screens just feel wrong to me. They run out of battery, and don't have that lovely book smell. They also prevent you from covering every flat surface, shelf, windowledge, and table in your home with books!
Picking my favorite books feels almost impossible, but here goes!
Witchmark, by Polk
Six of Crows, by Bardugo (Shadow and bone comes first, but SoC is better)
Trials of Apollo, by Riordan (Really all of his work, but this series is my favorite)
Wings of Fire, by Sutherland (A favorite from when I was younger)
When the Butterflies Came, by Little
On the books v screen argument, I like books better, but screen is much convenient for library books. Before I used kindle library books I would use this big wheeled bag to check out as many books as I could fit- and it got full way too fast! Kindle makes it much easier.
What is the most recent book you have read? Mine is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
in terms of books vs movies (tho you may be asking a different question):
I think they're both good, neither is better. The best of both takes full advantage of their genre. A book has certain advantages a film does not (allowing you to see characters thoughts, telling without showing, you define (loosely) what characters look/sound like, using the advantage of written media, etc). Movies have certain advantage a book does not (soundtrack, showing without telling, cinematography, audible visual acting, etc). I'm not particularly biased to either, they both have great potential. Again, the best of both are not ones that seek to copy the other (LotR does this best, but..), but the ones that take advantage of the bonuses I just listed.
Alright, there's my 2:00 rant, sponsored by coffee. Gonna' go find some more of it. cheers
Picking my favorite books feels almost impossible, but here goes!
Witchmark, by Polk
Six of Crows, by Bardugo (Shadow and bone comes first, but SoC is better)
Trials of Apollo, by Riordan (Really all of his work, but this series is my favorite)
Wings of Fire, by Sutherland (A favorite from when I was younger)
When the Butterflies Came, by Little
On the books v screen argument, I like books better, but screen is much convenient for library books. Before I used kindle library books I would use this big wheeled bag to check out as many books as I could fit- and it got full way too fast! Kindle makes it much easier.
What is the most recent book you have read? Mine is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Haven't read Shadow and Bone, but I have read Six of Crows and Wings of Fire. (Usually I'll read the whole series, but the person who recommended it to me told me just to skip Shadow and Bone. . .and honestly I do feel like I made the right choice, the way they describe Shadow and Bone to me.)
My most recent book I've read (not counting ones that I'm currently reading) is Free Lunchby Rex Ogle. (I'm stuck in italics.)
Wings of Fire, rangers apprentice, brotherband, the menagerie, Deltora quest, Deltora quest 2 and pretty much anything to do with fantasy and summoner.
Picking my favorite books feels almost impossible, but here goes!
Witchmark, by Polk
Six of Crows, by Bardugo (Shadow and bone comes first, but SoC is better)
Trials of Apollo, by Riordan (Really all of his work, but this series is my favorite)
Wings of Fire, by Sutherland (A favorite from when I was younger)
When the Butterflies Came, by Little
On the books v screen argument, I like books better, but screen is much convenient for library books. Before I used kindle library books I would use this big wheeled bag to check out as many books as I could fit- and it got full way too fast! Kindle makes it much easier.
What is the most recent book you have read? Mine is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Haven't read Shadow and Bone, but I have read Six of Crows and Wings of Fire. (Usually I'll read the whole series, but the person who recommended it to me told me just to skip Shadow and Bone. . .and honestly I do feel like I made the right choice, the way they describe Shadow and Bone to me.)
My most recent book I've read (not counting ones that I'm currently reading) is Free Lunchby Rex Ogle. (I'm stuck in italics.)
I actually read Six of Crows before I read Shadow and Bone. There's a Netflix tv show about Shadow and Bone that has the Crows in it- that's the main reason Shadow and Bone is worth reading, in my opinion. The casting on the Crows, especially Jesper... is perfect. Best casting I've ever seen. It's like they jumped straight out of the books!
Picking my favorite books feels almost impossible, but here goes!
Witchmark, by Polk
Six of Crows, by Bardugo (Shadow and bone comes first, but SoC is better)
Trials of Apollo, by Riordan (Really all of his work, but this series is my favorite)
Wings of Fire, by Sutherland (A favorite from when I was younger)
When the Butterflies Came, by Little
On the books v screen argument, I like books better, but screen is much convenient for library books. Before I used kindle library books I would use this big wheeled bag to check out as many books as I could fit- and it got full way too fast! Kindle makes it much easier.
What is the most recent book you have read? Mine is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Haven't read Shadow and Bone, but I have read Six of Crows and Wings of Fire. (Usually I'll read the whole series, but the person who recommended it to me told me just to skip Shadow and Bone. . .and honestly I do feel like I made the right choice, the way they describe Shadow and Bone to me.)
My most recent book I've read (not counting ones that I'm currently reading) is Free Lunchby Rex Ogle. (I'm stuck in italics.)
