The 2012 Annual Reading Challenge - Discussion Thread! - Page 26

dreams · 04-10-2012, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbcohen

I am going back to the sci-fi author that started the whole interest in sci-fi to begin with. I think that I need to finish the books that David Weber wrote before I push on to something else. <snip>

Your post reminded me about his Apocalypse Troll. I'll have to go back for a reread and see if it is just as fun as I remember. Thanks.

jbcohen · 04-11-2012, 08:20 AM

Apocalypse Troll is one of those books that I am going back to pick up from David Weber. When I get the novel read, I will start a thread in the reading recommendations section since I know there is at least one other reader who likes the book. However with the shear number of David Weber books that I need to go through its going to be a while until I can read all of hte series novels then I can pick up some of the stand alone novels. For now there is Crown of Slaves by whomelse but David Weber, and a book called Road of Bones by Mike Newton, which is starting out well I am thirty-two pages in and there is four Yakuza dead already and there promised to be a lot more action from where that came from.

Calling all action book junkies

I like books with a lot of action in them that's why I often read Mack Bolan books. My current novel is called Road of Bones by Mike Newton and I am sixty pages in and there are four dead Yakuza and a few dead mercenaries, and there promises to be a lot more action where that came from. Interested? Here is a link to a web site sub-page about this particular book http://www.mackbolan.com/display.php3?num=1770 and to the entire Mack Bolan group of series books http://www.mackbolan.com.

rpmazur · 04-11-2012, 03:53 PM

Well, the past hew days had some good news and bad news....lol. The good news is I had a lot of downtime on Monday and Tuesday and got 45% of the way through God Emperor of Dune. The bad news, I found a bunch of Dune related books written by Brian Herbert (Frank's son). My TBR list keeps growing. I think I can safely put all the Brian Herbert books down for the 2013 challenge

CRussel · 04-11-2012, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rpmazur

Well, the past hew days had some good news and bad news....lol. The good news is I had a lot of downtime on Monday and Tuesday and got 45% of the way through God Emperor of Dune. The bad news, I found a bunch of Dune related books written by Brian Herbert (Frank's son). My TBR list keeps growing. I think I can safely put all the Brian Herbert books down for the 2013 challenge

I don't know. I found the Brian Herbert versions far less interesting and ultimately gave up on the series. Just doesn't do it for me any more.

sabredog · 04-11-2012, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbcohen

Apocalypse Troll is one of those books that I am going back to pick up from David Weber. When I get the novel read, I will start a thread in the reading recommendations section since I know there is at least one other reader who likes the book.

You can count me in that soon to be growing number.

Love to see a sequel from him

MrsJoseph · 04-12-2012, 03:30 PM

All these comments made me pick up a copy at the Baen free library!

jbcohen · 04-13-2012, 07:44 AM

I read the dune series many years ago and I enjoyed the first book but did not like the remainder so much. I have been thinking of returning to read the books that Brian Herbert (aka Herbert II) has written. Is there a reading order for the brian herbert books?

rpmazur · 04-14-2012, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbcohen

I read the dune series many years ago and I enjoyed the first book but did not like the remainder so much. I have been thinking of returning to read the books that Brian Herbert (aka Herbert II) has written. Is there a reading order for the brian herbert books?

There is a thread on Goodreads.com that talks about the "proper" reading order for the Dune books in general. It can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/729359

jbcohen · 04-14-2012, 04:25 PM

Finished two interesting books this last week-end and I am picking up one more, Polseen War volume 2 - Gustfront. I have downloaded all of the books that Baen will let me have and I had a bit of trouble translating them from one of their original formats to a mobi format that I need for my Kindle. Had to go from MS Word format to PDF then to mobi format. I wonder if I was doing something wrong, correction I was most likely doing something wrong. I will open a second thread on the matter since this one is primarily for discussion of the reading challenge.

HomeInMyShoes · 04-17-2012, 09:17 AM

There's only 258 days left!

I finished book number 27. The Organization of Information. Dry, but one of those books I figured I needed to read a few of the chapters out of, so I read the whole thing.

MrsJoseph · 04-17-2012, 12:08 PM

I've finished #49 but the denser works are still eluding me. I've been working on Plato's Phaedo for weeks now. And JRR Tolkien's On Fairy Stories. I think these will hang around for a while...

CRussel · 04-17-2012, 01:33 PM

Sigh. I was doing OK, and then Sharon Lee's two Maine Mysteries came out for Kindle, and all the Lawrence Block backlist books went on sale. As a direct result, my TBR got longer, and I am reading fewer "classics" on average, since I have so many other compelling books in my TBR now. The only good news in this is that they're all short books. And they were all reasonably priced.

victauria · 04-18-2012, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by CRussel

...and all the Lawrence Block backlist books went on sale.

