Always nice to find other fans of Martin. I still have A Feast for Crows left to read in ASOIF. How did you like it?

And of course, you have to love CS Lewis and Tolkien.

Steven
http://steventill.com

posted by StevenTill at 6:21 pm (EST) on Jul 4, 2008

Interesting that you mention Spock, Messiah!, I've always associated that with Spock Must Die! as "two similar books that I'd really like to find and read". :) I'm a Spock nut, what can I say.

I enjoyed Eragon very much. Eldest less so, mainly for length reasons, but I liked it too. I didn't feel like it was a great work of literature so much as a good sort of fairy tale, but I don't read books for their "literary merit" in general. I know a lot of people thought Eragon was too cliche, but I just thought Paolini was putting the stereotypes to good use. (He did go further with cliche-ness in Eldest though.) I thought it was funny, had a natural writing style, and I loved Saphira and Brom. I'm being long-winded, as is my tendency, but essentially I'm saying that I had a great time reading it so it got five. I see you only gave it one half, a pretty stiff judgement, what's your opinion about it?

posted by FFortuna at 10:28 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2008

Hey jpers36, I just came across your library browsing some group info of a few books I just bought. We seem to have some interests in common... it's a bit odd to come across a Star Trek novel fan who likes C.S. Lewis, for instance. Anyway, I was curious why you gave Spock Must Die! five stars, if you happen to remember. I just bought it and am looking forward to reading it, but it doesn't seem to be very popular.

posted by FFortuna at 8:09 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2008

Dear, dear jpers: Thank you so MUCH for my Santa books. I love them. One cannot have too many cat books, and this collection is eerie and mysterious without being too frightening for my elderly heart! And the C. S. Lewis is wonderful. This is a title I was unfamiliar with, and a whole new side to the author I really enjoy. Thank you for thinking of me, and matching my interests so very well. I hope your holiday season was as blessed as mine was! Thanks again. Mary Lou

posted by MerryMary at 2:25 pm (EST) on Jan 2, 2008

Welcome to the Political Conservatives group!

posted by ggchickapee at 11:29 am (EST) on Dec 13, 2007

Thanks for joining 20 Something LibraryThingers!

posted by LheaJLove at 4:22 pm (EST) on Dec 4, 2007