[End of Disc One]

Andorion, on 10 January 2017 - 07:41 PM, said:

Cheesewiz, on 10 January 2017 - 05:24 AM, said:

Finished White Sand. I'm not sure why we got the same story in comic and then txt. I enjoyed the text a lot. You can def see the beginning of the Push and Pull Mistborn powers but with Sand instead. Hope those 3 bks will come one day cause Taladin sounds really cool. Onto Silence now.

I really needed this break from Safehold 6 to recharge.

BK how intricately is Secret History is connected to the other Mistborn books? I am not rereading Mistborn just to make sense of one novella

I'm not BK, but I guess it just depends on how well you remember the trilogy. There were a lot of cool "Ah-ha!" moments that you would miss if you don't remember anything. I finished the trilogy in 2010 and I didn't feel like I missed anything in Secret History, but you read a lot more books than I do.

[Andorion]

Cheesewiz, on 10 January 2017 - 09:23 PM, said:

End of Disc One, on 10 January 2017 - 07:51 PM, said:

Andorion, on 10 January 2017 - 07:41 PM, said:

Cheesewiz, on 10 January 2017 - 05:24 AM, said:

Finished White Sand. I'm not sure why we got the same story in comic and then txt. I enjoyed the text a lot. You can def see the beginning of the Push and Pull Mistborn powers but with Sand instead. Hope those 3 bks will come one day cause Taladin sounds really cool. Onto Silence now.

I really needed this break from Safehold 6 to recharge.

BK how intricately is Secret History is connected to the other Mistborn books? I am not rereading Mistborn just to make sense of one novella

I'm not BK, but I guess it just depends on how well you remember the trilogy. There were a lot of cool "Ah-ha!" moments that you would miss if you don't remember anything. I finished the trilogy in 2010 and I didn't feel like I missed anything in Secret History, but you read a lot more books than I do.

It links up very well from 1-3 I found as I skimmed through. I don't think you would need to reread at all. The story is it's own and stays sep for the most part during the events of 1-2. 3 is much more directly linked but you could look up a summary of 3 and be fine. Read this! The Cosmere stuff is cool.

Guess I will have to read and find out

[JPK]

So I've made it a goal to try to read a little to my daughter at least three nights a week since she was born. Six months in now, and we've finished the first 2 OZ books. They are weird and have some seriously outdated gender commentary - especially in the second book. Since the last one left a funky taste in my mouth, I've decided to jump to a different series, this time one that really helped draw me to fantasy in the first place. I'm now about seven chapters into Redwall. It honestly feels like coming home.

Add a bonus, my wife is sitting in on the readings and never read the books as a kid. She's ducked into the charm already.

[Abyss]

Slow Ben, on 10 January 2017 - 05:39 PM, said:

Macros, on 09 January 2017 - 08:26 PM, said:

- Macros, has yet to read and Dresdencrack

I have never felt more sympathy for another human being.

iknowright?
It's like he has yet to truly live.

[polishgenius]

Hey, there are people who haven't read Discworld yet. Save your pity for them.

[QuickTidal]

Finished Tad William's new Osten Ard 0.5 novella THE HEART OF WHAT WAS LOST. It's VERY good, and gives evidence in how he thought to continue the Osten Ard story....in that the majority of this book is through the POV of:

Spoiler

The escaping Norns that survived the battle of Asu'a/Hayholt and are retreating north to Nakkiga with their sleeping/healing Queen and Isgrimnur and his army at their heels. In fact, we get more down and dirty focus on the Norns life that I'm impressed. WE kind of got this view of the Sithi in MS&T....but the Norns were always just their evil cousins we saw from a distance. Here you get their hierarchy, social structures and mores, and even internal strife and conflict. It also seems to set up things for the new main series of books.

A great book! Short, brutal, and sweet.

Now onto one of my Xmas gift books THE FORGETTING MOON by Brian Lee Durfee. Only about 20 pages into this one (and it's a BEHEMOTH), but so far I'm into it. We will see how that goes.

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 11 January 2017 - 01:20 PM, said:

Finished Tad William's new Osten Ard 0.5 novella THE HEART OF WHAT WAS LOST. It's VERY good, and gives evidence in how he thought to continue the Osten Ard story....in that the majority of this book is through the POV of:

Spoiler

The escaping Norns that survived the battle of Asu'a/Hayholt and are retreating north to Nakkiga with their sleeping/healing Queen and Isgrimnur and his army at their heels. In fact, we get more down and dirty focus on the Norns life that I'm impressed. WE kind of got this view of the Sithi in MS&T....but the Norns were always just their evil cousins we saw from a distance. Here you get their hierarchy, social structures and mores, and even internal strife and conflict. It also seems to set up things for the new main series of books.

A great book! Short, brutal, and sweet.

