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Originally Posted by terpkristin
Have you done The Dark Tower? I haven't read those yet but I've heard good things. I've also heard good things about Novik's Temeraire series (starting with His Majesty's Dragon). It's in my "to listen to" list.
If you didn't listen to The Pillars of the Earth, I strongly recommend that one. Have you listened to Brent Weeks at all? His Night Angel trilogy is pretty good (starts with The Way of Shadows), though you can tell who's influenced him as a writer. I believe Way of Shadows was his first-ever book. He's got a new book out (unaffiliated with the Night Angel trilogy) that is apparently quite good.
Have you listened to Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy? That's one I'd highly recommend. The magic system is kind of different and is pretty cool. I got into Sanderson thanks to his work on the Wheel of Time books. He's also got a new one that is supposed to be quite good.
I didn't particularly like it, but a lot of people in my reading group did, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemison is on Audible. I liked the author (my reading group did an interview with her) more than the book itself.
You might also want to check out the Goodreads bookshelf for my reading group. It has a lot of the things we've read. http://www.goodreads.com/group/books...word_and_Laser
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It is funny I read the first book of the Dark Tower, and loved the first third of it, enjoyed the second third less, and could barely tolerate the final third. In the afterward, King discusses how he wrote the first chapters early in his career, the middle chapters around the time of "It", and the end later in his career. I don't think I've read more than two King books since, as I really felt that painted a picture of his career's trajectory, at least as it related to my appreciation of his work.
I saw the Pillars of the Earth from Showtime(?)...Am I missing as much as I figure?
I'm adding this all to my wish list, and when my next credit comes up in a week or two, I'll have it all figured out.
Thanks a bunch.