skywindO2 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 9 hours ago, Tyty said: If you guys like biblical fiction I know of a decent 1200 page book so edgy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I mean, if you actually do like the way the King James version of the bible is written, Cormac McCarthy is someone to look into. His writing style has been compared to the KJB fairly often. Also he's the best writer alive (except for maybe Salman Rushdie). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 5 hours ago, PARROTHEAD said: And what might that be? Left Behind if you read it 2.56 times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Read through the first TPB of Matt Fraction's Hawkeye and then read through Neil Gaiman's Eternals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyers0909 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 11 hours ago, Malfatron said: This is how I generally feel about Stephen king in general. Except for Revival, which is the exact opposite For sure but the characters and the world he built in The Stand still left me really happy with the book. The ending wasn't even bad it just kinda fell flat. Plus learning more about one of the characters in the Dark Tower was nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 (edited) If anybody is interested in history after all my history reading posts, I've come to the conclusion that the best light reading for American history is in the American Presidents series of books. They range from 150-180 pages and are great for getting a sense not only of each President, but also the major things going on in the country at the time of their presidency. I've been reading these mixed with more in-depth books on points in history that I find particularly interesting (The Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark's expedition, the Texas war for independence, major wars, etc). They also do a great job separating the myth and legend from the facts. I also find it very interesting that while one book will paint future or past Presidents as sort of villains/antagonists, each individual book will try its best to not necessarily defend the President, but show things from their perspective. The most interesting ones dealt with the Adams Presidents and how the John Adams book explained John's perspective, but the Jefferson one explained Jefferson's, and then John Quincy versus Andrew Jackson. Right now I'm up to the Texas war for Independence, which isn't as interesting as I thought it would be. After that, all I have standing between me and the Civil War is: Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk A Wicked War Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanon The Impending Crisis Then it's Civil War time. Edited July 25, 2019 by Outpost31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 4 hours ago, The Gnat said: Read through the first TPB of Matt Fraction's Hawkeye DO YOU LOVE IT???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 1 minute ago, Deadpulse said: DO YOU LOVE IT???? I liked it a lot. The last one in the TPB is the Young Avengers one, which I thought wasn't as great, but I really like the actual Hawkeye stories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywindO2 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Started Age of Legend by Michael J Sullivan. I'm going to be really sad when this series is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTHEAD Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 7 hours ago, skywindO2 said: Started Age of Legend by Michael J Sullivan. I'm going to be really sad when this series is done. 2 weeks ago he hosted a AMA on Reddit r/Books. About 4 days after I downloaded the Riyria Revelations series. https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/cb1tfd/ask_me_anything_ama_says_new_york_times_and_usa/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywindO2 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 54 minutes ago, PARROTHEAD said: 2 weeks ago he hosted a AMA on Reddit r/Books. About 4 days after I downloaded the Riyria Revelations series. https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/cb1tfd/ask_me_anything_ama_says_new_york_times_and_usa/ Yeah, he's a regular poster in /r/fantasy, he's great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 So I just finished Ulysses. It was easier to comprehend than I thought it would be, but it took a lot of effort to get through. It took me a little over three weeks to read, which is a long time for me. Large parts of it were incomprehensible, and if you wanted to read it and get 100% (or even 90%) of the references, you'll need one of the reading guides. But it can be read without one, you just have to accept that a lot is going to go over your head and plow through. Chapters 3 and 14 are particularly difficult, but chapter 19 is surprisingly easy to read (it's a 50 page chapter with no punctuation and only 8 sentences). And for being as dense as it is, it's also long. My version was 783 pages. Also, I actually enjoyed it. The moments where you get an obscure reference or throughline (like noticing that Bloom has two arias from Don Giovanni stuck in his head) make you feel really accomplished. The way Joyce uses stream of consciousness in the narrative is extremely impressive in the places where you can catch everything, and I get why the novel is so acclaimed. Still, I felt that a lot of the strangeness was completely unnecessary, and didn't add to the charm or uniqueness of the novel. For example, chapter 15 is a play, complete with stage directions that become increasingly bizarre. And those things weighed it down. Overall it was good, but Portrait of the Artist is way better, and if you're gonna read Joyce, I'd recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Woman in the Window's premise is interesting but the writing is pretty meh. If i took a shot of wine every time the writer wrote about needing to drink some wine I'd be dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl_sjunior Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Found the first three Gunslinger books in my girlfriend's bookcase. She had never read them, I had heard they were great. Almost done with the first book, it's pretty confusing I guess, but it's probably being purposely vague. I definitely have heard it's the weak point of the series so I'm powering through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTHEAD Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 On 7/24/2019 at 1:06 AM, PARROTHEAD said: So far going through the GGK books. Sarantine Mosaic - 10/10 Tigana - 4/10 Song for Arbonne - 8/10 The Lions of Al-Rassan - 7.5/10 The Last Light Of The Sun - 8.5/10 Under Heaven - 9.5/10 River of Stars - 7.5/10 Upcoming - Children of Earth and Sky (Same world as Lions/Mosaic/Last Light) Children of Earth and Sky. Great tale. Basically about Constantinople had been conquered for 25 years, and the emperor feels its time to push east. Book follows the lives of those on the other side and the effects of it. Sarantine Mosaic - 10/10 Tigana - 4/10 Song for Arbonne - 8/10 The Lions of Al-Rassan - 7.5/10 The Last Light Of The Sun - 8.5/10 Under Heaven - 9.5/10 River of Stars - 7.5/10 Children of Earth and Sky - 8/10 The last one - A Brightness Long Ago - (Story taking place in Renaissance Italy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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