• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 14:22
CEST 20:22
KST 03:22
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Power Rank - Esports World Cup 202573RSL Season 1 - Final Week9[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall15HomeStory Cup 27 - Info & Preview18Classic wins Code S Season 2 (2025)16
Community News
Google Play ASL (Season 20) Announced13BSL Team Wars - Bonyth, Dewalt, Hawk & Sziky teams10Weekly Cups (July 14-20): Final Check-up0Esports World Cup 2025 - Brackets Revealed19Weekly Cups (July 7-13): Classic continues to roll8
StarCraft 2
General
Power Rank - Esports World Cup 2025 #1: Maru - Greatest Players of All Time I offer completely free coaching services What tournaments are world championships? Server Blocker
Tourneys
Esports World Cup 2025 $25,000 Streamerzone StarCraft Pro Series announced $5,000 WardiTV Summer Championship 2025 WardiTV Mondays FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation #239 Bad Weather Mutation # 483 Kill Bot Wars Mutation # 482 Wheel of Misfortune Mutation # 481 Fear and Lava
Brood War
General
Google Play ASL (Season 20) Announced Dewalt's Show Matches in China BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Simple editing of Brood War save files? (.mlx) Ginuda's JaeDong Interview Series
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL20] Non-Korean Championship 4x BSL + 4x China CSL Xiamen International Invitational [CSLPRO] It's CSLAN Season! - Last Chance
Strategy
[G] Mineral Boosting Does 1 second matter in StarCraft? Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Total Annihilation Server - TAForever [MMORPG] Tree of Savior (Successor of Ragnarok) Path of Exile
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Stop Killing Games - European Citizens Initiative Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Post Pic of your Favorite Food!
Fan Clubs
INnoVation Fan Club SKT1 Classic Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[\m/] Heavy Metal Thread Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece Korean Music Discussion
Sports
Formula 1 Discussion 2024 - 2025 Football Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NBA General Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Installation of Windows 10 suck at "just a moment" Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
TeamLiquid Team Shirt On Sale The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Ping To Win? Pings And Their…
TrAiDoS
momentary artworks from des…
tankgirl
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Socialism Anyone?
GreenHorizons
Eight Anniversary as a TL…
Mizenhauer
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 730 users

Phalanx's Daily #61: Read a book

Blogs > Sir.Phalanx
Post a Reply
Sir.Phalanx
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Japan195 Posts
July 13 2013 11:35 GMT
#1
Sup guys, how's it going. Another daily post, and for today I don't have any sort of casting or battle reporting to provide because I spent nearly all of my day reading a book... It wasn't a very good book, to be honest, but I just wanted to read it because I had read it's prequels and I wanted to see how the last book in the series was.

So I have nothing in particular StarCraft wise to talk about, so i'll talk about books. What are some good books that any of you readers have recently read?? I feel like I need a good book to be reading soon, and perhaps my tastes may be fit by stuff you guys have read.

Favorite books off the top of my head...

Ender's Game
maybe also because I read it when I was in my very early teen years, I really loved the story line of this. the super-genious kid part also stuck in my mind. I didn't enjoy the "sequels" or other books in the series so much, but I did think they were well written.

The Giver
I really liked the story line of this book... Looking back on it, maybe it wasn't the most "well written" book, but especially good for younger-ish (?) readers. The book I read today was the last book in the series actually, but it sucked in my opinion.

*
Go to school - Laddder - Sleep - repeat. Who needs a social life anyways.
aZealot
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
New Zealand5447 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-13 11:43:52
July 13 2013 11:43 GMT
#2
I've almost finished The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. One of the classics, the kind that people are supposed to read but never actually do. I have to say, it is a fantastic read. A good adventure and a very enjoyable read.
KT best KT ~ 2014
phoenixfeather95
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
665 Posts
July 13 2013 14:46 GMT
#3
Although it's a relatively old series, I massively enjoyed The Inheritance Cycle by Cristopher Paolini.

