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H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald. Memoire of the author losing her father and taking on a baby goshawk to train, and it's about how it helps her through the grieving process. Talks a fair bit about the life of T. H. White (Once and Future King) and about nature, birds of prey etc. Sad, but very life affirming too.
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Posted 23 May 2015 - 01:59 PM
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Posted 23 May 2015 - 04:05 PM
Finished my "Under Heaven" re-read, gonna start River of Stars
pretty soon after I'm gonna start to gear up for the epic Malaz re-read prior to "Fall of Light"
pretty soon after I'm gonna start to gear up for the epic Malaz re-read prior to "Fall of Light"
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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:
And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 24 May 2015 - 06:16 PM
I just finished Knife of Dreams. Nothing to say that hasn't already been said.
Next up is a listen to The Lies of Locke Lamorra.
Next up is a listen to The Lies of Locke Lamorra.
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Posted 25 May 2015 - 09:24 AM
2/3s through Stapledon's Last and First Men. Really fascinating stuff that is both very ahead of its time and also very dated (lots of 1920s racial thinking in the opening section on the First Men).
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QuickTidal
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Posted 25 May 2015 - 10:13 AM
I've still got Katestacy book 6 on the go, and I'm starting my newly acquired coopy of Sapkowski's SWORD OF DESTINY as well.
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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Posted 26 May 2015 - 03:10 PM
Finished Magic Burns, it was a nice read. Looking forward to finding out more about what/who Kate really is. The Reeves first appearance was awesomely freaky, I thought they were a nice cross between revenants and banshees. Aunt B was cool. Not digging Curren. I would have liked to see the african animal shifters be non-caucasian.
“The others followed, and found themselves in a small, stuffy basement, which would have been damp, smelly, close, and dark, were it not, in fact, well-lit, which prevented it from being dark.”
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― Steven Brust, The Phoenix Guards
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Posted 26 May 2015 - 04:18 PM
acesn8s, on 26 May 2015 - 03:10 PM, said:
Finished Magic Burns, it was a nice read. Looking forward to finding out more about what/who Kate really is. The Reeves first appearance was awesomely freaky, I thought they were a nice cross between revenants and banshees. Aunt B was cool. Not digging Curren. I would have liked to see the african animal shifters be non-caucasian.
Curran is a "grow on you" character as he's developed.
As to your last point, Considering the Lyc-V virus is willy nilly with how it chooses what animal you'll become, the fact that Curran is an African Lion and a white guy works fine for me, especially because Ilona is really good at diversity with her shifter characters, Jim (Spotted American Jaguar) is a black male, Nali (White Tiger) is South Asian, Barabas (Weremongoose) is an openly gay man, Jezebel (Hyena) is a black female, Naeemah (Crocodile) is a black female...it's actually one of the things I like best about these books, the characters are well diversified and not just a bunch of white people, nor do they follow typical location animal/human mixes. If that makes any sense?
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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Posted 26 May 2015 - 05:33 PM
QuickTidal, on 26 May 2015 - 04:18 PM, said:
acesn8s, on 26 May 2015 - 03:10 PM, said:
Finished Magic Burns, it was a nice read. Looking forward to finding out more about what/who Kate really is. The Reeves first appearance was awesomely freaky, I thought they were a nice cross between revenants and banshees. Aunt B was cool. Not digging Curren. I would have liked to see the african animal shifters be non-caucasian.
Curran is a "grow on you" character as he's developed.
As to your last point, Considering the Lyc-V virus is willy nilly with how it chooses what animal you'll become, the fact that Curran is an African Lion and a white guy works fine for me, especially because Ilona is really good at diversity with her shifter characters, Jim (Spotted American Jaguar) is a black male, Nali (White Tiger) is South Asian, Barabas (Weremongoose) is an openly gay man, Jezebel (Hyena) is a black female, Naeemah (Crocodile) is a black female...it's actually one of the things I like best about these books, the characters are well diversified and not just a bunch of white people, nor do they follow typical location animal/human mixes. If that makes any sense?
That's good to know.
I picked up Blood Song from Anthony Ryan. I tore through 50 pages during lunch.
“The others followed, and found themselves in a small, stuffy basement, which would have been damp, smelly, close, and dark, were it not, in fact, well-lit, which prevented it from being dark.”
― Steven Brust, The Phoenix Guards
― Steven Brust, The Phoenix Guards
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Posted 26 May 2015 - 05:37 PM
acesn8s, on 26 May 2015 - 05:33 PM, said:
I picked up Blood Song from Anthony Ryan. I tore through 50 pages during lunch.
That's a great goddamned book! Enjoy!
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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Posted 27 May 2015 - 02:44 PM
QuickTidal, on 26 May 2015 - 05:37 PM, said:
acesn8s, on 26 May 2015 - 05:33 PM, said:
I picked up Blood Song from Anthony Ryan. I tore through 50 pages during lunch.
That's a great goddamned book! Enjoy!
35% in, Vaelin just got to know the true Sister Henna...
“The others followed, and found themselves in a small, stuffy basement, which would have been damp, smelly, close, and dark, were it not, in fact, well-lit, which prevented it from being dark.”
― Steven Brust, The Phoenix Guards
― Steven Brust, The Phoenix Guards
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Posted 29 May 2015 - 02:00 PM
Finished SWORD OF DESTINY by Sapkowski. Really good stuff, and I enjoyed all the stories a lot save one (the doppelganger/Vexling one was Boooooooring), and I liked the rug pull on the last story.
Fully back into Katestacy MAGIC RISES (halfway through now and cookin'!) now.
Next up on deck (timed for the ending of the first season of OUTLANDER on Sunday night) is DRAGONFLY IN AMBER by Diane Gabaldon as I get properly stuck into the Outlander series.
Fully back into Katestacy MAGIC RISES (halfway through now and cookin'!) now.
Next up on deck (timed for the ending of the first season of OUTLANDER on Sunday night) is DRAGONFLY IN AMBER by Diane Gabaldon as I get properly stuck into the Outlander series.
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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Posted 30 May 2015 - 01:15 PM
About 4 hrs into Bacigalupi's Water Knife; pretty good so far. Nothing great but Bacigalupi has yet to let down so I expect it will pick up soon. Also just bought Fear the Sky which has great reviews so I'm looking forward to it.
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"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of a lack of wisdom." - Terry Pratchett
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Posted 31 May 2015 - 09:05 AM
Reading The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell wow this guy can write! I loved Cloud Atlas and this one is just as gripping.
I also read a book called The Girl on the Train which was alright. It kept me interested but was ultimately a fairly predictable thriller I picked up cheap at the airport.
I also read a book called The Girl on the Train which was alright. It kept me interested but was ultimately a fairly predictable thriller I picked up cheap at the airport.
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I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
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Posted 01 June 2015 - 12:29 PM
After finishing the first season of OUTLANDER I've started the second book (what will be the second season) DRAGONFLY IN AMBER by Diane Gabaldon.
Only 40pages in so far, but I like the writing a great deal, and the story is already off to a rollicking start.
Only 40pages in so far, but I like the writing a great deal, and the story is already off to a rollicking start.
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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Posted 01 June 2015 - 03:19 PM
Finished Jack Campbells Leviathan, halfway into Alex Marshall's A Crown for Cold Silver. Interesting book, and has potential
