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Maggie wrote: "I just could not get into The Stand and found it extremely frustrating. I think the characters were so stereotyppical it was just a turn-off. A friend recommended I read [book:Swan So..."I read it in college the 1st time so...no analytics there, lol.
Tracey wrote: "Colleen ~blackrose~ wrote: "And I do have to say I loved Glen towards the climax when he got to Las Vegas."I loved Glen too - and I had a feeling that would happen.
One question (since I ..."
In regards to Mother Abagail, (view spoiler)
Hey, Self...
I finished Blade of Tyshalle today. Will start on Caine Black Knife later tonight.
You had better have Empire and Return ready to watch soon.
I finished Blade of Tyshalle today. Will start on Caine Black Knife later tonight.
You had better have Empire and Return ready to watch soon.
Regina wrote: "I am reading (based on Lady Danielle's recommendation and great review) God's War and I am really enjoying it. Thanks for the recommendation!"I'm glad you're liking it, Regina. That book really blew me away.
Colleen ~blackrose~ wrote: "I thought she said [spoilers removed]"Yea you've got the right phrasing :)
Happy weekend everyone. Happy Canada Day to all the Canadians and a happy 4th of July Independence Day to all those in the States!
Dude, I haven't read Caine Black Knife yet....if you get to it before me, let me know how it is. I heard he kinda went overboard in that one...
I'll get Empire and Return this week. What'd ya think of Blade of Tyshalle?
Happy Canada Day? Lol...that's...awesome! Happy Canada Day and Independence Day as well :)
I'll get Empire and Return this week. What'd ya think of Blade of Tyshalle?
Happy Canada Day? Lol...that's...awesome! Happy Canada Day and Independence Day as well :)
You for forgot the eh, Grant.But then, so did I!
Happy Canada Day, eh!
Ah, Jason...You're the greatest!
Happy Canada Day, eh to my fellow Canucks!
Happy (early) Independence Day to my American friends!
☠The Dread Pirate Grant☠ wrote: "I'll get Empire and Return this week. What'd ya think of Blade of Tyshalle? "
I liked it a bit more than the first one. Though it was slightly erratic at times with the pov switching.
Black Knife is the last one, right? I figure I started this series, I'm going to finish it.
I liked it a bit more than the first one. Though it was slightly erratic at times with the pov switching.
Black Knife is the last one, right? I figure I started this series, I'm going to finish it.
Woo! Finished The Stand! Now, I think I need something a bit lighter in nature, so I think I'm going to go ahead and pick up where I left off with Mercedes Lackey and read The Snow Queen.
I finished Renegade's Magic. Maybe how too high of expectations can ruin a book the reverse is also true because I actually liked it. Not the best but I atleast have definately read worse. After picking out a few books and not getting into any of them I've finally given up and will start Ship of Magic today.
My goal this month is to stick to my TBR-owned list (with the exception of the BotMs).I'm also in the middle of a reading challenge so this is going to be a rather hectic month for me, reading wise.
Traci wrote: "After picking out a few books and not getting into any of them I've finally given up and will start Ship of Magic today. ..."Traci, you are going to love it:)
Machavelli wrote: "Traci wrote: "After picking out a few books and not getting into any of them I've finally given up and will start Ship of Magic today. ..."Traci, you are going to love it:)"
Already like it more than I liked Assassin's Apprentice so I'm very optimistic right now that you're right. :D
Finished Caine Black Knife.
Much more straightforward story then the previous two. Gives a lot of background on Caine's early days with his Escape from Boedeckan adventure snippets mixed in with his 'present day' story.
But it's only half a story. The second part/book doesn't come out until next year or some crap.
I hate cliffhanger endings...
Much more straightforward story then the previous two. Gives a lot of background on Caine's early days with his Escape from Boedeckan adventure snippets mixed in with his 'present day' story.
But it's only half a story. The second part/book doesn't come out until next year or some crap.
I hate cliffhanger endings...
