Nocturnal

Hmm, anything Lovecraftian really. John Dies at the End by David Wong is one of my favorite books, but definitely not for everyone, since it pretty morbid. I'd say that's the strangest book I've read so far.

Indeed. They are all like human versions of Encyclopaedia Malazica.

Why yes I do, I'm Nocturnal on there too.

I do recommend you read it if you didn't read much of his other works, because you'll be less harsh on it. I was disappointed because I read so many of his masterpieces and then comes this disappointment. My biggest problem with 1Q84 was how stretched it was, it could've ended in two books tops, the third one was nonsensical. But, I'm in minority when it comes to his books, since I also didn't much enjoy reading The Norwegian Wood and some parts of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, which seem to be his most popular works.

I think Rhulad is one of the most tragic characters in the books. Well, so far at least. I can't bring myself to dislike him if all he needs is a hug. D: Yes, I know about NoK, but I decided to first read the main series and then those extras and whatever else fits in the Malazan universe. I've been thinking a lot about which characters are my favorites, but there's so many of them! I like Rake and Quick Ben a lot from the male cast and Lostara (that combo with Pearl is priceless) from the females. But after Midnight Tides Shurq, Tehol and Bugg won me over.

He was there for the SciFi/Fantasy festival. There was a bit of promotion of course. We weren't allowed to take pictures for some reason, and only hired photographers/journalists did it. They're yet to upload them on the site. I did take a pic with Erikson since I staled him 3 days prior to the event. So I'll post that soon.

I love how my B word got censored. Classy.

Didn't spot a thread for this. It's relatively popular nowadays. I admit, I mainly started it because I'm a sucker for gay romances, but I stayed for the intriguing plot. It's quite different from everything I read, nothing is ever explained completely, everything's so vague in this book and the characters are two violent 'person of dubious parentage's and a melancholic half-immortal. And that's where its charm comes from. Anyone read it?

Now that's a no-brainer! The wonderfully cruel world of The Malazan Book of the Fallen. No matter how much I love Middle Earth and its elves, MBotF has a bigger world with much more opportunities! All those warrens, all those factions and all that violence. Ah, that's all a girl could dream of. My second choice is the land of Thedas, the Tolkien-ish world of Dragon Age. Because in there, elves are more appealing. And there's my biggest gaming crush, Fenris, of course.

I was starting to feel ashamed this summer since everyone around me seemed to know The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but I never managed to read it. So I bought the 5 books of the saga and read them in a month. The first two were amazing, that smart British humor is always so fresh. But as it progressed it was straying of the main genre. The fourth book was practically a romance and the fifth was something utterly unrecognizable as a continuation to the witty and random happenings in the silly universe. It was so bitter and heavy and the ending was damn awful. I read that the author way dying while he wrote it, so it's understandable, but still an abomination. I'm getting "42" tattooed on my wrist soon.

One of my favorite writers! I loved a lot of his books, but what blew my mind and gave me a hard hangover was Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. Breathtaking. I also loved Dance Dance Dance! and pretty much like everything else. Except 1Q84, it was major letdown.

This means only Chick Lit writers are considered, right? Since it's in that subforum. Well, can't say I read a lot of the genre, but Alexandra Potter's writing kept me interested for a while. It's fluent and entertaining, especially Be Careful What You Wish For.

So, I've been asking this on several different forums: Do you know a good book set in a fantasy world, but without epic battles and heroes and just plain day-to-day happenings with a common protagonist? And another one I'm looking for: Ice age post-apocalyptic book? Or something similar, as long as it's freezing cold with a lot of snow.

Three at most, but then I tend to keep them in different formats and genres. For example I can read a fantasy book and Kindle and a slice-of-life paperback. And with those I can take up a light novel to re-read if I really have too much free time.

I love it because it's different from watching movies/anime in the way that you have more freedom for your imagination. Sometimes you don't get a full description of a character's look and you get to make it up yourself, or the sound of their voice and the way they move in the fights or walk through the city. You get to fully commit to the book and for a time take your thoughts to a whole different world than the one your body's in. I can stop watching anime and playing games while preoccupied with uni work, but I can never ever stop reading.

On goodreads as Nocturnal. Shared my profile in the Introductions thread already.

Is bringing Kindle with me called cheating? Well, the ones on paper: The Little Prince The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Deadhouse Gates Kokoro The Silmarillion

"Nothing in the known world reeks like this." Now that's an interesting start of a chapter. The Cold Commands by Richard Morgan.

Yes I have, but not conventionally. I downloaded The Steal Remains from a torrent site since the damn thing wasn't available in my country and I was itching to read it! Of course I bought it for Kindle a month after to redeem myself.

I'm sort of a newbie to the series. Started reading it last year since I by chance stumbled upon GotM in a local book fair. I remember not really liking the book at the beginning, it was rather scary. And not scary in the means of the bloody slaughter and body parts in Itko Kan, but how vast it was. Most of the books I read either had a large world or a number of iconic characters... but in MBotF everything is so huge, from the continents (and parallel worlds) to a number of new characters (how Erikson manages to keeps them all so unique is beyond me) and of course so many exotic races and magic. It frightened me at the beginning, but halfway through I grew to like it. And then I read Deadhouse Gates... I think that's the most I cried in my 17 years. There was not a happy moment in that book, honestly! Of course it found its place among my favorite books instantly. Ah, Coltaine, you heartbreaking 'person of dubious parentage'. After that it only got better, Memories of Ice once again made me sob like a kindergartner. House of Chains brought the Toblakai, an interesting race, but I hated Karsa with a passion. Bairoth I loved. Although the ending was anticlimactic and a bit of letdown. Quickly forgiven since I just finished Midnight Tides. Oh the Tehol and Bugg, Shurq and Ubalala awesomeness! I'm pausing for now, I don't want to finish the series too fast and I have to catch up with ASoIaF. But this is definitely my second favorite fantasy series (first being LOTR).

Thanks. Your forum looks quite different from the others I've been hanging around on. Posting mechanics and the like, I mean. It'll take a bit to get used to. It sure does. A friend of mine actually has it printed on a shirt, good thing English is not our native language. I'm going to post in it now. Another thing (be jealous!)... I met Mr. Erikson in Croatia a week ago.

And may we slay a lot of children. Thank you all!

Hi everyone, I'm Enko! I was looking for a book forum for a while now. I started reading when I was very little, but seriously ventured into those waters in 7th grade. My favorite genre is epic fantasy, I'm a hardcore fangirl of Tolkien's and Erikson's books, though I also love psychological works of Haruki Murakami. Otherwise, my passion is travelling and gaming. Oh, and I watch anime, a lot of it. If anyone cares, here's my goodreads profile: http://www.goodreads.com/EnkoKasumi http://www.goodreads.com/EnkoKasumi Sorry for double-posting, I can't seem to edit the first post. Messed up the url.