[Ukjent]

Dropped the Book of Transformation and are now Reading Turn Coat. Bloody dresdencrack.

[worry]

I will read more Cook eventually, just not any time soon. Gonna finally re-read The Crippled God, then do some TRP decimating.

[Overactive Imagination]

100 pages into OST and it's awesome so far.

[lastname]

Reading the first Dragon Chronicles book (Dragons of Autumn Twilight) during my commute. Ugh ... it's kinda ... crap. Also reading Reaper's Gale at home.

[Spoilsport Stonny]

So I just finished A Memory of Light and have seriously come down from the high I was on when reading it. It was fun to read at the time, but felt kind of wrong once it was completed. Maybe its the finality, or the fact that it just doesn't jive with the the same feelings I got reading it in Jordan's voice...I was happy to see an end, but it felt like an ending, not the ending.

Anyway, I started The Lies of Locke Lamora immediately and am reveling in it as I type. So much more liberating than reading someone finishing another authors 14 book saga.

[yuna_anomander25]

half-way through my read of The Gap into Vision: Forbidden knowledge & Best Served Cold, i liked this more than the previous 1st tri, nice black humour, nice cameos and action.
I've always thought that I would come to like Monza Murcatto, and like her I did,
also i like Shivers here more than before, I'm wondering if he could take on Logen on a fair fight

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meaning without Logen's berseker mode

Morveer kinda reminded me of Silk when,

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they were just entering Visserine, and he talked themselves to get inside

how many years is the jump here from the last book of the 1st tri, because:

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Jezal said that Terez was already on their 3rd child

also read a few pages of The Weavers of Saramyr, book 1 of The Braided Path trilogy - Chris Wooding and Dawn Thief - James Barclay on an e-book, not much to say for now, but they are readable,

[Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast]

 Stalking Stonny, on 12 February 2013 - 05:26 PM, said:

was happy to see an end, but it felt like an ending, not the ending.

Funny you should say that, considering that in every book we're told that 'there are neither beginnings or endings to the turning of the wheel of time'.

It seems to me that what you felt was what was intended to be felt.

[acesn8s]

Just started Consider Phlebas by Iain Banks.Haven't read any Banks before.

[Spoilsport Stonny]

 Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast, on 13 February 2013 - 08:32 AM, said:

 Stalking Stonny, on 12 February 2013 - 05:26 PM, said:

was happy to see an end, but it felt like an ending, not the ending.

Funny you should say that, considering that in every book we're told that 'there are neither beginnings or endings to the turning of the wheel of time'.

It seems to me that what you felt was what was intended to be felt.

LOL. Yeah I wrote that on purpose. Its double entendre fits nicely.

Perhaps you are right about the feelz. I certainly considered it. But i should been more satisfied with the ending as it pertains to the characters that I've come to relate to over the last 20 years, and not so much satisfied that the saga has been completed. Knowaddahmean? But I can certainly see how that may have been intended. Sanderson is a good writer. He just didn't have the complete knowledge of Jordan's mind to make the book a wholly immersive experience.

[Abyss]

 yuna_anomander25, on 13 February 2013 - 02:07 AM, said:

half-way through my read of ...& Best Served Cold, i liked this more than the previous 1st tri, nice black humour, nice cameos and action.
I've always thought that I would come to like Monza Murcatto, and like her I did,
also i like Shivers here more than before, I'm wondering if he could take on Logen on a fair fight

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meaning without Logen's berseker mode

I wondered the same thing more than once.

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...how many years is the jump here from the last book of the 1st tri...

I think that somewhere it says 5.

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also read a few pages of The Weavers of Saramyr, book 1 of The Braided Path trilogy - Chris Wooding

I really enjpoyed this trilo. The semi-asian setting was nicely done and altho Wooding tends towards the 'build to big finish' approach, he keeps the story moving and i liked his characters.

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and Dawn Thief - James Barclay on an e-book, not much to say for now, but they are readable,

For what its worth, the series only improves.


Been listening to an audio thing (can't call it a book, it was produced for podcast) called WE'RE ALIVE... fairly standard zombie apocalypse survivor thing with most of the standard tropes but it's pretty well done with a few really standout fun characters.

