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PhonAntiPhon
Currently about to read:
1. (Novel): Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
2. (Manga): Attack On Titan
Callidus Thorn
Heh, read Shadowmagic and it's two sequels in one day, now moving on.

Decided to read my Dragonlance Ebooks again.

Currently reading Dragons of Autumn Twilight.


And a book(a real one) called Futhark.
mirocu
QUOTE(Colonel Mustard @ Oct 14 2013, 12:58 PM) *

Currently reading The Art of Bioshock Infinite. Bloody love concept art books, I do.

Me too, I like to browse through the Skyrim and FO3 art books. It´s interesting to read how they thought when they made the games.

On account of "real" books, I kinda like Enid Blyton´s Five-series.
Colonel Mustard
QUOTE(mirocu @ Oct 29 2013, 03:49 PM) *

QUOTE(Colonel Mustard @ Oct 14 2013, 12:58 PM) *

Currently reading The Art of Bioshock Infinite. Bloody love concept art books, I do.

Me too, I like to browse through the Skyrim and FO3 art books. It´s interesting to read how they thought when they made the games.

On account of "real" books, I kinda like Enid Blyton´s Five-series.

Yeah, certainly; it's interesting to see how they went about the worldbuilding process. Plus all the cool steampunk stuff in there means that that, along with the Mass Effect Artbook, it's become one of my go-to sources of inspiration for when I'm a bit stuck working on my current novel project.

Out of interest, have you ever looked up the Shivering Isles concept art up on UESP? That's some really cool stuff.
mirocu
If I have then I have forgotten about it kvleft.gif Might be worth checking it up.

What artbooks do you have besides the ones you´ve mentioned, Mustard?
Colonel Mustard
QUOTE(mirocu @ Oct 29 2013, 04:18 PM) *

If I have then I have forgotten about it kvleft.gif Might be worth checking it up.

What artbooks do you have besides the ones you´ve mentioned, Mustard?

It's worth checking out; very outlandish and heavily influenced by Surrealism, but incredibly interesting.

I've also got a digital edition of The Art of Deus Ex: Human Revolution (not sure if there's actually a paper one, which is a shame), The Art of Remember Me, The Warhammer 40,000 Core Rulebook, which is so jam-packed with gorgeous artwork that I read it as an art book first and Surrealist Art. I've got a bit of a thing for the Punk genre, if you hadn't guessed.
Colonel Mustard
Hey guys, I just posted up a review of The Sandman: Overtures Issue 1 and you should all totally go to my blog to read it!
Callidus Thorn
Still reading Dragonlance. Finished the Chronicles, about to start the Legends trilogy.
Callidus Thorn
Magician- Raymond E. Feist.
Alexander
QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Nov 8 2013, 02:28 PM) *

Magician- Raymond E. Feist.


How far along are you in this? And what do you think (so far)?

This is possibly my favorite book ever.


Although some of his later work leaves a bit to be desired, this is certainly amongst his finest books along with the Serpent War and the Empire trilogy. I.m.o. anyway :-)
Darkness Eternal
What Every Body Is Saying by Joe Navarro. Very interesting bok on body language and getting a good read on people.
Callidus Thorn
QUOTE(Alexander @ Nov 16 2013, 07:53 PM) *

QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Nov 8 2013, 02:28 PM) *

Magician- Raymond E. Feist.


How far along are you in this? And what do you think (so far)?

This is possibly my favorite book ever.


Although some of his later work leaves a bit to be desired, this is certainly amongst his finest books along with the Serpent War and the Empire trilogy. I.m.o. anyway :-)


I think it's a brilliant book, fantastically written, easily one of the best I've read. He manages to convey the fantastic without it seeming implausible, despite the scale involved, and with some damn good characters.

I'm currently reading A Darkness At Sethanon, and I've almost finished it. I haven't got any of his others though, just that first trilogy. I've got them on Kindle, and £5 or so per ebook strikes me as a little on the expensive side.
haute ecole rider
Just started reading Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane. I borrowed it to my iPad from the library. I have enjoyed a few of his other stories, including a retelling of an old Norse myth called Odd and the Frost Giants which is a combination of a book and a bit of a graphic novel. It's not a Disneyfied "happily ever after." Rather, it's an excellent tale of growth and maturity, and over just a bit too soon. In any case, love Neil Gaiman.

Callidus Thorn
Currently reading:

The Year of Rogue Dragons, Book One: The Rage. (Forgotten Realms)

Teresa of the Faint Smile
Acadian
QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Nov 21 2013, 01:58 PM) *

Currently reading:
...
Teresa of the Faint Smile


One of my very faves! happy.gif
Elisabeth Hollow
Anyone know any smartphone apps for audio books? My Kindle app doesn't do those apparently, and I'd really like to listen to a book while working.
mirocu
QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ Nov 21 2013, 11:32 PM) *

Anyone know any smartphone apps for audio books? My Kindle app doesn't do those apparently, and I'd really like to listen to a book while working.

