coffee Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoA Clash of Kings by GRRM (rereading the series in downtime at work so it's slow progress) Quote 23 || 6'2 || 303 lbs || Level 2STR 3.28 || DEX 1.64 || STA 2 || CON 3.32 || WIS 5.46 || CHA 2.64 Coffee's Six Week Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/53823-coffee-under-the-black-flag/Past Challenges: {1} Coffee's Battle Log: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/51877-coffee/ Progress:Weight: Starting: 303 lbs || Current: 303 lbs || Total Lost: 4 lbs || Goal: 220 0%0% Currently Reading: Under the Black Sail || Last Read: Surely You're Joking Mr. FeynmanBooks: 18/52 35%35% Link to comment
MasterOfCows Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 I absolutely loved the Wheel of Time Series, I believe the only downfall to it ends up being what you call the fluff. The only thing I dislike about Robert Jordan's writing style is that he over-describes things. Its really awesome for author's to go into intricate detail about some things, but I think Mr. Jordan went a little overboard with that some times.The first 4 (maybe 5) books were great. I struggled through the middle ones, largely due to the over description, and I'm a sucker for detailed descriptions. The last 3 books were awesome as well. If you can make it through the middle ones, you'll enjoy it. Quote 1st Challenge 2nd Challenge 3rd Challenge 4th Challenge - if you can call it that 5th Challenge 6th Challenge 7th Challenge Battle Log Link to comment
MariahSnow Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 The first 4 (maybe 5) books were great. I struggled through the middle ones, largely due to the over description, and I'm a sucker for detailed descriptions. The last 3 books were awesome as well. If you can make it through the middle ones, you'll enjoy it. I'm not sure if I just have over-fond memories of Lord of the Rings, but the escape from the Shire to the Prancing Pony and then the terror-filled sprint to Rivendell seemed to go by really fast in the books. Right now, The Dark One and his minions (Trollocs and others) are chasing Rand, Perrin, and Mat but I don't know why. If I don't find out WHY these boys are so important, or at least some other clues to the story, I'll start losing interest. It's fun to read adventure and escape, but only for so long. Quote Amazon Warrior 29, F, 5'11 ft, 159lbs #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 Link to comment
Shae Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 I'm currently reading Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchett! Quote Level 0 STR : 0 | DEX : 0 | STA : 0 | CON : 0 | WIS : 0 | CHA : 01st challenge Link to comment
sterre Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I'm currently reading Black Powder War by Naomi Novik. I picked up the first in the Temeraire series last week and went through the first two books already. I picked up the fourth and fifth books today because I was near the book store. Quote Level 9 Amazon Druid STR : 17 | DEX : 23 | STA : 22 | CON : 23 | WIS : 21 | CHA : 15 Challenges: 10, 9, 8, 7.1, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3.1, 3, 2, 1 Battle Log Link to comment
Heidi Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I just started the mystery-thriller A Cold & Broken Hallelujah. Quote ♥ & ☮, Heidi Spoiler Gypsy Druid Level 12 Philosopher and level 11 Librarian (built on the Monk class, with a training path in The Way of the Cobalt Soul) Ranger: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 :: Druid: 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |:: 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |:: 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |:: 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |:: 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |:: 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53| 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |:: 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | :: 70 | Paladin: 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | :: 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | Shaman: 82 | 83 | 84 Philosopher-Librarian 85 |:: 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | Heidi Chronicles NF Character Sheet | @theheidifeed| MySlashdotKarmaIsExcellent Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) Let's catch up: https://calendly.com/loveandpeace Link to comment
TingTing90 Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Working my way through the Mortal Instruments books. Good mindless teen fiction (with angels,demons and some stuff in-between) Quote ||Level 2 || Human Ranger (in training)|||| STR 1 || DEX 1.2 || STA 1.2 || CON 3 || WIS 1.5 || CHA 1 ||Challenge #1 || #2Instagram Walk from Bag End to Bree before Christmas! 27%27% Link to comment
MasterOfCows Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 About 1/3 of the way through the first book in Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastard series. "The Lies of Locke Lamora"Loving it so far. Also about 1/2 way through "The Arms of Krupp" which is basically a biography of a German weapons (and other stuff) manufacturing family - the "head" of the family at the time was tried at Nuremburg. Very well written. I'm a sucker for WWII stuff.Just finished Mark Lawrence's Prince, King and Emperor of Thorns (3 books) - These were fantastic. The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett was also pretty good, I'll probably continue on with the series. The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks - I'm not sure how I felt about this one. Malice by John Gwynne - overwhelming meh. Arcacia: The War with the Mein by David Anthony Durham. Loved it. Have the 2nd book waiting for me. Quote 1st Challenge 2nd Challenge 3rd Challenge 4th Challenge - if you can call it that 5th Challenge 6th Challenge 7th Challenge Battle Log Link to comment
