Post by ravenwood on Aug 27, 2014 17:11:19 GMT -5
So there are some new books I'd like to talk to you guys about.
George R. R. Martin's The Winds of Winter is poised to be one of the most looked-after books by all humanity, whenever that guy actually gets around to writing it. Heck, I'd do anything to get my hands on a copy. I love the series (as usual, the books are better than the tv show, but not by a huge amount) and I feel that of all the books I've read, A Song of Ice and Fire is the series that has the best fleshed out characters.
Rick Riordan's "Olympus" series (or whatever the series is called nowadays) has a new book coming out in October- The Blood of Olympus. I have mixed feelings about this series, partly because I've never read it...
But anyways, I feel like perhaps he's extending it too much, this whole "modern mythology" concept. Perhaps I'm wrong, since I've never read it to see if it's actually good. Anybody here read them so they can enlighten us?
And the final one isn't exactly new. It's Eoin Colfer's "Artemis Fowl" series.
You did not have a childhood (at least, a book-related one) if you did not read these books. The story of a kid genius, his superhuman butler (not really superhuman, but damn close), and a fairy cop sounds really dumb but is actually really good, and one of the best books I read in middle school. I haven't kept up to date after the demon book (I think it was number 5?) but I'm wondering if there are any more books in the Artemis series.
Feel free to discuss anything about books here, guys, whether it be any of the three I mentioned, any you want to share, or anything related to the poll. Have fun!
George R. R. Martin's The Winds of Winter is poised to be one of the most looked-after books by all humanity, whenever that guy actually gets around to writing it. Heck, I'd do anything to get my hands on a copy. I love the series (as usual, the books are better than the tv show, but not by a huge amount) and I feel that of all the books I've read, A Song of Ice and Fire is the series that has the best fleshed out characters.
Rick Riordan's "Olympus" series (or whatever the series is called nowadays) has a new book coming out in October- The Blood of Olympus. I have mixed feelings about this series, partly because I've never read it...
But anyways, I feel like perhaps he's extending it too much, this whole "modern mythology" concept. Perhaps I'm wrong, since I've never read it to see if it's actually good. Anybody here read them so they can enlighten us?
And the final one isn't exactly new. It's Eoin Colfer's "Artemis Fowl" series.
You did not have a childhood (at least, a book-related one) if you did not read these books. The story of a kid genius, his superhuman butler (not really superhuman, but damn close), and a fairy cop sounds really dumb but is actually really good, and one of the best books I read in middle school. I haven't kept up to date after the demon book (I think it was number 5?) but I'm wondering if there are any more books in the Artemis series.
Feel free to discuss anything about books here, guys, whether it be any of the three I mentioned, any you want to share, or anything related to the poll. Have fun!
