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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2017 20:08:52 GMT
pessimistpanda Emma is good; I think I've only read it once. Watched the various movies several times  Love the one with Ewan McGregor as Frank  My favorites are a tie between Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility. Henry Tilney just freaking cracks me up. kestrel P&P is awesome and I've probably read it the most. You can fly through that one so fast; I think I read once it also only encompasses 13 months. Then again not sure how much time passes in all the other novels, too. Not much I would think.
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Post by caterpillar on Jun 7, 2017 19:48:54 GMT
I actually have read something from Anne Bronte, Agnes Grey. It was okay. Very short if you just want something to read quickly. The heroine is kind of mousy and it's the whole "suffering governess" plot line again. I can't even remember if there's romance. Her 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' is better than Agnes Grey, but Anne's protagonists do tend towards the 'suffering passive woman' trope. Charlotte's heroines are much more active in their own stories. (I voted for Charlotte) |
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Post by kestrel on Jun 9, 2017 3:50:36 GMT
Recent reads- The Girl Before by JP Delaney. It has some interests twists to it- I was genuinely questioning who did it up until the revelation, and I like the kind of inversion of the whole idea of the Christian Gray alpha male, though I feel like it's about to invert those inversions and go "just kidding, he was totally chill," in which case I'll hate it.
Guess I should finish these last fifty pages. I don't usually pick up too many best sellers/beach reads, but every now and then I like to indulge.
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Post by maskedbird on Jun 10, 2017 23:43:04 GMT
Recent series read: the chronicles of nick. I absolutely adore this series (probably has to do with nostalgia) even though it is technically a spin off and sounds cheesy in summary (the story is actually pretty good)
Recent stand-alone book read: Simon vs the homosapiens agenda. I honestly didn't think I would like this book but I as I kept reading it I eventually ended up loving it.
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Post by firmicute on Jun 11, 2017 10:02:52 GMT
I'm also just not that into stories that focus on romance so much. Like, I wanna see guys kissing, but the plot should be about something else. And no angst about "who do I pick to be my boyfrando", plz.  Yeah, that's me. I prefer action/fantasy/adventure, with a little romance on the side. And I am super triggered by slavery crap. I am so not into the master/slave "sexy dynamic," ew, GROSS. Reminds me of yaoi fangirl type stuff. Blech. Not commenting on Captive Prince, which I haven't read, just on the trope in general  well I'm into it only when its shown it's consensual.. or ist like really explicitly porn.. I'm a person with non-con fantasies and I felt so longg really bad ans hitty for it until I played them out with someone I trusted and cared after a lot of talking about safewords and nonverbal signs and this.. I dislike shit that romanticizes abusive behavior like the fifty shades things (and secretary too, btw the underlying short was horrifyingly bad, so the movie is an improvement..) but the written story war worse in the sensa that it was very jamesian "well the dude does bdsm because he's mentally broken and fucked".. I disliked when i can feel the author wants to see obsessive, stalkerish behavior as romantic but cant write well enough to shot the alleged romanticness and so has to tell us it is romantic.. so.. like if its porn and clearly designated as such and has explicit warnings so people dont have to deal with it then I like it... and I long for nice bdsm stories where it's clear that the whole thing is a nice play between people who like it because it makes their brain and genitals feel nice. Like depiction of aftercare, cuddling.. (aah, sunstone, my heart) sooo.. back to topic..lol I started with.. "Konsumrebellen. Der mythos der gegenkultur" (originally came out in english. By harperCollins, title "rebels sell" by J. heath and A.potter its a book my SO bought and I find that topic mildly interesting. |
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Post by alessandra on Jun 11, 2017 15:05:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2017 18:58:24 GMT
My favorite book is called When Women Were Warriors. It's basically one book broken up into three parts rather than a book series. The book is about a young woman Tamras and her journey, beginning with her training to become a warrior to well I can't say no more. Her mentor Maara (first book character I fell in love with  she's my knight in shining armor.) is awesome. The story is really good and as a bonus there is quite a bit of mild lesbian loving.
It's not a classic, well except to me but I read it so many times and Maara
Bet you can't tell who my favorite character is. Lol Sounds really awesome! Is it fantasy? |
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Post by alessandra on Jun 11, 2017 23:44:13 GMT
My favorite book is called When Women Were Warriors. It's basically one book broken up into three parts rather than a book series. The book is about a young woman Tamras and her journey, beginning with her training to become a warrior to well I can't say no more. Her mentor Maara (first book character I fell in love with she's my knight in shining armor.) is awesome. The story is really good and as a bonus there is quite a bit of mild lesbian loving.