[acesn8s]

 Abyss, on 13 February 2013 - 02:22 PM, said:

 yuna_anomander25, on 13 February 2013 - 02:07 AM, said:

half-way through my read of ...& Best Served Cold, i liked this more than the previous 1st tri, nice black humour, nice cameos and action.
I've always thought that I would come to like Monza Murcatto, and like her I did,
also i like Shivers here more than before, I'm wondering if he could take on Logen on a fair fight

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meaning without Logen's berseker mode

I wondered the same thing more than once.

fair fight, I'd say yes.

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I think Logen is an above average fighter without the Bloody Nine. Now that he is older, he's probably more of a middling fighter.

[polishgenius]

 acesn8s, on 13 February 2013 - 01:54 PM, said:

Just started Consider Phlebas by Iain Banks.Haven't read any Banks before.

Reading Banks for the first time? I envy you.

[Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast]

Has anyone read Banks's Stonemouth? I was thinking of picking it up but since not being able to finish The Business, I've been paranoid about not enjoying his recent novels. That said, I've read pretty much everything with his name on the cover and The Business is the only one I didn't enjoy. I might give old Iain the benefit of the doubt and even try to read it again!

This post has been edited by Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast: 13 February 2013 - 06:44 PM

[Mentalist]

Finished Corvus the other night. It was ok, not great. I can see the whole "Greek tragedy" motif running through the series, but I didn't find Corvus to be a very likeable character. The whole

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half-Macht, Half-Kufr destined to unite the two peoples as their leader/messiah

angle wasn't working for me. I'll read "Kings of Morning", but not in any hurry to do so.

Not sure what i'll read next, thinking of "Warhound and the World's Pain" my Moorcock--started this once before, and don't remember why I put ti down (think it's cuz I had to return it to the library)

[JPK]

I finished The Price of Spring yesterday, and I'm more than a little sad that I did because I'm pretty sure that I became just a little too attached to the characters. Now I can't wait to start The Dagger and the Coin, even though it's not quite time for that yet. It's just that everything that I read that Daniel Abraham has a hand in, I end up falling in love with. I'm keeping to my schedule though and have now started a reread of The Wounded Land.

[Salt-Man Z]

100 pages to go in Blood and Bone, waiting for my copy of SE's The Devil Delivered and Other Stories to get transferred to my library, and last night I get an email that Cold Days is waiting for me at the library as well. Gah!

[Serenity]

Just finished The Coldest War. Holy crap, that was GOOD! Did not see the ending coming at all

[QuickTidal]

 Serenity, on 14 February 2013 - 08:36 PM, said:

Just finished The Coldest War. Holy crap, that was GOOD! Did not see the ending coming at all

Did you:

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Immediately go back and re-read that same final scene from COLDEST from the beginning of BITTER SEEDS with her saying "Oh... it didn't work"? That as some major forethought on the author's part. My brain melted when I did that.

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[Serenity]

 QuickTidal, on 14 February 2013 - 08:38 PM, said:

 Serenity, on 14 February 2013 - 08:36 PM, said:

Just finished The Coldest War. Holy crap, that was GOOD! Did not see the ending coming at all

Did you:

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Immediately go back and re-read that same final scene from COLDEST from the beginning of BITTER SEEDS with her saying "Oh... it didn't work"? That as some major forethought on the author's part. My brain melted when I did that.

That was exactly what I did So clever!

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What I really loved - and what you mentioned in your review - is how he seems to have grabbed onto the aspects of Bitter Seeds that really worked, and taken them up several levels. And also the focus on the characters, lost friendships, broken marriages etc. And Gretel is such a fantastic character. Can't wait to see how it all ends - roll on April!

[Abyss]

 Serenity, on 14 February 2013 - 08:51 PM, said:

 QuickTidal, on 14 February 2013 - 08:38 PM, said:

 Serenity, on 14 February 2013 - 08:36 PM, said:

Just finished The Coldest War. Holy crap, that was GOOD! Did not see the ending coming at all

Did you:

Spoiler

Immediately go back and re-read that same final scene from COLDEST from the beginning of BITTER SEEDS with her saying "Oh... it didn't work"? That as some major forethought on the author's part. My brain melted when I did that.

That was exactly what I did So clever!

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What I really loved - and what you mentioned in your review - is how he seems to have grabbed onto the aspects of Bitter Seeds that really worked, and taken them up several levels. And also the focus on the characters, lost friendships, broken marriages etc. And Gretel is such a fantastic character. Can't wait to see how it all ends - roll on April!

I so enjoyed those books.