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Post by Donar on Mar 20, 2018 15:47:03 GMT -5
After finishing The Meaning of Hitler I'm reading Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow. A must read for any snow lover imho with some really nice weather descriptions.
As a sideline I'm also re-reading LOTR, my all-time favourite.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2018 15:47:58 GMT -5
I'm also reading LOTR.
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Post by Ariete on Mar 20, 2018 15:54:37 GMT -5
For leisure reading I now read 'The Silk Roads' by Peter Frankopan. I previously read 'Fibula, Fabula, Fact - Finland During the Viking Age' and 'Finland - A Guest for the Third Reich'.
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Post by rozenn on Mar 20, 2018 16:32:20 GMT -5
Dammit Godwin's law.  La Bête Humaine (The Beast Within) by Emile Zola; been a while since I last opened it though. |
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Post by knot on Mar 21, 2018 1:48:29 GMT -5
"The Idiots Guide to Moderating City-Data Forums"—by J.R.R Voloschlong, illustrated by Cumbium McDunkinMyDickInCoffee. Quite an interesting read, I must say! 
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Post by Babu on Mar 29, 2018 1:02:26 GMT -5
I'm reading LOTR too actually after having read The Hobbit. The Hobbit, I've read many times; LOTR I was read as a bedtime story and I don't remember any of it anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 20:24:26 GMT -5
I'm dipping in and out of "The Power Of Now" by Eckharte Tolle.
I have quite a few books I read on Google Books as well. A recent book I was reading is "Cloud Dynamics" by Robert A. Houze, Jnr. Quite technical.
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Post by Babu on May 24, 2018 7:22:11 GMT -5
Why is there no book thread? I finished reading the Name of the Wind books (Kingskiller Chronicles). Absolutely fantastic. Anyone who enjoys fantasy from time to time would love it I'm sure. It's got like 4.55/5 on the imdb of books (goodreads), comparable to for example the Godfather and Shawshank redemption movies.
And now I'm reading the Night Angel trilogy. Actually just finished the first book an hour ago and haven't started on the second yet. It's not as good as Kingskiller Chronicles. It's not as beautfully written, and the character is not as lifelike, but it's a page turner either way. It's not as good, but I don't expect to find a book as good as the Kingskiller Chronicles soon.
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Post by Babu on May 24, 2018 11:03:00 GMT -5
^ Fuck lol. I suck at searching for things. Seriously. Ask me to see if we have milk in the fridge and I'll search for 10 minutes not finding it, tell you, have you buy milk and then listen to you scold me for letting you buy a bunch of milk when we in fact had three jugs.
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Post by srfoskey on Jun 2, 2018 22:48:43 GMT -5
I tried reading LOTR but got bored because it was so slow. I did like the movies tho. Now I'm reading A Game of Thrones, which is pretty good.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2018 23:30:43 GMT -5
Problem with the LOTR is the dated writing style, quite dense and not easy to dive into. The Hobbit is far more accessible for modern readers.
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Post by Lommaren on Jun 4, 2018 17:25:41 GMT -5
Problem with the LOTR is the dated writing style, quite dense and not easy to dive into. The Hobbit is far more accessible for modern readers. I read those books enforced by mum when I was around 9-10 and it was just too boring for me. Those books were so boring that I later ignored the movies and actually never saw them, so the insistance really backfired instead |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2018 20:16:13 GMT -5
Problem with the LOTR is the dated writing style, quite dense and not easy to dive into. The Hobbit is far more accessible for modern readers. I read those books enforced by mum when I was around 9-10 and it was just too boring for me. Those books were so boring that I later ignored the movies and actually never saw them, so the insistance really backfired instead Your loss, not hers. |
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Post by Lommaren on Jun 5, 2018 5:33:44 GMT -5
No worries Strewthless, she gave me some other really good books too actually. |
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Post by Babu on Jun 6, 2018 16:10:35 GMT -5
Fuck off. What's with all these high fantasy trilogies having to follow multiple characters? In ASoIAF (GoT) it makes since because the main character is the world itself, and not a person.
But in general I feel a book should be able to tell the story through one person's eyes. Having to switch character all the time just feels like "cheating" in a way, with the negative consequence of completely messing up the tempo and flow of the books. There's nothing worse than reading an exciting chapter and storyline just to face another chapter following some completely uninteresting person, completely killing the excitement and flow.
The Kingskiller Chronicles follows just one person, and every chapter picks up where the last one left off, and there's constantly something going on, tugging forward like on rails in one coherent flow.
The last books I read were the Night Angel books, and they didn't do that, making them far less page turning exciting. Now I've started reading the Way of Kings, and here too they make you follow different characters. It makes me much less excited about reading the next chapter. Boke
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Post by Ariete on Jun 6, 2018 16:44:01 GMT -5
I am Zlatan. I have never read a book, not even my own.
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Post by knot on Jun 6, 2018 17:06:12 GMT -5
Fuck off. What's with all these high fantasy trilogies having to follow multiple characters? In ASoIAF (GoT) it makes since because the main character is the world itself, and not a person. But in general I feel a book should be able to tell the story through one person's eyes. Having to switch character all the time just feels like "cheating" in a way, with the negative consequence of completely messing up the tempo and flow of the books. There's nothing worse than reading an exciting chapter and storyline just to face another chapter following some completely uninteresting person, completely killing the excitement and flow. The Kingskiller Chronicles follows just one person, and every chapter picks up where the last one left off, and there's constantly something going on, tugging forward like on rails in one coherent flow. The last books I read were the Night Angel books, and they didn't do that, making them far less page turning exciting. Now I've started reading the Way of Kings, and here too they make you follow different characters. It makes me much less excited about reading the next chapter. Boke Bugger off, ya fucken nerdkunt. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2018 18:42:32 GMT -5
Some of the finest pieces of literature every written follow multiple characters. I don't see the issue.
It only fails if the writer is shit.
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Post by nei on Jun 7, 2018 9:29:21 GMT -5
Fuck off. What's with all these high fantasy trilogies having to follow multiple characters? In ASoIAF (GoT) it makes since because the main character is the world itself, and not a person. Adds variety if done well. And neat to the same event told through different perspectives. |
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Post by nei on Jun 7, 2018 9:29:51 GMT -5
Bugger off, ya fucken nerdkunt. It's a weather forum. Shouldn't we be kinda nerdy? |
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