Discuss what you will, gentle and kind folk. Keep it appropriated with Spoiler warnings if it pleases ya.
Krista, I can't remember if I asked you if you liked The Strain by Del Toro, so if you'd like to comment on that I'd be interested to know your thoughts. I haven't read it, but it looks interesting. Dave, don't spoil Best Served Cold or I'll send an e-curse.
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I'm about a quarter of the way through Jonathan Strange & Mr NOrrell. This book is quite entertaining, but is pretty slow in development. There is an air of mystery surrounding the Raven King, and magic itself is slightly vague and mysterious. The style of this book if written like Charles Dickens or Jane Austen, and it makes the novel read rather slowly, but funnily. I am really enjoying the book, and I'm very interested to see what is going to happen.
Ah, The Strain by Del Toro! It was a pretty cool read. It reads like a movie and every chapter is a cliffhanger, it's a pretty gruesome and engaging read. I think I would love to see a movie or a TV series with some killer back ground music done to it, though. Some crazy zombie-vampire action! Lets just hope the world doesn't end as New York city did in The Strain!
Also, I'm reading The Name Of the Wind by Rothfuss and I've put a few words about it over on my new found blog. My blog which I'm super nervous about and have changed several times...LOL!
I'm holding steady at the moment in a sort of bookless limbo. I finished Best Served Cold, and now I stand silently at a literary crossroads. My choices include:
1) Sword of Shanarra, T. Brooks: Started, abandoned, and considered starting again.
2) A Cavern of Black Ice, by JV Jones: Started, abandoned when Best Served Cold released.
3) The Talisman, by Stephen King: Read it when I was a teen (20ish years ago) and remembered enjoying it. Bought a papreback copy of it earlier in the year.
4) The Virtues of War, by Steven Pressfield: Can't go wrong with a novel about Alexander the Great, written by my favorite author, no less.
5) Several hardback Tom Clancy titles taunting me from the shelf, wanting me to re-read them...
And of course, my mom's JRR Tolkien collection, which I have never touched but always wanted to (Silmarillion, Forgotten Tales, etc, etc.
I've kind of gorged myself on fantasy since the beginning of the year. I might take a break from it for a while, and go with Pressfield. I suppose when I head for the couch for my 1am to 3am nightly read, I'll decide at that time...
@Krista: Y'know, Mistborn read like a movie to me. I could see everything so clearly, and I think that was part of the reason I liked it so much, that, and Sanderson is just awesome. I bought Warbreaker, by the way.
@David: Sometimes I feel the same way. That's why I have a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, some random sci-fi books, short stories, and theological books on hand. Oh, and sometimes I like to read some John Grisham when I'm burned out.
I can't wait for that Warbreaker review! I so want to know what you thought! Happy reading, Woot! Woot!
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