Maurice wrote: "..I have my eyes set on ...A Darkness Forged in Fire by Chris Evans"
Maurice, we're giving away several copies of the sequel, The Light of Burning Shadows Book Two of the Iron Elves here at FanLit. (I hope that's okay for this thread, if not please delete).

I just finished Robert Holdstock's Lavondyss Journey to an Unknown Region and Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana. Both beautiful books. Now I've just picked up A.J. Hartley's Act of Will which is so far very entertaining.

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also rereading Janrae Frank's Serpents' Quest.

I just finished The Soldiers of Halla . I'm kicking around what to read next.

Reading Karen Miller's Empress today. It's very interesting so far.

I definitely want to re-read To Kill a Mockingbird - what a great book!! Thanks for reminding me.

Started The Curse of the Mistwraith today. Should be finished and ready to discuss soon.

I finished To Kill a Mockingbird yesterday. It was very good.

Started God Stalk by P.C. Hodgell.

@Jon: To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my all-time favourites! Definitely rereading-material.

Yesterday, I've finished Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier. Loved the gloomy, dark atmosphere and the suspense in the book.

Still reading Kindred and Beyond the Shadows.

Finished Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law: Book Three) by Joe Abercrombie.
Mixed feelings about this one. I wrote a short review.

On to Fevre Dreams by George R.R. Martin.
The first book by G.R.R. Martin for me.

Jon wrote: "I finished Starship Troopers last night - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340... - and I'm starting To Kill A Mockingbird for something completely different this morning. "

Haven't you ever read To Kill a Mockingbird before? Or, is this a re-read. I'm not much of a re-reader, but I've read this book 3 or 4 times. I'd say that it is right behind the Bible when I talk about books that shaped my life. I first read it when I was about Scout Finch's age. Every time I read it, I find something new in it and it speaks to me differently at different life stages.

I finished Starship Troopers last night - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340... - and I'm starting To Kill A Mockingbird for something completely different this morning.

Jo wrote: "Shannon wrote: "Jo wrote: "...Warbreaker, what are people's opinion on this one?"

I've not read it yet - but I plan to soon - I liked Mistborn alot.

-- Robin The Crown Conspiracy | Avempartha | Nyphron Rising (Oct 2009)

I read Midnight Pearls A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid" in under and hour last night. It was pretty thin -- literally, under 200 pages with not-very-small print. It felt like Viguie was really struggling to get a full-length novel out of it. Might be okay for tweens, but wouldn't recommend it for adult readers.

So, I finally finished The Meaning of Night (and will leave a review via my profile at some point today), and started The Graveyard Book this morning. I should finish it this month, I think...

I finished Throne of Jade, the second in the Temeraire series, recently. I enjoyed it, especially the parts about how the dragons and people interact in China, but I have to say that it felt a tiny bit like filler in the series. But it was still fun filler.

Rereading The Idylls of the Queen A Tale of Queen Guenevere now that I finally obtained a copy of the reissue. It is primarily a mystery based on a story from Mallory, but does have some magic as well.

I am new here, and fairly new to goodreads. From what I have seen so far, I am addicted to this site already.

I am reading Kevin J. Anderson's The Edge of the World. Just reaching page 200 and hope to be able to read the Assassin's Apprentice with the group next month.

I am reading The Sorceress and the Cygnet by Patricia A. McKillip...then when I'm done I will read Les Miserables and not because I have too.... =P

I am back to doing heavy rotation reading across genres, so I probably won't finish much in June. The fantasy that I have my eyes set on now though are A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin,The Words of Making by David Forbes, Conqueror's Moon by Julian May, Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb, and A Darkness Forged in Fire by Chris Evans. And I am still reading Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance. I am never bored. :-)

I'm most of the way through Gene Wolfe's An Evil Guest and it is fairly interesting, although not what I expected. Certainly not a typical sf/f.

I'm urrently re-reading the Belgarion series of books by David Eddings. Then I'll re-read of The Curse of the Mistwraith (or at least do a skim-through, if that's even possible).

Susie - if you wouldn't mind a slightly irreverant YA book, then The Black Tattoo is a darkly humorous fantasy book. I don't hear it mentioned a lot, but I really liked it.

Read all the dresdens. :( now I'm waiting impatiently for the next.

Reading How To Make Monsters, in horror. In fantasy I'm looking for dark fantasy/comedy books

Isn't it - I'm sorry I didn't read it earlier in life. Looking forward to you thoughts on Jamaica Inn.

'Rebecca' is an awesome book! I'll let you know what I thought of Jamaica Inn.

@ Kettricken - that's a fun batch of books. I've got Jamaica Inn on my to-read shelf. I recently read and LOVED Rebecca.

Currently I'm reading Jane Eyre, Jamaica Inn, Beyond the Shadows and Kindred. Enjoying all of them!

Grr. The Gone-Away World is on a short but vexing list of books that I had started reading but had someone else borrow (or take) before I could finish.

@Blackrose - Transmetropolitan! You mention Transmetropolitan in relation to anything, and my ears prick up. XD I believe I'll be checking that out.

@Libby - I agree -- I read a Tom Holt some time ago (the one with Beowulf, I think) and now I don't remember any of the characters at all. Just a vague sort of plot outline with a chuckle here and there.

