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Wendy B
Feb 21, 2012, 10:22:48 AM2/21/12
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Choices for March LeVar's Rainbow Book Club reads: http://nightxade.blogspot.com/2012/02/march-book-club-choices.html
Lion of Ireland (Celtic World of Morgan Llywelyn)
by Morgan Llywelyn
King, warrior, and lover Brian Boru was stronger, braver, and wiser than all other men-the greatest king Ireland has ever known. Out of the mists of the country's most violent age, he merged to lead his people to the peak of their golden era. His women were as remarkable as his adventures: Fiona, the druidess with mystical powers; Deirdre, beautiful victim of a Norse invader's brutal lust; Gormlaith, six-foot, read-haired goddess of sensuality. Set against the barbaric splendors of the tenth century, this is a story rich in truth and legend-in which friends become deadly enemies, bedrooms turn into battlefields, and dreams of glory are finally fulfilled. Morgan Llywelyn has written one of the greatest novels of Irish history.
The Warded Man (Demon Cycle #1)
by Peter V. Brett
As darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise—demons who possess supernatural powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that shelters behind magical wards—symbols of power whose origins are lost in myth and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. It was not always this way. Once, men and women battled the corelings on equal terms, but those days are gone. Night by night the demons grow stronger, while human numbers dwindle under their relentless assault. Now, with hope for the future fading, three young survivors of vicious demon attacks will dare the impossible, stepping beyond the crumbling safety of the wards to risk everything in a desperate quest to regain the secrets of the past. Together, they will stand against the night.
Warbreaker
by Brandon Sanderson
Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren’s capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people. By using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.
Elantris
by Brandon Sanderson
Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant, filled with benevolent beings who used their powerful magical abilities for the benefit of all. Yet each of these demigods was once an ordinary person until touched by the mysterious transforming power of the Shaod. Ten years ago, without warning, the magic failed. Elantrians became wizened, leper-like, powerless creatures, and Elantris itself dark, filthy, and crumbling. Arelon's new capital, Kae, crouches in the shadow of Elantris. Princess Sarene of Teod arrives for a marriage of state with Crown Prince Raoden, hoping -- based on their correspondence -- to also find love. She finds instead that Raoden has died and she is considered his widow. Both Teod and Arelon are under threat as the last remaining holdouts against the imperial ambitions of the ruthless religious fanatics of Fjordell. So Sarene decides to use her new status to counter the machinations of Hrathen, a Fjordell high priest who has come to Kae to convert Arelon and claim it for his emperor and his god. But neither Sarene nor Hrathen suspect the truth about Prince Raoden. Stricken by the same curse that ruined Elantris, Raoden was secretly exiled by his father to the dark city. His struggle to help the wretches trapped there begins a series of events that will bring hope to Arelon, and perhaps reveal the secret of Elantris itself. A rare epic fantasy that doesn't recycle the classics and that is a complete and satisfying story in one volume, Elantris is fleet and fun, full of surprises and characters to care about. It's also the wonderful debut of a welcome new star in the constellation of fantasy.
Rivers of London (Peter Grant #1)
by Ben Aaronovitch
My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit - we do paperwork so real coppers don't have to - and finding a way to climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from someone who was dead but disturbingly voluable, and that brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in England. Now I'm a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden . . . and there's something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair. The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it's falling to me to bring order out of chaos - or die trying. Which, I don't mind telling you, would involve a hell of a lot of paperwork.
Reamde
by Neal Stephenson
Four decades ago, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa family, fled to a wild and lonely mountainous corner of British Columbia to avoid the draft. Smuggling backpack loads of high-grade marijuana across the border into Northern Idaho, he quickly amassed an enormous and illegal fortune. With plenty of time and money to burn, he became addicted to an online fantasy game in which opposing factions battle for power and treasure in a vast cyber realm. Like many serious gamers, he began routinely purchasing virtual gold pieces and other desirables from Chinese gold farmers—young professional players in Asia who accumulated virtual weapons and armor to sell to busy American and European buyers. For Richard, the game was the perfect opportunity to launder his aging hundred dollar bills and begin his own high-tech start up—a venture that has morphed into a Fortune 500 computer gaming group, Corporation 9592, with its own super successful online role-playing game, T’Rain. But the line between fantasy and reality becomes dangerously blurred when a young gold farmer accidently triggers a virtual war for dominance—and Richard is caught at the center. In this edgy, 21st century tale, Neal Stephenson, one of the most ambitious and prophetic writers of our time, returns to the terrain of his cyberpunk masterpieces Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, leading readers through the looking glass and into the dark heart of imagination.
