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Jason wrote: Yes, that's right. I own three friggin' copies of this book. LOL. A physical dead tree copy, an eBook, and the audio version. ..."
Haha...bases are covered!
Haha...bases are covered!
Jennifer wrote: "Jason wrote: Yes, that's right. I own three friggin' copies of this book. LOL. A physical dead tree copy, an eBook, and the audio version. ..."Haha...bases are covered!"
Hopefully! LOL
No. He's actually 6'2", gorgeous, and with a full head of wavy hair. He's a metro-sexual, so he takes great care of himself, frosts his hair, etc. Too metrosexual for me, though. I like my guy no frills. But I was stuck with the gorgeous dude through a match-up. What can I do? I can't eat him. Those hair gels don't taste good. He's single now, too, girls.MrsJoseph wrote: "Does he wear horn-rimmed glasses? ..."
Oh, I am tossing aside Elantris because it is too light in tone. A cannibal needs dark and sinister things. Light things give me the hives. I am reading The Beach, which is really good and dark for me. If anybody can suggest any fantasy that is stirring like LOTR with a terrific hero's journey line and dark in flavor, let me know. I better read a fantasy to replace Elantris, or else you'll ban me from here. With 1000 members, it's a good place to get my livestock. The people at Horrors taste a little bitter and acrid.
Aloha wrote: "Oh, I am tossing aside Elantris because it is too light in tone. A cannibal needs dark and sinister things. Light things give me the hives. I am reading The Beach, whi..."The Darkness That Comes Before may suit your needs! The Way of Shadows doesn't dodge the nastiness of life, either.
I have now begun A Clash of Kings. Tell me, when does Sansa die? My cousin and I are reading the books together, and we agree that we can't stand this character.
Aloha wrote: "Thanks, Chelsea. What about The Way of Kings? I heard it was really good."Haven't had the pleasure of reading that yet. Are you liking Elantris? It left me kind of "eh." Not bad, not great. I'm looking forward to reading more of Sanderson so that I can get a fair estimation of his writing, since Elantris was an early effort.
Elantris left me with a "eh", too. That's why I'm tossing it aside.
Chelsea wrote: "Aloha wrote: "Oh, I am tossing aside Elantris because it is too light in tone. A cannibal needs dark and sinister things. Light things give me the hives. I am reading [book:The Beac..."The Nigh Angel trilogy was my favorite series I read last year! They were my favorite books period last year. I have Perfect Shadow, the prequel novella, but I haven't read it yet.
Jenny wrote: The Nigh Angel trilogy was my favorite series I read last year! They were my favorite books period last year. I have Perfect Shadow, the prequel novella, but I haven't read it yet. "High five!
Aloha wrote: "Oh, I am tossing aside Elantris because it is too light in tone. A cannibal needs dark and sinister things. Light things give me the hives. I am reading The Beach, whi..."I haven't read it yet but Empress is supposed to be rather dark.
Chelsea wrote: "Aloha wrote: "Thanks, Chelsea. What about The Way of Kings? I heard it was really good."Haven't had the pleasure of reading that yet. Are you liking Elantris? It left me kind o..."
It really shows that Elantris was Sandersons first novel imo. I've read all his books with Elantris being the last one, and though not bad, it didn't leave me with that 'I've just read a great book' feeling I did have from all his other works.
His writing gets better with each book he releases. You really notice the upward trend imo. Mistborn: the Final Empire is still my favourite book of his though, but that has more to do with the awesome that is Allomancy and the fact that I really loved Vin as a character.
The Mistborn books are much darker in tone than Elantris. Sanderson's characters, though not pure white and black, never reach that level of moral greyness of an Abercrombie or Martin. There's also little to none graphic shit, sex and gore.
Warbreaker has the same lightness as Elantris, but it is much better written and the characters have a lot more meat on their bones imo.
The Way of Kings is the culmination of everything he has learned in writing his previous novels and working on WoT. It's a real feat of worldbuilding imo. The main thing working against it is that it is the first novel in massive series and leaves a lot more questions open than it answers.
I'm currently reading Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love a short story collection I picked up because it has a Robin Hobb story I hadn't read yet >.> The list of other contributing authors is rather impressive too imo. There're a couple of stories in here that are a bit to pulpy romance for my tastes, but I've had a couple of very nice surprises too. Overal it's a really good collection.
Chelsea wrote: "Jenny wrote: The Nigh Angel trilogy was my favorite series I read last year! They were my favorite books period last year. I have Perfect Shadow, the prequel novella, but I haven't read it yet. "..."
*High five back*
I have a pile of books sitting in a corner waiting for me, but I have been so busy this month. I also blame Goodreads ;) I used to read one or two books a day...now I'm taking forever to get through my pile.
I'm going on a birthday/anniversary trip this weekend, but when I get back I'm going to finally sit down and read. First up: Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett, then The Chosen by Ricardo Pinto.
Traci wrote: "Reading Fool Moon. Like it better than the first book which I liked."I'm listening to this one, too. Liked the first one enough to move on and I'm glad I did. This one is very good.
Halfway through The Name of the Wind.
MrsJ, I'm starting to read The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. Hopefully, it's as good as you say it is.That's really awful about your copy of The Summer Tree. I also hate when people write in books or bend the corners of the pages. Argh!
