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| Topics | | messages | Last message | | | 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Mamachunk's 2009 Reading List | | 161 | mamachunk, Today 12:30pm |  |
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| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Emily's 75 Books for 2009 | | 104 | Emily1, Today 4:08am | |
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| FantasyFans : First fantasy novel love? | | 202 | timstoop, December 21 | |
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| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : amanda4242's 75 book challenge | | 105 | amanda4242, December 8 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Kitiria's 50 Books 2009 | | 35 | Kitiria, November 28 | |
| The Green Dragon : Need a good book | | 12 | Shanra, November 25 | |
| Spiritually Speaking : What are you reading? | | 14 | ecohealth2003, November 17 | |
| Knitters Inc. : What are you knitting or reading now? | | 66 | Marensr, October 29 | |
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| The Green Dragon : August Reads 2009 | | 181 | Billion, September 1 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of August 15, 2009? | | 286 | FicusFan, August 22 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Roni ncats' Reading List for 2009 Part 2 | | 254 | ronincats, August 19 | |
| 999 Challenge : BookLizard's | | 36 | VictoriaPL, August 11 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of August 01, 2009? | | 261 | jnwelch, August 8 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of July 18, 2009? | | 274 | morriss003, July 31 | |
| Science Fiction Fans : July 2009 reading | | 69 | RBeffa, July 31 | |
| FantasyFans : Five most read fantasy books | | 81 | evalynjewell, June 27 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 21 February 2009 | | 205 | bookwormjules, April 12 | |
| The Green Dragon : March Reads 2009 | | 243 | Morphidae, March 31 | |
| The Green Dragon : March Madness (in the bookstore) | | 113 | cmbohn, March 31 | |
| The Green Dragon : Nabs in November (or what I ought *not* to have purchased) | | 136 | hfglen, December 2008 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : aqeeliz's books 2008 | | 17 | aqeeliz, September 2008 | |
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| Book talk : Another silly game to play. | | 671 | LynnB, July 2008 | |
| FantasyFans : Fantasy for beginners - or dummies? | | 65 | rojse, April 2008 | |
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| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 September 2007 | | 170 | woodbear, October 2007 | |
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| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 18 August 2007 | | 155 | cdyankeefan, August 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : Whinging on 'editing' in fantasy novels | | 55 | MrsLee, August 2007 | |
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| Dormant: What did YOU buy today? : Message Board | | 397 | aluvalibri, April 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : Sword of Truth novels?? | | 17 | hobbitprincess, December 2006 | |
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind should be right up your alley. The whole series is good so far- except I see you've already added it. Oh well, it's still a good book!
If you like it, they've created a drama based on the books called Legend of the Seeker. Very enjoyable. ... books because I have no idea what series you guys are talking about!
I'm kinda sad to find that many of you don't like Sword of Truth series. I have read the first one (and so far, it's my favorite book, and the only book that I've read 5 times...see why I need to read many others that are ... ... in and I don't feel like cycling outside.
Obviously you've read hundreds of books so I'm curious if you've read:
Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind - The ONLY book in my library that I've read 5 times. Fantasy book and I absolutely love this book. Other books I only read once or ... ... to test the credulity of a lifelong fantasy/sci-fi fan then the author has got major issues !!!
4. Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth - Just plain boring !!!
