Karsa Orlong Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) January 01. Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay 9/10 review 02. The Stand by Stephen King (re-read) 8/10 review 03. Martyr by Rory Clements 8/10 review 04. Before I Go To Sleep by S J Watson 6/10 review 05. The White Rose by Glen Cook 7/10 review 06. Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss 7/10 review February 07. The Dying Earth by Jack Vance 8/10 review 08. The Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance 6/10 review 09. Grass by Sheri S. Tepper 7/10 review 10. Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny 9/10 review 11. Grendel by John Gardner 7/10 review 12. Habibi by Craig Thompson 8/10 review 13. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher 7/10 review 14. The Wine of Angels by Phil Rickman 8/10 review 15. Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist 3/10 (did not finish) March 16. Replay by Ken Grimwood 10/10 review 17. Cowl by Neal Asher 8/10 review 18. Harlequin by Bernard Cornwell 8/10 review 19. The Crucifix Killer by Chris Carter 4/10 review 20. Revenger by Rory Clements 9/10 review 21. Knights of Dark Renown by David Gemmell 9/10 review 22. House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds 7/10 review 23. Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell 8/10 review April 24. Midwinter of the Spirit by Phil Rickman 8/10 review 25. Winter Warriors by David Gemmell 9/10 review 26. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield 10/10 review 27. Hannibal: Enemy of Rome by Ben Kane 5/10 review 28. The Alchemist's Secret by Scott Mariani 7/10 review 29. Sword in the Storm by David Gemmell 9/10 review 30. Death Masks by Jim Butcher 8/10 review 31. Heretic by Bernard Cornwell 7/10 review May 32. Remote Control by Andy McNab 5/10 review 33. Midnight Falcon by David Gemmell 9/10 review 34. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 9/10 review 35. Weaveworld by Clive Barker 7/10 review 36. Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe 7/10 review 37. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 10/10 review June 38. Old Man's War by John Scalzi 7/10 review 39. The Skystone (A Dream of Eagles book 1) by Jack Whyte 8/10 review 40. Mockingbird by Walter Tevis 7/10 review 41. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 9/10 review 42. Suldrun's Garden by Jack Vance 6/10 review 43. Prince by Rory Clements 9/10 review 44. A Crown of Lights by Phil Rickman 8/10 review July 45. The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks 7/10 review 46. Ravenheart by David Gemmell 8/10 review 47. Persuader by Lee Child 8/10 review 48. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury 8/10 review 49. Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay 6/10 review 50. The Breach by Patrick Lee 8/10 review 51. Adrift on the Sea of Rains by Ian Sales 7/10 review 52. Ghost Country by Patrick Lee 8/10 review August 53. Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson 6/10 review 54. The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin 7/10 review 55. The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie 10/10 review 56. Deep Sky by Patrick Lee 8/10 review 57. The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells 10/10 review 58. The Wurms of Blearmouth by Steven Erikson 9/10 review 59. Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey 3/10 review 60. Manhattan in Reverse by Peter F. Hamilton 6/10 review September 61. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke 8/10 review 62. Rivers of London by Ben Aaranovitch 8/10 review 63. The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt 7/10 review 64. Hard Landing by Stephen Leather 6/10 review 65. Stormrider by David Gemmell 7/10 review October 66. The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland 8/10 review 67. Shadow of the Scorpion by Neal Asher 8/10 review 68. The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld 7/10 review 69. Apartment 16 by Adam Nevill 5/10 review 70. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 7/10 review 71. Master & Commander by Patrick O'Brian 8/10 review November 72. The Chicago Way by Michael Harvey 8/10 review 73. Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover (did not finish) 74. Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis 8/10 review 75. Safe House by Chris Ewan 6/10 review 76. Lord of the Silver Bow (Troy Trilogy Book 1) by David Gemmell 10/10 review 77. Shield of Thunder (Troy Trilogy Book 2) by David Gemmell 8/10 review 78. Fall of Kings (Troy Trilogy Book 3) by David & Stella Gemmell 9/10 review December 79. The Long Way Home by John McCallum 7/10 review 80. The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers 7/10 review 81. The Man in the Snow by Rory Clements 8/10 review 82. Nine Princes in Amber (Chronicles of Amber Book 1) by Roger Zelazny 5/10 review 83. Shadow Games (The Books of the South - Tales of the Black Company) by Glen Cook 9/10 review 84. Dreams of Steel (The Books of the South - Tales of the Black Company) by Glen Cook 9/10 review 85. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 9/10 review 86. The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells 10/10 review Books started in 2012: 86 Books finished in 2012: 84 Edited December 31, 2012 by Karsa Orlong Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 1, 2012 Author Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) 2010 list: http://www.bookclubf...post__p__231754 2011 list: http://www.bookclubf...post__p__242642 TBR List Read: 70 Abandoned: 2 Remaining: 56 Treebooks: Best Served Cold - Joe Abercrombie The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga Non-Stop - Brian Aldiss Shadow of the Scorpion - Neal Asher Cowl - Neal Asher The Algebraist - Iain M. Banks Dawnthief - James Barclay Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury The Desert Spear - Peter V. Brett Persuader - Lee Child Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke Revenger - Rory Clements Prince - Rory Clements A Cruel Wind - Glen Cook The White Rose - Glen Cook The Books of the South - Glen Cook The Return of the Black Company - Glen Cook The Many Deaths of the Black Company - Glen Cook Shadowline - Glen Cook Harlequin - Bernard Cornwell Vagabond - Bernard Cornwell Heretic - Bernard Cornwell The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell The Wurms of Blearmouth - Steven Erikson Stonewielder - Ian C. Esslemont Silverthorn - Raymond E. Feist Sword in the Storm - David Gemmell Hero in the Shadows - David Gemmell Stormrider - David Gemmell Midnight Falcon - David Gemmell Ravenheart - David Gemmell The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend - David Gemmell The Legend of Deathwalker - David Gemmell Dark Moon - David Gemmell Echoes of the Great Song - David Gemmell White Wolf - David Gemmell The Swords of Night and Day - David Gemmell Troy: Shield of Thunder - David Gemmell Troy: Fall of Kings - David Gemmell Winter Warriors - David Gemmell Lord of the Silver Bow - David Gemmell Knights of Dark Renown - David Gemmell Replay - Ken Grimwood Manhattan In Reverse - Peter F. Hamilton Imperium - Robert Harris The Mad Ship - Robin Hobb Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb The Gates of Rome - Conn Iggulden The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan Hannibal: Enemy of Rome - Ben Kane The Last Light of the Sun - Guy Gavriel Kay Under Heaven - Guy Gavriel Kay The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch The Many-Coloured Land - Julian May Dragonquest - Anne McCaffrey The White Dragon - Anne McCaffrey The Engines of God - Jack McDevitt The Dancers at the End of Time - Michael Moorcock Elric - Michael Moorcock Apartment 13 - Adam Nevill Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian Post Captain - Patrick O'Brian Heresy - S J Parris Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield The Impossible Dead - Ian Rankin House of Suns - Alastair Reynolds Terminal World - Alastair Reynolds The Interpretation of Murder - Jed Rubenfeld Heroes Die - Matthew Woodring Stover Grass - Sheri S. Tepper Mockingbird - Walter Tevis Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis The Dying Earth - Jack Vance The Eyes of the Overworld - Jack Vance A Deepness in the Sky - Vernor Vinge Fingersmith - Sarah Waters The Island of Doctor Moreau - H. G. Wells The Skystone - Jack Whyte The Dragonbone Chair - Tad Williams Lord of Light - Roger Zelazny Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny The Book Thief - Markus Zusak Total: 85 Read: 47 Abandoned: 2 Kindle: Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch Zero Day - David Baldacci Weaveworld - Clive Barker Summer Knight - Jim Butcher Death Masks - Jim Butcher The Crucifix Killer - Chris Carter Safe House - Chris Ewan The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber The Mall - S.L. Grey Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey Pompeii - Robert Harris The Chicago Way - Michael Harvey The Strain - Chuck Hogan & Guillermo del Toro Conan the Reaver - Robert E. Howard The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson Hard Landing - Stephen Leather The Breach - Patrick Lee Ghost Country - Patrick Lee Deep Sky - Patrick Lee The Long Way Home - John McCallum The Owl Killers - Karen Maitland The Alchemist's Secret - Scott Mariani The Kinshield Legacy - K.C. May Remote Control - Andy McNab The Stress of Her Regard - Tim Powers The Wine of Angels - Phil Rickman Midwinter of the Spirit - Phil Rickman A Crown of Lights - Phil Rickman The Cure of Souls - Phil Rickman The Lamp of the Wicked - Phil Rickman The Prayer of the Night Shepherd - Phil Rickman Curfew - Phil Rickman The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss Adrift on the Sea of Rains - Ian Sales The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Suldrun's Garden - Jack Vance The Green Pearl - Jack Vance Madouc - Jack Vance The Emperor's Gold - Robert Wilton The Shadow of the Torturer - Gene Wolfe Total: 43 Read: 23 Wishlist: Habibi - Craig Thompson Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Master & Commander - Patrick O'Brian Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry Revenger - Rory Clements The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood Oryx & Crake - Margaret Atwood Harlequin - Bernard Cornwell Hothouse - Brian Aldiss Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny Leviathan Wakes - James S. A. Corey Sacred Treason - James Forrester Prophecy - S. J. Parris World War Z - Max Brooks The Reapers Are the Angels - Alden Bell