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You should be Jealous  ;)  and you should just buy it. I have to say he is my current favorite author.

Just got an email that it's ready to be picked up from the library.  And I have a kid free night at my parents cabin on Saturday.  Guess what's getting read?  

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Just got an email that it's ready to be picked up from the library. And I have a kid free night at my parents cabin on Saturday. Guess what's getting read?

Hooray!

&Heidi

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Paladin71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | :: 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 |

Shaman: 82 | 83 | 84

Philosopher-Librarian 85 |:: 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 |

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Finished Fin Gall, and liked it more than I thought. Then I read The Light Fantastic and ahave moved on to Equal Rites, both by Terry Pratchett, because nothing goes better with a heavy school week than Discworld.

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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)

Ranger1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 ::

Druid8 | 9 | 1011  | 12 | 13 |:: 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |:: 1920 | 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 |

Paladin71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | :: 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 |

Shaman: 82 | 83 | 84

Philosopher-Librarian 85 |:: 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 |

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Just finished City of the Fallen Sky by Joseph Evans (currently free on Amazon as a Kindle book, which can be read on your computer if you don't have a Kindle or the Kindle app), and enjoyed it enough that I'm thinking of buying the sequel... and I don't buy a lot of books! I really enjoyed it, was a fun and fast read. :) I guess my best description would be a cross between the Divergent and Harry Potter series, with some video gaming (ala Final Fantasy) involved.

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Just finished City of the Fallen Sky by Joseph Evans (currently free on Amazon as a Kindle book, which can be read on your computer if you don't have a Kindle or the Kindle app), and enjoyed it enough that I'm thinking of buying the sequel... and I don't buy a lot of books! I really enjoyed it, was a fun and fast read. :) I guess my best description would be a cross between the Divergent and Harry Potter series, with some video gaming (ala Final Fantasy) involved.

Thank you for sharing that it's free!

Downloading to my kindle now.

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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)

Ranger1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 ::

Druid8 | 9 | 1011  | 12 | 13 |:: 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |:: 1920 | 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 |

Paladin71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | :: 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 |

Shaman: 82 | 83 | 84

Philosopher-Librarian 85 |:: 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 |

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Just dove into the Seamus Heaney translation of Beowulf. Good stuff!

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The complete Culture series (from Iain M. Banks) came in recently, so I'm reading that. I also got a E-reader as gift (Kobo Aura HD), which has the complete Game of Thrones and a the first 8 (chronological order) books of the Malazan series, but I;m saving those for the vacation, which includes plainflight, and a e-reader is a bit lighter than the tons of books I would normally take..

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I've started the undead series by RR Haywood.  It's certainly no worse than some of the stuff I've bought in stores and pretty cheap.  It suffers a bit because I think it's self published.

 

Need to go pick up that culture series.

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Still exam week, so I picked up Pratchett's Interesting Times. I guess you could also count my classwork - a big tome each on Family Law and Real Estate Law - as well as the Total Money Makeover that I'm reading for a side quest.

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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)

Ranger1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 ::

Druid8 | 9 | 1011  | 12 | 13 |:: 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |:: 1920 | 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 |

Paladin71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | :: 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 |

Shaman: 82 | 83 | 84

Philosopher-Librarian 85 |:: 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 |

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 Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) Let's catch up: https://calendly.com/loveandpeace

 

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Thank you for sharing that it's free!

Downloading to my kindle now.

 

No problem! I find a lot of books free through Amazon Kindle, with some help from Kindle Buffet. Love it, especially since I can read 4 or 5 books in one day if given enough spare time... heh.

 

I did end up buying the second Seckry Sequence book by Joseph Evans - so good! Now I'm sad to wait for the third one...

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"Sex at Dawn" by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha.

"If you're not waking up in the morning and living your life like a ritual of creation or destruction or life or death or love or hate then you really are just dieing one minute at a time."