Sorry, bit of an unintentional rant there !!! ... Yes, I have the Lankhmar omnibus, likewise the two Conan ones. Happily, no one has mentioned Goodkind yet (I've read Wizard's First Rule and have no desire to read any further). I also have a KJ Parker, but no one has mentioned her either. 33. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
My sibs gave me the first 6 books for my birthday last year and my brother keeps asking if I've read them yet, so I finally moved them to the top of the pile. I'm not sure how the story is going to last for 12 books but hopefully better then Robert ... >44: Wizard's First Rule is one of my absolute favorite books of all time... unfortunately, the series begins to go downhill around book 4 or 5, and stays at the bottom of the barrel for me almost the entire rest of the way. The final trilogy suffers from repetitiveness, inexplicable character ... I've never read Wizard's First Rule, but I've watched the delightfully cheesy syndicated TV show based on the Sword of Truth books, Legend of the Seeker, which is supposed to be pretty different. It's good fun for a TV show, but I'm worried if I read the books it will take away all my guilty ... 44) Wizard's First Rule BY: Terry Goodkind Excellent beginning to a wonderful series. I had read this some years ago, but hadn't gotten far into the series so I thought that since the entire series is finished, i might as well go through it all. Now since this was my first real foray into ... Still making my through Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind. I'm more than half way done and it's a real page turner. LOVE IT! Well, Legend of the Seeker just started here, I took the chance to read the book Wizard's first rule concurrently with the first two episodes as an attempt to eliminate the first one wins effect. I think I've done good, the book seems too long winded and the series can be a little corny at times ... I also loved Wizard's First Rule. ... I Do by Tate Hallaway ***1/2
3. Destiny Kills by Keri Arthur ****1/2
4. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs ****1/2
5. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind *****
6. Dancing with the Devil by Keri Arthur ***1/2
7. Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs ****1/2
8. Jacob by Jacquelyn Frank * ... Still plugging through Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind and I am absolutely loving it! The edition I'm reading does have a few typos in it ("what" instead of "that", for example), which can be distracting at times. Besides that, it's an excellent read! ... challenge! LOL! I thought the category was Science Fiction, but it's Science Fiction/Fantasy.
This weekend I finished Wizard's First Rule. It's the first book in the Sword of Truth series and the tv series The Legend of the Seeker is based on these books. I was going to give it 4 1/2 ... I finished, but wished I hadn't, Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind. Disgusting book.
>#62 I haven't read Cold Mountain but I did watch the movie, and if it was anywhere close to following the book.. yes it was very depressing. But I believe books like these are important since they ... I am a late bloomer to the Sword of Truth Series. I just finished Wizard's First Rule and I have never been so captivated by a book of this length. I know this book has probably been drilled to death on these boards, but I just wanted to put it out there that I finally entered this world by Goodki ... I am reading Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind and I am absolutely LOVING it! I am so happy that there are several more books in the Sword of Truth series so I can continue to enjoy this author's work. 39. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind - A reread and in my opinion the best of the Sword of Truth books. ... You Suck: A Love Story
12. Fool: A Novel
13. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
14. Jane Eyre
15. Coraline
16. Wizard's First Rule
17. Lady Chatterley's Lover
18. The Picture of Dorian Gray
19. The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde
20. A Room of One's Own
21. Mrs ... Science Fiction/Fantasy 1/9
1. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
2. Wizard's First Rule *****
>23, I did that with Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth novel and got so irritated by it that I just stopped reading them and decided to wait until they were all published before I read the series again. They're all out now and I've been trying to work up the resolve to reread the series. I read ... I finished Wizard's First Rule yesterday- it was very refreshing to read a well-developed plot line in a book that took me several sessions to finish. I read very quickly, so the size of the book is exciting all in itself!
On the other end of the spectrum, I'm currently reading though American ... ... the Riftwar series
Myth series by Asprin
Dragonlance by Weis & Hickman
Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
Sword of Truth by Goodkind
I will tend to read an ongoing series from the beginning when a new book comes out so as to remind myself exactly where we're at. ... and I really enjoy the main characters.
Hail to the Chef is the sequel to the above; I'm chancing it in good faith.
Wizard's First Rule because I am loving the Legend of the Seeker TV show. I hear that the books are different, but the overall tone seems Tolkien-y. Of course, while ... I set aside Wizard's First Rule because I'm not really digging Goodkind's writing style and picked up The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl by Shauna Reid instead. TAAoD is fantastic! Shauna is my new hero. Finished Integral Psychology. Now I'm reading Wizard's First Rule, the Great Transformation, and the Wise Heart. Armstrong is one of my favorite authors, and, although this is the first book I've read by either author, Goodkind and Kornfield are quickly becoming favorites as well. Haven't purchased them yet, but I ordered Wizard's First Rule and the Third Jesus from a local bookshop today. A good friend of mine has been trying to get me to read some Goodkind for a while, and recommended Wizard's First Rule. Then I saw they were making a TV series out of it, which looks ... ... had time to get to the library for a new book, so I'm in-between knitting reads at the moment. I recently finished the Sword of Truth series, though, which I recommend - great books to knit too! 38. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
39. Zahir by Paulo Coelho
40. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
Just 10 books left for this year's challenge :) I think what got me started on fantasy was The Neverending Story. Both the film and the book. When I was older, Wizard's First Rule re-ignited the flame. Confessor!!!
