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thinkpad · 12-15-2010, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I was rather cross to find that it's really the first half of one very long book, and that the second half isn't yet out in paperback. (i.e. the ebook version is still ridiculously expensive.) I will probably pick up the second half when it drops in price.

This got me bummed to, when I found out that the first book don't stand on its own. I'm moving along to greener pastures.
I've started on K.C May's Venom of Vipers and like it a lot so far.

Crusader · 12-15-2010, 05:18 AM

Just finished Revelation Space. One word - Wow! This must count as one of the best sci-fi I've read in a long time. Might not be to everyone's taste but I loved it.

BearMountainBooks · 12-15-2010, 10:07 AM

Finished A Scream of Angels the second book in the Templar series I started by Joe Nassise. This one wasn't as good as the first, but it was a very decent read--3 to 3.5 stars. It's a page-turner, full of action, but lacked the plot depth and complexity of the first book. The character had done some "research" that was off-screen that supplied some of the answers, whereas in the first, we watched the character learn stuff about the enemy. Just a different technique and for me, not as enjoyable as the doling out of info as I read along. Still, it was a good book and I was already invested in the characters so no way was I going to put it down until I knew what happened...reading on a boring plane--worrying that my battery might run out before I arrived! Nothing like getting cut off in the middle of a good book!

DixieGal · 12-15-2010, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Crusader

Just finished Revelation Space. One word - Wow! This must count as one of the best sci-fi I've read in a long time. Might not be to everyone's taste but I loved it.

Where did you get it? Not available as a Kindle book. I LOVE LOVE LOVE hard scifi. And it is part of a series that sounds exciting.

Crusader · 12-15-2010, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Where did you get it? Not available as a Kindle book. I LOVE LOVE LOVE hard scifi. And it is part of a series that sounds exciting.

I've got most of the series in paperback. Just haven't gotten round to reading them all yet.

Here's a link to the Kindle edition although I don't know if it's available internationally.

DixieGal · 12-15-2010, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Crusader

I've got most of the series in paperback. Just haven't gotten round to reading them all yet.

Here's a link to the Kindle edition although I don't know if it's available internationally.

That is the problem, I suppose. It is not available in the US as an ebook.

pdurrant · 12-15-2010, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

That is the problem, I suppose. It is not available in the US as an ebook.

It's available in the UK for £6.99. Of course, Amazon have the paperback for £5.48....

issybird · 12-15-2010, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy

I'm finishing up the second of E. F. Benson's Mapp & Lucia novels: Lucia in London. The comparisons I've read of Lucia to Hyacinth Bucket, though the two characters are not exact parallels, seem well founded to me.

I don't think Lucia would care for the comparison! Love, love, love these books; I've read and reread them for years and now they reside on my Nook, for handy access.

DixieGal · 12-15-2010, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

It's available in the UK for £6.99. Of course, Amazon have the paperback for £5.48....

I will have to investigate other ebook sources than just Kindle.

SeaBookGuy · 12-15-2010, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

I don't think Lucia would care for the comparison!

The truth is often painful - I'd be willing to compare Pepino with Richard Bucket as well.

issybird · 12-15-2010, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy

The truth is often painful - I'd be willing to compare Pepino with Richard Bucket as well.

And Georgie would be Emmett, obviously, and Daisy would be Elizabeth. I'll save Hyacinth's family for when you get to the books with Mapp.

SeaBookGuy · 12-15-2010, 08:07 PM

Actually, Georgie would be Elizabeth as she is both loyal to Hyacinth, but also in tune with the resentment/dislike of the locals; perhaps, he a conflation of both her and Emmett?

I've seen the Mapp & Lucia TV series, so have an idea of Quaint Irene, et als. To the extent Hyacinth has a "nemesis" (at least in her own mind), Mapp would be Mrs. Barker-Finch?

Kyrrdis · 12-16-2010, 11:31 AM

I'm reading Lost Lands of Witch World from Andre Norton's Witch World series and really enjoying it. Have read these since I was in High School.

In fact, I think I'm going to spend a fair part of 2011 re-reading the entire series.

ATDrake · 12-16-2010, 01:20 PM

Welcome to MobileRead, Kyrddis! Your username makes me want to start in on that Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover collection I got from Fictionwise.

I'm currently doing "guilty pleasure" catch-up nostalgia reading with a couple of latest works in continuing series, all in hardcover from the library.

Finished Dragongirl, by Todd McCaffrey, which is his continuation of his mother's Pern series. Frankly, it reads like middling-quality AU fanfic and this particular installment really didn't do all that much to advance the overall plot. Some character stuff that will probably play off in the next book, Dragonrider, which the blurb in the back says will be co-written with Anne McCaffrey.

Also recently read book 2 of the new Valdemar Foundation series, Intrigues by Mercedes Lackey. More of the same really. Her writing's really fallen prey to her personal clichés and authorial tics, and it was very annoying the way the main character kept speaking in dialect throughout. You'd think that being Chosen and taking lessons in Haven would have smoothed out his accent at least a little.

