# Whatcha Readin' Dec 09 Edition

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**Created:** [November 30, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-dec-09-edition/519487 "2009-11-30T17:02:59Z")\
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> [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](#):
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> _The Blade Itself_, Joe Abercrombie - I keep hearing good things about this gritty fantasy series.

I liked it a lot, but it starts off slow. The first book is almost all character introduction/development, people bumping up against each other, with no real action until the end. This was fine with me though. He wrote another book, _Best Served Cold_, set in the same world. It was almost **all** action, but not quite as satisfying.

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