What are you Reading in November 2012?

[Nick]

Please let us know what you are reading this month.

[Christine]

I finished up A Beautiful Friendship, then returned to the Liaden universe with Local Custom and am now reading Scout's Progress. Guess I'll eventually run out of Liaden books, but can always return to the Modesitt books

[Justin]

I'm thinking of reading The Hobbit before the movie comes out in December.

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

I'm reading Errantry: Strange Stories, the newest collection of short fiction by the great Elizabeth Hand. This one contains The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon, the novella that was nominated for a Hugo but lost to Ted Chiang. (And as much as I love Chiang, I think Hand deserved the award.)

[Shel, Moderator]

Stefan, I have that Hand novella in some anthology or other and I agree, it's WONDERFUL!

I'm in the middle of the third Harry Dresden book, Grave Peril. I have to say I'm not super impressed with the series so far. I've heard that it gets better around book 4 so I'll stick it out at least that far (I've got the collection of books 1-6 out on digital loan from the library) - the first two did entertain me well enough :)

[Deedee]

I'm reading Timescape [ Nebula Award for Best Novel (1980), Locus Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (1981), British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel (1980), John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1981) ] I'm about a fourth of the way through. This was published in 1980 and follows 2 stories: one in 1963, and the other in 1998 (an alternate-world 1998, one without cell phones, the Internet or cable TV -- since Benford didn't have a time machine to tell him about those inventions in 1980). Benford has more character development than science fiction from 1970s-1980s usually does, including a few cultural jokes about the difference between the British and laid-back Californian Americans.

I've got this monthes BOTM The Demolished Man here. I'm planning on reading it after Timescape.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

I'm reading BOTM The Demolished Man, to be followed by A Crown of Swords.

[Lindsey]

Kicking off the month with The Night Circus for my book club. Then I need to finish up Crown of Slaves and Shadow of Saganami so I can move on to Storm from the Shadows for our series read. (Excited to get to one I haven't already read next month!)

Then it's probably back to the next book club pick, What Alice Forgot.

IF I get to read anything of my own this month, it'll be finishing up Hobb's Ship of Destiny.

[Jenny]

I'm still reading The Skystone and listening to All Together Dead. Today I started The Lies of Locke Lamora on my Kindle and I like it so far.

I haven't been reading as much lately because of all the work in my Master's Program, but I'm hoping that I'll get some good reading done this month.

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

I just finished reading Errantry: Strange Stories, an excellent collection of stories by Elizabeth Hand, then jumped right into Jagannath, which looks to be another excellent collection of stories by Karin Tidbeck with, in a weird coincidence, an introduction by Elizabeth Hand!

[Anna]

I'm working my way through James Tiptree, Jr.'s "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever," an anthology of SciFi stories that are knocking me out. One of them, "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" (for which Triptree won the Hugo Award) belongs right up there with Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall" which (up to now) I've always considered the finest SciFi short story ever written. I'm about halfway finished. Love reading anthologies because they're so easy to pick up and put down.

[Pickle]

currently reading The Demolished Man with a view to read:

The Death of Grass
The Once and Future King
Iron Council
The Dancer From Atlantis

[Kevin]

Reading my first Lois McMaster Bujold with Paladin of Souls as I'm going to see her next weekend on the last stop of her tour.

[Shel, Moderator]

Jealous, Kevin! I love Bujold. You may want to get your hands on Curse of Chalion, though, since it comes before Paladin of Souls so you'll be missing some back story. Maybe that doesn't bother you, but I always hate reading books out of order :)

[Kevin]

Shel wrote: "Jealous, Kevin! I love Bujold. You may want to get your hands on Curse of Chalion, though, since it comes before Paladin of Souls so you'll be missing some back story. Maybe that doesn't bother ..."

It does not matter since I was missing the first book when I read my last two trilogies. Also I only got Miles Errant, I planning to read next week, which is volume 7-9 in the series.

Also I have a friend that always reads out of series order.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Kevin wrote: "Also I have a friend that always reads out of series order. ."

My brain just does not work that way... too linear, I guess!

[Kevin]

It was hard enough for me to get Paladin of Souls as I had to go out of my way to get it. No Barnes and Nobles carries Curse of the Chalion as they were the quickest way to get and read any of the her books for me before the signing as this was the first time I have ever read her.

[Ken]

Finished up with Shadow of a Dark Queen. Not bad...not great either.
As you folks have seen I have been on a Rebus mystery jag recently well I am reading another
The Hanging Garden

[Ken]

Kevin wrote: "they were the quickest way to get and read any of the her books for me before the signing as this was the first time I have ever read her"

Not to point out the obvious but whats the hurry. If you haven't had the pleasure of reading her books why are you so keen on the signing?