Nope, sorry kvleft.gif I think your best bet is to do a search.

Reading up on Arena atm, both on UESP and the manual, but I can´t really find all the info I want.
Colonel Mustard
QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ Nov 21 2013, 10:32 PM) *

Anyone know any smartphone apps for audio books? My Kindle app doesn't do those apparently, and I'd really like to listen to a book while working.

Do Audible do an App? They seem the type who would do an app.
haute ecole rider
QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ Nov 21 2013, 04:32 PM) *

Anyone know any smartphone apps for audio books? My Kindle app doesn't do those apparently, and I'd really like to listen to a book while working.



Here ya go:
Audible Mobile
treydog
Whatever free books Mrs. Treydog adds to the Kindle (the ones I do not delete immediately- OK there are only a FEW of those...)

And "Thereby Hangs a Tail" by Spencer Quinn. Book 2 of the Chet and Bernie mystery series. Chet is a dog and the stories are told from his point of view. The writer has definitely spent a great deal of time with dogs... And he writes a good story.
Callidus Thorn
The Hobbit, soon to be followed by The Lord of the Rings. Just picked them up for Kindle.
Colonel Mustard
Just picked up a £2 copy of War and Peace from a charity shop, which should probably tide me over quite nicely until 2014 rolls around.
King Of Beasts
The Infernal City by Gregg Keyes.

I'm excited to read an elder scrolls novel. Sadly I couldn't find Lord Of The Souls though kvleft.gif

After this, if I haven't found Lord Of The Souls, I'm gonna read Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick
Callidus Thorn
Helrunar by Jan Fries

And still slowly working my way through The Hobbit when I'm in the mood.
McBadgere
The novel for Assassin's Creed Revelations by Oliver Bowden...I realised the other day that I'd never read it...So I am now...
mirocu
Has anyone read The Infernal City? I would do it but that means breaking the seal on my Skyrim Premium Edition biggrin.gif
McBadgere
Yup...

It being Greg Keyes, it is - by definition - awesome... biggrin.gif ...

Honestly though...The two of them are really good books...Definitely worth reading...It's not how I'd have carried on the Oblivion storyline...

However, if you take it as a proper published fan-fic, then we're all good... biggrin.gif ...
Callidus Thorn
I have to agree with McBadgere, they're both good books.

Now if we can just get more people to agree, Mirocu should want to read it more, and watching Mirocu's desire to read the book versus his collector impulses is fun.


Currently reading: Lord of the Rings, and Jerric's Story
mirocu
QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Dec 8 2013, 12:54 PM) *

I have to agree with McBadgere, they're both good books.

Now if we can just get more people to agree, Mirocu should want to read it more, and watching Mirocu's desire to read the book versus his collector impulses is fun.

Ha! I´ll never open it up just to read that book biggrin.gif
Colonel Mustard
Still on War and Peace. Judging by my current progress, my hopes that it would all be over by Christmas are both depressingly and appropriately accurate.
ImperialSnob
Wee On A Jellyfish Sting:And Other Lies Grown Ups Tell You
Acadian
QUOTE(ImperialSnob @ Dec 8 2013, 03:59 AM) *

Wee On A Jellyfish Sting:And Other Lies Grown Ups Tell You


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ImperialSnob
QUOTE(Acadian @ Dec 8 2013, 12:34 PM) *

QUOTE(ImperialSnob @ Dec 8 2013, 03:59 AM) *

Wee On A Jellyfish Sting:And Other Lies Grown Ups Tell You


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Apparently people think St.Patrick is Irish,do they even know the story of St.Patrick!?!
Rohirrim
QUOTE(ImperialSnob @ Dec 8 2013, 12:23 PM) *

QUOTE(Acadian @ Dec 8 2013, 12:34 PM) *

QUOTE(ImperialSnob @ Dec 8 2013, 03:59 AM) *

Wee On A Jellyfish Sting:And Other Lies Grown Ups Tell You


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Apparently people think St.Patrick is Irish,do they even know the story of St.Patrick!?!

He was like, French or something, yeah? huh.gif
ImperialSnob
QUOTE(Rohirrim @ Dec 8 2013, 05:30 PM) *

QUOTE(ImperialSnob @ Dec 8 2013, 12:23 PM) *

QUOTE(Acadian @ Dec 8 2013, 12:34 PM) *

QUOTE(ImperialSnob @ Dec 8 2013, 03:59 AM) *

Wee On A Jellyfish Sting:And Other Lies Grown Ups Tell You


laugh.gif


Apparently people think St.Patrick is Irish,do they even know the story of St.Patrick!?!

He was like, French or something, yeah? huh.gif


Welsh.
King Of Beasts
Just finished Flowers For Algernon, and I'm halfway through The Infernal City.
mirocu
QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Dec 13 2013, 10:02 PM) *

I'm halfway through The Infernal City.

