Finished The Twelve by Justin Cronin. Book 2 of The Passage trilogy! Finally!

It was interesting read, but too long. Too much back story and details that could have been condensed quite a bit. As it is, I didn’t like the fist quarter, second quarter was okay, third was interesting, and really enjoyed the last one.

Still one book remaining in the trilogy, but need a break, will come back to after a little while.

Read some more stories from The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft.

Now reading The Crystal Shard by R. A. Salvatore. First book of The Icewind Dale Trilogy, and The Legend of Drizzt / Forgotten Realms series (publication order).

It’s my first Drizzt, and first D&D novel and has been on my wishlist for a very long time. Just started it so can’t really say much about it, but enjoying it so far.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


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    22 hours ago

    Just finished King’s Fairy Tale. Almost started the dark tower series, but then remembered that I needed to read Moby-Dick. So, that’s what I’m reading now.

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        12 hours ago

        Hmmm, not interested in that. Lol
        Is the book fantasy? Like does the whale talk or something? Or is he just talking about going whale hunting(if that’s the word).

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          7 hours ago

          Most of the book is descriptions of whales, whaling boats, whale skeletons etc. Some of it can be interesting from a historical perspective. I’m sure it was more interesting when people didn’t have access to pictures, but it wasn’t what I was expecting, that’s for sure.

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            11 minutes ago

            Well, I can’t say anything but thank you for saving me a possible week or two of reading something I really have no interest in. I genuinely thought the whale would end up speaking and some fantasy stuff would occur.