Heidi Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Just started The Affairs of Others and completely captivated by it so far (20%) Quote ♥ & ☮, Heidi Spoiler Gypsy Druid Level 12 Philosopher and level 11 Librarian (built on the Monk class, with a training path in The Way of the Cobalt Soul) Ranger: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 :: Druid: 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |:: 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |:: 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |:: 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |:: 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |:: 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53| 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |:: 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | :: 70 | Paladin: 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | :: 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | Shaman: 82 | 83 | 84 Philosopher-Librarian 85 |:: 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | Heidi Chronicles NF Character Sheet | @theheidifeed| MySlashdotKarmaIsExcellent Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) Let's catch up: https://calendly.com/loveandpeace Link to comment
Raze Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 I am currently reading: The Fires of Heaven (A Wheel of Time Robert Jordan) Insurgent (Divergent series Veronica Roth) and just started Prelude to Foundation (Foundation series Isaac Asimov) Quote Level 1 Nord Epic Quest STR 3 | DEX 3 | STA 2 | CON 3 | WIS 3.5 | CHA 4 Original Challenge | 1ST | 2nd | joining the bebop | Return to the rangers | Spoiler "They wouldn't mind a corpse of you. Now, you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear, by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you." - Mal Link to comment
coffee Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Just Finished The Stranger,Moving on to Tuesdays With Morrie Quote 23 || 6'2 || 303 lbs || Level 2STR 3.28 || DEX 1.64 || STA 2 || CON 3.32 || WIS 5.46 || CHA 2.64 Coffee's Six Week Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/53823-coffee-under-the-black-flag/Past Challenges: {1} Coffee's Battle Log: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/51877-coffee/ Progress:Weight: Starting: 303 lbs || Current: 303 lbs || Total Lost: 4 lbs || Goal: 220 0%0% Currently Reading: Under the Black Sail || Last Read: Surely You're Joking Mr. FeynmanBooks: 18/52 35%35% Link to comment
Bearded_Dragon Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Currently reading "The Etymologicon" by Mark Forsyth at the mo. It's perfect for a word nerd like me Quote Link to comment
tracer-actual Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Just finished "The Guns of the Navarone" - never read it and it was a classic. An easy read. Reading "Not a good day to die" - An interesting book about Operation Anaconda. Hand in hand with this is the third Legacy of the Force book (the name escapes me), which is basically my candy for the brain read. Quote Race - Human Class - Jedi / Sentinel Level - 4 / 0.5 Battle Log: Holo-Log Current Challenge: Nil Link to comment
Bearded_Dragon Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Just started "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth" By Cmdr. Chris Hadfield Quote Link to comment
Twilight Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Just started "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth" By Cmdr. Chris Hadfield I got to see him speak a few months ago and he's great! Enjoy. Quote Link to comment
MissCynful Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Non-fictional, I just finished reading an awesome Paleo book to help beginners called "Practical Paleo" lots of eye openers and great recipes. Fictional, I keep trying to start Divergent.....having troubles finding pull in it though....first little bit is so slooooow. Quote Link to comment
Bearded_Dragon Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 I got to see him speak a few months ago and he's great! Enjoy. Yeah, I met him last year, such a gent. Quote Link to comment
MegaShe-Ra Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 I got to see him speak a few months ago and he's great! Enjoy. Oh ma god. Chris Hadfield is so cool! I just watched an awesome TedTalk he did!I also jus started a new book called Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America. So far, so good. Quote LEVEL 2 | HALF DWARF | ADVENTURER STR 6 | DEX 2 | STA 5 | CON 4 | WIS 6.5 | CHA 1 Link to comment
shaar Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Books books books I LOVE books! Lately I have a hankering for YA fiction (I blame the summertime) and I just read Matched by Ally Condie. It was much better than I thought it would be and I'm on a wait list for my library's e-copy of the next book. Right now I'm reading Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. Heavy but really really good. Quote Tell me, if you had the strength to take another step, could you do it? Level ?? Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 Link to comment
