So I'm a little ways into reading Star Wars Darth Plagueis and I have to say I love how they make Palpatine intonot only a bad seed, but a spoiled rotten rich brat, who gets away with shit scott free.
It makes me love Palpatine even more, now.
Finished 11.22.63. last night. Completely unputdownable, but the alternate history timeline (and the bit about the card-men)
at the end was a bit clunky. Still one of the best books I've read lately, though :)
So I finished reading Winner Lose All the other day, all I'm going to say is that I can't wait for Scoundrels (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Scoundrels) to come out.
Also I have a feeling that at the end of the upcoming novel, if the big heist goes ok for Han and Chewie, he'll end up giving most of the credits to the Rebel Alliance given we all know that Han's a sucker for a certain Princess, and Rebel Alliance leader. Plus, Winter, Leia's best friend and "sister" plays a role in the novel so...
I finally finished Darth Plagueis.
Did I read that right? Was Sidious manipulating Plagues from the moment the two met, to the point of even setting up the 'chance' meeting in the first place? What a shocker at the end (in so many ways!), though it kind of kills my theory that Plagueis will be the villain in the new movies.
I just started Star Wars:Scoundrels by Timothy Zahn.
I finally finished Darth Plagueis.
Did I read that right? Was Sidious manipulating Plagues from the moment the two met, to the point of even setting up the 'chance' meeting in the first place? What a shocker at the end (in so many ways!), though it kind of kills my theory that Plagueis will be the villain in the new movies.
Yeah, you read it right, but yet again Palpatine ain't exactly the most trustworthy individual, and he could be lying his ass off. Plagueis could still be the villain, if some f-ed up force sensitive gets hold of his holocron, he probably made one
I am reading Legacy of the Force books.
Even with Jacen's Fall, I still find myself liking him. Maybe its because he's fighting the Confederacy, and I see nothing wrong with stamping those bastards out.
I just finished reading Star Wars: Scoundrels by Timothy Zahn. Was pretty good, and was basically a Ocean's 11 type heist set in the Star Wars Universe, and takes place right after the Battle of Yavin, and the DeathStar destruction. No force users in the book, but we do get Han, Chewie, and Lando in it, plus a whole host of others, including the EU's Winter(Leia's BFF and "sister").
Poor Han, didn't get that money to pay off Jabba, and ended up having the bounty increased :(, at least Winter now knows that Leia is ok, and didn't die when the DeathStar blew up Alderaan.
Going to start The Hobbit, I read it before, but I want to refresh my memory for the next 2 installments of the movie.
Break Her by B.G. Harlen. It's dark. I mean really dark. Darker than Harry Plinkett's stool.
Trigger warning for rape and stuff like that.
This book is brutal. There are two characters, "he", a professional killer who dabbles in rape and torture, and "she", a woman who becomes his victim. The first page begins with her being assaulted in her sleep, and the rest of the book follows the next 36 hours of perpetual physical and psychological torment.
I really don't know what to say about it. It's not torture porn. It's not lurid in the way that a late-night special about a real life murder is. It's just raw. I've honestly never read anything like it before, and it's going to stay with me for a while.
I wish I could recommend it to my friends and family, but it's a really difficult book to get through. Probably because of the rape.
Just started reading Kenobi (it's the new Star Wars novel that just came out), pretty good so far.
I love how they started the novel out with a bar fight, where Obi-wan just walks into with baby Luke in hand. Poor guy, just wanted some directions to the Lars Homestead.
Looking for Alaska by John Green (of TFioS fame). It's a marvelous deconstruction of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope, showing what would realistically happen to a MPDG who has a habit of defying authority for kicks, snogging the narrator while they're both in relationships with other people, and getting behind the wheel of a car in the middle of the night drunk and upset.
If you plan to read it, go into it blind. Trust me.
Coincidentally, I've been re-reading A Song of Ice and Fire (currently about halfway through A Dance with Dragons). I find I enjoy it even more when I can keep better track of who everyone is.
It was hard enough with the titles and allegiances and family relationships in Westeros (Samwell Tarly's maternal grandfather is Alester Florent! Jeyne Westerling is the great-granddaughter of Maggy the Frog! Everyone is related to the Freys!), then they introduced Ghiscari names. I'm only just beginning to keep Skahaz, Reznak and Hizdahr straight in my head.