Sure, it might not be the greatest masterpiece ever created, but considering the fact the guy wrote it when he was very young and had such an immersive storyline and lore, I recommend you give it a try. The third book, Brisingr, is the best one in my opinion.
@dbrisingr
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
July 13 2013 15:24 GMT
#4
One book I've recently fell in love with was "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss. It's a trilogy, book two being "A Wise Man's Fear", and the third not released yet.
This was truly a series I simply could not put down for the life of me. I found myself reading it through lectures, and coming back to my room to continue reading, etc.

Right now I'm just starting the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series.
Oukka
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
Finland1683 Posts
July 14 2013 10:34 GMT
#5
On July 13 2013 23:46 phoenixfeather95 wrote:
Although it's a relatively old series, I massively enjoyed The Inheritance Cycle by Cristopher Paolini.

Sure, it might not be the greatest masterpiece ever created, but considering the fact the guy wrote it when he was very young and had such an immersive storyline and lore, I recommend you give it a try. The third book, Brisingr, is the best one in my opinion.


I enjoyed the first book a lot, and even the second one was really nice read but after that the series went downhill I think. Most of the authors choices were very predictable and clicheish (what is the adverd for cliche? :o, clishy?)

Of course the thing is that I read the first book when I was something like 13 or so and now a good five-six years later I've read a bit more than I had read back then. Also Paolini invented very little of his own I think. Maybe except for Roran's storyline the plot was very very much like Star Wars with high influence of Tolkien and other high fantasy authors in creating the setting and naming places and characters.

One series I've enjoyed very much was His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman, which I feel was multilayered enough to work over several reading times. Also the themes of the series were more relevant to our world than the classic clash good and evil were it is easy to see who is who and there is no reason to symphatize the antagonist or his/hers side.

One more good read was Philip Reeve's Mortal Enginges Quartet. Even though the series is aimed for younger readers it gives some food for thought for others as well. Or I just like anything dystopic in a steam-punk setting. :p
I play children's card games and watch a lot of dota, CS and HS
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
18:00
RO8 Round Robin Group - Day 3
Bonyth vs Sziky
Dewalt vs Hawk
Hawk vs QiaoGege
Sziky vs Dewalt
Mihu vs Bonyth
Zhanhun vs QiaoGege
QiaoGege vs Fengzi
LiquipediaDiscussion
CSO Cup
16:00
#83
Liquipedia
PSISTORM Gaming Misc
15:55
FSL Teamleague: CN vs ASH
Freeedom22
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
SpeCial 286
Hui .248
BRAT_OK 154
JuggernautJason51
MindelVK 35
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 20940
actioN 371
firebathero 352
Dewaltoss 99
ZZZero.O 83
Aegong 65
zelot 27
HiyA 15
IntoTheRainbow 7
Dota 2
qojqva4372
420jenkins749
Counter-Strike
fl0m4273
ScreaM1567
sgares384
Stewie2K205
oskar169
flusha89
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox411
Westballz20
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor635
Other Games
Dendi1285
FrodaN1197
Grubby1096
Trikslyr110
KnowMe93
QueenE68
ProTech62
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1649
StarCraft 2
angryscii 12
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 18 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• printf 76
• tFFMrPink 17
• LUISG 12
• Kozan
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• sooper7s
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• 80smullet 40
• FirePhoenix2
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• C_a_k_e 2774
Other Games
• imaqtpie945
• Shiphtur369
Upcoming Events
FEL
14h 38m
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
19h 38m
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
23h 38m
Bonyth vs Zhanhun
Dewalt vs Mihu
Hawk vs Sziky
Sziky vs QiaoGege
Mihu vs Hawk
Zhanhun vs Dewalt
Fengzi vs Bonyth
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
Online Event
2 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
3 days
The PondCast
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Korean StarCraft League
6 days
CranKy Ducklings
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL Xiamen Invitational
Esports World Cup 2025
Murky Cup #2

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
BSL20 Non-Korean Championship
BSL Team Wars
CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
CC Div. A S7
Underdog Cup #2
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25

Upcoming

ASL Season 20: Qualifier #1
ASL Season 20: Qualifier #2
ASL Season 20
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
BSL Season 21
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
SEL Season 2 Championship
WardiTV Summer 2025
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
FEL Cracov 2025
HCC Europe
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.