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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #435 on: October 13, 2015, 09:29:18 am »
It's not so much that they drag on, but that they don't do anything.
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #436 on: October 13, 2015, 09:30:09 am »
Like Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #437 on: October 13, 2015, 09:42:45 am »
"The Aeronaut's Windlass", the first book in a new steampunk series from Jim Butcher. So far, it's pretty good...one of the main characters is an intelligent cat names Rowl who calls his human companion Littlemouse.
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #438 on: October 13, 2015, 10:32:51 am »
i'm rereading honorifica imperialis, an omnibus of imperial guard novels by the black library. i'm on a wh40k/imperial guard kick lately.
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #439 on: October 13, 2015, 01:38:41 pm »
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Because somehow I hadn't read it yet in all of my years. Good novel.
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #440 on: October 13, 2015, 07:16:27 pm »
Went to Closer to the Heart because that's a book I was waiting for and now back to more modern times in Valdemar.

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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #441 on: October 23, 2015, 12:37:43 am »
Finished Star Wars: Aftermath, and started reading [Star Wars: Rise Of The Empire which is a bundle of both A New Dawn and Tarkin amd three short stories. I already have and read the two novels, and only bought the book for the short stories. Damn you, Star Wars...

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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #442 on: June 19, 2016, 03:45:59 am »
I finished the last Discworld book not long ago. Excuse me while I go cry my eyes out.


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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #443 on: June 20, 2016, 05:00:42 am »
Finished Star Wars: Aftermath, and started reading [Star Wars: Rise Of The Empire which is a bundle of both A New Dawn and Tarkin amd three short stories. I already have and read the two novels, and only bought the book for the short stories. Damn you, Star Wars...

Aftermath was good; looking forward to the sequel, Life Debt.  However, I liked Lost Stars better, even though I spent half the book wanting to punch one of the main characters.  I finished Bloodline not long ago.  It was okay, but I liked Bloodline better.
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #444 on: July 22, 2016, 04:26:21 pm »
I recently finished, "We have always lived in the castle," by Shirley Jackson. Pretty good and creepy, especially when re-reading. After reading, "The haunting of Hill House" last year, I'm becoming a fan of Jackson.

A warning though if you read these books: Stay away from the Introduction until you finish the book. Both times, the person who wrote the intro spoiled the entire book. If you want to discuss themes of the book, fine. But if you plan to spoil the entire plot, stick your discussion at the end of the book instead. At least with, Castle, I skipped the intro after seeing signs of this, returning later to see this, but I did get a huge unwanted spoiler with Hill House.

Currently reading, "The third policeman." And while I knew it was supposed to be weird before I started, I now realize that it's got some Phantom Tollbooth-level mind screws!
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #445 on: September 16, 2016, 12:34:13 pm »
The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour. A pretty good historical adventure following a man through the height of Moorish Spain and medieval Europe. Not to mention a half decent romance, like the rest of his books.
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #446 on: September 17, 2016, 10:29:53 am »
Recently finished The Lies of Locke Lamora, super enjoyed that; now reading The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint, and finding it pretty much unputdownable :o

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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #447 on: October 19, 2016, 01:28:41 pm »
The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour. A pretty good historical adventure following a man through the height of Moorish Spain and medieval Europe. Not to mention a half decent romance, like the rest of his books.

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Recently I've been re-reading Catherine Asaro's Lost Continent series.  Pretty good fantasy romance, plus, I adore the magic system.  It is, quite honestly, exactly what you'd expect a physicist to come up with. :)
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #448 on: January 28, 2017, 05:45:00 pm »
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Re: What Are You Reading?
« Reply #449 on: January 28, 2017, 06:41:28 pm »
Professional C++ by Marc Gregoire.  Its almost like learning the language all over again, with all the shit C++11 and 14 added...and I'm loving every second of it.
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