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Selik
Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1524 Location: South Shields
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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You do all your reading on the tube?! How long is the journey? Oh and if you've not seen it already, I highly recommend seeing Michael McIntyre's comedic sketch on people who read on the tube...fantastic _________________ "I sit on my arse, not my head." - Baron Gresse. |
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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It's one of those journeys that doesn't take long but feels like it lasts forever... I'm a quick reader as well _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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Selik
Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1524 Location: South Shields
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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Being a northerner, I don't often travel on the tube but when I have no journey has ever felt forever. Maybe I need to be a southerner _________________ "I sit on my arse, not my head." - Baron Gresse. |
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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You wouldn't say that if you had to do a 'London Commute' every day!
Just finished reading Andy Remic's 'BioHell', three seriously tooled up soldiers against a planet full of zombies...! 'BioHell' works as a big, brash, blockbuster but I was left wanting a little bit more from it (especially when that was what it seemed to be promising), my full review is over Here.
I'm now reading Kelley Armstrong's 'The Awakening', Lane Robin's 'Kings & Assassins' and Tim Lebbon's 'Fallen'... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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TheJovialGnome
Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 295 Location: Boston
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 9:09 am Post subject: |
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Lizzy wrote: | Just read Temeraire. Really really enjoyed it. Can't put my finger on why. The story is straightforward, the ending quite open for the next one. Nothing really alarming happens but it flowed along beautifully. Temeraire is a dragon on a par with Sha Kaan (just). Laurence, the main character is not complex, just very British and stiff upper lipped, full of etiquette and so on but not stuffy. |
Thanks for reminding me about this book Lizzy, forgot I'd got it but I too enjoyed it and look forward to reading some more! _________________ "Constant Vigilance!" |
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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It gets better and better, I can't wait to see how that one ends...
Finished reading Kelley Armstrong's 'The Awakening'; I've really enjoyed her other books but this one was not only a meandering affair but meandered straight into a conclusion that was overshadowed by a big dose of 'Come Back To Find Out What Happens In The Next Book!' There's a real 'middle book in a trilogy' feel to this that I wasn't too keen on... There is a review on the blog but blogger is playing silly buggers right now so it may not be there if you look (link in my sig if you fancy a go but you might have to hit refresh...)
I'm now well into Lane Robins' 'Kings and Assassins' as well as Tim Lebbon's 'Fallen'... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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Finished reading Lane Robins' 'Kings and Assassins', a book with the most self-explanatory title ever! It's a tough one to get into at first (very slow) but it's worth if for a tale full of scheming and intrigue with occasional bursts of dazzling swordplay. My full review is over Here. I'm now finishing off Tim Lebbon's 'Fallen'... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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OLD NEW GUY
Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 129
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Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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Outlaw: Angus Donald follows Alan Dale and tells the story of Robin Hood, only its not the nice and twee story we have come to see on the TV, its a rough and ready outlaw lord, who has his kingdom to run and cannot put up with traitors, blood and guts and fighting a plenty |
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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Finished reading Tim Lebbon's 'Fallen', a book of voyages, and voyagers, that's driven by a sense of the unknown (just beyond the horizon) but suffers from occasional slow pacing and a pivotal plot moment that demands a character act... well... out of character. I thought so anyway. My full review is over Here.
Absolutely no idea what to read next... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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Mantyluoto
Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 573 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Toll the Hounds............. |
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Deornoth
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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Finished reading Christie Golden's 'Arthas: Rise of the Lich King' (World of Warcraft tie-in). If you're a Warcraft fan then I reckon you'll love it but all I found was an incredibly whiny main character and a bunch of others whose only purpose seemed to be to show their names in the right places (it must be a Warcraft book, it's got.... in it!) It wasn't a bad read as such but it definitely needed to do a lot more to make up for the fact that everyone knows how the book ends... My full review is over Here.
I'm now polishing off Karen Traviss' 'No Prisoners' (Clone Wars tie-in) and working my way through Richard Williams' 'Reiksguard'... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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Deornoth
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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Finished reading Karen Traviss’ ‘No Prisoners’; a Clone Wars 'tie in' that is full of action and explosions but doesn't have the page count for Traviss to properly explore her characters in the way that she is best at. My full review is over Here. I'm now working my way through Richard Williams' 'Reiksguard' as well as Harry Turtledove's 'Give Me Back My Legions'... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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Mantyluoto
Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 573 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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started TtH.......... gave up after a few pages. NOT because its rubbish but because i'm now saving it to take to Oklahoma with me.
Reading Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd. And i likes it. |
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butterfly
Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 47 Location: Ireland
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Reading White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison. Not too bad so far but you really need to have read the previous books. _________________ The mirror crack'd from side to side |
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Selik
Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1524 Location: South Shields
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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Swarfthief by Deborah Miller. It's a good in between book, but a bit slow for my liking. I may read the other two as and when I can, but i'm not overly enthusiastic.
Then again I got the whole way through it which isn't bad since she's female I've only just found 1 female author whose work I actually really like, so I suppose finishing it is a good start. _________________ "I sit on my arse, not my head." - Baron Gresse. |
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