Starting my foray into Lovecraft's Cthulhu world, based on Mumei's recommendation from the last thread (thanks Mumei!)
What don't you like? It does pick up and I think its worth reading. But its nothing amazing and the sequels are awful.I started the Lies of Locke Lamora but am really struggling through it. Does it pick up and should I continue it?
I'm currently trying to get into poetry by starting with William Blake.
It's going alright so far. Definitely have to tackle poems with a different mindset than novels
Herman Melville, Volume I by Victor Lodato: 10/10 go read. This is one of my favorite short stories the New Yorker has put out in a long while. Its... really beautiful, really scary, really warming, its just a lot of really really really great stuff.
Penguin's The Complete Poems. Right now I'm on the miscellaneous section.I liked Songs of Innocence and of Experience. What are you reading?
Posting my Malazan Book of the Fallen question again:
Has anyone here read the Tor reread (http://www.tor.com/series/malazan-reread-of-the-fallen/) chapters of it while reading the books? As in, read Deadhouse Gates chapter 1 -> read the reread commentary on chp1 -> DG chp2 -> reread commentary chp2 etc?
I know the bit in the beginning says there are spoilers in the commentary, but if it's subtle stuff, reading the reread along the book could be fun. If it's blatant stuff like "this guy dies later and this war happens and everyone else also dies" then I'll skip.
I read along with that series as I was going through the books until I stopped right before....the 9th mainline book?
I found it was really helpful in keeping things straight and highlighting some things I would have missed otherwise. The spoilers are all pretty light, and if you ever find that they are getting a little wink wink nudge nudge-y for you you can always just read her notes and not his as its her first time through the series.
It's a really rewarding undertaking though in my experience. I need to get back and finish up reading the series....though at this point I need a bit of a recap of a recap to refresh myself...
I started the Lies of Locke Lamora but am really struggling through it. Does it pick up and should I continue it?
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I started the Lies of Locke Lamora but am really struggling through it. Does it pick up and should I continue it?
Penguin's The Complete Poems. Right now I'm on the miscellaneous section.
After reading Helen McDonald's 'H is for Hawk' earlier this year, which is part memoir, part biography of T.H. White, I thought it would be worthwhile picking up White's main fair, The Sword in the Stone, which I never read as a kid. Will pick up 'The Once and Future King' shortly after getting through this.
The Sword in the Stone is actually the first book in The Once and Future King, which is a tetralogy of books. You'll be able to go right into The Queen of Air and Darkness!
Here goes nothin'
I only made it to Book IV as a kid.
Trying to read the entire series before the movie drops.
Here goes nothin'
I only made it to Book IV as a kid.
Trying to read the entire series before the movie drops.
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
A good pickup and read book that I can read in short bursts when my 9 month old falls asleep on me. I'm about half-way through though, and I've skipped a few of the questions because some of them seem a little same-y.
Finished Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë. I loved The Tenant of Wildfell Hall so I was going in expecting to love this as well, but it was just ok. Not a lot happens and there isn't really a moral to the story from what I can tell, so it ended up just being about boring people falling in love. Only worth a read if you're a Brontë fan.
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Just started The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. I'm not very far in, but I'm really enjoying it so far. Butler's prose is elegant, but direct.
Question for all you fine reading folks - my niece is 5 years old and LOVES having The Chronicles of Narnia read to her .. what other books (that aren't too advanced and don't have anything scary in them) would you recommend for her?
Diana Wynne Jones Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Air, and the House of Many Ways. Great, great books.
Seconded!
Also, Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn.
Diana Wynne Jones Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Air, and the House of Many Ways. Great, great books.
Seconded!
Also, Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn.
Seconded!
Also, How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell.
Question for all you fine reading folks - my niece is 5 years old and LOVES having The Chronicles of Narnia read to her .. what other books (that aren't too advanced and don't have anything scary in them) would you recommend for her?
The Chronicles of Prydain, based on Welsh mythology, have become the standard of excellence in fantasy literature for children. Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper and his quest to become a hero. Taran is joined by an engaging cast of characters that includes Eilonwy, the strong-willed and sharp-tongued princess; Fflewddur Fflam, the hyperbole-prone bard; the ever-faithful Gurgi; and the curmudgeonly Doliall of whom become involved in an epic struggle between good and evil that shapes the fate of the legendary land of Prydain.
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Some light reading to keep my mind off other things.
I'm about 3/4ths of the way through it so far. It's a hefty read, and it moves even slower than G.R.R. Martin a lot of the time, but I'm impressed with how well it portrays characters and it's able to accomplish a level of believable yet significant development for all the main characters at hand.
Sanderson also knows how to make a super interestingly unique fantasy world.
I just went to his official website, apparently the third book, Oathbringer, is coming out on November 14th.
I'm about 3/4ths of the way through it so far. It's a hefty read, and it moves even slower than G.R.R. Martin a lot of the time, but I'm impressed with how well it portrays characters and it's able to accomplish a level of believable yet significant development for all the main characters at hand.
Sanderson also knows how to make a super interestingly unique fantasy world.