What We're Reading

[Osiris]

i found GRRM a bit tedious to be fair. His books seem to be about "look how much i can make people rape kill and die and then kill the chars to piss you off!!" I still really enjoy the Wheel of time books

[zagibu]

Reading the eye of the world

Feel like maybe GRRM has ruined typical fantasy for me, maybe I'm just getting too old tho.

I felt the same when I started out with Jordan's epos. Nevertheless I pushed through the first book, and about halfway through the second, I was hooked. It's quite unlike Martin's work, but it has its own charms (one of them being a completed work).

[CrazyCracka420]

My wife tells me to "grow up" if she sees me reading.  How ridiculous is that...I can see where she's coming from by telling me to grow up about playing video games (even though I disagree, I don't think there's an age limit for doing what makes you happy).   

[zagibu]

My wife tells me to "grow up" if she sees me reading.  How ridiculous is that...I can see where she's coming from by telling me to grow up about playing video games (even though I disagree, I don't think there's an age limit for doing what makes you happy).

I have no words...

[CrazyCracka420]

I have no words...

I do, I tell her she's fucking ridiculous.  And then when she's watching TV I tell her it's childish. 

I think she was mainly referring to the fact I was reading "fantasy" books (A song of ice and fire), she referred to the last book as my bible (cuz I was reading my bro's hard copy of it). 

[Osiris]

i get told that sometimes Grow up stop reading that shit or stop playing those games. Yes because watching the trash that is on tv like soap operas and shit is so much more grown up and fun

[Kalam]

My wife tells me to "grow up" if she sees me reading.  How ridiculous is that...I can see where she's coming from by telling me to grow up about playing video games (even though I disagree, I don't think there's an age limit for doing what makes you happy).

I hope you have a pre-nup.

[CrazyCracka420]

Nope and a little one on the way...I'm in for the long haul. 

[Sniger]

thats one gigantic arrow to the knee 

[Kalam]

Whoever recommended The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson to me, thank you.

That was an amazing conclusion.

[Scervo]

My wife tells me to "grow up" if she sees me reading.

that is crazy.. probably one of the more productive forms of entertainment that you can NEVER grow out of.

Right now I'm reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

[Xant]

His wife tells him to grow up when he reads books.. well since it's CrazyCracka's wife I actually understand that completely.

[bilwit]

I've started rereading the greatest run on Batman ever starting with The Black Glove by Grant Morrison

[Kalam]

I've started rereading the greatest run on Batman ever starting with The Black Glove by Grant Morrison

It was a great run. I'm always surprised when DC allows something like that. Hoping Snyder gets something similar.

[bilwit]

It was a great run. I'm always surprised when DC allows something like that. Hoping Snyder gets something similar.

Honestly, I absolutely loathe the New 52 and Synder's run so far despite DC hyping him into oblivion. His best bat work to date is still his run on 'Tec. The Owl/Family/Year Zero stuff has been mediocre and recycled at best.. I just think his style works better in the sort of noir/mystery genre of 'Tec than the superheroyness of Batman. His stuff only looks good right now because in comparison, the writer talent at DC is just really bad--Higgins, Tomasi, Daniels.. just really, really void of talent right now.