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calling all bookworms....

Tavia said:
I'm a speed reader, so since I read very fast, I usually read somewhere around 4 to 7 books a week. Some of my favorites are David Weber, (SF) his Safehold series in particular but I like most of his books.
Gillian Bradshaw, (History) The Sand-Reckoner, Island of Ghosts & Cleopatra's Heir to name a few.
Jumper By Steven Gould, (SF/Fantasy) for some reason I couldn't get into the other books in that series.
Don Coldsmith, (History) especially The Spanish Bit Saga. Those are just a few.
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Yes to David Weber, particularly Honor Harrington, and yes to Gillian Bradshaw. I used to read a book every 24 hours, mostly science fiction, fantasy, military, suspense, spy and murder mystery stuff. Now I read about 2 a week, still out of the same genres.
 
Fatman608 said:
How many of you have started the Eragon series by Christopher Paolini
and would like to kick him in the go nads for taking forever in writing the last book in the series.
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Agreed. He needs a swift kick where it counts!

Right now I am rereading Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop.
 
Outcast said:
If you like fantasy I suggest Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I just finished the first two books in a week and a half. Right now I am trying to get into Dragon Ships.
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Dragon Ships is good, I read those a few years back. I'm glad to see that the author just recently came out with a couple of new, similar books.

Right now, I am reading Robert Jordan's book 6: Lord of Chaos from the Wheel of Time series. This series is somewhat boring in comparison to multiple other similar series I've read.
 
Robert Jordan's stuff moves slowly but inexorably. He died before finishing, but left very detailed notes because he knew what was coming, and selected someone to finish the last books. One of them is already out and there is one more to go. I don't mind slow moving so I enjoyed them.
 
wstphal said:
Yes to David Weber, particularly Honor Harrington, and yes to Gillian Bradshaw. I used to read a book every 24 hours, mostly science fiction, fantasy, military, suspense, spy and murder mystery stuff. Now I read about 2 a week, still out of the same genres.
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All the dedicated fans out there would probably tar & feather me but the Honor series is one of my least favorites of his. I really wish he'd take a break from that one & finish up the War God series.
I also like Eric Flint, he co-authors with David Weber quite a bit. The Belisarius series he did with David Drake is really good. And the first few of that series is available as e-books for free in the Baen Free Library. Also like Eric's 1632 series.
 
I would like to hurt Christopher Paolini.... And I would, if I wasn't really looking forward to the last book.
And Robert Jordan's books move slowly, but I have to say they hooked me like few other series have. The characters progress very well, and you learn to love them... or at least, I did. I haven't read the newest book, because honestly I don't remember what it's about anymore.... When the last book comes out I plan on buying/renting them all and starting from scratch...
Has anyone read the Necromancer Chronicles? So far I've only read "The Summoner", but it seems like another top-hitter in my book. I like it a lot, even if it's not as deep as some stories. My local libraries, unfortunately, only carry the third book. Which is cruelty, in my opinion. Just wrong :p
 
I love 1632. And I agree I wish Weber would get back to the War God books even though I am a trufan of HH.
 
Fatman608 said:
How many of you have started the Eragon series by Christopher Paolini
and would like to kick him in the go nads for taking forever in writing the last book in the series.

Love the Fatnab
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I agree. Though I used to feel the same way about the Redwall series.
 
My so called free time is either taken up working on a business plan that is do for my Business class or doing something for my family. I am brain fried by the time I fall in to bed at night. Maybe I should try and read at least one or two pages of pleasure reading and that would help shut my brain down at night.
Outcast said:
I guess I am lucky. I am taking 5 classes and read in what little free time I have... Even though in that free time I should be writing my 5-7 page Genre analysis paper.... Luckily it is on the Fantasy genre and I can use the books I am reading for it...lol
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wstphal said:
Robert Jordan's stuff moves slowly but inexorably. He died before finishing, but left very detailed notes because he knew what was coming, and selected someone to finish the last books. One of them is already out and there is one more to go. I don't mind slow moving so I enjoyed them.
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Haven't read anything by that author, but how thoughtful of him! Both leaving the notes and specifically choosing the person he thought would do a good job of following said notes.

I don't read nearly as much as I used to (my, what a common refrain!). One of my more recent reads was "Tongues of Serpents," which was book...six?...in the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik. The series is an alternate history story, set back during the days when England was at war with Napolean's France, and both sides have an Aerial Corps of sentient dragons, each with its own captain (and the larger ones have crews made of up to a dozen or so men, if I recall the numbers correctly).
 
I didn't read much of this thread because I'm tired, but I thought I'd reply anyway (and hopefully read this thread tomorrow). I really slowed down on my reading. I'm in the middle of six or seven books...

The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
Liberty Blue by Robin Lee Hatcher
The Element Encyclopedia of Vampires by Theresa Cheung
The Drifting Classroom series by Kazuo Umezu
PHP and MySQL Web Development by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson
So Sue Me, Jackass! by Amy Epstein and Robin Epstein

I might have another in there somewhere. I'm also in the middle of half a dozen magazines: Nat Geo., Handyman, Prevention, Archeology, Psychology Today, Dr Foster and Smith catalogs...

I have yet to open up my Aztec and Maya Mythology books, my Roman/Greek history books, or my WWII books that I got last month. They should be half read by now. I should be done with half the books I'm reading now, especially The Drifting Classroom. Those are shonen manga books, so it should take this long to read them. Oh well...
 
I was reading The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams but its a slow moving story so I put that down so I could begin re-reading The Lord of the Rings, starting first with The Hobbit...I'm sure you all know who wrote those. :p
 
Fatman608 said:
How many of you have started the Eragon series by Christopher Paolini
and would like to kick him in the go nads for taking forever in writing the last book in the series.

Love the Fatnab
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I love them and I wish he would hurry up and finish the last one! So much better than the movie!
 
The Plague Dogs is actually a really good book. Same author wrote Watership Down. Haven't read that yet though.

Also, if you like to read books on mental illnesses, the book called When Rabbit Howls by the Troops for Trudi Chase(?) is really interesting. Also, Get Me Out Of Here by Rachel Reiland is interesting.
 
I'm having a hard time getting through it....I read Watership Down, thats why I got The Plague Dogs but its just not as good as Watership Down was for me...
 
I'm a total Stephen King and Micheal Crichton addict.

Someone was telling me of an awesome horror author that was similar to Stephen King, yet not quite as mainstream. I can't remember who it was and I've always lamented that! Anyone here know?
 
Jessicat said:
I'm a total Stephen King and Micheal Crichton addict.

Someone was telling me of an awesome horror author that was similar to Stephen King, yet not quite as mainstream. I can't remember who it was and I've always lamented that! Anyone here know?
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Hmm.. Richard Laymon? Dean Koontz? Clive Barker?
 
I never read Watership Down but always meant to. I've switched a few books and added Iguanas for Dummies and Keeping Chickens to my "in the middle of reading" list. I don't plan on having either chickens or iguanas just at the moment, but it's nice to have the information floating in my head.
 
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