Is it good? smile.gif
Callidus Thorn
The Lord of the Rings.

And one or two others, on and off.
King Of Beasts
QUOTE(mirocu @ Dec 13 2013, 04:08 PM) *

QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Dec 13 2013, 10:02 PM) *

I'm halfway through The Infernal City.

Is it good? smile.gif


It's awesome. I love it happy.gif



Edit:

Just finished the infernal city. Now to get hold of lord of the souls...
Callidus Thorn
I've got both on my Kindle biggrin.gif Good books.

I'm currently bouncing back and forth between:

The Lord of the Rings, and

The Poetic Edda, the Carolyne Larrington translation.
Colonel Mustard
A Conspiracy of Alchemists, by Liesel Schwarz. It's alright, I guess, not the greatest work I've ever read but entertaining enough to keep me reading.
King Coin
I started reading Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky. I'm not very far in, but what I've read is very good. It's about people living in the subway tunnels below Moscow after a nuclear apocalypse.
A large portion of the story so far has been stories that the characters tell each other about the tunnels, mutated creatures, and various factions within the tunnels. It sounds unappealing, but the characters themselves are good story tellers as well.
King Of Beasts
I'm reading Among Thieves

I'm almost half of halfway through the book laugh.gif
mirocu
Just browsed through the instruction manual to Duck Hunt.... wink.gif
Kiln
QUOTE(King Coin @ Jan 7 2014, 04:17 PM) *

I started reading Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky. I'm not very far in, but what I've read is very good. It's about people living in the subway tunnels below Moscow after a nuclear apocalypse.
A large portion of the story so far has been stories that the characters tell each other about the tunnels, mutated creatures, and various factions within the tunnels. It sounds unappealing, but the characters themselves are good story tellers as well.

Awesome book. It definitely gives a unique take on the post apocalyptic scenario. The writing itself is great and the ideology laced into the story is also very entertaining. When the next book is finally translated into English, I'll definitely be getting a copy.
haute ecole rider
QUOTE(Kiln @ Jan 7 2014, 08:20 PM) *

QUOTE(King Coin @ Jan 7 2014, 04:17 PM) *

I started reading Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky. I'm not very far in, but what I've read is very good. It's about people living in the subway tunnels below Moscow after a nuclear apocalypse.
A large portion of the story so far has been stories that the characters tell each other about the tunnels, mutated creatures, and various factions within the tunnels. It sounds unappealing, but the characters themselves are good story tellers as well.

Awesome book. It definitely gives a unique take on the post apocalyptic scenario. The writing itself is great and the ideology laced into the story is also very entertaining. When the next book is finally translated into English, I'll definitely be getting a copy.


I believe this has been made into a computer game . . . It certainly sounds very interesting, especially as the Moscow Metro system is one of the busiest and best developed systems in the world.

Metro 2033 Game
There is a sequel: Metro: Last Light

As someone who used to play a lot of FPS games, this certainly catches my eye and makes me want to dive into that genre again. But I think I'll look for the book instead. wink.gif
Kiln
QUOTE(haute ecole rider @ Jan 8 2014, 11:17 PM) *

QUOTE(Kiln @ Jan 7 2014, 08:20 PM) *

QUOTE(King Coin @ Jan 7 2014, 04:17 PM) *

I started reading Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky. I'm not very far in, but what I've read is very good. It's about people living in the subway tunnels below Moscow after a nuclear apocalypse.
A large portion of the story so far has been stories that the characters tell each other about the tunnels, mutated creatures, and various factions within the tunnels. It sounds unappealing, but the characters themselves are good story tellers as well.

Awesome book. It definitely gives a unique take on the post apocalyptic scenario. The writing itself is great and the ideology laced into the story is also very entertaining. When the next book is finally translated into English, I'll definitely be getting a copy.


I believe this has been made into a computer game . . . It certainly sounds very interesting, especially as the Moscow Metro system is one of the busiest and best developed systems in the world.

Metro 2033 Game
There is a sequel: Metro: Last Light

As someone who used to play a lot of FPS games, this certainly catches my eye and makes me want to dive into that genre again. But I think I'll look for the book instead. wink.gif

Both games are excellent as well. I bought both of them and was very satisfied with the uniquely realistic survival elements.
Callidus Thorn
I've got both games, been playing Metro 2033 on and off, on hardcore.

Bloody good game so far. Though there is one thing about it that bugs me: The repeated posters that pop up on walls everywhere advertising the book.


I'm currently reading The Poetic Edda, the Carolyne Larrington translation.
Vital
Just finished Stephen King's Just After Sunset.

About to start The Kite Runner, but of a change from what I usually read, but I'll see how it goes.
ImperialSnob
If you're gonna get the Metro games,play them in Russian with subtitles to avoid bad voice acting from people that don't speak English as well as they speak Russian.

I'm reading Skellig for the school book club that just started up.
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