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Postby Tamachan319 » Sat Oct 30, 2010 6:13 pm

FllMtl Novelist (post: 1433488) wrote:Just started reading Circle of Magic book 1: Sandry's Book, by Tamora Pierce. I hope I don't lose focus and wander off like I've done with plenty other books... XD


I add my own warning to Atria and a couple others' warnings. Let's just say it's...um...obvious she's not a Christian. Story-wise, her books are pretty good. So, the moral of the story is (:)) that I recommend reading her books, but with (as my mom would say) your "Bible glasses" on.
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Postby Atria35 » Sat Oct 30, 2010 6:25 pm

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War- and it is goood.
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Postby armeck » Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:03 pm

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Postby FllMtl Novelist » Sun Oct 31, 2010 1:27 pm

Tamachan319 (post: 1434033) wrote:I add my own warning to Atria and a couple others' warnings. Let's just say it's...um...obvious she's not a Christian. Story-wise, her books are pretty good. So, the moral of the story is (:)) that I recommend reading her books, but with (as my mom would say) your "Bible glasses" on.

Again, thanks for the head's up, but I think I'll be fine. :)

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Postby Atria35 » Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:33 pm

Awright, so today I finished 3 books!
World War Z; An Oral History of the Zombie War- an amazing book that treats the whole zombie-invation thing quite seriously. From the perspective of several people from across the war, you see how it's initailly taken to be a serious infection, how people would react with disbelief to what it does, how it would spread quite easily, like Hep and AIDS did before screening for those caught on, and how countries would realistically fight them off. Full of human drama and a great look at something normally taken as utterly rediculous, this was excelent. And it's on my Xmas wishlist.

Ship Breaker- another post-apocalyptic book, this one about a boy working as someone who helps strip old oil tankers of the valuable metal, living on the edges of society in America. Also an excelent read, with a good take on what would happen if Global Warming got serious, with lots of adventure and action.

Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret- okay, I really don't know what all the fuss over this book is about. I mean, it's scarily close to my pre-teen years. So she doesn't find religion in the end? So what? With those sorts of grandparents, I wouldn't want to be forced into any religion either (which is essentially what they were doing). They were using her search for it for.. a lot of reasons. And to have to deal with that, plus the confusion and hormones that Teenagedom brings, it's a blessing that she was talking to God at all. And that's a start. I mean, at least she was honestly looking for Him.
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Postby CrystalChalice » Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:27 pm

I'm reading The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero by Rick Riorkan
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Postby Nami » Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:13 am

CrystalChalice (post: 1434317) wrote:I'm reading The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero by Rick Riorkan


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Postby Mr. Hat'n'Clogs » Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:08 am

Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command, also known as The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn. - So lately I've been craving Star Wars, so once I finished The Fires of Heaven, I decided it would be cool to get back into Star Wars, and where better to rejoin the EU but with the series that really kicked it off.

Zahn is definitely a great writer. His books have good pacing, they introduce some of the most beloved characters in the EU(Mara Jade, Thrawn, Talon Kardde, Pelleon), and makes great stories that match the spirit of the original trilogy. It was really refreshing after reading Jordan to have a book with a good plot in 300-450 pages. DFR petered out a little but The Last Command more than made up for it.
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Postby bigsleepj » Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:20 am

A Case for Christ by Lee Strobel.
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Postby Edward » Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:54 pm

I am currently reading the Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. I've barely begun the first book and I already love it!
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Postby Atria35 » Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:56 pm

I'm going to be reading the Mortal Instruments trilogy- I have the first two books, City of Bones and City of Ashes out from the library.
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Postby FllMtl Novelist » Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:04 pm

CrystalChalice (post: 1434317) wrote:I'm reading The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero by Rick Riorkan

8O I want to get my hands on that!! How good is it?!
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Postby ich1990 » Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:24 am

“The Atlantis Complex” by Eoin Colfer

Much, much better than the abysmal “The Time Paradox”, but not nearly as good as the rest. Improvement is improvement, though, so I remain hopeful.

I do miss the cool hero-with-sketchy-methods Artemis of old, though. Somehow, him running around trying to stop global warming isn't as awesome as him ripping off Russian mafia and the like. 7/10
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Postby TWWK » Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:21 am

Silence by Shunsaku Endo - my first non-fiction book in ages! I've only read the introduction to it, and I'm really excited to read it!
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Postby bigsleepj » Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:19 am

TWWK (post: 1434775) wrote:Silence by Shunsaku Endo - my first non-fiction book in ages! I've only read the introduction to it, and I'm really excited to read it!


Silence is an excellent book but its very disturbing and very disturbing. I'm very sad that Martin Scorcese never made a movie of this book as he planned.

