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Sounds really interesting. I haven't had the time to read like I used to lately. I need to make some time. I read a little on vacation. I picked The Hobbit back up and started it over because I felt like I needed to refresh what I had already read before I finished. This is the one last Tolkien book I haven't read yet. I'm the weirdo who read this one last...
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Still reading the dictionary. Still on the letter S. Here's my update post.
Getting close to the letter T though. After that it should get easier.
Getting close to the letter T though. After that it should get easier.
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... What?G-Man wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:52 pm Still reading the dictionary. Still on the letter S. Here's my update post.
Getting close to the letter T though. After that it should get easier.
This is a real thing, oh my god. This is legendary LOL
I am out of books, so I randomly picked up American Psycho again. But, it's just not as interesting the second time through. Waiting impatiently for Winds of Winter GRRM is a cruel human being.
I almost grabbed Jurrasic Park the other day from the store, but I read a random page and it seemed to be written kind of childishly. Maybe I picked a bad page, and should just give it a go.
Been trying to find anything written by John Fante, but no where sells anything anymore. I need to check a used book store, methinks.
Taking suggestions! I need SOMETHING to read on the bus & train every day.
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I read a John Fante, it was good, but I fear one might finish them between two train stations.
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I am reading the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. I love every minute of it. Soon to start on book 10.
On the side, I'm picking up the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. Haven't really gotten started on that yet.
On the side, I'm picking up the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. Haven't really gotten started on that yet.
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Yessss join me in the Sanderson club! Mistborn is fantastic as is everything else in the "cosmere" (his fantasy series are linked together/in the same universe and the way he develops the magic systems/worlds/over-arching stuff is astounding).
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Awesome! Tell you what, PM me in like a month and I'll be done with the trilogy. We can gush about it on discord or something. :P And you can tell me what next to read.
After all, this is my first Sanderson novel.
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So I've just had an absolute suck of a reading summer, not managing to finish Atwood's Handmaiden's Tale until this week, having picked it following the TV series. Sometimes I wouldn't open the book for weeks - and by book I mean the EReader on my tablet. I partly blame it on this detachment towards using an ebook. I feel nothing. But I'll also blame it on a rather ech style of writing from said Ma'am - very introspective indeed, but almost too detailed at times, making me wander on each element of a room or happening, paragraph by paragraph, with only a handful of wisdom or very clever lines inserted. Also, dat addendum.
Picked up some Dick now (physical copy). K Dick. Yeah, you can imagine why.
Picked up some Dick now (physical copy). K Dick. Yeah, you can imagine why.
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I don't see myself buying an e-reader device. I love the feel of a book in my hand, not some flat, thin tablet. The smell and feel of the paper and the sound of the turning page cannot be replaced for me.
I'm past due for a dictionary update. I'll work on that this weekend.
I'm past due for a dictionary update. I'll work on that this weekend.
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Same, but I've started wishing to read English novels in, well, English at times - without having to pay twice as much for a paperback copy (if any to be found in my town, that is).
It's funny how I'm principled with this, whilst having no restrictions and rules in acquiring (sometimes "acquiring", as well) tons of music. But I suppose I enjoy one book at a time, over a short to medium stretch of time, whereas my tank is virtually bottomless for taking in new music.
It's funny how I'm principled with this, whilst having no restrictions and rules in acquiring (sometimes "acquiring", as well) tons of music. But I suppose I enjoy one book at a time, over a short to medium stretch of time, whereas my tank is virtually bottomless for taking in new music.
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Aaand I seem to be getting back on track, after a quick, refreshing and exciting three- or four-day read of Philip K. Dick's Ubik.
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I'm finally on the last book of the original Mistborn trilogy.
I was sidetracked by my own book and the four most recent Dresden Files books.
I was sidetracked by my own book and the four most recent Dresden Files books.
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Khaled Hosseini - And The Mountain Echoed.
Just starting it. Will give you my opinion when I form one.
Just starting it. Will give you my opinion when I form one.
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I have this problem too. I will never read an English book translated into another language. I prefer to read it in its original language. Living in a small town with a tiny bookshop with like 20 English books all modern crimes, is depressing, but I just order all my books online now. Doesn't replace the feeling of browsing a bookstore, but what can we do. Oftentimes there are great deals online too (in Sweden, it's bokus and Aldibris). I don't know where you live, but I'm sure you can find an online bookstore and hit the REA sections!Ricochet wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:16 pm Same, but I've started wishing to read English novels in, well, English at times - without having to pay twice as much for a paperback copy (if any to be found in my town, that is).