It's not a classic, well except to me but I read it so many times and Maara
Bet you can't tell who my favorite character is. Lol Sounds really awesome! Is it fantasy?
It is a fantasy and it's set in a land where this one tribe has always been led by a women for as long as can be remembered but both men and women are warriors. Which brings some interesting stories later on when they meet different tribes as they are very different in how they function. The woman that wrote the story (this story isn't new by any means) noticed a lack of female heroines at that time and decided to write this story, of course it's changed a lot since she wrote this story. Sometimes these stories can have a negative view of men but I like that this isn't one of those. Most of the male characters are rather awesome, it just happens that the main story is about a young women. I found the story to be really cool and enjoyed the interaction between mother and daughter, the tribe leader, companions and in some cases lovers. The battles were pretty good too with plenty of growth of the characters not just the main character.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 2:58:06 GMT
Sounds really awesome! Is it fantasy?
It is a fantasy and it's set in a land where this one tribe has always been led by a women for as long as can be remembered but both men and women are warriors. Which brings some interesting stories later on when they meet different tribes as they are very different in how they function. The woman that wrote the story (this story isn't new by any means) noticed a lack of female heroines at that time and decided to write this story, of course it's changed a lot since she wrote this story. Sometimes these stories can have a negative view of men but I like that this isn't one of those. Most of the male characters are rather awesome, it just happens that the main story is about a young women. I found the story to be really cool and enjoyed the interaction between mother and daughter, the tribe leader, companions and in some cases lovers. The battles were pretty good too with plenty of growth of the characters not just the main character.
I'm adding it to my wish list  I'm reading the Green Rider series by Kristin Britain right now. The first book was really good, but I'm on the second one now, and it's like devolved into a fucking fanfic. The king literally stood on the parapets of his castle and gazed down in besotted adoration for the heroine as she rode by her horse, her beautiful hair streaming behind her. Stab me in the eyes please. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 22:10:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 15:09:42 GMT
Here is what I'm reading: The Book of Chakras by Ambika Wauters. And would some kind moderator please delete my thread in books? I didn't see that this was where you also post what you're reading.  Ugh I should read more carefully. And I do apologize for my derpyness.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 16:04:54 GMT
@janalilith lol I got you bro
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Post by Mihura on Jul 7, 2017 20:41:40 GMT
I start to read The Wheel of Time because I saw a course about writing with Brandon Sanderson. Well it seems Dragon Age takes a lot from there, even some names like Wardens, Fade... and whole concept about magic, the never ending war and the poison blight.
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Post by Vy on Jul 13, 2017 4:53:03 GMT
I started reading On Basilisk Station (the first Honor Harrington book), and I'm enjoying it so far. I can definitely see how it probably influenced the Lost Fleet series. I start to read The Wheel of Time because I saw a course about writing with Brandon Sanderson. Well it seems Dragon Age takes a lot from there, even some names like Wardens, Fade... and whole concept about magic, the never ending war and the poison blight. In many ways, Dragon Age seems like a reconstructive love letter to the high fantasy genre the same way Mass Effect was to the space opera genre; it's not surprising to see those types of similarities appear. I tried getting into the Wheel of Time. I enjoyed the prequel; Moiraine and Lan were both interesting protagonists. Then I tried reading the first book, and Rand was just...bland, so I didn't read much further. |
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Post by laura on Jul 14, 2017 12:06:06 GMT
i'm sad i didn't know about this thread when it was more active... lol i need to explore the forum more.  currently rereading the sherlock holmes collection for the nth time, they're some of my favourite stories ever, mostly because they take me back to my childhood. also working my way through passing strange by ellen klages, and f/f historical fantasy type thing. i'm going pretty slow, it hasn't caught my interest as much as i thought it would. |
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Post by laura on Jul 14, 2017 12:08:17 GMT
My favorite book is called When Women Were Warriors. It's basically one book broken up into three parts rather than a book series. The book is about a young woman Tamras and her journey, beginning with her training to become a warrior to well I can't say no more. Her mentor Maara (first book character I fell in love with she's my knight in shining armor.) is awesome. The story is really good and as a bonus there is quite a bit of mild lesbian loving.
It's not a classic, well except to me but I read it so many times and Maara
Bet you can't tell who my favorite character is. Lol AHHHHHH I"M ALWAYS SO THRILLED TO SEE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS BOOK, I LOVE IT SO MUCH.  i still haven't read part three but the first two parts meant SO MUCH to me, i get teary eyed thinking about it lol. MAARA IS MY MAIN BABE. |
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Post by Vy on Jul 14, 2017 22:33:12 GMT
So, I just finished On Basilisk Station. It was an enjoyable read, but I have to say - I like The Lost Fleet's take on "navies in space!" better.
