July's Jubilant Joust At New Books

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I'm reading A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. I'm not sure if I care enough to finish it, even though I brought the sequel home from the library at the same time.
 
Right, finished the backlog of comic books, and realised that there were a few other books that needed reading,,, rather errr quickly, so am finishing off The Blokes Guide to Pregnancy by Jon Smith before I go onto anything else
 
Perpetual Man said:
Right, finished the backlog of comic books, and realised that there were a few other books that needed reading,,, rather errr quickly, so am finishing off The Blokes Guide to Pregnancy by Jon Smith before I go onto anything else
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Good man,taking an interest there,thats what we like to see.
 
AE35Unit said:
Good man,taking an interest there,thats what we like to see.
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It's quite entertaining and humorous really, only problem is that the other half keeps stealing it, because it's funnier than the books she's been looking at :rolleyes:
 
I found a very funny book in the library when we were expecting Katie(4 years ago,good grief!),can't remember the title but it was hilarious,written from a baby's point of view
 
Orion said:
So, now you guys got me interested in the other robin hobb books. Question though.

Is the Liveship Traders Trilogy and The Tawney Man Trilogy, even tho connected in some ways, stand alone? Thing is, I'm not too into the whole ship-life thing but am really interested in more stuff with Fitz so just wondering.
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The Liveships continue the story of one of the charicters from the Apprerentice trilogy, the Tawny man trilogy finishes that story. Once you've read the assasins apprentice read Liveships then The Tawny man trilogy!:D
 
I'm taking a break from fantasy and reading The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold for my book club. It has quite a bizarre opening ( the narrator kills her senile mother ), and I'm not really enjoying it very much. I don't know how to take it. So far, it seems so tongue-in-cheek that I can't appreciate the seriousness of her act. To be honest, I'm anxious to get back into my fantasy TBR pile :eek:.

To add to the Robin Hobb comments, I read Liveship trilogy first and I think it could be approached as a stand alone trilogy. Farseer and Tawny Man should be read together.
 
I've been on a bit of a non-fiction kick lately, but I'm looking to start another fantasy series. I'm currently staring at Dragonbone Chair (re-read), Lord of the Isles (never read), Storm of Swords (re-read), Eye of the World (re-read), Curse of the Mistwraith (started once but never finished), Amber Wizard (never read), Tigana (never read).

decisions, decisions...
 
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Right, finished the backlog of comic books, and realised that there were a few other books that needed reading,,, rather errr quickly, so am finishing off The Blokes Guide to Pregnancy by Jon Smith before I go onto anything else
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Is this related to recent events in the news:eek:
 
I printed the sample of the first chapter of Fools Errant by Matthew Hughes.


I like his prose, i like how he tries to write it like the great JV.

Hope the story is good.
 
I'm sticking with my sf masterworks collection at the moment, finished Grass now moving on to The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman.
 
UltraCulture said:
I'm sticking with my sf masterworks collection at the moment, finished Grass now moving on to The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman.
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What kind of SFF writer is Ryman ? I have stories of him in my Mammoth book of Best fantasy. The guy is in great company with REH,Vance,Leiber,Meritt,George Macdonald etc

I also saw a book of his in Fantasy Masterworks.
 
Dont know much about him to be honest, I picked up this book as I'm enjoying the series so much(and it was cheap), all I can give you is the blurb on the back of the book.

London's semi-tropical climate means that it is now surrounded by paddy fields. Londeners, like plants feed off the sun. The young, raised in Child Gardens, are educated by viruses: information, culture, law and polotics are biological functions. The Consensus oversees the country, 'treating' non-confrmism. But Milena is different: she is resistant to the viruses - and she is capable of changing the world.

You now know as much as me.

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He also wrote in a collection of stories called Cities along with Paul Di Filippo, Mieville and Moorcock so he's in good company there.
 
Interesting share your thoughts about his stories when you are done.


I have moved Cowl by Neal Asher. Wanted to read new SF novel among reading many short stories.

I like the writing and the world so far. Hopefully the main character grows from her "life" early in the story.....
 
Connavar said:
Interesting share your thoughts about his stories when you are done.


I have moved Cowl by Neal Asher. Wanted to read new SF novel among reading many short stories.

I like the writing and the world so far. Hopefully the main character grows from her "life" early in the story.....
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Aren't those books about a detective but in the future?
 
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