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Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:12:54

My father in law got me Stephen King's Under the Dome as a birthday present. Starting it right now.

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Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:21:57
SteelAttack said:

My father in law got me Stephen King's Under the Dome as a birthday present. Starting it right now.

I'm interested in that book. I should give it a try soon. Let us know what you think of it, Steel.

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Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:28:55

I finished A Nameless Witch. It wasn't quite as good as Too Many Curses, but still a lot of fun to read.

I just started The Sword (Chiveis Trilogy) by Brian M. Litfin. It was only $1.99 on the Kindle Store. I read the first couple chapters, and it's pretty good so far. Some of the dialog feels a bit unnatural, though.

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Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:05:48
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I'm interested in that book. I should give it a try soon. Let us know what you think of it, Steel.

Well I just finished it. It's a great novel. Focuses much more in the horrors that can come from human thoughts and actions, instead of the ones coming from a supernatural cause. I believe that makes the story much more terrifying.

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Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:40:48

Now I started A Game of Thrones. Let's see if this stuff deserves all the erections it gets.

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Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:49:23

I'm reading it too!

We can be reading buddies!

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Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:50:10

...be prepared to try and remember about 476 different characters names!

...Luckily half of them seem to be Robert!

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Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:06:52
I've always wanted to start that series but it's already at book 5, right?
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Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:19:53

Yep... and they are loooooooooooooooooooong books!

The first one is good so far. I like it!

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Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:57:10
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Now I started A Game of Thrones. Let's see if this stuff deserves all the erections it gets.

I have the 1st book. Bought it back when it first came out on paperback many years ago. Never read beyond the 2nd chapter, though. Sad

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Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:00:36
We might be planning a trip to the mountains for this weekend, so maybe the perfect time to buy the first book.
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Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:31:27

I'm about to finish it, tonight or tomorrow night. It's been a blast, an absolute blast. I'm a sucker for these kinds of things.

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Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:07:22

It's done. Sure it's an entertaining ride. Looking forward to the second book, as long as it gets printed soon in here. Hrm

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Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:34:44

That was fast! I've been reading it for weeks now... Haven't had much quiet, reading time lately!

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Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:04:02

Yeah. I liked it so much I'm thinking about a second read back to back. I guess it'll all depend on whether I can find the english editions for cheap around here. I'll still pick up the spanish ones to show my support, but I'd surely love to grab the rest of the books as soon as possible.

In the meantime I started The Great Design, by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow.

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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:23:39

Finished Wolves eat Dogs last night. Arkady Renko is my favorite detective. He's so deeply flawed, and he always seems to lose, even when he wins.

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Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:40:40

Reading ASOIAF: Clash of Kings now, a tad more than halfway through the book.

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Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:56:06

Little past halfway through SK's Nightmares and Dreamscapes. Not in the right mind set at all for a short story collect.

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Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:48:33

Read the complete Sherlock Holmes stories. The first volume is fairly entertaining, but the works later than that are either phoned in or not written by Doyle at all.  They were done clearly after he had had some success, so they are longer and dumber (no more need to self-edit and no fresh ideas).

Now reading another book on FDR by Doris Kearns Goodwin and Richard Norton Smith's book on Washington.  The latter is much better.

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Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:08:22

Hmm, so I have four books, each about half read, but what am I currently reading instead? The Hunger Games again, for the second time. And one of those unfinished books is Battle Royale. lol

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