The Book thread

[RedTeamWins]

Anthem arrived in the post the day that I finished reading Atlas Shrugged (which was a bit of a slog towards the end, sixty page speeches on topics you're already familiar with is not fun) so I thought great, I'll get started on that.
I open the front cover and miss a few pages of copywrite stuff, then an introduction by the author, then an introduction by someone else, then accedently drop the book and it lands on some random page that looks like it's been drawn on. Turns out it's got two versions of the same book but with publishers notes or some bullshit.
In all the entire story is about 80 pages long in a book of over three hundred pages. Not impressed.

[kvlt in the usa]

i'm reading a comic-type book called 'I Luv Halloween: Ultimate Twisted Edition' by Keith Giffen.
it's a compilation of all three volumes of the series.
it's just about four kids that do crazy shit while trick-or-treating on Halloween

[NightEyes]

Terry Brooks - The Scions of Shannara

[black_rose]

Excited now... my big pile of new books arrived

[i_am_a_viking]

The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom - so far so good

[Littlemissmetal]

The Mad Ship - Robin Hobb

I'm loving this series

[hit the lights]

warrior of rome - fire in the east

not bad so far, i love anything to do with classic history though

[black_rose]

The Mad Ship - Robin Hobb

I'm loving this series

Excellent choice... have you read the rest of her stuff?

[Littlemissmetal]

The Mad Ship - Robin Hobb

I'm loving this series

Excellent choice... have you read the rest of her stuff?

I have Assassin's Apprentice which I bought when I was about 14 and didn't get on with. But considering how much I'm enjoying the Liveship series I think I may have to go back and try it again. Think I may have been a little young to appreciate it fully.

[black_rose]

The Mad Ship - Robin Hobb

I'm loving this series

Excellent choice... have you read the rest of her stuff?

I have Assassin's Apprentice which I bought when I was about 14 and didn't get on with. But considering how much I'm enjoying the Liveship series I think I may have to go back and try it again. Think I may have been a little young to appreciate it fully.

I personally actually prefer The Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin and Assassin's Quest) and The Tawny Man Trilogy (Fool's Errand, The Golden Fool and Fool's Fate) to The Liveship Traders Trilogy... although I have all of them. They're all in my pile of frequently re-read books. I also really enjoyed her latest book (The Dragon Keeper) which is set in the Rain Wilds and can't wait for the sequel to it to come out!

[johnny_boy]

ive just started reading terry goodkinds - wizards first rule
the first book of the sword of truth series just 10 more books to go

A works colleague who has never read fantasy found a copy of that book somebody left lying around and wanted to know what it was about. I tried to explain and he was getting more and more baffled. I think if I had mentioned "Confessors" and what they do his head would have exploded.

Nooooooooooooooooooo
God I hated those books so much.
They started off so well, but then lost it around book three? five? (it was a few years ago when I read them), but I read them all anyway as I have to finish a series I have started.

I've literally just started to read Graceling by Kristin Cashore.

oh no ive just finished the third one this week and im still enjoying them
but im a bit apprehensive now about reading the rest
but ive just got a job a waterstones so i can borrow them now before i buy them to make sure i like them so if i dont atleast i wont have wasted any money on it

[ANDREWHALL28]

Just bought the Fables novel Peter and Max and got the graphic novel edition 1 along with it, anyine else in to graphic novels, I am loving the Dark X men at the moment aswell

[Manadh]

I personally actually prefer The Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin and Assassin's Quest) and The Tawny Man Trilogy (Fool's Errand, The Golden Fool and Fool's Fate) to The Liveship Traders Trilogy... although I have all of them. They're all in my pile of frequently re-read books. I also really enjoyed her latest book (The Dragon Keeper) which is set in the Rain Wilds and can't wait for the sequel to it to come out!

Have you read the Soldier Son books too? I can't get into them.
I love Robin Hobb, though the Live Ships books are my favourite. She is my all time fav author though, and her books are in my frequently re-read pile too <3
The Dragon Keeper is on my to buy list, glad to hear it is good ^_^

johnny_boy - they get rather ... repetative? Well that is what I found anyway!

[NightEyes]

Re-readind Robin Hobb - Assassin's Apprentice.

One of the few writers I enjoy their first person works. The LivingShip Traders I feel is a better series IMO but that be the act its in the third Person.
Thanks for the info about Robin Hobb's new series I had no idea about it.

[Big D]

oh no ive just finished the third one this week and im still enjoying them
but im a bit apprehensive now about reading the rest
but ive just got a job a waterstones so i can borrow them now before i buy them to make sure i like them so if i dont atleast i wont have wasted any money on it

The problem is that after a certain point Terry Goodkind's political views start creeping into the books in a big way. There's still good elements mind you. Nicci and the Mord-Sith are usually good for entertainment value.

Writers letting their personal views take over their books is actually one of my one of my pet hates. The Anita Blake books were fun up until LKH decided she she didn't want to write about a badass vampire-hunter but about a badass vampire-hunter who had sex with pretty much anything with a penis.
And, at the risk of epic flaming, the first two Gor books are actually a decent read. It's after that that things go horribly wrong.