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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
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 Posted - 29 Nov 2012 : 15:21:11
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| Reading Book 4 of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 29 Nov 2012 : 17:08:18
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Have you read the manga? Yes, he can be annoying, but that's part of his "charm." I like Zeref, too. As for Erza, I don't know, right from the start, I couldn't really care for her, even during that Tower of Heaven arc when she and Jellal had prominent roles.
Yeah I have . I got it when it first came out and have tried to keep up with it ever since. I agree with you about Natsu , at the end of the day he is an entertaining main character. As for Erza she is a bit of a one dimensional character its true but she provides an interesting counterpoint to all the crazies running around in the Fairy tail guild.
I find her funny at times. She's almost always serious, but she has some weird obsessions, like doing a 'picnic' (she was so angry like a provoked lion when a band of thieves ate their picnic food, and beat them nigh to death), and wearing those ridiculous tights from the Jiggly Butt Gang.
Cant make an anime without someone from the jiggly butts gang nowadays. Union rules. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 29 Nov 2012 : 21:45:42
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Actually, they annoy me. Fart as power! Seriously?!  |
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Yoss
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 30 Nov 2012 : 01:07:02
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I'm dragging on Song of the Saurials. I've been horribly distracted at work by Star Wars angry birds (never should have got a smart phone, lol). And since work is where I've been doing 90% of my reading this past year, combined with really not enjoying the series as much as I expected to, further distractions like the two Kemp SW novels and realms of the dead, it's just taking forever. I want to be done before breaking into The Blade Itself, on the quite probably chance I enjoy it greatly and need to read the others from that series. It will be 2013 long before I get done with the finder's stone if that happens...
I LOVED The Blade Itself! Do you have the other books in the trilogy too?
Haven't picked them up yet. I got the first one off your recommendation in another thread, just have been horribly slacking on reading lately. Well. Slacking on a lot of things lately, but usually reading isn't one of them. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
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Posted - 30 Nov 2012 : 18:02:35
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Actually, they annoy me. Fart as power! Seriously?!
Same here but they are bound to make an anime on that premise someday. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 30 Nov 2012 : 18:26:21
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Originally posted by Thauranil
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Originally posted by Dennis
Actually, they annoy me. Fart as power! Seriously?!
Same here but they are bound to make an anime on that premise someday.
I saw a manga with that premise, once... I don't recall much about it, other than the fact that the main character could launch himself in orbit just by farting...
On topic, I started reading The Golden Compass. Really didn't feel like reading that one next, but it was lent to me months ago, and the guy recently said something about wanting the books back... 
Finished Cold Days last night, and Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal early this morn.
I think either I, Jedi and/or the Thrawn trilogy will be next. I've been feeling a Star Wars vibe, of late, and the only Star Wars novels I have are I, Jedi and the ones by Timothy Zahn. |
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Simon Phoenix
Acolyte
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Posted - 01 Dec 2012 : 02:00:37
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| About to start Sword of the Gods. Hey, isn't it almost time we started a what are you reading 2012, maybe a 2013 in a month :) |
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Clad In Shadows
Learned Scribe
Canada
158 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2012 : 17:00:29
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Finished Steven Erikson's Midnight Tides. I think I enjoyed this one just as much as House of Chains. It's REALLY nice to see a Malazan book that focuses on just a handful of characters compared to the usual bombardment of characters big and small.
Yeah, it was great, wasn't it? Rare for Erikson to have a (mostly) self-contained story in this series. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 03 Dec 2012 : 13:17:44
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Thauranil
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Originally posted by Dennis
Actually, they annoy me. Fart as power! Seriously?!
Same here but they are bound to make an anime on that premise someday.
I saw a manga with that premise, once... I don't recall much about it, other than the fact that the main character could launch himself in orbit just by farting...
On topic, I started reading The Golden Compass. Really didn't feel like reading that one next, but it was lent to me months ago, and the guy recently said something about wanting the books back...
Finished Cold Days last night, and Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal early this morn.
I think either I, Jedi and/or the Thrawn trilogy will be next. I've been feeling a Star Wars vibe, of late, and the only Star Wars novels I have are I, Jedi and the ones by Timothy Zahn.
Seriously! Damed Mangakas they will come up with anything.
Oh, the Thrawn Trilogy is a very good series, I quite enjoyed it but I,jedi not so much. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2012 : 15:06:23
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Originally posted by Clad In Shadows
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
Finished Steven Erikson's Midnight Tides. I think I enjoyed this one just as much as House of Chains. It's REALLY nice to see a Malazan book that focuses on just a handful of characters compared to the usual bombardment of characters big and small.
Yeah, it was great, wasn't it? Rare for Erikson to have a (mostly) self-contained story in this series.
