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[Eileen]

Magiccats wrote: "Just started Mistborn. Only read the first chapter but so far so good. I like it."

Good to know, I'll be starting soon. Really looking forward to this one!

[Eileen]

With Curmudgeon's recommendation I started, Earthman Jack vs. The Ghost Planet. I'm only 5 chapters in and the main character Jack and I had similar after school activities in high school. I know that's vague, not wanting to give anything away. Enjoying and can't wait to see what happens next.

[Ctgt]

Not A/A but I am still working my way through House of Leaves, very good.

[Tim The Enchanter]

Got back on the AA wagon and am listening to Scarecrow.

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Lisa P wrote: "Bev wrote: "Reading the Shift omnibus by Hugh Howey. Prequel kind of to Wool. Awesome, just plain awesome. Fantastic."

Great book...really explains a lot about how everything in Wool came to be. ..."

I agree, great book. There were parts that I enjoyed more because I'd read Wool first and parts that I wish I hadn't known (as a result of reading Wool first).

I also look forward reading Dust. As soon as I'm done Inferno, that is my next read. Wool Omnibus and Shift are still clear in my mind (cemented in there actually :) ... in a good way). I'm glad I'll be able to get into Dust without having to do any re-reads.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Tim wrote: "Got back on the AA wagon and am listening to Scarecrow."

FUN BOOK!

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Eileen wrote: "With Curmudgeon's recommendation I started, Earthman Jack vs. The Ghost Planet. I'm only 5 chapters in and the main character Jack and I had similar after school activities in high school. I know t..."

I'll keep your secret if you keep mine (grin). I know what you mean.

I think it gets fun from here, or more fun. The best stuff was in "the pit (echo: it...it...it.)" But it's fun here too.

[Travis]

Started War and Peace. I'll probably be a while

[Miekey]

Pam (E.P. Scott) wrote: "Lisa P wrote: "Bev wrote: "Reading the Shift omnibus by Hugh Howey. Prequel kind of to Wool. Awesome, just plain awesome. Fantastic."

Great book...really explains a lot about how everything in Woo..."

I liked Wool, but I get confused when I look at ordering one of the follow up books. Some are before Wool and some are after. Is there a guide somewhere?

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Miekey wrote: "Pam (E.P. Scott) wrote: "Lisa P wrote: "Bev wrote: "Reading the Shift omnibus by Hugh Howey. Prequel kind of to Wool. Awesome, just plain awesome. Fantastic."

Great book...really explains a lot ab..."

Wool was the first book Hugh Howey published. Shift came after Wool, but is actually the prequel as it covers what happened leading up to the events in wool. Dust is the last in the series and is truly the last one. Does that help?

If you are referring to the individual stories (when they are not compiled in the omnibus', then I'm not sure if I know. I would think that they would still follow the order (1-5 - Wool) and (1-3 - Shift).

I hope I haven't confused you (I tend to do that sometimes) :)

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Miekey wrote: "Pam (E.P. Scott) wrote: "Lisa P wrote: "Bev wrote: "Reading the Shift omnibus by Hugh Howey. Prequel kind of to Wool. Awesome, just plain awesome. Fantastic."

Great book...really explains a lot ab..."

Although, further to my other post, I suppose a person could read Shift before Wool. I did it the other way around and, like I said in my reviews, sometimes it was a bonus and at other times I kind of wish I wouldn't have known as it kind of ruined the "wonder" at the discover, if that makes sense.

[Ctgt]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Started War and Peace. I'll probably be a while"

Stop in and say hello once in awhile :)

[Rizwan]

Finished Storm Front, already reading Fool Moon. Loving the series, the settings and most of all the main character....It almost feels like an Adult-Harry Potter type, minus all the gravely seriousness (although there's some of that too), plus some unexpectedly outrageously funny situations. Not to mention I just LOVE Dresden's humorous monologue!

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Ctgt wrote: "Travis of NNY wrote: "Started War and Peace. I'll probably be a while"

Stop in and say hello once in awhile :)"

Dress warmly too... I hear it's cold in the winter around Moscow.

[Lisa P, My weekend is all booked up!]

Miekey wrote: "I liked Wool, but I get confused when I look at ordering one of the follow up books. Some are before Wool and some are after. Is there a guide somewhere?"

It does get confusing because of the way he wrote them. He wrote a short story called Wool that became very popular. He then went on to continue the story in 4 more books (Proper Gauge, Casting Off, The Unraveling, and The Stranded). All five of these books were combined into the Wool Omnibus edition.

Next he wrote 3 books (First Shift: Legacy, Second Shift: Order, and Third Shift Pact). These 3 books were combined to form the Shift Omnibus Edition.

The last book to be published is the final book in the series called Dust.

