The Book of Dead Days ~ by Marcus Sedgwick
Robin Hobb- Farseer collection. I’m halfway through book 3 now. It’s just brilliant . And, I just found out that there is also a newer serie (Tawny man) with FitzChevalric in it that has 3 more books! YAY!
It’s a medieval Fantasy story ^_^, and perfect.
There is a movie and its wonderful. It is called “Perfume”, the story of a murderer; go figure. A young actor by the name of Ben Wishshaw plays the main character. I just saw him in another movie about John Keats, “Bright Star”.
I really loved “Perfume”, because I have something of a super smeller myself. Although, I live by the adage Harm none! I will have to check out the book, too bad I saw the movie first.
I am so glad I stumbled upon this website. People interested in dreams and reading, its almost to good to be true.
I have been reading “The Magic Mountain” by Thomas Mann. It just happened to catch my eye in the library. It is very interesting, set in the German/Swiss Alps, during the early 1900s.
The main character Hans Castorp goes on a visit to his cousin Joachim at a Sanitorium for Tuberculosis. The story is quite philosophical, but at times some of their discussions become rather obtuse. Mann writes in a very adept style, and when it flows I don’t want to put it down.
The story leaves you with an unsettling feeling. The main character is bothersome at times, I think mostly because the reader can identify with him. One never likes to be perceived as bothersome, at least when we aren’t trying to be.
American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Excellent story.
Interestingly enough, I was reading Terry Pratchett books (namely, Going Postal and Making Money) when I decided to read Good Omens, a book done by both Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Wanting to try out more of Gaiman’s stuff, I read the first four Sandman volumes - only four because I’m pacing myself and buying the pretty-looking recolored versions, which haven’t all come out yet. After this, I was left with a shortage of reading material, and I spotted American Gods last weekend, so…
It sounds interesting, I haven’t heard of it before. I guess I should look it up.
Oh, and happy to hear you’re getting comfortable here at LD4all
WULF! YES!!! There is also the Liveship traders, that’s typically meant to be read in-between Farseer and Tawny man. Liveship is piratey and features Amber who is also thought to be the Fool. Tawny Man is a bit… well, I stopped reading halfway because I was too tied to the books, but they are really good and they center around Fitz and Fool and all the old characters as well XD And I can’t wait to jump back into them. And after Tawny Man is the Rain Wild Chronicles which is set in the same region/same genre as Liveship. Robbin Hobb is absolutely awesome and I absolutely love the Fool <3
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