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Artemas Entreri
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Posted - 14 Jul 2015 :  21:44:53  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message
Finished Neverwinter.

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DragonReader
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Posted - 15 Jul 2015 :  14:41:49  Show Profile  Visit DragonReader's Homepage Send DragonReader a Private Message
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Finished Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. I really liked what he did with this one.



I really liked the revelations about who shot Harry.



Yes, I thought that was very well done.

I though the entire book was well done, especially that final whisper from Uriel :)

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DragonReader
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Posted - 15 Jul 2015 :  14:42:27  Show Profile  Visit DragonReader's Homepage Send DragonReader a Private Message
Decided to go with Tower Broken.
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Artemas Entreri
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Posted - 15 Jul 2015 :  15:56:26  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message
Starting Charon's Claw.

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 18 Jul 2015 :  16:41:01  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message
I started and finished Armada; I stayed up later than I should to finish it.

It's not quite as good as Ready Player One, but that's a high bar to set. I still quite enjoyed the book; it's made my list of fave books of the year.

My next reading choices were either Sense & Sensibility or Ender's Game. The former is not something I'd usually go for, but in the last few years, I've broadened my reading horizons just the tiniest bit. And I did enjoy Pride & Prejudice.

I decided to do Sense & Sensibility first, because Armada was influenced by Ender's Game, and I wanted something different. So Ender's Game will be next on the list. I'll likely need to find another standalone book or two to squeeze in there before the reprint of Neverwhere comes out, as well.

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Artemas Entreri
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Posted - 22 Jul 2015 :  20:03:38  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message
Finished Charon's Claw. Enjoyed it, but Salvatore's uber-hinting really subtracted from would have been a nice pay-off in the end. It's nice when an author actually realizes that their readers aren't as stupid as they think we are.

Resuming Realms of War to finish up the last few short stories.

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Artemas Entreri
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Posted - 23 Jul 2015 :  17:13:42  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message
Finished up with Realms of War. Going to plow through the 4 Cold Steel and Secrets novellas now.

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 24 Jul 2015 :  18:44:44  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message
So I finished Sense & Sensibility... I didn't dislike it, but it didn't work for me. It was another of those that I was eager to finish, just to move on to something else.

I started Ender's Game this morn. So far it's just weird. At this point in the book, Ender is only 6, but he's showing a way of thinking that some that are 16 (or older!) don't demonstrate.

But that's a minor quibble; I've barely started the book. We'll see how it goes as I get further into it.

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 26 Jul 2015 :  22:23:17  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message
The characters just don't work for me, but I'm otherwise enjoying Ender's Game. I've got maybe another hour of reading before I finish it.

Next up will be a Shadowrun anthology, Spells & Chrome. I picked it to be next because it's an anthology -- it'll be really easy to put it aside in favor of the re-release of Neverwhere on Tuesday.

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Iahn Qoyllor
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Posted - 27 Jul 2015 :  08:19:33  Show Profile Send Iahn Qoyllor a Private Message
I've just started Circle of Skull and showing lots of potential.
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The Red Walker
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Posted - 28 Jul 2015 :  21:11:49  Show Profile Send The Red Walker a Private Message
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert

The characters just don't work for me, but I'm otherwise enjoying Ender's Game. I've got maybe another hour of reading before I finish it.

Next up will be a Shadowrun anthology, Spells & Chrome. I picked it to be next because it's an anthology -- it'll be really easy to put it aside in favor of the re-release of Neverwhere on Tuesday.



Wooly,

I got an authors proffered text version of Neverwhere in like 2006-ish....are there new additions or changes to this release?

A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka

"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -

John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 29 Jul 2015 :  04:04:45  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert

The characters just don't work for me, but I'm otherwise enjoying Ender's Game. I've got maybe another hour of reading before I finish it.

Next up will be a Shadowrun anthology, Spells & Chrome. I picked it to be next because it's an anthology -- it'll be really easy to put it aside in favor of the re-release of Neverwhere on Tuesday.



Wooly,

I got an authors proffered text version of Neverwhere in like 2006-ish....are there new additions or changes to this release?



The blurbage online says:

quote:
The #1 New York Times bestselling author’s ultimate edition of his wildly successful first novel featuring his “preferred text”—and including the special “Neverwhere” tale “How the Marquis Got His Coat Back.”

Published in 1997, Neil Gaiman’s darkly hypnotic first novel, Neverwhere, heralded the arrival of this major talent and became a touchstone of urban fantasy. Over the years, a number of versions were produced both in the U.S. and the U.K. Now, this author’s preferred edition of his classic novel reconciles these versions and reinstates a number of scenes cut from the original published books.



And it's a hardcover that just dropped today.

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Artemas Entreri
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Posted - 30 Jul 2015 :  20:00:13  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message
Finished up the 4 Cold Steel and Secrets novellas.

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DragonReader
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Posted - 01 Aug 2015 :  01:38:06  Show Profile  Visit DragonReader's Homepage Send DragonReader a Private Message
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Finished up the 4 Cold Steel and Secrets novellas.



How were these. I have them on my Kindle waiting to be read.
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DragonReader
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Posted - 01 Aug 2015 :  15:44:39  Show Profile  Visit DragonReader's Homepage Send DragonReader a Private Message
Last night I finished Tower Broken the final book in the Tower and Knife trilogy by Mazarkis Williams. Great book, great trilogy! Highly recommended...

Today I will start Cold Days by Jim Butcher.
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Artemas Entreri
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Posted - 01 Aug 2015 :  19:04:03  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message
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quote:
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Finished up the 4 Cold Steel and Secrets novellas.



How were these. I have them on my Kindle waiting to be read.



