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RetuenOfDevsman
04/18/2024
04:44 PM
#1
Reading anything interesting? Got a book backlog? Let's talk about it!
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TheLiarParadox
04/18/2024
04:46 PM
#2
I read too many books in January and can't seem to get the attention span back to read anything else, which sucks because there's now a lot of stuff I need to read for work and can't groan emoji.
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ironman2009
04/18/2024
04:47 PM
#3
Rereading the Shannara series right now
THRILLHO
RetuenOfDevsman
04/19/2024
10:06 AM
#4
I rolled over page 1000 of The Count of Monte Cristo yesterday. Of course, I'm nuts, so I read all the Roman numeral pages at the start too, lol.

It's my second read through. Favorite novel, lol. The one subplot I didn't like the first time around (Albert's duel), I kinda "got" a little more this time. Seems dueling is just what you do in 19th century France when you want to murder someone but don't want to break the law. I dunno, maybe this was the case everywhere, I never cared about history lol.

ironman2009 posted...
Rereading the Shannara series right now
Don't believe I've heard of it. What's it about?
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deoxxys
04/19/2024
10:06 AM
#5
Is it horny posting to say you're reading fifty shades of Grey?
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PraetorXyn
04/19/2024
10:08 AM
#7
Im trying to finish a re-read of Assassins Fate (and thus the entire Realm of the Elderlings). Then Im going to read Perils Gate p, book 6 I think of Wars of Light and Shadow. Then Ill continue my Cosmere deep dive, starting with The Way of Kings. Im aiming to read all the Cosmere stuff before Wind and Truth comes out,
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Kaldrenthebold
04/19/2024
10:20 AM
#8
I read Reacher books 2 - 6 the past couple months. Started them and read like 3 or 4 of them on a cruise I went on then just finished up book 6 a few weeks ago.

They are fun little thrillers.
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RetuenOfDevsman
04/19/2024
09:03 PM
#9
I'm also reading--much more casually--a book filled with short stories and poems by Poe. Has anybody read Ligeia? Uh...

Did he poison the second wife and just blame it on Ligeia's ghost ?
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Pinotage
04/19/2024
09:14 PM
#10
I'm reading a book about the filming of Mad Max Fury Road, the backstage drama from the start of production to filming was utter madness.

It's called Blood, Sweat & Chrome by Kyle Buchanan.
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Nunyobidness
04/19/2024
09:21 PM
#11
I've got two I need to read and a couple to buy. I have one to read and also to pick up the latest few books from the Gray Man series by Mark Greaney. This is the series the Netflix movie was based on. Never saw the movie but the books are awesome balls to the wall action thrillers. Very Jason Bourne if you're into that.

I also have to read the third book in the Empire of Salt series by C.F. Iggulden. He did a lot of fiction based on historical characters like Genghis Khan and Julius Caeser. Empire of salt is a fantasy series he wrote that I've enjoyed.

Come to think of it I never got around to reading Brian Gewirtz's book, he was a writer for the WWE in the early 2000's and is one of the Rock's personal writers now. He wrote a book on his time with the WWE I picked up and never got around to reading.
ironman2009
04/19/2024
10:01 PM
#12
RetuenOfDevsman posted...


Don't believe I've heard of it. What's it about?

it's bootleg lord of the rings

THRILLHO
specialkid8
04/19/2024
10:10 PM
#13
Just read the Iliad, now I'm on the Odyssey. Both are not at all what I thought they were. Will be reading the Aeneid next.
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Robot2600
04/19/2024
11:41 PM
#14
specialkid8 posted...
Just read the Iliad, now I'm on the Odyssey. Both are not at all what I thought they were. Will be reading the Aeneid next.

what translations did you read?
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Bishop_Hastur
04/19/2024
11:45 PM
#15
I've been trying to read Hopscotch by Julio Cortzar for a while now but it's a real slog. Also rereading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Have you seen the Yellow Sign?
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MJOLNRVII
04/19/2024
11:46 PM
#16
ImAMarvel posted...
what happened to the last topic?
Still here, assuming you mean this one: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80687106
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Antifar
04/19/2024
11:48 PM
#17
Bishop_Hastur posted...
I've been trying to read Hopscotch by Julio Cortzar for a while now but it's a real slog.
Are you reading it "linearly" or with the "supplemental" chapters?
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ItsNotA2Mer
04/19/2024
11:49 PM
#18
Reading through the Stormlight Archive series again by Brandon Sanderson, ahead of the fifth book later this year.
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MJOLNRVII
04/19/2024
11:52 PM
#19
ItsNotA2Mer posted...
Reading through the Stormlight Archive series again by Brandon Sanderson, ahead of the fifth book later this year.
I just caught up with that this year when I finished Rhythm of War. I also finished Edgedancer and Dawnshard earlier this year as well. Have you read The Sunlit Man?
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ItsNotA2Mer
04/20/2024
12:37 AM
#20
MJOLNRVII posted...
I just caught up with that this year when I finished Rhythm of War. I also finished Edgedancer and Dawnshard earlier this year as well. Have you read The Sunlit Man?