DarK_RaideR Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 This summer I enjoyed "The Mercenary's Guide to Ruined Seattle" (by NF's own Will Hose/Spark) and Terry Pratchett's "Sourcery". I dug out Chuck Pahlinuk's "Haunted" from it's hiding place, but couldn't muster the courage to open its pages again. Had been reading Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" before the summer, might have to get back to it again. Also bought some wonderful RPG rulebooks, namely Chaosium's "Call of Cthulhu" and the Iron Kingdoms core rulebook that I should get to. Quote Lvl 60 Multitasker Baking (2)🧁, Charisma (4)🕶️s, Cooking (7)🍳, Fitness (2)💪💪, Gourmet Cooking (3), Handiness (0), Media Production (6)🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬, Mixology (3)🍸, Research & Debate (1)📖, Video Gaming (3)🎮🎮, Wellness (2) Link to comment
Heidi Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Recently finished Flora and Ulysses and The Book Mouse. Starting The Secret Place today.via smoke signals from my Fire Quote ♥ & ☮, Heidi Spoiler Gypsy Druid Level 12 Philosopher and level 11 Librarian (built on the Monk class, with a training path in The Way of the Cobalt Soul) Ranger: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 :: Druid: 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |:: 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |:: 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |:: 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |:: 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |:: 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53| 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |:: 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | :: 70 | Paladin: 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | :: 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | Shaman: 82 | 83 | 84 Philosopher-Librarian 85 |:: 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | Heidi Chronicles NF Character Sheet | @theheidifeed| MySlashdotKarmaIsExcellent Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) Let's catch up: https://calendly.com/loveandpeace Link to comment
Hiroro Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 Amazing thread! I just maxed out my library requests O_O Hopefully they don't all come in at once... The Heritage of Shannara sub-series(nostalgic for grade school days...always left the library with a nice big pile. When I was riding my bike once I got in an accident with a car...I credit my heavy backpack for making me turn to fall on on my back instead of my shoulder-which had a broken collarbone from impact with the car. If I had hit the ground with my shoulder/arm as naturally happens when falling on a bike, it couldn't have been good for my already-overlapping collarbone. So that's what I think about when I see the Shannara books. Totally fine now btw. ) Honor Bound-W.E.B. Griffin --ok fun read, a little slower at the beginning than expected. yet another military-political-action novel. need something to intersperse the epics The Navigator-Clive Cussler --got this on audiobook...soooo much slower than reading i might give up, I find self-help-y books better for listening apparently. It's hard for me to follow this way Wolfblade-Jennifer Fallon--literally just opened this, the library has the rest of the trilogy so hoping it's good 2 Quote #1 #2 #3 #3.1 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #13.5 #14 #15 #16 # 17 #18 #19 #20 #21 Current Challenge Battle Log Level 18 Pixie Ranger Link to comment
coffee Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 finished tuesdays with morrie, the dharma bums, and for whom the bell tolls currently reading: surely you're joking mr feynman Quote 23 || 6'2 || 303 lbs || Level 2STR 3.28 || DEX 1.64 || STA 2 || CON 3.32 || WIS 5.46 || CHA 2.64 Coffee's Six Week Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/53823-coffee-under-the-black-flag/Past Challenges: {1} Coffee's Battle Log: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/51877-coffee/ Progress:Weight: Starting: 303 lbs || Current: 303 lbs || Total Lost: 4 lbs || Goal: 220 0%0% Currently Reading: Under the Black Sail || Last Read: Surely You're Joking Mr. FeynmanBooks: 18/52 35%35% Link to comment
cn3wton Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 I love to read. On top of the illustration books I have been working on. Dust On The Sea (a really old book I got at a benefit)Starting to re-read the dresden files from the beginning.My collection of James Bond books that I bought 10 years ago and never read. I also read and reference You are your Own Gym and Real Men Do Yoga. I read them once through every month or so. Quote "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - J.R.R Tolkien "Progress, not perfection." "Persist, Pivot, or Concede." - Matthew McConaughey "Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't." Rants, Thoughts, and Workouts-->Battle Log | The Improvening (Current Challenge) Link to comment
BarefootDawsy Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 On honour of the new Lev Grossman book, the Magician's Land coming out, I'm rereading the Magicians and the Magician King. Such great books! Quote BAREFOOT DAWSY Scout Commander (ret.) Link to comment
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