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[Frozenwaffle]

Finished The City and the City (didn't really float my boat after all) and started A Wizard of Earthsea. After all that seriousness I was in need of wizards :D

[Derek]

fivesunflowers wrote: "Currently reading Life of Pi and Fifty Shades of Grey, the latter being one of the most ridiculous reads I've read in a long time lol ... All the hype over this? It's garbage."

I decided, because of all the hype, the least I could do would be to read the three chapter preview available on Google Books. Ugh. Now I have that completely out of my system.

Sophie wrote: "Now I'm working my way through Wolf Hall (I know I'm a bit behind!). I am liking it a lot so far and I'm about half way through (I started it yesterday). I'm a sucker for any book that has anything to do with the Tudors. "

I just finished Bring up the Bodies and was reading it a little more critically after someone here nominated Wolf Hall for the Anti-nominations shelf, and I think you probably have to be a sucker for the Tudors. I loved them both.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

I just finished this short story last night and was suitably impressed:
Fixture. Review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

My current Kindle reading is: Blood Zero Sky and The Beetle. I've just ordered a butt-load of paperbacks to read while up north. Being on my own for a month in the tropics is as good an excuse as any!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Excellent. I raided the second-hand book exchange today too. Found a copy of this: Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl (which I didn't know existed). Also nabbed: Cryptonomicon, The Double and Into the Beautiful North.

I'm also beginning to hoard books about far northern Australia -Carpentaria, Capricornia - I feel I should take the opportunity to read them in their natural environment! I picked up Tropic of Capricorn, but put it back down again. Meh. Not particularly authentic!

[Rusalka]

Hiya. Kinda new here, but I just wanted to pop in and say that I really enjoyed Switch Bitch as well, which I found at the secondhand bookshop as well, and bought on a "OOoo! Roald Dahl for grown ups!" whim.

As I tend to stalk when I see an Aussie reference, I am a Canberran too, and I am assuming you have frequented *the* secondhand bookshop in town? I know I would be spending all my money there if I was heading up north :) Anyway, enjoy!

On my own reading, I'm reading around the world at the moment (until I get distracted with other group reads I'm sure), and reading my Burma read Saving Fish from Drowning. Hoping it starts getting better soon.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Rusalka wrote: "Hiya. Kinda new here, but I just wanted to pop in and say that I really enjoyed Switch Bitch as well, which I found at the secondhand bookshop as well, and bought on a "OOoo! Roald Dahl for grown ..."

Hi Rusalka. I don't make it into town much, but I used to frequent Canty's in Fyshwick a few years ago. They always had amazing finds. Today was just a Beaky's. Their business model is ridiculous - the mankiest secondhand copies are still more expensive than a brand new copy online plus delivery. Don't get me started....!

Glad you've been doing a round-the-world read. You can help us in our attempts to put together books on a shelf for every country...

[Derek]

A. wrote: "Just started Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey by Irish journalist Fergal Keane. I picked it up from the library this afternoon and I'm pretty sure I will finish it this evening. I can't stop read..."

One of these days, I'll get up the nerve to read Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. Dallaire's one of my heroes, but it's a horrible story.

[Andrea]

A., You are very brave. I'd been wanting to read a comprehensive book on the Rwandan genocide for years, but I haven't got the guts. Saw 2 utterly devastating French documentaries on the subject which literally made me ill. Hope you make it through that journey.

[Whitney]

A. wrote: "I just can't see how anyone who knew anything about his life and the conditions he allowed the poor people of his country to rot in could consider him anything other than a despot...."

One of my favorite quotes from Firefly, "It's my estimation that every man ever got a statue made of him was one kind of son of bitch or another. Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need."

[Leo]

A. wrote: "I guess I'll be starting number9dream by David Mitchell next. "

I'll be interested to know if it's any good :D

Currently reading Gravity's Rainbow, loving it in a slog-tastic manner. Dearly Devoted Dexter or "Querido Dexter" is my fun book and Spanish practice :-)

What is everyone else reading?

