There are... 16 of them?
Actually 24-25 at this point.
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What are you reading? (July 2013)
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Actually 24-25 at this point.
Can't be worse than going through all the Xanth books.
Is it different from the movie? I liked the movie but wasnt too sure about the ending.
id say sputnik sweetheart and then right into the bird chronicles
I need to finsih Sputnik Sweetheart. I got halfway through it, and then school devoured me.
And I have been wanting to read Norweign Wood, but my county doesn't have it in any of its library. That means I may have to...buy a book.
And I decided to quickly read through this book (I have to turn it back in soon, and I am on my last renewal of it) before Lolita arrives at my library:
Hm I'm not sure what that's about but thanks for mentioning it. I was looking for a clear picture:
Great book, along with El Libro de Arena (The book of sand):
They're stretching it out with some simultaneously occurring novels, focusing on various Primarchs, and what not. Think the fluff had stuff with the Thousand Sons/Space Wolves that was explored as well. I'm way behind but by the time I reached the 8th book, I knew the end was so far off. :lol
Sweet. Glad to hear the others are good (though I admit the big battle at the end of the first is one of my favorite parts). More excited to jump into the second one now though. Will definitely be looking into the other collections after this one.
The second compendium comes out in August! So excited... even though I've already read all but twelve issues in it!
Some thoughts & impressions about the books I read recently.
Stephen King "11/22/63"
I enjoyed the time-travelling idea and characters but some of the scenes were too much dragged out. And then suddenly a lot is happening in 2-3 pages. Mixed feelings overall and that ending, ugh...
Michael Crichton "Pirate Latitudes"
What was that?! It was like 13 year old kid wrote that book! Primitive story-building and writing.
Michael Chabon "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" - currently reading
An opposite to Chrichton's book. Yes, it takes more time to read but I enjoy yiddish expressions, dialogues, everything. Fantastic book so far.
Stephen King "11/22/63"
I enjoyed the time-travelling idea and characters but some of the scenes were too much dragged out. And then suddenly a lot is happening in 2-3 pages. Mixed feelings overall and that ending, ugh...
Michael Crichton "Pirate Latitudes"
What was that?! It was like 13 year old kid wrote that book! Primitive story-building and writing.
Michael Chabon "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" - currently reading
An opposite to Chrichton's book. Yes, it takes more time to read but I enjoy yiddish expressions, dialogues, everything. Fantastic book so far.
I would have never guessed that you read comics. How is Invincible? I know next to nothing about it besides Kirkman is the writer.
600 Hours of Edward is off to a great start already, really glad I picked this up yesterday.
edit: Just passed the 25% mark and already teary eyed, I think this will be one of my favourite books I read this year.
edit: Just passed the 25% mark and already teary eyed, I think this will be one of my favourite books I read this year.
Why not?
And I really enjoyed it. It has fun characters, is briskly-paced, has some good plot twists, and it is deliciously violent.
Enjoyed Wild Sheep Chase, so I bought Dance Dance Dance. It was basically the same book, but since it was a sequel I gave it a pass. Then I read Wind-Up Bird and again, seemed like the same book to me - slightly depressed guy in his 30s goes on a journey looking for a sheep/his wife/cat/girlfriend/whatever, meets smart ass teenager who chain smokes and skips a lot of school days or prostitute with a heart of gold, meets a bunch of weird and dangerous people... Ends up making big discoveries about life and/or himself. And at least one character has to be clarvoyant so Murakami can easily advance the plot/investigation when he writes himself into a corner.
Couldn't stand Norwegian Wood, but at least it was a different story. I honestly don't get why the guy is so popular.
Not sure why you keep reading his books if that's the case.....
EverythingShiny
Member
Saw your update on Goodreads - this looks really good. Please let me know what you think of it when you finish, I may have to add it to my list!
velociraptor
Junior Member
Is the series any good?
Wow. That is crazy. I read those first three books that dealt with the actual betrayal part and enjoyed it pretty well.
Always did enjoy 40k books, especially Abnett's stuff. Though I'm a few books behind on the Gaunt's Ghosts series now.
It's really terrific so far, and hitting me pretty heavy with emotions. I will most certainly write a goodreads review when I am finished and share that.
EverythingShiny
Member
Someone just created a thread about this in OT, but I thought I'd mention it here too. Humble Bundle is doing an eBook Bundle with the following books:
Cory Doctorow - Little Brother
Cherie Priest - Boneshaker
Robert Charles Wilson - Spin
Lois McMaster Bujold - Shards of Honor
If you pay more than average, you get:
Peter Beagle - The Last Unicorn (Deluxe Edition)
Wil Wheaton - Just a Geek
Here's the link.