by Morgan Llywelyn
King, warrior, and lover Brian Boru was stronger, braver, and wiser than all other men-the greatest king Ireland has ever known. Out of the mists of the country's most violent age, he merged to lead his people to the peak of their golden era. His women were as remarkable as his adventures: Fiona, the druidess with mystical powers; Deirdre, beautiful victim of a Norse invader's brutal lust; Gormlaith, six-foot, read-haired goddess of sensuality. Set against the barbaric splendors of the tenth century, this is a story rich in truth and legend-in which friends become deadly enemies, bedrooms turn into battlefields, and dreams of glory are finally fulfilled. Morgan Llywelyn has written one of the greatest novels of Irish history.
by Peter V. Brett
As darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise—demons who possess supernatural powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that shelters behind magical wards—symbols of power whose origins are lost in myth and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. It was not always this way. Once, men and women battled the corelings on equal terms, but those days are gone. Night by night the demons grow stronger, while human numbers dwindle under their relentless assault. Now, with hope for the future fading, three young survivors of vicious demon attacks will dare the impossible, stepping beyond the crumbling safety of the wards to risk everything in a desperate quest to regain the secrets of the past. Together, they will stand against the night.
by Brandon Sanderson
Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren’s capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people. By using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.
by Brandon Sanderson
Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant, filled with benevolent beings who used their powerful magical abilities for the benefit of all. Yet each of these demigods was once an ordinary person until touched by the mysterious transforming power of the Shaod. Ten years ago, without warning, the magic failed. Elantrians became wizened, leper-like, powerless creatures, and Elantris itself dark, filthy, and crumbling. Arelon's new capital, Kae, crouches in the shadow of Elantris. Princess Sarene of Teod arrives for a marriage of state with Crown Prince Raoden, hoping -- based on their correspondence -- to also find love. She finds instead that Raoden has died and she is considered his widow. Both Teod and Arelon are under threat as the last remaining holdouts against the imperial ambitions of the ruthless religious fanatics of Fjordell. So Sarene decides to use her new status to counter the machinations of Hrathen, a Fjordell high priest who has come to Kae to convert Arelon and claim it for his emperor and his god. But neither Sarene nor Hrathen suspect the truth about Prince Raoden. Stricken by the same curse that ruined Elantris, Raoden was secretly exiled by his father to the dark city. His struggle to help the wretches trapped there begins a series of events that will bring hope to Arelon, and perhaps reveal the secret of Elantris itself. A rare epic fantasy that doesn't recycle the classics and that is a complete and satisfying story in one volume, Elantris is fleet and fun, full of surprises and characters to care about. It's also the wonderful debut of a welcome new star in the constellation of fantasy.
by Ben Aaronovitch
My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit - we do paperwork so real coppers don't have to - and finding a way to climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from someone who was dead but disturbingly voluable, and that brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in England. Now I'm a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden . . . and there's something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair. The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it's falling to me to bring order out of chaos - or die trying. Which, I don't mind telling you, would involve a hell of a lot of paperwork.
by Neal Stephenson
Four decades ago, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa family, fled to a wild and lonely mountainous corner of British Columbia to avoid the draft. Smuggling backpack loads of high-grade marijuana across the border into Northern Idaho, he quickly amassed an enormous and illegal fortune. With plenty of time and money to burn, he became addicted to an online fantasy game in which opposing factions battle for power and treasure in a vast cyber realm. Like many serious gamers, he began routinely purchasing virtual gold pieces and other desirables from Chinese gold farmers—young professional players in Asia who accumulated virtual weapons and armor to sell to busy American and European buyers. For Richard, the game was the perfect opportunity to launder his aging hundred dollar bills and begin his own high-tech start up—a venture that has morphed into a Fortune 500 computer gaming group, Corporation 9592, with its own super successful online role-playing game, T’Rain. But the line between fantasy and reality becomes dangerously blurred when a young gold farmer accidently triggers a virtual war for dominance—and Richard is caught at the center. In this edgy, 21st century tale, Neal Stephenson, one of the most ambitious and prophetic writers of our time, returns to the terrain of his cyberpunk masterpieces Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, leading readers through the looking glass and into the dark heart of imagination.