Very enjoyable. Erikson's spacing of his characters makes it harder to get attached to them. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2012 : 15:07:22
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| Starting Book 6 of the Malazan Book of the Fallen: The Bonehunters. |
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Clad In Shadows
Learned Scribe
Canada
158 Posts |
Posted - 05 Dec 2012 : 23:00:41
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| Just started Return of the Crimson Guard, by Ian C Esslemont. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36971 Posts |
Posted - 06 Dec 2012 : 03:23:32
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Finished The Golden Compass today... I enjoyed it, but it was lacking something... I think it was a combination of being thrown off by the daemons and not really caring about the main character. Either way, the book just didn't quite grab me.
I know there's a sequel, but I have no plans to read it.
I started re-reading Heir to the Empire. I'm sure I've said it before, but to me, those books capture the feel of the Classic Trilogy quite nicely.  |
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Clad In Shadows
Learned Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 06 Dec 2012 : 17:39:43
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Finished The Golden Compass today... I enjoyed it, but it was lacking something... I think it was a combination of being thrown off by the daemons and not really caring about the main character. Either way, the book just didn't quite grab me.
I know there's a sequel, but I have no plans to read it.
I started re-reading Heir to the Empire. I'm sure I've said it before, but to me, those books capture the feel of the Classic Trilogy quite nicely.
I liked The Golden Compass and the two following books. I'm kinda disappointed that the movie wasn't all that great, and that the final two were axed.
The next two books have a very different feel to them. I'm not saying that you'd necessarily like them, but when they introduce the parallel universes, things really open up. |
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Clad In Shadows
Learned Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 06 Dec 2012 : 17:40:45
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I've picked up The Hobbit for a quick reread in preparation for the film's release later this month.
I did the same thing last week. I realized that after 15 years, I didn't really remember the plot...at all. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 07 Dec 2012 : 03:10:30
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Originally posted by Clad In Shadows
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I've picked up The Hobbit for a quick reread in preparation for the film's release later this month.
I did the same thing last week. I realized that after 15 years, I didn't really remember the plot...at all.
I didn't quite have the same problem, since I tend to reread The Hobbit every few years. But I did notice that I'd forgotten a lot of Bilbo's great lines from the early chapters of the book. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
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Posted - 07 Dec 2012 : 07:01:00
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by The Sage
I've picked up The Hobbit for a quick reread in preparation for the film's release later this month.
I did the same thing last week. I realized that after 15 years, I didn't really remember the plot...at all.
I didn't quite have the same problem, since I tend to reread The Hobbit every few years. But I did notice that I'd forgotten a lot of Bilbo's great lines from the early chapters of the book.
Thats a good point after 3 or 4 years even I could use a reread of the Hobbit to refresh my memory. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 08 Dec 2012 : 14:23:55
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Finished the Fellowship of the Ring. I must say that I REALLY did not enjoy the first part of the book up to the point when the hobbits arrive at Bree. In fact, I almost gave up on it. After that point it felt like a different author took over and I really enjoyed the rest. This is the first time I have read this book and am looking forward to finishing up the series after a short break.
Now continuing with the second half of The Bonehunters. |
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realmsrider
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 09 Dec 2012 : 05:17:08
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Finished book 1 of Shadowrun. I liked it. Living in our technologically inclined age makes it easier to wrap my head around the concepts and lingo even though I never played the game.
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
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Posted - 09 Dec 2012 : 08:12:41
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
Finished the Fellowship of the Ring. I must say that I REALLY did not enjoy the first part of the book up to the point when the hobbits arrive at Bree. In fact, I almost gave up on it. After that point it felt like a different author took over and I really enjoyed the rest. This is the first time I have read this book and am looking forward to finishing up the series after a short break.
Now continuing with the second half of The Bonehunters.
Both Fellowship of the Ring and Bonehunters have the fact that thier second halves are better than their first. Glad to see that you are enjoying Tolkeins work. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 09 Dec 2012 : 11:49:51
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| I feel like indulging in some Star Wars novels so have started on Revan the novel. I loved the KOTOR games so I am glad they came up with this novel to give us some closure on the characters. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 09 Dec 2012 : 15:18:29
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Originally posted by Thauranil
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
Finished the Fellowship of the Ring. I must say that I REALLY did not enjoy the first part of the book up to the point when the hobbits arrive at Bree. In fact, I almost gave up on it. After that point it felt like a different author took over and I really enjoyed the rest. This is the first time I have read this book and am looking forward to finishing up the series after a short break.
Now continuing with the second half of The Bonehunters.
Both Fellowship of the Ring and Bonehunters have the fact that thier second halves are better than their first. Glad to see that you are enjoying Tolkeins work.
