The Book I bought today is...

#4801 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 10 October 2024 - 06:44 PM

JPK, on 07 October 2024 - 05:59 PM, said:

Abyss, on 07 October 2024 - 05:31 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 06 October 2024 - 11:02 PM, said:

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3) "The Priory of the Orange Tree"- Because I haven't dug into a big-ass doorstopper series in a while, and y'all seem to be pretty positive about this one.

Just speaking for me'all, meh.

Unfortunately I have to agree with Abyss here. It's not that it was a bad book per se, I just didn't think it was great. A perfectly average 2.5/5.

I actually seem to be the only one here who absolutely loved it; it was my favorite read of the year. The prequel is also great, though not nearly as good as the first.

"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?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch

#4802 Macros

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Posted 13 October 2024 - 05:26 PM

I'm above Meh, but wasn't blown away by any means.
Fell short of it's potential

2012
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#4803 Briar King

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Posted 21 October 2024 - 04:04 AM

I ordered Sacred Hunt duo omni and Skirmish as it was on sale. I see on my list though that I ll need to read all of Sun Sword before I even start Skirmish. Where does Hunters Redoubt Burning Crown 1 fit in? House War 8 is as far as my list on file goes so I need to know where this fits in for chronological reading.

Drive by bye bye king on my dumb horse

#4804 Abyss

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Posted 19 November 2024 - 06:50 PM

I have to clear through my Audible credits by Dec 20, and because Audible loves ~~a sucker~~ me and wants me to ~~spend money~~ be happy i received the 'drop 3 credits get a 4th free' promo, so i was motivated to partake in the current 2-4-1 sale and get my extra freebie.

Thus, just purchased:
Ryan Cahill's OF BLOOD AND FIRE, because a couple of you liked it, and,
Hannah Long's DARK WATER DAUGHTER, because Long is Canadian and it's a pirate story and the Amina Al Sirafi sequel isn't here yet.

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#4805 QuickTidal

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Posted 19 November 2024 - 07:48 PM

Briar King, on 21 October 2024 - 04:04 AM, said:

Where does Hunters Redoubt Burning Crown 1 fit in? House War 8 is as far as my list on file goes so I need to know where this fits in for chronological reading.

House War 8 is the last in that particular series.

HUNTER'S REDOUBT is the first book in the finale for the whole universe she created, so you'd not read that till after you're done Sun Sword, and House War series...and the Sacred Hunt omni is the events of House War Book 3, told through the POV of the people from Breodanir in the northwest forested area who overlap. If you've read House War 3, then you know what Sacred Hunt is mostly about, and as such it can wait till after you're done House War as a series.

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#4806 QuickTidal

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Posted 19 November 2024 - 07:50 PM

Abyss, on 19 November 2024 - 06:50 PM, said:

Thus, just purchased:
Ryan Cahill's OF BLOOD AND FIRE, because a couple of you liked it, and,

Reading book 1 now and really enjoying it as a classic uncomplicated fantasy with fun and compelling characters and some cool world building. The prologue made my ears perk up.

"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora

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#4807 QuickTidal

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Posted Yesterday, 01:34 AM

Not bought, but Christmas list received:

THE NAVIGATOR’S CHILDREN by Tad Williams (the finale of Last King Of Osten Ard)

WIND & TRUTH by Brando Sando (physical copy, I was already listening on audible)

THE WOOD AT MIDWINTER by Susanna Clarke

…and interestingly my wife (who is as sly as they come) noticed that I was asking for the latest Susanna Clarke novel that takes place in her alternate history England series…saw that they’d released a 20th anniversary hardcover edition of JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL, so she secretly ordered that and a matching cover art copy of the anthology book THE LACIES OF GRACE ADIEU….so that’s cool as hell. They look like this (not my photo, this is from the Bloomsbury website, but this is indeed what all three look like):

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"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora

"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon