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| What Are You Reading Now? : Your BEST BOOKS of 2008 | | 175 | newlifecoming, December 22 | |
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| 50 Book Challenge : Lotharia challenges herself to 50 in 2009 | | 4 | Lotharia, December 15 | |
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| 100 Books Challenge for 2009 : Tanenbaum's list for 2009 | | 23 | tanenbaum, November 26 | |
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| Hall of Servants : What would you reccomend | | 43 | satanel, August 5 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of June 27, 2009? | | 259 | ashleywolf, July 28 | |
| The Green Dragon : Quick, what are you listening to right now! (disc 2) | | 311 | Jasper, June 24 | |
| 100 Books Challenge for 2009 : Sirfurboy's Reading for 2009 | | 30 | ronincats, May 30 | |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 30 August 2008 | | 191 | cameling, September 2008 | |
| Book talk : A silly book game (part 3) | | 303 | hemlokgang, August 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - JUNE 2008 | | 221 | CharlesBixx, August 2008 | |
| The Literati : 2008 - What are you currently reading? | | 21 | -Mr-Dustin-, August 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five Books, 2008, Q2: April - June | | 110 | Medellia, July 2008 | |
| Book talk : A silly book game (Part 2) | | 322 | ChocolateMuse, June 2008 | |
| Song of Ice and Fire : The Great Book Split | | 23 | biblioholic29, June 2008 | |
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| Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : Let there be light.... | | 16 | tropics, August 2007 | |
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| Dormant: The Green Dragon : Bookmarks - pretty, practical, or whatever is convenient? | | 86 | MrsLee, May 2007 | |
This was a pretty exciting year. I discovered;
Vol 1-8 of the Malazan Books by Steven Erikson
Vol 1-4 of A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
Neal Stephenson I've only read Cryptonomicon
The Tamir Triad by Lynn Flewelling
And I found LT just under 2 months ... New books I loved: (not in order)
Furies of Calderon
Game of Thrones
Clash of Kings
Storm of Swords
Feast of Crows
Victory of Eagles
The Diamond Age
I also re-read my favorite series, Pliocene Exiles by Julian May
I'm not sure I can pick the best... {Furies of Calderon ... ... but this one was hard to put down. A couple of the stories were great, and there was also one of my favorite chapters from A Storm of Swords in it. I hope the rest are good. I'd like to pick them up, even if they are anthologies. ... Lewis
Y
Year's Best SF 12 edited by David G. Hartwell
Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz
A Song of Ice and Fire by G.R.R. Martin
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Z
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Drood by Dan Simmons
... ... Miles is always that hyperactive...Not fantasy, strictly speaking, but good stuff.
I agree with #23 about the scene in Storm of Swords. It marks a change in the character, which I like.
And that reminds me of the scene in one of the Robin Hobb Ship of Magic books when Althea's ... ... Grossman
Altered Carbon - Richard K Morgan
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
As well as re-reading A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords and A Feast of Crows
The way I'm dragging my way through The Anubis Gates I'm not holding my breath to make much progress on the pile. ... never read him, the oft-mentioned recommendation for fans of epic fantasy (as it seems you are) is George R.R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series.
Good luck! ... directed to read this novel first. Scene from Kay's "Lord of Emperors" also especially suggest themselves for this list.
A Storm of Swords - Less said about this one the better. If you've read it, then there's no need for me to tell you which scene I mean. I could not BELIEVE that happened. ... I am reading George R R Martin's A Game of Thrones, which is the first of the Song of Ice and Fire series. It definitely has "can't put down" characteristics. The chapters are short, which means you still have gas in the tank for another one. Although the story is told in fairly linear ... ... as main characters and no physical relationships between the characters.
