Didn't know this was out yet. TO THE LIBRARY!
"What are you reading?" thread.
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Dreadnought's been out for over a year. Ganymede (third book if you don't count the ebook Clementine) just came out this September, so keep an eye out for that too. It's in my closet, but I have some other books ahead in the queue, like Gunnerkrigg Court vol. 1, Song of Ice and Fire 3, and some more Hellboy/BRPD trades.
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Philosopher B.
Just finished Stephen King's On Writing. I laughed out loud at the bit about the farting babysitter. Overall, I liked its honesty and the nut-and-bolts approach of the latter half of the book.
Reading "Out of Oz" (4th book of the Wicked series) at bedtime, and listening to the audio book of Alloy of Law while trying to finish my parent's Christmas present before December. Yes it will take me that long, and I started at the beginning of October. -_- I've been reading through the classic Oz stories too, and basically wanting to smack Dorothy and Ozma through them all, so Maguire's portrayal of Dorothy in "Out of Oz" made me laugh.
Finished Zombies: The Recent Dead last week. Like the other two anthologies of zombie short stories I've read, it was pretty bad. But, it was actually a bit better than those two (It had several stories I had read before in one or both of those, actually). And it was only $5 and I knew what I was getting into. So it was alright, I guess.
I decided to start re-reading the Lord of the Rings, as I found a set identical to the one I had in highschool that got ruined when my roof leaked for $3 a book. Reading through Fellowship of the Ring now. I forgot just how much they really did change for the first film.
I decided to start re-reading the Lord of the Rings, as I found a set identical to the one I had in highschool that got ruined when my roof leaked for $3 a book. Reading through Fellowship of the Ring now. I forgot just how much they really did change for the first film.
I just finished Ghost Story a few days ago. Lovely books.
Picked up Room by Emma Donoghue yesterday. I'd never heard of it until I saw it in the bookstore last night. Apparently it won Best Book Of The Year by New York Times.
Anyway, I've been hooked since the first sentence and I'm almost finished! But while the first sentence had me hooked, it was still a little tough to start reading it's through the perspective of a 5 year old. The grammar is a little weird because of that, but the author does an amazing job of telling the story as a child.
Anyway, I've been hooked since the first sentence and I'm almost finished! But while the first sentence had me hooked, it was still a little tough to start reading it's through the perspective of a 5 year old. The grammar is a little weird because of that, but the author does an amazing job of telling the story as a child.
Room was fantastic! Starting The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo now!
I'll have to read it another time. I can't buy it on kobo.
Thinking of getting "Shadowmarch" book by Tad Williams. It looks to be a good plane ride killer at the very least.
I haven't read the second one yet. I'm glad to hear its as engaging as the first one was. I'm borrowing it from my brother when I see him for our family Christmas.
I also got a friend of mine to buy them for her dad for Christmas cause he's a Harry Potter fan and has read all of them. I told her this series was like "Harry Potter for adults" and she was like "Hey, my dad's an adult!"
Just finishing up re-reading The Two Towers. What ever will I read next?
That's hilarious.
Currently reading through Gunnerkrigg Court Vol. 1 and I'm loving it. I have to keep reminding myself that sudden narrative jerks between pages are due to the nature of it being a webcomic and that despite how well designed this book is, it'll still a collected webcomic and isn't going to perfectly flow page to page (nor should it). But it's imaginative, cute, and intriguing. I'm glad I know very little about what's currently going on in GK besides "Antimony and Kat are friends" so I'm not waiting for certain story turns.
Sadly, Vol. 2 seems like it's never gonna get reprinted, so I'll have to read that one on the site archives. Eventually, I'll be caught up.
"The Return of the King," maybe? Or you might try to track down a copy of "Bored of the Rings."
--Patrick
I'll have to read it another time. I can't buy it on kobo.
Thinking of getting "Shadowmarch" book by Tad Williams. It looks to be a good plane ride killer at the very least.
It's not bad, but I don't know that it's worth picking up. If you've read his other stuff, I might suggest giving it a pass. I read the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy along with his Otherland series, and felt Shadowmarch suffered in comparison. Well, then again, if it's just to kill time on a plane, there are worse options.
As an aside to reading the newest Modesitt book, I've started on Vol 3 of the Bloom County Library. This edition has my all time favorite Sunday strip, it's an ad spoof about getting the Banana 6000 self-mobile computer and how if you don't get it for your kids they might end up playing bass in a heavy-metal band like Gene Simmons.
I was being sarcastic. Obviously it will be Return of the King.
After that I'll be borrowing my brother's copy of the second book in the Kingkiller Chronicle. After that I don't really have anything particular in mind. What's Bored of the Rings?
A parody of LOTR.