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[Mary]

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

[Mary]

The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman

[Richard]

Just finished Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers. On to Tales of Engines & Demons!

[Joseph, Master Ultan]

Finished King Hereafter which I highly recommend if you're in the mood for a very substantial historical novel, and started Frankenstein, what with it being its 200th anniversary and all.

[S.E., Gray Mouser (Emeritus)]

Just finished Chronicles of Hate, Volume 2, which inspired me to back the Kickstarter game.

And for the groupread, I'm trekking away on Challenge! Discovery...75% done....pretty good

[Μάριος]

Just finished the fairy tale "The Ice Dragon" by Martin and now i'm getting into a compilation of Conan adventures including "Queen Of The Black Coast" among others.

[Mary]

Unearthed by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

[BookishlyBookish]

So far this month I've indulged my Sanderson addiction with The Emperor's Soul, White Sand Volume 1, Elantris, Warbreaker, The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, and The Bands of Mourning. Continuing with Words of Radiance and The Black Prism. Obsessed with Sanderson, obviously, but not quite sure about The Black Prism yet.

[Joseph, Master Ultan]

Myself, I'm quite enjoying The Book of Swords thus far; but after I finish that, I find myself taken with a sudden desire to reread A Wizard of Earthsea and maybe a bunch of other Ursula K. Le Guin -- sadly, she died on Monday.

[S.E., Gray Mouser (Emeritus)]

Next group read will have a Le Guin option

[Mary]

Hamster Princess: Whiskerella by Ursula Vernon

[Periklis, Fafhrd (Emeritus)]

I'm half-way through Descent of Angels. Although it's part of the Horus Heresy series, it's written as a Sword & Planet book. No knowledge about the series' timeline needed although there is a certain irony to enjoy if you're familiar with it...

[Peter]

I just started Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues.

So far (and I'm just in the 3rd story), it is shaping up to be a great book.

[Joseph, Master Ultan]

Peter wrote: "I just started Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues.

So far (and I'm just in the 3rd story), it is shaping up to be a great book."

Yeah, I liked that one.

Myself, I got through A Wizard of Earthsea in something close to one sitting and will be starting The Tombs of Atuan later today.

[Mary]

Dark Side of the Moon by Jeramey Kraatz

[Joseph, Master Ultan]

I finished The Farthest Shore, the third book in the original Earthsea trilogy, and decided to follow it with something completely different, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.

[Al]

Just finished Web of Eyes by Jaime Castle, which is a humorous epic fantasy. Moving onto The General's Legacy by Adrian G Hilder.

[Mary]

Schooled in Magic by Christopher G. Nuttall

[Joseph, Master Ultan]

Was already kind of on my mind, but after the Black Gate article, I decided it was a good time to revisit The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane.

[Mary]

Forging Hephaestus by Drew Hayes

[Al]

The Arena of Lost Souls by Martin Swinford

[S.wagenaar]

Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton. Damn good read thus far...

[Joseph, Master Ultan]

After finishing the game on my PC, I decided it was time to wrap up Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher series, so started The Tower of Swallows, the second-to-the-last novel.

[Al]

Currently reading Wreckers Gate by Eric T Knight.

[S.wagenaar]

Finished Eaters of the Dead and it was a good read; solid 3 star for sure. Thinking of taking a break from a Sword-oriented adventure to possibly some contemporary crime thrillers. I’ll see what I have in the TBR mountain...

[Μάριος]

Currently reading Tales Of The Dying Earth

[Joseph, Master Ultan]

S.wagenaar wrote: "Finished Eaters of the Dead and it was a good read; solid 3 star for sure. Thinking of taking a break from a Sword-oriented adventure to possibly some contemporary crime thrillers. I’ll see what I ..."

If you haven't read them, I'd highly, highly recommend Joe R. Lansdale's Hap & Leonard books, beginning with Savage Season. Two guys in east Texas who keep getting mixed up in stuff through no fault of their own. Well, mostly. The TV series is also first-rate.

