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At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Chapters 6–8

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At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Chapter 5

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At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Chapter 4

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At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Chapters 1–3

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Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi (translated by Kevin Leahy)
Chapter 8 [the end]

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Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi (translated by Kevin Leahy)
Chapter 7

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Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi (translated by Kevin Leahy)
Chapter 6

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Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi (translated by Kevin Leahy)
Chapter 5

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Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi (translated by Kevin Leahy)
Chapter 4

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Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi (translated by Kevin Leahy)
Chapter 3

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Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi (translated by Kevin Leahy)
Chapter 2

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Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi (translated by Kevin Leahy)
Chapter 1

Oh look, I’m starting another series! This is the first book in the Vampire Hunter D series (would you believe it!), which was adapted into the 1985 anime that I watched recently, which I’ve owned for a while but was inspired to finally put on because before that I’d picked up the whole series of novels as ebooks (well, the whole series that’s been translated into English — there’s an ever-growing pile that hasn’t been, unfortunately). It might seem daft to jump in like that, but… well, it’s the kind of thing I do. Besides, it was a dirt cheap bundle, and as ebooks they don’t take up any real space, so... But I do hope I like them. They seem like my kind of thing.

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The Legend of Drizzt: The Dark Elf Trilogy Book 1
Homeland by R.A. Salvatore
Chapters 25–29 [the end]

It took me a little while to warm up to this, but I enjoyed it a fair bit in the end. I'm not sure it ever fully transcends certain stereotypes of Fantasy fiction, but it's not a bad tale. Book 2 should be coming in my next delivery from the partwork, so I'll probably dive into it fairly quickly. (Hopefully the trilogy-concluding third volume won't be too far behind, though if they're cycling through all three trilogies they've started in issues 1–3, it won't be until at least the fourth delivery, likely in December.)

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The Legend of Drizzt: The Dark Elf Trilogy Book 1
Homeland by R.A. Salvatore
Chapter 24

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The Legend of Drizzt: The Dark Elf Trilogy Book 1
Homeland by R.A. Salvatore
Chapters 17–23
End of Part Four.

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The Legend of Drizzt: The Dark Elf Trilogy Book 1
Homeland by R.A. Salvatore
Chapters 14–16
End of Part Three.

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The Legend of Drizzt: The Dark Elf Trilogy Book 1
Homeland by R.A. Salvatore
Chapters 12–13

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The Legend of Drizzt: The Dark Elf Trilogy Book 1
Homeland by R.A. Salvatore
Chapters 6–11
End of Part Two.

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The Legend of Drizzt: The Dark Elf Trilogy Book 1
Homeland by R.A. Salvatore
Chapters 3–5
End of Part One.

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The Legend of Drizzt: The Dark Elf Trilogy Book 1
Homeland by R.A. Salvatore
Foreword by Matt Chapman
Prelude
Chapters 1–2

As if I don't already have more than enough books to read or hobbies to spend my limited income on, I've subscribed to the new Dungeons & Dragons Novel Collection partwork. Rather than just let up to 100 more novels accumulate on my shelves, I decided to actually start reading them immediately (what a shocking idea!) With a new one out every fortnight, it remains to be seen if I'll keep up, but at least I'm starting with good intentions.

Partworks being the way they are, the release schedule is jumping around throughout the series (this is issue #1 but volume 18), which could get a bit annoying in terms of completing trilogies and whatnot. Luckily, I'm not averse to having multiple series on the go (at this point, I probably need to write a list of which book series I'm in the middle of, like I have for films), but I hope they don't spread them out too thinly. The first three issues all start trilogies, and issues 4 and 5 (at least) continue them, so that bodes well, I hope. At least there's no need to start reading with volume 1! (It would be a pretty dumb release schedule if that was necessary.)

As for this particular book, it's the chronologically-first adventure for popular character Drizzt and (as the intro explains) the recommended starting point for the character, so that's good.