[Graham]

Gravity's Rainbow is certainly a slog, you need to be in the right frame of mind, I did anyway, otherwise I wanted to throw the bugger out a high window

Reading Walden and Civil Disobedience, I could go either way at this point, it's a very thin line between eccentric genius and a nutter wandering around a pond, muttering about his beans. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror is quite good.

[Tracy]

I read Gravity last year, and Inherent Vice after..hard to believe they are by the same author, actually. I will need memory jogging on Gravity

[Graham]

Yeah I need to read it again. The first time I left month-long gaps inbetween picking it up, which just made it a tougher nut to crack. I haven't braved any of his other stuff!

[Laszlo]

Ruby wrote: "I finished reading Perdido Street Station yesterday and am totally obsessed with China Miéville right now. Here's my review: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...

I've..."
If you liked Perdido Street, than you may like Railsea by China Mieville. Its Moby Dick in an alternate universe.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Laszlo wrote: "If you liked Perdido Street, than you may like Railsea by China Mieville. Its Moby Dick in an alternate universe. ..."

I've only read two Mieville books, (Perdido & The Scar) but I can't imagine not liking a book of his. I have Iron Council waiting to be read, and Kraken on order.

[[Name Redacted]]

Read two INCREDIBLY disappointing introductions to Judaism (Judaism: A Very Short Introduction and A Short History of Judaism), one exceptional Hellboy graphic novel (Hellboy: The Wild Hunt), the very fun The Black Company, and finally got my hands on my own copy of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. Also started B.P.R.D.: 1947.

Also, continuing my re-reading of A Game of Thrones and remembering why I never continued with the series. The Starks are too stupid to live, and stunning examples of the "folly-to-further-the-plot" malady. Gotta love Martin's prose though.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Ian wrote: "Also, continuing my re-reading of A Game of Thrones and remembering why I never continued with the series. The Starks are too stupid to live, and stunning examples of the "folly-to-further-the-plot" malady. Gotta love Martin's prose though. ..."

Ooh. That's the first negative comment I've read about the series.
Controversial! This is good.

[[Name Redacted]]

Forgetting how stupid the Starks were (i last read it in the late '90s), I recommended the book to my friend. He loved it...right up until the Starks' stupidity caught up with them. That pissed him off so much he threw the book across the room, denting the wall, and refused to read any more of the series.

I'm a fan of his writing, just not his characterization and plotting.

That's right, I said it. Come and get me, other nerds!

[Whitney]

I refuse to be drawn down the endless rabbit hole of Game of Thrones debates, especially since it's been done ad nauseam in at least 5,000 other groups/websites/blogs etc.. I will offer this 32-bit RPG of GoT, though. More of a parody of the HBO series, but it still hits the high points of both: GoT RPG

Edited to add an explicit content warning. Although technically it is pixellated.

[[Name Redacted]]

Yeah, I figured I'd re-read it just to see why my friend got so pissed off. Otherwise I would've left it alone too.

[Derek]

Whitney wrote: "I refuse to be drawn down the endless rabbit hole of Game of Thrones debates, especially since it's been done ad nauseam in at least 5,000 other groups/websites/blogs etc.. I will offer this 32-bit..."

That was hilarious. Unfortunately, after about scene two it was into spoiler territory for me. Fortunately, it's not like I couldn't see all that coming...

[Nicole]

Ruby wrote: "Excellent. I raided the second-hand book exchange today too. Found a copy of this: Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl (which I didn't know existed). Also nabbed: Cryptonomicon, The Double and Into the Beau..."

Ruby...Into the Beautiful North I have heard of this one, even checked it out once. For some reason, didn't get to it. Look forward to your thoughts.

[Tracy]

What??? On the Roald Dahl...

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Tracy wrote: "What??? On the Roald Dahl..."

I know! I was shocked too!

[Petra]

I just finished reading The Sound and the Fury. I thought it was fantastic.
I'm now reading Infinite Jest. Very different, so far. Not realy sure what to think yet.

[Hatchetgabby]

A collection of 68 Edgar allen poe pieces that i got at bookamillion for under 5 bucks,score!

