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[TheKaspa]

Are you on GoodReads as well?

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I'm too busy to read quite this much, but I did just acquire Collapse and The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond, so they should prove interesting.

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[Arx]

Spoiler: 16/52 (click to show/hide)

Towers of Midnight - Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson (Yay, plotlines all finishing off.)
Bloodheir - Brian Ruckley (While it's well written, I'm not actually sure how much happened in it)
Divergent - Veronica Roth (Not the best book I've ever read, and definitely a YA novel, but good concept and writing.)
The Fault in our Stars - John Green (Emotion rollercoaster. Pretty good read.)
Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson (It's slightly weird reading an author who's influenced my style so much)
Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson (Manages to pull off the couple of clichés with finesse. Really enjoying this.)
A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson (I enjoyed it. Pretty good wrap-up.)
The Young Unicorns - Madeleine L'Engle (Not my kind of book. Readable, but I mostly read it out of necessity)
Troubling a Star - Madeleine L'Engle (See above)
Meet the Austins - Madeleine L'Engle (See above)
The Moon by Night - Madeleine L'Engle (See above)
A Ring of Endless Light - Madeleine L'Engle (See above)
Little Brother - Cory Doctorow (Certainly an interesting book. Large parts seemed unrealistic to me. Still saddened by my lack of access to materials.)
Pollyanna - Eleanor Porter (Sort of cool, but so unlikely, at least in modern times)
For the Win - Cory Doctorow (Interesting. A little weird.)
The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss (I still enjoy it. I think the sort-of over the top-ness might be part of what makes it divisive.)

I haven't been reading much. In my defense, I haven't had time to study for tests either.

[TD1]

Same. Though I have done work too.

16/52
The third GoT book.

[TheKaspa]

@Arx, you might try Malazan Book of the Fallen. It's the reason I've not yet read The Name of the Wind

[Arx]

I've been meaning to for... over a year, but the library doesn't have the first one and I don't want to spend money without checking whether I like it.

[SirQuiamus]

Eeeeh? I can't believe it's week 13 already! _{I need to cut down on the booze if I want to do this. And wasting time on reading old threads on Bay12 isn't helping either.}

Anyway: Twelve weeks in and seven books down... oh well.

Spoiler: 7/52 (click to show/hide)

1. Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont, Intellectual Impostures.

2. Adam Roberts, I Am Scrooge: A Zombie Story for Christmas.

3. W. V. Quine, Theories and Things.

4. Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason.

5. Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox.

6. John Cleland, Fanny Hill.

7. Sheridan Le Fanu, In a Glass Darkly.

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[TheKaspa]

I've been meaning to for... over a year, but the library doesn't have the first one and I don't want to spend money without checking whether I like it.

If you have an Amazon.com account, I could loan you my kindle copy.
The only issue is that I can lend it once and only for 14 days. But depending on you reading speed it should be enough.

[Arx]

I've been meaning to for... over a year, but the library doesn't have the first one and I don't want to spend money without checking whether I like it.

If you have an Amazon.com account, I could loan you my kindle copy.
The only issue is that I can lend it once and only for 14 days. But depending on you reading speed it should be enough.

Hm. I don't, but it's tempting. I've been thinking about it anyway; the only problem is that I don't have kindle or a tablet, and I detest reading on my phone.

I'll look it up and get back to you. Thanks for the offer!

[Flying Dice]

Okay, geez. Time to try to remember. In no particular order.

Spoiler: 4/52 (click to show/hide)

The Beau Monde
Hannah Grieg

Quite interesting look into the political-aristocratic culture of 18th century Britain. Scholarly but not dense. Highly recommended if you're at all interested in the era. It's got some structural decisions I don't agree with, but is well-written.

Spoiler: 5/52 (click to show/hide)

Fool Moon
Jim Butcher

Gee, I guess I liked the first one enough to buy another.

Spoiler: 6/52 (click to show/hide)

The Lives of Tao
Wesley Chu

Meeeeh. Not terrible for a random off-the-shelf grab, but not something I plan to reread.

I think there were a few other things, but I can't remember.

[Arx]

Spoiler: 21/52 (click to show/hide)

Towers of Midnight - Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson (Yay, plotlines all finishing off.)
Bloodheir - Brian Ruckley (While it's well written, I'm not actually sure how much happened in it)
Divergent - Veronica Roth (Not the best book I've ever read, and definitely a YA novel, but good concept and writing.)
The Fault in our Stars - John Green (Emotion rollercoaster. Pretty good read.)
Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson (It's slightly weird reading an author who's influenced my style so much)
Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson (Manages to pull off the couple of clichés with finesse. Really enjoying this.)
A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson (I enjoyed it. Pretty good wrap-up.)
The Young Unicorns - Madeleine L'Engle (Not my kind of book. Readable, but I mostly read it out of necessity)
Troubling a Star - Madeleine L'Engle (See above)
Meet the Austins - Madeleine L'Engle (See above)
The Moon by Night - Madeleine L'Engle (See above)
A Ring of Endless Light - Madeleine L'Engle (See above)
Little Brother - Cory Doctorow (Certainly an interesting book. Large parts seemed unrealistic to me. Still saddened by my lack of access to materials.)
Pollyanna - Eleanor Porter (Sort of cool, but so unlikely, at least in modern times)
For the Win - Cory Doctorow (Interesting. A little weird.)
The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss (I still enjoy it. I think the sort-of over the top-ness might be part of what makes it divisive.)
The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss (I don't know whether these books maybe appeal more to academics and musicians or something. I still enjoy them)
The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss (I really enjoyed the style. It might be helped by the mood I was in when I read it.)
The Desert Spear - Peter Brett (It's good, but I wish it was a little bit less dark and edgy.)
Absolution - Patrick Flanery (If you want to write a South African novel, please have the common decency to familiarise yourself with the country first.)
Ways of Dying - Zakes Mda (Zakes Mda has an interesting style. I quit enjoyed this, although I'm not sure how to describe it.)

You know, I would really like a series of gritty fantasy novels that don't make everything about sex and rape. That only briefly mention sex and don't have any rape, even.


Ways of Dying is weird. It's like the story of a homeless man, the hostel wars, a prostitute, and the villages, through a series of stories about people dying and one meta-story.

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