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#661 DuffMan

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Posted 12 December 2024 - 07:29 AM

500 pages into W&T and I'm not even halfway yet :lol:



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Posted 13 December 2024 - 07:21 PM

Finished it yesterday. 4.25/5. My least favorite Stormlight book but it ends strong. Takes forever to get going, felt like a lot of spinning its wheels. The Szeth flashbacks were great and plenty of standout moments. Wouldn't say I'm disappointed by any means, still very excited for the future of the Cosmere.


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Posted 16 December 2024 - 11:52 AM

Accidentally spoiled something for myself the other day while looking up a piece of info, dang.  It's something that has been speculated so it could have been worse I guess.  Still 500 pages to go for me can't wait to see how it finishes up.   A couple of these interludes, holy cow!


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Posted 12 January 2025 - 01:00 PM

Almost done with Wind and Truth.  Sanderson has me feeling emotions.


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Posted 12 January 2025 - 03:29 PM

What day are you on?


I blew through this book pretty quickly. I've been doing a slow reread to see what I missed.

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Posted 12 January 2025 - 09:51 PM

I think the structure of the book stole most of the meaning out of the first 75-80% of it and then while the results were meaningful it was in a way that made me question the structure in the first place. Very frustrating book but enough cool stuff and investment from previous books to still get a lot out of it overall.

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Posted 12 January 2025 - 10:19 PM

Is Patrick Rothfuss ever going to do the right thing? Or is this just another GRRM situation?

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Posted 12 January 2025 - 10:31 PM

What day are you on?


I blew through this book pretty quickly. I've been doing a slow reread to see what I missed.


Done now.  There are so many callbacks to the earlier books, not just WaT.  I'm sure I'd be done long before this if I wasn't audiobooking.



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Posted 18 February 2025 - 06:16 AM

About to read Shogun for the first time.

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Posted 24 February 2025 - 04:54 PM

Been on a pro wrestling book jag of late. I just read "Death of the Territories" and "The Last Real World Champion: The Legacy of Nature Boy Ric Flair"; both by Tim Hornbaker. For any current or lapsed wrestling, both are good reads.


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Posted 11 March 2025 - 04:58 PM

I've been reading the Sean Duffy series by Adrian McKinty, about a sarcastic police office in 1980's Northern Ireland trying to solve crimes while drinking too much and trying not to get blown up by the IRA, some of whom live down the street.  Great stuff.

 

https://www.amazon.c...ry_1_1094080985

 

Book #8 in this series just came out, and the Kindle versions of the first 7 are on sale for $2.99 at Amazon.  They're all great.

 

The Sean Duffy Series (8 book series) Kindle Edition



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Posted 11 March 2025 - 06:11 PM

I’m almost done Harlen Coben’s Marlon Bolitar series, maybe I’ll check that out next.

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Posted 15 March 2025 - 12:33 PM

I'm on the first proper novel after blasting through the Murderbot series.  I want to read it before the show comes out so I can complain about everything they ruined.

 

Also back on Stephen King in my audiobook stream.  Giving 11-22-63 a go.


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