Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:51 am
Just finished Verne's Around The World In 80 Days and am moving on to the adventures of Nils Holgersson.
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Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:22 pm
not so much breaking the spine as pushing play, I just finished the audiobook of I Shall Wear Midnight, the latest Tiffany Aching novel by Terry Pratchett. In short, the story is grand and the reading by Stephen Briggs is fantastic. The book is marketed as a YA book but I enjoyed it very much and honestly the handling of some very dark themes is more deft and honest than in many novels aimed at adults.
Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:22 pm
Just finished Water For Elephants. It was just OK. Lots of great imagery in my head, cute story but it didn't pull me in as much as I had expected. The story didn't catch my interest until 3/4 of the way through.
Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:48 pm
The 7th Guest novel by Matthew J. Costello and Craig Shaw Gardner. Yes, the book after the game.
...I've read worse, but that was mostly fanfic.
...I've read worse, but that was mostly fanfic.
Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:04 pm
Currently Reading: George R. R. Martin's A Dance with Dragons, Rex Stout's Fer-de-lance.
Next up: The Collected Supernatural & Weird Fiction of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 3 voll.
I ordered them a week ago and they arrived today. I can't wait to start reading them!
Next up: The Collected Supernatural & Weird Fiction of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 3 voll.
I ordered them a week ago and they arrived today. I can't wait to start reading them!
Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:55 pm
I've finished my Minotaur trilogy and began reading one of the few books by Weis & Hickman I have never read (but owned book 1 and 3 forever)...
Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:42 pm
I keep meaning to post in this thread, since I do read a lot. Having recently unpacked a box of books that my parents had at their place for some time, I found some of my favourite children's books that I kept.
I am now re-reading The Secret World of Og by Pierre Berton.
It's just as entertaining now as it was when I was much younger. It's actually written in a style that I think both older children and adults can enjoy. I'm going to lend it to my niece, when I'm finished. She's just about the age I was when I first read it.
I am now re-reading The Secret World of Og by Pierre Berton.
It's just as entertaining now as it was when I was much younger. It's actually written in a style that I think both older children and adults can enjoy. I'm going to lend it to my niece, when I'm finished. She's just about the age I was when I first read it.
Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:27 am
Here's a few i've read in the past week or so...
The Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
The Spy by Clive Cussler
Roast Mortem by Cleo Coyle
I highly recommend them all.
The Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
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Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:11 am
I think college killed my love of reading. I used to read Dragonlance, but after Dragons of Summer Flame, the series seemed forever changed, and I just couldn't get into the new age stuff. And I'm pretty much clueless about what's going on now. The same with Forgotten Realms.Tawmis wrote:Oh! Just remembered - having finished the 2nd Dragonships book - I picked up my copy of Stolen Throne. Got about 50 pages in and put it down. Perhaps because the Dragonships books are so utterly fantastic - but I found Stolen Throne (Dragon Age) very slow... and not as descriptive... Like if a book has no pulled me in by 50 pages, something's wrong... but I don't understand how the same person can be responsible for a captivating video game.
So right now, I am reading Richard A. Knaak's book Dragonlance: Night of Blood, which deals with one of my favorite mythological creatures - Minotaurs. (The plus side, the trilogy is already done with Tide of Blood and Empire of Blood).
I first got to read Richard A. Knaak when he wrote Legend of Huma, then wrote the amazing Kaz the Minotaur.
He's one of the few people who I think, other than Weis & Hickman, can do Dragonlance justice. So I am very eager to dive into this new trilogy of his.
Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:01 am
Do not read any of the "Fifth Age" (or whatever it was called) stuff. Stay far, far, far, far away from it.Maxor127 wrote:I think college killed my love of reading. I used to read Dragonlance, but after Dragons of Summer Flame, the series seemed forever changed, and I just couldn't get into the new age stuff. And I'm pretty much clueless about what's going on now. The same with Forgotten Realms.Tawmis wrote:Oh! Just remembered - having finished the 2nd Dragonships book - I picked up my copy of Stolen Throne. Got about 50 pages in and put it down. Perhaps because the Dragonships books are so utterly fantastic - but I found Stolen Throne (Dragon Age) very slow... and not as descriptive... Like if a book has no pulled me in by 50 pages, something's wrong... but I don't understand how the same person can be responsible for a captivating video game.
So right now, I am reading Richard A. Knaak's book Dragonlance: Night of Blood, which deals with one of my favorite mythological creatures - Minotaurs. (The plus side, the trilogy is already done with Tide of Blood and Empire of Blood).
I first got to read Richard A. Knaak when he wrote Legend of Huma, then wrote the amazing Kaz the Minotaur.
He's one of the few people who I think, other than Weis & Hickman, can do Dragonlance justice. So I am very eager to dive into this new trilogy of his.
But the stuff mentioned above is beyond awesome.
If you have read Legend of Huma - and enjoyed it - you will enjoy the books I linked. Same writer. Probably only person I truly trust to write Dragonlance, other than the original authors (Weis & Hickman).
Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:37 am
Found my Gilgamesh booklet back (it's under 70 pages including notes, it tends to disappear) and finished it. I intend to make a Gilgamesh graphic novel.
Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:42 pm
I've almost finished Sir Arthur's The Land of Mist. It's a nice book, even if the plot is very loose and many scenes seem to be justified only by the author's interest in Spiritualism. Still a very interesting read.
Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:19 am
Ee! the latest Dresden Files has finally arrived. *cracks open a book for the first time in ages. *
Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:52 am
Alchemy - the secret art, by Stanislas De Rola.
Re: Break The Spine.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:57 pm
I don't know how I didn't finish this trilogy when I originally got it... it's very different... but very awesome.
Andrea... I think you'd really enjoy it... I mean, it's REALLY well written.
Andrea... I think you'd really enjoy it... I mean, it's REALLY well written.