I've read the Thomas Covenant series, Fire and Ice series as well as some of Terry Goodkind
It seems like there's a huge gap between innocent relationships where there is no sex and harsh sex that has ... 201. Fire and Ice by J. A. Jance
202. Chasing the Bear by Robert B. Parker
203. 13 1/2 by Nevada Barr
204. Hardball by Sara Paretsky
205. Sand Sharks by Margaret Maron
206. Locked In by Marcia Muller
October: 12 books this month - too much time knitting and ... ... thing happened with George R. R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series. I read A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords in the last decade, then watched as promised books failed to appear, year after year. Even when he finally got one out, it was half of what was promised ... 59. Fire and Ice by J. A. Jance
I believe I have listened to all of J. A. Jance's books without ever actually reading one. This book is the second time she brought together her two main protagonists in one book--J.P. Beaumont from Washington and Joanna Brady from Arizona. Recorded Books, the ... @32 AHS-Wolfy - I actually got as far as finishing A Storm of Swords in the Song of Ice and Fire series. I really did enjoy it, but my 50-something year old brain had a real hard time keeping track of all the players in this Game of Thrones. I spent as much time referring to the Dramatis Persona ... ... McCann's As Meat Loves Salt
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin
George R.R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire
Sarah Monette's Melusine & its sequels\
To honeydew: if you liked Twilight, you might like Wicked Lovely. I haven't read it but I've heard ... ... Jeff Rubin- Peak Oil from an economist. Thought provoking.
69. A Game of Thrones 70. A Clash of Kings 71. A Storm of Swords 72. A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin- What can I say? I was rearranging some books, picked up A Game of Thrones, started reading, and then ... Just finishing A Storm of Swords (wow! this series is something else, blood everywhere, but the length is a bit daunting for the otherwise busy reader!), and about to move on to Kushiel's Dart. I generally avoid the titilating books, but people seem to like this series a lot, so in I go ... 6. Fantasy
i. A Storm of Swords - George Martin
ii. Chains of Darkness - Michelle Sagara West
iii. Krondor: The Betrayal - Raymond Feist
iv. Magyk - Angie Sage
v. Flyte - Angie Sage
vi. Physik - Angie Sage
vii. Queste - Angie Sage
viii. The Magic Thief: Lost - Sarah Prineas ... ... Jose Farmer
19. Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin *re-read
20. Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin *re-read
21. Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin *re-read
22. Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin *re-read
23. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling *re-read
2 ... I'm reading A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin. The entire Song of Ice and Fire series is excellent! ... for a list this long!):
Here are the first 75:
A bag of Moonshine - Alan Garner
A Darkling Plain - Philip Reeve
A Storm of Swords - George R R Martin
AD 381 - Freeman
AK - Peter Dickinson
Anthem - Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Avalon::The Return of the King - Stephe ... ... 100 book challenge.
The first 75 books are:
A bag of Moonshine - Alan Garner
A Darkling Plain - Philip Reeve
A Storm of Swords - George R R Martin
AD 381 - Freeman
AK - Peter Dickinson
Anthem - Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Avalon::The Return of the King Stephen ... ... as
hitchhiker's
the gap
sherlock holmes
uplift
And one I think I'll like but haven't yet dared start GRRM 's
swords of ice and fire The entire series A Song of Ice & Fire, specifically, I am on A Storm of Swords. I have read George R.R. Martin already, but I love to re-read this series. I ALWAYS find something new! The are so many I love in SoIaF, but definitively one of my all-time favourites: Storm of Swords, when Jaime saves Brienne from being raped by Hoats men. "Besides, I wanted to make the goat say 'thapphireth'." ... Now I can join the hoards of people screaming for A Dance with Dragons...
