Book of the Month - Merged
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Grimmlokk
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
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Soooo, anyone else read this?
I loved it, cover to cover. Even knowing basically where it was going. Would have been even better if I came in to it blind. It's like an international spy/detective story, with Nazis.
Really enjoyed and pleasantly surprised how he managed to tell both sides of the story coherently and without seeming to skimp in such a short book. One of the best stories I've read as far as keeping the protagonist and antagonist both mostly in the dark about the actions/plans/motivations of their counterpart, while giving the reader enough to feel like they know what's going on without knowing exactly what will happen next.
In less than 200 pages.
I loved it, cover to cover. Even knowing basically where it was going. Would have been even better if I came in to it blind. It's like an international spy/detective story, with Nazis.
Really enjoyed and pleasantly surprised how he managed to tell both sides of the story coherently and without seeming to skimp in such a short book. One of the best stories I've read as far as keeping the protagonist and antagonist both mostly in the dark about the actions/plans/motivations of their counterpart, while giving the reader enough to feel like they know what's going on without knowing exactly what will happen next.
In less than 200 pages.
Sorry Tarrant I don't know if you saw my couple posts in Ask Amod about it but I got too much hate and bitching for not picking every person's books. I will just grab books that I want to be voted on.
THAT ISN'T TO SAY THAT THEY WON'T BE SOME OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS OR OTHERS
I am just not holding myself up to some end of a bargain any more. What I put in the poll is what goes in the poll. If you want to vote, vote. If you don't then don't.
Don't complain about the books that get put up for vote. I could not believe the bitching in the last one.
THAT ISN'T TO SAY THAT THEY WON'T BE SOME OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS OR OTHERS
I am just not holding myself up to some end of a bargain any more. What I put in the poll is what goes in the poll. If you want to vote, vote. If you don't then don't.
Don't complain about the books that get put up for vote. I could not believe the bitching in the last one.
Late to the party, but I finished this last night. Awesome recommendation, thought it kicked ass.
I think I mentioned this already but it's worth repeating if so - the audiobook narrator is fucking awful. I started this on audio and ended up stopping about 3 hours in, switched to the ebook and very glad I did.
I think I mentioned this already but it's worth repeating if so - the audiobook narrator is fucking awful. I started this on audio and ended up stopping about 3 hours in, switched to the ebook and very glad I did.
TV-Show FX -The Strainby Guillermo Del Toro
A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades are pulled down. All lights are out. All communication channels have gone quiet. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC. Dr. Eph Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards the plane. What he finds makes his blood run cold.
In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing . . .
So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. Eph, who is joined by Setrakian and a motley crew of fighters, must now find a way to stop the contagion and save his city--a city that includes his wife and son--before it is too late.
Posting schedule:
Book thread posted 1st of the month.
Reading begins 8th of the month.
Spoilers lifted 22nd of the month and next month's poll opens.
No posts from 1st-7th about the book or plot, can only post that you're participating.
A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades are pulled down. All lights are out. All communication channels have gone quiet. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC. Dr. Eph Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards the plane. What he finds makes his blood run cold.
In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing . . .
So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. Eph, who is joined by Setrakian and a motley crew of fighters, must now find a way to stop the contagion and save his city--a city that includes his wife and son--before it is too late.
Posting schedule:
Book thread posted 1st of the month.
Reading begins 8th of the month.
Spoilers lifted 22nd of the month and next month's poll opens.
No posts from 1st-7th about the book or plot, can only post that you're participating.
Please notify if the download links don't work for anyone. Remember I will always put a copy of the ebooks up so no need to get them yourselves if you don't want to. I figure you can check it out of a library for free you can check out here for free and if you like it, buy it later.
Grimmlokk
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
- 12,190
- 132
Zodiac
Lord Nagafen Raider
- 1,200
- 14
I finished this already. Decent book and an easy read.
Book Spoilers - don't read unless you finished:
Book Spoilers - don't read unless you finished:
I didn't realize that this was a trilogy and even up until the last few pages I kept thinking they would kill the master and like all the other vamps would instantly die or something. Had mixed feelings when I figured out more books were to come. Not sure if I liked the characters/setting enough to read two more books.
Lusiphur
Peasant
- 595
- 47
I am about halfway through and it isn't really grabbing me. I guess this kind of thing has been done just one too many times before. Also, given the prevalence of this mythology in modern culture, the fact that people are finding it hard to swallow that it is
seems far fetched.
Far from the worst thing I have ever read though. More thoughts when I am finished it.
vampires
Far from the worst thing I have ever read though. More thoughts when I am finished it.