The Book I bought today is...

#3321 Hocknose

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Posted 04 June 2014 - 02:20 PM

Just bought Blood Song by Anthony Ryan...lots of good reviews on Amazon and Goodreads so am looking forward to getting stuck in

Just finished the Brandon Sanderson novella - Emperor's soul...really enjoyed that

#3322 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 07 June 2014 - 03:33 AM

An acquaintance of mine on LibraryThing had two copies of SKIN GAME, and surprised me by sending me one. Just got it in the mail yesterday, but I'm trying to hold of starting it until I finish THE LAST DARK (almost done!)

"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
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#3323 McLovin

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Posted 08 June 2014 - 11:38 AM

I have resolved to buy the Gaunt's Ghosts books as I find them, regardless of order, at secondhand bookstores. So on that note:

TRAITOR GENERAL
HIS LAST COMMAND
THE ARMOUR OF CONTEMPT
BLOOD PACT

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

#3324 Serenity

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Posted 11 June 2014 - 09:53 AM

Paperback:
The Ionian Mission - Patrick O'Brian

Kindle:
The Price of the Stars - Debra Doyle & James MacDonald
The Time Traveller's Almanac - various
The Door Into Summer - Robert A Heinlein
Roma - Steven Saylor
Prince of Darkness - Sharon Penman
The October Horse - Colleen McCullough
Antony and Cleopatra - Colleen McCullough
The Song of Troy - Colleen McCullough
All the Windwracked Stars - Elizabeth Bear

It's just far too easy to click 'buy' when browsing Kindle books

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Posted 16 June 2014 - 12:19 PM

Continuing the Empire and Rebellion series with HONOR AMONG THIEVES by James SA Corey.

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

#3326 Abyss

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Posted 16 June 2014 - 04:55 PM

WURMS OF BLEARMOUTH!!!!!!!!

.. i know, i know, about frikkin time already....

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#3327 Luperci

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Posted 17 June 2014 - 05:22 AM

A Dance of Shadows by David Dalglish. Read the past three since the books have been re-released under Orbit and have been thoroughly enjoying them. Not as in-depth or massive as other fantasy series' but its hard to hate on medieval assassin novels.

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#3328 worry

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Posted 17 June 2014 - 06:57 PM

Yah, it was better than A Feast For Cows but not quite as good as the one-two punch of A Rash On Kings and A Storm of Rain.

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#3329 Luperci

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Posted 17 June 2014 - 07:55 PM

upworthywort, on 17 June 2014 - 06:57 PM, said:

Yah, it was better than A Feast For Cows but not quite as good as the one-two punch of A Rash On Kings and A Storm of Rain.

Worry I've gotten to the point where I don't even know if your being sarcastic or you just don't have a clue what your saying lol. Either way you totally confuse me to the point where I don't know to whether to laugh or to shake my head.

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#3330 HiddenOne

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Posted 18 June 2014 - 12:56 PM

A Storm of Rain is the best, I think

How can you doubt the sincerity and acuity of Worry in light of this?

HiddenOne. You son of a bitch. You slimy, skulking, low-posting scumbag. You knew it would come to this. Roundabout, maybe. Tortuous, certainly. But here we are, you and me again. I started the train on you so many many hours ago, and now I'm going to finish it. Die HO. Die. This is for last time, and this is for this game too. This is for all the people who died to your backstabbing, treacherous, "I sure don't know what's going on around here" filthy lying, deceitful ways. You son of a bitch. Whatever happens, this is justice. For me, this is justice. Vote HiddenOne Finally, I am at peace.

#3331 Obdigore

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Posted 19 June 2014 - 05:40 AM

Blood Song (DUN DUN DUNNNNN!!!!)

By Anthony Ryan.

Who I'm firmly convinced is the secret agent in all those terrible Tom Clancy movies. Like Hunt for Red October.

I'll let you guys know what I think, but goodreads is also suggesting 'The Thousand NAmes' by Django Wexler. Anyone read that one? Thoughts?

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#3332 QuickTidal

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Posted 19 June 2014 - 10:24 AM

Ooooooh, you're lucky, if you read BLOOD SONG now and like it, TOWER LORD is out in a week or two!

I excitedly p8icked up the last of Leigh Bardugo's Grisha Trilogy RUIN & RISING. Looking fwd to seeing how the story ends!

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#3333 Rictus

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Posted 19 June 2014 - 01:29 PM

I never managed to finish Blood Song. Vaelin was far too Kvothe for comfort, being the best swordsman in an Order of stellar warriors. Every bad situation was solved fairly quickly, with al Sorna coming out on top and on the high ground. And naturally he is a really honourable soul to boot. Granted, I stopped when they impregnated the impregnable fortress, and I've heard that the ending is likely to explain a few things. But I'm not sure I want to find out...

#3334 QuickTidal

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Posted 19 June 2014 - 03:10 PM

Rictus, on 19 June 2014 - 01:29 PM, said:

Different strokes for different folks I guess?

I could not put the book down once it got properly going.

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#3335 Rictus

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Posted 19 June 2014 - 04:14 PM

Came out rather bitter; sorry 'bout that.

#3336 QuickTidal

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Posted 19 June 2014 - 06:37 PM

Rictus, on 19 June 2014 - 04:14 PM, said:

Came out rather bitter; sorry 'bout that.

Not at all! Diverse opinions are what we are about. :rolleyes:

On topic: My cup runeth over, because the new Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) Cormoran Strike book THE SILKWORM is out...and Chapters has copies of Anthony Ryan's TOWER LORD early!!! What with those and RUIN & RISING in my ToRead pile...I have stuff to keep me reading for weeks!

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 19 June 2014 - 06:39 PM

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#3337 QuickTidal

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Posted 19 June 2014 - 11:24 PM

Briar King, on 19 June 2014 - 09:12 PM, said:

Rictus, on 19 June 2014 - 04:14 PM, said:

Came out rather bitter; sorry 'bout that.

I eagerly await TL myself QT.

Yeah man, i can't wait to dive in!

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#3338 JPK

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Posted 20 June 2014 - 02:52 AM

Cibola Burn. I'm a bit disappointed it's a hardcover cause now it doesn't match the tradepaperbacks.

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Posted 20 June 2014 - 06:08 AM

Rictus, on 19 June 2014 - 01:29 PM, said:

I partially agree with your sentiment. I finished the book, and found it exciting in a sort of popcorn, action movie kind of way. However, it was an incredibly predictable collection of overused fantasy tropes. Vaelin has no personality. He is the honourable super killer we encounter everywhere in the genre, and there's nothing setting him apart from any of the others, Kvothe included. He always makes the right choice. Always the honourable choice. If I were to write an essay of the use of mary sue characters in fantasy, Vaelin would be a perfect example.

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#3340 Traveller

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Posted 20 June 2014 - 08:38 AM

Glad it wasn't just me... I didn't finish it either, I just found that there was absolutely nothing new there, and a lack of any sort of interesting style or... anything at all that made me want to continue. It's like someone took the absolute baseline 'boy to warrior' story and decided to write the first ever version.

Having read the blurb for Tower Lord, I think I'll be giving that a miss too.

So that's the story. And what was the real lesson? Don't leave things in the fridge.