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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1275 on: May 12, 2010, 11:45:47 PM »
Finished Color of Magic.  It was fun.  I definitely won't be crossing Pratchett off my list of authors to read.

And Twelve is awesome so far.  There was a bit of semi-forgivable infodump at the beginning to tell about the MC's life, but now I'm hip-deep in the story and loving it.  Dude knows how to evoke mood.  Wow.  Hoping it'll keep getting better.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1276 on: May 13, 2010, 04:24:41 PM »
I just finished Memories of Ice. It was such a great read.  Just awesome. Now I'm on to Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1277 on: May 13, 2010, 06:58:46 PM »
ok, I got 28 pages into "Good Omens" and bookmarked my page and have not had a desire to pick it up again. So I probably wont even bother at this point.

Going to start the Elric Saga for the first time now.

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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1278 on: May 13, 2010, 07:26:32 PM »
ok, I got 28 pages into "Good Omens" and bookmarked my page and have not had a desire to pick it up again. So I probably wont even bother at this point.

Going to start the Elric Saga for the first time now.

Sad day.  Gaiman and Pratchett aren't for everyone I suppose.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1279 on: May 14, 2010, 07:05:14 PM »
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde. I'm only a few pages in, but the idea of seeing the last rabbit by proxy makes me giggle.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1280 on: May 14, 2010, 08:40:20 PM »
I just finished Memories of Ice. It was such a great read.  Just awesome. Now I'm on to Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs.

I finally picked up Memories of Ice.  It has been sitting on my bookshelf for the last six months or so, but I had a hard time picking it up after Deadhouse Gates (which left a bad taste in my mouth).  I'm only a few dozen pages in and I'm already liking it better than its prequel.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1281 on: May 17, 2010, 03:10:19 PM »
Just finished FEist's Conclave of Shadows, the first in a series by S. L. Farrell about an alternate Rome/Illyria.

Just started a Brontee's Anne Grey.  So far it looks promising.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1282 on: May 17, 2010, 03:13:31 PM »
About half way through House of Chains. Might be my favorite of the series so far. Lets see how it finishes up.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1283 on: May 18, 2010, 08:00:28 AM »
I just finished The Warded Man by Peter Brett.  It was pretty good for a 1st novel.  Good enough that I am reading the sequel The Desert Spear.  Next on the list is the Amber series by Zelazny.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1284 on: May 20, 2010, 04:20:24 PM »
I finally picked up Memories of Ice.  It has been sitting on my bookshelf for the last six months or so, but I had a hard time picking it up after Deadhouse Gates (which left a bad taste in my mouth).  I'm only a few dozen pages in and I'm already liking it better than its prequel.

Memories of Ice was, for me, the easiest of the first three to get into.  Think I felt really grounded by about page 75, when for the others it was more like two or three times that many pages before I really understood what was going on.  Memories is worth every minute that you put into it.

I'm  about 3/4th of the way through Twelve and loving it.  Put it down for a bit to re-read The Folding Knife though.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1285 on: May 20, 2010, 04:58:15 PM »
KRAKEN was seriously bonkers.  Good, but bonkers.

Cynic--Deadhouse Gates isn't really a prequel to Memories.  They run concurrent (well, other than the prologue).  My appreciation of Deadhouse Gates really got much higher after finishing Memories (through I LOVED Deadhouse.  That ending was so tragic and awesome).

I really enjoyed House of Chains.  Karsa is one of my favorite characters in the series.  The dude is an absolute BEAST later.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1286 on: May 20, 2010, 05:30:08 PM »
Put it down for a bit to re-read The Folding Knife though.

So....the ending makes sense to you? You liked it?
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1287 on: May 20, 2010, 05:37:36 PM »
Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon. Listening to it on audio. She is a remarkable writer. I am near the beginning and thoroughly engrossed. You rarely get this kind of character development in science fiction. Most of the book is in the first person who is autistic in a world where there are virtually no au tistics. There is a "cure" for his autism that they want him to take, but wouldn't that change his personality?

very well done so far. Alot deeper than the popcorn sci-fi I usually read.

I did not like Good Omens. I stopped about 1/3 of the way through. I am not into brittish satire. It is not my thing. I didn't really care what happened to the characters and did not find it funny enough to keep going for laughs. I did not really like the Moist Von Lipwitch Discworld books either for the same reason. It is just not my thing.

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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1288 on: May 20, 2010, 08:11:59 PM »
Put it down for a bit to re-read The Folding Knife though.

So....the ending makes sense to you? You liked it?

You'll have to forgive him, Nessa.  For some reason everything Parker writes is awesome to him.  Nobody is perfect :P

Personally, I feel like I have been burned by too many times by her inconsistent characters.  She can write extremely well, but her characters rarely make sense with their decisions and expectations.  To me.  But hey, that's why reading is awesome, cause people like different stuff.

On a side note, WriterDan, I assume you ordered Parker's new novella from SubPress?  As well as the Daniel Abraham collection?
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1289 on: May 20, 2010, 10:46:56 PM »
Put it down for a bit to re-read The Folding Knife though.

So....the ending makes sense to you? You liked it?
You'll have to forgive him, Nessa.  For some reason everything Parker writes is awesome to him.  Nobody is perfect :P

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