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I'm now reading what will probably be the last two books I complete in 2014: Shadow of Freedom by David Weber and A String of Beads by Thomas Perry. Both are parts of series that I enjoy very much. Last edited by Hampshire Nanny; 12-28-2014 at 10:46 PM. |
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I've always had a place for audiobooks in my life, but since my fall last March when I fractured my skull in two places I have appreciated them more than ever. Although I continue to improve, even now I get sinus headaches sometimes from reading too long. If it weren't for audiobooks, 2014 would have been a major bust. Audiobooks are different, but they still require a degree of concentration that other media such as television and modern movies don't. People being read to as well as reading to others has a long and honorable history.
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On Christmas Day I finished Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgins, an unusual fantasy with a Russia-like setting. There are firearms and trains, but road transport is still horse-drawn, so I'd guess the technology is around the turn of the twentieth century. There are also giants, strange elemental creatures, and the bodies of angels have fallen from the sky. I enjoyed it, but this first volume is not very self-contained. The second book is already out, in the UK. I'm not sure how many there are going to be.
Last night I also finished The Boy with the Porcelain Blade by Den Patrick, another enjoyable fantasy* with an Italianesque flavour. I expected it to be a city-based rogue sort of thing, but it turned out to be almost exactly the opposite, taking place among noble families an a large castle. My enjoyment was almost ruined by a remarkably poor kindle version, with about 20 instances of missing text. Really unacceptable for a book published in 2014, and I'll be dropping Gollancz an email about it later, when I've checked on another device. This was apparently also a Book 1, but is a complete story in itself, and I'm not really even sure where it can go from here. I don't know if either of those are even published in the US. * I have a slight suspicion it might not really be fantasy at all. We'll see. |
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Almost finished with Strands of Sorrow by John Ringo. Very entertaining zombie hunting series!!! I will have to read some more of his books.
Next will be Star Trek DS9: The Missing by Uma McCormack which I will buy later tonight when it's released. |
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Then I read The Aunt Paradox by Chris Dolley. A rather amusing time travel story. Next up: Carousel Seas by Sharon Lee. Another recent purchase. |
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Here is one take on reading order which seems to work fairly well: http://io9.com/how-to-read-terry-pra...e-h-1567312812 And JSWolf, the statement above is very offensive. I am not a liar just because you disagree with reading Discworld out of order. |
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As for reading, I find I don't always have to concentrate as much as I would with an audiobook. I can read while watching TV sometimes. It does depend on the book. Some books do require a lot more concentration then others. And some books require a lot of stamina to not fall asleep. ![]() The book I am reading now is a combination of bits are OK, bits are good, and bits are dull. I'm reading it for a book club or I would have stopped reading it. |
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Yup, my take on Strand of Sorrows as well. I can't say I'm sorry that the series is over. Honestly, there's a limit to my willingness to read zombie anything. OTOH, Carousel Seas left be quite sad that the trilogy is done. I quite enjoyed the book, and the series. (And do NOT miss the free Archer's Beach story on the front page of the main Baen site!)
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Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading?
Finished:
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" -- (5/5) stars "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" -- (5/5) stars "Whistling Past the Graveyard" by Susan Crandall --- (5/5) stars "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie -- (2/5) stars "Train Dreams" by Denis Johnson -- (1/5) stars ------------- Currently re-reading: "Sabriel" (Old Kingdom, #1) by Garth Nix |
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I realized there were two "new" Sword of truth books that came out after the "final" trilogy that I hadn't read yet.
So, I am reading _The Omen Machine_ which is really good so far. I really missed Richard, Kahlan and Zedd. |
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These books are both ageless and priceless IMO. Helen |
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Meanwhile, I read a couple of free short stories from the Baen site, which inspired me to download the full Free Short Stories of 2014, a collection of the monthly front page free stories from this year, many of which I had missed for one reason or another. An excellent collection this year, with some real gems in there. And the usual percentage of duds as well, of course. Keeping with the short story theme, I bought Deeds of Honor, a collection of Paksenarrion world short stories (none of which actually include Paks herself). These were good, but not great with a couple of exceptions -- Ms. Moon is a better novel writer than short story writer, IMO. Now, on to another Campion: The Fashion in the Shrouds. This is #10 in the Campion series. |
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Which, as CRussel says, was very good indeed. If this is the end of the series, it's a reasonable place to stop.
And now for something completely different: The Forever Girl by Alexander McCall Smith. Bought just three days ago! |
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My final four books of the year:
"An Autobiography" by Agatha Christie. A fascinating, although certainly "selective", account of Christie's life. She certainly led an interesting life - eg after reading in the newspaper an account of Leonard Woolley's excavations at Ur in the late 1920s, she travelled on her own overland to Iraq to see the site for herself, which was a very unusual thing for a single woman to do at the time. Fascinating reading. Highly recommended. "Keeper of the King" by Nigel Bennett and P.N. Elrod. The first book in the "Ethical Vampires" series. Originally bought from Baen probably around 2000-ish, but seems no longer to be available from them, although later books in the series are. Quote:
"Fer-de-Lance" by Rex Stout. The first book in the "Nero Wolfe" series. This is my first encounter with this author (and series), and I really didn't know what to expect, since I am mainly a lover of classic British detective fiction, in which the clues are laid out, and it's the reader's task to try to solve the crime along with the detective. This isn't like that at all. In case anyone else hasn't read it, Nero Wolfe is an "armchair detective" - an enormously fat man private investigator who never leaves his New York home, but has a team of helpers, primarily Archie Goodwin (the narrator of the book) who does his "legwork" for him. In this story, Wolfe is commissioned to try to track down Carlo Maffei, an Italian immigrant who is the brother of the wife of one of Wolfe's associates. Carlo turns up dead, and Wolfe is embroiled in a case involving the death of a high-profile university president and booby-trapped golf clubs. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and look forward to reading the rest of the series. "His Father's Son" by Nigel Bennett and P.N. Elrod. The second book in the "Ethical Vampires" series, which I bought from Baen in May 2001. Unlike the first book in the series, this one is still available. Quote:
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