Brian's Quest in the Endless Mountains

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My Own-It, Read-It List:

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One small step was taken in this journey. I read a manga. Naruto, Volume 39: Naruto (Naruto. I still have volumes 40-47 & 49 to read. Luckily these don't take long and are nice to read when taking a break from longer books.

Update--I read Naruto, Vol. 40.

Finished the stack of Naruto manga.

Update--Naruto 41 Done! Manga are going well, but books slow going.

Read Naruto, Vol. 42 and Naruto, Volume 43: Naruto (Naruto 39-43 have been great.

Update--Naruto, Vol. 44,Naruto, Vol. 45,Naruto, Vol. 46. Finished the stack of Naruto manga. Naruto, Vol. 47: Breaking The Seal
Update--Read Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 01

Naruto 49--finished (Christmas gift--but had to buy 48 in order to read it. So one from the mountain only to add one).

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I thought I would kick this quest off with an older book in the mountain of books. In Hollow Houses. It is a novel based off of an RPG by Wizards of the Coast called Dark*Matter. Think the X-Files. I have owned this book since about 2000 or 2001. So far the descriptions are really detailed which I like a lot. So here we go wish me luck!

Update (03/24/11)
Finally done. I gave it 2 stars. Not really sure why I didn't like it more. I am a fan of the X-Files and it has some similarities to the X-Files, but I don't know. I do know that the first step in overcoming the mountain of books is complete. Celebrate and pick another now...

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My next step in conquering my log jam of books is
The Crystal Shard. I have had this one for a really long time as well. I think part of why I haven't read it before now is that I was familiar with the story and I read The Silent Blade and The Spine of the World and wasn't sure if I really wanted to work backwards. But after reading In Hollow Houses I decided I wanted some old school fantasy.

Finished The Crystal Shard today 04/05/11. I really liked it.

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Streams of Silver second book in The Icewind Dale Trilogy. Really enjoying the series. I am bit sad I hadn't read it sooner.

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Finished up The Halfling's Gem. Really good. Wererats, Artemis Entreri and Drizzt, what more do you need?

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Started The Sorcerer of the North.

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Read Color Bleach+: The Bleach Official Bootleg. Nothing to be overly excited about.

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Finished The Sorcerer of the North. Taking a break from the quest to finish up old books. Bought an old series by Troy Denning from the Dark Sun setting for Dungeons and Dragons. The books were a great deal trade paperbacks for $5 or less each.

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Starting Godslayer. I've owned this book for at least 3 years. I read the first book in the series and was not very impressed. Total Tolkien rip off. Recently though I have found myself thinking about the main character on the villains side and thought I should just finish the series.

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Finished up Godslayer. It was better than Banewreaker.

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Finished The Warrior Heir. I enjoyed it and will at a later date get the rest of the trilogy.

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Read Vampire of the Mists and Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 02.

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Finished off Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 03

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Shadow King

Manga: Claymore volumes 1-3
Shaman Warrior volumes 1-4

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Finished off the Shaman Warrior manwha series 5-9. It was really good. I wished there was more.

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Battle for the Abyss

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Finally back to some books that I have had for a while. Leviathan and Behemoth.