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Lizzy



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I really should be on commission Razz

Hope you like it Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Age of Misrule is a great series - I really enjoyed it. Set in Britain, with Celtic mythology, really well written, and a neat little tour round our fair shores as well!


That sounds great Rolling Eyes

Just listening to the Hitchhiker's Guide-Audiobook, but somehow I don't like it that much. OK, some stuff is funny, but I prefer Pratchett and Fforde.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just finished 'No Humans Involved' (Kelley Armstrong), it was a light entertaining read (plenty going on) but does rely heavily on you having read other books in the series. Not bad though, a full review is over Here.
I'm back on the sci-fi now with Joel Shepherd's 'Crossover'...
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lizzy wrote:
I really should be on commission Razz

Hope you like it Very Happy


Listen to Lizzy, she's always right! Laughing I've just finished Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman on her recommendation and enjoyed it immensely - Stardust is still my favourite but this pushed it close! Very Happy

And I'm someone else who has read the work of Mr. Chadbourn - thoroughly recommend it and hope that you enjoy it too! Razz
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Listen to Lizzy, she's always right! Laughing


Don't you just love a man who knows what's what Razz

And Fat Charlie is great isn't he Jov?
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like the signature! Laughing

Yes, Fat Charlie is great though I must confess I had a soft spot for Daisy! Very Happy (You can't beat a woman in uniform! Embarassed )
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just finished 'The Orc King' by R. A. Salvatore...

Damned good read. Salvatore's taking the books, and the characters, in new directions and for a hardcore fan (me!) it's really interesting reading about how they develop as more and more of the proverbial hits the fan.
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Alia



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Drizzt wrote:
Just finished 'The Orc King' by R. A. Salvatore...

Damned good read. Salvatore's taking the books, and the characters, in new directions and for a hardcore fan (me!) it's really interesting reading about how they develop as more and more of the proverbial hits the fan.


Really? Is it still possible? I've recently read "Promise of the Witch-King" and "Road of the Patriarch", and I hated it. Especially the last one - Entreri became Entreri because of a difficult childhood? Come on - when I get a bad guy, I want him to be really evil, not just with issues.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing Yeah the Entreri/Jarlaxle books were a little lacklustre but, unsurprisingly, I prefer the books involving Drizzt - his rivalry with Entreri was awesome. Now we have Obould for Bruenor and Tos'un for Drizzt.... or do we?

Many changes afoot! Razz
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Im about 100 pages from the end of Lies Of Locke Lamora. So far its not been that bad. Not my favourite book of all time but still very respectable. The first 100 pages felt a chore to read though, once I got past those, everything was awesomeness
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ive just finished reading Tyrant by Christian Cameron it was fantastic .It was set during the time of Alexander the Great and it very much felt like i was reading David Gemmell or our very own James Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Took a break from 'Crossover' to read Matthew Sprange's 'Shadowmage', a tale of rivalry between Thieve's Guilds and forbidden magic. It's an entertaining read that unfortunately doesn't stand out as being original in any way at all (although there's just enough there to make me want to see what happens next). My full review is over Here. I'm now finishing off 'Crossover', not sure what I'll read after that...
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

skandaron...glad someone else liked it...i thought the same as you.

have you tried Sam barone?? he has 2 books out now, well worth a read.

im reading Soldier of Rome..its stated well but then drifted into a list of how a legion is made up...will keep going and see if it gets going and germanicus can kick some german butt.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you Parmenion , I havent heard of him , ill give him a try.
Im really into historical stuff at the minute , ive read 2 books about Attila the Hun by William Napier that have been really entertaining.Just waiting for third instalment. Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've just finished reading Joel Shepherd's 'Crossover', a tale of synthetic humans and political skulduggery on a galactic scale. A good blend of action and musings, on what it means to be human, meant this book lived up to the hype I'd seen posted elsewhere. I wish I'd been able to find out what GI (the term given to synthetic humans) actually meant though. Maybe I missed it... My full review is over Here.
I'm now reading Russel Whitfield's 'Gladiatrix' and I'm liking what I've seen so far...
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