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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1575 on: October 06, 2017, 07:40:09 AM »
Finished The Hate U Give and enjoyed it.

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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1576 on: October 06, 2017, 07:54:25 AM »
Finished up Wolves of the Calla. I enjoyed this one a lot on the first read through last year, and it was even better on the second read.

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« Reply #1577 on: October 06, 2017, 07:58:28 AM »
Sleeping Beauties- Stephen & Owen King.

Only 200 pages in but really enjoying this so far.

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« Reply #1578 on: October 06, 2017, 08:51:58 AM »
Just started Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.

I’ve been listening to his podcast and decided to check out his book.

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« Reply #1579 on: October 06, 2017, 10:12:14 AM »
Almost bought Needful Things, but decided on a re-read of 11/22/63 instead.
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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1580 on: October 07, 2017, 05:46:00 AM »
Sleeping Beauties- Stephen & Owen King.

Only 200 pages in but really enjoying this so far.
This is waiting for me at the library. I should go pick it up today. Looking forward to reading it.

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« Reply #1581 on: October 08, 2017, 02:25:58 AM »
Taking a break from the Follett and reading The Ruins by Scott Smith

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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1582 on: October 08, 2017, 06:34:19 PM »
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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1583 on: October 09, 2017, 11:27:07 AM »
The Ruins up being an awful choice for me. Now reading Anno Dracula by Kim Newman in hope for better things

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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1584 on: October 11, 2017, 07:44:48 AM »
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« Reply #1585 on: October 11, 2017, 11:39:37 AM »
Anno Dracula was really good. If any of you are into vampire literature, I highly recommend it.

now reading Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore

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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1586 on: October 12, 2017, 01:38:45 AM »
The Children Of Men by P.D. James

Well this was a boring and though reading, almost didn't finish it. I saw the movie some time ago and while it was strange I really liked it. The book has some differences but that's not the problem, the storytelling is just boring.  :tdwn

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Skitter by Ezekiel Boone
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« Reply #1587 on: October 12, 2017, 02:41:55 PM »
Finally diving into Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1588 on: October 12, 2017, 08:20:02 PM »
The One Eyed Man by Ron Currie

And I'm going to attempt Infinite Jest again this month. It's just too damn daunting
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« Reply #1589 on: October 14, 2017, 08:59:44 AM »
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

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« Reply #1590 on: October 14, 2017, 08:36:54 PM »
Apparently, Russian literature and I don't get along too well. Instead, going to get lost in Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb. They say this trilogy is better than the first one

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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1591 on: October 16, 2017, 11:20:00 AM »
Skitter was fun but it is clearly the middle book in a triology, meaning there's a lot of setups and open ends. Now waiting for the third book, hopefully released in February 2018.

Meanwhile: Aerosmith by Martin Huxley
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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1592 on: October 16, 2017, 11:23:27 AM »
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher

I've bougt like 10 different books during my vacation in Germany, and I've also been able to get full Dark Tower set of books a few weeks ago. I don't have to worry about what to read for like six months now.
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« Reply #1593 on: October 16, 2017, 11:30:32 AM »
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher

I would be very interested to get your take on this book. I'm a huge fan of the Dresden Files, but Jim's "fury series" didn't really do anything for me.

I'm steadily working my way through the Walt Longmire Mysteries by Craig Johnson. The mysteries are good if not great, but the characters are excellent. Very entertaining books. I thought the first book was difficult to get into because of Johnson's writing style but the series really picks up after book two.
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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1594 on: October 16, 2017, 12:43:29 PM »
Mind Over Matter by Loyd Auerbach

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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1595 on: October 20, 2017, 07:35:57 AM »
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher

I would be very interested to get your take on this book. I'm a huge fan of the Dresden Files, but Jim's "fury series" didn't really do anything for me.

I'm the same, love The Dresden Files, wasn't impressed by fury series at all.

400 pages in and, in my opinion, this is very fury-series-like. Except it has airships and talking cats. I'm going to finish it and then post my thoughts, but I'm not particularly impressed so far.
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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1596 on: October 20, 2017, 07:47:48 AM »
The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey
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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1597 on: October 20, 2017, 05:56:00 PM »
Origin by Dan Brown

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« Reply #1598 on: October 20, 2017, 06:49:51 PM »
Origin by Dan Brown
Me too! Just started though, so got a ways to go lol

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« Reply #1599 on: October 22, 2017, 11:06:42 PM »
Finally finished Sleeping Beauties, by Stephen King and Owen King. A good story that should have been five hundred pages, max, instead of seven hundred. Their editors should have been a little meaner this time around.

Reading Lucky, by Alice Sebold, right now.
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« Reply #1600 on: October 23, 2017, 08:47:15 AM »
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

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« Reply #1601 on: October 24, 2017, 01:21:16 PM »
Damaged by Timothy W. Long, about a heavy metal band that sell their souls to the Devil

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« Reply #1602 on: October 25, 2017, 02:41:57 PM »
The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari

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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1603 on: October 25, 2017, 05:51:04 PM »
Any Haruki Murakami fans? I fucking loved Kafka on the Shore, now reading A Wild Sheep Chase.
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« Reply #1604 on: October 25, 2017, 11:37:13 PM »
What does this button do?  by Bruce Dickinson, the biography. It's funny, insightful, but also missing some good fun making of Rod Smallwood, in my opinion. We get nothing about his personal life, which is fine by me.
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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1605 on: October 27, 2017, 08:35:21 PM »
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

What did you think?

Finally diving into Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

... What did you think?
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Re: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings
« Reply #1606 on: October 28, 2017, 06:53:16 AM »
Cross the Line by James Patterson

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« Reply #1607 on: October 28, 2017, 09:22:04 AM »
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

What did you think?

Finally diving into Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
BFE was great. I loved the 80's nostalgia. Great satire on how when a girl reaches puberty, they go through changes and it might feel like they're possessed, when in this book, the girl actually is. Meddling Kids was just alright. It started off well, but there was a point somewhere it lost me for a bit
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« Reply #1608 on: October 28, 2017, 02:04:03 PM »
Finished The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher. Yeah, pretty much what I said earlier, much more similar to Codex Alera than to The Dresden Files. Still, I thought the ending was alright and the plot was also pretty strong. The dialogue, however, was the weakest point for me. Most of the time it felt forced and just kinda there to advance the plot. It also didn't help that I only liked one character (two if you count the cat) out of the whole bunch of them. Probably won't be getting the second book in the series.

Now continuing my Kenzie/Gennaro series read with Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane. I was seriously impressed with Gone, Baby, Gone, so I'm looking forward to this.
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« Reply #1609 on: October 28, 2017, 02:07:51 PM »
Finished The Girl With All The Gifts. Quite an enjoyable read and a different take on the "zombie" apocalypse.

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
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