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Re: The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!
« Reply #690 on: August 03, 2018, 08:52:39 pm »
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My favourite book series ever are:
A Court of Thorns and Roses- Sarah J Maas
I actually really like this! ACOTAR's latest (ACOFAS) is a bit of a let down, but the third in the series (ACOWAR) is really gnarly!
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Re: The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!
« Reply #691 on: August 03, 2018, 08:59:30 pm »
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My favourite book series ever are:
A Court of Thorns and Roses- Sarah J Maas
I actually really like this! ACOTAR's latest (ACOFAS) is a bit of a let down, but the third in the series (ACOWAR) is really gnarly!
I've had actually the third ACOTAR book half-read for almost a year, I seemingly haven't been able to properly get into that book!
The first two however are great! ;D
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Re: The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!
« Reply #692 on: August 03, 2018, 09:01:06 pm »
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I actually really like this! ACOTAR's latest (ACOFAS) is a bit of a let down, but the third in the series (ACOWAR) is really gnarly!

Ah that's a shame. I haven't read ACOFAS yet because I have a hold on it at the library and it's taking forever.

I've had actually the third ACOTAR book half-read for almost a year, I seemingly haven't been able to properly get into that book!
The first two however are great! ;D

I have been the same with The Tower of Dawn (ToG series) I have the page I got up to written on my some paper on my desk because I had to return it to the library. I wasn't into it enough to make the effort to reborrow it again stragiht away, but I should finish reading it because the final book (Kindom of Ash) is coming out soon.

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Re: The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!
« Reply #693 on: August 03, 2018, 09:18:28 pm »
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Weirdly, it's literally only the ACOTAR books that I have got into. I just really don't like SJM's other series..

But yeah. ACOFAS may be right up your alley, idk, but something just didn't tick for me...
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They decide to have the kid... :D
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Re: The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!
« Reply #694 on: August 03, 2018, 09:25:58 pm »
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Weirdly, it's literally only the ACOTAR books that I have got into. I just really don't like SJM's other series..

But yeah. ACOFAS may be right up your alley, idk, but something just didn't tick for me...
Spoiler
They decide to have the kid... :D

 :o :o :o ahhh!!! (excited fangirling noise)  :)  :)
 Catwoman: Soulstealer by SJM is coming out soon too, I hope that will be good. She writes badass female characters well.
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Re: The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!
« Reply #695 on: August 03, 2018, 09:47:31 pm »
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She writes badass female characters well.

That's what got me hooked from the start - The fact that Feyre was out hunting... Like who does that? Maybe I should give the other series another chance???
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« Reply #696 on: August 03, 2018, 10:07:32 pm »
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That's what got me hooked from the start - The fact that Feyre was out hunting... Like who does that? Maybe I should give the other series another chance???

Yeah! With the ToG series I was really enjoying it, but I think I got slightly less engaged in it as the series went on, but I do intend on finishing it. I have to admit that I definitely like the ACOTAR series better though. I think triologies are the ideal length for a series and sometimes having too many books in a series can make the story too drawn out or contain a lot of stuff in the middle that you forget about.
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Re: The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!
« Reply #697 on: August 03, 2018, 10:12:28 pm »
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Yeah! With the ToG series I was really enjoying it, but I think I got slightly less engaged in it as the series went on, but I do intend on finishing it. I have to admit that I definitely like the ACOTAR series better though. I think triologies are the ideal length for a series and sometimes having too many books in a series can make the story too drawn out or contain a lot of stuff in the middle that you forget about.
The best is where the Author intends a trilogy, but it ends up more (I'm looking at YOU Christopher Paolini!)
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Re: The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!
« Reply #698 on: August 03, 2018, 10:48:15 pm »
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Recently read Orfeo by Richard Powers and would highly recommend it to people who loves music and/or science!

It's quite a dense read but it's an extremely unique book. I found out about it through a video (can't remember title) where a guy interviewed Ivy League / Stanford professors on books you must read before you die, and this book came up twice.

But basically (without too much spoilers), it's loosely based on the story of bioartist Steve Kurtz. The protagonist is a 70-year-old man, Peter Els, who recounts his life story from his birth in 1941 until 2011, when he was arrested on charges of bioterrorism.
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Els is a classical music prodigy but also extremely talented in maths and science. He meets and falls in love with a cellist called Clara, who persuades him to study music instead of chemistry, only to dump him soon after.  Working as an avant-garde composer, he marries the girl who sang his songs, has a daugher, and meets a choreographer called Bonner.

While working with Bonner, Els becomes too engrossed in his work and eventually he and his wife divorce. In 1993 his avant-garde opera was about to premier when the Waco Siege broke out, killing 76 people. Els severs ties with Bonner, and began working as a teacher at a small college until 2008, when he was let go due to the GFC.

Trying not to succumb to boredom, he began doing experiments in his home-made lab - his goal was to biohack musical compositions in bacterial DNA. Three years later, his golden retriever dies, and Els called 911 by mistake. The police was alarmed by his DIY lab, and after investigations, issued an arrest on charges of bioterrorism. Els was thus dubbed 'Bioterrorist Bach' by the press. While on the run, Els revisits his daugher, ex wife, and Bonner, who shares his story to the world.

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Re: The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!
« Reply #699 on: September 19, 2018, 04:59:27 pm »
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Just finished Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann and loved it. It's a recount of the beginnings of the FBI in America backdropped against the Osage Indian murders, an elaborate conspiracy to kill Native Americans for their wealth and land drilling rights. Totes recommend if that sounds interesting to you! :)



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Re: The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!
« Reply #700 on: September 20, 2018, 09:42:42 am »
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Today's Australian Reading Hour day!

Who's planning to read a bit today?! :))
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« Reply #701 on: September 20, 2018, 01:37:07 pm »
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Today's Australian Reading Hour day!

Who's planning to read a bit today?! :))
1984 by George Orwell, here I come! :))
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They are not you. You do belong to yourself,
even when your thoughts don't.

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Re: The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!
« Reply #702 on: September 20, 2018, 02:25:23 pm »
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1984 by George Orwell, here I come! :))
I am studying this book for HSC, so I expected I would hate it by now, but it's by far my favourite text. It's kind of scary how relavant it is with some world events happening at the moment...
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Re: The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!
« Reply #703 on: September 20, 2018, 03:26:01 pm »
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I actually quote 1984 a lot in random life situations... :-\
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Re: The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!
« Reply #704 on: September 20, 2018, 04:41:31 pm »
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As a philosophical text, 1984 is the work of a genius. It expresses the ending of so many philosophies begun today, and I found it to be really insightful. The Lord of the Rings franchise does similar things for me, great books by a genius.
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