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#4201 pat5150

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Posted 18 August 2009 - 06:07 PM

Just finished Ken Scholes' Lamentation.

With cool concepts, endearing characters, and a panoply of plotlines, Lamentation is a strong debut. Not in the same category as Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, or Naomi Novik, but a quality read nonetheless.

It's too early to tell just how good a fantasy series The Psalms of Isaak will turn out to be. But based on the potential displayed by Lamentation, it shows great promise. Only time will tell. . .

Check the blog for the full review. . . :The Force:

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#4202 masan's saddle

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Posted 18 August 2009 - 08:13 PM

Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson :The Force:

Now all the friends that you knew in school they used to be so cool, now they just bore you.
Just look at em' now, already pullin' the plow. So quick to take to grain, like some old mule.

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Posted 18 August 2009 - 09:54 PM

jitsukerr, on Aug 18 2009, 09:09 AM, said:

DoD -- Book 2!

masan's saddle, on Aug 18 2009, 04:13 PM, said:

Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson :The Force:

I'm keeping track, damn you all, don't you dare think i'm not!!!!

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#4204 Deornoth

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 03:22 PM

After about a year (and three attempts to get into the book) I have finally finished 'Toll the Hounds'! It errs far too much on the side of verbosity (owing to a certain Pov character) and is very slow and heavy going. At the same time though, it's full of everything that makes a Malazan book great; you just have to be prepared to go looking for it... My full review is over Here. I picked up Dan Abnett's Warhammer 40K novel 'Blood Pact' for a read and it's turning out to be very good. I'm also finishing off a couple of others...

#4205 LadyMTL

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 04:20 PM

I'm currently reading "Public Enemies: America's greatest crime wave and the birth of the FBI, 1933-34" by Bryan Burrough and after that it's going to be "The meaning of Night" by Michael Cox.

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 05:37 PM

Dust of Dreams

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 07:13 AM

Maia Irraz, on Aug 19 2009, 06:20 PM, said:

I'm currently reading "Public Enemies: America's greatest crime wave and the birth of the FBI, 1933-34" by Bryan Burrough and after that it's going to be "The meaning of Night" by Michael Cox.

I quite enjoyed that book

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#4208 teholbeddict

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 05:37 PM

Dave Egger's A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. It's easily one of the best books I've ever read. It's sad, yet funny, and thought provoking all at the same time.

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#4209 Deornoth

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 06:37 PM

Finished reading Dan Abnett's 'Blood Pact', latest in his 'Gaunt's Ghosts' series set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Apart from one minor niggle (jumping to conclusions without anything to base it on... and still being right!) this book hit all the right targets as far as I was concerned and I'm going to be searching out all the prior books in the series based on my enjoying this book. My full review is over Here. I'm now finishing off Nick Kyme's 'Salamander' and I've also got 'Wolfbreed' (S.A. Swann) on the go...

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 08:25 PM

Riot, on Aug 19 2009, 01:37 PM, said:

Dust of Dreams

HATE! So much hatey hate HATE!!!!

- Abyss, now with even more hate.

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 08:28 PM

*pssst*
Abyss...

Book 3 of DoD!!!

MTS, cruel...

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#4212 stone monkey

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 08:30 PM

Awww... The poor little hate-filled kitty cat....

ps: I'm reading DoD too...

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 10:34 PM

Deornoth, on Aug 21 2009, 04:37 AM, said:

If you liked Abnetts 'Gaunts Ghosts' series, then you should give his 'Eisenhorn' and 'Ravenor' trilogy's a try as well. They are more like sci-fi detective novels dealing with the Inquisition then with the imperial Guard. Also Gav Thorpe's 'Last Chancers' are good so are Graham Mcneill 40K novels. Just stay away from Ben Counter, worse author of warhammer out there.

Since it is going to be a while before l get Dust of Dreams, I'm doing a reread of the rest starting with Night of Knives.

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Posted 21 August 2009 - 02:45 AM

Reading Summer Knight by Jim Butcher.

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Posted 21 August 2009 - 09:29 AM

Finished Fionavar 1: The Summer Tree... halfway through Fionavar 2: The Wandering Fire...

The whole

Spoiler

initially surprised me, and is now irritating me. Also, I'd somehow expected very profound writing from GG Kay and so far its no better than... say... Robin Hobb or Tad Williams. Which is to say I am a bit let down. I thought this guy was supposed to be one of the best.

Hope I can finish the whole Fionavar Tapestry before DoD gets here (I obsessively check the mailbox every day, even though it only shipped from the UK on Monday or something and the delivery estimate says 1 Sep)... Sigh...

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Posted 21 August 2009 - 12:40 PM

DoD

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Posted 21 August 2009 - 01:29 PM

Morgoth, on Aug 21 2009, 01:40 PM, said:

DoD

Ditto!!

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Posted 21 August 2009 - 01:47 PM

drinksinbars, on Aug 21 2009, 03:29 PM, said:

Morgoth, on Aug 21 2009, 01:40 PM, said:

DoD

Ditto!!

You know what we should do? We should pm Abyss a spoiler everyday

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#4219 Obdigore

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Posted 21 August 2009 - 01:57 PM

I'm reading DoD and I just got to the part where Hetans old quote 'The khundryl shall sting but the perish shall rend and tear' comes from. yay!

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Posted 21 August 2009 - 01:59 PM

lobo the wolfman, on Aug 6 2009, 06:09 PM, said:

...
Now reading The Stars at War by David Weber and Steve White, an omnibus which contains Crusade and in Death Ground.

If you like this, the rest of the series is online for free. I thoroughly enjoyed the series, and THE SHIVA OPTION is a totally satisfying conclusion.

Mappo's Travelling Sack, on Aug 11 2009, 10:29 AM, said:

Carlos Ruiz Zafon's The Shadow of the Wind. It is amazing.

Agreed. Thoroughly.

High Marshal Flit, on Aug 12 2009, 02:44 PM, said:

I just finished Caitlin Kiernan's Alabaster, a book of short stories about an young teenage albino girl who goes around the American south killing monsters with a kitchen knife an the behest of an angel only she can talk to. Kiernan's freaking brilliant, ...

And intrigued and have added to the list.

Mappo's Travelling Sack, on Aug 17 2009, 12:02 AM, said:

Finished Sailing to Sarantium, onto Lord of Emperors now...

Youre in for a treat. I really enjoyed those books.

Mappo's Travelling Sack, on Aug 17 2009, 12:02 AM, said:

After that, finally onto the Dresden Files.

Tremolo, on Aug 12 2009, 05:12 AM, said:

Jim Butcher's 'Stormfront'

Tuberski, on Aug 20 2009, 10:45 PM, said:

Reading Summer Knight by Jim Butcher.

Excellent. MORE Drescrackheads! I actually envy you people reading the series for the first time.

jitsukerr, on Aug 18 2009, 09:09 AM, said:

DoD -- Book 2!

Mappo's Travelling Sack, on Aug 20 2009, 04:28 PM, said:

*pssst*
Abyss...

Book 3 of DoD!!!

MTS, cruel...

stone monkey, on Aug 20 2009, 04:30 PM, said:

Awww... The poor little hate-filled kitty cat....

ps: I'm reading DoD too...

Morgoth, on Aug 21 2009, 08:40 AM, said:

DoD

drinksinbars, on Aug 21 2009, 09:29 AM, said:

Ditto!!

Morgoth, on Aug 21 2009, 09:47 AM, said:

You know what we should do? We should pm Abyss a spoiler everyday

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