Scott Lynch is releasing free chapters of a online serial novel called Queen of the Iron Sands. Sigh. As much as I am happy that you are at least writing, I can't help but wish you were writing Locke Lamura faster, Mr Lynch. :( To his credit he says that it's already written, and just waiting to be put online. And that the long dry spell was due ( Read more... )

Heads up! I'm off to cambodia in a bit, won't be back till the 17th. I've got friends already there, but i'll be flying there alone and will have to entertain myself for a day. I'm vaguely nervous! It's the first time i'm travelling alone. Anyway, i'm pre-travel jittery (i normally am, packing last minute and getting a little too excited to sleep) ( Read more... )

These are the top one-hundred-six books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing’s users. As usual, bold what you have read, italicise what you started but couldn’t finish, and strike through what you couldn’t stand. Add an asterisk to those you’ve read more than once. Underline those on your to-read list.
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whoa. Robert Jordan is dead. I know it's terrible of me, but the first thing that came to mind was that now we'll NEVER know how the books ended. >_<
6 years since i picked up the Eye of the World.
17 years since it was written.
Blood and bloody ashes.

ETA:

Heh. From comments:
I stopped reading him after book 7. I rapidly realized that this ( Read more... )

The Baron in the Trees is a story about a boy who climbs into a tree in rebellion against his family, and never comes back down. He doesn't conform to the standard ideas of what he as the Baron should be like, in fact he practically shirks his duties, leaving them to his younger brother to manage. At the same time, it's almost self-destructive. It' ( Read more... )

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This was going to be private, but i figured people might be interested... It's mainly for my reference, and is copied off the webpage of one of the lit lecturers in school... basically books she recommends. Fantasy mostly, with some gay lit at the end, from friends recommendations. Most of the things i've already read are not pasted, though.

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