What Are You Reading 2013 - Page 61

On April 21 2013 07:31 elt wrote:
Finally managed to find time to read this:


Standard Kay, great read so far.

On April 21 2013 01:27 dmnum wrote:
I've read some parts of Discipline and Punish for college, it's very good.
Another work on the same field that's also very interesting is On Crimes and Punishments, by Cesare Beccaria. It's a 18th century book with very humanitarian views(The author condemns excessive punishment). I recommend it if you're interested in the subject.

On April 21 2013 10:52 babylon wrote:

:D

Yay, another GGK fan! I haven't ordered it yet. How would you rate it so far amongst his other books?

On April 21 2013 21:12 elt wrote:


For some reason I'm biased against Under Heaven, just the names and whatnot felt weird, but I feel much more used to it now. There's a very big sense of impending doom in this one though, and I think it evokes the relationship between Lions and The Sarantine Mosaic... That sense of a golden age past now lost to a more savage world.

I find it really, really hard to compare Kay's books. My favourite are Lions and The Sarantine Mosaic, but I think I like this better so far than A Song for Arbonne and The Last Light of the Sun. But they're all great books anyway.

On April 23 2013 17:27 Bloodash wrote:

Quite like the series, and hope to finish all the books before the movie comes out

On April 23 2013 18:15 SearingShadow wrote:

Which books in the series have you read so far? I've read Ender's Game and thought it was amazing but I've heard that the series goes downhill fast so I haven't bothered to read any of the other books. The movie is based on Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow so maybe I'll pick up Shadow.


I just finished reading the First Law Trilogy and thought it was amazing.

Currently reading:

60 or so pages in and really enjoy it.

On April 21 2013 17:56 NeThZOR wrote:
I finished this book around a week ago. It is a very short read with the font being relatively large and the pages being small. I read Manuscript Found in Accra straight in a 2 hour session, and I think the book is meant to be read that way. The reason being, the book handles about some moral issues and the way in which we should adapt our way of thinking to certain situations to prevent depressed thoughts and self-worthlessness. The book concisely touches upon these issues and I'm sure that Paulo Coelho could have expanded a bit upon what he had written.

The book was originally written in Portuguese by the author and then later translated to English by Margaret Jull Costa. I recommend this book for any Paulo Coelho fan, especially if you enjoyed The Alchemist.

On April 23 2013 19:32 Syn Harvest wrote:


First Law Trilogy was soooooo gooooood. I enjoyed those books so much. The Name of the Wind is one of my favorite books as well. Get ready for the heart wrenching anger once you finish the second book because the third fucking book is still not out which pisses me off at least once a week.

On to my own reading. I am about halfway through The Master and Margarita and so far it is fantastic one of the best books I have read in a while its so funny.

On April 23 2013 20:02 Dirkzor wrote:


Hahahah... I used to get that a lot. Now I try to think "hmm... give me a good reason to re-read books i like when the next book comes out"...

On April 23 2013 20:23 MajuGarzett wrote:

He did an interview recently saying it will probably come out some time next year.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1cwsk3/rothfuss_on_kingkiller_chronicle_book_3_it/

On April 23 2013 18:15 SearingShadow wrote:

Which books in the series have you read so far? I've read Ender's Game and thought it was amazing but I've heard that the series goes downhill fast so I haven't bothered to read any of the other books. The movie is based on Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow so maybe I'll pick up Shadow.


I just finished reading the First Law Trilogy and thought it was amazing.

Currently reading:

60 or so pages in and really enjoy it.