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Just finished all of what I can find of the works of HP Lovecraft. Twas a very good day for such, for as I read the eerie and portentous tales, the wind outside howled and beat against my apartment with an almost malign ferocity.

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Finished King Rat and about halfway through The City and the City, both by China Mieville. The latter is pretty odd to read at times, sometimes I'm not sure if he's trying to invoke a translated-conversation feeling or if he's just plain forgetting words. Both are great though.

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I've read it, it's very very good just like all of his work.

 

I've heard as much. I've also read The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment. I enjoyed C&P more though.

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Moving on to Requiem by Lauren Oliver. I loved the first book but wasn't crazy about the second book. Hopefully the third is better.

 

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Moving on to Requiem by Lauren Oliver. I loved the first book but wasn't crazy about the second book. Hopefully the third is better.

 

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It's out already? Now I know what I'm spending my WHSmith vouchers on!

 

Still a few months to go (released March 5th, I think) - I'm reading an advanced readers copy. :)

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Moving on to Requiem by Lauren Oliver. I loved the first book but wasn't crazy about the second book. Hopefully the third is better.

 

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It's out already? Now I know what I'm spending my WHSmith vouchers on!

 

Still a few months to go (released March 5th, I think) - I'm reading an advanced readers copy. :)

 

Lemme know how it turns out :) I guess I'll start reading through the stack of magazines I have :D

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Five Little Pigs. A detective story by Agatha Christie. Bit of an oldie. I do enjoy detective stories though.

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I love Agatha Christie. I read her books all the time as a kid. I even hoped to meet her one day, then I found out she died the year before I was born.

 

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I love Agatha Christie. I read her books all the time as a kid. I even hoped to meet her one day, then I found out she died the year before I was born.

 

I think my Mom has every book she ever wrote. She also has at least most of Tom Clancy.

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I got the "A Song of Ice and Fire" box from Amazon. I'm halfway "A Game of Thrones" now, I'm guessing the next 6 books will keep me busy for a while. I'm loving it, but I've seen the series and seeing its loyalty to the books, I can't wait to move on to the new stuff in the next books.

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Moving on to Requiem by Lauren Oliver. I loved the first book but wasn't crazy about the second book. Hopefully the third is better.

 

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It's out already? Now I know what I'm spending my WHSmith vouchers on!

 

Still a few months to go (released March 5th, I think) - I'm reading an advanced readers copy. :)

 

Lemme know how it turns out :) I guess I'll start reading through the stack of magazines I have :D

 

It ended up being 'pretty good' for me. The ending was a little disappointing, I thought. The love triangle does get wrapped up, but only in about one page at the very end, so it's not that satisfying and is still a little open ended. On the last page, I kind of thought, "It's over? What happens now?"

 

But it's still a pretty good book.

 

Now I'm reading Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum. And thank god I'm almost done with it because it's pretty shit. But apparently the guy who worked on 24 and the guy who directed Final Destination are making a movie to go along with the book. I wonder if the movie will be any better.

 

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Recently finished Mishima Yukio's
The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea
. I'd recommend it to anyone, regardless of their tastes, because though short it's an incredibly powerful, striking book. Also read Donald Keene's autobiography - I was glad to know a little better the man whose translations and books I have enjoyed for so long. I'll probably read Reinhold Niebuhr's
The Irony of American History
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I'm just about to start Scarlet by Marissa Meyer. I LOVED the first book and can't wait to read this one ^_^

 

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Got the first book of David Weber's Safehold series, Off Armageddon Reef, from a friend and I can't put it down. Bought books 1-5 on Friday and over the weekend I've read books 2-4 and just starting 5 this morning. They're all 700-1000 pages long though so my sleep debt is rising considerably but its worth every hour.

 

edit finished 5 today and craving 6 now but have to wait till next week :cry: and gonna have to wait till september for book 7.

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Having found free time, I've gotten around to reading The Hobbit, and now I'm on to the LOTR trilogy. Maybe I'll appreciate the movies (and my LEGO sets) better after I read the books...

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Last Wheel of Time came out yesterday...even though my brother bought it and I'll get it after him (though that could be a few weeks depending on when I see him next) I'm seriously considering buying it just to be able to read it NOW :P

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Last Wheel of Time came out yesterday...even though my brother bought it and I'll get it after him (though that could be a few weeks depending on when I see him next) I'm seriously considering buying it just to be able to read it NOW :P

 

is it the last, last book or has robert jordan's family decided yet if they want to also start work on the prequel series that robert had planned?

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Me behave? Seriously? As a child I saw Tarzan almost naked, Cinderella arrived home from a party after midnight, Pinocchio told lies, Aladin was a thief, Batman drove over 200 miles an hour, Snow White lived in a house with seven men, Popeye smoked a pipe and had tattoos, Pac man ran around to digital music while eating pills that enhanced his performance, and Shaggy and Scooby were mystery solving hippies who always had the munchies. The fault is not mine! if you had this childhood and loved it put this in your signature!

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Last Wheel of Time came out yesterday...even though my brother bought it and I'll get it after him (though that could be a few weeks depending on when I see him next) I'm seriously considering buying it just to be able to read it NOW :P

 

is it the last, last book or has robert jordan's family decided yet if they want to also start work on the prequel series that robert had planned?

 

Ummm no idea actually...I haven't heard about that.

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Last Wheel of Time came out yesterday...even though my brother bought it and I'll get it after him (though that could be a few weeks depending on when I see him next) I'm seriously considering buying it just to be able to read it NOW :P

 

is it the last, last book or has robert jordan's family decided yet if they want to also start work on the prequel series that robert had planned?

 

Harriet said that they don't plan on doing any sequels or prequels. The only other WoT related thing to be published is an encyclopaedia.

 

To answer the OP, I am of course reading A Memory of Light :P

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