Mind you, there was this awesome scene where the protagonist was basically feeling sorry for himself out loud (instead of continually through the narrative as usual), and another character did this great rant along the lines of "Wahhh, poor little orphan slave-boy feels all sadly about himself because he got taken away from his miserable old life by a magic horsie to live in a palace [okay, actually the stables attached to the palace, but that's by his own choice] and have magic mind powers and be a confidant of powerful advisors to the King and make friends with pretty high-born girls and be a hero for rescuing someone's life and now obnoxious idiots he shouldn't be paying attention to aren't talking to him because they don't like him any more and this is the like, the worst thing that could possibly happen; other people have problems too, and more important ones, CRY MOAR!!!!!"

But then he apologized for it later.

Now on Lackey's Trio of Sorcery, a collection of 3 original novellas which continue her Diana Tregarde and Sacred Ground urban fantasy books, with third one starring a new character. Mildly entertaining and nice to see some more of characters I liked.

Not her best work, but they've these great introductions explaining how people didn't have all this nifty stuff we take for granted back then and Things Were Different and/or how her characters don't carry cellphones because back in the 90s, they very expensive and were the size of a brick and that's why they just can't call each other when the plot twists on them so don't complain to her about stuff like that, Techonology Marches On.

BenBanned · 12-16-2010, 01:53 PM

Im in the middle of Rot and Ruin my first decently sized zombie read. The character set ups were a litttle cheesy but Im willing to forgive, it's YA after all.

12-16-2010, 11:31 AM	#7438
Kyrrdis Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 78 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle	Lost Lands of Witch World from Andre Norton I'm reading Lost Lands of Witch World from Andre Norton's Witch World series and really enjoying it. Have read these since I was in High School. In fact, I think I'm going to spend a fair part of 2011 re-reading the entire series.

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12-15-2010, 05:18 AM	#7427
Crusader Space Cadet Posts: 1,180 Karma: 4030536 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Africa Device: Sony PRS-T1, Cybook Opus, Kobo Glo	Just finished Revelation Space. One word - Wow! This must count as one of the best sci-fi I've read in a long time. Might not be to everyone's taste but I loved it.

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BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Finished A Scream of Angels the second book in the Templar series I started by Joe Nassise. This one wasn't as good as the first, but it was a very decent read--3 to 3.5 stars. It's a page-turner, full of action, but lacked the plot depth and complexity of the first book. The character had done some "research" that was off-screen that supplied some of the answers, whereas in the first, we watched the character learn stuff about the enemy. Just a different technique and for me, not as enjoyable as the doling out of info as I read along. Still, it was a good book and I was already invested in the characters so no way was I going to put it down until I knew what happened...reading on a boring plane--worrying that my battery might run out before I arrived! Nothing like getting cut off in the middle of a good book!

12-15-2010, 08:07 PM	#7437
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,029 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	Actually, Georgie would be Elizabeth as she is both loyal to Hyacinth, but also in tune with the resentment/dislike of the locals; perhaps, he a conflation of both her and Emmett? I've seen the Mapp & Lucia TV series, so have an idea of Quaint Irene, et als. To the extent Hyacinth has a "nemesis" (at least in her own mind), Mapp would be Mrs. Barker-Finch?

12-16-2010, 01:20 PM	#7439
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Welcome to MobileRead, Kyrddis! Your username makes me want to start in on that Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover collection I got from Fictionwise. I'm currently doing "guilty pleasure" catch-up nostalgia reading with a couple of latest works in continuing series, all in hardcover from the library. Finished Dragongirl, by Todd McCaffrey, which is his continuation of his mother's Pern series. Frankly, it reads like middling-quality AU fanfic and this particular installment really didn't do all that much to advance the overall plot. Some character stuff that will probably play off in the next book, Dragonrider, which the blurb in the back says will be co-written with Anne McCaffrey. Also recently read book 2 of the new Valdemar Foundation series, Intrigues by Mercedes Lackey. More of the same really. Her writing's really fallen prey to her personal clichés and authorial tics, and it was very annoying the way the main character kept speaking in dialect throughout. You'd think that being Chosen and taking lessons in Haven would have smoothed out his accent at least a little. Mind you, there was this awesome scene where the protagonist was basically feeling sorry for himself out loud (instead of continually through the narrative as usual), and another character did this great rant along the lines of "Wahhh, poor little orphan slave-boy feels all sadly about himself because he got taken away from his miserable old life by a magic horsie to live in a palace [okay, actually the stables attached to the palace, but that's by his own choice] and have magic mind powers and be a confidant of powerful advisors to the King and make friends with pretty high-born girls and be a hero for rescuing someone's life and now obnoxious idiots he shouldn't be paying attention to aren't talking to him because they don't like him any more and this is the like, the worst thing that could possibly happen; other people have problems too, and more important ones, CRY MOAR!!!!!" But then he apologized for it later. Now on Lackey's Trio of Sorcery, a collection of 3 original novellas which continue her Diana Tregarde and Sacred Ground urban fantasy books, with third one starring a new character. Mildly entertaining and nice to see some more of characters I liked. Not her best work, but they've these great introductions explaining how people didn't have all this nifty stuff we take for granted back then and Things Were Different and/or how her characters don't carry cellphones because back in the 90s, they very expensive and were the size of a brick and that's why they just can't call each other when the plot twists on them so don't complain to her about stuff like that, Techonology Marches On.

12-16-2010, 01:53 PM	#7440
BenBanned Groupie Posts: 169 Karma: 1326166 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NJ Device: Paper	Im in the middle of Rot and Ruin my first decently sized zombie read. The character set ups were a litttle cheesy but Im willing to forgive, it's YA after all.