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Unfortunately no. I should probably set one up sometime but I tend to rarely use instant messengers.

Have you read anything from Terry Goodkind? I was thinking of reading his series next but it got a lot of mixed reviews.

Nope. Fantasy books are rather hard to come by in my house, or anything to do with magic. It be da debble, you know. Aka I have a hidden stash of nerd books in my closet

As I believe I am the only person here who has read the whole series, let me just caution you that I can't possibly recommend the whole series. The first 4 books are worth reading, and very possibly parts of 6 (even though it feels exactly like book 2 redux).

And Goodkind just starts ham-fisting political and philosophical agendas down your throat, with Richard quite literally proselytizing to the masses. It's just awful, especially shameful considering the promise of the first four books.

As for myself, I recently read:

Tangled Web - a rather ho-hum historical romp through Regency London. Not much to say, I didn't especially like it...

Scarlet and the White Wolf, books 2 and 3 - excellent. High quality fantasy with plenty of romance and action. If only all books about gay wizards could be this exquisitely crafted. Mr Kino was horrified that I started and ended Book 3 over the course of one flight, but they were precisely the sort of tale I just devour. My only complaint is that the trilogy is really just one book split into three small parts (Book 3 is the longest and it's only 280 pages) -- but that's merely a monetary concern rather than an aesthetic one. The sex scenes were a little chuckle-worthy in places -- I don't think I can ever forgive the description [hide]in which sucking the head of a cock is compared to sucking a succulent strawberry[/hide] -- but well placed within the story and certainly did not feel grotesque for all the lascivious text surrounding them.

Not sure what I'll start next. I ordered Poppy Z Brite's Drawing Blood, but I'm not really sure how much I want to read a cybergoth Haunted House story.

Yeah...I heard about the philosophy thing. Still, it'll be interesting, at least.

Oh, and I reached the part in Blood of the Fold where you find out [hide]Berdine and Raina are lesbians. Now all Goodkind needs to do is out Jebra and Adie and he's good.[/hide]

I'm waiting for that Richard/Warren slashfic from you.

Currently reading Wandering Son.