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[Mike (the Paladin)]

Two threads...same conversation.... No, What's on second.

Isn't Jane part of the crew on Firefly

[carol. , Senor Crabbypants]

Me Tarzan, you Jane!

Hey, why don't we move the conversation to a new thread? kidding!

Now that my deficiency in the literary classics is showing... can I at least regain fantasy cred by saying I've read Norton?? ;)

[The Pirate Ghost]

Norton, Ralph Cramdon's buddy on the Honey Mooners right!... okay... maybe I should go back to bed.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Norton was a trend setter...he was the first to wear a T-shirt with a suit coat. Don Johnson apparently wanted to be just like him.

[The Pirate Ghost]

LOL...all he needed was a hat.

[Bill]

I'm currently reading The Da Vinci Code and am finding it very entertaining. I did not pay much attention when it was a bestseller, but suspect it provoked a lot of controversy, both religious and feminist. It seems to have been canned by a low of reviewers, I suspect because their beliefs are challenged. But it is fun! Chill people.

History or fantasy. That is the question. Thing is for stuff I do know about, there's a lot of evidence for...

[[deleted user]]

I read Da Vinci Code, and while it was entertaining, it was pretty badly written. Also, Angels&Demons was better :P

[Kevin]

I thought that Angels and Demons was the best, then Da Vinci Code then The Lost Symbol.

[Valerie]

Yeah, A&D was his best. I thought Da Vinci Code was cool, but I was thirteen when I read it... and even then, the whole agonizing-over-the-mirrored-writing chapter made me go "WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY."

Also, avoid Digital Fortress. D:

[[deleted user]]

Oh man. Digital Fortress is horrid. HORRID.

I wanted to rage so hard after reading that book piece of garbage.

[[deleted user]]

Finished Callahan's, loved it. Thanks Tracey :)

[[deleted user]]

Just the first book, planning on the others soonish. I liked the short story format of it. Let me get a quick read in before bed and whatnot.

[Traci]

Started Tigana. For some reason I was expecting a slow somewhat difficult read. I'm only on the second part and so much has already happened. Also more fantasy than I thought it would be from some of the comments I've read. Liking.

[[deleted user]]

I loved Tigana. I just found it rather melancholy overall.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I picked up Hounded earlier tonight and I am almost finished. It's exactly the sort of light fun I was in the mood for. I need to start reading an ARC of Leaving the Atocha Station soon and I do not have high hopes for it. Maybe I'll be surprised.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I just realized. I'm currently reading posts on this thread...

[carol. , Senor Crabbypants]

That counts as a book. ;)

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I just realized. I'm currently reading posts on this thread..."

What were you having before you switched to iced tea? I need some...

[Mike (the Paladin)]

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[whimsicalmeerkat]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I am not at liberty to divulge that information at this time. If at some future date that information does become available you may then at that time repeat your request and avail yourself of such ..."

Are you beta testing some sort of controlled suubstance? *eyes widen* I'll be a subject.

[[deleted user]]

Carmen wrote: "I just finished A Dance With Dragons. Im conflicted. Its not what i thought. There were some good parts, some eye openers, some holy shit moments but on the whole i was less than impressed(and n..."

heh, you're not alone.

We've got a thread over here all about it. Come and kvetch with us :P

[Helen]

I'm currently reading "My Blood Approves".

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I just started Smilla's Sense of Snow. I think I'll be finishing up with The Christ-Haunted Landscape: Faith and Doubt in Southern Fiction soon. I've loved reading this book. It's taking me a long time, partly because it is broken into easily separated sections, but partly because it gives me so much material to digest.

[Valerie]

Reading October Light and trying The Eyre Affair again.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

So far, I'm enjoying it much more than I expected, based on my dislike of Borderliners. I suspect it will end up with a 3 or 4, but should rightfully be a 3.5 based on the first quarter. Who knows though, even I can't decide on a consistent rating criteria and I know I probably seem to show the bipolar disorder when most people look at mine. I do know Leaving the Atocha Station was terrible though!

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

I'm reading The Color of Magic and a romance book.

The Color of magic is a little hard to get into at first. I'm only a few pages in but it's not grabbing me.

The romance book is another freebie. When am I going to learn about these freaking free books??!?!? Geeez, they are almost always horrible. This one is a collection of short stories by the same author. What it feels like is a collection of story ideas the author started but never fleshed out or had edited or put any real effort in - so she stuck them in a book together and called them shorts. *blech*

[Traci]

MrsJoseph wrote: "I'm reading The Color of Magic and a romance book.

The Color of magic is a little hard to get into at first. I'm only a few pages in but it's not grabbing me.

The romance book is a..."

I agree about the freebie, and cheap books, thing. You feel really good with yourself for reading a budget book but honestly they're almost never something you'd read on your own and are just a waste of time, time that could be better spent reading something you actually want to. Time or money? I'd rather waste money. You can never make up lost time.

I disagree on Color of Magic. One of my favorite books. ;)

[Maggie]

I am trying to finish up The Black Prism, The Bonehunters, and Foreigner, and planning to start up On Basilisk Station, Night of Knives reread and A Shadow in Summer...somehow though the plan never works....lol

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Traci wrote: "I agree about the freebie, and cheap books, thing. You feel really good with yourself for reading a budget book but honestly they're almost never something you'd read on your own and are just a waste of time, time that could be better spent reading something you actually want to. Time or money? I'd rather waste money. You can never make up lost time."

