Timstar

Happy birthday mate! Some brilliant presents there, you must be pleased! Great review as well, I now really really want to read this trilogy but it's not in my plan... for now.

Very much looking forward to all three of these. Well done with your plan, We'll see how it goes for me

Yeah same, I read Sharpe's Eagle first which is still my favorite then went back and read them in chronological order. I added The Great Hunt to the list above which was always meant to be on there.

Killer Joe which was surprisingly good, considering it has Matthew McConaughey in it. A bit disturbing at times though.

500 pages into The Eye of the World and thoroughly enjoying it! Started off a bit predictable and familiar but quickly found it's own path. I usually have a rough plan of what my next books will in my head, but I thought I would rip-off Steve's idea and post them on here and see how well I follow. Sharpe's Battle - Bernard Cornwell (Sharpe 12) Under the Dome - Stephen King Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold - George R.R.Martin (Song of Ice and Fire 3) Dr. No - Ian Fleming (James Bond 5) No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy Diary of Anne Frank Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss (Kingkiller Chronicles 2) The Desert Spear - Peter V. Brett (Demon Cycle 2) The Pheonix Rising - Richard Sanders (Pheonix Conspiracy 2) WarBreaker - Brandon Sanderson Retribution Falls - Chris Wooding (Tales of Ketty Jay 1) Furies of Calderon - Jim Butcher (Codex Alera 1) Cabal - Clive Barker The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time 2) Wind Through the Keyhole - Stephen King (Dark Tower 8). The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie My main aim is to try and catch up with a few series, yet keep it varied, so these are in no particular order. Some are kindle, some I am waiting for the Library reservation. Some are very long and some very short. I may add a couple but will try not to take away....

... wait... you were supposed to want to read The Wheel of Time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4xbQ4cywlM

Started Eye of the World today

Finished Dexter by Design, it was great as usual, not the best but not the worst in the series. Good fun. Started Eye of the World by Robert Jordan.

Finally started The Wheel of Time, and already it seems like an epic undertaking. Very excited about it though.

Ah, hence your attempt? Have you read the Codex Alera by Jim Butcher? I know you've been reading the Dresden Files but this looks more my sort of thing.

Oh dear, well the first one looks pretty rare as well.

Adding this to my wishlist!

Finished Chris Ryan's autobiographical account of his Gulf War mission that left him the sole survivor of his unit. Now started Dexter by Design

oh...

The art of 'book-buying justification' is indeed a noble one. Just noticed this which I'm sure wasn't there a couple of days ago.

It's Peter Jackson... There's always more.

An addition to a plan isn't as bad as a substitution or subtraction

That's fair enough they are not the best, I won't be reading any more of the Geordie Sharp novels, but I have a few of the others including Ultimate Weapon which is supposed to be his best. I still have Bitter Seeds on my wishlist, which tempts me every time I see it.

I read Stand by, Stand by by Chris Ryan which I noticed you reviewed a while back. I pretty much agree with you on that, I thought the sudden change from NI to Colombia was a bit strange and couldn't see how he was gonna wrap up the story, then I was like 'oh... that's how' lol. The 'oh no!' moment made me laugh as well, it certainly wasn't dealt with in a realistic way. This is the 3rd Ryan book i've now and by far the worst. He definitely improves in his later novels.

No I have an audible subscription, it's not the cheapest but it is a great service and I have a lot of time to listen at work. It does bring the price right down from £40+ to £7.50 for any book regardless of length. If you find one with a good narrator it is definitely worth it. I know what you mean about the books, they are very nice covers. If I like them a lot I will buy them, but I have The Blade Itself on Kindle still to read, as it was very cheap at one point.

Cool, hope you enjoy it I finished the audiobook of Moby Dick which was brilliant, 10/10. Started listening to Red Country by Joe Abercrombie, it's good so far, quite funny with great characters. Didn't realise it was the same heroine from the First Law Trilogy which I haven't read yet so I hope it doesn't matter too much.

Bit of a niche fetish but glad to see it spreading

It does sound intriguing! A good spot.

Great present! I haven't got this edition, it has a lot more stories then the one I reviewed.