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... - got 2 B/V Travelers (The Gobi Desert and High Albania) and a black Dial copy of The Constant Nymph and a fantasy, The Blade Itself. Lovely! Lovely! Lovely!
I hope we'll all have good, long stretches of reading time this week to polish off some in-progress work and line up what will ... >I'm a fan of Sakey also! I really enjoyed Good People and The Blade Itself! I've heard his latest The Amateurs is also quite good. I just started White Sky, Black Ice by Stan Jones, a crime novel, the 1st in a Alaskan mystery series featuring a State Trooper who is an Inupiaq. It ... Well... I wanted to read The Blade Itself (it was a planned read) and ended up getting The Blade Itself.
It took me a bit to figure out why I had wanted to read the Sakey book - I got thinking I had had a little mind fart or something. Turns out it wasn't really my fault!
Of course, the ... Here's the suggestions I've had so far which I've identified as what I term "epic" or "secondary world" fantasy...
The Blade Itself, Joe Abercrombie
A Shadow in Summer, Daniel Abraham
The Darkness That Comes Before, R Scott Bakker
Black Company, Glen Cook
Pawn of Prophecy, David Edd ... ... oct 2009
G} Strange Pilgrims Gabriel Garcia Marquez Dec 2009
H) Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel dec 2009
J) The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie nov 2009
M) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer Dec 2009
N) Real Food Fast Nigel Slater De ... Just finished The Blade Itself. Very good. I'll will definite read more of this author. Now back a favorite series with Day of Atonement. Just started the Blade Itself. Seems like a good read. ... he has written, and am convinced he is the best there is in the crime novel genre. Sakey is the author of Good People,
The Blade Itself, both being developed for feature movies, and I admire him for the way he can take ordinary people, and put them into situations that have you wishing, ... 26. The Blade Itself -- Joe Abercrombie
A fantasy novel that at first did not grab my attention but the further I got into the book the more I liked it. The one quibble I have is that the characters use a lot of American curse words. The cursing itself is not what bothered me but somehow it ... Having just read and enjoyed The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie and not having the next book of the series handy (makes a side trip to Amazon), I've just started on the 2nd of the Matthew Hawkwood series, Resurrectionist by James McGee. A grisly tale of body snatching.
*Edited ... ... J. Alpers - Die Augen des Riggers
Hans J. Alpers - Die graue Eminenz
Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself★★★★
Joe Abercrombie - Before They are Hanged★★★★
Joe Abercrombie - Last Argument of Kings★★★★
... ... Bear's Ink and Steel
Other Favorites were:
Joe Abercrombie's Before They are Hanged
Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself
Joe Abercrombie's Last Argument of Kings
Elizabeth Bear's Hell and Earth
Carol Berg's Breath and Bone
Lois McMaster Bujold's The S ... ... I love this author! I don't usually get through a book this fast but it's un-put-downable. I've read one other by Sakey, The Blade Itself, which was also very good. But this one is better yet. Highly recommend! ... I love this author! I don't usually get through a book this fast but it's un-put-downable. I've read one other by Sakey, The Blade Itself, which was also very good. But this one is better yet. Highly recommend! Inquisitor Sand dan Glokta from The Blade Itself, everytime I read a chapter about him I sit there smiling like a complete moron from the first letter to the last. msf59 ~ I read The Blade Itself also! He's a good writer. I'm looking forward to reading this next one.
I'm so jealous ~ I can't wait to read the new Wally Lamb....but I'm trying to hold out for the paperback. **sniff** I have plenty to hold me until then. Actually I am reading I'll Fly A ... >205 porchy- Nice catch! I read his first novel The Blade Itself and really enjoyed it. I've heard great things about his latest, please let us know!
A friend lent me a copy of The Hour I first Believed by Wally Lamb. How cool is that? I hope to start it very soon! ... and at the moment I'm reading The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. Also, I'm going to read Black Swan Green by David Mitchell in the train to work. ... van de leeuw / The Lion's game- Nelson DeMille
03) De Crash / Night fall - Nelson DeMille
04) Breekpunt / The blade itself Marcus Sakey
05) Ciske de Rat; De complete Ciske trilogie - Piet Bakker (Dutch) march 23
06) De shining / The shining - Steph ... ... 2009)
4. Brandon Sanderson - Well of Ascension
5. Brandon Sanderson - Hero of Ages
6. Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself **** 1/2
7. R. Scott Bakker - The Darkness that comes Before
8. Brent Weeks - The Way of Shadows *** 1/2
9. ... a really good suggestion to me, so it's made the top of my wishlist. Also, I've read about the first half of Abercrombie's The Blade Itself and I'm really enjoying it so far.
I have read Moorcock and I didn't really care for it. I guess the short serialized novels make it hard for me to get ... Finished The King's Shield by Sherwood Smith and have started The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie - about a quarter of the way in...this is a very strange story. A lot of tongue in cheek, but the cruelty in tone for some reason doesn't make me laugh, yet. Did anybody else find that the ... ... by Steve Martin
Stark by Edward Bunker
The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy by Bill Hayes
The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey
The Children’s Story James Clavell
-The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
The IHO ... ... it. I think I’ll start at the beginning of the series. I hate reading out of order.
Now I’ve just cracked open The Blade Itself, by Marcus Sakey. It’s his first novel. Some one on LT raved about it and it’s getting some good reviews.
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey
Darwin's Blade by Dan Simmons
Blade of Fortriu by Juliet Marillier
The Silent Blade by R.A. Salvatore I really enjoyed The Blade Itself. It's a debut crime novel but very well-crafted and authentic feeling.
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