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Emma

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What are you reading?
« on: January 17, 2015, 05:50:09 pm »
So today I came across a problem. The problem is, we don't appear to have a Reading thread! I decided to remedy this problem! As a result here is a thread to talk about what you're reading, what you have just read and what you think of books in general.

Personally, I'm reading Knife of Dreams the 11th book in the Wheel of Time series, I took a break from this series for a while and in this break I read the 1st Book in the Malazan Books of the Fallen series. For my next book I'm torn between Deadhouse Gates and The gathering Storm. What do you guys think I should read.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2015, 05:52:12 pm »
I'm reading this thread.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2015, 05:53:09 pm »
Quote from: McDonald on January 17, 2015, 05:52:12 pm
I'm reading this thread.

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No, you.

I'm reading my history textbook.  But for fun reading, I haven't really read anything new in a while.  Any suggestions, anyone?
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2015, 05:57:32 pm »
Working on Crown of Swords, 7th WoT book, myself.

By the way, can anybody confirm or deny that Crossroads of Twilight is mostly an endless treatise on food and appearances and has almost nothing plot-important in it?
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2015, 05:57:52 pm »
Quote from: 4maskwolf on January 17, 2015, 05:53:09 pm
Quote from: McDonald on January 17, 2015, 05:52:12 pm
I'm reading this thread.

ha ha.
No, you.

I'm reading my history textbook.  But for fun reading, I haven't really read anything new in a while.  Any suggestions, anyone?

It really depends on what you're into. The Wheel of Time books are pretty good, and I'm really enjoying the Malazan Books of the Fallen. If you don't mind reading fanfics Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality and Harry Potter and The Natural 20 are written excellently and have some really funny parts in them.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2015, 06:00:10 pm »
I'm reading Common Sense, at the moment.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2015, 06:01:36 pm »
Quote from: Tawarochir on January 17, 2015, 05:57:32 pm
Working on Crown of Swords, 7th WoT book, myself.

By the way, can anybody confirm or deny that Crossroads of Twilight is mostly an endless treatise on food and appearances and has almost nothing plot-important in it?

Yeah, Crossroads of Twilight was pretty dense but there are a few slightly important plot points in it, mainly towards the end, if I recall correctly.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2015, 06:03:38 pm »
Currently I'm reading...
World of Ice and Fire, Dragon's Egg, The Dwarves, the third Gotrek and Felix omnibus, and about 15 quests on Sufficient Velocity. As well as the various forum games I'm engaged in here.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2015, 06:47:10 pm »
Quote from: Xantalos on January 17, 2015, 06:03:38 pm
Currently I'm reading...
World of Ice and Fire, Dragon's Egg, The Dwarves, the third Gotrek and Felix omnibus, and about 15 quests on Sufficient Velocity. As well as the various forum games I'm engaged in here.
What do you think of The Dwarves? I've been considering reading it for a while.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2015, 08:42:37 pm »
I've been slowly working through The Milkman In The Night. Before that I read Fear And Loathing and part of Acid House. Also someone bought me Junky by that Burroughs guy, but it didn't grab me all that much.

I don't spend nearly as much time reading these days.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2015, 08:57:56 pm »
John Cleese's biography.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2015, 09:48:52 pm »
Fiction: I just finished reading the sequel to Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson; it was enjoyable to read. Also, I'm finishing the Pathfinder series by Orson Scott Card (The premise and plot are interesting, although I don't like the authors style as much as others).

Non-fiction: Textbooks are interesting, you know?
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2015, 10:12:50 pm »
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Quote from: Xantalos on January 17, 2015, 06:03:38 pm
Currently I'm reading...
World of Ice and Fire, Dragon's Egg, The Dwarves, the third Gotrek and Felix omnibus, and about 15 quests on Sufficient Velocity. As well as the various forum games I'm engaged in here.
What do you think of The Dwarves? I've been considering reading it for a while.
Seems a fairly standard fantasy thing so far, but it's written fairly well. Haven't got that far into it.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2015, 10:32:41 pm »
Wow, all these people reading 3 or 4 at a time. I usually just take one, finish it, and move on to another. Right now I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov (though I'm not very far into it.) I finished Thus Spake Zarathustra right before this, and my God that was a chore to read. I knew going in that it was just going to be a vehicle for Nietzsche's ideas, that's really the point of the thing, but I had to f orce myself to even finish it. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if his ideas weren't so odious to me.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2015, 10:35:06 pm »
Quote from: Baffler on January 17, 2015, 10:32:41 pm
Wow, all these people reading 3 or 4 at a time. I usually just take one, finish it, and move on to another. Right now I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov (though I'm not very far into it.) I finished Thus Spake Zarathustra right before this, and my God that was a chore to read. I knew going in that it was just going to be a vehicle for Nietzsche's ideas, that's really the point of the thing, but I had to force myself to even finish it. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if his ideas weren't so odious to me.
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