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^^ Wise move, I reckon. You'll be investing far more time in the books, probably, so better to be spoiler free

Should be!

Watched the first episode of Defiance, the new Syfy series from Rockne O'Bannon (of Farscape fame). Fairly predictable but a reasonable amount of fun. Shall stick with it for a few more eps

230 pages into Patrick O'Brian's HMS Surprise. Very enjoyable so far

Rush - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction speeches from last night

The Plan 2 From the TBR list: Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie - finished 17/04/13 Stonemouth by Iain Banks - finished 09/04/13 The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett (Demon Cycle Book 2) The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (Gentleman Bar Steward Sequence Book 1) - finished 05/04/13 HMS Surprise by Patrick O'Brian (Aubrey/Maturin Book 3) - started 18/04/13 The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archive Book 1) - finished 22/03/13 Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds - started 23/03/13 - finished 28/03/13 The Cure of Souls by Phil Rickman (Merrily Watkins Book 4) Re-reads: A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (about 20 years since I read this) A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (over 30 years since I read this!) - finished 30/03/13 Books I might buy: Dead Beat by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files Book 7) Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan (Kovacs Book 1) Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (Expanse Series Book 1) Monarchies of God by Paul Kearney Necessary Evil by Ian Tregillis (Milkweed Tryptich Book 3) Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Shogun by James Clavell The 'one no-one saw coming' East of Eden by John Steinbeck

In terms of the stories I don't think it matters. It's only a case of a few of the characters cropping up in different situations, and I think he does a pretty good job of filling in any vital information. It's a while since I read 'First Law' and I don't really remember it in much detail, but that hasn't affected my enjoyment of the subsequent books

Some thoughts on Best Served Cold. And at last I can read the OP's comments up-thread without fear of spoiling anything

Book #22: Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

Yeah, up to 'Company Man'. After that I thought it went downhill faster than Amy Williams.

Twenty pages of Best Served Cold to go. Don't want it to end

Joe Abercrombie's typical writing day: https://twitter.com/LordGrimdark/status/324488450235584512/photo/1 'Bioshock'

Released on 12th April 1984 . . . Can't believe it's 29 years since I first heard it

^^ Are the audiobooks abridged versions? I've read the first two books so far (I posted some comments here and here). I struggled with the first one to begin with but it's safe to say I'm a fan, now, as I enjoyed the second so much. HMS Surprise is next up on my TBR pile - should be starting it tomorrow - and I already have The Mauritius Command and Desolation Island on the shelf ready to go

Well, they are. Not that it's stopped me

Me too! I've barely used my Kindle in the last few months

Game of Thrones 3x03

480 pages into Best Served Cold. My reading was somewhat interrupted over the weekend by all the football and golf that was on

Yeah, that's always the problem when there's an adaptation, I guess

And very big! I need to clear a lot of shelf space first

I'll be interested to see what you make of World War Z, Michelle - it's been on my wishlist for a while since a friend recommended it but I haven't actually bought it yet. I'm also thinking of getting the first Walking Dead Compendium. I think I'm having withdrawal symptoms since the series finished . . .

I'm 400 pages into it. Will post some thoughts when I've finished it.

Yeah, both The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine are fantastic, and so is The Island of Doctor Moreau