What are you reading?

Mischief and Mayhem Joined : 10 Oct 2007 Posts : 3979

Book: The Lies of Locke Lamora
Author: Scott Lynch
Genre: Fantasy
Favourite Line: "Oh. Oh. You have a magic boy. Why didn't you say so? Magificent. I'll plant him in the fucking ground and grow a vine to an enchanted land beyond the clouds." (I love Father Chains Awesome

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Recommendation: This is an epicly awesome book. Set in the city of Camorr, it is about a thief (more specifically the Thorn of Camorr) named Lock Lamora (go figure >.>). The dialogue is done excellently, and the characters are created with thought and emotion. And Scott Lynch isn't afraid to kill a main character, be warned...I was really sad when one of the characters died... :C

I also recommend the Sword of Truth series (surprise surprise) to anyone who hasn't read it. It is an epic fantasy series, with ideas that snag you right from the start, and chaacters tha you love. Though there may be parts hat make you uncomfortable: LOTS of violence that is described (for example, saying that a sword exploded through someone's skull, and describing how the bits of bone and brain flew everywhere etc etc etc) and there is rape as well (though it's never decribed, just mentioned a helluva lot).
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Well...I'm soon to be taking to task co-authoring a book. Its development was arrested due to a sudden stop of writing by the author, who eventually has gone on extended hiatus. It was preceded by a series of majorly epic RPs, that I participated in to a large degree, and the book's genesis spawned the game project I am currently involved in. A choice was given to have the book given to an outside source who was not initially involved, or I take up the yolk. I took that yolk, and plan on reading it the old fashioned way, once its pages have been bound, and then rewriting and polishing it.

Book: U.E.C.V. Frontier (First of the Trilogy, working title)
Author: Firelance
Genre: SciFi

So Far: Excellent storyline, decent writing. Left in draft form, and I hope it will someday be a recommended read.

I just recently finished reading The Shadow of Saganami, which I'll post later. ^.^
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Subject: Re: What are you reading? Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:13 pm

Subject: Re: What are you reading? Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:56 pm

Book: Catch-22
Author: Joseph Heller
Genre:???(most likely comedy or Awesome

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Favourite Line: Far too many....But I really like Mcwatt's "Oh well, what the hell."

Recommendation: Perhaps the most hilarious book ever, and it is just plain awesome. The book has an odd, rather comedic way of describing people. There is some violence that is rather gory, and sex. Lots of sex stuff.
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Book: Smoky the Cowhorse
Author: Will James
Genre: Fiction

im a horse fan as well as wolf and decided to see what this book was about. It's a cute story, im almost 100% sure the man who wrote it is form the south because he uses 'mammy' instead of mommy and some other southern terms throughout the book x3
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Subject: Re: What are you reading? Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:24 pm

Finished The Automatic Detective. it was excellent and i would deffinately recomend Martinez's work to anyone who likes a humorous well thought out read

Next book

Title: Slade's Children
Author: Garth Nix
Genre: Sci-fi/Fantasy

what it's about: Some sort of apocoliptic future where children resistance fighters strike back against interdimensional invaders. It was a dollar at a book sale and with a premise like that i couldn't pass it up.
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Subject: Re: What are you reading? Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:47 pm

not to bump my own thread or anything but i finished Slade's Children and it was really fricken good. the what its about i said earlier pretty much describes it and now i'm gonna pick up some more books by Garth Nix.

Now i have a choice i can read either the Complete Hitchikers Guide to the Galixy or Enders game. don't know which to read. i'll probably end up having one as my work book and the other as my bored at the house book. anyone else reading anything new?
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[2:34:54 AM] Doog assgrabs the cappin...Firm yet supple. Doog ducks the fiery wrath of ril. the duck is incinertated.
[2:37:23 AM] Doog assgrabs ril as a form of apology. The duck death toll for this act is believed to be in the thousands.

Subject: Re: What are you reading? Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:53 am

I've read Slade's Children too, and it was a pretty good book. Garth Nix also wrote the Aborsen (I spelt it wrong >_>) series that are more fantasy then sci-fi, but are also really good.

Subject: Re: What are you reading? Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:15 am

It was called "The Old Kingdom Trilogy". It is my all time favourite fantasy series.

And the spelling is Abhorsen.
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Subject: Re: What are you reading? Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:16 am

Book: Dune Messiah
Author: Frank Herbert
Genre: Science Fiction

It took me a little longer than expected to get into the Dune series, since there's so much information constantly being presented you have to familliarize yourself with and memorize for later use, since it's an ENTIRELY different world, but I was pretty satisfied with the first, and am halfway through the second now.

Maybe because I don't read much sci-fi..?
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Subject: Re: What are you reading? Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:17 am

Ah. That was the name of one of the books. My bad. :P

It was a really, really good series though. Highly recommended. I actually liked it better Slade's Children, but I tend to like fantasy better than sci-fi.

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Subject: Re: What are you reading? Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:27 pm

Book: Philosophy Made Simple
Author: Robert Hellenga
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Favorite Line: "She listened to the notes; he listened through them. She heard melody and harmony and counterpoint; he heard something calling him from far, far away."

Plot: Basically about this old guy named Rudy who is trying to find meaning in his life, after his wife died and his children are off in their own worlds with their own families. One of his daughter's husbands wrote a book called "Philosophy Made Simple" and as he reads it, Rudy begins to think more outside the box.

I'm liking it so far. Not much to say about it since I just started it.
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Subject: Re: What are you reading? Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:36 pm

I'm rereading The Lord of the Rings (all four of them, yes, Hobbit counts). If you haven't read it, go do so now and turn in your fucking nerd card.

Subject: Re: What are you reading? Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:17 pm

i've read the hobbit. and the first two of the trilogy and halfway through the third. i've read the first two and halfway through the third like 3 times now. i read the first two. then halfway through the third i get distracted. or someone takes my book. or i move and the book gets packed away for 6 months. then i find the third book and go "well i should realy refresh myself on what happend in the first two cuz its a lot to remember." and the cycle continues. i'm pretty sure the universe doesn't want me to know how it ends.
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
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[2:34:54 AM] Doog assgrabs the cappin...Firm yet supple. Doog ducks the fiery wrath of ril. the duck is incinertated.
[2:37:23 AM] Doog assgrabs ril as a form of apology. The duck death toll for this act is believed to be in the thousands.