And most of them are really bad. I just can't help myself...I see a free book and I'm all "yes!!!!" *sigh* I've gotten burned almost every single time (with the exception of Baen's Free Library, of course). Even the $0.99 books are usually better than the free ones. I have a couple of fantasy freebies that I've started and never finished due to this same reason... Dang it, I must break this habit cause it's giving me fits, lol.

You are soooo right. I'd rather waste money.




Re: The Color of Magic - maybe I should skip ahead? It's ok it's just not really attention grabbing right now.

[Traci]

Most of Pratchett's books are considered a part of the Discworld series but there are series within it. There are the Rincewind books. The watch, guard, books. The witch and death books. From the other books I know you like I'd have you try the witch books but I'm not sure which is first.

[Traci]

Try Wyrd Sisters. Or The Wee Free Men (Tiffany Aching, #1), it's more young adult but one of his best books.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

I've never read the Tiffany Aching series. I really must rectify that one of these days.

[Jenny]

Someone suggested this on another thread, a Discworld reading guide!

I'm reading The Help but I'm still not too far in because I was focusing on Homeland (which I really liked!). The Help is such a fun read! I've already laughed out loud a few times. I think I'll have some time to really get into in over the next couple of days.

I also started The Three Musketeers. The details can be somewhat hard to follow, but I love the banter between the three musketeers.

[[deleted user]]

Finished Queen of Sorcery yesterday, gonna start Magician's Gambit when I can

[Mike (the Paladin)]

My daughter is one of the world's great Discworld fans, but she doesn't care for The Colour of Magic that much.
None of the wizard books are her favorite. When I found The Colour of Magic only mildly funny she insisted I try some of the others and I agree with her. Moving Pictures broke me up. I like most of the The Discworld books, but didn't care for the first couple (The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic) that much.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

My suggestion would be to pick one of the sub-series that's not the Wizards (i.e. Witches, Death, City Watch or Industrial Revolution) and then read the first one or two in that series and, if you like them, then expand from there. (Adding the caveat that 'Equal Rites' is not all that great, and you could skip it and start with 'Wyrd Sisters' instead.)

As for which of the sub-series to start with - well, that really depends. Everyone has their own preferences, of course. I love the Witches, for instance, and the boy prefers the Watch.

I will say that you can hardly go wrong with Death, though. I have yet to meet a Discworld fan who didn't like the Death books.

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I am currently reading Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb and Murder and Magic by Randall Garrett.

[Valerie]

Finished The Eyre Affair... still not a fan, but at least I got through it this time. I like British humor, but I thought this just tried way too hard. :/

Started Royal Assassin.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I just started Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I'm reading Harry freakin' Potter, and I'm enjoying it... *looks for frogs falling from the sky*

[carol. , Senor Crabbypants]

Woohoo, Denae.

you will be assimilated

[Jason]

Harry Potter is an awesome series to read. And they only get better with each book. Enjoy, Denae!

[whimsicalmeerkat]

*sigh* both the Harry Potter crowd and the pretentious literary snots in one day... *gets back to Gravity's Rainbow*

[Marina]

Enjoy Harry Potter Denae!

I'm back to the Repairman Jack series with Crisscross (Book 8 of 15).

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I hate to join the crowd Denae...but Harry Potter is an exceptional series. Sorry.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Like I said, I'm enjoying it so far.

[Maggie]

It does seem to be a one extreme or another thing to be reading it with Gravity's Rainbow, though.

Just sayin'

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I'm reading something like 8 books right now. Some I'll move through really quickly and others will take me a long time. GR is one of the latter. I'm reading it roughly 30-40 pages at a time. It's one of those that takes a bit to process. The juxtaposition wasn't really intentional, but does amuse me.

[Scott]

I finished my 3rd read of It this morning. There are some many stories that are interwoven into the novel. This is my favorite book.

I then jumped right into The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror. I needed something lighter after reading It.

[Aloha]

Dang! Over 260 posts to catch up on! Not only do you people love to read a lot of words, you love to write them!

I don't think I mentioned it here, but I finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? last week. Here is my review. It's long because I'm not writing a review for other people, but as a way for me to break down a book and analyze it for my own benefit. That's why I don't usually write reviews for books I feel I'm not going to learn anything from.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Now, I am continuing with Atwood's book that was recommended by several people, The Blind Assassin.

[Scott]

Ala wrote: "Oh man. Digital Fortress is horrid. HORRID.

I wanted to rage so hard after reading that book piece of garbage."

I agree on this. It was definitely his worst.

[The Pirate Ghost]

Denae wrote: "I'm reading something like 8 books right now. Some I'll move through really quickly and others will take me a long time. GR is one of the latter. I'm reading it roughly 30-40 pages at a time. It's ..."

I'm saving Harry Potter (and the movies) for when my kids get a little older and I'll read it with them. At least Harry's age. Now we're still dealing with Skippyjon Jones, and enjoying it.