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Spoilers What Book Are You Reading?
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some years ago I read every Murakami book I could lay hands on, but now lost that steam somehow. I can only speak for the translated versions as I can't read/speak japanese, but the writing style isn't top notch imho...but it's very entertaining and original. I still do like a lot the older ones like Hard Boiled, Norwegian Wood or A Wild Sheep Chase though - would like to read the originals onetime.
Just started this amazing book tonight. Already about halfway through it.
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back [Kindle Edition]
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back [Kindle Edition]
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So, I had some time and finished book five, "The Fires of Heaven". Now I can get back to the stack sitting on my shelf...
I've never read eragon. The young author was kinda my deterrent. Idk though, I feel like I'm literature starved. Is it really good? Is the series amazing? Let me know maybe the internet can convince me to give it a chance.
No it's not amazing, just ok.
Do you like SciFi? If you do and you've not read the Honor Harrington Series, top notch space based combat opera. I believe you can read the first book on line here although I'm not sure it 100% of the story is there. If you like it, there are more than 10 in that series. Each story has at least one Holy S*** moment. 
The author should be a deterrent. If you've read much Fantasy over the past 20 years or so, you'll say "hey, he stole x here, and y there..." They aren't terrible, but by the second book I figured if I have to force myself to read it, I was wasting my time.
It's not literature, it's entertainment fantasy. If you like dragons, I'd suggest Ann McCaffrey's Pern series. If you like adventure, I'd recommend Raymond Fiests' Magician series
No it's not amazing, just ok.
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I just finished a book last night and decided to start the Honor Harrington series this weekend. I've had the first 3 books downloaded to my Kindle for quite some time already. I heard about them from Steve Gibson of GRC.com and Security Now on TWiT.tv. From my understanding, the first 3 books were free to download in their entirety.
As a rule I normally do not read anything but non-fiction, but once in a great while I will read a fictional book. I read a few Dan Brown books a number of years ago and really liked them.
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I just finished a book last night and decided to start the Honor Harrington series this weekend. I've had the first 3 books downloaded to my Kindle for quite some time already. I heard about them from Steve Gibson of GRC.com and Security Now on TWiT.tv. From my understanding, the first 3 books were free to download in their entirety.
As a rule I normally do not read anything but non-fiction, but once in a great while I will read a fictional book. I read a few Dan Brown books a number of years ago and really liked them.
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It looks like there are 4 free ones there!
It looks like there are 4 free ones there!
You're right, and I downloaded that 4th one too!
Our sunday school teach read some excerpts of this book a couple of sundays ago. Very touching and eye opening
Amazing how people think of things differently. There's a guy in this book who the author calls 'one of the tragic cases of the early PC revolution. It's a guy who wrote an early word processing app. He'd made a fortune and blew it on cars and holidays then ended up iving off hand outs! That's not a 'tragedy' in my book. He's only got himself to blame.
Just finished the 8th in the Honor Harrington series, Echoes of Honor. Sometimes I got a feeling of a little too much info, but the combat was incredible. If you are going to start reading these, start at the beginning- On Basilisk Station.
