03-12-2013, 07:47 AM | #15886 | |
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Next up is an odd little indie number called Under the Looking Glass by Alisa Tangredi. I reviewed one of her books very favourably on my site last year and I was happy to look at another of her works. |
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03-12-2013, 08:33 AM | #15887 |
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I just finished "Shadow of Freedom" by David Weber.
Now onto "The Alloy of Law" by Brandon Sanderson....i loved the original Mistborn trilogy. |
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03-12-2013, 03:48 PM | #15888 |
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I am late to the party, but I just finished Wool (1). I loved it!
Now the omnibus edition is on my wishlist |
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Currently reading Guilt by Kellerman, another in the psychologist Alex Delaware series. Good solid stuff, if not particularly exciting at the moment. |
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03-13-2013, 09:29 AM | #15891 |
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Stranger in a strange land, Robert A. Heinlein. Good story!
(I don't grok why they wanted to ban this.) Tell me what you think of it when you're done, if that's not too much of a trouble. I too loved Mistborn (although it's predictable), but didn't like the setting of Alloy of law and the changes of magic abilities. Last edited by maianhvk; 03-13-2013 at 09:32 AM. |
03-13-2013, 09:59 AM | #15892 | |
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I am about to start Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold. This is my first foray into the Vorkosigan Saga.
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03-13-2013, 11:50 AM | #15893 |
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Note that falling free is set in the same universe as her Vorkosigan books, but a few hundred years earlier and with no common characters. It is an excellent story. I hope you enjoy it.
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03-13-2013, 12:29 PM | #15894 |
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When I was looking up the reading order, I found out that Lois actually recommends chronological order. So I'm going with that. After Falling Free (if I like it) comes Shards of Honor.
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03-13-2013, 12:42 PM | #15895 |
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Dated. A little dull. A little too earnestly 'literary' for my taste. I was a little surprised that it didn't have the obvious ending but instead just tailed off. I was disappointed that none of the characters in the story speculated about the obvious ending that there could have been to the events depicted.
Next up: Prophecy by Tianna Xander. I bought this back in April 2009. I'm not sure why. It doesn't look to promising so far. |
03-13-2013, 04:19 PM | #15896 |
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I have recently finished The High Place by James Branch Cabell. It is predictably a satiric fantasy--but that's about all that is really predictable in this very imaginative novel filled with the most mischievous turns of of plot--not least the cheeky ending.
If you insist on your fantasy being serious--Beware! Otherwise a wonderful bit of iconoclastic froth. |
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I've been experimenting with different genre lately, with my read of '11/23/63' and 'Pines.' Now I've begun what I believe to be Fantasy with Robin Hobb's "Assassin's Apprentice." Just a few pages into the book, and so far it reminds me of the beginning of the movie "A Knight's Tale." If the book is half as much fun as that movie was, I think I may be in for some pleasant reading!
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Since these have been so fast, I will go ahead and move onto the next one, Wormhole. |
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03-13-2013, 10:17 PM | #15899 | |
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It uses the side effects of insomnia, medications and various psychiatric practices/theories to take the reader and the main character "down the rabbit hole". This is the second book I've read from this author and I've been impressed both times. Now, another watery novel awaits. This time it's the classic adventure Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne. I am really looking forward to this as it is, in some ways, a revisit to that time when my interest in reading was sparked - when my Mother bought me abridged versions of some of the classic adventure stories like Treasure Island. I decided late last year that I was determined to read the unabridged versions of all those books that started my reading passion and this is the first in that effort. It's also the book club read for March - apologies to all those who didn't appreciate my nomination. |
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03-14-2013, 02:50 AM | #15900 | |
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Let me amend this to read: 'A Knight's Tale Meets Game of Thrones.' Stitchawl |
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