Bought it on Friday and finished it on Sunday. Yay. Now I am done with the Sword of Truth series and can move on with my life, heh. The first one I read that got me into fantasy was Terry Goodkind's - Wizard's First Rule
I've recently decided to go threw and read the rest of the series, years after I read the first two. I'm now on the fifth book. =) ... for me, so I haven't gotten much reading done, but from the few books I have managed to finish, these are my top 5:
1. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
3. The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
4. Fanny Hi ... Just finished Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind, and will probably start Stone of Tears tomorrow. I have Wizard's First Rule and Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind from the library after having them recommended to my by a friend...
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
Yes, I'm getting lots of work done this morning... Still reading:
The Hound of Death by Agatha Christie
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (audiobook)
Just started:
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - this one's a re-read for me: I'm reading it aloud with my ... I finished The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll and Fanny Hill; I'm still working on Paradise Lost, Wizard's First Rule (Terry Goodkind), and A Good Dog (Jon Katz), and I've just started Candide and The Hound of Death (Agatha Christie).
I was a little disappointed by the ... ... 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 pretty cool character. See above with the 'good with a sword.' And he's a hopeless ... ... reading:
-The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll
-Fanny Hill by John Cleland
-Paradise Lost by John Milton
-Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (audiobook)
-A Good Dog by Jon Katz
So far, I'm enjoying them all, even if it's taking me awhile to get through them. It ... Started Wizard's First Rule (Terry Goodkind) today on audio cd, since I borrowed the audio version of Phantom from the library earlier and realized halfway through that it was part of a series, and far from the first book in said series (what a dope, eh?). The story's very good, but the ... ... woodsman, I think. Close enough to farm boy, "rural" was the idea I was going for.
(Just to add the touchstones, here's Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind and The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan.) What about Terry Goodkind his series that starts with Wizard's First Rule is long and the books are pretty big. I seem to remember, however, that I ran out of steam with it after awhile, as it started to get a little ridiculous, but I think that might be just me. A lot of people like it. I'd want Zedd's Wizard Rock from Wizard's First Rule. ... The Lord of the Rings? Do you think the Invisibility Cloak from Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone or the Agiel from Wizard's First Rule would be fun to own? What gadget or accessory really catches your eye? I'd like to hear about it. ... down.
The "meta-edit"/advice phrase it meant to indicate the sometimes very long works that are produced. I enjoyed Wizard's First Rule (836 pp in pb); but half-way through the second in the Sword of Truth series (Stone of Tears, 979 pp), I decided I was not going to read 10 such ... ... Pullman
FAVORITE BOOK(s): A Game of Thrones, The Other Boleyn Girl, Eragon, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Wizard's First Rule, Daughter of the Forest
FAVORITE DRINK: A glass of cold coca-cola.
FAVORITE CHEESE: A nice white sharp chedder
FAVOURITE SPELLING OF FAVORITE: "Favr ... ... just uninteresting, and I might have endured if not other books were tempting me.
Other books I have given up on are Wizard's First Rule, The Arcanum and Gravity's Rainbow. The last one I plan to pick up again when the time feels right: it was simply too heavy when I attempted it. ... He lays my head in his lap and starts telling me the SoT storyline.
Needless to say, I recovered and I picked up Wizard's First Rule very reluctantly. It seemed like it would be good from what I remembered from my dream state, but I don't like fantasy novels! I finally opened it and ... ... Sword of Truth series, except the 10th one, which I gave him for Christmas. I thought I would try to read the first one, Wizard's First Rule, so I could be a good mom and talk to him about it, etc. etc. I managed to get to p.156 before giving up. Have any of you read it, and if so what do ... ... not miss too much). Books that will not scare a new reader away from the genre.
The only one I can think of right now is Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind - where the main character knows nothing about magic and has everything magic explained by his companion.
How would you introduce Fa ... ... in the bookstore?
--Henry Ward Beecher
How true. Yesterday I picked up I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb, Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards, and The Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey.
Oh, ... ... Look at someone like Ursula K. LeGuin. Her Earthsea corpus is probably about the total size of A Game of Thrones or Wizard's First Rule. (Okay, that may be a slight exageration, but LeGuin can certainly tell a good story in a couple hundred pages where as other people seem to need at ...
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