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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1410 on: July 08, 2010, 11:53:41 PM »
so i'm working on scott sigler's earthcore at the moment, and just thought I'd mention this, as I know it's a popular place around here, but BYU plays a role in the beginning of the book, as the characters research the history of the wha wha mountains there.

Thought it was kinda cool i had at least heard of the place before, but only because of these forums.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1411 on: July 09, 2010, 08:31:21 PM »
Finished Leviathan Wept.  Interesting.  Alternately fantasy and literary, with some futuristic sci-fi stuff thrown in.

Finally getting around to finishing Twelve by Jasper Kent, then I'm going to read my copy of God Engines by Scalzi.  Couple quickies before diving into  The Dark Age trilogy by Mark Chadbourn.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1412 on: July 12, 2010, 06:24:11 PM »
Twelve ended well.

God Engines:  Decent prose.  Decent characters.  Good ideas.  Horrible story-telling.  Horrible, horrible.  Info-dumps and maid/butler dialogue made up, essentially, the entire thing.  Twists with no foreshadowing at all.  And in the end mostly blah because of the presentation.

Reading Devil in Green, and except for the excessive POV jumping (thankfully, only between two characters so far) it's pretty decent.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1413 on: July 12, 2010, 08:58:11 PM »
Just finished SM Stirling's gritty urban fantasy A Taint in the Blood. I liked his The Change books, but this one was a little over-the-top with all the vampire/blood/sex/torture.

Tomorrow I should have Novik's newest Temeraire book in my hot little hands. *Squee*
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1414 on: July 15, 2010, 06:11:00 PM »
Ahhhh, Swords & Dark Magic.  Just posted the review.  So delicious.

Reading Discord's Apple.  I went into it blind, and expecting that I was going to want to vomit every page.  Turns out it is pretty decent so far.  Who wudda thunk.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1415 on: July 17, 2010, 04:55:50 AM »
I just finished The Truth Is a Cave in the Dark Mountains, a short story by Neil Gaiman.  It was awesome.  It's in the Anthology Stories which Gaiman edited.  It's only 24 pages long so if you happen to be idling in Barnes & Noble like I was tonight . . .
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1416 on: July 17, 2010, 08:03:15 PM »
Just finished Cat Valente's Palimpsest. Odd little book, and not for everyone I suspect, but excellent.

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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1417 on: July 18, 2010, 02:02:10 AM »
Finally made myself sit down and read "Newspring"   Wow. I really didn't give it a fair shake before.  It was not in the least dry.  The only complaint is that it felt like one of his prologues because far too many threads were left unexplored.  The whole pursuit of the Aeil retreat, where was Tam al'Thor and his Bees, etc.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1418 on: July 18, 2010, 05:31:32 AM »
Speaking of Wheel of TIme, I decided this afternoon that I would "start" The Gathering Storm.

(I know, I know. I'm way behind everyone else.)

I'm now six hundred pages in. I should have realized that this was a bad idea.

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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1419 on: July 18, 2010, 10:44:47 AM »
TGS can be engrossing. No 'bone practice for you!
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1420 on: July 18, 2010, 08:12:11 PM »
*wry smile* no kidding.

But the good news is it only took me all of yesterday afternoon/evening to read! >>;  Now I can move on with my life.

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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1421 on: July 19, 2010, 04:13:29 PM »
I'm reading Jane Austen's Letters. I love her tone and dry wit, but I do wish I had more concept of what was going on in her life.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1422 on: July 20, 2010, 06:45:52 PM »
Red Seas under Red Skies... not sure if it was better or worst than Lies of Locke Lamora, anyways it's an excellent read.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1423 on: July 20, 2010, 07:34:40 PM »
Red Seas under Red Skies... not sure if it was better or worst than Lies of Locke Lamora, anyways it's an excellent read.

Currently reading this as well and enjoying it immensely. Also reading Grave Peril, the third book of the Dresden Files, The City and the City by China Meilville, and every Calvin and Hobbes book (currently partway through Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink'),
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #1424 on: July 20, 2010, 08:35:54 PM »
I finished Off Armageddon Reef and am now on the second book, By Schism Rent Asunder. It's entertainment. Weber tends to wander from strict POV, which is disappointing, and having one character who is basically superman with his own personal spy satellite system and worldwide eavesdropping capability tends to reduce the tension, but there's a HUGE gun on the mantle I hope we'll see later in the series. I'm entertained enough to keep reading. It's certainly much better than the first Weber solo book I read, On Basilisk Station, in which the writing was poor enough to put me off Weber for a decade, though I did enjoy his collaborations with Eric Flint in the 1632 series.
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