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Post by Msasi on Jun 6, 2006 15:34:46 GMT -5
I love to read. Always. Since before I could even read by myself, I've loved books. I read a lot.. though I tend to find books I like and read them over and over and over and over (and over and over!) again. I also tend to go through phases, where I'll read strictly one authoer/series.. and then switch to another. I've used the MUCK downtime to finish up the last book I was re-reading, "Mariel of Redwall." I'd been reading bits and pieces of it for about 2 months.. so I was happy to finish so I could move on to one of my favorite Redwall books.. "The Bellmaker." Gettin' settled in to read it now. Might switch back to Harry Potter once I finish this, though. Not quite sure. SO. What're you all reading right now?
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Post by Yllan on Jun 6, 2006 15:47:19 GMT -5
I'm not as much into reading .. though I have some books that I /really/ liked. Last one I got my claws to was 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'.. though best one I read was The Da Vinci code .. despite being QUITE long, it caught my interest sooo bad that I couldn't stop until I was done wif it.
Besides, one of the main characters is named SOPHIE, and she has red hair (tho for some reason she has dark hair on the movie O.o).. so, I like it even more (for those who don't know, my IRL name is Sofia -- and I have red hairrrr).
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Pallu
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Post by Pallu on Jun 6, 2006 16:08:58 GMT -5
BOOKS. :DD UM. Okay! Um-- all right, so I'm reading "Kushiel's Dart," by Jacqueline Carey, which is set in a sort of... parallel universe, I guess, a sort of Rennaissence (sp!), and centers around sex and courtesans and political intrigue. It's actually pretty classy. Lemme pull up the amazon link because I'm lousy with summaries. But it's terribly interesting. I can't remember why I picked it up-- it was before I was into old testament smiting angels (which Kushiel is, although there aren't angels in the book, alas. *tear*) Ok--- www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765342987/qid=1149628078/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/102-7622524-2080957?s=books&v=glance&n=283155Also-- I used to be very into the Redwall books. They allllways made me cry because ALWAYS a character would die. And I'd have to go sob at my parents for awhile. ... And then go pick up another one. XD But then I kinda stopped being interested. Partly because the bad guys are always the predators and that made me SAD. I would have loved to see them fleshed out more and made more three-dimensional. Which is silly because that wasn't the point of the books but. What can you do? Ooh, and I'm also (trying to) read 'Love in the Time of Cholera' and sort of failing because I really, really hate it.
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Post by Msasi on Jun 6, 2006 16:14:06 GMT -5
Wa - yeah, the Redwall books get repetitive, don't they? BUT! I still love them because there are SO VERY FEW books that make me care enough about the characters that I sob while I'm reading them. Even when I've read them a hundred times before and know who dies.. or even if it's OBVIOUS who is going to die. And I love that. <3
Yll - DA VINCI CODE. I /SO/ want to read that book! I've been dying to read it.. might pick it up to read on the plane when I go to Chicago in 2 weels. XD
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Pallu
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Post by Pallu on Jun 6, 2006 16:18:35 GMT -5
-- Yeah, I know.
PSAG.
OH.
Stephen King books! They're good but they don't make me cry. I don't think. Except in 'The Stand' when my fav char died I was so MAD I had to stop reading it. XD I only recently finished it, even though I did my junior thesis on it LAST YEAR.
(No I am not currently reading one; HOWEVER, I should be. I need to re-read 'The Shining.' Because something under the rug is moving.)
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Post by ankarri on Jun 6, 2006 17:08:47 GMT -5
I'm afraid all I read these days are books for the tabletop campaign I'm running. Currently I have 6 books I'm reading through, trying to memorize rules, descriptions of areas and all that kinda thing. But I found out I really enjoy being a Storyteller in tabletop, so I don't mind Some time ago, I was really hooked on the Dragonlance books by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman, totally awesome books if you ask me (Fantasy themed). When I got ahold of the first book, I finished the entire book on that same day and I finished 5 more within that month. The scene I remember best was where Raistlin and his brother Caramon were travelling and set up a camp in a forest. At some point, Caramon woke Raistlin up because he thought he heard something and both of them start searching the area, slowly and carefully, Raistlin having prepared a Fireball spell. Something zooms by them at some point, Raistlin is surprised, tosses his fireball and blows up several trees, Caramon charging after whatever it was, getting caught in a trap and hangs with his head upside down from a tree and they both see it's a rabbit, which caused all the fuss, from the fire raging around them. Raistlin, a person who's normally cold and emotionless, simply looked at his brother and split his sides laughing and his brother, who still hung from the trap, also started laughing. At this point, I had to lay the book from me, because I had bursted out laughing IRL and it went on for like 5 minutes, the scene I pictured was just awesome, the situation and persons taken into consideration. I love when books can do that.
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Post by Aria on Jun 6, 2006 19:49:45 GMT -5
Kushiel's Dart is -good-. So are most of Stephen King's things.
Anne Bishop's one of my favorite authors. The Black Jewels Trilogy (Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, Queen of the Darkness) is -marvelous-, as are The Invisible Ring and Dreams Made Flesh, all set in the same world. Her House of Gaian trilogy (Pillars of the World, Shadows and Light, The House of Gaian) is also good, though not quite on the same level. And Sebastian just got released a couple months back.
Elizabeth Haydon's Symphony of Ages (Rhapsody, Prophecy, Destiny, Requiem for the Sun, Elegy for a Lost Star) stands about equal with the Black Jewels books in my opinion.
Michelle West's Sun Sword saga, also. (The Broken Crown, the Uncrowned King, The Shining Court, The Sea of Sorrows, The Riven Shield, The Sun Sword) Six -long- books, but excellent writing.
Sara Douglass is a very good Australian author. The Wayfarer's Redemption series (at least, that's how it's called in the US) is good, although I like the Troy Game series better.
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