A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Feast for Crows ... pages into A Feast For Crows by George R. R. Martin. Maybe I shouldn't be starting the challenge with this one, since A Storm Of Swords threw me off pace at the end of my last reading year, but I'm still on vacation and it's a fun book. ... of Ours by Cather
4. Painter of Battles by Arturo Perez-Reverte
5. A Game of thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords by George Martin
6. A Drink Before the War, Darkness Take My Hand, Sacred, Gone, Baby, Gone, and prayers For Rain by Dennis Lehane. An ... Fantasy/Sci-fi
1. A Storm of Swords {X}
2. Kushiel's Mercy {X}
3. Banewreaker
4. Tangled Webs {X}
5. Elfhunter {X}
6. Assassin's Apprentice
7. Foundation
8. Name of the Wind {X}
9. Bitter Moon I: Triane's Son Ascending {X}
Fantasy/Sci-fi
1. A Storm of Swords
2. Kushiel's Mercy
3. Banewreaker
4. Tangled Webs
5. Elfhunter
6. Shadow of the Ghost byTanner Artesz
7. Foundation
8. Name of the Wind
9. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
... of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey, J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings Trilogy, George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, Agatha Christie's mystery novels, Jane Austin classics, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Tiime series, Stephen King's The Dark Towe ... Well, I thought that I was going to reach 25 books by November 26, but A Storm of Swords ended up taking a long time. I'm going to start the challenge again, but this time at the new year and hopefully I can do better than 24 or 25 books. I did have some really good reads this last year, though. ... lente
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
The Invention of Love by Tom Stoppard
The Virtu by Sarah Monette
A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Pox Party by MT Anderson
The Book of Imagina ... ... fast approaching; I will fall well short of 50 books, but I should at least reach the halfway point when I finish reading A Storm of Swords.
Pace = 26.1 books / year (8297 pages / year) ... humans and the worms hunt and kill each other.
His Song of Ice and Fire series is good too. I still have a Storm of Swords and A Feast of Crows to read. I think they have pushed back Dances with Dragons,
>101 And they don't get "less real," either. (re: A Game of Thrones)
Ooooh, no kidding! I had to put A Storm of Swords down for a day or two at one point, because it was so real and so upsetting. 34. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Brilliant, immersive, all the front-cover cliches.
I think what I like best is the way we're given so many people's point of view - and suddenly the villains become real people, and we're on their side too, as well as that of their enemies.
If ... "You can stand a watch without weapons."
A storm of swords
"Do you sing?" ... Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Martin's series, A Song of Ice and Fire, is ... ... we leave our smells behind us when we leave a room, surely something of our souls must remain when we leave this life?"
A storm of swords
"Care for a bath, Brienne?" ... which book it's from, then post a question of your own from the same book.
Right now we're at:
"in the bear pit."
A storm of swords by George R Martin
"Do you know why Hoat cut off your hand?" "in the bear pit."
A storm of swords
"Do you know why Hoat cut off your hand?"
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-------------- ... "Elmar, carve our guests a slice off the roast."
A storm of swords
"Do you know why Hoat cut off your hand?" "This man is defeated."
A Storm of Swords, by George R Martin
"Should we steal them? Are we thieves?" ... only one I bought that I've already read)
The Once and Future King
Elantris
A Clash of Kings
A Feast for Crows
A Storm of Swords
Kushiel's Dart
The Valley of Horses
The Mammoth Hunters
I've been on an epic novel kick lately, apparently, hehe. The Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson
- The flight of Coltaine's birds. Awesome.
A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
- The Red Wedding. Shocking.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
- The very first chapter (The Decanter of Tokay). Pulled me headlong into this strange yet ... ... there's no stopping. Book five isn't coming out until the end of the year. :(
A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Feast for Crows 46. A Storm of Swords. Book 3 in the Song of Fire and Ice series. I think that the best thing to say about this is that the saga continues, with more twist and turns, and with the same intensity and excellence as the first two books. ... Ice series. I finished A Clash of Kings in a week and was on to the next book. I'm about two thirds of the way through A Storm of Swords. Really wonderful books.
I just purchased The Name of the Wind - it's on the TBR stack. ... Hobbit -- Tolkein is the standard by which I judge all other fantasy novels. I am about two thirds of the way through A Storm of Swords by George R R Martin. I noticed the messages about A Feast for Crows and hope to be moving on to that book by mid-May. I also purchased The House ... 17. A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin. Review coming. ... so I'm going to try to spend the summer on lighter fare:
PJ O'Rourke on The Wealth of Nations - PJ O'Rourke
A Storm of Swords - George RR Martin
A Feast for Crows - George RR Martin
Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman
and if I have time I'd kinda like to read JF Cooper's Leather-St ... ... stuff was packed. I'll maybe find out this weekend how she organizes, I'm dog-sitting.