Now onto one of my Xmas gift books THE FORGETTING MOON by Brian Lee Durfee. Only about 20 pages into this one (and it's a BEHEMOTH), but so far I'm into it. We will see how that goes.

Hey QT, I just got Stone of Farewell today. Is this novella essential to the series?

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 11 January 2017 - 01:26 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 11 January 2017 - 01:20 PM, said:

Finished Tad William's new Osten Ard 0.5 novella THE HEART OF WHAT WAS LOST. It's VERY good, and gives evidence in how he thought to continue the Osten Ard story....in that the majority of this book is through the POV of:

Spoiler

The escaping Norns that survived the battle of Asu'a/Hayholt and are retreating north to Nakkiga with their sleeping/healing Queen and Isgrimnur and his army at their heels. In fact, we get more down and dirty focus on the Norns life that I'm impressed. WE kind of got this view of the Sithi in MS&T....but the Norns were always just their evil cousins we saw from a distance. Here you get their hierarchy, social structures and mores, and even internal strife and conflict. It also seems to set up things for the new main series of books.

A great book! Short, brutal, and sweet.

Now onto one of my Xmas gift books THE FORGETTING MOON by Brian Lee Durfee. Only about 20 pages into this one (and it's a BEHEMOTH), but so far I'm into it. We will see how that goes.

Hey QT, I just got Stone of Farewell today. Is this novella essential to the series?

I would say once you are done with the original MS&T series, that it is essential. It literally follows on the events at the end of the last series by weeks, and is set (I think ) a good 30ish years before the new series proper, so a chance to set up a new history to help back the new events and characters. Like I feel like some of the people in THE HEART OF WHAT WAS LOST will show up in THE WITCHWOOD CROWN...just 30 years older.

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 11 January 2017 - 01:37 PM, said:

Andorion, on 11 January 2017 - 01:26 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 11 January 2017 - 01:20 PM, said:

Finished Tad William's new Osten Ard 0.5 novella THE HEART OF WHAT WAS LOST. It's VERY good, and gives evidence in how he thought to continue the Osten Ard story....in that the majority of this book is through the POV of:

Spoiler

The escaping Norns that survived the battle of Asu'a/Hayholt and are retreating north to Nakkiga with their sleeping/healing Queen and Isgrimnur and his army at their heels. In fact, we get more down and dirty focus on the Norns life that I'm impressed. WE kind of got this view of the Sithi in MS&T....but the Norns were always just their evil cousins we saw from a distance. Here you get their hierarchy, social structures and mores, and even internal strife and conflict. It also seems to set up things for the new main series of books.

A great book! Short, brutal, and sweet.

Now onto one of my Xmas gift books THE FORGETTING MOON by Brian Lee Durfee. Only about 20 pages into this one (and it's a BEHEMOTH), but so far I'm into it. We will see how that goes.

Hey QT, I just got Stone of Farewell today. Is this novella essential to the series?

I would say once you are done with the original MS&T series, that it is essential. It literally follows on the events at the end of the last series by weeks, and is set (I think ) a good 30ish years before the new series proper, so a chance to set up a new history to help back the new events and characters. Like I feel like some of the people in THE HEART OF WHAT WAS LOST will show up in THE WITCHWOOD CROWN...just 30 years older.

Oh good. Then I will read the Novella later

I got Stone today, and Siege, which is part 1 of To Green Angel Tower, but Storm, the second part won't be delivered till February due to some strange shipping glitch.

I intend to read Stone this month

This post has been edited by Andorion: 11 January 2017 - 01:43 PM

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 11 January 2017 - 01:43 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 11 January 2017 - 01:37 PM, said:

Andorion, on 11 January 2017 - 01:26 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 11 January 2017 - 01:20 PM, said:

Finished Tad William's new Osten Ard 0.5 novella THE HEART OF WHAT WAS LOST. It's VERY good, and gives evidence in how he thought to continue the Osten Ard story....in that the majority of this book is through the POV of:

Spoiler

The escaping Norns that survived the battle of Asu'a/Hayholt and are retreating north to Nakkiga with their sleeping/healing Queen and Isgrimnur and his army at their heels. In fact, we get more down and dirty focus on the Norns life that I'm impressed. WE kind of got this view of the Sithi in MS&T....but the Norns were always just their evil cousins we saw from a distance. Here you get their hierarchy, social structures and mores, and even internal strife and conflict. It also seems to set up things for the new main series of books.

A great book! Short, brutal, and sweet.

Now onto one of my Xmas gift books THE FORGETTING MOON by Brian Lee Durfee. Only about 20 pages into this one (and it's a BEHEMOTH), but so far I'm into it. We will see how that goes.

Hey QT, I just got Stone of Farewell today. Is this novella essential to the series?

