Books, Books?, Books!, Books...What are YOU reading? aka the WoT, GoT, Orson Scott Card thread

**AidenCarby** · 2013-04-18 12:43

I will say the book was good, the ending:

Spoiler: show

**Souj** · 2013-04-22 16:24

so sitting for four hours in a room that was air conditioned to about 40degrees whilst I was waiting to get called into a court room for jury duty allowed my to get 20% into book 3 of Malazan. I have decided to continue reading the series.
Though I will also continue to wish the books were shorter because there seems to be a lot of unnecessary padding thrown into those books.
I also got out of having to serve on a criminal case that would have taken at least a week because one of the lawyers was my Dad. Huzzah

**Rhinox** · 2013-04-24 00:00

Just finished warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. It was pretty tight

**Jakson** · 2013-04-26 04:33

Getting with it, I suppose.

Spoiler: show

**mallister** · 2013-04-26 10:54

lol good lord. would be great to have read them all back to back. i started when book 3 had just come out.

**Souj** · 2013-04-26 16:22

It really bugs me that they changed how the text on the spines were displayed.

It also bugged me that some of the Dresden Files books are white. I know what they were going for, but god damn it, I want uniformity!

**Zetanio** · 2013-04-27 16:56

Throw away 5-8. You won't miss much.

**mallister** · 2013-04-27 17:12

nah, there's a lot of crap happens in 5, and 6, while tedious, ends pretty epic. i can share that sentiment for 7-8 though. not my favorites.

i AM assuming you're talking about WoT. i havent' read the dresden files.

**Zetanio** · 2013-04-27 20:09

Yes, I was referring to WoT

**Rulke** · 2013-05-10 11:47

Blew through The Chronicles of Prydain recently, I hadn't read that series since I was in Jr high. Absolutly love it. Cheap on Kindle and a definate recommended read imo.

Started up the Kingkiller Chronicles and by chapter 2 I could tell dis gon' be gewd!. Then I found out the series isnt complet yet............... /sigh.

**Souj** · 2013-05-10 16:16

Just finished Malazan book 3 Memories of Ice. Will be starting book four.
Would I miss out on much if I skipped book 5, Midnight Tides? I'm already not liking how books 2&3 happen at the same time but are nearly completely unrelated (aside from what I assume with be in the grand scheme of things), and #4 goes back to following right after #2. Not so keen on starting up on book 5 with completely new settings/characters in a story that takes place before book #1.
I'm assuming that again, it'll have some stuff that's relevant to the larger picture, but is it also mostly just used to fill in some back story for stuff that happened in the previous books or are the really relevant things that I should read through for the next books?

**Darkmagi** · 2013-05-10 16:32

They become very relevant and you would miss out on some extremely awesome characters. It bothered me a bit when I first dived into book 5, but I grew attached to some of the characters very quickly.

**Buffy** · 2013-05-10 22:23

What's the book series that Game of Thrones is based on? I don't have HBO and love to read anyway, so figure I might as well dive in.

**Jakson** · 2013-05-10 22:32

Originally Posted by Buffy

What's the book series that Game of Thrones is based on? I don't have HBO and love to read anyway, so figure I might as well dive in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire
http://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-S...f+ice+and+fire

You can find that box set at pretty much any bookstore / Costco / Walmart nowadays, and by the time you finish, the most recent book should be out on paperback.

**BaneTheBrawler** · 2013-05-11 01:49

get it on kindle if you can. cheaper, and you can wait with the nice boxed sets until the series is actually done. Because there's nothing worse than a boxed set that isn't a set.

**Jaxzer** · 2013-05-11 21:37

Going to pick up all the Game of Thrones books tomorrow and start reading them on the beach this week. Cannot wait.

**Meph** · 2013-05-12 14:20

since this is the book-thread, I just gotta post this...so fucking spot-on

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/1...Dan-Brown.html

I've actually read all the langdon-books, but I dont think I will be able to handle the next one after that article

**Souj** · 2013-05-12 14:48

That article has actually made me want to read a dan brown book.

**Zetanio** · 2013-05-13 10:44

I don't like his style of writing much but I may give this one a spin.

**Souj** · 2013-05-13 11:27

Is his books really like that article or is there some extreme exaggerating going on? (I'm guessing there is some exaggerating, but just how much?)
because if it's even just half as bad as it was in that article, it could be a humorous read.

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