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I read House of the Spirits for school.
I read House of the Spirits for school.
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Uh... I didn't mind it. It takes place in Chile and covers something like 80 years or so. Follows a few characters, leads up to one of the coups. Kinda interesting to read as characters age and get replaced by their children as protagonists. Still, kinda weird read, not for everyone.
Uh... I didn't mind it. It takes place in Chile and covers something like 80 years or so. Follows a few characters, leads up to one of the coups. Kinda interesting to read as characters age and get replaced by their children as protagonists. Still, kinda weird read, not for everyone.
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Oh well that doesn't sound too bad, afterall I like War and Peace which is a fairly weird read itself. Though it has an excellent story if you can get through the book that is.
Ethan Frome on the other hand actually killed off several braincells. I thought it was a horrible book in every way, especially since it's supposedly a classic. I highly recommend you don't read or even look at it.
Oh well that doesn't sound too bad, afterall I like War and Peace which is a fairly weird read itself. Though it has an excellent story if you can get through the book that is.
Ethan Frome on the other hand actually killed off several braincells. I thought it was a horrible book in every way, especially since it's supposedly a classic. I highly recommend you don't read or even look at it.
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My brother-in-law recently finished reading a book called "The Lies of Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch- and according to him, it was utterly amazing.
As far as I go, I'm still attached the Deltora Quest series and The Shadow Children Sequence.
I sooo need to find a place to watch the Deltora Quest anime... :<
My brother-in-law recently finished reading a book called "The Lies of Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch- and according to him, it was utterly amazing.
As far as I go, I'm still attached the Deltora Quest series and The Shadow Children Sequence.
I sooo need to find a place to watch the Deltora Quest anime... :<
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There's actually a sequel to that, too. Under the Red Sail...Sun...something. I may or may not have that in my collection but I just picked up Locke Lamora at the book sale I was at *laughs* Mostly because I started reading the second book first, heh.
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I'm currently reading the first book of Lara Adrian's midnight breed series, which are, as you may have guessed, vampire novels. And it's tripe. Complete and utter trash. Clichéd, predictable and ultimately forgettable. I don't think I'm going to bother with the other two books we own. Neither should anyone of you bother with this series. There are better books out there, go and read those instead.
I'm currently reading the first book of Lara Adrian's midnight breed series, which are, as you may have guessed, vampire novels. And it's tripe. Complete and utter trash. Clichéd, predictable and ultimately forgettable. I don't think I'm going to bother with the other two books we own. Neither should anyone of you bother with this series. There are better books out there, go and read those instead.
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I need to add that while the first book is great and the next 3 books are fairly good, after that it's not really worth reading. I've now read all but the two latest, but I can't seem to be able to pick them up. It would be like pissing on all that promise the first book showed.
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I havn't read past the second omnibus, and I've got like... four or three, or something now.
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I just spent three hours reading Good Omens(you all know what I'm talking about). Could've been longer. If you haven't already read it, you need to do so.
I just spent three hours reading Good Omens(you all know what I'm talking about). Could've been longer. If you haven't already read it, you need to do so.
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For example, go and read The Chameleon's Shadow by Minette Walters. It's a gripping story about a British soldier having to deal with being disfigured in Iraq, the fact that his ex-girlfriend is a bitch AND being the prime suspect in a string of murders across London. I highly recommend it.
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So.
Yeah, I know Pratchett has been brought up before in this thread, but I only just now realized that I haven't read anything new in quite a while, and thanks to a discussion in the Jungle Girl Remake thread, I have become intrigued.
So, is this something that is best read from the very beginning, or is it a kind of 'just start anywhere' type of thing (either way I'll probably look for 'The Colour of Magic' first, I'd just like to know if it's at all necessary to read the books in a particular order)? Are there any titles in particular I should look for/stay away from? Are the 'extras' (i.e., short stories, science books, games, etc.) worth looking for?
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.Yeah, I know Pratchett has been brought up before in this thread, but I only just now realized that I haven't read anything new in quite a while, and thanks to a discussion in the Jungle Girl Remake thread, I have become intrigued.