It's funny how I'm principled with this, whilst having no restrictions and rules in acquiring (sometimes "acquiring", as well) tons of music. But I suppose I enjoy one book at a time, over a short to medium stretch of time, whereas my tank is virtually bottomless for taking in new music.
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Interesting and sad that you have so little resources for original English literature. Our situation is perhaps not that bad, in that every bookstore has at least a big shelf with them, but it's still nothing special. Plus I don't have issues with translations. It's a given, especially with other foreign books. Sure, I know the language well enough not to need to read them translated, but I'm not going to search for or buy everything out there.dunya wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:40 amI have this problem too. I will never read an English book translated into another language. I prefer to read it in its original language. Living in a small town with a tiny bookshop with like 20 English books all modern crimes, is depressing, but I just order all my books online now. Doesn't replace the feeling of browsing a bookstore, but what can we do. Oftentimes there are great deals online too (in Sweden, it's bokus and Aldibris). I don't know where you live, but I'm sure you can find an online bookstore and hit the REA sections!Ricochet wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:16 pm Same, but I've started wishing to read English novels in, well, English at times - without having to pay twice as much for a paperback copy (if any to be found in my town, that is).
It's funny how I'm principled with this, whilst having no restrictions and rules in acquiring (sometimes "acquiring", as well) tons of music. But I suppose I enjoy one book at a time, over a short to medium stretch of time, whereas my tank is virtually bottomless for taking in new music.
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Sweden's amazing with the books and all, but I currently work near and live in a redneck northern town, population like 300 and the nearest city has a population of 6200.
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yesss I'm looking forward to your reaction to the ending!!speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:25 am I'm finally on the last book of the original Mistborn trilogy.
I was sidetracked by my own book and the four most recent Dresden Files books.
loved that one!!!
I'm in the middle of The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruíz Zafón, part of his "Cemetery of Forgotten Books" trio of interweaving novels --one of which, The Shadow of the Wind, is one of my favorite books of all time -- I recently re-read it and read the other one The Prisoner of Heaven as well; the three books don't need to be read in order but there's a lot of plot/character/timeline stuff related across them that's fun to cross-reference
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Huh. I finished The Hero of Ages the very minute you posted. Creepy.nutella wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:20 pmyesss I'm looking forward to your reaction to the ending!!speedchuck wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:25 am I'm finally on the last book of the original Mistborn trilogy.
I was sidetracked by my own book and the four most recent Dresden Files books.
Feel free to PM me about it. I'm not sure I want to throw spoilers in here.
And I think I may need to process a bit overnight.
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Hey, [mention]Epignosis[/mention]. Guess what I'm reading now.
Clue #1: On my phone, since it's not in stock or even translated.
Clue #2: Long enough to probably take me until March, considering how I've mishandled Atwood this summer.
Clue #3: What the heck are alewives?
Clue #1: On my phone, since it's not in stock or even translated.
Clue #2: Long enough to probably take me until March, considering how I've mishandled Atwood this summer.
Clue #3: What the heck are alewives?
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An obscure book...Atwood...alewives.
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Well it was either that or https://www.amazon.com/Big-New-Yorker-B ... 0679644776.
You've interpreted "not found or translated in Nauru" with obscure, though, which I wouldn't say is the case.
You've interpreted "not found or translated in Nauru" with obscure, though, which I wouldn't say is the case.
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Yeah, I never would've guessed.
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Just finished reading Agatha Christie's Murder in the Links.
It's a pretty fucking great book. Has a zillion plot twists and like every book from Agatha, it's engineered to make you fail to guess them. Not my favorite book from her though, because they are all amazing. But great.
It's a pretty fucking great book. Has a zillion plot twists and like every book from Agatha, it's engineered to make you fail to guess them. Not my favorite book from her though, because they are all amazing. But great.
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My reading progress through September 30th. Chicka Chicka is sucking up my soul. I've read maybe two pages since October 1st.
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I started to re-read 4.50 from Paddington a while back. I decided I was going to buy more of her collection, but I never had the chance.Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:24 pm Just finished reading Agatha Christie's Murder in the Links.
It's a pretty fucking great book. Has a zillion plot twists and like every book from Agatha, it's engineered to make you fail to guess them. Not my favorite book from her though, because they are all amazing. But great.
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I am currently reading Meddling Kids. It's a fun take on a Scooby Doo parody. The target demographic is not the same though, that's for sure.
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I just finished Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential," which I picked up for a quarter at a library used book sale. It's hugely entertaining — the guy is an amateur writer, but he loves his subject and uses the language of his people (chefs) to great effect. Recommended.
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I am in the middle of Sam Sykes Bring Down Heaven trilogy. It is a really good time, funny, smart, supernatural. I have been told that is like the best DnD game ever-- as I never played that I can't exactly give you an answer there. But it made me snicker three or four times in the first chapter of the first book and I have laughed out loud several other times.
I am also in love with an ancillary character Kudj and I am so worried he is gonna die. Love= Death people. Love = Death.
I am also in love with an ancillary character Kudj and I am so worried he is gonna die. Love= Death people. Love = Death.
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Back in the reading habit again. Still fighting through the dictionary. I'm into letter U now though, so it's pretty easy sailing from here on out.
Interesting words from January:
-Times sign
-Today
-Toss
-Tragus
-Trump
-Turnspit
-Turtle/Turtledove
Interesting words from January:
-Times sign
-Today
-Toss
-Tragus
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Elisabeth of roumania; a study
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& rereading the secret diaries of Charlotte Bronte {victorian novels}, because I loved it sm
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This latest post is actually my update through the end of February. I'm currently on the second and last page of the letter X.
Interesting words from February:
-Verbalism
-Verruca
-Vigintillion
-Violaceous
-Vodka
Three of the five words in that list weren't recognized by spell check.
Interesting words from February:
-Verbalism
-Verruca
-Vigintillion
-Violaceous
-Vodka
Three of the five words in that list weren't recognized by spell check.
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One of the best things I've read in a while.
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Which Elisabeth; Carmen Sylva or or her greatniece, E.of R.who went on to be Queen of the Hellenes? Whichever one, I shall have to look for this because I have always had a fascination for the woman who came between them, Marie of Edinburgh.
This has been popular here as well. I have a friend who is a librarian, and she said it was starting to get on local HS reading lists.
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I've already got two boys who hate reading eating it up.
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I finally finished the letter Z. Sadly, the supplementary material sections are no picnic either.
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Good question. I did not know there was a trilogy or genre for each of her histories? I'm not sure if I read the entire biography or it was divided but the former perhaps.S~V~S wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:15 pmWhich Elisabeth; Carmen Sylva or or her greatniece, E.of R.who went on to be Queen of the Hellenes? Whichever one, I shall have to look for this because I have always had a fascination for the woman who came between them, Marie of Edinburgh.
This has been popular here as well. I have a friend who is a librarian, and she said it was starting to get on local HS reading lists.
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[mention]lapluie[/mention] Oh,sorry I was not clear. I wasn't talking about a series of books, but a series of women
I ordered this, it is about the Queen of Romania, who was a fascinating person. She used a literary pseudonym, Carmen Sylva. She was a fairly prolific writer in several genres. Very unusual and independant for her time and position in society.
This book looks like a good read, I look forward to it.
I ordered this, it is about the Queen of Romania, who was a fascinating person. She used a literary pseudonym, Carmen Sylva. She was a fairly prolific writer in several genres. Very unusual and independant for her time and position in society.
This book looks like a good read, I look forward to it.
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I'm reading Ender's Game at the moment. Just picked it up the other night while browsing a bookstore.
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That's one I didn't really like.
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Really? I'm enjoying it so far. I sure can see why people wouldn't like it, though.
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Recently finished The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.
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You definitely should, I am excited for the person who will be reading it for the first time!S~V~S wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:46 am @lapluie Oh,sorry I was not clear. I wasn't talking about a series of books, but a series of women
I ordered this, it is about the Queen of Romania, who was a fascinating person. She used a literary pseudonym, Carmen Sylva. She was a fairly prolific writer in several genres. Very unusual and independant for her time and position in society.
This book looks like a good read, I look forward to it.
Theres another beautiful one called - Sunshine Conducted by W.M
It's just uhg, liquid nectar, I think a reader would enjoy the vivid imagery of the authors imaginative reality of a novel, it's one of my favorite because it's got chimes of poetry included as well.
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Thanks for reminding me of this book's existence, it's on my list of books to read.
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