EPTWhat Are You Reading 2014 - Page 50
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
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Enki
United States2548 Posts
Last Read: ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TZiOat3hL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg) Total Recall - Finished this awhile actually. This was pretty interesting, learned a lot about him. Didn't know about his upbringing in rural Austria, the fact that he used to have a brother, and his early bodybuilding career in Europe. I was kind of amazed by just how determined and driven he was, he always talked about America and even started a mail-order business that made a lot of money while he was over here. Then from that to working in movies and onto his short stint in Politics, it kept my attention for the most part. Would recommend to anyone who was/is a fan of Schwarzenegger. ![[image loading]](http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_small/0/229/331018-20940-125436-1-blankets.jpg) Blankets - I was actually excited to read this at first since I had heard so much about it, lots of people calling it one of the best graphic novels ever. Can't say I found it that great. + Show Spoiler + Basically, a guy who is in a heavily religious family falls in love with a girl one day from another religious family at some religious camp. They have sex once then break up, GG. wtf. ![[image loading]](http://www.endernews.com/images/covers/us-1992-tor.jpg) Ender's Game - Just got done reading this, I know i'm late with it like usual. Found it really good and interesting, will probably get around to watching the movie as well even though I hear mixed things about it. Debating on continuing the series, some say it goes downhill. Maybe I will continue it someday. Reading Now: ![[image loading]](http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/06/30/Haruki_060630095644434_wideweb__300x462.jpg) Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman - Only read the intro so far. I have read a few of Murakami's books but never read his short stories. No idea what I will read next... | ||
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Steins;Gate
1422 Posts
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Enki
United States2548 Posts
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Steins;Gate
1422 Posts
On August 03 2014 09:18 Enki wrote: Thanks! So far I only looked into the rest of the Ender Quintet but I know there are other books in the same universe. Are those just more for back-story then? The other books are about Bean and what happens back on Earth. Ender's Shadow is Ender's Game told from Beans perspective along with more background info about him. | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
On August 03 2014 08:37 dmnum wrote: Oh man I just finished La Prisonnière. I can't help but laugh that in the end Albertine did the dumping. I spent half of that book in complete disbelief. Stoooooooop iiiiiiit maaaaan, open your eyes and get a braiiiin.... | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
On August 03 2014 15:49 corumjhaelen wrote: I spent half of that book in complete disbelief. Stoooooooop iiiiiiit maaaaan, open your eyes and get a braiiiin.... I reminded me a lot of Dom Casmurro. The same thing happens: the narrator thinks his mistress cheated on him, but we see everything through his eyes, so... | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
On August 03 2014 18:45 dmnum wrote: I reminded me a lot of Dom Casmurro. The same thing happens: the narrator thinks his mistress cheated on him, but we see everything through his eyes, so... Never hard of that novel, soule you recommend it ? I guess la Fugitive changes quite a few things. Also get prepared to moree And morte uncorrected mistake (I think someone dies tree times in the last two volumes^^). | ||
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saltywet
Hong Kong1316 Posts
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Salteador Neo
Andorra5591 Posts
On August 04 2014 01:34 saltywet wrote: What are some good psychological thrillers, medical supernatural fiction or detective crime solving fiction in 2010-present that would be good to start reading into? I've read a couple of novels over the past few years... could be good to pick up reading I'd go with Think of a Number by John Verdon. Probably not the best thriller ever but I still enjoyed it quite a lot. | ||
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h41fgod
Sweden377 Posts
On August 04 2014 01:34 saltywet wrote: What are some good psychological thrillers, medical supernatural fiction or detective crime solving fiction in 2010-present that would be good to start reading into? I've read a couple of novels over the past few years... could be good to pick up reading Dresden files? :D Its not going to be what you asked for, but it is supernatural detective crime solving fiction in the present day... | ||
