What have you read lately?

Just finished the 14th and final book of the Wheel of Time series.

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The book was over 900 pages of pure awesomeness. So much happened in this final book that the ending left little to be desired. I am extremely happy with the job Brandon Sanderson did on this series after Robert Jordans death.

I'm nearly up to date with The Walking Dead comics now. 100x better than the TV show.

Spoiler for volume 17... Do not read unless you're pretty much up to date!

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Holy shit, I can't believe how Glenn dies. Negan smashing his head in with the barbed wire baseball bat is absolutely brutal.. Seeing his eye pop out and him screaming for Maggie was mortifying... Can't wait to see what happens next. Rick seems to be scared for once.

Here's the double page spread.............

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Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, The Doll's House

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The same comic, but with the actual cover that I had at my hands.

I always got curious about reading The Sandman and I got really excited when I went to some bookstores and saw the whole set of comics. But, I never read any of its volumes. Not until x-mas!

I met an architect (who coincidentally has a son who works as game character artist for 8 years in greater LA area) and he lent me The Doll's House. Amazing reading.

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I'm nearly up to date with The Walking Dead comics now. 100x better than the TV show.

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I am now completely up to date with the comic... and holy shit it's good but it's GRUESOME as FUCK. "Well it's just a comic Puddy, what could possible be that bad?" Fuck you, that's what! Don't believe me? Read this shit!!! It's good!

Yeah, those comics look very tempting to me as well. Does anyone know if the game plot's is anything like the comics? or is it completely fresh?

The game's story is a new take on the Walking Dead but it takes place in the same universe. There's actually some characters who make an appearance in both the game and the comic. But it's not the same story being told twice, no.

It's much better than the game and the TV show, in my opinion.

Yeah, I think so too. But I really like the TV show after seeing half of season 3 though...

http://www.amazon.com/Aquariums-Pyon…n/dp/0465011047

The book is about a North-Korean that was sent to the work camps and subsequently (well, ...10 years later) escaped. These work camps are easily on par with the camps seen in Holocaust, if not even worse in some aspects. The suffering in this country is unmatched by anything I've heard of before. Makes you wonder whether there should be a military intervention against North-Korea.

http://www.amazon.com/against-prohib…n/dp/0984690409

I've never read a more comprehensive case against the prohibition of drugs. If you read this and you somehow still have it in your mind that the current system is working; you must be in denial. We already live in a time where people can easily buy drugs anonymously outside of any (feasibly) traceable channels and in some years we're likely to be able to print drugs without anyone knowing. It will be interesting to see whether politicians will try to fight this with more surveillance or perhaps come to their senses.

I'll be reading this next; Pale Blue Dot

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Only at page 200 but I really like it There's some things that bug me though, for instance there always only seems to be one thing going on at the same time. (Guess that's good if you don't like complexity) And I wish they focused a bit more on the interesting backstory and some other world-stuff. Other than that I really like it, I loose track of time when reading but eventually I really need a break so the pacing could be a tad bit higher. Still 400 pages to go so that might come

I should read more fantasy and sci-fi ermahgerd I've been missing out.

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Read it again:

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(The Fellowship of the Ring).

I'm on my endless quest to read the three books in a row and watch the 12~hours of movie. It's difficult!

I've set a goal to read 30 books this year. Here's what I've read so far:

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Only at page 200 but I really like it There's some things that bug me though, for instance there always only seems to be one thing going on at the same time. (Guess that's good if you don't like complexity) And I wish they focused a bit more on the interesting backstory and some other world-stuff. Other than that I really like it, I loose track of time when reading but eventually I really need a break so the pacing could be a tad bit higher. Still 400 pages to go so that might come

I should read more fantasy and sci-fi ermahgerd I've been missing out.

Its a really awesome series I think. I love Brandon Sandersons writing. He never writes so complex as George RR Martin (Game of Thrones), but he makes up for it with super interesting magic-abilities and plot twists.

And finished it (Mistborn: The Final Empire). Very good read! The start was a bit slow and here and there there's some slow chapters (can't make my mind up if I would've liked the book more if the whole thing had a higher pace but whatever), in the end... I really liked it and that's what matters

Gonna go to the store to grab book 2 soon!

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

(but PT-BR version)

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Now there's only "The Return of the King" left to be read before the LOTR marathon! ;D

The Return of the King:

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What a ride. I had never read a book so fast like this last part of the trilogy.