[Salt-Man Z]

QuickTidal, on 11 September 2012 - 10:45 PM, said:

Salt-Man Z, on 11 September 2012 - 08:56 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 11 September 2012 - 08:08 PM, said:

Finished up Cornwell's first Grail book HARLEQUIN which was Cornwell goodness as per usual. Good series, want to see where it goes.

Wait, I thought you had already read this?

Nope, the Grail series is the one Cornwell series I'd never tried out, I'd only read his Saxon books, Arthurian books, and Sharpe books.

You were all excited about the upcoming new Thomas of Hookton book, so I figured you'd read his first series.

[Macros]

ripping through a dance of dragons.
its been too long since I read the others 4, I have no problem with rmemebers storyliens and characters, but does the style of this book feel different to the others or has it been simply too long?

[worry]

It's pretty similar to AFFC, but that was a small but welcome stylistic departure from the first three for sure.

[Macros]

one irritating bit.
words are wind.
its a cool little saying, but make it slightly more colloquial please george, evewry charcter seems to be saying it this book

[Morgoth]

I'm reading Shadow of the Wind, and cannot for the life of me understand why I have not done so already. It is a beautiful book. Painfully so at times. A decleration of love to books and to fiction.

With Stories of Ibis, The Breach and now this I feel forced, though with great reluctance, to upgrade my view of QT's taste in litterature from atrocious to quite acceptable.

It pains me, but alas

[QuickTidal]

Morgoth, on 12 September 2012 - 09:54 AM, said:

I'm reading Shadow of the Wind, and cannot for the life of me understand why I have not done so already. It is a beautiful book. Painfully so at times. A decleration of love to books and to fiction.

With Stories of Ibis, The Breach and now this I feel forced, though with great reluctance, to upgrade my view of QT's taste in litterature from atrocious to quite acceptable.

It pains me, but alas

I have a glass of scotch for ya to ease the pain.

[QuickTidal]

Salt-Man Z, on 12 September 2012 - 03:38 AM, said:

You were all excited about the upcoming new Thomas of Hookton book, so I figured you'd read his first series.

Ah, I see. No, that was just me being my usually excitable self over a new Cornwell book. LOL

[Morgoth]

QuickTidal, on 12 September 2012 - 11:43 AM, said:

Morgoth, on 12 September 2012 - 09:54 AM, said:

I'm reading Shadow of the Wind, and cannot for the life of me understand why I have not done so already. It is a beautiful book. Painfully so at times. A decleration of love to books and to fiction.

With Stories of Ibis, The Breach and now this I feel forced, though with great reluctance, to upgrade my view of QT's taste in litterature from atrocious to quite acceptable.

It pains me, but alas

I have a glass of scotch for ya to ease the pain.

I find that an acceptable trade

[Use Of Weapons]

Finished:

_Tiassa_ by Stephen Brust. Love me some Vlad Taltos, and having Khaavren and the Dumas style of Paarfi in a Taltos novel was unexpected and enjoyable.

Next up: _Prince of Thorns_. Looking forward to seeing what all the fuss is about.

[champ]

acesn8s, on 11 September 2012 - 06:40 PM, said:

Anyone recall the Venatori Umbrorum being mentioned again after book 2?

Spoiler

When Harry is talking to his subconscious self, his subcon. mentions that some members of the Venatori Umbrorum might have wanted Finn dead.

Proven Guilty, MMPB page 9, they are briefly described there.

Spoiler

Quote

“I’ve read the reports,” I said. “They say that the Venatori Umbrorum and the Fellowship of St. Giles have really pitched in.”
...
The Venatori Umbrorum and the Fellowship of St. Giles were the White Council’s primary allies in the war with the Red Court. The Venatori were an ancient, secret brotherhood, joined together to fight supernatural darkness wherever they could. Sort of like the Masons, only with more flamethrowers. By and large, they were academic sorts, and though several of the Venatori had various forms of military experience, their true strength lay in utilizing human legal systems and analyzing information brought together from widely dispersed sources.

Use Of Weapons, on 12 September 2012 - 04:48 PM, said:

Next up: _Prince of Thorns_. Looking forward to seeing what all the fuss is about.

Prepare to be reading it without putting it down! And then ordering the next one...

[acesn8s]

Thanks for the info champ. Looks like I was barking up the wrong tree.

[QuickTidal]

TWELVE by Jasper Kent was...slow...so I returned it and used the funds to buy Week's THE BLINDING KNIFE in hardcover. Nice tradeoff. Which I am now starting.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 12 September 2012 - 06:07 PM

[Defiance]

Plowing through A Clash of Kings and finishing up The Bonehunters again.

George R.R. Martin is great, but I have to say he isn't all that great when it comes to writing about foreign cultures. Unlike Erikson, Quarth, Meeren, and such really don't feel like they have any actual substance. It just feels like Martin just makes a list of five ways to make each foreign culture seem strange then doesn't do anything else to build them up to be relatable or interesting in any way. At times I wish that he would have just kept things on Westeros.

This post has been edited by Defiance: 12 September 2012 - 06:56 PM

[McLovin]

Defiance, on 12 September 2012 - 06:34 PM, said:

George R.R. Martin is great, but I have to say he isn't all that great when it comes to writing about foreign cultures. Unlike Erikson, Quarth, Meeren, and such really don't feel like they have any actual substance. It just feels like Martin just makes a list of five ways to make each foreign culture seem strange then doesn't do anything else to build them up to be relatable or interesting in any way. At times I wish that he would have just kept things on Westeros.

Yeah, I think this is a pretty fair criticism. I think it improves in ADWD.

[kcf]

I finally got a review for Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear - it's quite good. I still need to write up reviews for Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch and Dancing With Bears by Michael Swanwick. I'm currently reading Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff - I'm enjoying it so far, but it's I'm starting to have a few issues with it.

This post has been edited by kcf: 13 September 2012 - 12:07 AM

[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 13 September 2012 - 01:31 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 12 September 2012 - 05:34 PM, said:

TWELVE by Jasper Kent was...slow...so I returned it and used the funds to buy Week's THE BLINDING KNIFE in hardcover. Nice tradeoff. Which I am now starting.

TBK is out now?

Yuppers, came out on Tuesday.



And it's fucking awesome already.

[acesn8s]

Grave Peril down, starting on Summer Knight. At this pace, my reread will be over in about 3 weeks.

[Abyss]

Finished Kearney's SHIPS FROM THE WEST. More comments in the ded thread but short version is liked, didn't love, but happy to have finally finally finished that series.

Now i need to do some planning... have a vacation ahead and the reading must be meticulously planned for... on e-reads i've got Farnsworth's second and third PRESIDENT'S VAMPIRE books... very psyched for those, plus Ringo's THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS mif sf series because special forces vs aliens is always good. Need to pick a couple of mmpbs i can leave behind too... plenty of those in the TRP.

[Ukjent]

Finnished David Anthony Durham's The other land last day, and are currently reading Trudi Canavan's The ambassador's Mission.

[Binder of Demons]

Reread CHANGES in preparation for the release of COLD DAYS. Will hold off on the GHOST STORY reread for a week or so though.

Have FORGE OF DARKNESS waiting now, so I guess that's my weekend reading taken care of.