See you then...I'll post again in a year.
See you then...I'll post again in a year.
Yes.Ever have a book that took you forever to finish?
I started The Fellowship of the Ring in 3rd grade. Still haven't finished.
It's okay, they're probably still walking.I started The Fellowship of the Ring in 3rd grade. Still haven't finished.
I've lost count of the number of books I started and never finished. I meant books that you finished, but it took you an ungodly amount of time to finish for whatever reason.Never made it past the first chapter of The Sound and the Fury, does that count? I could probably read it now, but at the time it just made me want to pound nails through my eyeballs.
That might be Tong Lashing, then. It and the other two books in the series are full and well-written, but they are not what I would call "satisfying." And I know that's on purpose, and I cursed Peter David for making me actually want to finish reading them in spite of what was happening with the characters.I meant books that you finished, but it took you an ungodly amount of time to finish for whatever reason.
Love, agree, first bump... Yeah.I think my record might be A Dance With Dragons, at around two years. I remember reading the last few hundred pages running on hate and spite on a 6-hour bus ride home because my sister wanted to borrow it and I was determined to FINISH the bloody thing before I lent it.
But it was an ordeal.
It's fine, I'm just unhappy with how something in the middle of the book happened.Is the book as bad as Peace Talks?
I think I got there. I fully expected it and it still hit me pretty hard.It's fine, I'm just unhappy with how something in the middle of the book happened.
Have you read the short story anthologies btw? There's one short story in Brief Cases called Cold Case which is very significant to what is going on with Carlos.I think I got there. I fully expected it and it still hit me pretty hard.
I highly recommend you do so. It makes every interaction Harry has with Carlos *so much worse*.I haven't. And I just finished the book. So much better than Peace Talks. So very, very much better. I think I like this one as much if not more than Changes.
Dresden starts getting good around book 3, but read a summary of the first two books because there are details that come up later. Especially from the second book.I've been looking for a new series to try and get engrossed in. The Dresden books sound like I might enjoy them, but, well, there's a lot of them. Any suggestions for reading/buying order? Series of 10+ books are often not at their best when being read from the top
Dresden really is supposed to be read in order as details from one book will get referred back to later. If you must skip about in the reading order there are 2 ongoing plotlines that crop up regularly - these are the vampire war books 3, 6, 9 & 12 and the denarian books 5, 10, & 15 which will refer back to earlier books in that storyline.I've been looking for a new series to try and get engrossed in. The Dresden books sound like I might enjoy them, but, well, there's a lot of them. Any suggestions for reading/buying order? Series of 10+ books are often not at their best when being read from the top
And every one of them will be worth reading.Another day, another 12 Brandon Sanderson books.
Pretty sure he's admitted to deliberately writing lots of padding so the same story gets stretched over multiple extra books in order to put his kids through college.I'm currently rereading the Safehold series by David Weber. It's got an interesting premise but god DAMN do you have to like naval battles, tactics, and engineering. Holy shit just pages and pages of dry problem solving. And not like "The Martian" level of entertaining, but very dry and involved. I suspect Pat would really like it.
Probably not (though I still haven't read/seen The Martian). I enjoy a good unraveling and/or dissection of strategy, mystery, or technical hurdle (Burke's Connections series, for instance), but boring is boring. If I wanted to read long, dry, tedious prose about the machinations of the establishment, I'd go read something nonfiction, like a history of taxonomy or something.pages and pages of dry problem solving. And not like "The Martian" level of entertaining, but very dry and involved. I suspect Pat would really like it.
I wonder how Issac Asimov would chart like this. I didn't immediately find a total word count for him, but he did top 7.5 million words in the first 19 years of his publishing history, and wrote for another 23 years.Seems like we were just discussing this:
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Well, the first 19 years has about the same trajectory as Stephen King, using those numbers.I wonder how Issac Asimov would chart like this. I didn't immediately find a total word count for him, but he did top 7.5 million words in the first 19 years of his publishing history, and wrote for another 23 years.
King's first book was Carrie in 1974, by that chart he hadn't even passed 6 million by the year 2000, 26 years later. So, no, they aren't the same trajectory.Well, the first 19 years has about the same trajectory as Stephen King, using those numbers.