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Wicked by Gregory Maguire | 8 | 10.53% | |
A Discovery of Witches: A Novel by Deborah Harkness | 2 | 2.63% | |
The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One by Patrick Rothfuss | 17 | 22.37% | |
Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher | 11 | 14.47% | |
A Game Of Thrones by George R. R. Martin | 16 | 21.05% | |
The Fairy Godmother (book 1 in Five Hundred Kingdoms series) by Mercedes Lackey | 2 | 2.63% | |
The Winds of Khalakovo by Bradley P. Beaulieu | 2 | 2.63% | |
Stardust by Neil Gaiman | 10 | 13.16% | |
The Voyage of the Minotaur by Wesley Allison | 6 | 7.89% | |
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Book 1 by Michael Scott | 2 | 2.63% | |
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06-29-2011, 11:42 AM | #31 |
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Welcome to the book club VFX, we hope you enjoy your time with us.
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06-29-2011, 11:47 AM | #32 | |
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Thanks a lot. I just hope I can keep up with the pace of reading. I am generally an avid reader, but I am wrapping up my dissertation right now, so things might be hard for a couple of months - but I shall do my best! |
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I'm an avid reader more in spirit and desire than in practice. As you can see by my counter I'm one of the slowest readers here... |
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06-29-2011, 12:32 PM | #34 |
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I do too. I feel that if I look at the current voting results and vote accordingly then I am not making MY choice. I would in essence be 'giving my vote away.'
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True. This was my first not-so-blind vote and I do feel a little of that, although I don't feel its completely lost. I also see that my stronger choice is trying to make its way up the chart. Oh well, live and learn.
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06-29-2011, 01:30 PM | #36 |
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Go Game of Thrones! You can do it!
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06-29-2011, 11:56 PM | #38 |
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I'm going to forge ahead with Wicked also. I've meant to read it for a long time and I should return my nephew's copy to him before he leaves for college this fall. I've had it for [mumble] years [/mumble].
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06-30-2011, 12:03 AM | #39 |
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It's the book description in the first post that sells it for me. "[S]trange and imaginative postmodernist fable ... puckish humor and bracing pessimism in this fantastical meditation on good and evil, God and free will ... has both idealism and cynicism in its discussion of social, religious, educational, and political issues present in Oz, and, more pointedly, present in our day and time." Sounds interesting; a lot more so than straight out fantasy.
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Not really interested in reading Name of the Wind (just read it late last year) or Game of Thrones.
However, I might to a side/buddy read with some others on one of the other books here if there's any interest? Quite happy with The Voyage of the Minotaur, The Winds of Khalakovo or even possibly Wicked. It might be nice to do one of these with the author's involvement so I would probably lean towards The Voyage of the Minotaur. So - anyone interested? EDIT: Just voted for The Voyage of the Minotaur to reflect my above comment. |
06-30-2011, 08:02 AM | #41 |
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I would be up for reading, and then discussing, Wicked also. The two leaders do not really interest me at all. It would have to be after I finish Rabbit Boss and Bleak House though.
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06-30-2011, 08:09 AM | #42 |
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Stardust is a great book, it is not epic in length, there are no sequels to deal with, and it is an unusual sort of fantasy world, sort of a dark place where witches cut out the hearts of stars and eat them and everyone is a bit darker than they might seem at first.
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06-30-2011, 09:31 AM | #44 |
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Wicked: Do NOT read the spoiler if you have not read the book....seriously!
I was too "sensitive" for Wicked. Spoiler:
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