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Apache · 10-28-2015, 12:33 PM

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Just finished "Hell's Foundations Quiver", by David Weber, the newly-released 8th book in the "Safehold" series. I know this series isn't to everyone's taste, but it's one of my favourites, and the release of a new book is a highlight. Yes, it's a slow-paced, in-depth story, but I like that a lot; I like being a "fly on the wall" at decision-making meetings and understanding why people make the decisions that they do. Excellent.

I am about 3/4 of the way through it and I have to say Harry has nailed it. I too am enjoying the book for the same reasons.
Apache

HarryT · 10-28-2015, 01:07 PM

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I'm looking forward to the new book, but I shall wait for the price drop when the paperback is released. I do have 700+ other books to read meanwhile!

There are very few series that I enjoy sufficiently to pay "hardback" prices for the ebook, but for me this is in the very short list

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CRussel · 10-28-2015, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I'm looking forward to the new book, but I shall wait for the price drop when the paperback is released. I do have 700+ other books to read meanwhile!

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Originally Posted by HarryT

There are very few series that I enjoy sufficiently to pay "hardback" prices for the ebook, but for me this is in the very short list

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I, OTOH, opted to use an Audible Credit and wait for paperback prices. Especially since this isn't even couponable at Kobo.

Dazrin · 10-29-2015, 12:33 AM

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Oh well, I was able to get 1Q84 and start reading it on my phone. It seems interesting so far which is good because I wasn't expecting a 1,200 page monster of a book when I reserved it from the library. I had heard good things and didn't look too deeply into it. Oops.

I am still in the midst of 1Q84 which I am enjoying quite a bit but I had a long road trip today so I got the audiobook for The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian to listen to while driving. I am enjoying it so far but I am not sure when I will have time to listen to the rest (another 4 hours). Unfortunately I can't listen to an audiobook and work at the same time and I prefer to read rather than listen for my normal commute. I may take a couple days and listen to the rest when 1Q84 is done unless another trip comes up.

Hampshire Nanny · 10-29-2015, 10:58 PM

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Oh, I loved the Brother Cadfael mysteries! I've been thinking I should get those in eBook and re-read them.

I'm reading them for the first time. Now about 70% into The Potter's Field, book #17. I plan to read through the rest of the series by year end. Very much enjoying them and will be sad when I've read #20.

CRussel · 10-30-2015, 01:30 AM

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Finished #2 in the Maggie Hope series, Princess Elizabeth's Spy. I enjoyed it, and I'll probably read further in the series, but I'm going to break things up before I do the next ones. Instead, next up is Kris Longknife: Unrelenting, #13 in the Kris Longknife series from Mike Shepard. This should be a quick, fun read.

Finished. Just about what you'd expect, with one new twist and a lot of the old ones. I admit, these books are a guilty almost-pleasure. They're really not all that good, there's little character development, Kris is rarely in any believable danger, and all the bad actors in one book are either redeemed or killed off by the end of the book, except for the main enemy. None the less, I enjoy them, and I read them.

Next up, a Bill Slider mystery from Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. I was poking around the Kobo site, coupon in hand, when I noticed that there were two of them I hadn't read. Needless to say, I took care of that little problem.

pdurrant · 10-30-2015, 05:18 AM

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Next: Lightspeed Magazine #65 for October 2015.

Which was OK, some good, some not so good.

Next was Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine for December 2015. Disappointing. Far too many of the stories were more fantasy than SF, and edging towards literary Fantasy at that. More what I'd have expected in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Next up: Not sure.

Apache · 10-30-2015, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Next up: Not sure.

I never enjoy those books.

Apache

pdurrant · 10-30-2015, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Apache

I never enjoy those books.

Apache

I just have so many to choose from!

CRussel · 10-30-2015, 11:31 AM

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Finished. Just about what you'd expect, with one new twist and a lot of the old ones. I admit, these books are a guilty almost-pleasure. They're really not all that good, there's little character development, Kris is rarely in any believable danger, and all the bad actors in one book are either redeemed or killed off by the end of the book, except for the main enemy. None the less, I enjoy them, and I read them.

