Is it a more serious book or a children's type of story like the Lord of the Rings?
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Matthew Reilly - Australian author. I've never been into action books, but his rope me in.
Read:
- Ice Station, Area 7, Scarecrow [Shane Schofield Series]
- Seven Ancient Wonders, The Six Sacred Stones, The Five Greatest Warriors [Jack West Series]
Finishing up Greatest Warriors now. Can't wait for his next one which comes out in the next 6 weeks or so!
Read:
- Ice Station, Area 7, Scarecrow [Shane Schofield Series]
- Seven Ancient Wonders, The Six Sacred Stones, The Five Greatest Warriors [Jack West Series]
Finishing up Greatest Warriors now. Can't wait for his next one which comes out in the next 6 weeks or so!
finished david millar's autobiography - I don't know, I get that he wants to redeem himself and all from doping but it just seems... pretentious...but perhaps I'm being unkind
finished amy chua's "battle hymn of the tiger mother" - ha, nothing none of us don't already know and no idea why I even bothered reading it
currently reading - I mean attempting - proust's "in search of lost time" - hopefully I will be able to get through this one than giving up like I did with Joyce's "ulysses"
finished amy chua's "battle hymn of the tiger mother" - ha, nothing none of us don't already know and no idea why I even bothered reading it
currently reading - I mean attempting - proust's "in search of lost time" - hopefully I will be able to get through this one than giving up like I did with Joyce's "ulysses"
Just finished 'A Game of Thrones' by George Martin today.
I'm not crazy about the author's prose. It's a pretty generic and uninspired. Considering it's the first of a long series of books I can understand the numerous characters that aren't well-developed. Felt a bit uncomfortable reading through sex scenes involving twelve-year-olds.
Other than that, the plot's pretty good. Lots of branches, layered, and told from plenty of different angles which keeps you wanting to read ahead.
I'm not crazy about the author's prose. It's a pretty generic and uninspired. Considering it's the first of a long series of books I can understand the numerous characters that aren't well-developed. Felt a bit uncomfortable reading through sex scenes involving twelve-year-olds.
Other than that, the plot's pretty good. Lots of branches, layered, and told from plenty of different angles which keeps you wanting to read ahead.
I'm reading The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha.
Edit: I recently finished Maniac Magee By Jerry Spinelli.
I read it the first time when I was 11 years old or so. I remembered liking it a lot back then so I (bored and finding nothing excitable to read) picked it up and read it in about two nights. It was just as enjoyable as the first time. I now know why I left it on the book shelf.
It's about a homeless kid who runs everywhere through a racially divided town, his search for a family, and impression he makes on the residents of the town.
Edit: I recently finished Maniac Magee By Jerry Spinelli.
I read it the first time when I was 11 years old or so. I remembered liking it a lot back then so I (bored and finding nothing excitable to read) picked it up and read it in about two nights. It was just as enjoyable as the first time. I now know why I left it on the book shelf.
It's about a homeless kid who runs everywhere through a racially divided town, his search for a family, and impression he makes on the residents of the town.