More Robert Silverberg Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan The Steel Remains - Richard Morgan Faith - John Love Beowulf - Seamus Heaney translation Shadow And Betrayal: Book One of The Long Price - Daniel Abraham Old Man's War - John Scalzi Absorption - John Meaney The Kings of Eternity - Eric Brown Something (anything!) by Ian Rankin Prince of Thorns - Mark Lawrence The Island of Doctor Moreau - H G Wells Ancient Blades trilogy - David Chandler Stormlord Trilogy - Glenda Larke Rebels and Traitors - Lindsey Davis Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield Camulod Chronicles - Jack Whyte K J Parker The Braided Path - Chris Wooding King of Ithaca - Glen Iliffe A Place Called Armageddon - C C Humphreys Among Others - Jo Walton The Quantum Thief - Hannu Rajaniemi The Somme Stations - Andrew Martin Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis All Hell Let Loose - Max Hastings The Star Fraction by Ken McLeod The Fallen Blade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner Where Late the Sweet Birds Sing by Kate Wilhelm Unquenchable Fire by Rachel Pollack The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells Slow River by Nicola Griffith Wasp by Eric Frank Russell The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe by D. G. Compton Ammonite by Nicola Griffith Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Synners by Pat Cadigan Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler Son of Heaven by David Wingrove Jack Glass by Adam Roberts A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin The Age of Ra by James Lovegrove Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban Bought: 14 Edited December 14, 2012 by Karsa Orlong Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 6, 2012 Author Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) Last year I set myself a target of beating my previous year's total of books read. I'm not going to do that this year, as I think it did affect my enjoyment of some of the novels I read because I was in too much of a rush to get through them ... Anyhoo ... The Sarantine Mosaic by Guy Gavriel Kay This is a duology, comprising of the novels Sailing to Sarantium and Lord of Emperors. It is another historical fantasy, like his The Lions of Al-Rassan and A Song for Arbonne, this time concentrating on Byzantium, or Constantinople. You can quickly see Kay drawing parallels with real history as he introduces the religions involved (the worship of Jad, and some also worshipping his son, Heladikos), and the feeling of the Roman Empire runs throughout the books, even if it is known as the Sarantine Empire. The story tells the tale of the artisan Caius Crispus (Crispin), a mosaicist who travels east from his home in Varena (Ravenna) in answer to an Imperial summons to the capital, where the emperor Valerius II is building a vast sanctuary and wants the best to work upon the mosaic for its dome. Crispin recently lost his wife and daughters to plague and is struggling to find a reason to go on. He is bitter and angry, and his mentor, Martinian - to whom the summons was really addressed - believes that the moment is right for his protegee to leave. Crispin's journey is fraught with danger, both physical and spiritual, and he moves in the highest circles due to the nature of the summons, which brings its own perils with it. In a lot of ways, the story deals with grief and guilt and how people deal with them differently. I think Kay's a brilliant wordsmith. There's a lyrical quality to his writing which makes me want to pause and re-read passages just because they are so good. He deals primarily with characters. Huge events may be going on, but he always keeps it on a personal level. He has some wonderful characters to deal with in these two novels, from the emperor and empress, to his general and a dancer, to a soldier and a physician, to a tavern girl and a charioteer. It's the women who he has most fun with - they are all strong, intelligent, powerful, and he takes great delight in having them outwit their male counterparts, who also have the same qualities but can't seem to evade the cunning at their backs. My favourite was Styliane Daleina, wife of the emperor's Strategos, and daughter of a man who would've been emperor had he not been murdered on the eve of assuming power. She is icy, wickedly smart, and the word games in the dialogue she has with others is, at times, enough to make your head spin. She's brilliant and, in some ways, tragic. However, if I have one complaint about these books, it is that the women are all stunningly beautiful and - despite them all being involved with handsome, powerful men - they all seem to fall for Crispin in some way or other, perhaps because they all bare their souls to him at one point or another, unable to do so with their spouses. I suppose these sorts of things were rife in the Roman Empire, though, and Kay uses it to weave some riveting sub-plots, political and personal, and everything - everything! - comes to fruition before the end. I haven't even mentioned the thrilling chariot races (which are epic on a Ben-Hur scale), or the birds, or the way he sets up a situation so that you know the outcome must be inevitable, and then wrings every last piece of tension out of it so that I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. The books of his that I've read before were all one-volume, stand-alone efforts, so it was great to see him give himself room to breathe, and I think this story benefits greatly for it. I've read five of Kay's novels now, and he hasn't let me down once. The only downer is that I'm running out of them! Sailing to Sarantium 9/10 Lord of Emperors 9/10 Edited January 6, 2012 by Karsa Orlong Quote
