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[Gazella]

Currently reading Relic by Preston and Child.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Gazella

Currently reading Relic by Preston and Child.

The first book in a great series!

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by Gazella

The book is great so far. I don't know anything about the 1914 Antarctic Expedition so the information I'm reading is all fairly new to me. I find it amazing how calm they all were!

There is almost nothing about that expedition that isn't amazing. And a testament to Shackleton's ability to manage people in dire circumstances.

[Gazella]

Originally Posted by HarryT

The first book in a great series!

I knew you were going to comment as I'm aware that you like this series. In fact, you recommended these books to me last year in another thread

[Gazella]

Originally Posted by CRussel

There is almost nothing about that expedition that isn't amazing. And a testament to Shackleton's ability to manage people in dire circumstances.

I'm still making my way through it. Don't get me wrong, the story is fascinating however some of the events are quite repetitive and I also kind of wish the author wrote in a more gripping sort of way. Still a very good book though.

[pilotbob]

Just finishing up Book 2 of the Farseer Trilogy, Royal Assassin.

Which means I will be starting Book 3 very soon. So far, a slightly better than average story. I hope the pace picks up in Book 3.

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by Gazella

Currently reading Relic by Preston and Child.

I loved it too.

Riptide and The Ice Limit were pretty awesome too.

[Hampshire Nanny]

Originally Posted by Gazella

Currently reading Relic by Preston and Child.

Originally Posted by HarryT

The first book in a great series!

^ Yeah that ^

[ATDrake]

Finished Peter David's The Camelot Papers, which was purchased as part of the Truly Epic Fantasy StoryBundle, I think.

Years ago, I'd previously read David's other take on Arthuriana, Knight Life and its sequels (well, the 1st anyway, I'm not sure I finished all the sequels), and this is different. Very different.

TCP purports itself to be a behind-the-scenes "true story" of what really went on in the founding of King Arthur's court, kind of like a mashup of Monty Python's Life of Brian and Holy Grail, where they actually did go to Camelot* after all and everyone kind of stumbles into filling out the destined roles they seemed entirely unsuitable for in the first place.

All this is told through the eyes of Viviana, a surprisingly literate slave from a formerly middle-class background (not that there really was all that much of a middle class back then, but if you're looking for historical accuracy, this is the wrong book for you) as she observes the gradual and never-quite-complete transmutation of a vacantly well-meaning buffoonish idiot King Arthur, a forcefully tomboy-ish cross-dressing social justice activist queen Guinevere who has a severe case of sibling rivalry with her more traditionally seemingly sweet-natured femme girly-girl sister Morgan, a drunken lecherous hemophobic-to-the-point-of-fainting Sir Lancelot, and of course the completely fictional yet marvelously inspiring Sir Galahad into something vaguely like unto a semblance of the future heroic legend.

It's actually pretty funny, and if the intersection of Arthurian satire and gossipy hidden histories where Everything You Thought You Knew Is WRONG!!!!! appeal to you, then this gets a medium recommend.

Interestingly enough, according to Wikipedia this was the first in a planned set of novels by David and others written and released directly to the fans as e-books. Apparently they didn't sell all that well and David has decided to go the Amazon KDP release route for the next ones, which is a bit of a shame, since it was a nice idea.

* 'Tis still a silly place†.

† No grammatical graffiti lessons telling you to go home, though.

[EugeneGant]

Madame Bovary trans. by Lydia Davis - 'wonderful'

[Luffy]

Originally Posted by Gazella

I'm still making my way through it. Don't get me wrong, the story is fascinating however some of the events are quite repetitive and I also kind of wish the author wrote in a more gripping sort of way. Still a very good book though.

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Just finishing up Book 2 of the Farseer Trilogy, Royal Assassin.

Which means I will be starting Book 3 very soon. So far, a slightly better than average story. I hope the pace picks up in Book 3.

Sounds like you both are making the best of a bad read. Maybe you both should quit before you begin wasting valuable reading time.

[Gazella]

Originally Posted by Luffy

Sounds like you both are making the best of a bad read. Maybe you both should quit before you begin wasting valuable reading time.

This made me laugh. Anyway, I'm not finding my read a waste of time at all. Quite the contrary. It's just the storytelling was not what I expected. Maybe because I'm comparing it to the other non-fiction books I've recently read and loved. But I definitely do not feel obligated to finish it nor do I find reading the book a chore. Besides, the book is less than 300 pages long.

[Luffy]

Originally Posted by Gazella

This made me laugh. Anyway, I'm not finding my read a waste of time at all. Quite the contrary. It's just the storytelling was not what I expected. Maybe because I'm comparing it to the other non-fiction books I've recently read and loved. But I definitely do not feel obligated to finish it nor do I find reading the book a chore. Besides, the book is less than 300 pages long.

I understand what you mean. I've seen the same pattern repeated serially with dozens of other readers. I wish you happy reading.

[orlok]

Didn't realise that there had been a new Dexter released (September last year), #7 in the series, so I am now currently reading Dexter's Final Cut by Jeff Lindsay. It is about Dexter's brush with the famous and beautiful of Hollywood, who are making a cop TV series in Miami, and for whom Dexter is consulting. A really fun read so far.

[Gazella]

Originally Posted by Luffy

I understand what you mean. I've seen the same pattern repeated serially with dozens of other readers. I wish you happy reading.

Thank you!