I'm also posting this thing in HA and SA, just to drive Jason crazy, since he moderates all 3.Finished The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. That was a lot of fun. Now I'm in the middle of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward for Horror Aficionados July read. I am liking it so far. When I'm done with that, it'll be Oryx and Crake next. For paper book, I'm reading Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos, which will probably go at a crawl since I can't stay still and I hate to read paper because of my bad eyesight. I sit too long at the computer as it is. During my leisure time, I like to move around. That's why I'm a fan of audios and eBooks.
Addendum. I was told that I should read Hitchhiker 2, to find out the question to the ultimate answer. Darn, I have to reorder my reading list to include book 2.
I am rereading Homeland by Salvatore for another group's book of the month read.
Aloha, you should just read all of the HGTTG books.
And if I don't find the ultimate question at the end of those books, who do I get to eat?
A volunteer at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, of course.;)
Right now I'm reading A Feast for Crows, getting all prepped up for some Dragons next week.Holy crap, next week. Seriously?!?! NEXT WEEK!
Ahem...
After Crows, I'm going to try to squeeze in Servant of the Empire for another group and Elantris. But if I don't get them done in time, they are going out the window.
Dragons, damn it! DRAGONS!
Now back to your regularly scheduled conversation.
shoot! Dragons is next week already! dangnabbit....I think sticking to my vow not to read Martin until he gets more books done is going to be very hard!
dragonsdragonsdragonsdragonsdragons
*confused* Dragons?
Dancing dragons, they're all the rage.
Holy epicness--I just checked the library for A Game of Thrones and there are 219 holds for the book. Guess I'd better buy!
'Cause women dragons are classier than male dragons?
rotflmao!
Speaking of Dragons, are we going to do a Buddy read of it? If it was mentioned somewhere else I missed it or forgot. :)
I think we should do a buddy read. There is enough people here that will read it.
I know that there is at least two groups here on Goodreads that is going to be reading the book when it comes out in a week.
Hrm, while I love that Dragons is less than a week away, between NaNo & the job hunt, I'm not so sure I'll be able to finish my series re-read first. Oh well!
Denae wrote: "Started Gravity's Rainbow this evening."Good luck with that Denae-took me forever to finish that! I had to get a companion book....lol
I have Game of Thrones in audio and eBooks. I'm all set! Had them for a while, too, but never got around to reading.
I'm reading a crap load of books: I put down Magician Apprentice, I never got interested.
I started Retribution Falls but I'm only a couple of pages in.
I got my copy of Elantris yesterday, haven't started yet.
I'm also doing a group challenge with a different group that I'm in. It's a Friends Challenge and you pick 11 friends and read a book off of their "read" shelf. I've only read 3/11 and I'm working on two more right now. Of course, there are Grant-like freaks in my group so I've already lost the challenge (first one to 11 received a $25 Amazon gift card). :)
Colleen ~blackrose~ wrote: "Amanda wrote: "I am going to start The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman tomorrow. It sounds like it will be good..."I've been eyeing this one for awhile. Let us know how it is. :>"
It took me forever to slog through this one. I know a book isn't right for me when my excuse for not reading is that I have to clean the house :)
I didn't like the characters and the world seemed flat to me. I also had issues with some of the phrasing and the almost constant use of euphemisms (not sure if this is the word I'm going for, here).
I am currently reading Melusine, which I am enjoying quite a bit so far. I am also about to start The Princess Bride for a buddy read I am doing.
Don't want to work just want to read...it's not fair!
I finished Bag of Bones this morning. I thought it was an excellent ghost story.I'm going to start The Case of Charles Dexter Ward this afternoon. This will be my first read of any Lovecraft.
I finished Grave Peril last night at work. I loved it and so am moving ahead with book four, Summer Knight.
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I gave it 3 1/2 stars - slightly above middle of the road. I did find some of the characters and certain parts very frustrating, too, Maggie, which is one reason why I couldn't rate it higher. There were a lot of little things which irritated me about it.
But there were also some moments I really liked, and some interesting ideas, I thought, so I didn't think it was all bad. And I do have to say I loved Glen towards the climax when he got to Las Vegas.
Tonight I'll be starting Heartless by Gail Carriger. (*squee!*) Here's hoping it lives up to my expectations.
After that I'll get to Retribution Falls.