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    #886
    Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

    Heh, I apparently dropped a book and reversed the order of 6 and 7 in my head but 7 introduces some entertaining people though one of the ones I like least gets the most screen time in the next 15 books or so.
    life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.

    Yoda: Dark Rendezvous

    "But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."

    John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper

    "You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."

    Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis


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      #887
      Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

      So...I just read a book that I thought would be great and it was actually quite horrible. Ever read something where the person took a couple of ideas that could have been good, dressed them up in horrible history and pseudointellectual bullshit, and just went to town with it? Plus its so hypocritical I just wanted to throw the book away, and coming from me, that's pretty much blasphemy. Terrible. terrible book. The practical information part of the book can easily be found in a dozen different (better and more expansive) books or even on the net for free. The rest of the book is just half-assed opinions based on quarter-truths but pawned off as fact with little to no exposition or thoughtfulness.

      I'm so disappointed.
      Last edited by thalassa; 27 May 2015, 17:17.
      Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryPagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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        #888
        Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

        What's the name of this disgrace to writing?
        life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.

        Yoda: Dark Rendezvous

        "But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."

        John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper

        "You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."

        Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis


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          #889
          Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

          Originally posted by MaskedOne View Post
          What's the name of this disgrace to writing?
          Unlearn, Rewild

          I thought it would be something like Edward Abbey and John Muir meets Euell Gibbons plus my 1950s Army survival guide.

          It wasn't.

          It was a human hating dystopian self-hatred pity party (yes, I realize that is redundant, that is how the book felt) plus mediocre survivalism tips.
          Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryPagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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            #890
            Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

            Dreaming the Dark - Starhawk

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              #891
              Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

              Originally posted by thalassa View Post
              Unlearn, Rewild...
              It was a human hating dystopian self-hatred pity party...
              I hate human hating dystopian self-hatred pity parties. Self loathing is one of the more disturbing vices.
              Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.

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                #892
                Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                I like human hating books. Especially when they involve zombies. Gets all my aggression out.
                Satan is my spirit animal

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                  #893
                  Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                  For the past few weeks I've been a wee bit addicted to the show Archer. Then on one of those little in-between commercial "ask archer" moments he mentions a book that fans can read all about his favorite guns, cocktails, women and espionage in. I assumed it was a fictitious book (as in, not existing), but I got bored and did a google search and the book actually exists... So that's now on my reading list for the very near future. ^^

                  It's called "How to Archer."

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                    #894
                    Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                    The Master Magician (Book #3 of the Paper Magician series, which I quite like)
                    Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryPagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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                      #895
                      Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                      Halloween: An American Holiday

                      I've heard it's not great, but I'm borrowing it for funsies.

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                        #896
                        Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                        I've been enjoying Harry Potter fanfiction for the past couple of weeks. There's actually some good ones out there.
                        "In the shade now tall forms are advancing,
                        And their wan hands like snowflakes in the moonlight are gleaming;
                        They beckon, they whisper, 'Oh! strong armed in valor,
                        The pale guests await thee - mead foams in Valhalla.'"
                        - Finn's Saga

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                          #897
                          Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                          Not an update on a new audiobook. But those who use Overdrive or whatever free book service...2 books I had on hold came up! What am I going to do?!!! Choice choices.
                          Satan is my spirit animal

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                            #898
                            Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                            Just finished 'a rose for emily', the text I chose for the second half of my exam... read it before... it's no less disturbing thesecond and third time around.
                            You remind me of the babe
                            What babe?
                            The babe with the power
                            What power?
                            The Power of voodoo
                            Who do?
                            You do!
                            Do what?
                            Remind me of the babe!

                            Army of Darkness: Guardians of the Chat

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                              #899
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                              Finished book 2 of the apocalypse triptych. Now on The end has come!
                              Satan is my spirit animal

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                                #900
                                Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                                I finished The Anabasis ("The March Up Country" it might also be known as/translated as) by Xenophon. It was great; short perhaps, but definitely sweet.

                                I went on amazon the other day expecting to order Metro 2034 by Dmitry Glukhovsky but it wasn't available yet so I ended up ordering The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok because I've enjoyed the TV show Vikings but would like to read about the real Ragnar.

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