What are you Reading Right Now?

[boogielicious]

So Anyway by John Cleese.  It is good so far.  Not riotously funny, but a great insight on how he became a great comedic actor and writer.

[Ernest Jones]

Chesapeake by James Michener.

Pretty good, second time reading it. Hoping to get the 3rd book of Ken Follet's excellent Century trilogy for Christmas.

[14ledo81]

Just finished "Knife of Dreams" by Robert Jordan.

Will soon be starting on "The Gathering Storm".  The next book in the series.

[Ernest Jones]

Just finished "Knife of Dreams" by Robert Jordan.

Will soon be starting on "The Gathering Storm".  The next book in the series.

Nice. I've been holding off on "A Memory of Light". I think I might want to buy it, put it on the shelf and start from the beginning and go all the way through the series.

[14ledo81]

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Originally Posted by 14ledo81

Just finished "Knife of Dreams" by Robert Jordan.

Will soon be starting on "The Gathering Storm".  The next book in the series.

Nice. I've been holding off on "A Memory of Light". I think I might want to buy it, put it on the shelf and start from the beginning and go all the way through the series.

I can definitely see it being a series that you could read again and pick up new stuff.

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I will give you my brief review on the series (I think I have read enough now).

The story is VAST...  A lot of stuff going on, keeps things interesting and makes me keep reading.  Good character building (I feel like I actually know some of the main characters).

On the negative side (somewhat), I feel that he tends to ramble on sometimes.  To me the story could be condensed a little without losing much substance.  The continual bickering amongst the women characters gets old as well.

All in all, it is a good fantasy series, and I would recommend it to others.

Not going to rank it higher than Stephen King's "Dark Tower Series" or Weiss and Hickman's "Dragonlance" novels........

[jetsknicks1]

Black House by Stephen King. It's the sequel to The Talisman which was a great book. Black House actually came out over 10 years ago but somehow I missed it. I know that King sometimes gets a reputation as a "Hack" because he puts out so many books but when he's on point, he's one of the best fiction writers ever.

[Ernest Jones]

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Originally Posted by 14ledo81

Just finished "Knife of Dreams" by Robert Jordan.

Will soon be starting on "The Gathering Storm".  The next book in the series.

Nice. I've been holding off on "A Memory of Light". I think I might want to buy it, put it on the shelf and start from the beginning and go all the way through the series.

I can definitely see it being a series that you could read again and pick up new stuff.

I will give you my brief review on the series (I think I have read enough now).

The story is VAST...  A lot of stuff going on, keeps things interesting and makes me keep reading.  Good character building (I feel like I actually know some of the main characters).

On the negative side (somewhat), I feel that he tends to ramble on sometimes.  To me the story could be condensed a little without losing much substance.  The continual bickering amongst the women characters gets old as well.

All in all, it is a good fantasy series, and I would recommend it to others.

Not going to rank it higher than Stephen King's "Dark Tower Series" or Weiss and Hickman's "Dragonlance" novels........

What???? It's head and shoulders above "Dragonlance" (which I love by the way) and The Dark Tower lacked direction so badly I gave up after the first two novels.

Some of the WOT novels I've read 4-5 times, some 2-3 times and the last four or so I've only read once.

[14ledo81]

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Originally Posted by 14ledo81

Not going to rank it higher than Stephen King's "Dark Tower Series" or Weiss and Hickman's "Dragonlance" novels........

What???? It's head and shoulders above "Dragonlance" (which I love by the way) and The Dark Tower lacked direction so badly I gave up after the first two novels.

Some of the WOT novels I've read 4-5 times, some 2-3 times and the last four or so I've only read once.

The Wheel of Time is better than "Dragonlance" in some ways.  To me, it is way, way deeper.  Much more going on.  It is sometimes just hard for me to get past Jordan's ramblings.

Raistlin at his peak or Rand Al' Thor?  Who you putting your money on?.........

I agree the Dark Tower lacked direction.  It was more just a bunch of smaller stories.  For some reason, I just can't put down King's books.

If you have not read King's "11/22/63"  you should give it a try.  I really enjoyed it.

[Lihu]

Whenever I have a chance to read a book, LSW, or course!

[Ernest Jones]

Raistlin at his peak or Rand Al' Thor?  Who you putting your money on?.........

Is that a joke? Raistlin was a pretty potent mage for sure and I'm a big fan, but Rand is the Dragon Reborn, dude breaks the world... in other words, one heavy ass mother-****er. Like Gilberg's uncle, not to be messed with.

Rand's Balefire is so potent he killed the dude that killed his friend and killed him so deeply that his friend didn't die anymore because the dude died before he could kill Rand's friend and was essentially erased from history. That's some heavy ****ing magic right there!

Plus Rand doesn't need spell components to kick ass, he just opens up to the Source lets it fly.

Raistlin is a Grenade.

Rand is a Nuclear Bomb.

[14ledo81]

Boy....I don't know. Remember the book where Caramon sees the future where Raistlin kills Takhisis (a GOD!!)... Seems like he pretty much wrecked the world there as well. Master of "past and present" is some pretty heavy magic in my book.... "The doors of this tower shall remain closed and the halls empty until the master of both past and present returns with power"......

[Ernest Jones]

Grenade < Nuclear Bomb. Plus Rand is insane which is pretty cool. :-P

[14ledo81]

Either way, I think we have now shown our true colors.... :)

[boogielicious]

I just finished So Anyway by John Cleese.  If you are a Monty Python fan, I highly recommend it.  It is an autobiography of Cleese from birth to Python.  It doesn't go into a lot of detail about the Python days, but it is a fun read.  The most interesting aspect of it is John Cleese never really intended to become a comedy writer.

[Ernest Jones]

Halfway through the third book in Ken Follet's excellent Century trilogy. If anyone wants to develope a deeper understanding of world history through WW1, WW2, Cuban Missle crisis and Vietnam without getting bored to tears by dry text books, this is the ticket. Absolutely riveting.

[RussUK]

Just finished My Autobiography by Guy Martin. For those who havent heard of him, he's a nutcase Isle of Man TT rider, multiple world record holder, TV presenter and truck mechanic. Worth a read for anyone into motorsport, bikes and strangley canal boats!!

[phan52]

I just finished So Anyway by John Cleese.  If you are a Monty Python fan, I highly recommend it.  It is an autobiography of Cleese from birth to Python.  It doesn't go into a lot of detail about the Python days, but it is a fun read.  The most interesting aspect of it is John Cleese never really intended to become a comedy writer.

Just picked it up and will start it this weekend. Brilliant man.

[14ledo81]

Halfway through the third book in Ken Follet's excellent Century trilogy. If anyone wants to develope a deeper understanding of world history through WW1, WW2, Cuban Missle crisis and Vietnam without getting bored to tears by dry text books, this is the ticket. Absolutely riveting.

Interesting.  Would you classify it as "fact-based fiction"?