Finished Game of Thrones, and moved on to Clash of Kings. I'm finding that Stannis' story is much more interesting in the book than it is in the show. I've only seen the first two seasons, though, so maybe it picked up in season 3. Of course, it probably helps that the book actually has the ability to dwell on explanations of the plot and expand on the characters, which makes the story a lot easier to follow. It's more enjoyable when you actually know who the hell everyone is, and why they're loyal to each faction/making a claim to various crowns.
And I still found myself wanting to reach through the pages and slap Ned for being so naive in the way he handled the whole "Joffrey isn't the king's son" bit, despite knowing it was coming. There's a fine line between honour and foolishness, Lord Stark.
Finished Game of Thrones, and moved on to Clash of Kings. I'm finding that Stannis' story is much more interesting in the book than it is in the show. I've only seen the first two seasons, though, so maybe it picked up in season 3.
It didn't really. Although...
...it might in season 5, as Stannis shows up at the Wall at the end of season 4. So there might be a lot more stuff going on with his story soon, as the Wall is obviously becoming a very major part of the overall story.
I haven't read the books though (apart from the 1st one) and season 5 has only just started filming (without me so far :( ) so I don't know where Stannis' story is heading. Assuming the show's version even stays the same as the book's.
Ser Davos is more interesting than Stannis anyway imo.
Just finished reading Fool Moon, the second book of the Dresden Files series. It was rather enjoyable, I have to say. However.
Murphy's role in the book is pretty much a copy of her role in Storm Front. Harry lies to her to protect her from the Big Bad, she finds out, tries to have Harry arrested, fails and Harry spends the last few chapters avoiding the police on top of everything else, up until the climax, where they kiss and make up right after the final battle.
Speaking of the final battle, am I the only one who was extremely annoyed at Harry's stupidity? That he seriously didn't suspect that the one climbable section of wall around Marcone's estate with no apparent surveillance is not a giant fuckoff trap? It's just ten shades of stupid to think that Marcone would honestly allow such an obvious weakness in his defenses.
In any case, I'm now reading The Expanse. So far a few chapter into Leviathan Wakes and it seems most like a sci-fi version of A Song of Ice and Fire. Not only that, but the author seems to understand how real spacecraft fly. Needless to say, I'm enjoying it greatly.
Finished Game of Thrones, and moved on to Clash of Kings. I'm finding that Stannis' story is much more interesting in the book than it is in the show. I've only seen the first two seasons, though, so maybe it picked up in season 3.
It didn't really. Although...
...it might in season 5, as Stannis shows up at the Wall at the end of season 4. So there might be a lot more stuff going on with his story soon, as the Wall is obviously becoming a very major part of the overall story.
I haven't read the books though (apart from the 1st one) and season 5 has only just started filming (without me so far :( ) so I don't know where Stannis' story is heading. Assuming the show's version even stays the same as the book's.
Ser Davos is more interesting than Stannis anyway imo.
Yeah, Davos is cool, though again much more interesting in the books.
I was a bit disappointed that season 4 didn't include the epilogue from the end of the third book. I was psyched to see some Zombie Cat.
loving descriptions of New England.
> I was only nine years old
>I loved New England so much, I owned all the books and merchandise
>I chant to New England every night, thanking him for the life I have been given
>"New England is love", I say, "New England is life"
>My dad hears me and calls me a Nigger
> He is obviously jealous of my devotion to New England
>I called him a half breed
> He slaps me and sends me to my room
> I am crying now, because my face hurts
> I go into my bed and it is very cold
>I feel a warmth moving towards me
> I fell something touch me
> It's New England
> I am so happy
> he whispers into my ear, "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
> It grabs me with its powerful tendrils and puts me on my hands and knees
> I'm ready
> I spread my ass cheeks for New England
> He penetrates my butthole
> It hurts so much, but I do it for New England
> I can feel my anus tearing as my eyes start to water
> I push against his force
> I want to please New England
> He roars a mighty roar as he fills my butt with his Indifference
> My dad walks in
> New England looks him deep in the eyes and says, "That is not dead which can eternal lie
And with strange aeons even death may die"
> New England leaves through the cracks in reality itself.
New England is love, New England is life