I'm attempting to get back into Battlefield Earth while I still kinda sorta remember what was happening when I left off. It's not nearly as engaging as anything else I've read this year (hence my not finishing it before starting several other books), but I'm going to stick with it for a bit.
What are you reading?
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Posted 07 October 2015 - 06:50 AM
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Posted 16 October 2015 - 10:56 AM
Well, I got to the halfway point and finally acknowledged that I'm not having fun reading this book. I just finished reading a synopsis to see how it ends, so now I can move on to something else.
EDIT: I think maybe I'll start Skin Game (Dresden #15) next, then try some of the other books Tony recommended to me after that.
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Posted 16 October 2015 - 10:35 PM
so i finished Mistborn and well of ascension and hero of ages all in like the last month. they were great
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Posted 17 October 2015 - 06:54 AM
Excellent decision.
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Posted 22 October 2015 - 03:51 AM
Ended up finishing Skin Game in two days. Now I am all caught up on that series for now.
I think I will start The Martian next.
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Posted 26 October 2015 - 02:27 PM
Finished The Martian . It was delightful.
Haven't decided what to read next, but I've got better than a dozen to choose from.
EDIT: Perhaps American Gods.
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Posted 27 October 2015 - 10:02 AM
Yes and Yes.
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Posted 12 November 2015 - 12:03 PM
Finished American Gods. It was interesting, but it's no Mistborn. The main character had no agency in the story until the final act, and even then a lot of what he did was out of obligation. I don't regret reading it though.
Not sure what I'll read next. Might try the Codex Alera books by Jim Butcher since I got the first few for cheap, and I'm out of Dresden books for a while.
EDIT: Started Furies of Calderon (Codex Alara 1) this afternoon.
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Posted 16 November 2015 - 07:12 AM
Batman
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*I'm Batman*
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Posted 16 November 2015 - 10:21 AM
You're reading Batman? I assume that's comics and not some kind of novelized Batman?
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Posted 16 November 2015 - 01:31 PM
Yes. Batman comics/graphic novels.
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Posted 10 December 2015 - 08:24 PM
Finished up Furies of Calderon. It provides a promising start, so I feel good about continuing the series. Next book is Academ's Fury.
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Posted 17 January 2016 - 09:14 AM
VP recently got me to sign up at Good Reads to track what I read and get book recommendations. I finally filled out the list of books I've read previously (to the best of my memory), which took a while mostly because of all my manga.
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Posted 18 January 2016 - 04:29 PM
Finished up Academ's Fury. Bit of a slow start, but I got through it pretty quick after the first chunk.
Next up will be Cursor's Fury.
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Posted 30 January 2016 - 05:12 PM
As I mentioned in the slack, I've been reading Honor Harrington: On Basilisk Station, by David Weber. It's not really any good, but I'm going to finish it dammit.
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Posted 30 January 2016 - 05:44 PM
I neglected to post that I finished Cursor's Fury several days ago and have been making my way through Captain's Fury. I don't yet have the last two books in this series, so I may switch to something already on my shelves to whittle down the list a bit.
Also I've been reading the original Rocketeer comics on the side.
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Now that those are done I'm finally reading the final book of the Bloody Jack series. The flashback hints in it so far are making me want to reread book 1...
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Posted 04 February 2016 - 04:30 PM
Getting in to The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin. Interesting so far.
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Posted 05 March 2016 - 08:35 AM
Been rereading a bit of Hikaru no Go and wishing I had had the opportunity to play the game as a kid so that I could have more than an extremely basic knowledge of the game by now.
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Posted 02 July 2016 - 02:23 AM
so i finished Mistborn and well of ascension and hero of ages all in like the last month. they were great
Yeah, the Mistborn Trilogy was pretty good. I read it mostly because I wanted to see what Brandon Sanderson had written. You know, since he was chosen to help finish writing the Wheel of Time.
Based on a recommendation, I've started the King Killer Chronicles and finished reading the first book, The Name of the Wind, yesterday. It's good, but not as good at it's been hyped up to be. Gonna start up on the second book soon.
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