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Persephone · « **Reply #460 on:** July 05, 2011, 01:12:27 pm »

Peter Høeg's "The Quiet Girl"

The One · « **Reply #461 on:** July 05, 2011, 03:16:42 pm »

My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk.

Persephone · « **Reply #462 on:** July 24, 2011, 12:51:04 pm »

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Markus · « **Reply #463 on:** July 26, 2011, 06:39:18 pm »

Joanne Harris: Runemarks

Oh Kris, this one is really so much fun! There's an author who has obviously read the Eddas. So many allusions woven into the text that you will recognise only when you know the old stories. You know how much I like deciphering stuff like that on my own, before the author reveals the solution, so I'm enjoying this a lot. Like the criss-cross-scars on Lucky's lips or the fact that he's threatening Maddy with arrow and bow at first. Wandering One-Eye was simple, of course.

Thank you very much!

Cheers!

Markus

Persephone · « **Reply #464 on:** July 26, 2011, 10:09:01 pm »

Oh I am glad You like it!

I thought so! I enjoyed exactly the same about it!

saphira · « **Reply #465 on:** July 27, 2011, 09:18:41 am »

Looks like I will need to read Runemarks too.. the way you rite about it, it makes it sound very promising

Robert Jordan: The Wheel of Time, book five - The Fires of Heaven

Markus · « **Reply #466 on:** July 27, 2011, 10:49:31 am »

I can really recommend it.

It's a very fast reading, though - I started it just yesterday and read 150 pages before finally going to sleep.

Oh, what I also like is that the author is being quite creative with the Nordic stories without twisting them. She has found a way to do so by adding stuff, but leaving the traditional core intact.

Cheers!

Markus

Markus · « **Reply #467 on:** August 02, 2011, 12:19:26 am »

Hey folks,

last Saturday I finished "Runemarks". Oh well... finishing an enjoyable book always leaves me somewhat glum because it's like leaving friends. I didn't find the ending overly sad; it would have been a bit cheesy without this trace of mourning. And Sugar becoming the new <N.N.> is just hilarious, isn't it?

Thanks again, Kris - I'll bring the book back home soon!

Cheers!

Markus

Lady Sa'iltu · « **Reply #468 on:** September 06, 2011, 01:46:47 am »

"Approaching the Snow Queen" by Yevgeniy Golovin.
And I'm not sure if he is sane.

Persephone · « **Reply #469 on:** September 06, 2011, 06:42:23 pm »

Siren, is that You?

Persephone · « **Reply #470 on:** September 14, 2011, 09:56:22 am »

Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien - in this edition. In English.

Hell my personal vocabulary is very very very weak. And I am only in the Prologue.

I'd love to buy this one: http://www.tolkien.co.uk/titles/47957/the-legend-of-sigurd-and-gudr%C3%BAn-j-r-r-tolkien-9780007317240

Persephone · « **Reply #471 on:** November 05, 2011, 03:19:21 pm »

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly.

It's a strange book. Imho not a typical fantasy. The author himself is Irish and well known for his "mystery" (detective) books about Charlie Parker.

This is of course a different kind. Lot of it is based on folk tales like Red riding hood, Snowhite and Rumpelstiltskin - on whom is based the main "badass" character The Crooked Man.
In the beginning I thought (and the plot on the cover make it look like that) it's a children's book but now I would defnitely not put it in a child's hand even if he/she would be around 12yo.
I have to say that The Crooked Man really give me creeps. It's a really sick character.

The One · « **Reply #472 on:** November 26, 2011, 10:06:08 pm »

Currently reading The Last Wish, a collection of fantasy short stories by Andrzej Sapkowski.
The Witcher series of video games is based on the works of this author, and to be honest, I'm enjoying the books as much as I enjoy the games.

Markus · « **Reply #473 on:** December 11, 2011, 11:15:40 am »

"The Street of the Four Winds" from "The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers. Just a quick short story that the cat lovers among you might like a lot.

Cheers!

Markus

Persephone · « **Reply #474 on:** December 26, 2011, 07:36:54 pm »

:-) After long time when I finally have it at home I read again:

Luth · « **Reply #475 on:** December 26, 2011, 07:46:20 pm »

And soon you'll be able to watch in the cinema

Persephone · « **Reply #476 on:** December 26, 2011, 07:50:11 pm »

Well, not exactly soon

As I saw the trailer, I am pretty interested how they will manage to make the movie...

The One · « **Reply #477 on:** January 19, 2012, 07:06:03 am »

Alamut by Vladimir Bartol.
This is a really good book.

Markus · « **Reply #478 on:** March 13, 2012, 01:09:30 pm »

Hey folks,

recently I've read the "Breach" trilogy by Patrick Lee. Well-done science fiction with a lot of suspense, the right rhythm of riddles and solutions, some interesting ethical question in the end and a certain feeling to it. Good stuff!

Also read "A Colder War" by Charles Stross. Imagine the cold war not being only about nukes but also about Lovecraftian horrors. If you enjoy

this short novelette may be worth reading for you.

Cheers!

Markus

The One · « **Reply #479 on:** March 25, 2012, 08:13:30 am »

I'm currently reading Swedish Death Metal by Daniel Ekeroth. A great documentation of the history of Death Metal in there, including a few chronicles about a certain late-1980's youngster we all know as Chris. Hell, it covers all the stuff he did up to his second or third album, not to mention his anecdotes about his first gig.
I'll spoil this part of you, but the way he described it is way too funny not to comment on; it apparently happened at a youth center, where the audience consisted of five metalheads that headbanged and fifteen immigrant kids who were really confused as to what the hell was happening.

The best part? I found in York University's Library. I'm so glad I'm here at York.

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