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stumbled across a spare copy of Blood of Elves, hidden in the entirely wrong section in EB... almost as if someone put it there for safe keeping

something to look forward to...

Looks good puppi... i'm without "reading" material - i have loads of stuff to read, loads of mags and non-fiction, but nothing that can just roall off me atm.. so am re-reading old favs.

Not realy into reading unless it is a Pc mag or a realy funny Book, so mainly Jeremy Clarkson books and Pc mags.

Jeremy Clarkson FTW!!!

Yea JC is the best

I have no idea why you are all so fascinated with him. <shakes head>

Finished
Drink, play, F*&K. and finally got around to reading, The world according to Garp

Tribble wrote:I have no idea why you are all so fascinated with him. <shakes head>

he has a very different way of writing, he tell it like it is in a funny way. he's been a journalist since he left school and if his publishers don't like him, why is he still writing then...

KatrynKat wrote:if his publishers don't like him, why is he still writing then...

because he's a dysfunctional man-child who is blessed to inhabit a planet packed to the rafters with 30+yr old children... :/

@stuart: i'm thinking it's not working as advertised:

• blood of elves == harry potter and the half blood prince - not ruddy likely
  the moon is a harsh mistress == the moon is a harsh mistress and a swath of stephanie meyer crud - kill it with fire
  all quiet on the western front == multiple versions of all quiet on the western front - o...kay... so i should read it again?

they're using REGEX, which has nothing whatsoever to do with content... given the amount of dan brown/stephanie meyer/rowling suggestions i'm thinking the site needs to be expunged from the internet with extreme prejudice...

in this respect, nobody beats a librarian... i don't see that changing any time soon...

Ja, I found that myself. I only tested it after posting the link. Put in a particular title there and it just spews out every other book written by the same author.

Today, we spend the hour, in a national broadcast exclusive, with world-renowned British novelist John le Carré, the pen name of David Cornwell. Le Carré’s writing career spans half a century, during which he has established himself as a master spy writer.

David Cornwell worked in the British Secret Services from the late 1950s until the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War.

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/11/ ... hn_le_carr

Good old spy stories...

The new cover of Crossroads of Twilight is one of my least favorites so far. Okay it depicts a critical point in the Blacksmith’s story but I think a scene featuring Mat and The DOM would have been better.




Wow I must say Michael Komarck rendition of this amazing scene takes my breath away, I just had to re read chapter 27 “ A Plain Wooden Box”
Some people complain the Min looks a little too much like a “China Doll “


Last night I finished reading The Towers of Midnight prologue, Distinctions. I noticed that Brandon used the word "tempest" again but other than that, I had no complaints. I can’t wait for the 2nd of November.





I know that Peter Dinklage has been cast as Tyrion Lannister, Sean Bean as Ned Stark and Lena Headey (known for playing Sarah Connor on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) as Cersei Lannister.

I figure it is best to wait for this series to come out on DVD/Bluray because I want all the extras. In the meantime I hope that he brings out "A Dance with Dragons"

I've often thought about reading The Wheel of Time, but with 14 books that are VERY long, I just don't know anymore. It would be very easy to lose the story with so much reading. For me, at least.

I have so many books on my shelf that I have to get to. Anyhow, I'm just about done with Steven Erikson's first book in The Malazan Book of the Fallen series, Gardens of the Moon and I must say that it's really good thus far. The magic system is very intriguing. I finally got around to buying the first Wheel of Time book! All that remains is reading it

Yay someone that reads Erikson can't wait for Jan

freeboy wrote:I finally got around to buying the first Wheel of Time book! All that remains is reading it

What a long and time-consuming journey you have begun...

KatrynKat wrote:Jeremy Clarkson FTW!!!

Read 4 of his books, they were awesome

Not a Jeremy Clarkson fan at all...

CapNemo wrote:Yay someone that reads Erikson can't wait for Jan

Hey Cap. Gosh! Erikson is just amazing. I've just fallen in love with his characters and the world they inhabit. I'm done with Gardens of the Moon and while I wait to get Deadhouse Gates I'm reading Ian C. Esslemont's Night of Knives. Have you read it and Return of the Crimson Guard?

A friend of mine tells me that Esslemont's writing isn't as good as Erikson's.

Anyhow, my favourite line in the book is: "It's a bad smell when sorcerers panic". The way Erikson writes is beautiful.

Mystical_Titan wrote:

freeboy wrote:I finally got around to buying the first Wheel of Time book! All that remains is reading it

What a long and time-consuming journey you have begun...

Hey MT, is the journey worth it though?

@jee have you ever read Christine Feehan

Anyone read Chris D'Lacey - got 4 books from one series from a friend. I believe that they start out as kids books but don't end up that way.

freeboy wrote:Hey MT, is the journey worth it though?

I don't know, I haven't read the books.

I'll start reading the series and let you know MT. Before that I have to start Erkison's Deadhouse Gates though