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[Maklershed]

Thread here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=28983370#post28983370


Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian

This, the first in the splendid series of Jack Aubrey novels, establishes the friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against a thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Details of a life aboard a man-of-war are faultless rendered: the conversational idiom of the officers in the ward room and the men on the lower deck, the food, the floggings, the mysteries of the wind and the rigging, and the roar of broadsides as the great ships close in battle.

-Goodreads.com
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Past month threads:
June - The Happiness Project
May - A Visit From the Goon Squad
April - The Afghan Campaign
March - Stranger in a Strange Land
February - Flashman
January - Child 44

 

[Drewsky]

I'm liking this series.

 

[Alpha-Bromega]

The New Testament, then The Last Temptation of Christ

 

[Maklershed]

Still working on The Stone of Farewell


Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams

 

[aj1467]

Currently reading this:

 

[Zombie Lyle]

Got this book coming in the post. Really wish it would hurry up I can't wait to read it.

 

[Kraftwerk]

Dat Minds "bites lips"

 

[BrokenFiction]

Just finished:

And starting:

 

[KorrZ]

Couldn't help myself after watching the TV show.

 

[strafer]

First time reading it.

Kind of different compared to the movie but I like it so far.

The T-rex attack that is depicted in the book sounds awesome, would have loved that in the movie.

Oh and Hammond is a real ass in the book.

We will see how it pans out later on.

 

[Mgoblue201]

 

[WedgeX]

Went to a used mystery bookstore with someone who was really into those books.

After us talking about Poirot and Miss Marple, I was convinced to pick up my first Agatha Christie.

It helps having David Suchet's voice in the back of my head.

 

[Socreges]

I read A Game of Thrones after seeing the story unfold on HBO, yet still enjoyed it. Only started the Prologue of ACoK last night, but I'm afraid I won't be able to put it down. Same goes for the rest of the series (bought all four with the fifth out in a couple weeks). Absolutely amazing books. I've never been big on fantasy, but GRRM has created a masterpiece.

On the Road is a very short book so I'll probably ignore the other two and rip through it this weekend. Really enjoying it, though. I've had friends recommending this book for years, but would glance at the first page and shelve it for later. Just had to give it a fair shake and it clicked.

The Greatest Show on Earth - is what it is. Just looking to make my knowledge of evolution a bit more robust.

 

[_Isaac]

I am about half way through The Traveler by John Twelve Hawkes. It's an okay fantasy adventure story.

 

[nakedsushi]

Just finished

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

I was interested in it after watching the trailer for the movie. Overall it was a gripping read, but I never entirely got comfortable with the author (a white woman) writing in the voice of southern black women. I did think it was odd that all the white women in the book sounded all prim and proper without even a hint of a southern accent (other than the one from a really poor white trash town) while all the blacks did not.


Moving on to the bookclub book. Can't wait! I've been meaning to read this forever.


Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian

 

[Cosmic Bus]

A Girl Named Zippy is for my english comp class; this is very much the type of memoir I enjoy, all oddball characters and endless anecdotes of strange and hilarious situations.

Fortune Cookie Chronicles isn't anything terribly deep or informative, but the wide cast of food and culture-related explorations are entertaining in a curious sort of way. Can't complain for $1.

 

[LocoMrPollock]

New thread reminds me that I gave up on The Book of the Sun. Gonna have to go back to it sometime when I'm more in the mood for it.

Finding it hard to get into anything right now since ADWD is coming out in 12 days, so I've got 3 books going right now.

The Terror

Child 44

The Shadow of the Wind

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Re-reading Shadow of the wind because honestly its the only story I want bouncing around in my mind right now. I guess its kind of like when you have a really fantastic meal and you want the taste to linger as long as possible.

 

[BrokenFiction]

So... what did you think about it?

It felt like a great adventure story. A lot like pulp, and that's how I treated it. Nothing earthshattering, but a fun read.

 

[LocoMrPollock]

I would so plow Cherie Priest. I bet she was a cool chick to hang with, growing up in Seattle right when grunge was coming up. Still need to pick up Dreadnought.

Wait on this one; I have a sneaking suspicion it'll be a book club choice pretty soon...

Yeah, I probably will end up waiting then.

 

[Fjordson]

Finding it hard to get into anything right now since ADWD is coming out in 12 days, so I've got 3 books going right now.

Yeah, this is the position I'm in right now. Putting off everything that isn't ADWD for the time being.

 

[Mifune]

Man, I really need to read this Shadow of the Wind book.

 

[Gvaz]

No Idea who this is but rest assured I would too

 

[Slayven]

It has one of the most original futures I have ever read about. A future where the left won and is cranked up to 11.

I don't know why I love splatterpunk. It always leaves me feeling dirty.

 

[_Isaac]

Man, I really need to read this Shadow of the Wind book.