And, its not non-fiction but fiction. Though it is certainly based on real characters and inspired by real events, the main character is very much fictional.
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Postby rocklobster » Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:34 am

reading Lies by Michael Grant, book three in the Gone series.
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Postby ich1990 » Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:19 am

TWWK (post: 1434775) wrote:Silence by Shunsaku Endo - my first non-fiction book in ages! I've only read the introduction to it, and I'm really excited to read it!
One of the finest I have ever read. I didn't care for it that much the first time through, but the second time affirmed its value tenfold. If you like it, you should definitely also check out "The Power and the Glory" by Graham Greene. Both are disturbing religious novels that will haunt you the rest of your life, suck the joy out of your soul, offer you no peace or easy answers, and maybe, just maybe, give you a glimpse of God that you would never have seen otherwise. Happy reading.

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Postby rocklobster » Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:05 pm

finished. Now re-reading A Crown of Swords, book 7 in the Wheel of Time. And I just saw the new book in the series yesterday in the library and guess what? I didn't pick it up because I was busy with another book. Now I go to turn in Lies and--wouldn't you know it--someone beat me to it!:hits_self
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Postby FllMtl Novelist » Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:07 pm

Finished the aforementioned Sandry's Book. Started Tris's Book. ^^
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Postby TWWK » Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:49 pm

bigsleepj (post: 1434789) wrote:Silence is an excellent book but its very disturbing and very disturbing. I'm very sad that Martin Scorcese never made a movie of this book as he planned.

And, its not non-fiction but fiction. Though it is certainly based on real characters and inspired by real events, the main character is very much fictional.


Yeah, I meant fiction, hehe. I've been reading almost entirely non-fiction for ages now, until this novel.

I had heard, though, that this might be Scorsese's next film? I'm only about 20% through, but it certainly looks like it would excellent film material in a strong director's hands.

ich1990 (post: 1435025) wrote:One of the finest I have ever read. I didn't care for it that much the first time through, but the second time affirmed its value tenfold. If you like it, you should definitely also check out "The Power and the Glory" by Graham Greene. Both are disturbing religious novels that will haunt you the rest of your life, suck the joy out of your soul, offer you no peace or easy answers, and maybe, just maybe, give you a glimpse of God that you would never have seen otherwise. Happy reading.

Be sure to let us know what you think of it.


The foreword mentioned Greene as a comparison - I've never read any of his works. I'll let you know what I think of it...in fact, I'm sure I'll blog about it. It's already an experience...and basically, nothing has yet happened in the story.
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Postby CrystalChalice » Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:33 am

FllMtl Novelist (post: 1434660) wrote:8O I want to get my hands on that!! How good is it?!


The book is really awesome, too bad we have to wait until next year for the second one. :waah!:
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Postby FllMtl Novelist » Sat Nov 06, 2010 1:46 pm

CrystalChalice (post: 1435639) wrote:The book is really awesome, too bad we have to wait until next year for the second one. :waah!:

I am so glad. I'll have to ask my library about it, now that I know it's good... :)
Thanks for telling me. ^^
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Postby Atria35 » Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:24 am

I don't know why I'm so fascinated with post-apocalyptia at this point, but I am.

I just finished The Windup Girl, which takes place when gene hacking and manipulation have created terrors of biological diseases and plagues, and in turn people are racing to create new species of plants that are resistant to them. There are mutant plants, animals, and even... people. While this takes place in Thailand, there are other countries and complex politics that are shaping that small country. A Windup Girl, a genetically enhanced human who is resistant to many of the illnesses and diseases that run through this world, has been abandoned in it and must fight for her survival. And though she was created sterile, could she become mankind's hope for survival?

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Postby rocklobster » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:33 am

Just finished A Slobbering Love Affair by Bernard Goldberg. Now reading Outcast, the third book in the third Warriors arc.
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Postby Nami » Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:41 am

Wayfarer by R.J. Anderson Good book, about faeries and its not DARK and stuff like most >>
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Postby Edward » Wed Nov 10, 2010 1:43 pm

Mistborn: The Well of Ascension, book two in the Mistborn trilogy.
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Postby Atria35 » Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:57 am

Finished Well of Ascention- WOw. She really had an Idiot Ball moment in this. [spoiler]Okay, the madman had told her that Cett was the one who had sent the Allomancer assasins, not the other invading king. So when she finds out that Cett doesn't have any Allomancers, and there aren't and in the main city, who's left with Allomancers? DUH![/spoiler]

I also read Under the Banner of Heaven, a look at a murder under the context of radical Mormonism, and also looked at the history of Mormonism and Fundamentalist Mormonism. Interesting stuff.
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Postby rocklobster » Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:48 pm

Starting Towers of Midnight, book 13 in the Wheel of Time series.
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Postby MomentOfInertia » Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:37 pm

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Postby the_wolfs_howl » Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:38 am

MomentOfInertia (post: 1436611) wrote:Also read Assassin's Apprentice after someone on here said it was good, (I forget who it was) they were right and I'm going to get the sequel this week from the library.


Could it have been me? :grin: I'm nearing the end of Assassin's Apprentice, and I love it so much! It's been so long since I've read a fantasy book where there was nothing in it that made me yawn or wish it wasn't there (my brother tells me there might be some later on, though). It's also made me cry twice, which is more than I can say for any other fantasy book for a loooooooong time!
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