Timstar

This is my one where i'm currently living and has most of the books I plan to read in the near future.

Got this the other day

Cambridge University has 114 libraries but this is the main one;

Didn't know you'd gotten this, glad to see you liked it, they are good fun. I have read the first three and reading the fourth soon. The second was my favourite though.

As with most people on here I buy too many books, and as with most people this is the year I will be cutting back and getting my TBR pile down

Wow, some great libraries there. The Cambridge City library is now just a generic rectangle space above the newish shopping centre. Not really what you'd expect in Cambridge. I do have a small local library which I will be checking out soon.

Finished The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, also started and finished The Informers my Bret Easton Ellis. Both were good but not great. Going to start The Fort by Bernard Cornwell this evening.

The old ones will always be great! Jon Pertwee was my favourite

I'm glad i've read it, I will read the sequels at some point but not rushing out to get them. It started off very similar to The Painted Man and what I imagine Wheel of Time is like but not for long which is good cause I couldn't handle three similar fantasies in a month. I am gonna read some non-sci-fi, horror and fantasy for a while, including Dexter and a Bernard Cornwell and a thriller among others. I will be picking up Eye of the World from the library shortly though.

The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss Synopsis 'I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me' Review Before reading this I had only read the synopsis above, so I was expecting the book to follow the life of Kvothe and slowly begin to understand how he became the man he is and accomplished all above. Instead what happens is a slow and detailed recollection of the events of Kvothe from the age of 11. We meet him living a simple life of an innkeeper in the middle of nowhere, when he begins to tell his life story to a 'journalist' called Chronicler. We follow him from his youth as a poor street urchin to his impressive entry to University, where most of the book takes place. Although a fantasy the book uses fantasy elements quite sparingly, a large proportion of the lessons he takes are history and chemistry but the mythical power of 'naming' keeps arising but eluding Kvothe. His time at University, although more interesting than others experiences, not a great ideal occurs. An ongoing feud with another student, misunderstandings and whippings but not a lot else. Although a bit tedious, it wasn't too bad as the writing flowed quite nicely but I do think it could of been 100 pages shorter with no negative effects. As it is told from his point of view we get to learn everything about Kvothe, this is ok as he is such a great character but it does mean that there is no air of mystery about him. But I suppose this has been seen many times before in other fantasies. I do think this was a detriment to the supporting characters as other than the main antagonists done of them are used particularly well in the story, they are not memorable or important. Kvothe also meets too many different women which I had trouble remembering who they were, he takes a quick shine to each of them but then just as quickly forgets about them without any meaningful relationship building. The magic system, although not fully explored, seems fairly complicated. As well as the 'naming' which isn't explored in any great depth in this book but obviously will be in the sequels, there is also 'sympathy' which I didn't think was explained very well but seems to be similar to voodoo . Throughout reading I couldn't decide whether I was enjoying it or not, which is never a good sign. I enjoyed enough elements to keep me reading but I couldn't tell where it was going or why it was taking so long to get there. However when I got to the last 150 pages I couldn't put it down. All the elements came together and it truly stepped up a gear. Overall I did enjoy it, it could have been better but according to the reviews on Amazon a lot of people enjoyed it more than I did. If it was 100 pages shorter and achieved better characterisation if would have been brilliant. Overall 7/10

As Steve's already said it is a great system, it is intricate yet logical and most importantly of all, fun. Great characters too.

Some brilliant ones already mentioned here but I would recommend Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson.

Bitter Seeds has been on my wishlist from your first review of it, The Winter King is on my TBR pile. The Terror sounds good but not in this weather

Still making my way through The Name of the Wind, it is not what I was expecting that's for certain. I am about 3/4s through and undecided whether it will get a good or bad review... really could go either way.

I really enjoyed The Mysterious Island, so hopefully you will as well! Around the World in 80 Days was also good fun.

Looking forward to seeing the suggestions!

ooohh yeah that one as well

Also looking forward to Joe Hill's NOS4A2, if only for the great title.

It's a great book! Glad you enjoyed it as well

They certainly do!

Awesome I love Verne, I haven't read that yet though. Hope you enjoy it.

I have seen that, it is one of the adaptations of Jack Finney's The Body Snatchers. No where near the best one.

I really wanna see this! Glad to here more good things about it.

Things we Lost in the Fire, it was quite moving. I have always been a fan of Benicio Del Toro and happy to say he didn't disappoint in this.