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Post by Warrior of Aror on Dec 27, 2016 20:25:37 GMT
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Jan 4, 2017 23:49:57 GMT
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Jan 5, 2017 8:02:25 GMT
My library has Arcanum Unbounded!
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 5, 2017 12:38:30 GMT
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Jan 6, 2017 20:17:50 GMT
It's at a different outlet than my local one, but the status says "Being transferred between libraries". Hopefully I got my hold in first.
EDIT: Anyway, I believe I have enough reading material to wait for it…I have Paolini's Eldest waiting on my desk, and three other holds at the library (Brisingr, The Ghostfaces and Age of Myth) that may or may not come before Arcanum Unbounded. Plus the classics section in my library's ebook collection, which I discovered yesterday.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 6, 2017 21:28:51 GMT
Dmitri Pendragon: Ah. You're reading the Inheritance Cycle? Have you read it before? And you'll have to let me know how you like Age of Myth; I never actually managed to read it (or The Ghostfaces either).
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Jan 6, 2017 22:13:03 GMT
Leilani Sunblade: First time for the Inheritance Cycle. Jag is currently reading Eldest; I doubt I'll be able to finish it before camp starts tomorrow. I'll consider writing a Goodreads review for Age of Myth.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 6, 2017 22:19:53 GMT
You'll have to let me know what you think of the Inheritance Cycle too, then. I feel like people have some rather divided opinions on it . . . either that or it just gets a lot of hate in certain circles. (Likely more than it deserves.) And good; I'll keep an eye out for it.
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Post by Eruanna on Jan 11, 2017 22:31:22 GMT
Oh my goodness, has anyone read 'When Breath Becomes Air' by Paul Kalanthi?
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Post by jliessa44 on Jan 11, 2017 22:49:17 GMT
Nuh uh. Is it good?
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Post by Eruanna on Jan 11, 2017 23:03:59 GMT
Mmhm! It was a brilliant memoir and autobiography by a young residency neurosurgeon tackling the subjects of life, death, and meaning. It wasn't like an adventure or a feel-good book, but it was amazing. I loved it. It was almost poetic in the way Paul describes his search for how life, death and meaning all fit together and build on top of each other. Kinda gives a whole different perspective on the world, and facing it with integrity. In other words, I really liked it. Finished it last night.
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Post by jliessa44 on Jan 11, 2017 23:56:55 GMT
Ooh. I'll have to look into it.
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Post by Eruanna on Jan 12, 2017 0:13:03 GMT
Yes, do it. It only came out last year, but it won an award or two.
But it is a little raw at times, dealing with semi-graphic surgeries and the enormity of cancer. Which was one thing that really impacted me about the book. My dad had terminal cancer when I was a kid and I never truly understood the ramification and what he went through, all I knew is that he was sick and I had to say goodbye. And while my father had a miraculous recovery, the rarity in which situations like my father's end well is enormous. I finally can kinda stand in the shoes my dad would have stood in and see the torment that he would have gone through and the uncertainty that would have plagued him about his wife and five young children.
Regardless, it was good. Read it so I can whine about it to you. XD
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Post by jliessa44 on Jan 12, 2017 0:23:14 GMT
Oh wow. 0.0
*Salute* Will do.
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Jan 14, 2017 2:23:53 GMT
LEILANI. YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR PROFILE PICTURE AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE A NEW USER.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 14, 2017 12:52:05 GMT
Dmitri Pendragon: THANK YOU. You're the first person who's actually noticed enough to comment, which I thought was sad because this is basically the first time I've ever changed my profile picture since I got a profile picture on here. Anyway. I am mildly sorry to freak you out, but yeah. I decided I wanted to be steampunky for a while.
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Post by jliessa44 on Jan 14, 2017 14:10:16 GMT
>.< I noticed. I just forgot to comment. Lol.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 14, 2017 14:27:13 GMT
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Post by Aviar Goldeneagle on Jan 16, 2017 6:03:17 GMT
Anyone got any good book recommendations?
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Post by Elytra on Jan 16, 2017 6:37:23 GMT
The Last Legionary by Douglas Hill
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 16, 2017 12:31:11 GMT
Aviar Goldeneagle: Is there a particular type of book you're looking for? I can certainly think of something to recommend, but if you give me some information about what you want, I can give you better suggestions.