vodkafan Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Good review really must read a GGV novel soon. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 7, 2012 Author Posted January 7, 2012 Cheers VF Notice I'm being harsher with my scores this year - I was so tempted to give 10's Got about 100 pages into The Stand yesterday. It's about 30 years since I read it, and this is the 'expanded' version, so I don't really know what's been added and what was there before. I'd forgotten how easy Stephen King is to read, too, as it must be 15 years or so since I last read one of his books (the last one I read was Desperation, I think). Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 19, 2012 Author Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) The Stand (expanded version) by Stephen King I enjoyed re-reading this book. I've always been a big fan of King's earlier novels. I first read them back in the early 80s, so I've come back to The Stand without being able to remember it in detail, just the premise, the start, and a few of the more obvious characters. It has the feel of one of those epic disaster movies of the 70s, as various diverse groups of survivors come together in the aftermath of said disaster and try to build a new life. Then King throws in the supernatural element - shared dreams of a dark man and an old woman who may represent the struggle between good and evil. I guess that is where my problems with the novel begin. Not that I didn't like it - I liked it a lot - but for me it does leave a little too much to coincidence and convenience at times and, although I was happy to go along with it for 90% of the time, I found it did become more problematic towards the end. Still, the characters are generally very good, particularly Nick, Glen, Larry and Tom Cullen. Then there's the Trashcan Man. His encounter with The Kid is pretty intense, and the fact that you start to empathise with a character who is not in possession of all his marbles is a testimony to King's innate ability to get you inside the heads of the people inhabiting his stories. Considering the book is 1,300 pages long it moves at a very good pace. I can't recall any time where I felt it had got bogged down, although I did feel the last 50 pages or so seemed a little drawn out. It covers a whole range of emotions, has some exciting and horrific and funny moments, and if it sometimes feels a little like a soap opera it is to King's credit that he nearly always manages to put a wicked little twist in before you get too comfortable. It left me with a lot of questions, particularly regarding the supernatural side of things, but I don't mind that. Sometimes it's nice to let your imagination work things out for itself 8/10 Edited January 19, 2012 by Karsa Orlong Quote
julie Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Great rview Karsa I have my copy primed and ready to go, but will await a few others to possibly jump in with me sometime soon ,whenever all our book times click . What's next on your agenda, have you decided ? Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 19, 2012 Author Posted January 19, 2012 Thanks Julie! I have decided - I have started Martyr by Rory Clements, a complete change of pace: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Martyr-Rory-Clements/dp/1848540787/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1326978222&sr=8-4 Quote
julie Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Oooh,that sounds like a good one ! Hope you enjoy it . Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 19, 2012 Author Posted January 19, 2012 Thanks, Julie I'm 100 pages into it, really enjoying it already. I can't tell you what a relief it is to be reading a book that's only 430 pages long. That's less than a third of The Stand Quote
frankie Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 The Stand (expanded version) by Stephen King Then there's the Trashcan Man. His encounter with The Kid is pretty intense, and the fact that you start to empathise with a character who is not in possession of all his marbles is a testimony to King's innate ability to get you inside the heads of the people inhabiting his stories. This is what I love about King. He's so skillful at drawing these rounded portrayals of different kinds of interesting characters. Everytime when I'm reading It, I almost forget about the whole plot and the fight against It, I'm so engrossed by the everyday dealings of the kids. You gotta love Tom Cullen Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 22, 2012 Author Posted January 22, 2012 This is what I love about King. He's so skillful at drawing these rounded portrayals of different kinds of interesting characters. Everytime when I'm reading It, I almost forget about the whole plot and the fight against It, I'm so engrossed by the everyday dealings of the kids. You gotta love Tom Cullen Very true. To be fair, the plot of The Stand is pretty thin - it's only because the characters are so good that it can get away with being as long as it is. And laws yes, Tom was my favourite. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 23, 2012 Author Posted January 23, 2012 Martyr by Rory Clements An assassin, sent by the Spanish, is on the streets of London, his target: Sir Francis Drake. The year is 1587, Queen Elizabeth contemplates whether or not to execute Mary Queen of Scots, and her men stalk the streets hunting Roman Catholic priests. A brutal murder (and it is quite horrific - be warned) leads Secretary Walsingham's intelligencer, John Shakespeare, into a battle against time to both stop the assassin and solve the crime. I drew the immediate comparison with C J Sansom's Shardlake novels even before I started reading this. It's got a suitably convoluted plot, involves real people from history and uses real events as a backdrop. It's quite gruesome, but very exciting, quite amusing in places, and has lots of twists and turns. I particularly liked that it didn't end up the way I thought it was going to, which was a nice surprise. I also liked that it was written in third person. Sansom uses the first person and, as a result, he has had to come up with more and more, to be frank, ludicrous ways to get Shardlake into the situations he needs to in order to progress the story (Heartstone was particularly guilty of this). Clements, on the other hand, switches between characters, settings and events as the story requires, and it makes it fast-paced and full of suspense without tipping the balance and taking you out of the experience. In fact, in his hands, 16th century London is a scary place indeed. For a debut novel this is top stuff. I'll definitely be checking out more of John Shakespeare's adventures. And yes, he is related! 8/10 Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 23, 2012 Author Posted January 23, 2012 Started S J Watson's Before I Go To Sleep this morning. At the moment, I am having trouble disassociating it from the 'Scholar's Tale' in Dan Simmons' Hyperion. In that particular story, Sol's daughter returns from a scientific expedition to the Time Tombs on Hyperion with a strange disease that, every time she goes to sleep, causes her to age backwards, losing her memories in the process. It's an absolutely brilliant story, heartbreakingly told. I know Watson's novel will go in completely different directions, and I'm only about 16% into it, but at the moment it seems so similar that it is suffering in comparison to Simmons' masterpiece. Quote
Ruth Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 I have Martyr on my tbr pile. Really liked the Shardlake stories (well, the one I've read anyway), so am looking forward to it. I thought Before I Go To Sleep was fantastic, and I hope you end up enjoying it too I haven't read Hyperion, so didn't have the problems with comparisons though. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 23, 2012 Author Posted January 23, 2012 I thought Before I Go To Sleep was fantastic, and I hope you end up enjoying it too Thanks, Ruth, I'm sure I will, especially once I'm through the opening stages I highly, highly, highly (highly!) recommend Hyperion - providing you like science fiction, that is Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 24, 2012 Author Posted January 24, 2012 Okay, so I'm confused. I don't know how other people decide upon which book they're going to read next but I normally have a fairly set method: I'll take several books that interest me off the shelf, read the first page of each, and the one that makes me turn the page and keep reading is the one I'll go with. However ... The Kindle seems to have thrown all this up in the air. By my reckoning I've currently got about 30 treebooks and a similar number of ebooks to read. I've been trying to come up with a plan for how to choose from now on. I kind of want to make some in-roads into the books I already own before I buy more (shyeah right, like that's going to happen!). So now I'm thinking Kindle for the days when I'm at work, treebook for the days when I'm at home. But I hate reading more than one book at a time. I'm a man - I can't multi-task like that! Consider me confuzzled Note to self: must make list of TBR pile Quote
frankie Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 But I hate reading more than one book at a time. I'm a man - I can't multi-task like that! You said it, not us Note to self: must make list of TBR pile I was going to say that if I have no idea what to read next, which rarely happens to me, I usually go over my TBR pile and see which title jumps up. So yep, making a TBR list might be the way to go. It doesn't hurt to try Quote