[Elise]

Whitney wrote: "I refuse to be drawn down the endless rabbit hole of Game of Thrones debates, especially since it's been done ad nauseam in at least 5,000 other groups/websites/blogs etc.. I will offer this 32-bit..."

Think they might make it for real? THAT is a game I would play - hilarious!

[Theo]

Between Shades of Gray, not to be confused with Fifty Shades of Grey, which apparently people have (see this npr article).

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Theo wrote: "Between Shades of Gray, not to be confused with Fifty Shades of Grey, which apparently people have (see this npr article)."

Ha! That's a great little piece. The author's making the most of the situation.

[Riona]

Then there's also Shades of Grey, which I've been meaning to read for a while...

[Derek]

Theo wrote: "Between Shades of Gray, not to be confused with Fifty Shades of Grey, which apparently people have (see this npr article)."

Oh, no! This belongs in the pet peeves topic: "he now knows that the Baltics are different than the Balkans".

"From" dammit! Not "than". That's about as literate as E.L.James.

Once upon a time, I actually spoke a smattering of Lithuanian. The things we do for love... Surprisingly I haven't had a use for it since High School.

[Katrina]

Just about halfway done with Book of Longing which is simply beautiful. Just started The Illustrated Man as well, really hope it's not going to be another Something Wicked This Way Comes for me. Fingers crossed at any rate.

[Riona]

I just finished XVI. So. Pissed. Off. Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

I love that review :)

[Frozenwaffle]

Finished the A Wizard of Earthsea, started The Secret Garden and The Scar :D

[Guy]

I've been rather slow recently and haven't been on Goodreads for a while now but I just finished Version 43 by Philip Palmer and I continue to read Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

[Elise]

I've just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns, and loved it! Slightly surprising myself as I tend not to be a great lover of books that make it to "bestseller" status. Can thoroughly recommend this one though!

I'm just starting on a non-fiction about Afghanistan (Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes to Weep) which looks like a love it or loath it.

Also re-reading The Fellowship of the Ring for a group read. I wasn't its greatest fan when I first read it, but it's been a while (20 years).

[Scribble]

Recently finished The Penultimate Truth and now half way through A Fuller Explanation--a reader-friendly 'translation' of Synergetics by a protegee of Richard Buckminster Fuller.

[Anna]

Finished A Hero of Our Time.
At last I got copy of Felidae by Akif Pirinçci.

[Riona]

Ruby wrote: "I love that review :)"

Thanks!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Anna wrote: "Finished A Hero of Our Time.
At last I got copy of Felidae by Akif Pirinçci."

I've had Felidae burning a hole in my Kindle for a while now. Looking forward to that.

[Nicholas]

I'm just about to start either Apocalypse Cow or Katja from the Punk Band - can't decide which. I've also been re-reading The War of the End of the World for a book club meeting.

[Jan]

just started The Samurai's Garden just finished Pride and Prejudice and continuing The Wishsong of Shannara

[Michele]

Read Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan in 4 hours tonight! Can recommend it whole-heartedly.
Here's my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Theo]

Just started Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and it's making my feet hurt!

[Nicole]

Jan wrote: "just started The Samurai's Garden just finished Pride and Prejudice and continuing The Wishsong of Shannara"

Hope you enjoy SG as much as I did Jan.

[Guy]

Decided to give Containment a try and, I just couldn't do it. Felt like reading scientific white papers. Decided to switch gears and start Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden while also reading Crime and Punishment.

[Jan]

Nicole wrote: "Jan wrote: "just started The Samurai's Garden just finished Pride and Prejudice and continuing The Wishsong of Shannara"

Hope you enjoy SG as much as I did Jan."

thanks,Google play had it as an ebook special for $3.99,and since i recently got a tablet, it seemed like a good deal.

[Lesley]

Well read 4 books in the last 3 days on vacation and so just started Afterwards: A Novel

[Riona]

I started The Time Traveler's Wife yesterday. I'm actually really enjoying it -- I expected romance with some light science fiction thrown in, but it's actually quite mindfuck-y.