Just finished Name of the Wind. Up next...



It has praise from George R.R. Martin on the cover. Best marketing you can ask for imo...

12/12/2010 10:16:34 AM

The Theory of Almost Everything - Robert Oerter

12/12/2010 11:47:42 AM

Just started reading

12/21/2010 2:24:45 PM

Quote :

"Just finished Name of the Wind. Up next... [Lies of Locke Lamora] It has praise from George R.R. Martin on the cover. Best marketing you can ask for imo..."

haha, you're in an eerily similar cycle to me at this exact time last year. I read Song of Ice and Fire 1-3, then Name of the Wind, then Feast for Crows, then Lies of Locke Lamora.

12/21/2010 2:27:09 PM

12/21/2010 2:32:32 PM

Just today started:

12/21/2010 2:56:19 PM

The Girl Who Played with Fire

12/21/2010 4:31:57 PM

12/22/2010 10:49:19 AM

12/22/2010 1:34:26 PM

just pre-ordered a signed copy of Patrick Rothfuss' "The Wise Man's Fear." It was 2x as much as the non-signed hardcover (only like 34 instead of 17), but some of that money for the signed copy goes directly to a charity that Rothfuss has always been super supportive of and I liked that idea. Book is released March 1st.

Now, if only George RR Martin would release A Dance With Dragons this year it would be a pretty awesome year.

[Edited on January 14, 2011 at 8:49 AM. Reason : .]

1/14/2011 8:46:25 AM

I read this while my kids are doing DEAR.



I read this when I'm not around 14 year olds.

1/14/2011 9:08:20 AM

^^Thanks for the reminder on the Rothfuss book. I'll get that queued up.

Yeah, don't hold your breath on Martin. I'd hope that the work he is doing on the HBO series would inspire him to write again, but I think he'll use it as just another excuse for not finishing.

[Edited on January 14, 2011 at 9:14 AM. Reason : arrows]

1/14/2011 9:14:01 AM

np

And yea I know in regards to Martin. Although he had this to say recently:

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"Martin was also asked about whether he feels any pressure to finish the books soon, so the HBO series does not catch up with him. “I feel definite pressure to get these things done. I don’t want the series catching up with me.”"

Obviously that is several years down the line but that is at least part of the reason I hope the show is well (besides the fact that I am excited to watch the story play out on screen)

1/14/2011 9:20:06 AM

Just finished Anathem. My mind is blown.

Quote :

"Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs," I said. "We have a protractor."

1/23/2011 2:59:08 PM

1/23/2011 3:15:38 PM

^^^^^I've only read STIFF from that author. How does Bonk compare? Also, I see she has 2 more, SPOOK and PACKED FOR MARS.. how are those?

1/23/2011 3:47:09 PM

Thuvia, Maid of mars by edgar rice burroughs

1/23/2011 8:54:55 PM

Currently Reading:
Last Chance to See - Douglas Adams
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman

Comics:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 4
Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume

Starting soon:
Halo: Cryptum - Greg Bear
The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman

1/24/2011 3:28:04 PM

1/25/2011 9:44:53 PM

The Dark Tower - Steven King (yes, all of them)

1/26/2011 3:48:15 PM

Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

This book is fucking longgggg

1/26/2011 8:15:28 PM

^^One of my all-time favorites

1/27/2011 7:31:26 AM

^^ and kind of boring

I still need to read the Dark Tower series. I own all the books at least

1/27/2011 8:05:28 AM

It's now official, David Liss is my favorite author. Just got finished reading:



Just another great book. I might like one of his Benjamin Weaver books better, but they're all in the same class. His writing style is great and I love the historical aspects of each novel. I keep recommending his books to people, but I don't think anyone has taken me up on it yet.

Finally starting this book:



It's my gf's favorite book...so I'm glad I'm finally getting around to it.

1/27/2011 8:42:53 AM

I highly recommend it.

1/27/2011 9:10:04 AM

Quote :

"CalledToArmsI still need to read the Dark Tower series. I own all the books at least"

I love it. It's got a lot of the quest/epic archetypes with a bit of fantasy, sci-fi, horror and such thrown in for good measure. Plus, there are all sorts of neat allusions to other King stories.

Also, [user]jbrick33[/user], The Pillars of the Earth moves slowly, but it's so well-crafted. It felt tedious in the first quarter of the book, but by its end I was in love with it.

Currently reading:

Humorous and fascinating.


Parts are really funny, but I'm not quite sure how I feel about the story yet.

1/27/2011 10:07:14 AM

pretty meh so far.

1/30/2011 11:37:28 AM

1/30/2011 1:19:30 PM

A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi

1/30/2011 1:43:18 PM

Currently reading Water for Elephants

1/30/2011 5:34:23 PM

1/30/2011 7:55:24 PM

^ Good stuff. Read the trilogy in October/November. I might read the other two trilogies at some point.

1/30/2011 8:29:00 PM

1/31/2011 10:40:01 AM

1/31/2011 10:45:02 AM

read The Assassin while on vacation



Apparently this dude graduated from Leesville in '99, so i'd guess a few TWWers might know him.

http://raleigh2.com/font-facetahomafamous-spy-novelist-dies-suddenlyfont-p687-1.htm

Also, he apparently died a couple of years ago from a heart condition.

2/1/2011 1:25:35 PM

@ work: Crossroads of Twilight

@ home/on kindle: The Stand

2/1/2011 2:09:48 PM

^^^and how is that? the cover looks horrendous

2/1/2011 2:39:44 PM

I'm not very far in but it's intriguing. Naturalism has a potential moral dilemma if there is no natural source of morality. I'm trying to read it as objectively as I can and looking for flaws in his argument.

2/2/2011 10:20:37 AM

2/7/2011 10:44:55 PM

finally went back and started over and finished on saturday: (had just gotten busy)



and I am now reading:

2/8/2011 5:11:20 PM

While I'm waiting on the next Song of Ice and Fire book:



And it's been really good so far

2/8/2011 5:21:07 PM

^ Will have to check it out.

Also...<1 month till Rothfuss' 2nd book in The Kingkiller Chronicles

2/8/2011 5:51:17 PM

Just finished

I'll be picking up the rest of the Dresden Files series in the next few months.

About to start

2/9/2011 10:41:30 AM

had to read this for work. for once, a reading assignment was actually pretty good. It helped that it was a pretty short read, took me like an hour.

2/9/2011 1:25:12 PM

Another book club book



Before that I finished the Harry Potter series (and loved them!)

2/10/2011 2:58:41 PM

2/10/2011 7:05:44 PM

2/10/2011 7:16:01 PM

2/11/2011 11:41:15 AM

Actually, reading The Godfather.

Surprised at how different it is from the film.

And as good as the film is.......this book is so much better.

2/11/2011 11:46:05 AM

biography of Lincoln.

2/11/2011 11:50:54 AM