My current random books:
GoF
Storm of Swords
The Wind in the Willows
God, the Devil, and Harry Potter
1st to Die
Da Vinci Code
the Island by Victoria Hislop ... and didn't have book two ready to go, so even though I was sick I headed to Borders and bought A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. I already found A Feast for Crows at a library sale, so now I don't need to worry about being caught unprepared for the next book in the series! ... something like that). I got
Flesh and Spirit by Carol Berg
Cast In Shadow by Michelle Sagara
New copies of Storm of Swords and Clash of Kings because I will never get mine from my parents' house.
Melusine by Sarah Monette
... and experiences life as you've never seen it.
If you're into sci/fi-fantasy then I highly recommend George R R Martin's Song of Ice and Fire Series. Honestly the best fantasy series I've ever read. The man is an amazing writer.
12) A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Part 3 of a seriously great series. I'll be getting part four from Zooba later on in the month. ... is A Song of Ice and Fire.
The following are in the series:
1. A Game of Thrones
2. A Clash of Kings
3. A Storm of Swords
4. A Feast for Crows
Also just out:
1. Dreamsongs Volumes I and II.
Only two books I'd recommend this month:
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin I just finished The Golden Apples by Eudora Welty (which I started in November) and A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin.
Up next:
The Pulitzer Diaries by John Hohenberg (no copies on LT)
A Simple Plan by Scott Smith ... and ordered:
Hal Spacejock:Second Course by Simon Haynes
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Satan's Circus by Mike Dash
Once Upon a Spring Morn by Dennis L. McKiernan
Crusader by Sara Douglass
Wolf' ... ... Gates and House of Chains
- George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series - First book is A Game of Thrones, A Storm of Swords also notable
- despite some of my misgivings about the religious aspects, C.S. Lewis' Narnia series should be on there - which book is first will ... ... high recommendation on Ptolemy's Gate (I read that in '06, so it can't be on my this year list), A Clash of Kings and Storm of Swords.
Elba, I'd like to know what you think of the next book in A Song of Ice and Fire (A Feast for Crows) when/if you read it. ... touchstone not working)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Velvet Elvis
Ptolemy's Gate
Watership Down
A Clash of Kings
Storm of Swords
The Audacity of Hope
1776
Howl's Moving Castle
Coraline
Night
Becky
...fantasy, YA, nonfic, classics, romance - I have pretty eclectic ... ... Rag
Dead Man's Hand
and the series A Song of Ice and Fire, including,
A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Dance with Dragons
... English Language
Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures and the Battles over Authentication
The Secret History
A Storm of Swords
The Epic of Gilgamesh: An English Version with an Introduction
Windows Vista Secrets
The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines
A Clash ... ... to say considering I haven't got around to reading them all just yet. If I had to pick a single favourite, then probaby A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman and Star Wars: Republic Commando: True Colors by Karen Traviss get honourable mentions. ...
Marius from The Vampire Chronicles
Little Ricky from Prodigal Summer
Ragnarok from Fool on the Hill
Jon Snow from A Song of Ice and Fire
Perrin Aybara from the first few Wheel of Time books (before he got all annoying and single-minded about his wife)
Stephen Maturin from Patrick ... A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones, Clash of Kings, Storm of Swords, Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin ... The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (559 pages)
9) A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin (969 pages)
10) A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin (1128 pages)
11) Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer (379 pages)
12) A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Ma ... ... remember this happening was when I read the first three books of A Song of Ice and Fire right in a row; near the end of Storm of Swords, I was getting a little burnt out, plus the veiled misogyny was getting on my nerves (there's only so many times I can handle hearing a character express ... I woke up.
The power was out.
Now it's time for a bubble bath (with A Storm of Swords).
