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April 2011 - Reading Thread


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Just finished The Wise Man's Fear. Loved it.

A friend of mine passed away, and he was a big fan of the Dark Tower series. I got to book 5, but in his memory I'll resume, perhaps even restart, my quest for the Tower.

I'm also reading Camelot: Cultural Revelation or something, about the assassination of JFK. Eh...

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Finally finished all the books I was struggling with, now reading The Anubis Gates. Fun and fast but not incredibly incredible so far.

A list and single paragraph opinions about the books I've read from Jan-March this year. Most of them I've posted about in the monthly threads, but I like to let some time go by before giving a final opinion. (Iron Council went up in my opinion after I'd sat on it for a while, and The Windup Girl went down).

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Lots of time taken by Tor.com Malazan reread.

Instead I should be finishing The Darkness that Comes Before.

I'm also reading leisurely Janny Wurts The Curse of the Mistwraith. I knew nothing of this series of 11 books (planned). It was never mentioned in any blog or forum I read even if all other reviews I read praised it.

Especially for the prose which was even criticized because it's even too good for its own sake. I read the first 50 pages and it doesn't seem hard to read.

Anyone read this? Why the series seems to be completely unknown or unpopular?

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Lots of time taken by Tor.com Malazan reread.

Instead I should be finishing The Darkness that Comes Before.

I'm also reading leisurely Janny Wurts The Curse of the Mistwraith. I knew nothing of this series of 11 books (planned). It was never mentioned in any blog or forum I read even if all other reviews I read praised it.

Especially for the prose which was even criticized because it's even too good for its own sake. I read the first 50 pages and it doesn't seem hard to read.

Anyone read this? Why the series seems to be completely unknown or unpopular?

The SFF Chronicles has a discussion section on these books. I've read up to the last one. For a stand alone book you might try Wurts' To Ride Hell's Chasm. The hero in this one reminds me of Dunnett's Lymond.

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Wahington: A Life by Prof Ron Chernow, only 10 pages in so can't comment yet. As a Brit, I know hardly anything about this disobedient colonial rebel traitor( ;) ), makes a change to the Prime Minster biography kick I've been on in recent years.

It's 1000+ pages in hardback so I'm part considering it as training for ADWD. :P

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I just got an ARC for Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding from Graeme's blog, so I'm really excited. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Retribution is the first in the series? I assume it briefly went out of print then?

I'm also reading Dragon's Path by Abraham and Multireal by Edelman.

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I just got an ARC for Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding from Graeme's blog, so I'm really excited. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Retribution is the first in the series? I assume it briefly went out of print then?

I'm also reading Dragon's Path by Abraham and Multireal by Edelman.

I've got a regular MMPB of Retribution Falls on my reading stack...you sure you're getting an ARC?

Just finished reading Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair - very whimsical, I liked it. It was also educational, because I've never actually read or learnt anything about Jane Eyre, so this one gave me a crash course :P.

Next up, I've a choice between Surface Detail, the aforementioned Retribution Falls, and steeling myself to finish off the Malazan books...need to actually finish Dust of Dreams...

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I just got an ARC for Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding from Graeme's blog, so I'm really excited. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Retribution is the first in the series? I assume it briefly went out of print then?

You're not wrong it is the first in a series - I don't think it's of any defined length at this point though.

I think your ARC is probably the US version. It was released in the UK a couple of years ago, but I don't think it had an especially small print run or anything.

Enjoy it; it's a very fun book :thumbsup:

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