I actually read Six of Crows before I read Shadow and Bone. There's a Netflix tv show about Shadow and Bone that has the Crows in it- that's the main reason Shadow and Bone is worth reading, in my opinion. The casting on the Crows, especially Jesper... is perfect. Best casting I've ever seen. It's like they jumped straight out of the books!
Have you seen who they're planning to cast for Wylan? Can't really confirm this, but he looks exactly like they described him in the book. I think they could have given Kaz more. . .Kaz. But he is very intense, like ripping out someone's eye in the books, so I can understand that choice. But Jesper was awesome. And I love Milo.
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For a quirky magic system, read the original Sword in the Stone.
Merlin's magic is quite amusing to read, and there is a lot of very unusual stuff going on in that book!
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I’ll see if I can find it.
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What do you think is better…
Books or Screens?
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books, completely and utterly.
screens just feel wrong to me. They run out of battery, and don't have that lovely book smell. They also prevent you from covering every flat surface, shelf, windowledge, and table in your home with books!
Make your Artificer work with any other class with 174 Multiclassing Feats for your Artificer Multiclass Character!
DM's Guild Releases on This Thread Or check them all out on DMs Guild!
DrivethruRPG Releases on This Thread - latest release: My Character is a Werewolf: balanced rules for Lycanthropy!
I have started discussing/reviewing 3rd party D&D content on Substack - stay tuned for semi-regular posts!
I agree, I find it funny I’m saying this while on a screen.
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Picking my favorite books feels almost impossible, but here goes!
On the books v screen argument, I like books better, but screen is much convenient for library books. Before I used kindle library books I would use this big wheeled bag to check out as many books as I could fit- and it got full way too fast! Kindle makes it much easier.
What is the most recent book you have read? Mine is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Only spilt the party if you see something shiny.
Ariendela Sneakerson, Half-elf Rogue (8); Harmony Wolfsbane, Tiefling Bard (10); Agnomally, Gnomish Sorcerer (3); Breeze, Tabaxi Monk (8); Grace, Dragonborn Barbarian (7); DM, Homebrew- The Sequestered Lands/Underwater Explorers; Candlekeep
in terms of books vs movies (tho you may be asking a different question):
I think they're both good, neither is better. The best of both takes full advantage of their genre. A book has certain advantages a film does not (allowing you to see characters thoughts, telling without showing, you define (loosely) what characters look/sound like, using the advantage of written media, etc). Movies have certain advantage a book does not (soundtrack, showing without telling, cinematography, audible visual acting, etc). I'm not particularly biased to either, they both have great potential. Again, the best of both are not ones that seek to copy the other (LotR does this best, but..), but the ones that take advantage of the bonuses I just listed.
Alright, there's my 2:00 rant, sponsored by coffee. Gonna' go find some more of it. cheers
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I read about half of it. Also you do have a good point.
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Now I red the other half
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Haven't read Shadow and Bone, but I have read Six of Crows and Wings of Fire. (Usually I'll read the whole series, but the person who recommended it to me told me just to skip Shadow and Bone. . .and honestly I do feel like I made the right choice, the way they describe Shadow and Bone to me.)
My most recent book I've read (not counting ones that I'm currently reading) is Free Lunch by Rex Ogle. (I'm stuck in italics.)
"Hero of the Heavens" (Title by Drummer)
Most recent book I read was rock war.
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I read wings of fire. It’s rlly good I would reccomend it.
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Along with all of these
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I actually read Six of Crows before I read Shadow and Bone. There's a Netflix tv show about Shadow and Bone that has the Crows in it- that's the main reason Shadow and Bone is worth reading, in my opinion. The casting on the Crows, especially Jesper... is perfect. Best casting I've ever seen. It's like they jumped straight out of the books!
Only spilt the party if you see something shiny.
Ariendela Sneakerson, Half-elf Rogue (8); Harmony Wolfsbane, Tiefling Bard (10); Agnomally, Gnomish Sorcerer (3); Breeze, Tabaxi Monk (8); Grace, Dragonborn Barbarian (7); DM, Homebrew- The Sequestered Lands/Underwater Explorers; Candlekeep
Which arc is your favorite? I personally liked the Jade Mountain arc (6-10) the best.
Only spilt the party if you see something shiny.
Ariendela Sneakerson, Half-elf Rogue (8); Harmony Wolfsbane, Tiefling Bard (10); Agnomally, Gnomish Sorcerer (3); Breeze, Tabaxi Monk (8); Grace, Dragonborn Barbarian (7); DM, Homebrew- The Sequestered Lands/Underwater Explorers; Candlekeep
What does arc mean?
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Moon rising was pretty good
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I liked the second series the most.
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Who was your fav and least fav character?
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Have you seen who they're planning to cast for Wylan? Can't really confirm this, but he looks exactly like they described him in the book. I think they could have given Kaz more. . .Kaz. But he is very intense, like ripping out someone's eye in the books, so I can understand that choice. But Jesper was awesome. And I love Milo.
"Hero of the Heavens" (Title by Drummer)