[Cassandra31EEE]

I read Alexandros Papadiamantis' "The Murderess".a book which was written at 1903 and still astonishes. I loved it! It's one of the books i 'll never forget. I wanted to read it since school, but i just wasn't ready for it, i wasn't mature. This masterpiece deserved all the waiting.

From wikipedia:
An example of Papadiamantis' deep and even-handed feeling for humanity is his acknowledged masterpiece, the novella "The Murderess." It is the story of an old woman in Skiathos, who pities families with many daughters: given their low socioeconomic status, girls could not work before marriage and they could not marry unless they provide a dowry; therefore, they were a burden and a plight to their families. After killing her own newborn granddaughter, gravelly ill with pertussis, she crosses the line from pity to what she believes is useful and appropriate action, the "mercy killing" of young girls. She kills three young girls in succession by throwing them into wells and then pretending to be trying to save them in order to justify her presence there.

Now i 'll continue Reymon't Feist's "Magician", a more open-hearted book. I really want to see why Pug can't use his powers.

[Luc0s]

Not sure if this counts are reading, but goddamn fucking hell does it make me excited!



Me, a Zelda nerd? HELL YES! And this amazing Zelda art book, with tons of Zelda concept art and much more, truly gives me a nerdgasm.

[Glaroug]

Neuromancer. Just started, and its been great so far. Gods bless you mighty university library. I will never forget you.

[Squall D. Leonhart]

Luc0s said:

Not sure if this counts are reading, but goddamn fucking hell does it make me excited!



Me, a Zelda nerd? HELL YES! And this amazing Zelda art book, with tons of Zelda concept art and much more, truly gives me a nerdgasm. ›››

Yeah, it surely count as reading
Then my turn

[Bloth]

Reading a book called "The Ten Thousand" by a Mr Paul Kearney, it's a fantasised version of the mercenary greek army (under Xenophon?) that was stranded in Persia during some internal struggle and had to fight its way back to their homeland. I was put off by the description at first, but it's a really good read so far.

[monotoy]

just finished "By Bizarre Hands Rides Again" by Joe R. Lansdale. Much recommended if you like "horror".

[monotoy]

and also reading "Beware of Small States - Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East" by David Hirst. Very good book, not an easy read though.

[Svart Djevel]

One of my favorite books so far. I just hope the whole series will be damn good as this.

[vonGraudenz]

Currently reading "Die Deutsche Hanse, eine heimliche Supermacht". The history of the Hanseatic League, some of the parallels to the economic turmoil of today in the EU are quite interesting.

[arkblazer]

Im currently reading the elderling saga.

Just finished the assasin trilogy and im starting the live ship trilogy now.

Holy shit are these books amazing! best low fantasy novels i've ever read since The Witcher, totally superior in my honest opinion to A song of Ice and fire novels.

I' m going to sound sexist and i apologize, but i though that only a woman could have put so much emotion and melodrama into a novel.
Like in this scenes:

The emotional agony and helplessness one feels as the dragon is being carved out.

Hell, the scene in Assassin's Quest when Fitz was recovering from the arrow wound in Jhampee and all those characters suddenly appeared at once to see him, felt like it came straight out of a Soap Opera.

I swear that when the queen made her appearance in that scene in my mind I heard the a tense Soap opera style music playing in my head.

Now that might sound like an insult or criticism, but i mean that in the best possible way. The only real criticism i have is that i though that the antagonist were too one dimensionally evil.

In all honestly if you Liked the witcher novels you should definitely try these novels.

[Gibb_Geralt]

Just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Awesome book. About to start the second one.

[Svart Djevel]

Finally

[Glaroug]

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Just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Awesome book. About to start the second one.

The Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is really great. You'll defiantly enjoy it--and learn about bad ass math theory!

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Finally

I gave up on the English Translations. Nice to see Hungry is going at a much faster rate. Isn't it 3 books in 2 years or so?

[Daddy Mann]

I just purchased the first two books in the Witcher series in English. The third was postponed until August from what the book store person said. I am already halfway through the first. Will be looking foreword to the rest of his work to come out. Good reads, big fan.

[Nex3t]

currently i'm with the fourth book of "A song of ice and fire", third time i read the series, after like 15 years reading fantasy, a little fres air in the genre, the negative thing is, i can't help thinking it is too much inspired in Tad Williams's "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn", (Añoranzas y pesares, in spanish, funny the names are totally uncorrelated)

[KnightofPhoenix]

I'm reading the Harry Potter series, reached the 5fth book.

You know, despite the things that annoy me (author bias vs Slytherin), it's overall an excellent series for what it aims to achieve. Still debating who's my favorite character, Dumbledore or Hermione.

[Glaroug]

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I'm reading the Harry Potter series, reached the 5fth book.

You know, despite the things that annoy me (author bias vs Slytherin), it's overall an excellent series for what it aims to achieve. Still debating who's my favorite character, Dumbledore or Hermione.

What a series. Every summer I hop on a broom to start the adventure over again. O I envy you

"Evil" Slytherin gets under the nails, but, what's more frustrating is the bull my fellow Hufflepuffs put up with!

Ron

[Svart Djevel]

Glaroug said:

I gave up on the English Translations. Nice to see Hungry is going at a much faster rate. Isn't it 3 books in 2 years or so? ›››

Well, no. The Last Wish published in 2011, The Sword of Destiny published last year, and now the Blood of Elves is here. But we don't know that the publisher continues the series. When they started they siad that they bought only the first three books's license. So I hope that they will continueing this.

[Aaden]

Svart Djevel said:

Finally /> ›››

I wonder what Mr Sapkowski thinks about video game artworks being used as cover for his books.

[Cassandra31EEE]

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I wonder what Mr Sapkowski thinks about video game artworks being used as cover for his books.

"Easy money".