Wendy B
Feb 26, 2012, 5:03:04 PM2/26/12
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On Feb 21, 10:22 am, Wendy B <wbrownes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Vote:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PK7NN28
> Choices for March LeVar's Rainbow Book Club<http://nightxade.blogspot.com/p/levars-rainbow-book-club.html>
> reads:http://nightxade.blogspot.com/2012/02/march-book-club-choices.html
>
> <http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1312057693l/300932.jpg>
> *Lion of Ireland (Celtic World of Morgan Llywelyn)<http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/300932.Lion_of_Ireland>
> *
> *The Warded Man (Demon Cycle #1)<http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428935-the-warded-man>
> *
> *Warbreaker <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1268479.Warbreaker>*
> *Elantris <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68427.Elantris>*
> *Rivers of London (Peter Grant #1)* <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9317452-rivers-of-london>
> *Reamde* <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10552338-reamde>
On Feb 21, 10:22 am, Wendy B <wbrownes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Vote:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PK7NN28
> reads:http://nightxade.blogspot.com/2012/02/march-book-club-choices.html
>
> <http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1312057693l/300932.jpg>
> *Lion of Ireland (Celtic World of Morgan Llywelyn)<http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/300932.Lion_of_Ireland>
> *
> by Morgan Llywelyn
>
> King, warrior, and lover Brian Boru was stronger, braver, and wiser than
> all other men-the greatest king Ireland has ever known. Out of the mists of
> the country's most violent age, he merged to lead his people to the peak of
> their golden era. His women were as remarkable as his adventures: Fiona,
> the druidess with mystical powers; Deirdre, beautiful victim of a Norse
> invader's brutal lust; Gormlaith, six-foot, read-haired goddess of
> sensuality. Set against the barbaric splendors of the tenth century, this
> is a story rich in truth and legend-in which friends become deadly enemies,
> bedrooms turn into battlefields, and dreams of glory are finally fulfilled.
> Morgan Llywelyn has written one of the greatest novels of Irish history.
>
> <http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320558105l/6993490.jpg>
>
> King, warrior, and lover Brian Boru was stronger, braver, and wiser than
> all other men-the greatest king Ireland has ever known. Out of the mists of
> the country's most violent age, he merged to lead his people to the peak of
> their golden era. His women were as remarkable as his adventures: Fiona,
> the druidess with mystical powers; Deirdre, beautiful victim of a Norse
> invader's brutal lust; Gormlaith, six-foot, read-haired goddess of
> sensuality. Set against the barbaric splendors of the tenth century, this
> is a story rich in truth and legend-in which friends become deadly enemies,
> bedrooms turn into battlefields, and dreams of glory are finally fulfilled.
> Morgan Llywelyn has written one of the greatest novels of Irish history.
>
> *The Warded Man (Demon Cycle #1)<http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3428935-the-warded-man>
> *
> by Peter V. Brett
>
> As darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise—demons who possess
> supernatural powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. For
> hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the
> human herd that shelters behind magical wards—symbols of power whose
> origins are lost in myth and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. It
> was not always this way. Once, men and women battled the corelings on equal
> terms, but those days are gone. Night by night the demons grow stronger,
> while human numbers dwindle under their relentless assault. Now, with hope
> for the future fading, three young survivors of vicious demon attacks will
> dare the impossible, stepping beyond the crumbling safety of the wards to
> risk everything in a desperate quest to regain the secrets of the past.
> Together, they will stand against the night.
>
> <http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1240256182l/1268479.jpg>
>
> As darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise—demons who possess
> supernatural powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. For
> hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the
> human herd that shelters behind magical wards—symbols of power whose
> origins are lost in myth and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. It
> was not always this way. Once, men and women battled the corelings on equal
> terms, but those days are gone. Night by night the demons grow stronger,
> while human numbers dwindle under their relentless assault. Now, with hope
> for the future fading, three young survivors of vicious demon attacks will
> dare the impossible, stepping beyond the crumbling safety of the wards to
> risk everything in a desperate quest to regain the secrets of the past.
> Together, they will stand against the night.
>
> *Warbreaker <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1268479.Warbreaker>*
> by Brandon Sanderson
>
> Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the
> God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job,
> and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds
> of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as
> gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren’s capital city and where
> a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath
> that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people. By
> using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of
> miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable
> quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri,
> princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of
> bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.
>
> <http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1316637512l/68427.jpg>
>
> Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the
> God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job,
> and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds
> of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as
> gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren’s capital city and where
> a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath
> that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people. By
> using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of
> miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable
> quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri,
> princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of
> bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.