pickle Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 I have to admit I just read what I fancy next...depends on my mood at the time of choosing. However at the moment I do have 5 books on the go so have a selection to choose from, though my reading choice is dictated to , where I am ie bed, bath, sofa work and the time of day wierdly. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 25, 2012 Author Posted January 25, 2012 You said it, not us That one's going to come back to haunt me, isn't it? I was going to say that if I have no idea what to read next, which rarely happens to me, I usually go over my TBR pile and see which title jumps up. So yep, making a TBR list might be the way to go. It doesn't hurt to try Make the most of this: I think you're right, Frankie. There, I've said it. I shall attempt to do this over the weekend and add it to this thread. I'm also going to make sure that the next book I read is a treebook off the TBR pile. I've taken two off it so far this year. Mind you, I've added about five more I have to admit I just read what I fancy next...depends on my mood at the time of choosing. However at the moment I do have 5 books on the go so have a selection to choose from, though my reading choice is dictated to , where I am ie bed, bath, sofa work and the time of day wierdly. I bow to your multi-tasking skills, pickle I don't know how you do it - I'd have trouble remembering all the plots and sub-plots and keeping the right characters in the right stories. But then I have trouble remembering what happened last week The other thing that would happen with me is that I'd get more interested in one of the books than the others, so I'd end up concentrating on that one, forget the others and probably never finish them. It's a bit like my writing: I currently have four potential novels on the go, plus multiple short stories, and the chances of me actually finishing even one of them seem to get longer by the day I must at least finish one of the short stories. Maybe this weekend. Oh wait, I'm going to be doing my TBR list this weekend. Procrastinate, procrastinate ... Quote
frankie Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 That one's going to come back to haunt me, isn't it? It's a possibility, yes Make the most of this: I think you're right, Frankie. There, I've said it. There, that wasn't so hard, was it? Ah, what an awesome way to start my day I shall attempt to do this over the weekend and add it to this thread. I'm also going to make sure that the next book I read is a treebook off the TBR pile. I've taken two off it so far this year. Mind you, I've added about five more I can't wait to see your TBR list! So, by the end of the year, if things go nice and linear for you, you've added 60 books to mount TBR and have read 24 off it. How are you liking those numbers? Are my mathematics scaring you? I bow to your multi-tasking skills, pickle I don't know how you do it - I'd have trouble remembering all the plots and sub-plots and keeping the right characters in the right stories. But then I have trouble remembering what happened last week The other thing that would happen with me is that I'd get more interested in one of the books than the others, so I'd end up concentrating on that one, forget the others and probably never finish them. It's a bit like my writing: I currently have four potential novels on the go, plus multiple short stories, and the chances of me actually finishing even one of them seem to get longer by the day ... yes, or you could think of it this way: When you get them finished, you probably get them all finished at the same time and thus have 4 best sellers + multiple short stories to show for it. Instant success! I must at least finish one of the short stories. Maybe this weekend. Oh wait, I'm going to be doing my TBR list this weekend. Procrastinate, procrastinate ... Do the TBR list today and the short story on weekend, please Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 25, 2012 Author Posted January 25, 2012 Ah, what an awesome way to start my day Glad I could help! Are my mathematics scaring you? No more than you usually do ... yes, or you could think of it this way: When you get them finished, you probably get them all finished at the same time and thus have 4 best sellers + multiple short stories to show for it. Instant success! There you go expecting me to multi-task again! Do the TBR list today and the short story on weekend, please Yes mum Only problem is I'm not at home so can't see my books! I suppose I could add the Kindle ones when the boss isn't looking ... Quote
frankie Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 No more than you usually do Whaaaat?! There you go expecting me to multi-task again! You know people need to always find ways to better and improve themselves. This week's task is for you to learn how to multi-task! Yes mum Whaaaat?! Does your Mum say 'please' when she tells you to do something? Only problem is I'm not at home so can't see my books! I suppose I could add the Kindle ones when the boss isn't looking ... Do you mean me? Oh, I'm always looking. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 25, 2012 Author Posted January 25, 2012 Whaaaat?! Does your Mum say 'please' when she tells you to do something? Not anymore. I taught her to ask, not tell Do you mean me? Oh, I'm always looking. Great! That gives me an excuse not to do it Quote
frankie Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Not anymore. I taught her to ask, not tell Aren't mothers supposed to teach their children stuff and not the other way around. Great! That gives me an excuse not to do it Oh great frankie, you painted yourself in the corner. Nicely done. Quote
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