I've just finished reading Nick Harkaway's The Gone-
Away World. It's one of the smartest, funniest, wisest, and most beautifully absurd books I've read in a long while (also, how could you lose with a hero named Gonzo?). I'm going to miss reading this book for the first time.

Over the weekend, I finished Curse of the Mistwraith, Firestorm of Dragons and The Big Sleep.

Not sure where I'm going next. I may attempt another quick read, probably Starship Troopers before tackling Warbreaker while on a business trip.

Sandi wrote: "Jo wrote: "Dropping everything to curl up and read Naamah's Kiss and Elantrisis laying around my room. Also looking at Sanderson's new book, Warbreaker, w..."

I just finished Naamah's Kissand really enjoyed it!

Shannon wrote: "Jo wrote: "... Also looking at Sanderson's new book, Warbreaker, what are people's opinion on this one?"

I really enjoyed it. Great system, great characters, great story! I think ..."

Thanks for the review, since I dropped Elantris for Naamah's Kiss I will go back and read that before Warbreaker.

SO far i've read Rides a Dread Legion, What on Earth Happened?... in Brief The Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day and Dark Calling but dont know what to read next...

I just started Daughter of the Blood, and I'm very intrigued so far. I can't say I love it yet because its still confusing, but I'm definitely interested to see where it goes.

Jo wrote: "Dropping everything to curl up and read Naamah's Kiss and Elantrisis laying around my room. Also looking at Sanderson's new book, Warbreaker, what are peo..."

I just got the copy of Naamah's Kiss that I won through First Reads. It'll be next on my list, once I finish the three books I'm actively reading.

Jo wrote: "... Also looking at Sanderson's new book, Warbreaker, what are people's opinion on this one?"

I really enjoyed it. Great system, great characters, great story! I think I liked Elantris and Mistborn more, but that shouldn't mean much because I adored those books.

A Voice for Princess
The Questing of Kedrigern
Kedrigern in Wanderland
Kedrigern and the Charming Couple
A Remembrance for Kedrigern

I would also greatly recommend the Yurt books by C. Dale Brittain. Not comedy but humorous, with a strong story.

@ Marc - thanks for the feedback. I try to read at least two works by an author before making a decision. Odds and Gods is the second novel in the omnibus and its gotten better reviews.

I've not read John Morressy either so I'll try him. What work do you suggest to start with?

I've read Flying Dutch, pretty good, but not up to Pratchett and his footnotes, or even John Morressy. But I wouldn't say the characters were flat, so that may be a criticism of a particular book rather than his work as a whole. Or Flying Dutch may be his best novel, I don't know.

I’m reading my first Tom Holt book – Divine Comedies Here Comes the Sun and Odds and Gods I was pretty excited when I came across this author in the bookstore because his wry observations about everyday life and imaginative plots reminded me of Terry Pratchett, my all time favorite author. However, while Holt has creative and funny out-of-the-ordinary ideas, he lacks Pratchett’s ability to write great characters. So far I’m getting a kick out of the general plot structure but the characters are flat. It reads more like an outline for a great novel. It’s missing the “meat”. I’m going to stick with this and read the second novel in the omnibus as well hoping it gets better. Anyone familiar with this author? Opinions of his work?

Allison wrote: "Can you read Kushiel's Dart and just stop there? I think it looks really good, but I don't particularly want to be sucked in to another series."

I third (or fourth?) the yes, in theory, you can read just the first book. The main plot is wrapped up at the end of the story and there is a year or so hiatus for the characters between the first and second books. However, I also agree with everyone else and the once you start you probably won't want to stop with just one. Carey's books are very much like potatoe chips. Speaking of potatoe chips...

Dropping everything to curl up and read Naamah's Kiss and Elantrisis laying around my room. Also looking at Sanderson's new book, Warbreaker, what are people's opinion on this one?

I'm currently reading Dune and 1776. I'm enjoying both of them very much.

I have a pretty big pile of books in my to-read pile (as well as some on order from Amazon), so I'm not totally sure what I'm reading next.

I have just finished the Wars of Light and Shadow series and cannot wait for the next book. I am reading The Redemption of Althulus at the minute which I really enjoy and am going to read the Orcs trilogy next

I'm currently setting aside The Curse of the Mistwraith for now. Not that I'm not enjoying it, it's just kinda slow right now. Not sure if I will manage to finish it before discussion, but we'll see.

Now I'm reading Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. So far it is great. I might even like it better than the Mistborn trilogy. Seems faster paced than those too.

On the sci-fi front I've started Iron Sunrise, sequel to Singularity Sky by Charles Stross. Here's another author I want to get more books of. :)

Other books I have plans to get into in the next couple of months

Assassin's Apprentice
Lirael Daughter of the Clayr
A Clash of Kings (maybe)

Loving Graveyard Book so far! Before it showed up I was in the middle of Dead To Me by Anton Strout, which is a fun story but not great writing. Very much in the vein of Jim Butcher.

My schedule is going to more open in the next few weeks so I'm taking the opportunity to read The Iron Tower Omnibus. I liked Dennis L. McKiernan other work and this is his first series.

Laurel wrote: "It feels like I haven't had time for reading in weeks! Thankfully, the school year is winding down and I can get to the huge stack of books I have waiting for me!

Nice list :)

At the moment I'm reading stories from the Better Off Undead anthology, the Missing! anthology from Echelon Press (unfortunately I can't pull up a link to it) and one of several books I found at my library on Gilbert & Sullivan.