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A post for blabbering on about anything and everything!

Right now I'm in a such a reading slump =( I'm barely 1/3rd through Lies of Locke Lamora, I started Dune in the hopes that switching books would help - no luck. I can't concentrate on books at all at the moment!

Aw Rinn! :/ You and I need to have a catch up in the New Year ok? :D

Is it work and stuff or just one of those ebb and flow things? I sometimes find that reading a few smaller books, or particularly for younger readers can help :)

I have literally just got back home from legging it down to the delivery office before it shut - my only opportunity to grab the last present that needs wrapping before seeing the family member it's for!

Yes, we do!

I think it's partly burn out from Sci-Fi Month. I'm really behind on commenting on my friends' blogs too... I reckon I'll take your advice, I was thinking of doing that - I have my eye on the new Patrick Ness book =)

When are you off back home?

It is a good plan :) I've started The Ship Who Sang, which is nice and small as I have just finished a thick one and I have another think one to start soon enough :) I also have about 4 reviews to catch up on as I have had no time as such for that! Shocking thought! :O

Oh I know - I honestly did try to keep up with reading everything during Sci-fi month, but I just couldn't keep up - where's all this student free time lark we used to have? :P

Getting super excited - seeing the family tomorrow evening :) I swear even when I'm 100 I'll still be super excited for Christmas! Doing anything fun yourself?

Just read that sanderson's new novel will stretch the limits of Tor's printing press: 1088 pages. Hardcover. Omfg.

Rinn wrote: "A post for blabbering on about anything and everything!

Right now I'm in a such a reading slump =( I'm barely 1/3rd through Lies of Locke Lamora, I started Dune in the hopes that switching books w..."

I feel the same way, I haven't been able to sit and read more than 50 pages at a time, unfortunately I know exactly why it is, it's Christmas... Four years ago Christmas was by far my favorite holiday and with a healthy one year old, Connor, should have only become a better holiday. Then 2010 came and I had a baby boy named Logan, Logan had poly-cystic kidney disease and for those that don't know the outcome of that is pretty much terrible. Logan lived 2.5 months.

Cue 2012, the Friday before Christmas my wife finds out she's pregnant and my baby, Claire, was diagnosed with the same thing. She also lived only 2.5 months, passing away on October 1st. Needless to say Christmas is a hard time, actually every day is a hard day, but I try to hold it together because my son is now 4 (almost 5) and is super excited for Christmas.

Sorry to bring this thread down, but if I don't get things like this off my chest when I think them it just makes life too hard. :(

Roger wrote: "Rinn wrote: "A post for blabbering on about anything and everything!

Right now I'm in a such a reading slump =( I'm barely 1/3rd through Lies of Locke Lamora, I started Dune in the hopes that swit..."

Roger, that's terrible for you and your wife :( I can see why Christmas is such a hard time for you both, though admittedly it is nigh on impossible for anyone who hasn't gone through something like that to really understand what it is like. I hope the two of you at least have a restful Christmas - at least as restful as Christmas with a 4 year old can be!

The thing about reading is it should be enjoyable, and if you are finding it hard to read - just take a break, do other things, and the desire to read will eventually come back as it does :)

I've finally got time to read again, as it's winter break and I'm between semesters. I'm getting sick again though, which is frustrating. And the University changed my financial aid status and my grant got revoked. Hopefully it was just a mistake in input, but this is incredibly stressful.

I just want to relax... I know my health problems are stress related and this isn't helping at all.

I got my younger brother a copy of Ender's Game for Christmas. He's 11 and soon to be 12 in February, and generally doesn't read a lot. I hope he enjoys it. >_<;

it can be interesting/difficult trying to find books for infrequent readers :) I think I managed successes with Harry Potter and His Dark Materials trilogy. what do others normally recommend to those who do like to read much? particularly not really fans of sf and fantasy. does it vary on the age, or do you go with something generally easy and rainbow for any age?

Thanks Freya, that's definitely a good way to look at it, I actually got a lot of reading done over the weekend and am gearing up for the challenge. I have two books sitting on my shelf just waiting for the challenge to start.

Glorious sunshine after the past few days of mildly alarming weather - mince pies and sausage rolls to be created today :) Hope you all have a great Christmas! :)

I've been cleaning the house all morning, and now it looks sparkly clean =D

Oh yes the dusting, hoovering, dishwasher, bed-making was done this morning and the decking the halls with boughs of holly was yesterday :)

Can you finally relax now Rinn? Or more to do? :)

It's pretty much done now, but I actually find cleaning quite relaxing in itself!

I confess I was thinking the exact same thing this morning - not sure whether to be appalled or amused at myself! :D

Merry Christmas Dragons and Jetpackers! :)

Merry Christmas! :)

Merry Christmas to you too! 80D

Yay Merry Christmas everybody :)

I'm reading The Ghostly Grammar Boy by Sandra Thompson at the moment. It's really good. I deffo recommend it.

Hope everyone had a good Christmas!

