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Old 01-09-2012, 05:59 AM   #101
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Read the Rainbow Trilogy by Alex Sanchez. I really like them, despite a few common cliches and the like. By the end of the third book I was pretty sad when I realised that Jason, Kyle and Nelson's stories had come to an end and wished that Sanchez had possibly written a book about the college years. If you like reading about gay/bi characters I do recommend this.

Also read Hero by Perry Moore. A story based around be gay and having powers, and having a disgraced hero and seeming homophobe for a father, this is an really good book, which I think does a pretty good send up of the Justice League. My biggest complaint about this book would be that it seems that some dude suddenly knows that the main character is gay. Like he has the power of gaydar or something. Would recommend this to anyone. It is a pity that Perry Moore died, he had a solid group of characters and was apparently planning on a sequel and a tv show.
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Old 01-09-2012, 05:52 PM   #102
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Also read Hero by Perry Moore. A story based around be gay and having powers, and having a disgraced hero and seeming homophobe for a father, this is an really good book, which I think does a pretty good send up of the Justice League. My biggest complaint about this book would be that it seems that some dude suddenly knows that the main character is gay. Like he has the power of gaydar or something. Would recommend this to anyone. It is a pity that Perry Moore died, he had a solid group of characters and was apparently planning on a sequel and a tv show.
I've heard about this book and it does sound really interesting. I read an article in a magazine once about LGBT Books and this was listed and I never took any of the recommendations on board and I was planning to try and dig up the article this year so I could look into some of the books. So thank you for bringing this to my attention PikaGod. I'll have to read it at some point~
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Old 01-11-2012, 11:42 PM   #103
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Muyo, if you're interested in Alexander the Great, I would recommend reading Plutarch's Life of Alexander - it's one of like three or four ancient literary accounts from which historians draw their picture of Alexander.

Also, currently rereading Lord of the Rings, and then will probably finish the Dune Trilogy. Maybe the Oedipus plays afterwards.
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Old 01-22-2012, 06:26 PM   #104
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The Demonata series. I have read the first three books and have enjoyed reading them.
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Old 01-30-2012, 02:37 PM   #105
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Recently finished reading "The Original Constitution What it Actually Said and Meant"
by Robert G Natelson

Not really an entertainment book, but it was quite educational, and I found it entertaining.
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Old 02-09-2012, 10:53 PM   #106
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I am currently reading Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
the last book I finished was The Outcasts by John Flanagan
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Old 02-09-2012, 10:57 PM   #107
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Halfway through "A History of China"- I'm really not surprised that they ended up embracing communism. I'm about to spoil Chinese history, so watch out!
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The rise and fall of almost every dynasty seems to have an identical cause- wealthy landowners find out a way to exempt themselves from tax, the burden of tax shifting onto the farmers, the farmer's lands being bought by the wealthy landowners as the farmers can't meat the tax demand, the peasants engage in a series of revolts and eventually topple the dynasty, replacing it with another emperor (Son of Heaven) who lessens the burden of taxation on the peasants- only to have his descendants fall victim to the same mistake of the predecessor (or the emperor is assassinated/deposed by the wealthy landowners)
It is certainly interesting so far though, I've learned a great deal.
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Old 02-11-2012, 05:05 PM   #108
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I am currently reading Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
Love that series.


Finished Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld just yesterday.
A great steampunk book. Looking to read the sequel Behemoth soon.
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Old 02-27-2012, 05:42 AM   #109
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So that Percy Jackson books you've heard of?

Yeah, unless you're like super into adult-only novels I highly suggest picking it up. Because they're pretty awesome.
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Old 03-10-2012, 07:24 AM   #110
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So that Percy Jackson books you've heard of?

Yeah, unless you're like super into adult-only novels I highly suggest picking it up. Because they're pretty awesome.
I picked up the first book of this series when I needed something to read on the train home. Cue me getting drawn into this series, and reading through this series and the sequel series in the span of a week and a half. I still need to pick up the Kane Chronicles by the same guy as well. And to other people, if you see the movie, completely disregard it when you read the book. There is a lot that is changed from book to movie, and the only positive thing that can be said about it that Perspherone comes in quicker. The fact that she is played by Rosario Dawson may slightly sway my opinion on the matter.

