April challenge - Banana for scale!

Deadline for entry:
 

March challenge Winner announced!

 

Last book you bought - or read

24 Oct 2019 14:24 #26447 by Valence
Replied by Valence on topic Last book you bought - or read
Phew, something happened on page 67. :P

If "the thing that changes everything" doesn't occur by page 60 I get a bit impatient. :)

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

24 Oct 2019 14:33 - 24 Oct 2019 16:28 #26448 by Charlotte
Replied by Charlotte on topic Last book you bought - or read
sometimes it seems to happen about half way through, but I guess it's more than 120 pages?

Edit 2 hours later: apparently you are now completely engrossed... :dry:
Any an all misspellings are henceforth blamed on the cats.

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

31 Oct 2019 11:03 #26572 by Mindbender
Replied by Mindbender on topic Last book you bought - or read
Latest finished one was ”Inferno” by Dan Brown. Think I gave it 4/5 on Goodreads

Like his mystery/pageturner style with lots of art references. Otherwise much into fantasy, reading ”ASOIAF” now that the series is over - at a very slow pace

Reading ”The Emigrants part 1” by Vilhelm Moberg at a more steady pace ? Great novel about ordinary people’s hardships emigrating from Sweden to the US in the 1850’s. Much recommended if into historical fiction

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

31 Oct 2019 11:39 #26576 by Charlotte
Replied by Charlotte on topic Last book you bought - or read
I actually never read that (Utvandrarna/The emigrants) - Swedish literature class forever killed my interest in Swedish books :P
Any an all misspellings are henceforth blamed on the cats.
The following user(s) said Thank You: Mindbender

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

31 Oct 2019 14:26 - 31 Oct 2019 14:30 #26579 by Valence
Replied by Valence on topic Last book you bought - or read

Edit 2 hours later: apparently you are now completely engrossed... :dry:


Oops, didn't see that edit.
Sadly I'm not engrossed as it's very formulaic.
Currently not-Frodo, along with his friends not-Merry, not-Pippin and not-Sam, have left the not-Shire and with the help of not-Aragorn (who is also not-Gandalf and not-Galadriel in a gender-switch character mash-up) they have all escaped from the pursuing not-Dark Riders. I can confidently predict that within the next 10 pages they will arrive at not-Rivendell and speak with not-Elrond who will tell them more about not-Sauron and his eternal battle with .... that other guy. I don't know too much about that "other guy" yet but maybe he'll be not-Saruman. :confident:

I would have put all that in the spoiler tag but it's not a spoiler, we've all read that story a thousand times before. I think there are about 13 books in the Wheel Of Time series so I hope the author came up with an original idea somewhere along the line. Or maybe he'll just change the names. :dry:

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

31 Oct 2019 14:29 #26580 by Charlotte
Replied by Charlotte on topic Last book you bought - or read
oh dear :D Let's hope the author (if he's still alive) doesn't see your review. Or maybe it would be good for him...
Any an all misspellings are henceforth blamed on the cats.

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

31 Oct 2019 14:31 #26581 by Valence
Replied by Valence on topic Last book you bought - or read
He died before finishing the series. Someone else had to take over. :dry:

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

31 Oct 2019 14:44 #26582 by Charlotte
Replied by Charlotte on topic Last book you bought - or read
Maybe they did a better job? I was introduced to "Fafrd and the Grey Mouser" when reading uhm.... whatshisname and then I read a couple of the books by the original author, after which I decided I didn't like them all that much (felt a bit too close to pedophilia sometimes). The original book I read was called "Nightwatch" and while i can't recall much of it anymore, I remember I liked it. (which is why I then got the grey mouser book, obviously...)
Any an all misspellings are henceforth blamed on the cats.

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

31 Oct 2019 15:35 #26583 by Valence
Replied by Valence on topic Last book you bought - or read
I've never heard of that one.
I just went to investigate further but it's apparently that time of year when Wikipedia wants me to donate via the medium of intrusive pop-ups so I'll look it up later. :eyeroll:

Meanwhile.., not-Elrond hasn't appeared yet so maybe I was getting ahead of myself. :oops:

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

31 Oct 2019 15:51 #26584 by Charlotte
Replied by Charlotte on topic Last book you bought - or read
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literatur...fhrdAndTheGrayMouser

Hey they even mention that book I mentioned :P
"There is also the authorized novel sequel Swords Against the Shadowland by Robin Wayne Bailey."

(they call it a bit of BDSM and sadism, rather than pedophilia, though. But Mousers girlfriends tend to the young looking side, at least)
Any an all misspellings are henceforth blamed on the cats.

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

Powered by Kunena Forum