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  1. In Topic: Reading at t'moment?

    24 March 2026 - 08:03 AM

    Finished up The Strength of the Few and yeah there was a lot of reversals closer to the end which perhaps make the book a bit less grim but it was a bit of slog up to that point. Started up Shadow Upon Time which promises more of the same. I've generally enjoyed the Sun Eater books but they can also be very grim. Yet I'm curious to see if there is any twist to an ending the readers have known about since the first book.

    View PostQuickTidal, on 23 March 2026 - 10:10 PM, said:

    Okay so I’m taking both Abyss and Chances advice and mashing them up…. I’m re-reading the Clocktaur War! Huzzah. Usrula Vernon’s prose is so cozy and funny that it’s bound to get me outta my funk.


    Funny usually works. Sometimes we need to get back to the reason why we read which is some kind of enjoyment, entertainment most of the time. Its sometimes lost when we read heavier books which might be stylistically great, have great big ideas but just aren't that enjoyable.

  2. In Topic: Reading at t'moment?

    23 March 2026 - 05:42 PM

    Finishing up The Strength of the Few, I still think it is too grim for me to really enjoy it, but it is a well written and interesting book.

    View PostQuickTidal, on 23 March 2026 - 04:56 PM, said:

    Deep in a Book hangover I can't escape. I've tried no less than 7 books in the last week or so and fell off all of them.

    No idea what I could try to get out of this.


    Pick up a favorite you haven't read in while, that isn't too heavy, something comfortably familiar. My go to is Lord of Light.

  3. In Topic: Has anybody read...

    05 March 2026 - 04:21 PM

    I found the first Abhorsen book fine, possibly even good but bounced off the second entirely.

  4. In Topic: What is the first movie you ever saw in a movie theatre?

    24 February 2026 - 04:43 PM

    I'm not sure it is the first time I went to the movies but the first time I remember is Jurassic Park, I remember hiding under the seat for at least some scenes. Most likely I saw some early 90's Disney before that but I'm not sure, I know I saw the Lion King the year after.

  5. In Topic: Reading at t'moment?

    24 February 2026 - 03:43 PM

    Close to finishing up Ghost Stories and it's better than I remember it, quite enjoyable.

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    View PostTiste Simeon, on 21 February 2026 - 07:10 PM, said:


    The Will of the Many by James Islington, dead tree version.

    ...

    It's a well told and generally fast paced take with a very well crafted world and fun characters. I'm definitely going to be getting the sequel, The Strength of the Few.


    I really enjoyed the Will of the Many but the sequel was just so grim it threw me entirely a fair bit into it, so damned grimdark I just couldn't continue it.


    My problem was that one was that the twist at the end of Book 1 was not only convoluted, but felt unearned? I dunno. Solid book till then, not sure if I'll read the sequel.

    Yeah I guess I get where you're coming from with that. I'm intrigued to see where it goes though I'm a bit disheartened to hear it turns all grimdark.


    It's a good book but it is very much horrific death/murders, torture and bleakness up to where I left off with not all that much of the book left, I'll finish it someday soon when I'm in the right mood.

    It is also a bit weird because what happened at the end of the first book is kinda misdirection and something else really happened which determines a lot of the structure of the second book making it both occasionally awesome and a bit slow with three parallel stories taking place over the second book.

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    Chance 

    16 Dec 2025 - 18:48
    All is well but probably mostly lurking for the foreseeable future I'm just not comfortable with how much social and political issues invade my interests these days including the forums.
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    Tsundoku 

    16 Dec 2025 - 03:54
    Hello again, hello. How goes it?
    Well, I hope.
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    Tsundoku 

    24 Dec 2021 - 14:48
    Hey dude
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