The Book Thread, What are you reading at the moment? Options

[Tiuri]

Anyway, one of the books she mentioned was Game of Thrones and how it follows different people and I'm pretty sure she said that is also in the third person but the chapters are very specific to a certain character. The problem is, while I've watched the TV series I haven't read the books and I wondered if those of you who have could give me some insight into how the author structures those books with regards to viewpoint and changing in the focal characters.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Maybe this link will help. As mentioned on that page, every chapter simply bears the name of the point of view character (prologues and epilogues are different, see link).

So the very first chapter in Game of Thrones is simply titled Bran and it's told entirely from his point of view. The second chapter is told by his mother Catelyn, etc.. Especially at the start of the series, events overlapped, you were given various perspectives on the same event. As the series progressed the characters tend to become geographically separated so most of the events are seen from one POV, with other POV characters mentioning those events in their chapters as they are, of course, influenced by them. This means that you, the reader, know more than the characters.

Hope this helps

[dixie]

Thank you.


So the story is told in the third person but specifically relating to a certain character, so say when the chapter is about Bran, it's not actually Bran speaking and describing things, but more a narrator describing what Bran is doing and saying whilst also being able to hear his thoughts and know his feelings, etc, though not portraying those of other characters?

I think that's right.

Something to think about anyway.

[John84]

I might have recommended it to you before dix, but the book Cold Earth by Sarah Moss is in that format. Also, Palahniuk has a similar style in books like Haunted (btw, both of which I'd think you'd like)

[dixie]

I don't think you did recommend them before but I will certainly look into them. Thanks.

[boogie_artist]

Just finished Jeff Stelling's book Jellyman's Thrown A Wobbly, very enjoyable read -
http://blogbypaul.wordpress.com/2012/07/22...-jeff-stelling/

[Jonnycondom]

I finished "The Fault In Our Stars" last week by John Green and really liked it. I don't think it was as good as Looking For Alaska, but it was still entertaining, romantic, funny, emotional etc The love story between the two leads was genuinely lovely. John Green is a great writer it seems so I'm looking forward to reading his other stuff.

Right now I'm reading Richard Milward's, KImberley's Capital Punishment. So far so good. It has one of the most hilarious rape scenes I've ever had the pleasure of reading, made even funnier by the fact it happens in a place near my home town so I could picture it perfectly.

[Nosferatu]

"Black Butterfly" - The last in Mark Gatiss's Lucifer Box trilogy. An engaging and entertaining enough story but this is by far the weakest of the three books. The flashes of inspired brilliance and dark humour seen so much in the earlier novels are sadly missing in this effort, plus Box's erotic liaisons just come across as creepy and pervy (whilst these are not novels that should be in any way taken seriously, the fact that the roughly 70 year old Box's lecherous intentions are quickly dismissed by the beautiful young woman but enthusiasticly accepted by two hot young men - usually referred to as "boys" by Box, which is creepy enough in itself even though the characters in question are well into adulthood, does seem to be sendng an unsavoury message). All in all though this trilogy is one I'd highly recommend to anyone looking for some entertaining fluff, think I might give the graphic novel a go next (never read one before).

[BillyBuddSailor]

A Clash of Kings

[Jonnycondom]

The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis comics all compiled together

was a great surprise when I spotted it in the library.

[Nosferatu]

"Love Death" - A collection of 5 novellas by Dan Simmons, all featuring the twin themes of Love and Death. Although known mostly for his sci-fi/fantasy/horror work (and most of these novellas do include at least 1 element of those), here Simmons displays his all-round versatility by covering such diverse topics as the AIDS crisis in Thailand and the trenches of WW1. The stories are all beautifully written and pack an impressive emotional punch, proving that writers of Genre Fiction shouldn't necessarily be dismissed as easy-reading Pulp hacks. Very highly recommended!

[Boy1der]

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
A love story about the Greek hero Achilles and his lover Patroculs.
Sexy and adventurous and even though I know this tragedy has a sad ending I keep hoping it will somehow not.
Good read.

[devynethang]

"According to Hoyel" By Abigail Roux & Madeleine Urban

I like the authors but this is not, so far, their best work.

[Boy1der]

The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan, just starting this today.

[fenella]

Ive just finished "When God Was a Rabbit", which was excellent. Currently on "Murder on the Pont Nord", a crime thriller set in 1960s France.

Can I take this opportunity to invite you to the Literary Festival we're running in Northampton in September. It's called booQfest, and celebrates LGBT writers and those who write books with a gay theme. It's all free, and we've got some great writers including Alan Moore who wrote Watchmen and V for Vendetta.

This is the link: http://booqfest.webs.com/

[Tiuri]

I'm currently reading: Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian

[devynethang]

I finished a couple more gay romances by Abigail Roux First one was Stars and Stripes, part of the Cut and Run Series, the second one was Unrequited. Stars and Stripes was very enjoyable, Unrequited was fairly short and not that good.

[Jonnycondom]

Started the Percy Jackson books, a million years behind everybody else

[Tiuri]

Started the Percy Jackson books, a million years behind everybody else

Love them

[Tiuri]

I finished a couple more gay romances by Abigail Roux First one was Stars and Stripes, part of the Cut and Run Series, the second one was Unrequited. Stars and Stripes was very enjoyable, Unrequited was fairly short and not that good.

I want to try and read the Cut and Run series as well. On her website I read about Anne Tenino and I have finished two of her stories Frat Boy and Toppy as well as Love, Hypothetically. Both gay romances as well

Did you read the first 5 of the Cut and Run series as well???

[devynethang]

Today was a holiday (labor day) and I had to be at work all alone so I read My Brother's Keeper by... Abigail Roux. It was a fast read and fairly interesting, though the "twist" ending was not that surprising.

Did you read the first 5 of the Cut and Run series as well???

Yes I did. I have loved every one of them! I would suggest that before one reads Armed and dangerous he should read Warrior's Cross first. Its not part of the series but it introduces characters from that book. Having read it made A&D far more enjoyable.

This post has been edited by devynethang: Sep 4 2012, 01:26