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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 18 Jun 2006 : 11:13:24
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I recently read Murder in Cormyr. What an amazing book!! VERY well done, a great plot, great setting and very eerie flavor. I highly recommend this novel and enjoyed it from start to finish.
Prior to that, I read Elminster in Hell (quite enjoyable overall)and The Temptation of Elminster (didn't enjoy it)
I also bit the bullet and read Once Around the Realms... yup, it really is as bad as they say 
Currently, i'm reading Final Gate (loving it!! I've posted a few comments in the book club section of the forum for those who are interested).
So my backlog FR reading is coming to an end. The remaining novels I have to read are:
Elminster's Daughter
The Maztica Trilogy |
Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 18 Jun 2006 : 16:10:29
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Originally posted by Lord Rad
Currently, i'm reading Final Gate (loving it!! I've posted a few comments in the book club section of the forum for those who are interested).
Whimper! The local Barnes & Noble still hasn't gotten this book in yet!  |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2006 : 04:30:20
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Lord Rad
Currently, i'm reading Final Gate (loving it!! I've posted a few comments in the book club section of the forum for those who are interested).
Whimper! The local Barnes & Noble still hasn't gotten this book in yet!
Really? I just got a copy there today. 
Not that I understand what all the Last Mythal hype is all about. I still believe it is one of the most overpraised FR series I've seen in a long time. However, being the Realms fan that I am, it is in my "to read" pile.
I've been on hiatus from FR reading for quite a while now (a few months), but I'm going to get back into it now. Hence, why I've been away for a while. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
5699 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2006 : 08:16:10
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I've been on hiatus from FR reading for quite a while now (a few months), but I'm going to get back into it now. Hence, why I've been away for a while.
Well met
Glad to hear it, Rinonalyrna. It must have been awful for thee  I hope a fresh dose of Realms reading gets thee back on the straight and narrow  |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2006 : 21:44:31
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Originally posted by Alaundo
Well met
Glad to hear it, Rinonalyrna. It must have been awful for thee I hope a fresh dose of Realms reading gets thee back on the straight and narrow
Well, that's one way of putting it. Nice to see you again, Alaundo. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36965 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2006 : 23:15:32
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Originally posted by Alaundo
Tell me, what time shalt thou be reading next?
What an odd question to ask someone, Big Al...  |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jun 2006 : 00:39:58
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I know what he means.
When I finish up The Lost Library of Cormanthyr I'll be reading (*gasp*!) Final Gate. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
5699 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jun 2006 : 09:29:53
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I know what he means.
When I finish up The Lost Library of Cormanthyr I'll be reading (*gasp*!) Final Gate.
Well met
Ahh, a fine choice indeed. I thoroughly enjoyed The Lost Library of Cormanthyr and would be interested to hear thy thoughts I believe there's a scroll somew....ahh, here it is.
I'm sure ye will love Final Gate. 'tis riddled with Realms flavor  |
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Beezy
Learned Scribe
USA
280 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jun 2006 : 18:14:16
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| I really enjoyed The Lost Library as well. I think you will like Final Gate as well, but to my suprise it is getting mixed reviews in the book club forum, I personally thought it was fantastic. |
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
5699 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jun 2006 : 23:33:57
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Originally posted by Beezy
I really enjoyed The Lost Library as well. I think you will like Final Gate as well, but to my suprise it is getting mixed reviews in the book club forum, I personally thought it was fantastic.
Well met
Hmm, I wasn't sure if ye had obtainted a copy of the tome yet, Beezy, as ye tend to be a regular in the book club and I noticed thy absence therein.
Edit: Ahh, just noticed thy post in the final thread |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2006 : 01:00:15
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Originally posted by Alaundo
Well met
Ahh, a fine choice indeed. I thoroughly enjoyed The Lost Library of Cormanthyr and would be interested to hear thy thoughts I believe there's a scroll somew....ahh, here it is.
I'm sure ye will love Final Gate. 'tis riddled with Realms flavor
*grins* Of course I'll share my thoughts on Lost Library. Thanks for giving me a link. And while I didn't care for the way the characters in the first two Last Mythal books were sketched out, I'm hoping the last book will be as good as you say.
By the way, I like Lost Library very much so far--it seems to be about the value of lore, and I'm interested in the idea of Realms archeologists. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Shadovar
Senior Scribe
785 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2006 : 02:48:01
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| Just had finished reading the Ruin and City of Splendors novel, both are very good reads and I am reading them again. |
We have fostered trust, recruited loyalty, and gathered the faithful. We have trained thousands. Our legions can cover the land, fill the sky and travel through the darkness. We can hunt any and all that would deny our heritage. Now is our time, now is the time of the Dark Reign(Rain) of the Empire of Shadows.