I thought they were ok. A short story really has to be something spectacular for me to rate it any higher than just average.

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Artemas Entreri
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Posted - 03 Aug 2015 :  17:27:40  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message
Starting The Last Threshold.

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Finglas Leaflock
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Posted - 04 Aug 2015 :  21:00:07  Show Profile Send Finglas Leaflock a Private Message
I've been catching up on my FR novels, and am in the middle of Elminster Enraged now. I think I need to read all of the Erevis Cale books (the two trilogies; I already read all of the Sembia series) and the Erin Evans books before starting in on The Sundering series. The joy is in the journey, and I am enjoying the ride with all these books!

Edit: Looks like I still have the Neverwinter books left to go, also. There go another four books to read!

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 04 Aug 2015 :  21:32:16  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message
Back on Spells & Chrome, after starting and finishing Neverwhere this weekend. Next up will be World of Shadows, another Shadowrun anthology. I might not have queued it up next, but when I met Michael Stackpole the other day, he mentioned he had a story in there, focusing on Wolfgang Kies -- I always enjoyed the Wolf and Raven stories.

Next up after that will be the Dragonvarld trilogy by Margaret Weis; she autographed them when I bought them from her booth this weekend.

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Artemas Entreri
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Posted - 08 Aug 2015 :  00:14:19  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message
Finished The Last Threshold. It was a good book overall, but Salvatore's dialogue between Dhalia and Drizzt was hard to stomach.

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Artemas Entreri
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Posted - 10 Aug 2015 :  16:47:16  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message
Starting The Fanged Crown by Jenna Helland.

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Artemas Entreri
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Posted - 12 Aug 2015 :  14:06:46  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message
Finished The Fanged Crown. Pretty solid book for a first-time Realms author.

Starting Dragons of Autumn Twilight for the first time!

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 12 Aug 2015 :  18:10:58  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message
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Starting Dragons of Autumn Twilight for the first time!





For the first time?!? Oh, boy, you're in for a great read!

If it wasn't for the Chronicles and Legends, I likely never would have gotten into the Realms -- the first Realms novel I bought, what caught my eye was the "from the publishers of the Dragonlance Saga!" blurb.

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Artemas Entreri
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Posted - 13 Aug 2015 :  03:14:28  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message
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Starting Dragons of Autumn Twilight for the first time!





For the first time?!? Oh, boy, you're in for a great read!

If it wasn't for the Chronicles and Legends, I likely never would have gotten into the Realms -- the first Realms novel I bought, what caught my eye was the "from the publishers of the Dragonlance Saga!" blurb.



That's what most people say! I'm enjoying it so far. I read a few Dragonlance books back in the day, but not one of the "core" novels.

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 14 Aug 2015 :  18:24:03  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message
Finally finished that Shadowrun anthology. This morn I started Mistress of Dragons, one of the books I purchased from, and had signed by, Margaret Weis, at GenCon. I bought the whole Dargonvarld trilogy from her.

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 14 Aug 2015 :  18:37:30  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message
I've also been reading X-Treme Dungeon Mastery. When I bought it from him at GenCon, Tracy Hickman personally assured me it was the most important RPG book ever written. I don't know about that, but it is quite a humorous read -- as I should have expected, once I saw that he provided one of the author's blurbs on the back cover (of a book he wrote!), and that even the back cover had footnotes.

When he signed it, he wrote "you go up a level." I'm sure this refers to the "XDM levels" described in the book, but I tried to use it with my DM to justify my character going up a level. As expected, he didn't buy it.

It was said, though, that if we were playing a Dragonlance campaign, he might have considered it.

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Thauranil
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About halfway through Fool Moon by Jim Butcher. The second book in the Dresden files series is proving to a lot more enjoyable than the first,
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Scimitars of Drizzt
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I recently finished Gauntlgrym.

I thought I would expand my horizon in the Realms. I've only read Realms lore from a select few authors. I really want to get into new series', especially some of the older ones. Elminster is on my list.

But for now, I'm diving into Forsaken House by Richard Baker. The only Baker novel I've read, was his installation in the WOTSQ series. What are people's thoughts on Forsaken House?

"Surrender now, or we will slay you!" the leader of the creatures called, a bit louder and more forcefully.
"A moment, please, my friend," Zasian said, motioning to the dwarf for patience. "We are discussing your terms."

"Ye heading off with Invo . . . Inno . . . that durned elf?"

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Originally posted by Scimitars of Drizzt

I recently finished Gauntlgrym.

I thought I would expand my horizon in the Realms. I've only read Realms lore from a select few authors. I really want to get into new series', especially some of the older ones. Elminster is on my list.

But for now, I'm diving into Forsaken House by Richard Baker. The only Baker novel I've read, was his installation in the WOTSQ series. What are people's thoughts on Forsaken House?



I haven't read Forsaken House, but Richard Baker is, imo, one of the best authors to have written for the Realms. His Blades of the Moonsea trilogy is one of my favorite realms works. Forsaken House is definitely on my to-read list.
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quote:
Originally posted by Scimitars of Drizzt

I recently finished Gauntlgrym.

I thought I would expand my horizon in the Realms. I've only read Realms lore from a select few authors. I really want to get into new series', especially some of the older ones. Elminster is on my list.

But for now, I'm diving into Forsaken House by Richard Baker. The only Baker novel I've read, was his installation in the WOTSQ series. What are people's thoughts on Forsaken House?



I haven't read Forsaken House, but Richard Baker is, imo, one of the best authors to have written for the Realms. His Blades of the Moonsea trilogy is one of my favorite realms works. Forsaken House is definitely on my to-read list.



Awesome, thanks for the feedback.
I'll update my thoughts on the book as I progress farther.

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