Yesterday I finished The Golem's Eye, which is the second book in the Bartiemius series, and have started on the third book. Defintely a recommended read.
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Old 03-10-2012, 09:08 PM   #111
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Finished "A History of China"- and it apparently was published at just the wrong time in history, which made its actual ending seem to not ring true to what I already knew about post World War II China. The book seemed to end on really positive notes about Chairman Mao and the communist party in China, leaving you to think that things were finally working out for the working class in China for the first time in thousands of years... Then there was an addendum chapter that mentioned that "when this book was submitted for publishing, the numerous atrocities committed by the Communist party were not yet known and verified, and so the addendum (which did not have the same author) went in to describe the millions killed and starved by Mao Tse-Tung. And so, at the end of all of the revolutions, dynasties and Sons of Heaven things still haven't gotten much better. How depressing.
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Old 03-10-2012, 09:41 PM   #112
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If you think the Chinese had it rough, you should check out the Koreans next. (Not saying the Chinese didn't have it rough at times. But the Koreans ... there's just no comparison.)
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Old 03-10-2012, 10:35 PM   #113
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Japan is next on my list, but I'll check out Korea after that.
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Old 03-10-2012, 11:23 PM   #114
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I thought the Percy Jackson trailer kinda sucked, but then again I do have very high standards for any movie dealing with Greek/Roman mythology.

I just finished re-reading The Lord of the Rings. It is much better reading it as an adult, and I can safely say that it is the best book I have ever read.

I am now reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. I've just finished Chapter Two, and I like it so far.
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Old 03-10-2012, 11:32 PM   #115
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I am now reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. I've just finished Chapter Two, and I like it so far.
Great book. It certainly does make one despair for humanity, though.
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Old 03-10-2012, 11:41 PM   #116
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Great book. It certainly does make one despair for humanity, though.
I'm beginning to see that. I've got this growing sensation of horror and curiosity.

I want to know exactly how they did all this, and if it's actually possible... but I also want to never know.
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Old 03-10-2012, 11:52 PM   #117
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The Percy Jackson movie, by all accounts, sucked. The books are what I'm talking about and they seem to follow Greek mythology to pretty much a tee.
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Old 03-13-2012, 11:23 AM   #118
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I finished Brave New World yesterday. It was fantastic, and like Muyo said, despairing.

I am now going to finish the original Dune trilogy: I've already read Dune, and will now be reading Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. I'm also going to finish off the Appendices of Lord of the Rings.

Haven't decided what I'll do after that, but I'll probably end up reading Inheritance (just for finality), and then get back to some classics.
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Old 03-24-2012, 11:25 PM   #119
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Bump ;;

Finished off Dune Messiah today. Not as good as the original Dune, but it's definitely a lot more meta.

Been really busy lately and have only had time to read on my lunch breaks, so it'll probably take me a while to get through Children of Dune.
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Old 03-24-2012, 11:42 PM   #120
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So I read The Sins of the Father, sequel to Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer. Ehh...it wasn't as good as the earlier one and the cliffhanger ending made it pretty obvious what'll happen.
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Old 03-25-2012, 01:00 PM   #121
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Finished Behemoth a while back. Had quite a twist, i must say, but it was great.


Also finished reading The Apocrypha. It's fascinating, I must say. Wish I owned the Book of Enoch too.
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Old 04-13-2012, 05:33 PM   #122
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syoiG...b9FAAAAAAAACAA

this is pretty great, thought i would share
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Old 04-14-2012, 12:23 AM   #123
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Finished Children of Dune. Was awesome. Hungering for more Dune stuff but the rest of it was written by someone else... meh.

Started The Once and Future King. I'm two chapters in and I already love it.
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Old 04-14-2012, 08:29 AM   #124
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I really enjoyed Once and Future- I'll be looking forward to hearing about what part of the cycle you like best.
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IMO The Once and Future King is either the definitive Arthurian tale or else ranks second only behind Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Required reading for anyone who wants a better understanding of Arthurian myth. Yes, it takes some very healthy liberties here and there, introducing characters who never existed before (and in some cases even introducing characters from other time periods!), but it isn't so much going for historicity as it is going for an excellent character portrait of Arthur Pendragon, of why he came to be the king legends say he was and why the failure of his grand social experiment is so tragic.

Disney fans might be interested to know that the bulk of the first book served as the basis for Walt Disney's The Sword in the Stone. So if you've ever wanted to feel what it's like to read a novel, and not some short fairy tale, that you know from Disney, here you go: read this book and find out. And then perhaps stick around for the other three books in the book. (Note: the book is printed nowadays as a compilation of what were originally four books.)
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