There are a number of things I liked. Honor is a solid protagonist; I can see why she has a lot of fans. There's a lot of thought put into the technobabble in this setting, even if it is given in infodumps (that's space opera for you, I guess). The space battle was horrifically brutal; one of the best examples of a ship being slowly blown to pieces that I've read.
That said, I kind of have to compare it to The Lost Fleet due to their genre similarities, and there are some things I think Campbell did better than Weber. Both are kinda heavy handed about their settings' politics, but The Lost Fleet did a better job at giving the different political factions sympathetic characters, while Basilisk tended to paint with a broad and unflattering brush - most people are idiots, except those who take the protagonists' side. I also thought The Lost Fleet gave Geary's (the protagonist's) subordinates better characterization in general in as many pages. Maybe this was just because Basilisk is an early entry with no fleet actions, but I also liked Campbell's use of tactics better; it felt like the sort of mystery where you can catch the killer (or in this case, come up with a winning battle plan) by paying attention to clues (constraints, objectives, setting rules, etc.). Basilisk felt more like a mystery where the detective character keeps all the clues and observations close to their chest until the end - still enjoyable, not quite as satisfying since you can't try thinking along with the protagonist as they try to solve the current problem.
As an aside - this was kinda petty, but I was giving the Star Kingdom of Manticore the side-eye throughout the story. I don't mind kingdoms in fantasy, but monarchies and aristocracies still rub me the wrong way in sci-fi settings. I also thought it was funny how the villains' ideologies compare; in the Honorverse, the People's Republic of Haven is a socialist dictatorship. In TLF, the Syndicate Worlds are basically a cyberpunk capitalist dystopia in SPACE.
Overall, it was decent read, but I'm not chomping at the bit to read the rest of the series. I'd rather pick up one of The Lost Fleet's spinoff series.
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Post by Mihura on Jul 17, 2017 19:17:41 GMT
I started reading On Basilisk Station (the first Honor Harrington book), and I'm enjoying it so far. I can definitely see how it probably influenced the Lost Fleet series. I start to read The Wheel of Time because I saw a course about writing with Brandon Sanderson. Well it seems Dragon Age takes a lot from there, even some names like Wardens, Fade... and whole concept about magic, the never ending war and the poison blight. In many ways, Dragon Age seems like a reconstructive love letter to the high fantasy genre the same way Mass Effect was to the space opera genre; it's not surprising to see those types of similarities appear. I tried getting into the Wheel of Time. I enjoyed the prequel; Moiraine and Lan were both interesting protagonists. Then I tried reading the first book, and Rand was just...bland, so I didn't read much further. Moiraine is my type of gal. I am only reading it for her and well the pillow friends concept. I am shallow. |
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Post by Vy on Jul 17, 2017 19:34:11 GMT
I started reading On Basilisk Station (the first Honor Harrington book), and I'm enjoying it so far. I can definitely see how it probably influenced the Lost Fleet series. In many ways, Dragon Age seems like a reconstructive love letter to the high fantasy genre the same way Mass Effect was to the space opera genre; it's not surprising to see those types of similarities appear. I tried getting into the Wheel of Time. I enjoyed the prequel; Moiraine and Lan were both interesting protagonists. Then I tried reading the first book, and Rand was just...bland, so I didn't read much further. Moiraine is my type of gal. I am only reading it for her and well the pillow friends concept. I am shallow. I'll admit that got me kinda interested originally. Then I remembered that the series got a glowing endorsement from a mildly homophobic religious friend of mine in High School, and my hopes for that concept going anywhere faded. :/ |
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Post by Mihura on Jul 17, 2017 19:54:08 GMT
Moiraine is my type of gal. I am only reading it for her and well the pillow friends concept. I am shallow. I'll admit that got me kinda interested originally. Then I remembered that the series got a glowing endorsement from a mildly homophobic religious friend of mine in High School, and my hopes for that concept going anywhere faded. :/ That is fucking shitty I get the lack of interest. Well I hope your "friend" will be happy with the recent add of a gay warden in the new books. |
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Love the one with Ewan McGregor as Frank 
she's my knight in shining armor.) is awesome. 
Ugh I should read more carefully. And I do apologize for my derpyness. 
i still haven't read part three but the first two parts meant SO MUCH to me, i get teary eyed thinking about it lol. 