Bye. Daggerspell by Katharine Kerr
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
The Briar King: Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone by J. Gregory Keyes
A Storm of Swords - I'm enjoying this series way more than I thought I would.
Singularity - free audio book read by the author, which is enhancing the story for me
Origin of the Species - reading this in pieces via DailyLit.com Just started A Storm of Swords and I'm still finishing up a few other books from last month. Just finished A Clash of Kings and immediately started on A Storm of Swords, both from George R. R. Martin. ... sword. What else do you need?
Caliban Nightlife
-A brooding, reluctant hero...who happens to be awesome.
Jon Snow A Song of Ice and Fire
-Ah! Brave, beautiful...he's got it all.
Richard Rahl Wizard's First Rule
-When he's not spouting anti-Communist philosophy he's a ... ... been terribly impressed, also most of those who I see liking Hobb don't like WoT.
I have read the first book in A Song of Ice and Fire and liked it though I haven't gotten around to getting the rest of them
I haven't read any of the Dark Tower Series.
So my suggestion would be ... ... by thomas mann
second slice by olivia debarardinis
the master and margarita by mikhail bulgakov
a storm of swords by george r.r. martin
democracy and disagreement by amy gutmann
the power of place by winifred gallagher
the pursuit of power by w ... ... Lauren Belfer
Just a Corpse at Twilight by Janwillem va de Wetering
The Lamplighter by Anthony O'Neill
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber : A True Story of Hank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives and Love by Julian Rubinstein
Tyrion Lanister in George RR Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series. Nothing hunky about him, but a very colorful character. Most of the characters in Martin's books are fantastic, but can't get too attached...they are sure to get killed off. ... especially the Darwath series, but any of her series will do.
I recently reread all of George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire after reading A Feast For Crows, which meant that I reread the fourth book just a month after reading it the first time... that's rereadability ... #18, Gwen, I like that element of the Song of Ice and Fire books too. :) Though I thought I was going to hate the rest of the series because in the 2nd book two of my favorite characters almost died, but then they didn't so I'm still enjoying!
Ellevee, I do almost feel afraid to keep ... I love it when characters die unexpectedly as long as it is done well. One of the reasons I like A Song of Fire and Ice series is because you never know who will be knocked off next. It adds a certain element of suspense to a book when you don't know how it will end.
(If it is done badly or for ... ... lama
black snow: a theatrical novel by mikhail bulgakov
in exile from the land of snows by john avedon
a storm of swords by george r.r. martin
storm center: the supreme court in american politics by david o'brien
A Storm of Swords arrived from BookMooch today. ... uttering obscenities and killing people is great literature, this book is for you. It has nothing else going for it.
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1) by Jim Butcher - this book, on the other hand, was a great fun read. Not terribly taxing on the brain, but it made for a ... ... looking for a fantasy group because I wanted someplace to discuss George R.R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series - Storm of Swords broke my heart!!! But seriously, you guys are hard to miss.
FAVORITE AUTHOR(s): R.A. Salvatore, George R.R. Martin, Tolkein, Neil Gaim ... 8. A Clash of Kings, by George R.R. Martin
9. A Storm of Swords, by George R.R. Martin
10. A Feast for Crows, by George R.R. Martin
Now, some folks like to count rather long books by their page count - I read one person using every 300 pages or so to put another notch on the ... ... I'll sometimes use the flaps of that as a book mark, although that doesn't work too well on really thick books (like A Storm of Swords, my current read). ... have known about otherwise. barbara comyns, mrs oliphant, mrs humphrey ward, harriet martineau, rosamond lehman, storm jameson kate o'brien, molly keane (m.g. farrell) etc. I have these in ny and not with me so i am just listing from memory. i would like to crow about my find ... ... I fall in love with one. How about fiction-lovers recommend those favorite bits of nonfiction? Here are a few of mine:
Isaac's Storm: The Drowning of Galveston, 8 September 1900 by Erik Larson
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by John Krakauer
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