>
> *Elantris <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68427.Elantris>*
> by Brandon Sanderson
>
> Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant,
> filled with benevolent beings who used their powerful magical abilities for
> the benefit of all. Yet each of these demigods was once an ordinary person
> until touched by the mysterious transforming power of the Shaod. Ten years
> ago, without warning, the magic failed. Elantrians became wizened,
> leper-like, powerless creatures, and Elantris itself dark, filthy, and
> crumbling. Arelon's new capital, Kae, crouches in the shadow of Elantris.
> Princess Sarene of Teod arrives for a marriage of state with Crown Prince
> Raoden, hoping -- based on their correspondence -- to also find love. She
> finds instead that Raoden has died and she is considered his widow. Both
> Teod and Arelon are under threat as the last remaining holdouts against the
> imperial ambitions of the ruthless religious fanatics of Fjordell. So
> Sarene decides to use her new status to counter the machinations of
> Hrathen, a Fjordell high priest who has come to Kae to convert Arelon and
> claim it for his emperor and his god. But neither Sarene nor Hrathen
> suspect the truth about Prince Raoden. Stricken by the same curse that
> ruined Elantris, Raoden was secretly exiled by his father to the dark city.
> His struggle to help the wretches trapped there begins a series of events
> that will bring hope to Arelon, and perhaps reveal the secret of Elantris
> itself. A rare epic fantasy that doesn't recycle the classics and that is a
> complete and satisfying story in one volume, Elantris is fleet and fun,
> full of surprises and characters to care about. It's also the wonderful
> debut of a welcome new star in the constellation of fantasy.
>
> <http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327931673l/9317452.jpg>
>
> Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant,
> filled with benevolent beings who used their powerful magical abilities for
> the benefit of all. Yet each of these demigods was once an ordinary person
> until touched by the mysterious transforming power of the Shaod. Ten years
> ago, without warning, the magic failed. Elantrians became wizened,
> leper-like, powerless creatures, and Elantris itself dark, filthy, and
> crumbling. Arelon's new capital, Kae, crouches in the shadow of Elantris.
> Princess Sarene of Teod arrives for a marriage of state with Crown Prince
> Raoden, hoping -- based on their correspondence -- to also find love. She
> finds instead that Raoden has died and she is considered his widow. Both
> Teod and Arelon are under threat as the last remaining holdouts against the
> imperial ambitions of the ruthless religious fanatics of Fjordell. So
> Sarene decides to use her new status to counter the machinations of
> Hrathen, a Fjordell high priest who has come to Kae to convert Arelon and
> claim it for his emperor and his god. But neither Sarene nor Hrathen
> suspect the truth about Prince Raoden. Stricken by the same curse that
> ruined Elantris, Raoden was secretly exiled by his father to the dark city.
> His struggle to help the wretches trapped there begins a series of events
> that will bring hope to Arelon, and perhaps reveal the secret of Elantris
> itself. A rare epic fantasy that doesn't recycle the classics and that is a
> complete and satisfying story in one volume, Elantris is fleet and fun,
> full of surprises and characters to care about. It's also the wonderful
> debut of a welcome new star in the constellation of fantasy.
>
> *Rivers of London (Peter Grant #1)* <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9317452-rivers-of-london>
> by Ben Aaronovitch
>
> My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable
> in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the
> Metropolitan Police Service (as the Filth to everybody else). My only
> concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit
> - we do paperwork so real coppers don't have to - and finding a way to
> climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Then one
> night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness
> statement from someone who was dead but disturbingly voluable, and that
> brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in
> England. Now I'm a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first
> apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more
> complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the
> warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent
> Garden . . . and there's something festering at the heart of the city I
> love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists
> them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and
> despair. The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and
> it's falling to me to bring order out of chaos - or die trying. Which, I
> don't mind telling you, would involve a hell of a lot of paperwork.
>
> <http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1305993115l/10552338.jpg>
>
> My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable
> in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the
> Metropolitan Police Service (as the Filth to everybody else). My only
> concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit
> - we do paperwork so real coppers don't have to - and finding a way to
> climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Then one
> night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness
> statement from someone who was dead but disturbingly voluable, and that
> brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in
> England. Now I'm a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first
> apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more
> complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the
> warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent
> Garden . . . and there's something festering at the heart of the city I
> love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists
> them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and
> despair. The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and
> it's falling to me to bring order out of chaos - or die trying. Which, I
> don't mind telling you, would involve a hell of a lot of paperwork.
>
> *Reamde* <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10552338-reamde>
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