I only got into Sanderson after completing The Wheel of Time series. I'll definitely be reading all of his Cosmere entries.
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PraetorXyn
04/20/2024
01:31 AM
#21
ItsNotA2Mer posted...
I only got into Sanderson after completing The Wheel of Time series. I'll definitely be reading all of his Cosmere entries.
That's what I'm doing this year, though some of the beginning were re-reads for me. This is the reading order I'm following:
1. The Eleventh Metal - [Short Story]
2. Mistborn - [Novel]
3. The Well of Ascension - [Novel]
4. The Hero of Ages - [Novel]
5. Mistborn: Secret History - [Novella]
6. Elantris - [Novel]
7. The Hope of Elantris - [Short Story]
8. The Emperor's Soul - [Novella]
9. The Way of Kings - [Novel]
10. Shadows for Silence - [Novella]
11. Warbreaker - [Novel]
12. Words of Radiance - [Novel]
13. The Alloy of Law - [Novel]
14. Allomancer Jak - [Short Story]
15. Shadows of Self - [Novel]
16. The Bands of Mourning - [Novel]
17. Edgedancer - [Novella]
18. Oathbringer - [Novel]
19. White Sand - GN
20. Sixth of the Dusk - [Novella]
21. Dawnshard - [Novella]
22. Rhythm of War - [Novel]
23. The Lost Metal - [Novel]
24. Tress of the Emerald Sea - [Novel]
25. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - [Novel]
26. The Sunlit Man - [Novel]
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ItsNotA2Mer
04/20/2024
04:04 AM
#22
PraetorXyn posted...
This is the reading order I'm following:

I've got some catching up to do.
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Arcanine2009
04/20/2024
06:19 AM
#23
god I wish I could get back into reading
Less is more. Everything you want, isn't everything you need.
specialkid8
04/20/2024
08:04 AM
#24
Robot2600 posted...
what translations did you read?
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ItsNotA2Mer
04/20/2024
11:50 AM
#25
Arcanine2009 posted...
god I wish I could get back into reading

Why can't you?
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InTheEyesOfFire
04/20/2024
11:53 AM
#26
Been reading a fun mystery/espionage type story set in alternate 1850s Britain about the computer age starting at that time. Called The Difference Engine. The dialogue is so British and its excellent.
"Oh man would you just shut up already, how come all you sword guys have to talk about how cool your swords are?"
RetuenOfDevsman
04/20/2024
11:56 AM
#27
MJOLNRVII posted...
Still here, assuming you mean this one: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80687106
Whoops, somehow I missed that one completely.
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Arcanine2009
04/20/2024
03:20 PM
#28
ItsNotA2Mer posted...
Why can't you?
too many distractions and motivation to do so. I am really bad at completing games on my switch too

Takes me a year to finish a book.
Less is more. Everything you want, isn't everything you need.
ItsNotA2Mer
04/20/2024
04:24 PM
#29
Arcanine2009 posted...
too many distractions and motivation to do so. I am really bad at completing games on my switch too

Takes me a year to finish a book.

Audio books maybe?
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Arcanine2009
04/20/2024
04:29 PM
#30
it's not the same.
Less is more. Everything you want, isn't everything you need.
SauI_Goodman
04/20/2024
04:30 PM
#31
50 books on my backlog.
T9o many books not enough time.
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Bishop_Hastur
04/20/2024
06:00 PM
#32
Antifar posted...
Are you reading it "linearly" or with the "supplemental" chapters?
Trying linearly for the first read through.
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Wedge_Antilles
04/20/2024
06:02 PM
#33
Most of my reading is Dresden Files or Sanderson's Cosmere stuff. Was getting into Gentleman Bastard's but it's looking like the author may be done with writing so it looks like that series is a lost cause.
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deoxxys
04/20/2024
06:38 PM
#34
Wedge_Antilles posted...
Dresden Files
Love

Need me some new science fiction or fantasy to read. Anyone got suggestions for just the best stuff?

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ItsNotA2Mer
04/20/2024
06:40 PM
#35
Arcanine2009 posted...
it's not the same.

Sure, but then you don't have to miss out on some amazing stories.
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