Next up, a Bill Slider mystery from Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. I was poking around the Kobo site, coupon in hand, when I noticed that there were two of them I hadn't read. Needless to say, I took care of that little problem.

Well, I've still got the next Bill Slider on my Kindle, but somehow, I got sidetracked and I'm reading Fool Moon, the second book in the Dresden Files series from Jim Butcher. Ah, well, should be fun at least. And Hard Going, the Bill Slider #16 will just have to wait a little bit.

covingtoncat73 · 10-30-2015, 11:58 AM

I'm reading A Stranger in Olondria. I'm only 10% in but I am loving it. The language and descriptions are gorgeous.

I hate describe a book by referencing other books like this but I think you could say it is a bit of a combination of Wizard of Earthsea and Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn with some David Copperfield thrown in?

Hampshire Nanny · 10-30-2015, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CRussel

... next up is Kris Longknife: Unrelenting, #13 in the Kris Longknife series from Mike Shepard. This should be a quick, fun read.

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Originally Posted by CRussel

Finished. Just about what you'd expect, with one new twist and a lot of the old ones. I admit, these books are a guilty almost-pleasure. They're really not all that good, there's little character development, Kris is rarely in any believable danger, and all the bad actors in one book are either redeemed or killed off by the end of the book, except for the main enemy. None the less, I enjoy them, and I read them.

Ah but so much fun to have a kick-ass female captain. When I read your first post, I went to the library's Overdrive site and requested that they get Kris Longknife: Unrelenting. They did, and I received notification this morning that it's been checked out to me. (Just in time for Sci-Fi month!) Now to download it to my Kindle and start reading!

Hampshire Nanny · 10-30-2015, 04:24 PM

Finished reading The Potter's Field while I was out at lunch. Stopped by the library to pick up Sonoma Rose (Jennifer Chiaverini, #19 in Elm Creek Quilts) and saw that the latest No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency book was available, so I picked up The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine and immediately started reading it. I should finish tonight or tomorrow morning, depending on how much time I get to spend reading it.

CRussel · 10-30-2015, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny

Ah but so much fun to have a kick-ass female captain. When I read your first post, I went to the library's Overdrive site and requested that they get Kris Longknife: Unrelenting. They did, and I received notification this morning that it's been checked out to me. (Just in time for Sci-Fi month!) Now to download it to my Kindle and start reading!

Yes, she's fun. I just wish the series were a bit better written. But I do keep buying it. (No chance of getting my library to get it.

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pdurrant · 10-31-2015, 04:41 AM

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Next up: Not sure.

I picked Sharpe's Prey by Bernhard Cornwell. The fifth in his series about Richard Sharpe, soldier.

5/5 again. An excellent story. Poor old Sharpe! Cornwell doesn't half put him through the wringer!

I'm exceedingly pleased that I picked this lot up back in October and December 2013 when they were on special offer.

October 31st: Dominion by Fred Saberhagen. The fifth in his series about Dracula.

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10-30-2015, 11:58 AM	#23021
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	I'm reading A Stranger in Olondria. I'm only 10% in but I am loving it. The language and descriptions are gorgeous. I hate describe a book by referencing other books like this but I think you could say it is a bit of a combination of Wizard of Earthsea and Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn with some David Copperfield thrown in?

10-30-2015, 04:24 PM	#23023
Hampshire Nanny Guru Posts: 615 Karma: 8064562 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505, Kindle 3 KB, iPad2	Finished reading *The Potter's Field* while I was out at lunch. Stopped by the library to pick up *Sonoma Rose* (Jennifer Chiaverini, #19 in Elm Creek Quilts) and saw that the latest No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency book was available, so I picked up *The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine* and immediately started reading it. I should finish tonight or tomorrow morning, depending on how much time I get to spend reading it.