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I've been reading some of his short stories as well, the first volume of the complete collection: Beyond Lies the Wub. Some mediocre but some really good ones, right from his early years.

Loved this trilogy, hope you enjoy the rest of it. Have you read any of his other books?

Now you sound like my Wife... Not sure if you saw or not but there's a Phil Rickman book in todays Kindle Deal... You like him right?

Good choice, but I find it hard to swallow

Don't give him any ideas!! Glad you enjoyed some Moorcock... The only thing I've read of his was Behold The Man and I didn't care for it but I would give some of his proper work a go.

Haha, a 12 minute video, must tell you everything! I asked for either the Folio or Barnes and Noble edition, so it will be a surprise

I'm not sure she has ever read them cover-to-cover, she has some tattered old copies that are her 'reading' copies. But she certainly uses them for reference. I am planning an LOTR re-read next year and I will probably use her nice editions... if she lets me. I think I posted some pictures a while back... if you can't find them let me know and I can take some more I've asked for a nice Count of Monte Cristo edition

If I was serious about getting more books read I would: 1. Stop going on Amazon 2. Stop going into bookshops 3. Stop going on BCF 4. Stop daydreaming whilst staring at all the books I want to read. However, I'm not that serious at the moment

No worries, hope you enjoy it!

Great list, I have some on my TBR pile and just addded a couple to my wishlist. The only ones I've read are Blood Meridian and Moby Dick

Great review on The Kingdom Besieged, I have Magician on my TBR list but haven't read any Feist yet, have you enjoyed them all? I am hoping to get AC4 when it comes down in price, I've played them all so far and really enjoyed them but thought AC3 was a bit boring, took a long time to get going.

I will give that a go thanks!

124!? Very impressive

Great poem, captures the feelings wonderfully. Hope you enjoy Red Country, it was my first Abercrombie and still my favourite, simply really good fun! Will it be your next read do you think?

Robin Hobb's Soldier Son Trilogy is 0.49p for the entire trilogy at the moment

50,000!? yikes, if I did 50,000 in a year i'd be really proud Other than that it sounds quite interesting, I will have a look. Glad to hear about Hamlet, enjoying it so far! My wife says The Tempest is her favourite so I will have to read that afterwards Thanks! The third book is the best, I know you'll love it.

Thanks, it came this morning, other then a sticker on the the plastic cover and a bit of writing on the inside page it's in near perfect condition. Really pleased with it.

Started reading Sharpe's Enemy, lost track of which number i'm up to now, 12 or 13 at least . Also started Hamlet as I didn't have a chance to study it in school and it's on my 50 books to read list. I also want to read all my large Shakespeare Collected Works edition.

Looks like i'm going in with low expectations again It will be on my next reading plan. They just got lower, reading amazon reviews didn't help either. How does it work exactly? I'm not intending to write a novel or anything, i'm just following this train of thought and seeing what happens. How is your writing going? Are you still writing Steve?

Plan update: A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin (Song of Ice and Fire 4) The Iron Jackal - Chris Wooding (Ketty Jay 3) Randevous with Rama - Arthur C. Clarke The Dragon Reborn - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time 3) Empire of the Sun - J.G. Ballard The Odyssey - Homer The Rape of Nanking- Iris Chang Double Dexter - Jeff Lindsay The Sign of Four - Arhur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes 2) Sharpe's Enemy - Bernard Cornwell (Sharpe 12) Before they Are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie The Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie (First Law 3) Hearts in Atlantic - Stephen King Beyond Lies the Wub - Philip K. Dick The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell (Warlord Chronicles 1) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley Ultimate Weapon - Chris Ryan Green Hills of Africa - Ernest Hemingway Goldfinger - Ian Fleming (James Bond 6) Prince of Thorns - Mark Lawrence (Broken Empire 1)

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Ah that's a shame, I really enjoyed Pillars of the Earth (*Hides from Steve* ) and the WW1 setting sounded interesting as well. I'll let you know what I think. Craziest thing happened yesterday, I had an idea pop into my head and felt an overwhelming need to write it down. This became nearly 1,500 words within a couple of hours. I am not a very creative person at all and although would love to be an author, I have never even thought about writing or attempted to write before. I'll keep at it and see what happens.

A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin Synopsis More shenanigans from the colourful characters of Westeros. Review I was a bit apprehensive about reading this, the previous book in the series was so great and I had heard a lot of negative things about the latest two. A lot of the negativity came from either a lack of their favourite characters and the long wait, but neither of these bothered me. Obviously I didn't have to wait and I know the characters I missed from AFfC are in the next book which I won't have to wait six years for (despite a note from GRRM at the end saying it will only be a year ). However, a lot of reviews also said that even looking past the previous annoyances the book is still very boring, that nothing much happens. I had never expected as much to happen as did in A Storm of Swords (otherwise there would be no characters left at all) but the reviews did dishearten me somewhat. So when I eventually got around to reading AFfC I started with fairly low expectations and i'm glad to report that it more than exceeded them. The quality of writing that brings the characters to life is maintained, it's the writing that makes dull events so captivating, a simple conversation gripping and tense. Despite a lack of some of the best characters such as Jon, Daenerys and Tyrion, there are still plenty of great characters here including Arya, Sansa, Jaime and a lot of Cersei. Other characters are also introduced and minor ones fleshed out. I do think it was better to split the two books the way he did, if it had all the characters then nothing would have happened as each character would only have one or two chapters each per book. But that is probably easier for me to say now whilst I have access to A Dance With Dragons. It is understandable that there were less 'main events' in this book compared to the last, the characters are still finding out about them and coming to terms, I also assume that they are moving into place for the next lot of main events whatever they may be. Therefore I see AFfC and ADwD as mid-series bridging novels, some would argue that the bridge sags under it's own weight in the middle but at 850 pages I was never bored. I do think there were enough events to keep the stories moving, they just weren't on the same scale as previously. There were also lots of cliffhangers that had me looking ahead to see when the next chapter with the same character is... although it was often the last in the book... and they won't be in the next book I can understand why people were annoyed. Certainly re-kindled my love for ASoIaF and dashed any doubts I had about the book. But as it didn't have the similar jaw-dropping awesomeness to ASoS then I can only give it: Overall 9/10

Night's Dawn isn't available on audible, plus I have them in paperback so would rather buy ones I don't already own... but then I enjoy them so much and end up buying them in paperback

That is true! In audio book news, I bought Republic of Thieves and Fall of Giants. My TBL pile is now: Pandora's Star - Peter F. Hamilton (Started) Republic of Thieves - Scott Lynch Fall of Giants - Ken Follett Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Best Served Cold - Joe Abercrombie