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Jan 17, 2017 5:25:49 GMT
Aviar Goldeneagle: If you're looking for good speculative/fantasy/scifi, try these: - Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy (fantasy; pretty long) - Anne Elisabeth Stengl's Tales of Goldstone Wood (fantasy) - Douglas Arthur Hill's The Last Legionary series (science fiction) - Jill Williamson's Blood of Kings (fantasy) and The Kinsman Chronicles (fantasy; for more mature readers) As for literary works, I recommend Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, which may or may not be my new favourite book.
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Post by Aviar Goldeneagle on Jan 17, 2017 9:10:30 GMT
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 17, 2017 13:33:12 GMT
Aviar Goldeneagle: Gotcha. Well, Dmitri covered my top two recommendations. A few others: - The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman*- steampunkish fantasy involving a multi-world spanning library, a secret mission to recover a book of significance, a few nicely creepy antagonists, and a dragon or two. - The Ilyon Chronicles by Jaye L. Knight- Christian medieval-ish fantasy with a bit of a Roman flair (including a persecuted-Christians-in-hiding plot, which I think is fairly unusual for Christian fantasy of any kind), first book is good but not amazing but the second and third are awesome. Includes dragons, excellent themes, a book-family that's made it onto my favorites list, and, depending what kind of reader you are, potentially heavy feels. - Shiloh by Helena Sorenson*- Christian semi-allegorical fantasy that reminds me at various times of Goldstone Wood, The Wingfeather Saga, and The Silimarillion, and possibly a few other excellent books. Free on Kindle. - The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner- Greek-flavored fantasy involving a snarky thief, good use of mythology, a fair bit of intrigue (in the later books), and amazing plot twists. Like, don't-read-the-synopsises-for-the-later-books-because-there's-spoilers sort of plot twists. Some people do find the writing style difficult to get into; I can understand where they're coming from but I like it anyway. *First book in a series, but I haven't read the rest of the series yet. Hope that helps!
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Post by jliessa44 on Jan 17, 2017 14:22:28 GMT
Ooh. Ditto in Queen's Thief and Ilyon. Loved those both.
So my go to novels to recommend are always the Knight and Rogue novels by Hilari Bell. There's next to no questionable content, and (I feel) like the characters are some of the most well written that I've ever read. A nobleman's youngest son decides to become a knight errant, an antiquated profession in the 'modern' (actually just a couple touches above medieval) times of the novel. Michael aquires a reluctant rogue of a squire named Fisk through a legal system that operates around the premise of debt. And then throughout the series they go around doing good deeds. It's my favorite series ever honestly. I reread the books alllllll the time. The first two are the best.
My other favorite series is the Seven Realms novels by Cinda Williams Chima. A young thief/retired ganglord who goes by Cuffs, because of the magical gold bands he's been unable to remove since he was a child, gets unwillingly caught up in the political unrest of the queendom when he accidentally kidnaps the heir to the throne.
Both have superb worldbuilding and both Fisk and Cuffs are some of my favorite characters ever. Both stories do use magic as major plot device though, just in case that bothers people. I love them though.
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Jan 17, 2017 14:41:51 GMT
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Post by Dmitri Pendragon on Jan 17, 2017 19:22:49 GMT
Warrior of Aror: No, I read it on January 6th before camp. Have you read it?
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Post by Aviar Goldeneagle on Jan 17, 2017 21:01:17 GMT
Thanks a lot, guys.
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Post by Warrior of Aror on Jan 17, 2017 23:57:47 GMT
Dmitri Pendragon : I haven't read it, but I've been thinking of reading it soon. I'm almost done reading At the Back of the North Wind so I think I shall start with Great Expectations next. By the way, have you read the Chronicles of Count Antonio? It was written by Anthony Hope and has a similar feel to Zenda. I've only listened to the first chapter so far, but it was very good. (Yes, I'm listening to it on audiobook. Here's the public domain link to the audiobook, if you wanted to take a look at it: librivox.org/the-chronicles-of-count-antonio-by-anthony-hope/ ) Aviar Goldeneagle I would recommend At the Back of the North Wind. It is a very good book.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Jan 18, 2017 0:16:46 GMT
jliessa44: YES Knight and Rogue. I now own all but one in the series (though the last two are eBooks). And I'm pretty sure my roommate has recommended the Seven Kingdoms series to me as well.
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