I just got my daughter Brisigr. I've read the HP books. I started reading Twilight but it was far too vapid for me. I want to know why we keep elevating...
11464
Kirk
gauvaine
Nov 2, 2009 4:56 pm
I have this at home and can try reading it with you, Yve. Along with 300 other books....
11465
Kirk
gauvaine
Nov 2, 2009 5:49 pm
Don't get me started on Christopher Paolini and the dreck he has churned out and gotten paid for. Just horrible, horrible stuff with every cliche and genre,...
11466
Noelle Hay
swampfaye
Nov 3, 2009 12:48 pm
Kirk/Matt (whatever your name is now, you are like my son... David... I mean Bryce) I just finished reading Name of the Wind. It's very very good. Couldn't...
11467
picabo_yve_2005
Nov 4, 2009 10:09 pm
Thanks Noelle!! I appreciate that.. I so far a totally agree. Good structure. It sure is nice to see you on here again!...
11468
picabo_yve_2005
Nov 4, 2009 10:14 pm
Come on Matt, lets do it..read name ofhte Wind with me. See how far you get by this Sunday and I'll check back in.. Noelle says it is worth the read... and so...
11469
picabo_yve_2005
Nov 4, 2009 10:22 pm
The depth for Eragon was not there to keep me interested... and I hate copy cat writing. As for Twilight it is fun for a light read... it is more a teen...
11470
Kitten
mouseymouseim
Nov 6, 2009 2:52 am
Yvette, I will read along with you! I have read Twilight all the way thru, but didn't look at the others in the series. It took me too long to get thru it. I...
11471
Kitten
mouseymouseim
Nov 6, 2009 2:54 am
Yvette, I will read along with you! I have read Twilight all the way thru, but didn't look at the others in the series. It took me too long to get thru it. I...
11472
picabo_yve_2005
Nov 8, 2009 11:45 pm
That sounds great Marcie!!and I added you on facebook.. look for my friend request :)...
11473
Kitten
mouseymouseim
Nov 12, 2009 4:48 am
Yvette, Have you added and have the book on the way so I can start reading it soon! Marcie...
11474
Noelle Hay
swampfaye
Nov 12, 2009 12:31 pm
A good way to keep track of what you or your friends are reading is goodreads.com. I think it's pretty good. IT's like facebook for books. Currently reading...
11475
Kitten
mouseymouseim
Nov 16, 2009 6:13 pm
Yvette, I started the book on Friday and it is looking to be a great read. Matt, your book pile sounds like mine, but I have had to resist buying a lot of...
11476
picabo_yve_2005
Nov 17, 2009 5:19 am
Marcie I read twilight in less than 24 hours. New Moon took me more time because I have been busy and now I am on vacation. Let me know when you are done so we...
11477
picabo_yve_2005
Nov 17, 2009 5:24 am
Noelle, thanks I will look into that site and I am not sure what beta read means.I've been gone for so long. Is this a pre -publishing screen? WHen I get home...
11478
Kitten
mouseymouseim
Nov 19, 2009 4:13 pm
Yvette Twilight took me a bit longer then that, and it was quite awhile ago that I read it. New Moon is at my desk and I'm hoping for a couple of days of...
11480
Kitten
mouseymouseim
Nov 24, 2009 8:49 pm
Yvette, Okay,I am done with Twilight and New Moon, and in a few days I should be done with The Name Of The Wind. Marcie...
11481
Danielle Stone
dxstone1
Nov 26, 2009 8:52 pm
Hi there! I'm pretty new to this group; I LOVE sci-fi, fantasy & horror, and I LOVE to laugh... I'm not too current on new genre films these days; I tend to...
11482
picabo_yve_2005
Nov 28, 2009 6:28 pm
I just finished Eclipse and have left Name of the wind on the table yet to be finished in favor of the twilight series. I have really enjoyed the twilight...
11483
Noelle Hay
swampfaye
Nov 29, 2009 2:51 pm
" Teenagers do not have the where with all for deep long character development" Politely must take issue with this. Just because they have books like Twilight...
11484
Jeff
jcherper
Nov 29, 2009 10:43 pm
... I think that this is the whole key to the issue. I tried to read the first book and thought it was so poor that I quit after about 20 pages. Vampires are...
11485
picabo_yve_2005
Jan 2, 2010 12:47 am
I do understand your point Noelle and yes as I teenager I read Tolkein, and Austen... so from that perspective not all teenagers prefer simple plot lines. No...
11486
picabo_yve_2005
Jan 2, 2010 12:58 am
One other small point. I have gotten to know many fantasy fiction or science fiction readers over a long period of my life. I would never have lumped our...
11487
Noelle Hay
swampfaye
Jan 3, 2010 12:21 pm
They didn't have a 'fantasy' juvenile fiction section at all when we were growing up. In fact science fiction and fantasy were pretty much lumped together,...
11488
picabo_yve_2005
Jan 4, 2010 12:23 am
... I could not agree with you more Noelle. There wasn't lots to choose from when we were young. Dune was my first sci-fi, I read it when I was 13. I do...
11489
Noelle Hay
swampfaye
Jan 4, 2010 1:18 pm
I do think it's fair because there is now a juvenile market. There wasn't one when we were growing up. There was only childrens and adults. What existed as...
11490
picabo_yve_2005
Jan 7, 2010 8:19 pm
That is true... the market promotes what it thinks people should read. :)...
11491
Rachel C
beautiful_su...
Mar 2, 2010 2:17 am
Last night my boyfriend and I were having an interesting discussion about whether maths is a universal concept or a human based concept like time. Would the...
11492
Jeff Cherpeski
jcherper
Mar 2, 2010 3:52 am
I don't think that math is universal as humans see it. Just look at the history of math wiki page to see how it evolved....
11493
Joe
jvadalma
May 5, 2010 5:02 pm
I'm blogging today at cjslivingdreams.blogspot.com about how I came to love the science fiction and fantasy genres....