Tiffany wrote: "Traci wrote: "Reading Fool Moon. Like it better than the first book which I liked."I'm listening to this one, too. Liked the first one enough to move on and I'm glad I did. This ..."
I'm just about done The Name of the Wind and have sort of mixed feelings about it. What do you think of it so far?
Cheryl wrote: "MrsJ, I'm starting to read The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. Hopefully, it's as good as you say it is.That's really awful about your copy of The Summer Tree. ..."
I really enjoyed The Eyes of the Dragon but don't forget it's [King's version of] YA.
Tracey wrote: "The writing didn't feel like him to me. Then again, iirc it wasn't dotted with *! and &^@! and $@*!, and there were no mangled/rotting/half-eaten corpses, so that might explain that."
*snicker*
I am reading A Feast for Crows. The beginning is a little confusing having unfamiliar characters but the writing is still compelling this far into the series.
So I'm finished The Case of Charles Dexter Ward which I did not like and Starship Troopers which I did like. I'll be able to get started on A Dance with Dragons in the next day or so, but until then I've started Homeland.
I love Starship Troopers.
I'm listening to Heroes of the Valley right now. Pretty interesting with a very mischievous young hero.
I'm starting Planet of the Apes and I can see that I'm really going to get into it. I'm pausing on The Beach until I get my jonesing for SciFi out of the way. I'm an emotional reader. I can't focus on anything else if I'm in the mood for something. Currently, it's SciFi. You fantasy folks will still let me hang around for my livestock, right? I promise I'll read a fantasy later. SciFi is fantasy with all the technogeeky stuff. Besides, I think Planet of the Apes is more fantasy than SciFi, maybe a SciFi Fantasy.
Have you seen the movies? The Beach, and The Planet of the Apes?
Maybe I find apes and monkeys freaky anyway but Planet of the Apes really freaked me out, actually truthfully it was more the human/animals that did. The movies don't do the original story justice IMO.
I haven't seen The Beach. I want to wait on that until I've finished the book. I saw all of the Planet of the Apes that were out, the Charlton Heston, and the one that was done a few years ago with Mark Wahlberg. I think I learned English from the old Planet of the Apes movie series. That and reruns of Gilligan's Island.
I think I learned I was female with the old Charlton Heston movie. =)
Cheryl wrote: "MrsJ, I'm starting to read The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. Hopefully, it's as good as you say it is."I read The Eyes of the Dragon about 25 years ago. It is still on of my favorite King books. When I read it, I was really surprised that King had written a fantasy book. Up to that point, I had only read horror stories by him.
Tracey wrote: "The writing didn't feel like him to me. Then again, iirc it wasn't dotted with *! and &^@! and $@*!, and there were no mangled/rotting/half-eaten corpses, so that might explain that."
LOL! That is Stephen King's usual style, isn't it? He definitely has a very vivid, weird imagination, which is probably why he appeals to me as a writer. You never know exactly what he'll come up with next!
Reading Wizard of the Pigeons. So far it's okay but I do see very little of Robin Hobb in the writing. Maybe a hint in one of the characters. Not much story yet.
Traci wrote: "Reading Wizard of the Pigeons. So far it's okay but I do see very little of Robin Hobb in the writing. Maybe a hint in one of the characters. Not much story yet."The Lindholm stories are very different from the Hobb ones. They might as well be two different authors. The only thing they have in common is a heavy focus on character development.
I've read Wizard of Pigeons and I have mixed feelings about it. Mostly because there isn't a lot of story, and a lot of what goes on is psychological and methaphorical. It's very different from the Hobb style epic fantasy. It took a while before I 'got' what it was about and now I think I 'get' it, I'm still not sure I actually like it.
I absolutley loved most of the Lindholm shorts in The Inheritance though.
When I was at the ConnectiCon convention, an anime artist raved about Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series, comparing it to LOTR. Anybody got an opinion on that? I just got it.
The two original trilogies are excellent, yes.(The Dragonriders of Pern and The Harper Hall of Pern)
Thanks, Tracey. Since I have ADD, especially after being at Goodreads and being introduced to so many terrific books, it's doubtful I'll follow a series until #8. I'm happy to know it's great until then.
I stand to be corrected, on the Harry Potter series, I looked forward to every single book and was sad that it ended.
Thanks, Tracey. I do mostly eBooks and audios. I will only do paper if a book is not available in any other format. I have bad eyesight when it comes to reading, and need to be able to adjust font and lighting. I can read on paper, but it irritates me after a little while depending on the type and background color.
Cheryl wrote: "Tiffany wrote: "Traci wrote: "Reading Fool Moon. Like it better than the first book which I liked."I'm listening to this one, too. Liked the first one enough to move on and I'm gl..."
I finished The Name of the Wind last night and I liked it. I like Kvothe: his mind, intelligence, innocence, determination and desperation make him a compelling character for me. I'll definitely move on to The Wise Man's Fear but after I picked up Incarceron again last night and I am definitely going to finish it before I move on to the next part of Kvothe's story. Plus, I want to think about book 1 for a few days before I move on. Bast scared me there at the end! So I'm definitely up for a read if you want to.
I agree with you, Tiffany, about Bast at the end of The Name of the Wind. I thought, holy cow, what the heck was that all about?!
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Yes, that's right. I own three friggin' copies of this book. LOL. A physical dead tree copy, an eBook, and the audio version.