[Martin]

Currently halfway through Darkmage by ML Spencer

[Peter]

I started with Tales from the Magician's Skull #1, currently in Chris Willrich's story with his S&S duo of Bone & Gaunt.

I have the magazine in pdf format, so sadly my ereader has some issues with it. Hopefully converting it to epub will help: currently not all pages are zoomable, which makes reading a bit hard.

[S.E., Gray Mouser (Emeritus)]

Peter, did you Kickstarter for the print copy too? I think it comes out soon.

[Peter]

No, the shipping costs were a bit too much for me (to Europe).

I did back to digital editions, so I do have volume 2 to look forward too.

[S.wagenaar]

Well, I was going to tackle a crime thriller next, but of course I changed my mind and went for something with swords, again. I am just starting Morigu: The Desecration by Mark C Perry. I've had this one, and the second book, on my shelf for a long time, but never felt like jumping in. Until now. When asking around about it recently online, Morgan Holmes put it to me like this; "Imagine Tolkien giving Robert E Howard an outline-it is over the top." Sold!

[Richard]

I enjoyed them both. Unfortunately the story isn't finished.

[Peter]

Put the Tales from the Magician's Skull #1 on hold until I find a way to read it on my ereader.

I did read The Poetics of Defiance, which is a free to read story on the Giganotosaurus magazine (also an epub/mobi download).

It's a cool literary fantasy story with a very sword & sorcery feel, but without any swords. The protagonists are a poet and an alchemist, but still feel like a classic S&S duo. See my review for more background.

See:
http://giganotosaurus.org/2017/01/01/...

[Jason]

S.wagenaar wrote: "Well, I was going to tackle a crime thriller next, but of course I changed my mind and went for something with swords, again. I am just starting Morigu: The Desecration by Mark C Perry. I've had th..."

Well please let us know if the read lives up to Morgan's great blurb!

[Peter]

I'm reading The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio, an Arabian Nights inspired adventure story by Lloyd Alexander.

Very familiar ingredients if you know his books: a young guy who definitely needs to grow up a bit, a older rogue sidekick and a strong headed love interest.

Fun to read, would have loved this as a teen. A bit too similar to his earlier book, The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha.

[Mary]

Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

[Al]

Blood Song by Anthony Ryan. Great so far.

[Mary]

Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher

[Joseph, Master Ultan]

Started Chains of the Heretic, the third & final in Jeff Salyards's Bloodsounder's Arc trilogy, a fine and somewhat overlooked piece of surprisingly intimate military fantasy.

[S.E., Gray Mouser (Emeritus)]

Finally trying out Lumley’s Necroscope (not S&S, but he did write weird adventure like the Hero of Dreams). Turns out Necroscope was one inspiration for the Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen game.

[Joseph, Master Ultan]

S.E. wrote: "Finally trying out Lumley’s Necroscope (not S&S, but he did write weird adventure like the Hero of Dreams). Turns out Necroscope was one inspiration for the Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen game."

I read the first three or four(?) Necroscope books back when they were coming out, and was very entertained by them -- kind of vampire spy/technothrillers.

[Al]

S.E. wrote: "Finally trying out Lumley’s Necroscope (not S&S, but he did write weird adventure like the Hero of Dreams). Turns out Necroscope was one inspiration for the Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen game."

Read these when back about 25 years ago and loved them. Sometimes i wonder how I'd like them now as an "adult."

[Mary]

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

[Al]

Ragged Heroes, an anthology.

[Mary]

Daughter of Dragons by Jack Campbell

[Mary]

Blood of Dragons by Jack Campbell

[Al]

The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids by Michael McClung

[Joseph, Master Ultan]

I'm catching up for my Hugo voting -- read J.Y. Yang's The Black Tides of Heaven and The Red Threads of Fortune, and am now reading River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (all novellas).

[Mary]

Waltz the Hall: The American Play Party by Alan L. Spurgeon