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  1. The Whispering Monk

    Book Club Thread 2: Sword Diplomacy

    I started reading For Love of Mother Not because I can...ran across this great bit, "...if that's what ye like, then you'll have to find some way to earn a living at it" "Sometimes I dream of becoming a doctor and healing people" "I'd advise ye to set your sights a bit lower, boy." "All...
  2. The Whispering Monk

    Book Club Thread 2: Sword Diplomacy

    I'm looking at a couple different gateway drugs for nomination...I'm just deciding between Fantasy or Sci Fi... Sci Fi it is!!! For Love of Mother Not by Alan Dean Foster Flinx was just a freckle-faced, redheaded kid with green eyes and a strangely compelling stare when Mather Mastiff first...
  3. The Whispering Monk

    Book Club Thread 2: Sword Diplomacy

    I got the Vampire Accountant book on Kindle and read it. It's fun. A bit episodic, but that makes it easier to read in chunks. I definitely recommend it for light reading.
  4. The Whispering Monk

    Book Club Thread 2: Sword Diplomacy

    Started reading the Tales of Fred the Vampire Accountant...here's my favorite bit so far... “It was a good deal all around. The supernatural creatures wanted a country where they had rights as citizens, and the founders of the country needed some way to drive back the superior numbers and might...
  5. The Whispering Monk

    Book Club Thread 2: Sword Diplomacy

    I had trouble getting into this one as well. I'm pretty sure it was b/c I really had no attachment to our main character till at least 1/2 way through the book. The support characters were more appealing to me.
  6. The Whispering Monk

    Book Club Thread 2: Sword Diplomacy

    Hmm...now I just have to find a copy...
  7. The Whispering Monk

    Book Club Thread 2: Sword Diplomacy

    Verily, I say.
  8. The Whispering Monk

    Book Club Thread 2: Sword Diplomacy

    Changed my vote since my rec was only getting my vote!
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