Oooh, this one got me, too. I'm still doing fine with the number of books read, but oh the TBR! I'm thinking now that reading 50 in 2012 won't cut it...and I really need to join the e-book addicts support group!

Gorgonseyes · 04-18-2012, 06:15 AM

Well, I have found ebooks to be much easier for me to read (since I am always on the go and alwaus working with electrical devices - Kindle, PC, androids- ipads etc)

My goal this year will be to write two books and still find time to read at least 5.
I know the number is ridiculously low... But authors, you know how long it takes to write a book!

jbcohen · 04-19-2012, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrsJoseph

I've finished #49 but the denser works are still eluding me. I've been working on Plato's Phaedo for weeks now. And JRR Tolkien's On Fairy Stories. I think these will hang around for a while...

Plato's Phaedo, wow you really know how to pick dificult books, I have not read it but I understand from friends who have this it is one of the more dificult ones.

04-11-2012, 08:20 AM	#377
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,033 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Apocalypse Troll is one of those books that I am going back to pick up from David Weber. When I get the novel read, I will start a thread in the reading recommendations section since I know there is at least one other reader who likes the book. However with the shear number of David Weber books that I need to go through its going to be a while until I can read all of hte series novels then I can pick up some of the stand alone novels. For now there is Crown of Slaves by whomelse but David Weber, and a book called Road of Bones by Mike Newton, which is starting out well I am thirty-two pages in and there is four Yakuza dead already and there promised to be a lot more action from where that came from. Calling all action book junkies I like books with a lot of action in them that's why I often read Mack Bolan books. My current novel is called Road of Bones by Mike Newton and I am sixty pages in and there are four dead Yakuza and a few dead mercenaries, and there promises to be a lot more action where that came from. Interested? Here is a link to a web site sub-page about this particular book http://www.mackbolan.com/display.php3?num=1770 and to the entire Mack Bolan group of series books http://www.mackbolan.com. Last edited by jbcohen; 04-11-2012 at 02:18 PM.

04-14-2012, 04:25 PM	#384
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,033 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Finished two interesting books this last week-end and I am picking up one more, Polseen War volume 2 - Gustfront. I have downloaded all of the books that Baen will let me have and I had a bit of trouble translating them from one of their original formats to a mobi format that I need for my Kindle. Had to go from MS Word format to PDF then to mobi format. I wonder if I was doing something wrong, correction I was most likely doing something wrong. I will open a second thread on the matter since this one is primarily for discussion of the reading challenge. Last edited by jbcohen; 04-16-2012 at 08:22 AM.

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04-11-2012, 03:53 PM	#378
rpmazur Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 1032 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Kansas Device: Calibre (for MAC), MoonReader (Android)	Well, the past hew days had some good news and bad news....lol. The good news is I had a lot of downtime on Monday and Tuesday and got 45% of the way through God Emperor of Dune. The bad news, I found a bunch of Dune related books written by Brian Herbert (Frank's son). My TBR list keeps growing. I think I can safely put all the Brian Herbert books down for the 2013 challenge

04-12-2012, 03:30 PM	#381
MrsJoseph Loves Ellipsis... Posts: 1,554 Karma: 7899232 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Washington, DC Device: Kobo Wifi (broken), nook STR (returned), Kobo Touch, Sony T1	All these comments made me pick up a copy at the Baen free library!

04-13-2012, 07:44 AM	#382
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,033 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	I read the dune series many years ago and I enjoyed the first book but did not like the remainder so much. I have been thinking of returning to read the books that Brian Herbert (aka Herbert II) has written. Is there a reading order for the brian herbert books?

04-17-2012, 09:17 AM	#385
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	There's only 258 days left! I finished book number 27. The Organization of Information. Dry, but one of those books I figured I needed to read a few of the chapters out of, so I read the whole thing.

04-17-2012, 12:08 PM	#386
MrsJoseph Loves Ellipsis... Posts: 1,554 Karma: 7899232 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Washington, DC Device: Kobo Wifi (broken), nook STR (returned), Kobo Touch, Sony T1	I've finished #49 but the denser works are still eluding me. I've been working on Plato's Phaedo for weeks now. And JRR Tolkien's On Fairy Stories. I think these will hang around for a while...

04-17-2012, 01:33 PM	#387
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,297 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Sigh. I was doing OK, and then Sharon Lee's two Maine Mysteries came out for Kindle, and all the Lawrence Block backlist books went on sale. As a direct result, my TBR got longer, and I am reading fewer "classics" on average, since I have so many other compelling books in my TBR now. The only good news in this is that they're all short books. And they were all reasonably priced.

04-18-2012, 06:15 AM	#389
Gorgonseyes Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 500512 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: kindle	Well, I have found ebooks to be much easier for me to read (since I am always on the go and alwaus working with electrical devices - Kindle, PC, androids- ipads etc) My goal this year will be to write two books and still find time to read at least 5. I know the number is ridiculously low... But authors, you know how long it takes to write a book!