The Great Hullabaloo: BOOKS.

[Timothy225]

You'll enjoy it, Rob. Keep in mind the timeframe and attitudes when the story was written, and you'll be fine.

[Abraham Smashington]

Picked up the first John Carter book last night. Hopefully dive into it later this week.

[Howard]

Gah. I picked up The Lost Symbol. No. I didn't buy it (the book was lying around my dad's place). I didn't even make it through the first chapter. So awful.

[Ingrid]

With a touch of Aliens and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.*





*Not really.

[Captain Russ]

So you're saying it's The Anne Frank Notebook?

[Ingrid]

As my mom is a librarian(woot!), she often gets ARCs(Advanced Reader Copy) from time to time to help decide if the book is good and therefore how many copies to order. She gave me one the a couple of weeks ago called The Things We Cherished by Pam Jenoff that I just finished. Really engrossing, well written book with the Holocaust as the backdrop. Kind of a 'chick' book, I guess, but I still recommend it.

[Howard]

Wait, I just read that wont happen until Memory of Light. Jesus, even after he's dead Jordan is long fucking winded.

To be fair, there were a shit ton of plot lines to bring together. Not to mention getting everyone in the same time (he had annoyingly jumped ahead and back with several characters). Sanderson did a rather deft job of sewing everything up and getting everyone in the right place.

[Timothy225]

Nice choices. Ellison's usually a win.

[Captain Russ]

Picked up some Ellison short story collections (Shatterday and The Deathbird Stories) and the anniversary edition of American Gods.

[Chris Miller]

Wait, I just read that wont happen until Memory of Light. Jesus, even after he's dead Jordan is long fucking winded.

[Chris Miller]

Just finished Towers of Midnight. Sanderson has done the impossible. Tied up all the plots and brought WoT to it's concluding chapter. Honestly, I'm more than impressed.

I stopped at book eight. Should I just assume Tarmon Gaiddon was pretty cool and Rand won?

[BillyG]

Brittany came in dancing with our copy of Dance With Dragons last night, then reminded me she paid for it so she's reading it first. BAAAAAH

[Timothy225]

Cracked open my copies of Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars and Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Felt like getting all sophisticated up in here, up in here.

Suetonius' account of the first 12 emperors of the Roman Empire is heavy on history, steamy gossip, and religious symbolism and allegory (man, those Romans were some superstitious folk). Really fills in some blanks as to what was going on back in the day, and you also learn that even the best of the emperor's had feet of clay. Very good read, especially if you're a fan of stuff like I, Claudius.

The Art of War has probably been discussed to death, but it's still a fascinating read, and mandatory just for life lessons alone. That, and Machiavelli's The Prince, are must reads if you're into politics, strategy, history, and human nature and behavior.

[Martin]

Im reading OUt of the Dark, an alien invasion story where mankind fight back a bit-with the help of

  Spoiler: SPOILER that might make you read the book!!! 

motherfucking vampires. Yeah, Dracula is in this.

This is why I read that. Next up: The Crippled God and A Dance of Dragons.

[Howard]

Just finished Towers of Midnight. Sanderson has done the impossible. Tied up all the plots and brought WoT to it's concluding chapter. Honestly, I'm more than impressed.