Cory Doctorow - Little Brother
Cherie Priest - Boneshaker
Robert Charles Wilson - Spin
Lois McMaster Bujold - Shards of Honor
If you pay more than average, you get:
Peter Beagle - The Last Unicorn (Deluxe Edition)
Wil Wheaton - Just a Geek
Here's the link.
Pay more than average for this. Totally worth it!
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lucky bugger. So very very jealous of you right now.
edit: Kindle's broken, lost ipad a couple of weeks, so I'm back to good old fashioned paperbacks. I'm making my way through my bottom book shelf and some of my oldest books.
Mackenzie 92
Member
Mackenzie 92
Member
Looks like storybundle has a new sci-fi bundle up as well.
Hopscotch by Kevin J. Anderson
In Hero Years...I'm Dead by Michael A. Stackpole
On My Way to Paradise by David Farland
Santiago by Mike Resnick
Swarm by B. V. Larson
The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Bonus
High-Opp by Frank Herbert
The Stars in Shroud by Gregory Benford
Best bundle they've featured so far.
Hopscotch by Kevin J. Anderson
In Hero Years...I'm Dead by Michael A. Stackpole
On My Way to Paradise by David Farland
Santiago by Mike Resnick
Swarm by B. V. Larson
The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Bonus
High-Opp by Frank Herbert
The Stars in Shroud by Gregory Benford
Best bundle they've featured so far.
Dead Prince
Banned
Netflix is low on movies. decided to go back to using the kindle.
Figure I would venture in the psychopath/sociopath related books just because
Figure I would venture in the psychopath/sociopath related books just because
sparky2112
Member
Whoever created that is a genius.
Tragicomedy
Member
Always wanted to read The Last Unicorn...bundle bought!
Really wish there was a print of this.
Edit: Oh shit you can!
http://www.incidentalcomics.com/p/poster-shop.html
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I imagine people through their avatars. So, I see Johan, and Johan doesn't have time to read comics; he's too busy destroying people's lives!
And I didn't even see this thread. I'm finally going to give Gotham Central, Sandman, and Bones all a read (after Lolita and World War Z).
I really liked Speaker for the Dead! Been wanting to read The Dying Earth for a while now, I even picked up the omnibus a few months ago and I'm actually not sure of why I haven't started it yet....
I've seen that Amazon was comparing it to Flowers for Algernon, have you ever read that? I remember finishing reading it at work and having a hard time keeping back tears while in the office D:
That looks really good :O Several books in there I've been wanting to read, going to pick it up for more than average cause I want The Last Unicorn. :]
TheKaeptain
Banned
Funny enough I am watching the Last Unicorn for the first time ever (I had to pause it for my kid can go twosie). Is the book supposed to be good?
For anyone interested: Leviathon Wakes, the first novel of The Expanse series by James Corey is $2.99 on Kindle.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0047Y171G/?tag=neogaf0e-20
That's impulse price.....but I was looking for a good space opera anyway.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0047Y171G/?tag=neogaf0e-20
That's impulse price.....but I was looking for a good space opera anyway.
Jag
Member
It's not the length that gets you, it's the sheer depth of the world that you get immediately plunged into like an icy lake. It took me several restarts before it finally clicked, but then I read the series straight through and loved it. Don't get discouraged if you need to put it down. It will be waiting for you...
This made my day. Thank you.
Thanks, gonna check out the other books in the series too, then.
Also, gotta get Caliban's War sometime soon. Really liked Leviathan Wakes.
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Mackenzie 92
Member
Yes. It's fantastic. I love the opening:
The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, and she was no longer the careless color of sea foam, but rather the color of snow falling on a moonlit night. But her eyes were still clear and unwearied, and she still moved like a shadow on the sea.
She did not look anything like a horned horse, as unicorns are often pictured, being smaller and cloven-hoofed, and possessing that oldest, wildest grace that horses have never had, that deer have only in shy, thin imitation and goats in dancing mockery. Her neck was long and slender, making her head seem smaller than it was, and the mane that fell almost to the middle of her back was soft as dandelion fluff and fine as cirrus. She had pointed ears and thin legs, with feathers of white hair at the ankles; and the long horn above her eyes shone and shivered with its own seashell light even in the deepest midnight. She had killed dragons with it, and healed a king whose poisoned wound would not close, and knocked down ripe chestnuts for bear cubs.
The screenplay for the movie is written by the author, and it gets the essential plot points, but what really makes the book so fairy-tale-magical is the way it is written... and the movie can't capture that.
