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[Vector]

Thirded.

[Pnx]

Ah yeah, I've been meaning to look into that one. It looks interesting, I'll definitely try to pick it up if I see it.

This is what my list of titles looks like so far, It's mostly classical literature that I've had an interest in looking up for a while now:

"20 Years Later" Alexander Dumas
"The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later" Alexander Dumas (probably won't be getting this one now)
"The Count of Monte Cristo" Alexander Dumas
"A Canticle for Leibowitz" Walter M. Miller, Jr.
"Les Miserables" Victor Hugo (this one's a lengthy five volumes)
"Frankenstein" Mary Shelley
"Dracula" Bram Stoker
"The Princess Bride" William Goldman
"House of Leaves" Mark Z Danielewski

On top of that I might wind up reading the last two wheel of time books. I sort of got turned off this prospect when my brother after hearing that it would be completed by Brandon Sanderson went out and got "The Way of Kings", which was a book I really didn't like, it wasn't especially bad, but something about elicited such a huge, "meh" reaction from me that it still sits unfinished on my bedside table. Something about the characters and plot dynamics just felt somewhat flat to me... Which was weird because I read gigantic amounts of pulp fantasy back in the day.

[Sappho]

Ohhhhh A Canticle for Liebowitz is one of my favorites, might have to re-read that one after I finish the Dune series again.

[Kirbypowered]

I've Finished!

...another book, that is. Whew. The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton, a good 1100 pages long. Most certainly not for everyone, but I enjoyed it quite well.

It's science fiction, about...well, the future, full 'a good ol' space travel and such. Crazy stuff starts happening on some newly settled planet, reality jumps out a window. Hundreds of characters are named, their little stories going about seemingly unrelated to others' stories (this is a galaxy spanning epic, after all). It all starts coming together though. Mostly. The scale of things feels sufficiently massive for the book to pull off being as big as it is. (this "review" is lousy and you should go read a more professional one elsewhere)

Oh, and it's the first book of the Night's Dawn trilogy, so I'm actually nowhere near finished. Not that I have the other books...

Spoiler: 3/40 (click to show/hide)

The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved and Why Numbers Are Like Gossip - Keith Devlin (328 pages)
Titus Groan - Mervyn Peake (398 pages)
The Reality Dysfuntion - Peter F. Hamilton (1108 pages)

Edit: Readed bookses list now with number of pages information!

[Dutchling]

It's science fiction, about...well, the future, full 'a good ol' space travel and such. Crazy stuff starts happening on some newly settled planet, reality jumps out a window. Hundreds of characters are named, their little stories going about seemingly unrelated to others' stories (this is a galaxy spanning epic, after all). It all starts coming together though. Mostly. The scale of things feels sufficiently massive for the book to pull off being as big as it is. (this "review" is lousy and you should go read a more professional one elsewhere)

Lousy? I need to read this now D:

[The Darkling Wolf]

Autocorrect strikes again.

[Kirbypowered]

Lousy: 1. Very poor or bad; disgusting: "lousy weather"
          2. Ill; in poor physical condition: "she felt lousy"

Had me thinking it had something to do with louses, but it seems not. Second definition is what I was going for. Maybe there are multiple spellings? Or maybe that wasn't the point?

[The Darkling Wolf]

I assume it was intended to be 'Linky' and autocorrect was like 'lolnope'

The former being a commonly used term when one wishes another forumite to share a link to something they mentioned.

[Dutchling]

I questioned the lousiness of their review, as it made me want to read the book

[The Darkling Wolf]

I had not noticed their usage of the word lousy, I shall remove the egg from my face and turn it into a fine omlette.

[Kirbypowered]

I love how none of us knew what anyone else was saying, or to whom. Except maybe Dutchling, you seemed to know what was going on.

Also, I felt my review was lousy because it was short and vague, as opposed to the well-written, detailed review (honestly all out spoilers in the last paragraph, and maybe a couple others, though) I read before finding the book. Perhaps vague is better sometimes.

/attempts to throw every book I read in everyone's face

[i2amroy]

And another Terry Pratchett goes down. The Light Fantastic comes in at 241 pages and several hours worth of enjoyment. It's extremely interesting to see this series develop from some more cliched roots into the unique style of the later books.

Spoiler: Books Finished 23/52 (click to show/hide)

Valentine's Exile - E.E. Knight
Valentine's Resolve - E.E. Knight
Fall With Honor - E.E. Knight
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein
When Darkness Falls - Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
Lear's Daughters - Marjorie Kellogg with William Rossow
Rhapsody: Child of Blood - Elizabeth Haydon
An Artificial Night - Seanan McGuire
Late Eclipses - Seanan McGuire
The Redemption of Althalus - David and Leigh Eddings
Ghost Story - Jim Butcher
Cold Days - Jim Butcher
Prophecy: Child of Earth - Elizabeth Haydon
Destiny: Child of Sky - Elizabeth Hadon
Into the Storm - Taylor Anderson
Crusade - Taylor Anderson
Maelstrom - Taylor Anderson
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
Pyramids - Terry Pratchett
Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett
Sourcery - Terry Pratchett
The Color of Magic -Terry Pratchett
The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett

Total Pages: 10,398

[Lectorog]

I've picked up The Reality Dysfunction twice and haven't gotten through the first half yet. It's dense. Undoubtedly a good book, but not everyone may enjoy it.

I really could've done without some of the really smutty parts in between. Maybe it gets justified later in, maybe it doesn't, I don't know, maybe it adds a depth I never caught because I never finished it, but cripes. I read that stuff in class. That's like people reading Fifty Shades in public.

Naw, 's just character building and entertainment. I found most of those parts too artistic to be smutty.

[Pnx]

Ok, so my book raid was halfway successful, I came away with "The Princess Bride", "Dracula", "Frankenstein", and "Twenty Years After". But I didn't find "Canticle for Leibowitz", or "House of Leaves". *shrug* I'll get around to them later.

[Dutchling]

Frankenstein is a good book

And as House is blue in 'house of leaves' I assume that is the same book I borrowed from my brother (it has a different name in Dutch). I started it, but I quickly got confused . I'll try again soon though, and pay a little more attention.