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babylon
8765 Posts
![[image loading]](http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1359770409l/12974372.jpg) Kept meaning to pick this one up, and finally did. Lockwood's art is, of course, gorgeous; I can't think of a better artist than him to draw dragons in this realistic, crisp style, and the book is almost worth the price-tag for his art alone. As for the story itself, I'm halfway through it. Fun romp so far, but nothing special. While the Victorian-era style is very well done, there's a bit too much travel-logue and too little natural history of dragons (and dragons!) for me to be completely happy. | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
On August 04 2014 00:31 corumjhaelen wrote: Never hard of that novel, soule you recommend it ? Absolutely. It's one of the best brazilians novels by one of the best brazilian writers. Assis is very funny and precise in his use of language. | ||
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RagequitBM
Canada2270 Posts
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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babylon
8765 Posts
On August 04 2014 13:53 RagequitBM wrote: Just got done reading the second Game of Thrones book, and eh. Great story, but hate his writing style. Anyone have any good fantasy novel reccomendations? I really liked most of Forgotten Realms, and The Night Angel trilogy if that helps at all. Was going to try Mistborn that I saw earlier. Hopefully that one goes well My complaints exactly. I'd recommend trudging through Book 3 though. Then you should ... feel free not to read the rest until he finishes the series. ^^;; I unfortunately don't know anything about the other books you've mentioned. I've heard good things about Mistborn, but haven't read it myself, while Forgotten Realms ... haven't read it, though I've seen it in the store next to the Dragonlance series (which I have fond memories of, though I dunno how well they stack up these days; classic epic fantasy, start with the Chronicles Trilogy if interested). Maybe you'll like Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy if you like the Night Angel trilogy (whose premise on Wikipedia sounds similar to Hobb's). Her prose is dense, but if you can get through it, it's worth it. Plot-wise, it's a bit simplistic (esp. at the beginning), but it starts to grow in complexity as the series goes on, and she does some really nice things with classic fantasy motifs/tropes. If you want historical fantasy, try Guy Gavriel Kay. Lions of Al-Rassan is a good starting point (but keep in mind that the quality of his stories and writings only goes down from there). >.< Fun fantasy noir detective stories (but from the POV of an assassin carrying out the crimes): Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos. Witty, fun, and stylish to boot. ... a romp through the Napoleonic Wars? Naomi Novik's Temeraire series: it's dragons, in the Napoleonic era. Super fun, but begins to drag in the later books of the series. A story I am just now recalling: Lawrence Watt-Evans's Obsidian Chronicles. Can't vouch for its quality nowadays since it's been a long time since I read it, but I recall the story being interesting. A boy's family gets killed by dragons, and the story is about the boy trying to exact vengeance upon them. Simple enough, but there are a lot of complications... how do dragons reproduce, how do you kill an entire species of dragons, what role do the gods play (if at all), etc. I've heard extremely good things about Carol Berg's Rai-Kirah series too (a slave has to save his master, even though his master is a complete and utter jackass). I have read one book by her (Song of the Beast) a long time and found it more or less... okay. Her style is very readable, if nothing else. | ||
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21248 Posts
On August 05 2014 03:28 bookwyrm wrote: does anybody know of a space opera that's about monetary policy? I want to read about the intrigue at the Intergalactic Reserve, the slow collapse of the Kryptonium Standard, and pirates smuggling bullion to arbitrage the Space Mint Why don't you write it :3 I'd read it~ | ||
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On August 04 2014 13:53 RagequitBM wrote: Just got done reading the second Game of Thrones book, and eh. Great story, but hate his writing style. Anyone have any good fantasy novel reccomendations? I really liked most of Forgotten Realms, and The Night Angel trilogy if that helps at all. Was going to try Mistborn that I saw earlier. Hopefully that one goes well I'm with you on the writing style. If you want a dramatic boo that's set in a (somewhat) realistic depiction of the middle ages, check out Pillars of the Earth. For me, it was everything I wanted out of GoT, without the bullshit. | ||
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