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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Beethovenfan » October 27th, 2012, 12:56 am

abc wrote:Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness and The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris. Both are scrumptious. One is sad, but scrumptious.
I'm reading SHADOW OF NIGHT right now too! It better not be sad! :evil:
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by abc » October 27th, 2012, 4:25 pm

Beethovenfan wrote:
abc wrote:Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness and The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris. Both are scrumptious. One is sad, but scrumptious.
I'm reading SHADOW OF NIGHT right now too! It better not be sad! :evil:
The Unnamed is sad. At least in the middle! Shadow of Night is more scrumptious.

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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Beethovenfan » October 27th, 2012, 8:11 pm

abc wrote:
Beethovenfan wrote:
abc wrote:Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness and The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris. Both are scrumptious. One is sad, but scrumptious.
I'm reading SHADOW OF NIGHT right now too! It better not be sad! :evil:
The Unnamed is sad. At least in the middle! Shadow of Night is more scrumptious.
Whew! I'm about five chapters from the end, and if it was going to be sad, then I was going to chuck it across the room! So, my book thanks you! (And my wall too!) ;)
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by JustSarah » October 28th, 2012, 5:42 pm

I'm currently reading Dune, but I'm being distracted by other things.D: I'm going to buy Count Zero, and Monalisa Overdrive as soon as I have money.

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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Nicole R » October 30th, 2012, 2:19 pm

I finished up Brent Weeks' Way of Shadows a few weeks ago. It. Was. Amazing! Now, I'm reading the second book in the series: Shadow's Edge. It's interesting to see the differences in pace and approach from the first book.

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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Homeless Drifter » October 30th, 2012, 11:28 pm

The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht

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Post by Cotrickett » November 15th, 2012, 11:21 am

I am reading an interesting novel my Ray Stokes. It is a supernatural thriller set in England. It is an excellent read. Despite being a thriller in the technical sense it is a gentle tale with an unusual topic. An aparition that haunts a small cove in remote Dorset. The tale is gripping throughout

It is well worth a read.

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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Beethovenfan » November 16th, 2012, 2:48 am

Cotrickett wrote:I am reading an interesting novel my Ray Stokes. It is a supernatural thriller set in England. It is an excellent read. Despite being a thriller in the technical sense it is a gentle tale with an unusual topic. An aparition that haunts a small cove in remote Dorset. The tale is gripping throughout

It is well worth a read.
So, what's the title of said book?? Sounds interesting.
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Post by Sommer Leigh » November 27th, 2012, 8:45 am

The Raven Boys by Maggie Steifvater
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Homeless Drifter » November 27th, 2012, 10:23 am

Dodger by Terry Pratchett

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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by LurkingVirologist » November 27th, 2012, 11:39 pm

Recent...

Re-read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brian
Updated version of Holiday's On Ice by David Sedaris
God Is Not Great by Hitchens
The Commitment by Dan Savage

I'm about halfway through Forge of Darkness in Steven Erikson's new Kharkanas trilogy, and the amount of backstory bread-crumb laying is making me increasingly afraid of how dramatically the rug will be pulled out from under me at the last minute. Like it is...every. single. time.
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by CFraser » January 16th, 2013, 12:15 pm

Recently finished Red Country by Joe Abercrombie. Brilliant book that combines the Wild West with medieval fantasy.

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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by danu1 » January 30th, 2013, 1:01 am

well i got this as my birthday present, its written by Richard dawkins, title is The magic of reality. what a wonderful book to read

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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by abc » February 8th, 2013, 10:23 am

Reading Ally Condie's Reached. Love these dystopian trilogies! Just finished Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater and really, really, really liked it.

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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by SunnyE » February 10th, 2013, 6:33 pm

Just finished Minder by Jennifer Kabay. I loved it! MC's are a little younger, but has some dark themes to it. She put some twists on the traditional mythical characters that I really liked. Had not heard of the author before, but was glad I bought it. Just saw it's free right now on Amazon if anyone's interested. Link to book: http://www.amazon.com/Minder-ebook/d...eywords=minder

Now I'm reading CIty of Bones from the Mortal Instruments. Haven't gotten far enough in to determine if it's as great as I've heard others say it is. :)

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