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Fantasy Book & Author Discussion / Re: Ebooks (and Readers) > Physical books

« on: September 18, 2019, 09:38:49 PM »

I like both.

Kindle Voyage is brilliant for reading in bed due to the adaptive light. I bounce between physical copies and ebooks, generally picking up Big Fantasy Tomes on Kindle for the sake of convenience.

I do miss the cover art though.

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Writers' Corner / Re: Need a Title!

« on: June 24, 2019, 07:15:47 PM »

The Incredibly Preposterous Adventures of Arnold Chuzzlkingwittingfton, Monster Slayer Extraordinaire.

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Fantasy Book & Author Discussion / Re: What are you currently reading?

« on: March 04, 2019, 08:24:50 PM »

The Poppy War.

A very good start. Can't wait to see what all the hype has been about!

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Fantasy Book & Author Discussion / Re: Black Leopard Red Wolf

« on: March 04, 2019, 08:23:56 PM »

The Guardian were pretty damning, I think? Will give it a try at some point.

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Writers' Corner / Re: Adventures in Writing

« on: February 23, 2019, 08:22:41 AM »

Very exciting times, Cameron. Well done!

I look forward to picking it up.

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Fantasy Book & Author Discussion / Re: What are you currently reading?

« on: February 22, 2019, 08:38:59 AM »

The Hod King.

Such a different series and I love it so much. Bancroft's voice is a delight.

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Fantasy Movies, Comic Books & Video Games / Re: Recommend a fantasy based graphic comic for a newbie?

« on: February 21, 2019, 08:21:27 AM »

Another thumbs up for Monstress.

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Writers' Corner / Re: Adventures in Writing

« on: January 17, 2019, 03:38:14 PM »

Good stuff, all.

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Fantasy Book & Author Discussion / Re: What are you currently reading?

« on: January 02, 2019, 06:22:02 PM »

Middle England by Jonothan Coe. Not sure when the Hobbits are supposed to turn up. It's largely been set in Birmingham so far, which is as quintessentially unShire-like as you can imagine.

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Read Alongs / Re: The Traitor God, part 5 - chapters 27 to 35

« on: December 26, 2018, 11:02:33 AM »

Hmm.

Really looking forward to the sequel at the moment. The book has stayed with me.

That's all.

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Fantasy Book & Author Discussion / Re: Active members with novels

« on: December 26, 2018, 10:57:20 AM »

Am I active? At times! Only have short stories to my name as things stand... But maybe I'll finish a book in 2019...

Maybe!

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Read Alongs / Re: The Traitor God, part 5 - chapters 27 to 35

« on: October 13, 2018, 08:39:08 PM »

To be clear - The character was very well crafted but I found his snarkiness off-putting. Very much an individual thing.

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Read Alongs / Re: The Traitor God, part 5 - chapters 27 to 35

« on: October 13, 2018, 08:37:52 PM »

Polished this off a few days ago and have mulled it over for a bit of time.

I enjoyed it a lot, despite finding my reading of it broken up more than I would like due to LIFE. I found the second half particularly strong and the monsters & magic visceral in all the best ways. The world building was excellent and I'd happily visit it again.

I never really warmed to the MC, sadly, which makes the fact the story and world building pulled me on even more impressive. I found Edrin irritating early on and though learning of his history helped, it didn't ever get me fully behind him.

A very solid debut and rightly nodded at for awards. Kudos, Cam.

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Read Alongs / Re: The Traitor God, part 4 - chapters 22 to 26

« on: September 23, 2018, 02:28:33 PM »

Great stuff. The pace is really flying now and ILIKEMONSTERS.

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Read Alongs / Re: The Traitor God, part 2 - chapters 8 to 14

« on: September 16, 2018, 05:57:03 PM »

And what do you know, 3-4 chapters further in and I am absolutely loving it!