- High Prince Telemont Tanthul, Lord Shadow
In a speech given to the citizens of Shade Enclave
At the celebration of the Shinantra Battle victory when he revealed that he was THE Lord Shadow of legend. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2006 : 04:21:13
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Originally posted by Shadovar
Just had finished reading the Ruin and City of Splendors novel, both are very good reads and I am reading them again.
So soon? That's what I call a fan. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2006 : 09:15:02
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| I am reading 1000 Orcs right now. Intriguing plot. Very enjoyable read! |
"Das Gras weht im Wind, wenn der Wind weht." |
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J D Dunsany
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
180 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2006 : 15:41:46
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Hmmm... Been absent from these fine boards for too long.
Let's see...
Just read 'The Sapphire Crescent', which is set in a part of the Realms I'm not really familiar with. Verrry enjoyable novel - pretty well written and plotted with some truly odious villains and one particularly unusual fight with a creature I've never encountered before. Good stuff.
Also read 'The Wyvern's Spur' and have just started 'Song of the Saurials'. 'The Wyvern's Spur' was simply fabulous. Really really enjoyed it. Too early to tell with 'Song of the Saurials', but I'm expecting similar.
Sorry to potentially upset people (particularly Rinonalyrna! ), but I didn't care for 'The Lost Library of Cormanthor' much, for reasons that I might talk about later...
Love to all,
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Lore Seeker
Acolyte
USA
27 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2006 : 20:49:15
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| I have over 20 FR novels in my collection. Not as many as I would like but I only have so much time. As for my current reading, just yesterday I picked up Blackstaff. I am 4 chapters in and thoroughly enjoying it. |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 10 Jul 2006 : 21:11:59
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If you are so inclined, feel free to drop by the book club for Blackstaff and discuss the novel (which I will be doing as well, soon, as long as my book stores ante up the novel soon . . . )
http://www.candlekeep.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=33 |
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Lore Seeker
Acolyte
USA
27 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2006 : 21:31:06
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Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
If you are so inclined, feel free to drop by the book club for Blackstaff and discuss the novel (which I will be doing as well, soon, as long as my book stores ante up the novel soon . . . )
http://www.candlekeep.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=33
Thank you kind sir for the tip. Now, if you will refer back to the book club you will see my short, simple opinion of the novel so far. I will no doubt be posting more as I delve further into the book. |
"So let it be written.....that I might read it."
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36965 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2006 : 03:42:51
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Well, I had to take a break from book 5 of the WotSQ series -- three books came out that I really wanted to read (and one was a Realms novel, Final Gate), so I was only too happy to set book 5 aside for a while.
But I just finished Final Gate, so now it's back to the drow... at least until that box from Amazon arrives, and I can eagerly dive into Blackstaff! |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2006 : 04:19:42
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Originally posted by Lore Seeker
I have over 20 FR novels in my collection. Not as many as I would like but I only have so much time. As for my current reading, just yesterday I picked up Blackstaff. I am 4 chapters in and thoroughly enjoying it.
I'm so jealous...I hope it's in my neaby bookstores by tommorrow, although I'm not finished with Final Gate yet. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2006 : 04:23:10
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| Yeah, I'm hoping I'm not too busy tomorrow to swing by the book store at lunchtime tomorrow. |
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Dhomal
Senior Scribe
USA
565 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2006 : 04:29:31
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Hello-
You know - I'm on vacation this week! However - that means I'll have to go IN to work to get the book!
I guess I'll check online to see if its in - and put a reserve in on it.
So much for staying away from work the whole week!
Dhomal |
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Successfully traded with Xysma! |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2006 : 04:34:56
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| I don't think I'll be able to get Blackstaff till at least the end of the week. :( |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2006 : 05:51:10
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Well, my copy of Blackstaff is still on pre-order... but I'm putting aside two others books I'm reading at the moment to work my way through Steven's grand work.
A fitting enough tribute, I think.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36965 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2006 : 06:21:36
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Originally posted by Kuje
I don't think I'll be able to get Blackstaff till at least the end of the week. :(
Ditto. Mine shipped today, but isn't expected to deliver until Monday.
You know what's ironic about that? I just got some CDs from Japan, and they were in my hand less than 48 hours after leaving Tokyo. If CDJapan can ship CDs to the other side of the world in 2 days, why can't Amazon get me a book in less than a week? |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2006 : 06:39:43
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Kuje
I don't think I'll be able to get Blackstaff till at least the end of the week. :(
Ditto. Mine shipped today, but isn't expected to deliver until Monday.
You know what's ironic about that? I just got some CDs from Japan, and they were in my hand less than 48 hours after leaving Tokyo. If CDJapan can ship CDs to the other side of the world in 2 days, why can't Amazon get me a book in less than a week?
I don't know. :( I wonder the same things about local book stores.... :( |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2006 : 23:32:17
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| I'm going to finish Final Gate (about 100 pages left to go), then it's on to Blackstaff, which I got today. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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How up to date are you with reading FR novels?
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