michele]

I have re-read two books in preparation for reading sequels: The Black Prism and Finnikin of the Rock. About to start Froi of the Exiles and The Blinding Knife. I also finished a children's trilogy on audio which I really liked: The Amulet of Samarkand--The Golem's Eye--Ptolemy's Gate. I liked it more than I thought I would, especially by the last book. The ending surprised me.

[Lianne]

I am currently reading Mark J. Ferrari's The Book of Joby and John Scalzi's Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas (having a lot of fun with this one) =)

[Pedro]

Just finished The Blade Itself and despite its few flaws I really enjoyed it. The battle scenes in particular were absolutely amazing and I'm definitely picking up Before They Are Hanged as soon as possible. Feel free to read my review by clicking here.

Going to read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy next. (shame on me for not having read it before!)

[Darcy]

I just started Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay. I read The Summer Tree a few years back, and thought it was meh, but so far Tigana is fantastic.

[Joshua]

I've just started God's War and King of Thorns.

[Marie M.]

"Eugene Onegin", "The Master and Margarita" and "Anna Karenina".. pretty Russian and totally unintentionally

[Sharon]

Just stumbled on Oath of Swordsthanks to a free download. Classic swords and sorcery fantasy but very well done, with interesting characters. Not sure how I managed to completely miss this David Weber series, though maybe it's a good thing since there are four books in the series and they were written 4, 6 and 8 years apart respectively, which would have annoyed me if I had been trying to read them as they were coming out.

Fortunately for my disposition, the second will be arriving shortly from PaperbackSwap and my library has the last two, which will complete the series.

[Brenda]

Reading the second Agatha Heterodyne novel (based on the graphic novel series), but have bogged down in the middle.

[Richard]

Well ive just finished up 1 UF novel, so time to go hit another, I think its time for Moonshine

[Gianluca]

I just started The Wise Man's Fear. The Name of the Wind was great.

[Maarit]

I'm currently reading Looking for Jake and Other Stories, Paikka vapaana (Casual Vacancy, Finnish translation), Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey (in Finnish) and some Marvel comics. Finally something new, it took me ages to read my previous books, though I still haven't finished the Quantum Thief or Kushiel's Dart, but I'm getting there with those two.

[Scott]

I finished Mistborn: The Final Empire yesterday. Then I started reading Night Shift.

[Cheryl]

This one has been on my shelf for a while, but I'm finally getting around to reading it.

The Lies of Locke Lamora

[Cheryl]

Scott wrote: "I finished Mistborn: The Final Empire yesterday. Then I started reading Night Shift."

Mistborn: The Final Empire was very good, wasn't it? I really enjoyed it.

[Nermin]

The whole Mistborn seires is pretty awesome.

I'm currently reading Wolf Hall and The Wise Man's Fear

[Scott]

Cheryl wrote: "Mistborn: The Final Empire was very good, wasn't it? I really enjoyed it."

I liked it too. I took a little to get into but really keeps you glued to the story. I almost went directly to the next book.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

I am currently reading Artemis Fowl based on the rec of a "friend". I put friend in quotes because, surely, a true friend would not lead me so terribly astray...


(I jest... I jest... )

[Jalilah]

Colleen wrote: "I am currently reading Artemis Fowl based on the rec of a "friend". I put friend in quotes because, surely, a true friend would not lead me so terribly astray...


(I jest... I jest... )"

How do you like it? My son tried it after Percy Jackson and found it boring. I tried too but did not like it much. Felt kind of bad about it because it seems like I should have liked it!

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Jalilah wrote: "How do you like it? My son tried it after Percy Jackson and found it boring. I tried too but did not like it much. Felt kind of bad about it because it seems like I should have liked it! "

Well, I'm not very far in yet, but... I'm not digging it. The writing is just so blah, and there's nothing about the story that's grabbed me yet.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Nitasha wrote: "I'm reading Crown of Vengeance by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory. It's a new trilogy that's a prequel to the Obsidian trilogy. I'm having a hard time getting through it."

Noooo! I was hoping it was good.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Nitasha wrote: "Why can't there just be another trilogy about Kellen?! "

Exactly! They could have followed the (view spoiler)[rebirth of his sister. (hide spoiler)]

[Kira]

I'm about to start reading "The Overlord Rising: Dragon Touched". It's a new fantasy novel I'm reviewing for my blog. It's sounds interesting, so I hope it turns out to be a good read!

[Mike (the Paladin)]

The Red Knight, I'm about a quarter or a third of the way through. Not bad so far. Also The Haunted Air, very good, holding up to the RJ books before it.

[Sharon]

Haven't had as much reading time as usual lately so just well started with The War God's Own but another character has already been introduced and I can see some opportunities for very funny scenes.

Think I'm going to enjoy this as much as the first.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Nitasha wrote: "My very thoughts exactly! :( I want to know what happened to Kellen, Jermayan, and Vestakia! I really liked the Enduring Flame trilogy too. <3 Harrier is perfect.

But yeah, I can't deal with the ..."

Me, too! I really wanted to know and Lackey usually at least gives a pretty serious hint. !!!

[Jalilah]

I am currently re-reading by Judith Berman and enjoying it just as much, if not more the second time around. There are so many details! Despite the misleading cover, the novel is neither YA or authentic Native American. Berman is an anthropologist and she combines mythology of both indigenous traditions of the Pacific North West and Europe to create a new story which takes place in an alternative universe resembling the Pre-Colombian Pacific West Coast. The feeling is more like Epic Fantasy.

[Scott]

I finished Night Shift. I really enjoyed some of the stories. "One for the Road" really made me want to reread 'Salem's Lot.

I think that I'm going to read The Dragon Factory next.

[Jalilah]

I am currently reading by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

[Aelliana]

I'm reading The City and the City. My first book by China Miéville.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

I'm reading a book!!

It's a romance but still! First one of the year!!

Scandal It's so cheesy and happy and I am LOVING IT!