Has anyone besides me read any Jasper Fforde? Extremely smart but goofy fun. The Eyre Affair is the first in the main series he writes. It's as if Douglas
Adams were an English major as opposed to being more into science.
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Posts: 7014 (07/20/09 8:25 PM) |
Just started the first book of the Malazan series <3
it'll probably take me 10 years to get through the whole series though. |
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Posts: 331 (07/20/09 8:27 PM) |
graperthanthese wrote:I just bought The Eyre Affair the other day. It's next on my hitlist. And will do, Eury. |
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Polyester Bear |
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Posts: 1667 (07/21/09 12:18 AM) |
i'm reading half of a yellow sun right now, written by chimamanda ngozi adichie. holy shit, i spelled her name right. i am a boss.
the book's set against the backdrop of the nigerian civil war in the late 60s, with like biafra and shit. not a real heartwarmer but it's a great looking book, at least it is like 150 pages in or wherever i am. |
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Posts: 32 (07/21/09 12:22 AM) |
Has anyone read that Pride and Prejudice and Zombies book? I cant tell if its too hot topic or not. I just dont want to end up reading the nerd version of Mr
Darcy's Daughters. thanks in advance
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Polyester Bear |
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Posts: 1672 (07/21/09 12:44 AM) |
Destinys Stepchild wrote:one of my nerdiest friends said that it was a bit of a one-note joke thing, like it's 300 pages and it's hard to imagine reading past 100 because it's the same shit. but if you're really interested in pride&pred and/or zombies, i guess you should go for it? books are cheap yo. |
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nomellons |
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Posts: 2972 (07/21/09 12:10 PM) Registered User |
So far this month, I've read Gaudy Night -- a very old murder mystery which as a bit wordy but good; Attack of the Killer Road Weenies --
my son told me I had to read it and it is good for 12 year olds; Sarah's Key - I liked it for two-thirds of the book and then it lost me; The
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society -- very good, I especially liked the writing style; and Cracking India -- very interesting.
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ilikelissie |
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Posts: 15807 (07/21/09 12:12 PM) Registered user |
I'm pretty close to finishing Aztec, by Gary Jennings.
Then I'll probably try to tackle Underworld. |
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nomellons |
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Posts: 2974 (07/21/09 12:59 PM) Registered User |
I have these 3 on my nightstand: Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton, Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada and Cutting for Stone by
Abraham Verghose. One will start getting read tonight.
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Posts: 3407 (07/21/09 1:02 PM) |
I read both Gaudy Night and Aztec years ago, but can't remember a thing about either of them.
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ilikelissie |
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Posts: 15818 (07/21/09 1:10 PM) Registered user |
Aztec is kind of like a Michener book with a lot of freaky sex.
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khnum |
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Posts: 23478 (07/21/09 1:10 PM) Registered User |
I read Aztec when I was like 12. I loved it; it was so epic.
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Je Fa |
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Posts: 3409 (07/21/09 1:11 PM) |
That what my ninth grade classmate who recommended it said, except for the Michener part.
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superguppie |
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Posts: 26522 (07/21/09 1:39 PM) Registered user |
Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton, Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada and Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghose. One will start getting read tonight.Forgotten Garden was meh. Cutting for Stone was wonderful. |
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Anne Boleyn |
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Posts: 3205 (07/21/09 1:49 PM) A subnic, please |
Blind Eye, Stuart MacBride. Gory and funny and set in Aberdeen.
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Hamdingers |
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Posts: 16645 (07/21/09 1:53 PM) |
The Angel's Game by Zafon, The Great Perhaps by Joe Meno and The Thief and the Dancer by Antonio Skarmeta. Loved Thief, I think Angel's Game is
actually a lot better than the overrated Shadow of the Wind, and the Great Perhaps is pretty funny...but I'm only halfway through that one.
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lilnubber |
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Posts: 11422 (07/21/09 6:44 PM) Registered user |
Who is the author of the Sookie Stackhouse series?
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Anne Boleyn |
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Posts: 3222 (07/21/09 6:48 PM) A subnic, please |
Charlaine Harris.
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Anne Boleyn |
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Posts: 3223 (07/21/09 6:49 PM) A subnic, please |
graperthanthese wrote:I liked the Eyre Affair a lot. Not so much his later books. |
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Hamdingers |
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Posts: 16683 (07/22/09 1:37 PM) |
Yeah, same here. First two were pretty good, but didn't really sustain my interest after that. Not sure I even finished "Well of Lost Plots".
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