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x2. Fantastic read, occult happenings, funny and bizarre at times, very good writing (I love it at least).
Finished Feersum Endjinn earlier this week.
Once you get past the 'dyslexic' writing style of one of the main characters, it's a fascinating story with a strange premise. Bit like borrowers, but not, with cyberspace-tripping thrown in. Can't get any more detailed without writing an essay.
Fantastic book by a fantastic author. Hooray for Banks.
Once you get past the 'dyslexic' writing style of one of the main characters, it's a fascinating story with a strange premise. Bit like borrowers, but not, with cyberspace-tripping thrown in. Can't get any more detailed without writing an essay.
Fantastic book by a fantastic author. Hooray for Banks.
I've just finished Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch. A really good book about a copper who discovers magic still in use, and becomes a trainee to the last wizard in England in a hush-hush division of the police force. 4.5 stars out of 322 reviews says more than I can say about how good it is. You can order this book and the 2 follow-ups for £5 from Book People!
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Well though I tried several days to finish it I have been defeated by The Binding Chair (Kathryn Harrison).
Slightly confusing jumps from time period to time period and not giving it my full concentration didn't help. Can't work out what the book is trying to tell me and have given up.
Slightly confusing jumps from time period to time period and not giving it my full concentration didn't help. Can't work out what the book is trying to tell me and have given up.
Second part of Brandon Sanderson's "Mistborn" trilogy. By no means a "great" series, it is at least fairly original. It's the first books to feature a genuinely original form of magic since Mike Scott Rohan's "Winter of the World" series, that I can think of. And he does at least attempt to flesh out his characters.
Before that was another of Jim Butcher's "Harry Dresden" books - again, not great, but fun - and before that was "Babylon" by Paul Kriwaczek (about the real place, not some sort of metaphor). Next up will be finishing the Mistborn books, then "The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt" by Toby Wilkinson.
Before that was another of Jim Butcher's "Harry Dresden" books - again, not great, but fun - and before that was "Babylon" by Paul Kriwaczek (about the real place, not some sort of metaphor). Next up will be finishing the Mistborn books, then "The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt" by Toby Wilkinson.
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Yes, it is incredible to think of the amount of time he must have spent Dap-ting those chapters to suit the character. I must reread it, I haven't in quite some time.
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On the lat book of game of thrones. The first half of it is very slow and a drag to get through.
I found the books slow going too. If they weren't free I wouldn't have bothered continuing after the first one.
Reading the Game of thrones books right now. I'm trying to read it slowly and not take over the tv show. Currently on the second book. Although the books and tv show does have some differences, I was quite surprised at how similar some of it was. A lot of books and shows are completely different.
Currently reading the Moon over Soho as recommended earlier in the thread somewhere? So far so good anyway.
Should I have read Rivers of London first, I'm guessing so by some of the characters etc although I can understand the book so far.
As I am trying to get back into reading and not wanting to buy books I have been using the library so choice is a bit of a lottery. There are plenty of books but when confronted with the different shelfs I cannot see much I recognise from this thread and trying to pick the first in series to start at it hard! I know next time could be easier as I am part way through the Game of Thrones books and ready for another after a few months break and can borrow these from elsewhere!
Sounds epic. Cheers for the heads up.
Finished reading Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
The antichrist arrives on earth, and two angels (one fallen) are tasked with finding the child to bring forth /avert the apocolypse.
It's a short book and light on detail, written in a very typical Pratchett manner (that's not a bad thing).
Wished it was darker -Gaiman's touch should have provided this in spades, but didn't (that's not a good thing).
Only issue with Ben Aaranovitich is that he is primarily an episode writer for tv series. His second (or was it third) book was typical of this style of writing. Basically very little point to the book beyond moving the story on a little and a few minor events happening.
Perhaps it may have just been a bad book but he has to step up a lot in the next book and make it an actual book to keep up the series momentum.
I've just picked up Saga of the Exiles series but Julian May, heard great things about it and just about to start reading. Really excited
Perhaps it may have just been a bad book but he has to step up a lot in the next book and make it an actual book to keep up the series momentum.
I've just picked up Saga of the Exiles series but Julian May, heard great things about it and just about to start reading. Really excited
I think that's the 2nd book. I guess you should have started with the first book but to be honest, they aren't that involved or hard to follow so it probably won't make a lot of difference. I'll be onto book 2 as soon as I finish the dull fairytale that is A Darkness at Sethanon.