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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #150 on: October 04, 2012, 12:04:18 am »
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I've read the first, Fall of Giants. It was ok, he used perhaps a few to many random coincidences that wouldn't be particularly feasible in order to tie the story together more. For me it's his Cathedral based series that I really enjoyed. Pillars of the Earth and World Without End (I think that's it). Again he's one of those authors that meticulously researches things, especially for those books.
I know why you mean with the too many coincidences, and I think it is just a license that he uses for completion, which I feel acceptable. I am not really bothered by them, as he tries to justify them as much as he can. Of course it gets a bit suspicious, but after all it is not real life...

Also, the bold part is spot on. It just feels so complete and plausible a story

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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #151 on: October 04, 2012, 12:08:51 am »
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #152 on: October 04, 2012, 02:49:41 pm »
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #153 on: October 05, 2012, 06:04:13 am »
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #154 on: October 05, 2012, 06:29:07 am »
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #155 on: October 06, 2012, 05:00:11 am »
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I just started Gardens of the Moon from the Malazan series. I know people say it's hard to get into, but fuck, nothing is explained. What the hell is the deck? How do Warrens work? Many other questions, but between trying to figure things out, it is a pretty solid book so far.

Might check out The Prince by Machiavelli from my college's library at some point.
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #156 on: October 10, 2012, 07:07:23 pm »
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Ken Follet, The Winter of the World.

Just picked up the Kindle version for 20p  :D £19 reduction. Daily deal or something I guess.

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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #157 on: October 10, 2012, 11:39:33 pm »
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I'm nearly through book 4 of Game of Thrones. I enjoyed reading of Arya again. It is not a bad book compared to the second book for example, I still hope book 5 becomes much better. :D

After that I'll start reading the Sharpe's series, I got all those books here at home. :D

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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #158 on: October 11, 2012, 01:02:47 am »
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Not having my laptop available (and thus not being able to play cRPG), I have started rereading the aSoIaF series, hopefully Uni does not swarm me more than it already has an I do not have to drop it.
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #159 on: October 11, 2012, 01:14:30 am »
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #160 on: October 11, 2012, 01:51:15 am »
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #161 on: October 11, 2012, 02:13:48 am »
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I just started reading Infinite Jest. It's a little daunting, though I guess it's not quite Ulysses.
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #162 on: October 11, 2012, 08:04:09 am »
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #163 on: October 11, 2012, 03:18:58 pm »
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #164 on: March 21, 2013, 03:54:13 am »
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Git to readin'.

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