I actually own this book, but it's pretty far down the queue.

 

[LProtag]

Decided to get into some classic American sci-fi as it's relevant to some work I just finished up on Vonnegut, I want to see how far I can extend my theories or where I can expand them.

Then this for research purposes, as the questions of fandoms and how/why they work has been popping up a lot in my life.

Also GRE study books because I just realized my test date is coming up in a little less than a month.

 

[Blu10]

It's like Lamb (Which if you haven't read it, you really should), minus Jesus, plus the ghostbusters, set in present day

 

[bengraven]

Not yet, but in a few days!

No Idea who this is but rest assured I would too

An awesome writer who happens to be cute.

 

[Quick]

Couldn't help myself after watching the TV show.

My store's having a buy 3 get a 4th free book promo (Chapters, Indigo, Coles, Smithbooks, etc. for Canadians until July 3rd!). I'm so tempted to pick it up, but I have a bit of a backlog to go through after American Gods.

 

[mrkapawutzis]

I've been on a post-apocalyptic genre spree for awhile, unfortunately this one isn't good enough to sate my appetite

 

[_Isaac]

I was curious about Robopocalypse. I guess I'll just wait for the movie then.

 

[NewFresh]

What is the policy on graphic novels in the what you are reading thread?

 

[bengraven]

My store's having a buy 3 get a 4th free book promo (Chapters, Indigo, Coles, Smithbooks, etc. for Canadians until July 3rd!). I'm so tempted to pick it up, but I have a bit of a backlog to go through after American Gods.

That's how I got mine. Books-a-Million had a 4 for 3 deal and I picked up all four books.

 

[_Isaac]

What is the policy on graphic novels in the what you are reading thread?

If you like them then coo. We're a happy bunch here.

 

[NewFresh]

If you like them then coo. We're a happy bunch here.

Just checking. Did not want to encroach

Currently reading:
Ex Machina

The Hunter

 

[Dresden]

Rereading Tariq Ali's The Book of Saladin right now, which is full of kinky Muslim traditions.

"In the mountains the cowherds used to suck the vagina of the cow while she was being milked. They claimed it improved the quality and the quantity of the milk."

Hot.

 

[Narag]

I'll be disappointed if that same line isn't in the ESPN book from last month.

 

[Jenga]

GRRM's Fevre Dream and Tokyo Underworld

 

[Tucah]

Finishing up a last minute Storm of Swords reread before ADWD, with AFFC taking up the final week (!!!) before ADWD.

HYPE.

 

[Pikelet]

Just finished 'This is your brain on music' thanks to a reccomendation in the last thread by a Gaffer. I am really glad i did, the book was fascinating. Really made me appreciate just how weird the phenomenon of music really is.

Just started Cosmos by Carl Sagan, read the first two chapters and it blew me away. Great stuff.

Finally, i'm trying to finish up a reread of A Feast for Crows before DWD comes out, the date is rapidly approaching though...

 

[Fjordson]

What is the policy on graphic novels in the what you are reading thread?

Always post 'em!

How are you liking Ex Machina? Been thinking of checking it out. Same goes for the Parker novels.

And isn't there actually a graphic novel adaptation of that Parker book?

 

[Narag]

Finished up a second reading of The Last Unicorn. It's so satisfying yet sometimes I think it flies under the radar of most people which is a shame.


The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

 

[frankie_wilde]

Just finished this one, and I must say, I really loved it. I'm now looking for some mystery/creepy books, I haven't read one of those I a while.

 

[Diatribe1974]

Currently:

 

[K.Sabot]

I'm postponing all reading until ADWD hits. I will rush that shit, reread it and finish just in time to read the new Dresden Files.

 

[Melhisedek]

Am on my Abercrombie binge How is The Heroes compared to his previous works?

 

[Salazar]

Horus Heresy

Awww yeah. These aren't even a guilty pleasure for me any more. So good.

 

[IpsoFacto]

I'm a bit of a Star Wars geek so...

 

[Qwomo]

Transmetropolitan was better on this reread, probably simply because I was in the right mood. It can alternate between being obnoxiously insipid and fun. This time I enjoyed reading it.

Kingdom Come was kind of disappointing. It had a bland story that really went nowhere in spite of numerous attempts at epic overtones. But I enjoyed it overall. The gouache artwork was amaaaaaazing. Can't wait for the blu-ray.

Snow Crash is... not as good as I expected. Not yet, anyway. I'm almost the halfway point. So far, when it's not being eerily prophetic about the current state of the internet, it's been reeking of "what dumb nerds think is cool" -- the protagonist is a MASTER HACKER who carries around SAMURAI SWORDS and dresses in TRENCH COATS. Also the non-Metaverse world is really annoyingly underdeveloped; Stephenson utterly fails to establish the setting from the get-go. Needs more linguistics, less goddamn samurai swords.