Jotari Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) Well, there is a reason for that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia Well yeah that would be the war part of it. It's one of the major topics I can actually follow in the book since it's talked about so much and I actually know who Napoleon is (while I don't know who Márya Dmítrievna Akhrosímova isand couldn't even begin to pronunce it ). And some of the characters are French refugees or spouses so it makes a certain degree of sense. It's just strange where some characters alternate between french and russian even in the one sentence. I guess everyone just knew the major European languages back then. Quite different to the world I live in despite my country having two national languages. Edited October 29, 2015 by Jotari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irony Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Plato's The Last days of Socrates is the last book I finished. The last book I read, but not finished... Urgh, there's quite a lot of books that could fit that description... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapier Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Plato's The Last days of Socrates is the last book I finished. The last book I read, but not finished... Urgh, there's quite a lot of books that could fit that description... History of my life. I read a lot of books but only 1 in 20 are finished, and they're usually fiction. Way to go, me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah the Prussian Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) Well yeah that would be the war part of it. It's one of the major topics I can actually follow in the book since it's talked about so much and I actually know who Napoleon is (while I don't know who Márya Dmítrievna Akhrosímova isand couldn't even begin to pronunce it ). And some of the characters are French refugees or spouses so it makes a certain degree of sense. It's just strange where some characters alternate between french and russian even in the one sentence. I guess everyone just knew the major European languages back then. Quite different to the world I live in despite my country having two national languages. Well, French was basically the language of all the nobility back then. For example, King Frederick the Great of Prussia actually spoke French more than German despite his country being at war with France, and everyone was okay with that since French was simply what people spoke. Edited October 29, 2015 by blah2127 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirmola Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) I haven't finished any books after "foundation" due to my work, but the book i read before that was "things fall apart" which was quite good (if not as mind blowingly excellent as the hype might lead you to believe). The best aspect is how the author manages to craft a distinctly African style by using tropes from oral storytelling while still being mindful of the written medium. That book really makes you think about colonialism. The book i read before THAT was "arrows of the queen" by Mercedes Lackey (the first book in the Vladimar setting which is one of those setting that the auther has written like 40 books in). It was decent, but i had issues with it, such as how the heroine felt a bit sueish, or how the part of the setting in the first few chapters is sexist in what feels like an over the top way, given the rest of the setting. Edited October 30, 2015 by sirmola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icemario Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Along Came a Spider by James Patterson. When I had read the sequel to this first, some of the things in this book were really contradictory to what was written later. I was proven very wrong. I think I like this book more than Kiss the Girls, while they were both so good for what they did this one just takes you for a spin and then a spin and then hits you in the guts with a crowbar. Although I must say, it's too ironic I was reading a book with this name while donning a Muffet theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icemario Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 Lone Wolf by Robert Muchamore. Was pleased to see a book separate from the second series' initial trilogy, and definitely a very relaxing read to ease my mind after back-to-back tragics like The Road and Along Came a Spider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyn Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Banzai Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Dante, Commedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical CC Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 (edited) Have just finished "My Name Is Red". My friend was not wrong, it's indeed a great book. Who know a coin can tell that many interesting tales (included the butt tale...cough). Edited November 12, 2015 by Magical CC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flee Fleet! Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Finished Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Starting Sense and Sensibility , also by Jane Austen and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBM Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Pride and Prejudice is overrated IMO. My favourite Austen book is Emma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flee Fleet! Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Ah , well , you're right about it being overrated. Also , Huckleberry Finn's way better so far than Tom Sawyer . Feels more...suspenseful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylveonzoroark Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 My Brother Sam Is Dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamma Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 My Brother Sam Is Dead Im sorry for your loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpent of Sheol Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Romance of the Three Kingdoms... For the third time. I finally got a physical copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icemario Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Jack and Jill by James Patterson, possibly my favourite Alex Cross book now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoupyGhost Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I just finished John Dies at the End by David Wong. Absolutely crazy but a fun read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 It was Bram Stoker's Dracula.I was rereading that but I stopped about 100 pgs from the end and I haven't gotten back to it yet :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirmola Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 (edited) Last time i posted in this thread, i had finished "foundation" by Isaac Asimov. Since then, i finished "foundation and empire" and "second foundation". I liked these more than the first one, primarily because it is boring when things go according to plan, and the second and third books deal with the plan going massively off the rails and various people trying to fix the problem. There are four more in the series, but they were published 30 years latter, and tie in/retcon in his other books that i haven't read. So Now I'm reading "I, Robot", which is the first of said other books. Edited November 22, 2015 by sirmola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bman Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I recently finished "A Slip of the Keyboard", a collection of Terry Prattchet's essays and speeches. What a magnificent man he was. Right now I'm reading "Times of Contempt" by Andrzej Sapkowsky. It's the second book of the Witcher-Saga. It's a very fun read, even though the plot moves kinda slow - at least at the part I am right now - but Sapkowsky (and the guy who translated it from polish) has such great way of wirting, especially the dialogues, that I don't really mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lantairu Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I'm in the middle of reading the sequel to the amazing Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flee Fleet! Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 So I finally completed The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and I gotta say it's way better than Tom Sawyer was. Though it was difficult to read considering the somewhat old English was being used. Gonna start Sense and Sensibility now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icemario Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, actually pretty disappointing. So I was told by the person who gave me the book its ending would make me really want to read the next one, but when I finished it, I felt literally nothing. It dawned on me that this was the case because I actually just wasn't attached to any of the characters. Its ending was such a mess imo, and now the more I reflect on what I read, the more I see I didn't like. Probably still going to give the next book a chance, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamer Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Last book i read: Brightness reef by David Brin Currently reading: The chronicles of Narnia by C.S.Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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