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don't be dull, be fannish ([personal profile] katikat) wrote2010-02-03 09:02 am
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Surprisingly, a lot of fun!

So, I've been reading Oliver Bowden's "Assassin's Creed: Renaissance" and it's a really good book! I mean, really good. Fast paced and fun despite the gloomy summary. And I just love Leonardo Da Vinci here! Paraphrasing:

Ezio: What do we do with the body?
Leonardo: Oh, let's put it with the others *totally unruffled*
Ezio: The others? *sweatdrops*

And the fact that Leonardo got tangled up in an affair with a male prostitute doesn't hurt either, of course! :)
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[identity profile] oddmonster.livejournal.com 2010-02-03 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
You find the most awesome books, I swear. I'm going to add this to my to-be-read pile mountain.

[identity profile] katikat.livejournal.com 2010-02-03 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a book to this game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ugePkNwato

I'm actually surprised how much I like it. There are no deep thoughts, no descriptions, just a fast paced action.

[identity profile] oddmonster.livejournal.com 2010-02-03 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
No deep thoughts/all action sounds pretty good right now. I've been overloading on non-fiction and ponderous Russian intrigue novels (and am totally behind on my reviews).

[identity profile] katikat.livejournal.com 2010-02-03 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Russian? *sweatdrops*

[identity profile] oddmonster.livejournal.com 2010-02-03 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
China Star by Bartle Bull, which is all about Russian expatriates stalking and killing each other in the 20s. It's a compelling story but told in an infuriatingly flawed manner, resulting in SLOG. The main character needs a good hard slap, for a start.

[identity profile] katikat.livejournal.com 2010-02-03 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
*sweatdrops some more* Living in a post-communist land, I have a great aversion to Russian literature XP

[identity profile] oddmonster.livejournal.com 2010-02-03 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. Indeed. Well, this doesn't remind me all that much of Russian literature--it reminds me very strongly of Les Miserables, actually, which I'm fairly sure was intentional. It's also written by an American, which I suspect is part of the slog-related chaos.

But I quite see your point. How about a nice book about an ADD traveling surfer (http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Waves-Surfers-Obsessive-Wandering/dp/1594851131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265212491&sr=8-1) instead?

Way behind on the reviews.

[identity profile] katikat.livejournal.com 2010-02-07 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
:)) I'm on a manga trip these days. I bought a big pile of manga and I want to make a dent in it.
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