Author Topic: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings (Read 290203 times)

Evermind · « **Reply #2660 on:** February 12, 2020, 11:32:51 AM »

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Quote from: v_clortho on February 11, 2020, 05:30:58 PM
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Caved in and bought some e-books as I can't find them in local stores

The Black Prism by Brent Weeks

Enjoy. Just finished the series. Loved it. Did you read his other series?

No, this is my first foray into his work.

So, just finished the first book. Not the best thing I've read, but pretty entertaining. The Prism was the most interesting character so far for sure.

Big spoilers for the first book: I bet that the fact the real Gavin just escaped from the blue prison and the Prism/real Dazen lost the ability to draft blue after the battle for Garriston is not a coincidence at all.

Podaar · « **Reply #2661 on:** February 12, 2020, 02:59:57 PM »

Caliban's War - James S. A. Corey

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #2662 on:** February 12, 2020, 03:25:02 PM »

Quote from: Kwyjibo on February 11, 2020, 01:54:55 PM

Don't Panic! Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Neil Gaiman

Oooohhh, I must have this.

ozzy554 · « **Reply #2663 on:** February 12, 2020, 04:38:05 PM »

The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza by Lawrence Block

The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian by Lawrence Block

Currently reading Let the Right One in by John Ajvide Lindqvist

masterthes · « **Reply #2664 on:** February 14, 2020, 08:09:42 PM »

Whiskey When We're Dry by John Larison

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #2665 on:** February 15, 2020, 12:07:41 PM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on February 12, 2020, 03:25:02 PM

Quote from: Kwyjibo on February 11, 2020, 01:54:55 PM
Don't Panic! Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Neil Gaiman
Oooohhh, I must have this.

Finished, nothing groundbreaking new but nonetheless an entertaining read and some insight into all things hitchhiker.

masterthes · « **Reply #2666 on:** February 17, 2020, 01:29:15 AM »

Kingdom Come by Mark Waid

masterthes · « **Reply #2667 on:** February 17, 2020, 03:27:02 AM »

Doomsday Clock by Geoff Johns

masterthes · « **Reply #2668 on:** February 17, 2020, 12:12:06 PM »

Injustice: Year Two by Tom Taylor

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #2669 on:** February 17, 2020, 12:17:11 PM »

Quote from: Kwyjibo on February 15, 2020, 12:07:41 PM

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on February 12, 2020, 03:25:02 PM
Quote from: Kwyjibo on February 11, 2020, 01:54:55 PM
Don't Panic! Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Neil Gaiman
Oooohhh, I must have this.

Finished, nothing groundbreaking new but nonetheless an entertaining read and some insight into all things hitchhiker.

masterthes · « **Reply #2670 on:** February 17, 2020, 03:59:01 PM »

Don't Panic is a great book

Okay, back to books. Moving on to A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers. I was a huge fan of the first book. Hope this delivers

masterthes · « **Reply #2671 on:** February 19, 2020, 04:51:22 PM »

Not as good as the first one, but still enjoyable

Moving on to Injustice: Year Three by Tom Taylor

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #2672 on:** February 20, 2020, 02:02:42 AM »

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

masterthes · « **Reply #2673 on:** February 20, 2020, 03:56:55 AM »

Injustice: Year Four by Brian Buccellato

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #2674 on:** February 20, 2020, 06:33:31 AM »

Iago: The Strategies of Evil by Harold Bloom

vtgrad · « **Reply #2675 on:** February 20, 2020, 03:52:49 PM »

Meditations of Marcus Auerlius in the mornings (on the way to work) and Dune Messiah in the evenings.

Dune (the original work) caught me quite by surprise... love it!

masterthes · « **Reply #2676 on:** February 20, 2020, 07:13:04 PM »

Time to finish, Injustice: Year Five by Brian Buccellato

masterthes · « **Reply #2677 on:** February 21, 2020, 01:49:20 PM »

Guess I should have done my research first lol Injustice: Ground Zero by Christopher Sebela

ozzy554 · « **Reply #2678 on:** February 21, 2020, 04:53:11 PM »

Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams.

I'm trying to actually finish some of the multitude of unfinished book series I have going on this year.

masterthes · « **Reply #2679 on:** February 21, 2020, 06:18:54 PM »

Starting on Injustice 2 by Tom Taylor

Cool Chris · « **Reply #2680 on:** February 21, 2020, 07:32:13 PM »

Artemis, by The Martian author Andy Weir.

masterthes · « **Reply #2681 on:** February 22, 2020, 01:39:58 PM »

And now for something completely different, The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa

masterthes · « **Reply #2682 on:** February 22, 2020, 07:44:53 PM »

Earth X by Alex Ross

masterthes · « **Reply #2683 on:** February 22, 2020, 08:45:13 PM »

Well, that didn't work out for my tastes. Going to be reading Cole Porter: A Biography by William McBrien. Having been in a production of Anything Goes many moons ago, I thought it was long past overdue to brush up on my Porter. Hopefully, this will be a de-lovely experience

Evermind · « **Reply #2684 on:** February 23, 2020, 04:02:18 PM »

Finished The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks and now I'm in the second half of The Broken Eye

I can safely say I don't quite enjoy these series as much as I enjoyed a lot of my favourite fantasy works, but I'm intrigued as to where this is going. I don't think it's great or even good, so far it's an alright fantasy series and the third book is close enough to lose me but I'm invested in the plot right now so I can't just drop it.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #2685 on:** February 23, 2020, 05:36:30 PM »

So far as I can tell, Brent Weeks seems to be mainly about interesting ideas with poor execution.

Evermind · « **Reply #2686 on:** February 24, 2020, 06:47:19 AM »

Quote from: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 23, 2020, 05:36:30 PM

So far as I can tell, Brent Weeks seems to be mainly about interesting ideas with poor execution.

This description sounds about right for me, yeah.

ozzy554 · « **Reply #2687 on:** February 25, 2020, 07:47:22 AM »

Necroscope II: Vamphyri! by Brian Lumley

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #2688 on:** February 25, 2020, 09:33:50 AM »

The Institute by Stephen King

masterthes · « **Reply #2689 on:** February 27, 2020, 04:17:27 PM »

sticking with he show business theme with a biography of Ethel Merman by Brian Kellow

ReaperKK · « **Reply #2690 on:** February 29, 2020, 07:14:38 AM »

I'm reading the new WallStreetBets book, it's pretty hilarious if you follow the subreddit.

masterthes · « **Reply #2691 on:** February 29, 2020, 06:56:56 PM »

Rereading The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Going to be (hopefully) attending a themed trivia night towards the end of next month and have to reacquaint myself with one of my favorite books

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #2692 on:** March 01, 2020, 11:07:38 AM »

A Map Of Days by Ransom Riggs

masterthes · « **Reply #2693 on:** March 07, 2020, 08:02:54 PM »

The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy

masterthes · « **Reply #2694 on:** March 13, 2020, 05:30:11 PM »

Taking a break from Forsyte and reading The Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

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Author Topic: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings (Read 290203 times)