To add a little more confusion to it all. The Shift series takes place before the Wool series as a sort of prequel. However, it is still meant to be read in the order Wool, Shift, Dust.

You can still purchase and read each small book individually, but the easiest way to read the series is like this:
1. Wool Omnibus Wool Omnibus
2. Shift Omnibus Shift Omnibus Edition
3. Dust Dust

Hope this helps some Miekey!

[Eileen]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Started War and Peace. I'll probably be a while"

Just curious, what made you decide to read War and Peace?

[Eileen]

Ctgt wrote: "Travis of NNY wrote: "Started War and Peace. I'll probably be a while"

Stop in and say hello once in awhile :)"

LOL!

[Eileen]

I, Curmudgeon wrote: "Eileen wrote: "With Curmudgeon's recommendation I started, Earthman Jack vs. The Ghost Planet. I'm only 5 chapters in and the main character Jack and I had similar after school activities in high s..."

My lips are sealed.

(view spoiler)[I'm at the part where Anna and Jack are on a date. Jack is contemplating weather or not to kiss her and says to himself, "look at
her, of course she's been kissed before, be a man and kiss her" (paraphrasing) I laughed out loud. (hide spoiler)]

[Travis]

Eileen wrote: "Travis of NNY wrote: "Started War and Peace. I'll probably be a while"

Just curious, what made you decide to read War and Peace?"

I have found an interest in Russian classics this year and was invited by a member in another group to join their classics and the western canon group. War and Peace is this months group read. I really like long books ad audio books and what I have been doing is taking a couple intermissions for shorter books which is probably what I'll provably do with this one as well.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Eileen wrote: "I, Curmudgeon wrote: "Eileen wrote: "With Curmudgeon's recommendation I started, Earthman Jack vs. The Ghost Planet. I'm only 5 chapters in and the main character Jack and I had similar after schoo..."

Obviously we can tell who YOU identified with in that scene! (and it ain't JACK!) ... :)

Ah, yes, that is one of the big questions in the Teenage boy's mind.

[Seeley]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Started War and Peace. I'll probably be a while"

I'll save you some time -- It's about Russia :)

Peace, Seeley

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Seeley wrote: "Travis of NNY wrote: "Started War and Peace. I'll probably be a while"

I'll save you some time -- It's about Russia :)

Peace,
Seeley
"

Oh, hahahahaha...that's funny!

[Seeley]

Lisa P wrote: "Miekey wrote: "I liked Wool, but I get confused when I look at ordering one of the follow up books. Some are before Wool and some are after. Is there a guide somewhere?"

It does get confusing beca..."

I'm glad Miekey asked! I've avoided buying them because I didn't get which one went where. Thanks for the explanation :)


Peace, Seeley

[Ctgt]

Travis of NNY wrote: "I have found an interest in Russian classics this year and was invited by a member in another group to join their classics and the western canon group. War and Peace is this months group read. I really like long books ad audio books and what I have been doing is taking a couple intermissions for shorter books which is probably what I'll provably do with this one as well. "

Crime and Punishment is one of my favorite books. Read W&P many years ago. Enjoy!

[Eileen]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Eileen wrote: "Travis of NNY wrote: "Started War and Peace. I'll probably be a while"

Just curious, what made you decide to read War and Peace?"

I have found an interest in Russian classics this ..."


Thanks for explaining, enjoy! You'll have to let me know what you think when you're finished.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

I love the Russian classics that I've read. Of course, there are plenty that I haven't. I agree with you on Crime and Punishment, Ctgt.

[Tim The Enchanter]

I have also read crime and punishment and I enjoyed it. On the other hand, I have tried for at least 10 years to finish The Brothers Karamazov but I just can't do it.

[Magiccats]

Mistborn is fantastic. Great characters, wonderful story. Can't believe I have never come across this author before. This is the reason our bookclub exists. Introducing us to wonderful books and new authors we might never have discovered. So glad to have been introduced to this author. Thanks everyone. (Guess you can tell I am really enjoying this book)

[Travis]

Crime and punishment is what got me started and I loved it. The brothers Karamazov is pretty slow the first half then as it roles to a close it gets good I thought. Dostoyevsky has become one of my favorite authors. Tolstoy writes much prettier but I never seem to really connect with his books as well.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

I think the only Tolstoy I've read is The Death of Ivan Ilych. Definitely a Dostoyevsky fan.

[Rizwan]

Magiccats wrote: "Mistborn is fantastic. Great characters, wonderful story. Can't believe I have never come across this author before. This is the reason our bookclub exists. Introducing us to wonderful books and ne..."

For a long, loong time I wanted to read this book (yeah I'm the one suggested it :P), so very glad to hear it won't disappoint! Hopefully I'll jump into the world of Mistborn soon from somewhere off the Dresden world.