So, is this something that is best read from the very beginning, or is it a kind of 'just start anywhere' type of thing (either way I'll probably look for 'The Colour of Magic' first, I'd just like to know if it's at all necessary to read the books in a particular order)? Are there any titles in particular I should look for/stay away from? Are the 'extras' (i.e., short stories, science books, games, etc.) worth looking for?
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I'd recommend reading them in order or at least reading the different series in order, but for the most part, you can read them in any order you want. For example, Thief of Time is part of the Death series and it refers to Small Gods, but you don't really need to read either of those to know what's going on(what you need to know is for the most part explained). Still, it helps to know what has happened before.
As for recommendations, Small Gods definitely. If I recall correctly(it's been a while since I read earlier books, though I just started again) it's the first book with more serious themes (well, as serious as any of them get) and it's out of continuity(it takes place before any other books).
I'd recommend reading them in order or at least reading the different series in order, but for the most part, you can read them in any order you want. For example, Thief of Time is part of the Death series and it refers to Small Gods, but you don't really need to read either of those to know what's going on(what you need to know is for the most part explained). Still, it helps to know what has happened before.
As for recommendations, Small Gods definitely. If I recall correctly(it's been a while since I read earlier books, though I just started again) it's the first book with more serious themes (well, as serious as any of them get) and it's out of continuity(it takes place before any other books).
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anything by Tamora Pierce. I love her books <3
I've been slowly catching up on the stuff she's written since I was in high school, I know they're "kids" books, but i love the world and the characters.
anything by Tamora Pierce. I love her books <3
I've been slowly catching up on the stuff she's written since I was in high school, I know they're "kids" books, but i love the world and the characters.
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Personally I started with "The Truth" because that was the only one at my local library. It's the only book in its arc, as I look at it, so it wasn't a bad place to start. After that I went to "The Colour of Magic" which is really the only logical place to start when you've decided to read the whole series.
If you are reading them in order, you should probably note that the first two books have significant discrepancies with the others. Not that there aren't continuity issues even ignoring those two books, but they're the worst between "The Colour of Magic" + "The Light Fantastic" and the rest of the series. For example, in the first two books trolls turn to stone in the daytime. Later they need special high-strength sunscreen to stand out in the light. By the middle of the series, they just don't like the heat.
As for the auxiliary/companion books... I haven't really delved into them myself, so I can't really comment.
Nothing wrong with reading them all in order. If you don't want to do all of them, pick one of the various arcs as described on
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. Individual arcs (and even some individual books) work just fine on their own. Personally I started with "The Truth" because that was the only one at my local library. It's the only book in its arc, as I look at it, so it wasn't a bad place to start. After that I went to "The Colour of Magic" which is really the only logical place to start when you've decided to read the whole series.
If you are reading them in order, you should probably note that the first two books have significant discrepancies with the others. Not that there aren't continuity issues even ignoring those two books, but they're the worst between "The Colour of Magic" + "The Light Fantastic" and the rest of the series. For example, in the first two books trolls turn to stone in the daytime. Later they need special high-strength sunscreen to stand out in the light. By the middle of the series, they just don't like the heat.
As for the auxiliary/companion books... I haven't really delved into them myself, so I can't really comment.
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It's not a novel, but I am thoroughly enjoying reading "Death by Black Hole" written by Neil DeGrasse Tyson. The book is basically astrophysics, a history of the universe, and a history of our understanding of it put in layman's terms. It's about accessible and easy to understand as astrophysics gets.
Plus it includes a lot of neat little anecdotes about how silly people are, like a story about a fifth grader who managed to get 86% support in a petition to ban Dihydrogen Monoxide (A colorless and odorless substance found in acid rain and cancer tumors which can cause severe burns in its gaseous form and can kill when inhaled.)
It's not a novel, but I am thoroughly enjoying reading "Death by Black Hole" written by Neil DeGrasse Tyson. The book is basically astrophysics, a history of the universe, and a history of our understanding of it put in layman's terms. It's about accessible and easy to understand as astrophysics gets.
Plus it includes a lot of neat little anecdotes about how silly people are, like a story about a fifth grader who managed to get 86% support in a petition to ban Dihydrogen Monoxide (A colorless and odorless substance found in acid rain and cancer tumors which can cause severe burns in its gaseous form and can kill when inhaled.)