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[July] What are you reading?
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Croesus
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I'm willing to give this a shot. Can you list the books in the series in order? (Gotta know where to start and all that...)
Thanks.
Jack7
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They're young adult books now. Keep that in mind Croes. Nevertheless they're not written like young adult books and since I read Harry Potter I've discovered I like a lot of young adult books better than adult ones. (I liked a Song of Ice and Fire for instance, and Martin is a very good writer, but I liked the subject matter of the Last Apprentice better.)
And the Last Apprentice actually surprised me as to who Tom Ward's real mother was. It's very hard to surprise me, especially in literature, but I would have never know who his mother really was til I actually got there in the story. That alone was very impressive to me. By the way, don't read about who his mom is on the internet. It will spoil the surprise. And it probably will surprise ya.
As far as I know, in the States at least, the first book is The Spook's Apprentice. In Great Britain they're called the Wardstone Chronicles. He's also written a couple of stand alone books that tie in and actually tell stories of before Tom ward became a Spook. Those books are good too but I'd pout them off til later so as not to spoil anything. Try em, I think you'll really like em. The concept is very original I think, and best of all, I like the fact that Tom and the Spook work alone. I like books where the main character works alone or with only one partner or so in very, very dangerous situations, with no chance of rescue or extraction. That really appeals to me.
I just finished one of the stand alone books, and now I'm reading Rise of the Huntress. Got it today. Looking forwards to it. Anyway your local library will probably carry the series in the young adult section.
There's talk of a film too. I hope so. If they do it right it should be spooky as hell. Literally.
And the Last Apprentice actually surprised me as to who Tom Ward's real mother was. It's very hard to surprise me, especially in literature, but I would have never know who his mother really was til I actually got there in the story. That alone was very impressive to me. By the way, don't read about who his mom is on the internet. It will spoil the surprise. And it probably will surprise ya.
As far as I know, in the States at least, the first book is The Spook's Apprentice. In Great Britain they're called the Wardstone Chronicles. He's also written a couple of stand alone books that tie in and actually tell stories of before Tom ward became a Spook. Those books are good too but I'd pout them off til later so as not to spoil anything. Try em, I think you'll really like em. The concept is very original I think, and best of all, I like the fact that Tom and the Spook work alone. I like books where the main character works alone or with only one partner or so in very, very dangerous situations, with no chance of rescue or extraction. That really appeals to me.
I just finished one of the stand alone books, and now I'm reading Rise of the Huntress. Got it today. Looking forwards to it. Anyway your local library will probably carry the series in the young adult section.
There's talk of a film too. I hope so. If they do it right it should be spooky as hell. Literally.
Jack7
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By the way, today when I went to the library to get Rise of the Huntress I picked up a new detective/mystery novel. By someone called Simon Beaufort. Actually Simon Beaufort is the pen-name of two former Cambridge academics, one an historian, the other a crime writer. Anyway the books follow the career of Sir Geoffrey Mappestone, who is a former Crusader Knight now working for King Henry.
Apparently Geoffrey acts as a detective in the novels. Being a former PI myself, and occasionally teaching on crime or helping on cold cases, and liking history a lot (and that period), these books look really interesting to me. (Sometimes I like historical detective works a lot. Not always, but very much sometimes. Just depends on the Dick and how he operates and where and when.) I hear the Mappestone books are well received too. This is the first one I'm reading and I start it tonight, so I can't recommend them yet. But maybe once I get into it. It's called A Dead Man's Secret.
Well, I'm on vacation this week and so I'm gonna go eat a sub and watch a Jesse Stone film.
Apparently Geoffrey acts as a detective in the novels. Being a former PI myself, and occasionally teaching on crime or helping on cold cases, and liking history a lot (and that period), these books look really interesting to me. (Sometimes I like historical detective works a lot. Not always, but very much sometimes. Just depends on the Dick and how he operates and where and when.) I hear the Mappestone books are well received too. This is the first one I'm reading and I start it tonight, so I can't recommend them yet. But maybe once I get into it. It's called A Dead Man's Secret.
Well, I'm on vacation this week and so I'm gonna go eat a sub and watch a Jesse Stone film.
I'm reading "The Last Cavalier", by Alexandre Dumas. Written while ailing, right before his death, it's his last novel. It's a swashbuckler, during the Age of Napoleon. The novel itself was lost for 125 years, and was only found and recompiled and translated a few years ago.
Banshee
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fanboy2000
Adventurer
Currently, I'm making my way through the Sherlock Holmes cannon. No new stories coming in that series! I'm currently reading the short story The Adventure of the Devi's Foot from the collection His Law Bow. So far, the series is awesome. And it's broken up into bite-size bits! 
Yup, it happens. About a year ago I was seriously impressed after reading the Annals of the Western Shore books by Ursula K. Le Guin.
I found it hard to believe that these are supposed to be children's books. They're a lot 'deeper' than 95% of the other fantasy novels I've read. Also the setting is very well developed considering the shortness of the novels.
Highly recommended!
jmucchiello
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Finished Mistborn, now I'm reading L.E.Modesitt Jr's Imager's Intrigue.
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