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[Dorf]

I remember reading those with my mum at bedtime when I was tiny, I think we got upto The Silver Chair before we stopped (I'm not sure if we read it or not, I was far to small to still remember any of them frankly). I think after that we changed to The Hobbit and never went back.

Aaah, nostalgia.

[widowspider]

I loved all the Narnia books. I had every single one.

This was my complaint too.  "Following some marbles...flip, flip, flip...still following some marbles"

Glad you like it though!

Aye, it was a bit tedious after the fifth page of it!

[maian]

I remember reading those with my mum at bedtime when I was tiny, I think we got upto The Silver Chair before we stopped (I'm not sure if we read it or not, I was far to small to still remember any of them frankly). I think after that we changed to The Hobbit and never went back.

Aaah, nostalgia.

Same with me. Though I did learn very early on in life that they had a Christian message and that put me right off them. I read them a few years ago and they're not bad, but hardly great.

[Riot Boy]

Finished "The Devil's Knot". Sometimes, It's good to read a book that can make you angry for the right reasons. And sometimes, the best horror novels are the ones that are factual. This does both. But given the tragedy, the horror and the darkness of the subject matter, there are shards of light at the end. Given the situation that the accused parties have found themselves in, hope still remains.

[Jubei]

I like all the Narnia books bar the Magicians Nephew, which is a bit rough if you want to read them all in order. I tried reading them again recently and found them very old fashioned. I know they were written and set some time ago, but they haven't aged well in my opinion.

Just started American Gods now, having finally finished Memory, Sorrow and Thorn.

And read Black Man a couple of weeks back. Greatly enjoyed its noir-esque writing style and the way the scope of the story expands towards the end of the book. Very enjoyable and nice to be reading one-off books again, rather than trilogies and such.

This post has been edited by Jubei: Jun 21 2007, 01:11 PM

[Atara]

I am starting to read Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth series again in preperation for the final book being released in November. Although my books won't be with me when I move next week so after Wizards First Rule I'll have to wait till August.

Maybe I can squeeze a couple n my case...hmmm

[Jubei]

I am starting to read Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth series again in preperation for the final book being released in November. Although my books won't be with me when I move next week so after Wizards First Rule I'll have to wait till August.

Maybe I can squeeze a couple n my case...hmmm

Again, I got sick of them reading them the first time. I think I've read 1-7 and it looks like there is another 5 to go yet. I can't believe it's actually going to end... I thought that was one story that would go on forever.

[Atara]

I love them, one of the only long fantasy series' to have kept me interested, there was only one book I though was a bit pointless, then there was room for it to have had some purpose and it wasn't used, which was a bit disappointing, but otherwise I rate them all.

[ella]

John Connolly - 'The Book Of Lost Things'

I've just finished reading that and I was very impressed. Lots of dark takes on fairytales and the like. I think that you will like.

Not heard great things about Cell, but I haven't read it yet either.

I am reading The Perfect Storm - the true story of the sinking of the Andrea Gail. It is quite, quite captivating. The fact that it is written as a rather detached retelling of the story - facts filled in with probabilities - makes it all the more gripping in my mind. The descriptions of the weather is so matter of fact, but yet so tense.

[Celticstar]

i'm currently dipping into 365 WAYS TO CHANGE THE WORLD. Some fascinating info and good things to do.

[Ade]

John Connolly - 'The Book Of Lost Things'

I read this and really liked it.  As a Fforde ffan, I bet you will too.  It's got some of the same referential elements, but it's much darker.

I've just finished reading that and I was very impressed. Lots of dark takes on fairytales and the like. I think that you will like.

Thanks very muches for the votes of positivitity. Lord knows when I'll get around to reading it, but there you go.

[sweetbutinsane]

Same with me. Though I did learn very early on in life that they had a Christian message and that put me right off them. I read them a few years ago and they're not bad, but hardly great.

I've managed to blissfully ignore any reference to Christianity (well, except for the "Sons of Adam" thing) through knowing nothing much about the religion, so I think I missed the message.

However, I noticed (and this is only to be expected from me) the words "Kraken" and "World's End" at the end of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I finished it last night, and it definitely is my favourite of the five that I've read so far (and not because of what I said above). I am rather sad though that Edmund and Lucy won't be back. Lucy was my favourite.

You know, I don't think I mentioned it on here for fear of having orcs sent after me, but I really didn't enjoy The Lord of the Rings books. I really liked the films, and so was expecting the books to be incredible, but I found them rather tedious and only got partway through The Two Towers before giving up. I might try them again, but not in the near future.

I'm going to have to plough through Harry Potter after I'm done with Narnia, as I haven't read any of the books for about two years. Here's hoping Deathly Hallows is better than Half-Blood Prince. It really felt to me like J.K. had just grabbed a random fan-fiction writer and told them to do the book for her.

This post has been edited by sweetbutinsane: Jun 21 2007, 06:56 PM

[maian]

I can see why you wouldn't like the Lord of The Rings books compared to the films. They're quite plodding in terms of pace and the prose tends to get bogged down in the description and this is often detrimental to the plot. I read them before the first film and enjoyed them but I tried to re-read them since and I couldn't get through them at all.

This post has been edited by maian: Jun 21 2007, 07:05 PM

[Zoe]

Songs! Songs! So many dreadful songs!

[maian]

Yeah. It could have really done without them.