The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!

[Dallas45]

Matthew Reilly's new book, The Tournament is out read some reviews, seems decent

I read it as soon as it was released. It's definitely worth the read with an interesting take on a possible history. Very different from his past books - no military based theme with a male protagonist. It instead is narrated by a teenage Queen Elizabeth I. It's still very good though

[Lolly]

Rereading Harry Potter.
 #unoriginal

[saradom136]

Has anyone else read the first two books of The Kingkiller Chronicle? ( The Name of The Wind and The Wise Man's Fear) great books!

[Dallas45]

David Baldacci's books, particularly the King and Maxwell series, are really good also.

[DisaFear]

Just finished The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, was interesting indeed

Starting the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett! They are hilarious

[alondouek]

Starting the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett! They are hilarious

Haha Pratchett is brilliant, Going Postal is one of my favourites

[charmanderp]

Rereading Harry Potter.
 #unoriginal

I've never heard of it. Is it any good?

[Lolly]

I've never heard of it. Is it any good?

Nah it's pretty av. You're not missing out on much.

Except for your childhood and wizarding education

[charmanderp]

Nah it's pretty av. You're not missing out on much.

Except for your childhood and wizarding education

Don't be silly, magic isn't real. Are you one of those Socialist Alternative people?

[DisaFear]

Haha Pratchett is brilliant, Going Postal is one of my favourites

Are all the books standalone? As in, the first book is about two certain characters. Do they reappear in future books?

[alondouek]

Are all the books standalone? As in, the first book is about two certain characters. Do they reappear in future books?

Kinda sorta, if I recall correctly the characters in some books like Guards! Guards! recur. You can definitely read them as standalone novels. They're all bloody brilliant though, also make sure you watch some of the movies that were made based on the books

[ShortBlackChick]

Matthew Reilly's new book, The Tournament is out read some reviews, seems decent

I read it as soon as it was released. It's definitely worth the read with an interesting take on a possible history. Very different from his past books - no military based theme with a male protagonist. It instead is narrated by a teenage Queen Elizabeth I. It's still very good though

OMG You guys! Was just about to post about this! Just got the book, well my dad got it for me anyway, after I bumped into him in Kmart on a random shopping trip of mine and told him to get it for me LOL

I'm really excited to read it coz its so different! I'm really curious as to how I'll find this book/concept, especially on the scale of Scarecrow to Jack West. Not saying one is a zero and the other is a ten, coz I love them all but that said I'm a sucker for the Scarecrow series so we'll see.

And the free prequel is out too!!! He says its unrelated, or that it doesnt spoil The Tournament so you can read it even if you havent read The Tournament, but screw that I'm still gonna read the book first.
http://www.matthewreilly.com/resources/roger-ascham-and-the-kings-lost-girl

[Russ]

I was pretty unimpressed by The Tournament but if he's back to writing and out of his depression after his wife died, then it's a pretty big success.

[pi]

Just finished reading the Hunger Games series in light of the film success. I found Mockingjay to be terrible and such a disappointment, everything seemed really rushed and crammed and the style seemed different to the first two :/

Hope the movies about it are better!

[Robert243]

Just finished reading the Hunger Games series in light of the film success. I found Mockingjay to be terrible and such a disappointment, everything seemed really rushed and crammed and the style seemed different to the first two :/

Hope the movies about it are better!

Lol , it's going to be split in two parts .

Has anyone read the new Steven King book