What book are you reading?

[Martok]

Alright I'm biting the bullet. I have 4 months off Uni so plenty of time to read. I am once again embarking upon a grand re-reading of the Wheel of Time, towards which end I bought The Gathering Storm today.

Holy crap! I didn't realize Book Twelve was out already.

Gah. Now I have to decide if I want to go out and get it, or wait until all three final volumes are available.

[pevergreen]

Isn't the guy no longer with us.



I prefer Feist anyway.

On that note: Re-reading Magician (again) think this makes number 12 read through.

[Owen Glyndwr]

I'm currently reading Rome and its Enemies, a Penguin Book. Excellent quality, a good investment I think.

I'm nearly finished with that, and once I do, I'm probably going to go back and re-read Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is my favorite book.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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About to finish Barry Strauss's Trojan War. Recommended.
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[Martok]

I'm now over halfway through Hood, the first novel in Stephen R. Lawhead's King Raven trilogy. I'm not quite sure what I think of it overall, but I am enjoying myself thus far. It's an interesting take on the Legend of Sherwood Forest.

[A Nerd]

I don't read much, and I can't often remember authors names but there have been a few that I really enjoyed. Carl Sandburg's Cornhuskers, the idiot by some russian guy, Jack Kerouac's Desolation Angels, some classics I read in High School like A Tale of Two Cities, Silas Marner and one teacher translated Hamlet and Macbeth to the class which was fascianating. I want to read Knights of the round table soon. It would make good beach reading. That's all I can think of at the moment.

edit: How could I forget Authur Millers Death of a Salesman!!!

[Rhyfelwyr]

How could I forget Authur Millers Death of a Salesman!!!

Ah, how could I forget about that classic. I still remember all the characters... Willie, Linda, Biff...

Along with the Great Gatsby (gah! but the film is hilarious where the car runs over the woman's head), that was what my Higher English was about.

[Ja'chyra]

I'm now over halfway through Hood, the first novel in Stephen R. Lawhead's King Raven trilogy. I'm not quite sure what I think of it overall, but I am enjoying myself thus far. It's an interesting take on the Legend of Sherwood Forest.

Have you read Lawheads Celtic trilogy? Can't remember what they were called now but they were entertaining if not great writing.

[Martok]

Have you read Lawheads Celtic trilogy? Can't remember what they were called now but they were entertaining if not great writing.

Are you referring to the Albion trilogy, or the Celtic Crusades trilogy? Either way, the answer is "yes, I've read it" -- I'm a big Lawhead fan.


One thing to add: For those who (understandably) tend to be turned off by Lawhead's typically strong emphasis on Christianity in his novels, it may be worth noting that he seems to have turned down the "volume" in this trilogy. Not that it doesn't still play a fairly important part, but it's not as ubiquitous as in a lot of his other novels (such as his Celtic Crusades or Pendragon Cycle books).

Incidentally, I've already finished Hood and have moved onto Scarlet. 'Twill be interesting to see how this one goes, since it appears to be largely narrated from Will's point of view.

[CountArach]

Holy crap! I didn't realize Book Twelve was out already.

Released during the last week.

Isn't the guy no longer with us.

Robert Jordan did pass away, yes. However, his wife arranged for Brandon Sanderson to do the writing that Jordan didn't do before he died. The entire plot was already fleshed out, and various sections written, however.

[Subotan]

Back in Style: Dungeon, Zenith Vol. 3 - Lewis Trondheim, et al.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I'm currently reading Make Room, Make Room! by Harry Harrison. It's the book that Soylent Green is based off. Pretty good so far, the movie seems to be a decent adaptation about a third of the way through the book.

[Sevis]

I've discovered Poe recently, and have been reading his works, although very slowly. Now took a small break to get through "Mind Hacks", wonderful stuff.

[Ja'chyra]

I'm almost finished The Gathering Storm and while it isn't bad the new author has changed the personalities of all the main characters, and not for the better I think.

[Ja'chyra]

So I've just finished The Gathering Storm, what can I say?

I think the story has gone in the direction intended by Robert Jordan even if it's already past the 10 originally planned books. I think he's chosen a good place to split the books and there's not too much of the waffling that I saw in earlier books. Like all good stories there's periods of calm and action and twists that you may or may not see coming, still though my major grief is that he has changed almost all of the personalities and made them all, well, darker, more angry. Even Mat has become a darker character with Egwene becoming downright cold and Min being sidetracked into an almost inconsequential role. Some of this is a natural reflection of the story as it moves towards the final battle but I felt he could have eased us into the change throughout the book more than he has.

All in all though I don't grudge the money I paid for it and will be buying the other two to see the series ended.