[Andorion]

High Geek of Crawfish, on 03 October 2016 - 01:33 AM, said:

Spoiler what ya meant about Outlander so I can see it.

BM is indeed very heavy. I will have to reread it again one day. It is truly great and very deep.

Done

[Macros]

Guns Of Empire by Django Wexler

[Andorion]

7 chapters into Blood Meridian.

Spoiler

Its bloody and gruesome and I love it! They are heading out with the judge and I feel like shit is just getting started.

I had a laugh out loud moment when that guy said "I came here for my health" when they were stuck in the desert

2 chapters and bit into Outlander.

Spoiler

I am feeling my time travel headache coming on. It always comes when I am reading about time travel.

[Andorion]

High Geek of Crawfish, on 03 October 2016 - 04:17 PM, said:

It's handled well though. Won't have much A headache

Spoiler

And she goes and bumps into her husbands ancestor. There are two situations I am dreading here.



1. They get together (Unlikely)
2. They become enemies and she ends up killing him.

Also I hope that the whole time travel thing is explained, because "Standing stones randomly timeporting people" is a very bad plot device.

[acesn8s]

I have about an hour left to read in Ships from the West. Ugh...

Spoiler

I did not need to read about Corfe and his "ex-wife's" daughter. That's all sorts of creepy.

[QuickTidal]

High Geek of Crawfish, on 03 October 2016 - 05:55 PM, said:

Andorion, on 03 October 2016 - 04:43 PM, said:

High Geek of Crawfish, on 03 October 2016 - 04:17 PM, said:

It's handled well though. Won't have much A headache

Spoiler

And she goes and bumps into her husbands ancestor. There are two situations I am dreading here.



1. They get together (Unlikely)
2. They become enemies and she ends up killing him.

Also I hope that the whole time travel thing is explained, because "Standing stones randomly timeporting people" is a very bad plot device.

Not telling.

The books to me have a very Druidic(nature magic) feel to me.

Yes, very druidic/old magic in nature. Think of it less as time travel in a science fiction-y way, and more in a magical portal fantasy sort of way, if that makes sense?

Coincidentlaly, and on topic, I've started the 4th Outlander book DRUMS OF AUTUMN....oh man BK, this one is damned good so far!

[Andorion]

Finished Chapter 10 of Blood Meridian.

Spoiler

The Judge is being hyped up a lot. I am eager to see where this goes.

Finished Chapter 5 and Part 1 of Outlander.

Spoiler

Poor poor Claire. She is only now figuring out where she is and she has absolutely nothing to hold on to.

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 04 October 2016 - 03:57 PM, said:

Finished Chapter 5 and Part 1 of Outlander.

Spoiler

Poor poor Claire. She is only now figuring out where she is and she has absolutely nothing to hold on to.

Indeed

Spoiler

I recall reading it and thinking the same. How utterly adrift would you feel in such a situation? Gabaldon does a great job of showing that fact in the first person narrative.

[Andorion]

High Geek of Crawfish, on 04 October 2016 - 04:55 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 04 October 2016 - 04:27 PM, said:

Andorion, on 04 October 2016 - 03:57 PM, said:

Finished Chapter 5 and Part 1 of Outlander.

Spoiler

Poor poor Claire. She is only now figuring out where she is and she has absolutely nothing to hold on to.

Indeed

Spoiler

I recall reading it and thinking the same. How utterly adrift would you feel in such a situation? Gabaldon does a great job of showing that fact in the first person narrative.

Yep.

Hell its going to be a while yet before I make it to 4. Still only in the early 400's and IB starts today...

Ando will pass us up in a week if 1 hooks him as much as I think it will.

LoL Bk you really overestimate my reading speed and time!

I would estimate a month to read the first two books if I only read Outlander and I am not.

Edit: So according to Goodreads, Outlander 1 is 896 pages, Outlander 2 is 743 pages.
I checked back and I read the two 1000+ Sanderson SLA books in two weeks. But that was when I was reading only those books and I wasn't so busy.