I've been rubbish reading this month's books. About a third through Locke Lamora and haven't really started Dune... my plan is to get through them after my current book. I had a funny reading slump, I just wasn't feeling like reading any big books, so I read a few YA novels which helped =)

Christmas had actually gotten in the way of reading - I thought " great time off work. can read loads" - nope! too busy catching up with people :)

i09 have just released their SF and fantasy books of the year:


Just aded a few to my TBR list!

Oh noooo not another amazing list!!

Paul wrote: "i09 have just released their SF and fantasy books of the year:
..."

I just discovered the GR listopia for that list!

Thanks Andreas

Been the gym today with my sister.
A gym is a good place to set a fantasy or sci-fi story because of the different possibilities. Like, when you're on the treadmill, it feels like everybody(including yourself)and everything is going forward even the floor, so you can imagine walking/jogging/running through space

Hi everyone,

Firstly sorry if I've posted in the wrong section, I'm new to the group.

I've just joined good reads in the hope I can find some new inspiration, I love sci-fi fantasy but am struggling to find anything that takes my fancy at the moment.

I'll probably give The two books for January a go but if anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated. I tend to lean more towards fantasy (Tolkien, Peter V Brett, Stephen Ericson etc) but will also read sci-fi.

Thanks

Marc

Hi Marc
I've not been here very long either.
I like fantasy and sci-fi.
Do you like anything by Terry Brooks? He's a favourite of mine

Thanks Andrea,

I've not heard of him before. I'll have a look into it. Is there a particular book or series to start with?



Andrea wrote: "Hi Marc
I've not been here very long either.
I like fantasy and sci-fi.
Do you like anything by Terry Brooks? He's a favourite of mine"

Marc wrote: "Thanks Andrea,

I've not heard of him before. I'll have a look into it. Is there a particular book or series to start with?



Andrea wrote: "Hi Marc
I've not been here very long either.
I like fa..."
You want to start that series with the Sword of Shannara trilogy, it has a compilation The Sword of Shannara Trilogy

Or start the first of that series The Sword of Shannara

Also consider novels by Branden Sanderson, he has a lot of great books out there.

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all have a good 2014 :)


Welcome Marc! I hope you have a good time here :)

Happy New Year Everyone!!

I've been ten pin bowling with my 17 y/o sister today

Andrea wrote: "I've been ten pin bowling with my 17 y/o sister today"

That sounds cool :) I am rubbish at it and am usually there with someone who can answer their phone and randomly lob the bowling ball done the alley and knock everything down in sight without even paying attention... it's not fair! :D

Not sure if is the best place to post this, but there are some really good new release books on this list:

I have Hang Wire and The Almost Girl on my Kindle, yay for Netgalley!

I'm not sure if this is the right thread to post, but I didn't find any better and didn't want to creat a new one for just one question :)
I want to read the Mistborn Trilogy and since it seems that it's going to be botm in february it's a great opportunity. Well now to my question because I'm a little bit confused. I own a kindle so I prefer the ebook version, but the real page number (850) of the Mistborn Trilogy seems kind of weird. Especially since the paperback trilogy Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set has about 2200 pages and here on goodreads there's also an ebook version with about 2300 pages. Where does the difference come from? Is it an error or maybe is it shortened? Has anyone bought the ebook from amazon so far and can help me?

I wouldn't know, however I don't think that 850 pages is really correct as I have just finished reading The Well of Ascension and that was about 600-700 alone! The ones in the two thousands certainly sounds more realistic as it then places each book at approx 700 pages or something. However I am not a kindle person so perhaps others would be more qualified to comment... do you have links to them?

Freya wrote: "I wouldn't know, however I don't think that 850 pages is really correct as I have just finished reading The Well of Ascension and that was about 600-700 alone! The ones in the two thousands certain..."

The number of pages actually changed to 1000 since I wrote my last post here. But that's still way too little. I'm talking about that should contain the first three books (it's the german amazon page, but the english ebook). And its page number comes from . I think that the number of pages is just false, because I read a lot of reviews (good and bad ones) and never found anything that would suggest, that this editions are somehow shortened - so I just bought it :)

Trillian do any of the reviews mention the amount of pages?

Kirsty wrote: "Trillian do any of the reviews mention the amount of pages?"

unfortunately not. That's what I was looking for :) I also checked the reviews on amazon.com and the only thing about missing pages I found, was about a mass market paperback edition that wasn't printed right.

I have all three books on a bookshelf at work. I will check them at lunchtime

Paul wrote: "I have all three books on a bookshelf at work. I will check them at lunchtime"

thank you, that would be great :)

a work bookshelf?! :O if only I could get away with that!

Trillian

The Final Empire - 643
The Well of Ascension - 781
The Hero of Ages - 748

it is a bookshelf for catalogues, but I have snuck the odd book or three on it

@Paul: thank you again. Then it can only be an error. Or the font size is really really small :)

Has anyone seen this website:
Could spend ages here...

Paul wrote: "Has anyone seen this website:
Could spend ages here..."

Wow! What a great idea!