[Ctgt]

Rizwan and Magiccats, I've read the trilogy and loved it. I really liked his "magic" system, if that's what you want to call it. I won't say anymore but all those who have not read it yet are in for a treat.

[Sally]

I have just finished reading The Chimera Vector by Nathan Farrugia. Fast paced, themes are interesting and thought provoking. Scary to think that somewhere out there that most of this is not fiction. Looking forward to the next chapter.

[Rizwan]

Ctgt wrote: "Rizwan and Magiccats, I've read the trilogy and loved it. I really liked his "magic" system, if that's what you want to call it. I won't say anymore but all those who have not read it yet are in fo..."

Great to hear of more confirmation! Thanks Ctgt.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

I've finished Metatropolis and all of the stories there. It's a good dystopian Sci-fi mid future story. The stories are all linked. Thee is perhaps a political message there, but the delivery vehicle (the book) is packaged so you can just enjoy it. There is some action, but it's what I'd call "Hard Sci-fi" and I recommend it.

I just picked up The King by Steven James which is the 7th book in the "Patrick Bowers Files" series. This is a dark police procedural that always has a wonderful spritual message at the end and, a pretty exciting series.

It's very dark and the opening scenes are shoccking. Which is kind of how these books go. I like this series so, it's all good for me.

[Travis]

1/4 through war and peace so time for a break guess just not in an AA mood lately so started A Wild Sheep Chase please don't kick me out of the group I have a guilty pleasure to read Haruki Murakami books and I don't know why

[Eileen]

We'd never kick you out, Travis.

Variety is the spice of life. When it comes to reading I jump from one genre to another all the time.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Travis of NNY wrote: "1/4 through war and peace so time for a break guess just not in an AA mood lately so started A Wild Sheep Chase please don't kick me out of the group I have a guilty pleasure to read Haruki Murakam..."

They don't kick me out for reading historacal non-fiction and poetry. So, your safe. I genre skip too. The two I just posted about, neither are really Action adventure, though the Bower's Files has a lot of action in it. Really a police procedural or a crime novel.

[Travis]

Yeah I have to bounce around genres or every book starts sounding the same

[Sharon]

I've gone through periods where I read a lot of a particular genre and then kind of 'outgrew' it, but have to admit I still have some favorites that have followed me through all of my reading history ...

I still have a few 'classics' I re-read from my school years, some of the Georgette Heyer period romances still have a place on my shelves as well as some of the Barbara Michaels' gothic romances and a lot of the Louis L'Amour westerns. These are all books I go back to and re-read when all of the mystery/fantasy/sci-fi books start boring me.

[Seeley]

Eileen wrote: "We'd never kick you out, Travis.

Variety is the spice of life. When it comes to reading I jump from one genre to another all the time."

I stick to thrillers mostly, but stray into Sci-Fi and traditional mystery (Hercule, Sherlock, etc) now and then. When i'm looking for a fling, I like really old sci-fi like HG Wells. Great fun.

Peace, Seeley

[Julia]

I'm very well rounded. I read a mystery followed by a thriller followed by a mystery followed by a thriller followed

Well - if there isn't any violence or dead bodies, why read it?

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Julia wrote: "I'm very well rounded. I read a mystery followed by a thriller followed by a mystery followed by a thriller followed

Well - if there isn't any violence or dead bodies, why read it?"

LOL, So, where do Zombie books come in?

[Ctgt]

Julia wrote: "I'm very well rounded. I read a mystery followed by a thriller followed by a mystery followed by a thriller followed

Well - if there isn't any violence or dead bodies, why read it?"

I like that!

Just started The Tomb (Adversary Cycle, #2)

[Travis]

That was the thing that shockede most with marakumis books out of nowhere he sometimes will throw in graphic violence and sexual content. The last one I read had a guy making an incision in a live cat to eat its still beating heart. I was like where did that just come from. There are times I'm reading a fairly mild book and just have an urge to find one with big guns explosions and body counts piling up

[Eileen]

What's more fun then dead bodies, guns and a love story thrown into the mix?

[Tim The Enchanter]

I, Curmudgeon wrote: "Julia wrote: "I'm very well rounded. I read a mystery followed by a thriller followed by a mystery followed by a thriller followed

Well - if there isn't any violence or dead bodies, why read it?"
..."

I'm guessing that undead bodies count.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

I liked The Tomb. I need to get back into that series.

[Rizwan]

F. Paul Wilson's Adversary Cycle/Repairman Jack/Secret History looks like my kind of sci-fi thriller series....Going to add on my to-read list. Thanks for suggesting.

[Travis]

Saw some people doing a buddy read in another group and jumped in on it to read Pirate Latitudes