So a month seems reasonable

This post has been edited by Andorion: 04 October 2016 - 05:15 PM

[acesn8s]

Finished Monarchies of God. It was as rough and abrupt an ending as you guys promised. Such a shame.

Over all I think books 1-4 were 4/5 and book 5 was a 3/5. Still an above average series.

I started Control Point (Shadow Ops # 1) by Myke Cole. Life has been busy so I don't want to jump into a more in depth read at this point.

[amphibian]

High Geek of Crawfish, on 03 October 2016 - 06:11 AM, said:

Is Newt in the pic on the Lonesome Dove sequels?

Return is playing right now and I forgot how laughable it is but damn Reese Witherspoon was hot in it.

How many McMurtry books have you read? How many of the TV movies have you seen?

[amphibian]

High Geek of Crawfish, on 04 October 2016 - 05:37 PM, said:

amphibian, on 04 October 2016 - 05:25 PM, said:

High Geek of Crawfish, on 03 October 2016 - 06:11 AM, said:

Is Newt in the pic on the Lonesome Dove sequels?

Return is playing right now and I forgot how laughable it is but damn Reese Witherspoon was hot in it.

How many McMurtry books have you read? How many of the TV movies have you seen?

0 though I owned all 4 at one time. I've seen all of them but only remember LD with 100% clar. Idk if he was in Garners Streets of Laredo. The other 2 are LD prequels from pre Newt I think.

The movies/miniseries take different tacks with different characters. So "Return to Lonesome Dove" has Newt in it and the others don't have Newt in them because they deal with different sets of characters at different times.

[worry]

Finished The Obelisk Gate, and it didn't disappoint at all. I get all NKJ's books on Kindle though, and every single time I forget the last ~10% is dedicated to supplemental materials, previews of other books, etc. so the finales always sneak up on me.

[Mentalist]

Wrapped up "Magic Strikes". Fun read, though that cover... not really subway-reading material.

Liked it quite a lot, not perfect, but good fun read.

next up in commute, I'll get back to the Laundry with The Annihilation Score

At home, I've made 0 progress with Stand on Zanzibar since I came back from vacation. Will need to rectify that.

[worry]

I forgot to mention I started Knife of Dreams. Now I hear a lot about books 1-10, and how they divebomb in quality in that last 3-4 books, but I've never heard anything about this one, which seems peculiar given that it's RJ's last book. Is its reputation "sweet relief" and optimism? Or just a slight upswing cuz people hated 10 so much?

[worry]

Holy crap, LOL at that Magic Strikes cover! That is an all-time great.

[Andorion]

worry, on 04 October 2016 - 11:47 PM, said:

I forgot to mention I started Knife of Dreams. Now I hear a lot about books 1-10, and how they divebomb in quality in that last 3-4 books, but I've never heard anything about this one, which seems peculiar given that it's RJ's last book. Is its reputation "sweet relief" and optimism? Or just a slight upswing cuz people hated 10 so much?

I actually consider Knife of Dreams to be one of the better books. In his last book RJ had a great return to form

[Mentalist]

worry, on 04 October 2016 - 11:49 PM, said:

Holy crap, LOL at that Magic Strikes cover! That is an all-time great.

if that was Book 1, no endorsement in the world would've made me pick up the series.

[Andorion]

2 more chapters of Outlander done. I have woken to an absolutely horrible cold.

[Andorion]

High Geek of Crawfish, on 05 October 2016 - 02:24 AM, said:

What pg?

I've got bk1 close by.

Its an ebook BK. No hand cramp for me

So I am about to start Chapter 8 - An Evening's Entertainment

My thoughts so far are:

Spoiler

Big props to the author for making me care about Claire so early. Her situation is tragic.
I wonder how she is going to process the separation from her husband.
Jaimie clearly has a complicated past, and I guess the processing of that is the main theme of this book.
Do we get a sudden shift in PoV to the present about how her husband is handling this?