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Malop · Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 205 Location: United Kingdom

Maybe as a group we could all agree to not read or listen to music as much then the thread would last longer Wink

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midnight by Dean Koontz, actually its pretty good, Ive never read him before, its not as generic as many led me to believe.
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Selik · Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1524 Location: South Shields

TheJovialGnome · Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 295 Location: Boston

Finished The Crow Road by Iain Banks and despite the fact that it took me a long while it grew on me and I confess that I ended up enjoying it. This was aided in no small way by the fact that one of my motorhome trips was to the area of Argyll where the book was set and many of the landmarks described were familiar to me. Oh yes and Prentice got the right girl in the end! Laughing

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Deornoth · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446

I finally got round to reading 'The Name of the Wind' (Patrick Rothfuss) and wish that I'd picked it up sooner... I was completely gripped by the story of the early years of Kvothe's life and couldn't believe it when it was over, when is the next book coming out. I did have some issues with the manner in which the tale is told, and the level of background knowledge that is assumed on behalf of the reader, but on the whole I really enjoyed this book and cannot wait for the next. My full review is over Here.
I've now got Jim Butcher's 'Small Favour' on the go but it may also be time to start reading Brian Ruckley's 'Bloodheir' as well...
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Grace · Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 302 Location: Bristol

A Dirty Job and various other books by Christopher Moore. He takes fantasy concepts such as vampires and the Grim Reaper and messes with them. The outcome is absolutely hilarious. Very Happy

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Parmenion · Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 584

reading Deaths head : maximum offence

Synopsis
The Aux have been dropped on a far-flung planet called Hekati, only it's in Uplift space and not really a planet at all. As for their mission, it seems it's so damn secret that General Jaxx hasn't even told Lieutenant Sven Tveskoeg what it is. His team's going in blind, he smells a rat and he is so not happy - and that's when bad things start to happen and the body count starts to rise...The devil-may-care mercenary soldier-cum-killing machine Tveskoeg and the Death's Head squad are back: cue more extreme violence, a mega death toll, dirty sex, fiendish plot twists and explosive, non-stop action!

the last one was cray violent silliness...and i loved it...

Deornoth · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446

Just finished reading 'Small Favour', the latest in Jim Butcher's 'Harry Dresden' series. It's very much a book for the long time fan, with loads of references to past events etc, but good fun at the same time. I may just have to search out the rest of the series now! My full review is over Here. I'm now starting on 'The Reef' by Mark Charan Newton.
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James · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:38 am Post subject:

I'm still reading 'The Tenderness of Wolves' by Stef Penney. Beautifully written and a welcome change from fantasy and fighting...
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Lizzy · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject:

Just read Red Seas under Red Skies. Good sequel in the Gentlemen Bastard series. Takes a very different turn from the first and it all goes very wrong for Locke and Jean. I'm looking forward to the next one even though I didn't feel this was quite as good as the first.

I've also read The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer. I just love disengaging my brain and enjoying the wonderful world of Artemis Fowl and Holly Short.

I'm about to embark on Matter by Iain M Banks ...... I may be some time....
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Deornoth · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446

Mantyluoto · Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 573 Location: Somerset, UK

about half way through "Spirit Gate" by Kate Elliot and its great. Far better than her last series that i read the first one of and discarded.

Parmenion · Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 584

Blood Heir by brian ruckley, the follow up to winterbirth

Wulfa_Coldheart · Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 97 Location: United Kingdom

Alia · Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 246

Have just finished Pratchett's "Nightwatch", in which Sam Vimes is thrown in the past and has to make sure history happens as it should happen.

I guess it was one of the most serious Pratchett's novels. Yes, it was funny, especially when we meet well-known Ankh-Morpork characters in their youth, but on the whole it deals with authority, abuse of authority and the impact of political changes on the lives of ordinary people - and that is never funny.

Parmenion · Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 584

Flint and silver (just started it)

Synopsis
Pirates of the Carribean meets Flashman in this rip-roaring, hugely entertaining prequel to Treasure Island John Silver had never killed a man. Until now, charisma, sheer size and, when all else failed, a powerful pair of fists, had been enough to see off his enemies. But on a smouldering deck off the coast of Madagascar, his shipmates dead or dying all around him, his cutlass has just claimed the lives of six pirates. With their comrades intent on revenge, Silver's promising career in the merchant navy looks set to come to an end! until the pirate captain makes him an offer he can't refuse. On the other side of the world Joseph Flint, a naval officer wronged by his superiors, plots a bloody mutiny. Strikingly handsome, brilliant, but prey to sadistic tendencies, the path Flint has chosen will ultimately lead him to Silver. Together these gentlemen of fortune forge a deadly and unstoppable partnership, steering a course through treachery and betrayal and amassing a vast fortune. But the arrival of Selina, a beautiful runaway slave with a murderous past, triggers sexual jealousy that will turn the best of friends into sworn enemies ! and so the legend of Treasure Island begins.You'll be hooked