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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #255 on: July 14, 2013, 03:33:41 pm »
Bought Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed yesterday. I didn't even know it existed before seeing it at the bookstore, and I have no idea what it's about, but considering the author, I'm sure I'll love it.
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #256 on: July 14, 2013, 05:29:06 pm »
I'm committed to the full ride so I'm gonna see it through to the end.

Ironbite-but the main bad guys are just so....stupid.

I'm reading them. I'm just not as impressed with them as I have been with her other books in the Velgarth series. But at least I can finish them, which is more than I can say for either the 500 Kingdoms or the Elemental Masters books...
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #257 on: July 14, 2013, 05:49:20 pm »
500 Kingdoms is fine if you want some trashy rewrites and mash-ups of old fairy tales.  I just wish she'd branch out a bit more then what she does in that series.

Ironbite-we'll see how Redoubt ends though.

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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #258 on: July 16, 2013, 10:03:08 am »
Rereading the Blood bowl books, only to realize my copy of the 3rd of the four has apparently escaped. Wild ones cost upwards of 20 bucks... I can get the omnibus for less. Talk about your stupid fun... but hey, it's blood bowl, it should be expected.

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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #259 on: July 20, 2013, 07:34:55 pm »
I finally finished a Clash of Kings. That was hard as hell.

Now for the even longer Storm of Swords.

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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #260 on: July 27, 2013, 11:59:57 am »
Today, I got the first book in the Game of Thrones series. Time to see what all the fuss is about, I suppose.

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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #261 on: July 28, 2013, 10:58:31 pm »
Break Her by B.G. Harlen. It's dark. I mean really dark. Darker than Harry Plinkett's stool.

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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #262 on: July 31, 2013, 02:10:04 pm »
Gonna start on Shadowmarch by Tad Williams soon. :) Got it from the library today!

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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #263 on: August 01, 2013, 12:53:35 am »
Just finished William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope. That was... absolutely brilliant.

Edit: here's the prologue, just so you know this is real:

It is a period of civil war.
The spaceships of the rebels, striking swift
From base unseen, have gain'd a vict'ry o'er
The cruel Galactic Empire, now adrift.
Amidst the battle, rebel spies prevail'd
And stole the plans to a space station vast,
Whose pow'rful beams will later be unveil'd
And crush a planet: 'tis the DEATH STAR blast.
Persu'd by agents sinister and cold,
Now Princess Leia to her home doth flee,
Deliv'ring plans and a new hope they hold:
Of bringing freedom to the galaxy.
In time so long ago begins our play,
In star-crossed galaxy far, far away.


And yeah, the whole thing's like that. And it is awesome.
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #264 on: August 01, 2013, 10:06:40 am »
Doing the Jouster series as I wait for the final book in the Colligium Chronicles to drop.

Ironbite-probably move on over to Pern once I'm done there.

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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #265 on: August 04, 2013, 07:37:28 am »
I'm committed to the full ride so I'm gonna see it through to the end.

Ironbite-but the main bad guys are just so....stupid.

I'm reading them. I'm just not as impressed with them as I have been with her other books in the Velgarth series. But at least I can finish them, which is more than I can say for either the 500 Kingdoms or the Elemental Masters books...

This Elemental Masters fangirl is sad now. :(

Bought Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed yesterday. I didn't even know it existed before seeing it at the bookstore, and I have no idea what it's about, but considering the author, I'm sure I'll love it.

I enjoyed it.  What did you think?


I've now read all but the very last book in the Riftwar/Demonwars/Chaos War series.  What a long, strange trip it's been--but I can't stop reading them!  I need to look into the latest Hollows and Dresden Files books here pretty soon.
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #266 on: August 04, 2013, 11:50:35 am »
Bought Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed yesterday. I didn't even know it existed before seeing it at the bookstore, and I have no idea what it's about, but considering the author, I'm sure I'll love it.

I enjoyed it.  What did you think?

So far, loving it. Haven't had a lot of time for reading, lately, so I'm only halfway through. (I'm sure my teenage self is amazed I can find a book I like and not devour it in one day)
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #267 on: August 05, 2013, 09:24:29 pm »
Just started A Clash of Kings, and... wow.


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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #268 on: August 07, 2013, 10:51:41 am »
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #269 on: August 07, 2013, 05:02:59 pm »
Moved on to another series by Lackey.  Jousters in fact.  Kinda an AU take on what would happen if Egypt had dragons and magic.

Ironbite-nice 4 book series.