I would say once you are done with the original MS&T series, that it is essential. It literally follows on the events at the end of the last series by weeks, and is set (I think ) a good 30ish years before the new series proper, so a chance to set up a new history to help back the new events and characters. Like I feel like some of the people in THE HEART OF WHAT WAS LOST will show up in THE WITCHWOOD CROWN...just 30 years older.

Oh good. Then I will read the Novella later

I got Stone today, and Siege, which is part 1 of To Green Angel Tower, but Storm, the second part won't be delivered till February due to some strange shipping glitch.

I intend to read Stone this month

STONE is good, it's worry's favourite if I recall correctly. And I think it might be BK's least favourite due to it having he longest "underground" sequence in the series yet. LOL

[Macros]

Finished A Plague of Swords last night.

Solid but not the best in the series imo.

Probably start Simon Scarrows latest Eagle offering 'invictus' tonight after the pool game.
Looking forward to it, always enjoy Macro and Cato

[Andorion]

Finished Gone with the Wind - moderately entertaining books with some very strange and some rather poor characters.

Probably going to read Ivanhoe next in the Classics challenge

[Stalker]

Salt-Man Z, on 10 January 2017 - 04:56 PM, said:

In honor of Richard Adams's recent passing I picked up Shardik (my favorite book of all time) on Kindle and am currently reading it for the 12th time.

Same idea here except reading Watership Down , which I've never read before (though have enjoyed Shardik and others). His passing got lost with Carrie Fisher's death but I figured that reading one of his books is a good way to remember him.

Also finishing Felix Castor book 3 Dead Men's Boots in audiobook form. Best one yet, imo. Very disappointed to see that the narrator changes in book 4.

[Salt-Man Z]

Stalker, on 11 January 2017 - 03:26 PM, said:

Same idea here except reading Watership Down , which I've never read before (though have enjoyed Shardik and others). His passing got lost with Carrie Fisher's death but I figured that reading one of his books is a good way to remember him.

Watership Down is fantastic, and I really do need to read it again. (I've read it twice, but it's been over 13 years since the last time.) That ending makes me cry every time.

[acesn8s]

Up to chapter 23 in Kushiel's Dart. Now that Phedre is of age, there is a certain amount of phallus mentioning. That being said, there is a lot of intrigue and world building as well. I'm pretty sure I'll finish this book. As for the rest of the series, well I've yet to decide.

[worry]

Yah, Stone is my favorite if it's the one with the Wheel, but I liked the whole series.

[QuickTidal]

I hit pause on THE FORGETTIGN MOON....could not get into it.

And since I was in a Star Wars mood, I read REY'S SURVIVAL GUIDE (which is a kids book, but is canon and has info about the Emperor digging for something during his time on Jakku that was ancient)...and next up I'm reading DARK DISCIPLE by Christie Golden...which is the canon story of Asajj Ventress from unshot scripts for The Clone Wars S7.

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 12 January 2017 - 02:11 PM, said:

I hit pause on THE FORGETTIGN MOON....could not get into it.

And since I was in a Star Wars mood, I read REY'S SURVIVAL GUIDE (which is a kids book, but is canon and has info about the Emperor digging for something during his time on Jakku that was ancient)...and next up I'm reading DARK DISCIPLE by Christie Golden...which is the canon story of Asajj Ventress from unshot scripts for The Clone Wars S7.

I just looked up Forgetting Moon, and I thought it had some potential...

Started Stone of Farewell.

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 12 January 2017 - 04:29 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 12 January 2017 - 02:11 PM, said:

I hit pause on THE FORGETTIGN MOON....could not get into it.

And since I was in a Star Wars mood, I read REY'S SURVIVAL GUIDE (which is a kids book, but is canon and has info about the Emperor digging for something during his time on Jakku that was ancient)...and next up I'm reading DARK DISCIPLE by Christie Golden...which is the canon story of Asajj Ventress from unshot scripts for The Clone Wars S7.

I just looked up Forgetting Moon, and I thought it had some potential...

Yeah, it seemed alright...if a little YA...but I just could not get into it. I'll go back to it at some point.

[Andorion]

Cheesewiz, on 12 January 2017 - 04:44 PM, said:

I'm really digging Sixth of Dusk. Very cool stuff though system has no current Shard. 3 planets have humans life with a 4th planet still in the Goldilock Zone. I'm digging the system summaries but one is missing since there's no story: Nathalis(Warbreaker). Would have been nice to just add it in.

Are you gonna read Stone within 24 hrs as well?

Lol, no Bk! I want to take this one a bit slower, so far I have read only 60 pages of an 800+ page book.

But you did remind me, I finished Warhost of Vastmark, the third book of the Wars of Light and Shadow. I really really liked it. Merior and Vastmark are basically one book.

Oh and I finished 90% of that book today

I think only Amph has read these books. Its a pity, because once you get through the ornate prose there is a great story under there.