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Ten Minute Bento - highly recommended for the craft and construction of real meals. This is not the cutsie side of bento, but the nuts and bolts of making and planning the meals and nutrition. Bonus points for the many sauce recipes and instructional photos.

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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)

Ranger1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 ::

Druid8 | 9 | 1011  | 12 | 13 |:: 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |:: 1920 | 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 |

Paladin71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | :: 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 |

Shaman: 82 | 83 | 84

Philosopher-Librarian 85 |:: 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 |

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I'm 22 pages into Hairstyles of the Damned, a book I found on the sharing shelf in the lobby last week, and I'm totally in love with it.

Also, I now have Day After Day by the Violent Femmes stuck in my head, but that's just bonus.

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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)

Ranger1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 ::

Druid8 | 9 | 1011  | 12 | 13 |:: 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |:: 1920 | 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 |

Paladin71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | :: 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 |

Shaman: 82 | 83 | 84

Philosopher-Librarian 85 |:: 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 |

Heidi Chronicles  NF Character Sheet | @theheidifeed| MySlashdotKarmaIsExcellent

 Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) Let's catch up: https://calendly.com/loveandpeace

 

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I've got a few books going on at the moment.  I really like audiobooks, so I'm currently listening to:

 

The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (for the 2nd time.  I really like this book)

Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Won't Stop Talking - Susan Cain

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No, I don't think it's as good as The Shining either, but then sequels often aren't.  It's always nice to see where well-known characters end up though!  What are you reading at the moment?

 

I just read Watership Down after purchasing it randomly, drunkenly, because the used book store is right next to the bar.

 

And then my cousins loaned me The Fault in Our Stars which was a fast read, but good. I'm not sure if it's as great as people are making it out to be, but it's definitely good.

 

Now I'm reading All the Pretty Horses.

 

I was on vacation which means lots of beach time and lots of book time :)

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I just read Watership Down after purchasing it randomly, drunkenly, because the used book store is right next to the bar.

 

And then my cousins loaned me The Fault in Our Stars which was a fast read, but good. I'm not sure if it's as great as people are making it out to be, but it's definitely good.

 

Watership Down = love (at least, says 15 year old me). And as for the emphasized statement, yeah, that seems to be the case. That's how I felt about the Book Thief, actually, too. 

 

Currently reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, which my brother recommended to me maybe 15 years ago. Heh. 

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I'm 22 pages into Hairstyles of the Damned, a book I found on the sharing shelf in the lobby last week, and I'm totally in love with it.

Also, I now have Day After Day by the Violent Femmes stuck in my head, but that's just bonus.

 

The Violent Femmes are amazing.

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"If you're not waking up in the morning and living your life like a ritual of creation or destruction or life or death or love or hate then you really are just dieing one minute at a time."


- Paul "Grimnir" Waggener of the Wolves of Vinland


 


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[STR 6] [DEX 8] [STA 4] [CON 5] [WIS 4] [CHA 4]


 


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The complete Culture series (from Iain M. Banks) came in recently, so I'm reading that. I also got a E-reader as gift (Kobo Aura HD), which has the complete Game of Thrones and a the first 8 (chronological order) books of the Malazan series, but I;m saving those for the vacation, which includes plainflight, and a e-reader is a bit lighter than the tons of books I would normally take..

Good luck with Mazlan. Couldn't get through the first book for the life of me. 

Just got Bradnon Sanderson's Rithmatist and Arranged Marriage by Chitra Banerjee. Excited about both.

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I just started Luminosity by Alicorn, a complete re-writing of Twilight described by its author as so: "The history and character of the Twilight world are intact in Luminosity up to the point where the story begins, with one exception: Bella's a rational self-awareness-junkie with a penchant for writing down everything that crosses her mind in a notebook. She maintains many of the traits and dispositions of canon - and Luminosity is a Bella/Edward story - but she's a distinctly different character." I heard it was good, so hey! It's really different so far, and I figure why not?

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