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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #645 on: April 01, 2009, 09:20:35 PM »
I'm reading Fortress Draconis by Michael A. Stackpole. He has a good podcast every week but so far this book is just o.k.

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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #646 on: April 01, 2009, 09:24:47 PM »
I kinda packed all the books I was going to read, so I had to go to Borders and grab something. An H.P. Lovecraft collection. So. Freaking. Awesome.

That and I'm reading Dan Wells' Blacker Darkness again (though it's not called that anymore).
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #647 on: April 01, 2009, 09:37:51 PM »
What's it called now?

I'm reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and it is AMAZING you should all read it!!!
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #648 on: April 01, 2009, 10:20:38 PM »
the title is a work in progress - he'll change it again i'm sure.

I have Name of the Wind, but its in that stack of books I packed. I'm not really in any rush to read it since the next one isn't out yet. Rothfuss is a genuinely cool guy.

My problem is I buy books when I see they are on sale, and I buy faster than I read - especially now that I am focusing on writing. I recently finished listening to the full Jordan stuff on audio since I drive a TON- I hadn't read it since book 9 was hardback. It was really long. I don't think it would have held my attention had I not been stuck listening to it in a car. And it wasn't as good as I remember (kinda like Brooks and Eddings). I've got Clash of Kings going in my car now, and I'm loving it (the Lanesters are way more enjoyable than the Starks).
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #649 on: April 02, 2009, 06:51:59 PM »
I kinda packed all the books I was going to read, so I had to go to Borders and grab something. An H.P. Lovecraft collection. So. Freaking. Awesome.

Anything by H.P.L. and his group of friends is just awesome. I love the entire Cthulhu mythos.


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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #650 on: April 02, 2009, 09:39:03 PM »
I'm rereading the Chronicles of Amber by Rodger Zelazany you can get them all in the Great Book of Amber for about $29.95 or something like that its about 1.2 k pages and his most popular work even if it didn't get any hugo/nebula awards
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #651 on: April 02, 2009, 10:04:08 PM »
I'm rereading the Chronicles of Amber by Rodger Zelazany you can get them all in the Great Book of Amber for about $29.95 or something like that its about 1.2 k pages and his most popular work even if it didn't get any hugo/nebula awards

Someone I know is reading and/or has read that. They say it's really good. I've always been kinda curious about it, but never read it.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #652 on: April 02, 2009, 10:10:39 PM »
One of the best book series ever it ranks up there with WoT (had about as big a following when it was still being released) Dune, and Mistborn check it out
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #653 on: April 04, 2009, 12:27:49 AM »
My current book list.

The Eye of the World
-Dragonsteel
The Great Hunt
The Dragon Reborn
-Warbreaker (I should be right about here once the actual book comes out.)
The Shadow Rising
The Fires of Heaven
Lord of Chaos
--I Am Not A Serial Killer (just to break up the single series reading)
A Crown of Swords
The Path of Daggers
-Alcatraz v. The Scriveners Bones
Winter's Heart
Crossroads of Twilight
Knife of Dream
A Memory of Light : The Gathering Storm


The books with a single dash will be read as soon as they come out, that is just where I assume I'll be when they come out. (With the exception of Dragonsteel which will be read as soon as it gets to my house.)

The one with the double dashes will be read as soon as I decide I need a break from WoT. ha ha.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #654 on: April 04, 2009, 12:29:22 AM »
I am currently re-reading the Mediator series by Meg Cabot...It's good. I like Cabot's writing style. It's cool...
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #655 on: April 08, 2009, 09:33:01 PM »
I kinda packed all the books I was going to read, so I had to go to Borders and grab something.
And that was easier than just unpacking a book or two?

The books with a single dash will be read as soon as they come out, that is just where I assume I'll be when they come out. (With the exception of Dragonsteel which will be read as soon as it gets to my house.)

The one with the double dashes will be read as soon as I decide I need a break from WoT. ha ha.
Miyabi, that is an impressively detailed and organized list of books to read!  I generally wait till I'm done with one book before I decide what to read next.  Or sometimes I get bored with one book and add another simultaneously.  Currently I've got 3 books on my nightstand, and pick up whichever suits my mood each night.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #656 on: April 08, 2009, 10:49:53 PM »
I highly recommend I Am Not a Serial Killer as a "read sooner rather than later" novel. it's awesome.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #657 on: April 11, 2009, 10:10:05 PM »
I am reading Breaking dawn... after eating like in two weeks the other three books... i am taking it easy now, don't know what to start reading next.  :P

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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #658 on: April 11, 2009, 11:10:29 PM »
I am reading Breaking dawn... after eating like in two weeks the other three books... i am taking it easy now, don't know what to start reading next.  :P

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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #659 on: April 12, 2009, 12:48:39 AM »
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I'm really going to have to read those some time and see if they're as good/horrible as everyone says. In the meantime, I just finished "Out of the Silent Planet" by C.S. Lewis. Not a recommended read unless you want a poorly constructed sci-fi version of Narnia. Also, rummaging around in the old books I found a copy of "None Dare Call It Conspiracy" by Gary Allen. I'm forcing myself through it, but it's umm... interesting. I really am having a hard time not just throwing it in the trash, but I decided to read the entire thing even if it is an attempt to create a moral panic and anti-communist reaction. It's "non-fiction" (pronounced "sensationalist journalism").
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