If you like Terry Pratchet you should try Robert Jordan's series of the Wheel of Time, its effectively a more complex and better version of the Lord of the rings and consists of 14 books. i have been reading them since I was 12 and they are absolutely brilliant.
Unfortunately Jordan (his pen name) died but they have now got Brandon Sanderson to complete the last book which Jordan left extensive notes and recording for.
A must read for any fantasy readers

I have been reading it from the age of 33  , I don't disagree with froomes assessment but I did find that the series started to get a bit redundant after the 6-7 book.  Still a good read but more of a really that again.  The first book is without a doubt a must read for fantasy fans.  And it does engage you to continue with the series. A plus is if you like to hold the book most of them are pretty cheap on the used market and there are several chances to get the original hardcovers for less than the paperback price at a lot of local bookstores.

Wow
nice looking guidebook ad on side of homepage today... :-*

it looks like a really great place for cruising around will have to get there

and appropriately named author 

The NANTES-BREST CANAL

a Red Dog Brittany guide

Foreword and Introduction by Wendy Mewes

Spamming self book Though, I'd have expected a foreward for a red cat guide.

I am reading Bruno Schulz's works, The Cinnamon Shops/The Street of Crocodiles and Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass again for the first time in many years... Gosh those stories are amazing, and the prose is just incredible. Painting with words.

Recommend it to everyone, all ages.

After a few false starts I have finally made some headway into this. I'm no aficionado, but will let you guys know what I think #CricketBio #RevisedUpdatedEdition

Mijn Duitsland (My Germany) by Geert van Istendael . Good book, shows lots of sides of  Germany and how it has become the germany it is right now.

Open

"@RubyGold: Complete Sherlock Holmes free on Kindle http://t.co/myOnFODR"

I follow Open Culture on Twitter @openculture & they seem to have loads & loads of cool stuff like this - courses, languages, textbooks, e-books, movies, etc

http://www.openculture.com/2012/12/the_complete_sherlock_holmes_now_free_on_the_kindle.html

If you like fantasy, try 'the malazan book of the fallen'. 9 novel series by Steven Erikson. It's amazing

"@marcopinotti: The english version of my book will be released soon in digital version on Amazon"

5 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF ALL TIME COMES TO AN END.



Robert  Jordan's Wheel of Time series: The final volume, the 14th of the series will be released on the 8th of January. I have spent the last couple of months re reading the series and am now prepared for the release. I have read a wide range of fiction books and nearly all the great fantasy and sci-fi releases but this one for me tops them all.

He died in 2007 whilst writing the last of his books. His wife then chose an up and coming and generally regarded as the soon to be next thing in the world of fantasy author Brandon Sanderson to write the last book. It was so extensive though that after seeing all the notes Sanderson was forced to publish it as 3 books.

The last one entitled A Memory of Light is to be released this Tuesday. The speculation on the book has been overwhelming. Over the past couple of weeks I have immersed myself in it and I must admit that the detail which Jordan wrote with meant that the plot becomes so intriguing and bewitching as you analyse every single individual word. Sanderson has not a speck on Jordan and admittedly he does not have the unique genius, attention to detail and ability to define a character which Jordan has but he was aided by extensive notes and even written excerpts from Jordan written before he passed away.

Also what I find fascinating is the remarkable depth of the series. Specifically the characters are based on so many parallels from many different inspirations and each of them are integrated within the series so effortlessly.

The series draws on numerous elements of both European and Asian mythology, most notably the cyclical nature of time found in Hinduism and Buddhism, the concepts of balance, duality, a matter-of-fact respect for nature found in Daoism, as well as a creation story similar to that of Christianity in "The Creator" (Light) and "The Dark One". It was also partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Jordan ,who's real name was Oliver Rigney, wrote the last chapter and it promises to be

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EPIC

Just wanted to share my WOT mania 

Here are some previews for it:

"@faydra_deon: j. 100 free #ebooks on Barnes & Noble: http://t.co/pyjT0jKI #nook --Updated regularly to remove non-freebies"

http://ebookblitz.com/free-ebooks-on-barnes-noble/#9

I've an annoying habit of reading up to three or four books at a time...

Me too - and I want to stop!

It is a true lie that "everyone's got a book in them". Equally, books are very fashionable at the moment. Everyone's writing one, it seems.

If you could write a book, what would be the title and subject?

Armando Iannucci made a mockumentary years ago which sounded like a good book title:
Clinton: His Struggle With Dirt 

If we each wrote one, what would it be?

Just Someguy, Tales From The Cryptic
A compendium of JSG's truisms, unintelligible prophesies and newly-minted phrases like "head shacking".

Larry Viste, You Don't Have To Be Doping To Work Here But It Helps
How studying the effects of doping led one man to buy, sell and use dope himself in unwholesome quantities, thereby proving that one addiction begets another.

Florrie LaFleur, Contador Cookbook
The triple double Tour and double single Giro winner from Pinto shares his recipes with his number one fanette. By telephone.