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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tolen Mar" data-source="post: 3807771" data-attributes="member: 1295">I have every volume so far released.  I have enjoyed them greatly, though I am led to wonder if the next book or two (the last of the series, he says) aren't just going to be sort of an 'afterthought.'I said last week that I was reading 'A Game of Thrones.'  It isn't bad, or poorly written, but it isn't grabbing me right now.  Over the past couple of months, I have devoured book after book, but when I got to this one, I slowed waaaay down.  In fact, it spent more time on the shelf than in my hands.  On the flip side, I have been engaged by 'The Skystone' by Jack Whyte.  I can't leave it sit.  So far, it reads like a clone of Starship Troopers (without the moral preaching) set in the Roman era.  It's the first of a series re-telling the Legend of Arthur.  Looks promising so far.Sometime in the near future, I have to actually read the copy of 'Brother Odd' I keep checking out.  I liked the first two 'Odd' books.  In fact, I picked it up with Skystone in case once I started reading the latter, it turned out to lose my interest.  I may have to try later.</blockquote>