Just finished The Lions of Al-Rassan
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I can't seem to put The Lions of Al-Rassan
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Yesterday I started watching two new shows, Longmire and Covert Affairs, and reading a new book - fiction, no less, and fantasy, my God! The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay...and this is no doubt the point where dozens of you pop up to tell me you love that book and my God, why am I only now just reading it?

I like both shows - Longmire has ( Read more... )

I'm trying to read The Sunne in Splendour
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I find it interesting how your reading tastes change as you grow older up. When I was younger I used to pretty much exclusively read fiction, with the very occasional non-fiction title throw in. Now it's almost exclusively non-fiction, and when I do read fiction it tends to be re-reads of favourite books rather than anything new. For example, in ( Read more... )

Help! I can't decide what to read on holiday. I'm suffering from book hangover and my decision-making processes are scrambled by last-minute packing and cattery guilty.

Poll Holiday reading

Yes, I am aware my definition of holiday reading is not like other people's.

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I've mentioned once or twice or ten times that I'm reading Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence In History And Its Causes
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More random facts, courtesy of Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence In History And Its Causes
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I'm currently reading Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence In History And Its Causes
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