That's good news about The Bonehunters because I really enjoyed the first half of that book. There was just something about the actual writing style in the first part ofThe Fellowship of the Ring that bothered me. I have seen the movies so I knew most of what would happen in the book and it wasn't a lack of action that bothered me. I'm glad it got better for me too because I have put this series off for far too long. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 10 Dec 2012 : 04:18:54
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Finished book 1 of Shadowrun. I liked it. Living in our technologically inclined age makes it easier to wrap my head around the concepts and lingo even though I never played the game.
Which book 1? There's been a couple of them... |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 10 Dec 2012 : 04:27:49
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Entromancer
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 10 Dec 2012 : 16:57:22
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| Rereading my Year of Rogue Dragons omnibus, as well as The Fortress of the Pearl and The Deadhouse Gates. |
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Tyrant
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 10 Dec 2012 : 21:48:00
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
Finished the Fellowship of the Ring. I must say that I REALLY did not enjoy the first part of the book up to the point when the hobbits arrive at Bree. In fact, I almost gave up on it. After that point it felt like a different author took over and I really enjoyed the rest. This is the first time I have read this book and am looking forward to finishing up the series after a short break.
I gave up on it the first time I tried to read it somewhere in the first 200 pages. I started again later and found everything after that first part was better. My friend later advised me to just skip to where the Hobbits are leaving the Shire for that very reason and I have seen that advice echoed elsewhere. So, you aren't alone in that view. If you are reading them all, Return of the King may come off as a little odd as the first half is the business with Aragorn and company and the second half is Frodo and Sam and somewhere towards the end they start to come together even though the events happen at the same time like the movie.
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I feel like indulging in some Star Wars novels so have started on Revan the novel. I loved the KOTOR games so I am glad they came up with this novel to give us some closure on the characters.
I liked Revan in general, but don't expect a whole lot of closure. Also don't expect decent treatment of any character that wasn't from KotoR 1, if they even rate being mentioned at all. It's painfully obvious the author (who used to work for Bioware as a writer if not their main writer) would rather pretend KotoR 2 (and it's acclaim of having a far better plot) didn't exist.
As for me, I am just about finished with Dream Spheres by Elaine Cunningham. I was going to read Evermeet next, but I believe I am going to read Brimstone Angels: Lesser Evils and possibly Star Wars: Annihilation by Drew Karpyshyn (the author of Revan, who despite aspects of his writing for Revan I generally like as an author). Then it will probably be back to Evermeet unless I take way too long reading those other two and Timothy Zahn's new Star Wars book (Scoundrels) comes out.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 11 Dec 2012 : 04:41:43
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Just finished American Gods......this Gaiman guy......he may be alrigh
I enjoyed American Gods, but I liked the sequel, Anansi Boys, a lot better. 
Neverwhere was quite interesting.
I have The Graveyard Book, but I've not read it yet. I've heard many good things about it, and I'd like to share it with my son, once he's old enough, if it's as good as I've heard.
And Stardust... Definitely can't wait until he's old enough for me to read that to him! I love the movie and the book! 
My friend Gino was over one eve, and everyone wanted to watch a movie... He wasn't enthusiastic about it, but he agreed to watch Stardust with us -- which was an improvement over the previous time, when he flat out vetoed it. How did he like it? He bought it on Blu-ray as soon as he could find it, and it's now one of his faves! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 11 Dec 2012 : 05:20:46
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
Just finished American Gods......this Gaiman guy......he may be alrigh
I enjoyed American Gods, but I liked the sequel, Anansi Boys, a lot better.
Neverwhere was quite interesting.
Neverwhere remains among the top five books on my "Must Reread Every So Often Listing."
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I've read everything Gaiman has written -- in all the various mediums. But I still count his work on the Sandman comic book series [published by Vertigo/DC] as his best. There's just such a displayed mastery of weaving entertaining stories evidenced in each of the 70+ issues, that I've yet to see repeated in anything else that's he written since. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 11 Dec 2012 : 05:23:36
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Originally posted by Tyrant
I liked Revan in general, but don't expect a whole lot of closure. Also don't expect decent treatment of any character that wasn't from KotoR 1, if they even rate being mentioned at all. It's painfully obvious the author (who used to work for Bioware as a writer if not their main writer) would rather pretend KotoR 2 (and it's acclaim of having a far better plot) didn't exist.
I've heard it said that Revan runs pretty much as the "proper" sequel for Knights of the Old Republic.
Not sure I agree with that thinking. Despite KotOR 2's many problems, it did offer some great gameplay, and a few intriguing NPCs as well. How can you not love Atton Rand? Or the Handmaiden for that matter? |
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