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What are you reading? (July 2011)
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Necromanti
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The resemblance really is uncanny.Gummifaust said:
And why is young Christina Ricci on the cover?
Anyways, I just finished reading...
It's the first time I have ever read a Stephen King novel, and it was fairly entertaining.
It definitely had some interesting ideas, and was surprisingly creepy and shocking in parts.
The imagery conjured up of Zelda in particular was strangely unsettling.
Thinking about starting Let The Right One In... Haven't decided, though. I've already seen the film, so I'm curious about all the little intricacies and details that I've missed out on.
Maklershed
Member
Finished Master and Commander. Now to figure out what to read between now and July 12th.
Maklershed
Member
No just the opposite. I loved it. I couldn't put it down and burned through it. I'd move on to the next one in the series but until it arrived from Amazon it would be time for ADWD._Isaac said:
Granger Danger
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Guileless
Temp Banned for Remedial Purposes
I really enjoyed The Way of Kings. I haven't read any of Sanderson's other work yet.
The Magicians seems to provoke love/hate reactions. I have a copy but haven't started it yet. Seems like a winter read.
Seeing that list of Clancy novels brings back memories. I used to wait for those like people are waiting for that new book about dragons.
The Magicians seems to provoke love/hate reactions. I have a copy but haven't started it yet. Seems like a winter read.
Seeing that list of Clancy novels brings back memories. I used to wait for those like people are waiting for that new book about dragons.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Finishing the last book in the Young Bond series and then starting Game of Thrones.
Blu10 said:
It's like Lamb (Which if you haven't read it, you really should), minus Jesus, plus the ghostbusters, set in present day
Yes. So many times yes. If you haven't read this book, you most certainly should, regardless of what you're into. I had practically entirely red eyes from reading this non-stop when it was only on the internet. SO GOOD.
Almost done with 700 pages too many of descriptions of Dagny Taggart and her appeal to productive men.
Guileless said:
Oh my, so true. I remember reading Patriot Games on the band bus in like 7th grade and losing my shit when
Miller attacks Jack's wife and kid
Ah, memories.
Executive Orders was an unreadable piece of shit, though, and I haven't read anything of his since.
vertigogogo
Neo Member
Just finished up "Sputnik Sweetheart" and jumped right into this. Really digging Murakami thus far.
Eaten By A Grue
Member
So awesome.Emonga said:
Deified Data
Banned
Wrapped up Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy, now I'm starting with the stand-alones. Highly recommended.
sparky2112
Member
So, so true. Back in the day when he was actually good and not just a money printing press, his books were huge events - like kid on Christmas huge. I hate him for loathing him now....sniff!Guileless said:
Maklershed
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Attackthebase
Member
Emonga said:
Made me chuckle. I have a good idea of who the top woman is, but I'm not 100% certain. Is that Rowling? If not, can someone correct me?
Deified Data
Banned
No, you're right.Attackthebase said:
Mr Biggles
Banned
Just finished A Storm Of Swords part 2 and loved it, just about to start A Feast For Crows.
I'm looking at ADWD which is meant to be out on tuesday, yet the paperback edition on amazon has no release date, unlike the hardback, is something amiss or am I reading to much into this?
I'm looking at ADWD which is meant to be out on tuesday, yet the paperback edition on amazon has no release date, unlike the hardback, is something amiss or am I reading to much into this?
Mr Biggles said:
Why would they announce the release of the paperback version before the release of the book? Doesnt really make much sense considering that if people don't know when its going to be released, and want to read the book, they will probably pay the extra money and buy the hardcover.
Mr Biggles
Banned
Yeah, I got to the payment screen and it changed from "this has not been released yet" to "september 2012", I'll just get the hardback, because I'm weak and have no willpower.
Necromanti
Member
Well, that certainly makes the decision easier, then.Number45 said:
I would definitely recommend you to watch the original film adaptation (in Swedish), "Låt den rätte komma in". (I can't speak for the American adaptation, though, but it's supposedly decent too.)
I personally loved it, and while everything wasn't explicitly explained, the things implied were definitely very dark. The author also wrote the screenplay, too. I heard that early disc-based releases of the film had extremely simplified subtitles, but I think that's fixed (and something I didn't notice due to understanding the language).
Such a unique take on the medium of horror, dark romance, and vampires. I generally don't care for Swedish cinema, but this one surprised me.
Speed of Darkness (StarCraft, #3) by Tracy Hickman
Still working on the starcraft anthology book. Expected something bad, found a serviceable gritty military scifi story. Good enough!
I recently listened to the audio book version of this, Extra Lives: Why Video games Matter.
I thought it was a really good book. The author basically recounts various console games that he became infatuated with or addicted to. He spent a good bit of time talking about Oblivion, Resident Evil, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, Bioshock, and GTA IV.
Pretty cool. Anyone know of any similar video game books? I've read Masters of DOOM.
ZephyrFate
Banned
Just finished
One of the best war narratives ever written. Moving onto Forever Peace and A Dance with Dragons this week.
One of the best war narratives ever written. Moving onto Forever Peace and A Dance with Dragons this week.
nakedsushi
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I had to take a break from our book club choice Master and Commander and read another Sacks book this weekend:
The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks
The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks
review from goodreads said:
HiroProtagonist
Member
A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Dugard
I watched the Jaycee Dugard interview with Diane Sawyer on Sunday night, and found her whole story extremely fascinating. Dragons just downloaded to my kindle, but I think I'm going to read this first.
Ace Harding
Member
Gotta admit, the cover is what got me to take a look. Checked reviews on my iPhone while I was in the store and decided to pick it up. I'm about halfway through and digging it so far, but I hear it starts getting progressively more fun and crazy from here out.
You need to see it in person, but man - the cover...
You need to see it in person, but man - the cover...
DanDeschain
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Just started DWD today.
Fong Ghoul said:Gotta admit, the cover is what got me to take a look. Checked reviews on my iPhone while I was in the store and decided to pick it up. I'm about halfway through and digging it so far, but I hear it starts getting progressively more fun and crazy from here out.
You need to see it in person, but man - the cover...
One of my favourite covers from the last several years. You'll probably like the cover for The Clockwork Rocket by Greg Egan, which gives off a similar feeling.
I'm just finishing up Troika by Alastair Reynolds:
Then moving onto ADWD.
nakedsushi
Member
Fong Ghoul said:Gotta admit, the cover is what got me to take a look. Checked reviews on my iPhone while I was in the store and decided to pick it up. I'm about halfway through and digging it so far, but I hear it starts getting progressively more fun and crazy from here out.
You need to see it in person, but man - the cover...
I felt the opposite about the cover. I guess it reminded me too much of some bad CG in Babylon 5 and I put off reading it for a while because of that.
Ace Harding
Member
Bad CG? It's hand-painted (or at least looks that way). Plus dat font...nakedsushi said: