What Are You Reading, Part 2

[Dunkum he/him]

17 hours ago, Briar King said:

The movie absolutely failed my fav chara

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Faramir. He is never once tempted by Ring and is the absolute opp of his brother and yet in TTT they ruined it by having him be tempted ugh

 

I don't really see that as ruining him, honestly.  its actually more interesting that way, I think, since he does resist it in the end

[Briar King]

It was a very big ruin to me. He's 100% pure in bk and not once phased/tempted and then movie goes and throws a 100% out of character arc (on that issue)like Hollywood likes to do.

[mattig89ch he/him]

So, I picked up the first novel in the dragon age series.  EA contracted out some authors to help flesh out the universe.  And the first book is pretty good so far.

Anyone else read this series?

[StormingTexan he/him]

Done with Crossroads of Twilight. Honestly didn't think it was any worst than the last couple of books.

Really looking forward to Knife of Dreams which from what I've seen a lot of people rank amongst the best in the series. 

[Orlion Blight he/him]

So many books! Right now, I'm working to finish  At the Mouth of the River of Bees by Kij Johnson

[Renoux she/her]

I don't know if you're supposed to do Sanderson books on here, but I just finished up Legion: Skin Deep, and really enjoyed it!

[Dunkum he/him]

9 hours ago, StormingTexan said:

Done with Crossroads of Twilight. Honestly didn't think it was any worst than the last couple of books.

Really looking forward to Knife of Dreams which from what I've seen a lot of people rank amongst the best in the series. 

I never understood the complaints against crossroads when path of daggers is right there.  It is not a coincidence that my 3 least favorite books in the series happen to be the 3 where we don't get Mat's POV.  but yes, things definitely pick back up with knife of dreams

[StormingTexan he/him]

21 minutes ago, Dunkum said:

I never understood the complaints against crossroads when path of daggers is right there.  It is not a coincidence that my 3 least favorite books in the series happen to be the 3 where we don't get Mat's POV.  but yes, things definitely pick back up with knife of dreams

I have the luxury of reading the series for the first time after its completed but I can't imagine the frustration of Path of Daggers after the concluding events of A Crown of Swords. CoT is slow but to me it was not a huge let down. 

 

[DSC01 he/him]

The thing about CoT that frustrated me was that Winter's Heart ends with 

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the cleansing of saidin, which is pretty much the most significant event since the Breaking,

and it seems like it's mostly just ignored. You would think the Asha'man with Perrin would have made a really big deal about it, but only way later do they say anything, and it's just like, 

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"Yeah, we aren't going to go crazy and die and maybe kill all of our friends and family along the way now. No big deal."

It seems like the kind of thing that any male channeler would want to broadcast far and wide, but there are hardly even any rumors running around.

[StormingTexan he/him]

^^ 110% agree!

I guess there just wasn't enough room in the book to fit all the cloths washing instructions, straitening of skirts and descriptions of arms under breast for a reaction to one of the biggest events in the series.  

Edited August 15, 2016 by StormingTexan

[Renoux she/her]

I'm currently reading a very interesting non-fiction book called "How We Speak." It's an analysis of regional speech in America. It's quite fun reading the dialect of the area where I live as analyzed by an outsider. 

[The Invested Beard]

So I'm finally getting around to reading Name of the Wind...

aaaaaaaand I can't put the thing down. I'm about two thirds through it and I'm afraid to bring it to work for fear of getting stuck reading while not on breaks.

[Stick. she/her]

I've heard a great deal about Name of the Wind, thought I haven't read it yet, I'm definately planning to. I'm currently reading The Fifth Wave and I have to say...its..not...all that great. I can't get further than 5 chapters. People seem to like it a lot, but I don't know

*proceeds to re-read Lotr*

Edited August 16, 2016 by I_am_a_Stick

[Zathoth]

For being long books The Kingkiller Chronicles are surprisingly short.

I am almost done with The Lies of Locke Lamora and then I shall read... one of the books lying around in my room I havent read yet... I should probably finish Perdido Street Station... though knowing myself Im just going to read another Dresden Files...

[StormingTexan he/him]

53 minutes ago, The Invested Beard said:

So I'm finally getting around to reading Name of the Wind...

aaaaaaaand I can't put the thing down. I'm about two thirds through it and I'm afraid to bring it to work for fear of getting stuck reading while not on breaks.

Loved The Name of the Wind. Was a little disappointed in the second book but still worth reading. 

 

Now I just wish we knew when the third book will be out...

[Sunbird she/her]

@Renoux That does sound interesting! I'm having a hard time finding it on GoodReads or Amazon, though; could you tell me the author?

@I_am_a_Stick I wasn't a big fan of The 5th Wave either, although I got further into the series before realizing that I didn't actually like any of the "protagonists."

[Dani she/her]

3 hours ago, I_am_a_Stick said:

I've heard a great deal about Name of the Wind, thought I haven't read it yet, I'm definately planning to. I'm currently reading The Fifth Wave and I have to say...its..not...all that great. I can't get further than 5 chapters. People seem to like it a lot, but I don't know

*proceeds to re-read Lotr*

I abandoned The Fifth Wave before going half way through it. Which is something because I don't abandon books

[Sunbird she/her]

I would like some opinions... Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series was recently recommended to me, and I've heard good things about it, but I also read a review that said the relationship between the two MCs (F'lar and Lessa, I believe) was abusive. That has made me a little wary, so I was wondering if any of y'all have read it and can give me some more details.

[Left he/him]

4 minutes ago, Sunbird said:

I would like some opinions... Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series was recently recommended to me, and I've heard good things about it, but I also read a review that said the relationship between the two MCs (F'lar and Lessa, I believe) was abusive. That has made me a little wary, so I was wondering if any of y'all have read it and can give me some more details.

It's not exactly abusive. At least as I recall. I don't like their relationship. Neither of them are really very nice people in my memory, and so the relationship (as I remember it) feels much like Sadeas and his wife. So not abusive, but not nice either. 

It's been a long time since I've read the books, so maybe take my word with a pinch of copper?

[Sunbird she/her]

Thanks, Scott. I feel reassured.

[Briar King]

On August 15, 2016 at 0:28 PM, StormingTexan said:

^^ 110% agree!

I guess there just wasn't enough room in the book to fit all the cloths washing instructions, straitening of skirts and descriptions of arms under breast for a reaction to one of the biggest events in the series.  

One thing to realize is that a good portion of Bk 10 takes place before the ending of bk 9 so there's a huge margin of catch up in it.

 

ive picked up bk 1 of 1st Dragonlance tril from my box of bks. Playing Neverwinter made me really want to dig out my Forgotten Realms bks but I'm now sure I threw them all away in my bk purge getting divorced a few yrs ago.

[Jondesu he/him]

Finished the Royal Assassin series by Robin Hobb...feeling empty now, without more of it to read. So amazing, really wonderful writing, and awesome plot twists I didn't see coming at all.

Starting the Dragonriders of Pern, since I saw it mentioned here a few times. Definitely good so far, though it started with too many unfamiliar words in the first chapter.

jW

[Orlion Blight he/him]

1 hour ago, Jondesu said:

Finished the Royal Assassin series by Robin Hobb...feeling empty now, without more of it to read. So amazing, really wonderful writing, and awesome plot twists I didn't see coming at all.

Starting the Dragonriders of Pern, since I saw it mentioned here a few times. Definitely good so far, though it started with too many unfamiliar words in the first chapter.

jW

There is a sequel series with Fitz that starts with Fool's Errand. I have not read it, but I've heard it's good.

[DSC01 he/him]

1 hour ago, Orlion Determined said:

There is a sequel series with Fitz that starts with Fool's Errand. I have not read it, but I've heard it's good.

That's The Tawny Man trilogy. I would read The Liveship Traders trilogy first (though you don't have to; the stories are only slightly related to each other). I still haven't read The Rain Wild Chronicles, which is sort of the sequel to The Liveship Traders. I read maybe half of the first of the four books in that series (The Dragon Keeper), and for whatever reason, I just couldn't get into it. However, I have read the first two books of The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy (the last book doesn't come out until next year), and I like that series well enough. There's also a novella, The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince, which I have not read. There's a whole lot to read for those who are really into that world.

[AliasSheep]

Just finished Blue Mars.  That series was, an experience.  I really, really liked them.

Next I'm reading Albert Camu's L'étranger, which is going to be fun.  And probably take forever.