Sunbird she/her Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 @Morzathoth You know my vote is always for the Dresden Files. Also I've dived into Ghostly Echoes, the third book in William Ritter's Jackaby series. 27% in and loving it just as much as the first two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattig89ch he/him Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Dresden files are an awesome read. Starting in on the third Dragon Age novel. Hot dam, what a ride so far. Love the universe, or hate it. If your into the games, then I would absolutely recommend the novels to you. They really help to expand on some of the topics barely touched upon in the games. And help to give the characters a third dimension. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 Dune is fantastic don't worry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eki Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 19 hours ago, Briar King said: Dune is fantastic don't worry Yeah, people say that, so maybe I shouldn't be too worried. Starting it now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 56 minutes ago, Eki said: Yeah, people say that, so maybe I shouldn't be too worried. Starting it now. Good your in for a treat! Don't forget Frank wrote 6 of them! Keep updating your progress. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird she/her Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Finished Ghostly Echoes. Just as excellent as the previous Jackaby books! I've now started Lincoln's Wizard by Tracy Hickman and Dan Willis, which I have been putting off for far too long. I'm only on page 27 but I'm already finding it highly entertaining. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Reread the Red Knight, and I'm rereading WoR 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left he/him Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Let's see, it's been a while since I've updated this.... Lords and Ladies- Pratchett Maskerade- Pratchett Johnny and the Dead- Pratchett Wanderings, a history of the Jews- Chaim Potok Re listening to some Harry Potter books. The Dark Knight Returns New 52 Flash comics The 7 habits of highly effective people- Covey 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Can't go wrong with any of those, @Morzathoth. I myself finished The Book of Cain. Which is alright, if you are a fan of the Diablo franchise. Am now (finally) reading Randall Munroe's (the XKCD guy) What If? book. I am mildly disappointed that a large fraction of the content in it comes directly from the respective section on the website (i.e. there isn't as much new content as I had hoped there would be). But it's still something I would recommend unconditionally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliasSheep Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Argent said: Am now (finally) reading Randall Munroe's (the XKCD guy) What If? book. I am mildly disappointed that a large fraction of the content in it comes directly from the respective section on the website (i.e. there isn't as much new content as I had hoped there would be). But it's still something I would recommend unconditionally. I love this book. It's so very good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkum he/him Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 8 hours ago, AliasSheep said: I love this book. It's so very good. i'll second that. also my favorite parts ended up being the weirder questions he included but did not even attempt to answer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird she/her Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 12 hours ago, Argent said: Am now (finally) reading Randall Munroe's (the XKCD guy) What If? book. I am mildly disappointed that a large fraction of the content in it comes directly from the respective section on the website (i.e. there isn't as much new content as I had hoped there would be). But it's still something I would recommend unconditionally. Oh man, that book is soooo hilarious! I added so many quotes to GoodReads after I finished it. My biggest disappointment, however, was that the T-rex and the Sarlacc pit featured on the cover were nowhere to be found in the book. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 15 hours ago, AliasSheep said: I love this book. It's so very good. Much good, such awesome? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliasSheep Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 8 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said: Much good, such awesome? Very truth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 Dragonlance 1 pg 261. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 4 hours ago, Briar King said: Dragonlance 1 pg 261. Mad, I read some of the books a while ago 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 The Ocean at the end of the lane is amazing. Now its a coin flip between Neverwhere and White Night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goody153 Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 I've been reading the first book of Malazan of the Fallen. Kinda got hyped by it since everybody who read it had a really high impression of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 hour ago, goody153 said: I've been reading the first book of Malazan of the Fallen. Kinda got hyped by it since everybody who read it had a really high impression of it. Good! It's fantastic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goody153 Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 21 hours ago, Briar King said: Good! It's fantastic People i know who have read Malazan and Brandon Sanderson books keep saying Malazan is the best fantasy stuff they've ever read. So far so good but i can't help but feel this book is dark like even at the start lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left he/him Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 6 minutes ago, goody153 said: People i know who have read Malazan and Brandon Sanderson books keep saying Malazan is the best fantasy stuff they've ever read. So far so good but i can't help but feel this book is dark like even at the start lol It is. I made it through the first book okay, but I had to stop midway through the second, it was getting far too violent and dark for my tastes. I still get the appeal, but as I understand it, they really are all very dark. Almost finished with The Long Earth, by Sir Terry Pratchett and Baxter. It's good, but the cursing is annoying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 It seems dark 1st few but you realize it's pure heart at one pt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goody153 Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 (edited) Well i like this level of being dark It's also not like emphasized on making grotesque details(or maybe not yet). Some proclaimed "dark" books i've read tend to be really grimmy with the physical details when those things don't really move me it's the disturbing with disturbing implication that get you to feel pity or anger not because of the gore yeah that's the stuff Edited September 1, 2016 by goody153 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkum he/him Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 I liked Malazan when I read it, it is definitely kind of dark, but I was OK with that. the one thing that bothered me about it was that I'm not sure how well it cohered into a single story. basically I felt that there were a bunch of character threads that kind of just dropped or were only barely addressed by the end of the series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andarist he/him Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 7 hours ago, Dunkum said: I liked Malazan when I read it, it is definitely kind of dark, but I was OK with that. the one thing that bothered me about it was that I'm not sure how well it cohered into a single story. basically I felt that there were a bunch of character threads that kind of just dropped or were only barely addressed by the end of the series. Actually that is because Erikson has a certain philosophy towards his storytelling. Everything is set in a huge world where lots of things are happening. Some of those things maybe entirely relevant to the story and we get to see their resolution, some are partially relevant, they enter the story and then leave on their own journey and some are irrelevant so maybe we will only hear allusions about them. To put it in the context of our world, say we are reading a story about the second world war, and one of the many PoVs is a Brazilian kid. In 1939 the german pocket battleship the Admiral Graf Spee fought the battle of the River Plate against the British and then was scuttled. Lets say the Brazilian kid befriends and takes care of an injured german sailor. And we never see them again. Would you say this is a wrong thing to happen in the story? I am reading the Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan. Its really quite good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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