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[1234king]

Almost finished Faith of The Fallen, the 6th book in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth Series

[Olen]

Can't say I got on with Goodkind's style when I tried it...

Anyway I finished Iain M Banks Inversions. To be honest it's not the best of the culture series, fairly compelling but I'm not sure I really got what it's point was. Banks being as he is that may in fact be the point, or I may have missed something.

I'm now reading Bernard Cornwell's Vagabond which is the second of the 'Grail Series'. It's brilliantly written (as was the first, Harlequin) and has the added bonus of being extremely historically accurite. While the main character himself didn't exist and for one person to be involved in all he is would be far fetched many background characters are historical figures and actual events are described as happened (with a very few execptions which are noted at the end). I like the fact that it describes actual events and everyting in it could have happened (though probably not to one person). Certainly a series I'd recommend, its set in the hundred years war, around the late 1340s.

[milanius]

Zeit zu leben und Zeit zu sterben (Time to Live and Time to Die), by Erich Maria Remarque.

[minque]

Zeit zu leben und Zeit zu sterben (Time to Live and Time to Die), by Erich Maria Remarque.

OMG! that book is one of my absolute favourite ! I read it for the first time many many years ago, when I was pretty young. My dad had it and I was too young to be allowed to read such books...But..I read it anyway..when my folks were asleep!

Since then I've read it several times..hmm think I'm gonna go for it soon...

[treydog]

Jamaica Me Dead- Bob Morris

[Darkom]

Ah, I always read four or five books at once, usually two or three novels and a few history or philosophy books. Right now I am reading "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston, "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexander Dumas, "The English Philosophers from Bacon to Mill" edited by Edwin A. Burt, "A History of the Ancient World" by Chester G. Starr, and Hannibal (of Carthage) by an author I cannot seem to recall.

[Burnt Sierra]

Just finished reading "The Paladin" by C.J. Cherryh which had been recommended to me. Not bad, would probably appeal to fans of Feist etc, but I expected a little more from it if I'm honest. From the author who created The Morgaine Saga, The Faded Sun Trilogy, Chanur & Downbelow Station... Good, but not as good as I hoped.

I've got a treat coming now though. Those lovely folks at Amazon have finally delivered me my copies of two brand new hardbacks. "Under Heaven" by Guy Gavriel Kay, and "Kraken" by China Mieville. I've got a good week of quality reading ahead of me So excited about Under Heaven, been waiting years for his new one.

[minque]

I'm very fond of the Norwegian author Jo Nesbo, and I've been reading and still read, his wonderful books about the detective Harry Hole....

I guess our norwegian members know this author and his books pretty well!

[Destri Melarg]

I have just finished reading Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses which is a scathingly satirical essay written by Mark Twain and first published in 1895. As a work of literary criticism it stands alone. Twain is at his most venomous and irreverent, and by the time you finish reading it you truly do feel sorry for the man who brought us The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer, and Last of the Mohicans.

[canis216]

Just finished The River Why by David James Duncan. Full of farce, fable, metaphysics, and fishing. An interesting novel.

[Zalphon]

The Two Swords, by R.A. Salvatore. It's about Drizzt Do'Urden, the Chaotic Good Drow Ranger who was formerly of House Do'Urden and renegade of Menzoberrean.

[lovest.harding]

I've been reading D. M. Cornish's Monster Blood Tattoo series.
They're alright books. If you're willing to put up with his obsessive need to list every detail that could possibly be listed. >>

It's a shame too. The more tense action is quite good while the ideas are sound and interesting.

I'm only finishing the second because my friend and I decided we'd do a book club thing (as she moved pretty far away with her boyfriend and I never see her). She isn't really enjoying it a lot either.
Very slow read, trying to sit through the place names (especially of places and locations the main character will never ever visit) and the author's need to tell us four different names for one thing when he'll only ever use one name from then on (sometimes he'll bring out one of the other names and just confuse me more too).

[DarkZerker]

Reading the Odyssey by Homer. It's a really interesting but hard read.

[Ornamental Nonsense]

For some really informative and excellent reading, I recommend Mary Roach's 'Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers'. I finished that a little bit ago, and it was fantastic.

As of right now though, I'm re-reading Dostoyevsky's 'The Idiot'. Excellent reading. If you haven't given the man's books a try, but you love amazing, psychological portraits of people and dark topics, he's a must-read.

[DarkZerker]

As of right now...The Art of War.

[mALX]

Reading the Odyssey by Homer. It's a really interesting but hard read.

I loved it, really interesting.

[Olen]

I just finished Wizard and Glass by Stephen King and I very much enjoyed it, by far the best of the Dark Tower (so far, each has been an inporvement on its predecessor) and probably the best thing I've read by him. The atmosphere was bang on and the character interactions excellent. I've no idea what genre it is though, somewhere between fantasy, horror and western...

I'm now reading a collection of Lovecraft's stories which are ok, the characters are a little flat and the way he writes has been overused since but they're enjoyable enough. Being written between 80 and 90 years ago the view of the world is entertaining anyway (you'd think there would be a limited number of mad Arab prophets, but it seems not).

This post has been edited by Olen: Aug 23 2010, 11:56 AM

[Rachel the Breton]

I just finished Laurence Rees' "Auschwitz: A New History" (which, btw, was a really stupid choice for reading before bedtime [alas, the only time it seems I have to read ]...but a fascinating read nonetheless) and Brooke Allen's "Moral Minority" (a much better choice, and a fascinating read as well). Now I'm starting Alison Weir's "Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley". I've read other books of hers, and they are fantastic, so I'm excited!

[treydog]

I have been on a Nero Wolfe binge of late- having added a number of the 3-in-1 novellas to my Kindle. And that will almost certainly lead to watching the A&E series with Timothy Hutton and Maury Chaykin again.

Also reading Shoot to Thrill by P.J. Tracy. It is a murder mystery also- but the protagonists are a group of very clever computer programmers. This is the most recent book in the series, which started with Monkeewrench.

[hazmick]

I just finished reading 'The Dwarves' by Markus Heitz. It's about a Dwarf who has been brought up by humans who is thrust into an epic adventure of fantastical fantasy. Well worth a read for any fans of fantasy books.