[Kevin]

Ken wrote: "Kevin wrote: "they were the quickest way to get and read any of the her books for me before the signing as this was the first time I have ever read her"

Not to point out the obvious but whats the ..."

Well, its always nice to get books signed by the author if you have the opportunity.

[Shel, Moderator]

I finished The Demolished Man last night, and now I'm about to start Lois Lowry's Messenger, which is the third book of her Giver series. I have loved The Giver for years and re-read it frequently, and liked Gathering Blue, the second one, well enough. She's just come out with a fourth book in the series and I heard her interviewed about it on NPR, which inspired me to take the third one out of the library so I can read the new one at some point.

If it's anything like the first two, I'll finish it in a couple of days, then I guess back to Dresden to give the series one more shot before I give up on it...from what I've heard, it really gets good starting in book four. If I don't like it any better than I did the first three, then I won't bother continuing after that. We'll see.

[Kevin]

Shel wrote: "I finished The Demolished Man last night, and now I'm about to start Lois Lowry's Messenger, which is the third book of her Giver series. I have loved The Giver for years and re-read it frequently..."

I actually read The Giver in the Fourth Grade, then the class went to see a play version of The Giver (my class went to see a lot of plays based on the book we read in class that year). I hate the book, even when I read it back then because it went against even then, but a lot more now my political views and views on the world.

[[deleted user]]

Just finished Harmony... meh. Now finishing up Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi... such a fun read! Going to read Old Man's War next

[Shamesdean]

Just finished The Demolished Man and about to start Leviathan. Almost finished The Gap into Power: A Dark and Hungry God Arises

[Random]

My re read of The Demolished Man got derailed since my husband decided to surprise me with the audio book of Captain Vorpatril's Alliance.

I suspect he may have felt guilty about the other two books I've been working my way through. We made a bet and I lost so I had to be the one to read the two game tie-in books for backstory/lore purposes. Upside, some rather humorous lines. Downside, humorous lines alone do not make a good book.

[Sandra]

Oh, I just finished listening to it and loved it!

[Random]

I am loving it so far. :)

[Stuart]

I am reading

[Justin]

Already read through The Hobbit. Now I'm working on Hunger Games

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Well, I finished BOTM The Demolished Man and A Crown of Swords, Wheel of Time series read in another group. Not sure what will be next.

[Stan]

I'm reading Delusion in Death

[Bill]

I just finished and reviewed Slow Apocalypse by John Varley which was disappointing.

Now I am reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union by a favorite author Michael Chabon

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Stan wrote: "I'm reading Delusion in Death"
I've picked up a few of those books at used book stores. How are they?

I decided to return to the world of Vlad Taltos and just finished
Taltos, the first of 2 books in The Book of Taltos. I'm now starting the other book in that omnibus, Phoenix. Happy to be back in this world!

[Stan]

Kathi wrote: "Stan wrote: "I'm reading Delusion in Death"
I've picked up a few of those books at used book stores. How are they?

I decided to return to the world of Vlad Ta..."

Like all series, it has its ups and downs, but for the most part it is well written and engaging. It's a futuristic series. Many people believe it was the inspiration for "Castle," although that show is very tame compared to the "in Death" series.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Stan wrote: "Like all series, it has its ups and downs, but for the most part it is well written and engaging. It's a futuristic series. Many people believe it was the inspiration for "Castle," although that show is very tame compared to the "in Death" series."

Sounds good, thanks!

[Ken]

Finished up on The Hanging Garden. Rankin has a wonderful way of writing a mystery. I very much enjoy these Inspector Rebus mysteries.

Started in on a Foundation book
Foundation and Earth

[Linette]

Just finished The White Dragon - don't know what took me so long to read the Pern books! Now reading Legend, my first time reading something by David Gemmell. Pretty good so far.

Ken, I like the Rebus books as well - was happy to see he decided to write another in the series after all, looking forward to reading it soon.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Loved the 2 book omnibus, The Book of Taltos!

But now it's back to the Wheel of Time with The Path of Daggers.

[Christine]

I just finished Mouse and Dragon and was happy to read about Daav and Aellianna. Now I have Days of Blood & Starlight and hope I can remember enough of Daughter of Smoke & Bone to follow the story (read a few reviews qand it's coming back)

[Jenny]

I just finished The Lies of Locke Lamora. Boy was it good! I thought the characters and the schemes they got up to were fun and interesting. It actually reminded me of the Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan. Both had thieves who had interesting moral codes and a strong bond the partners. I'll be continuing with the series in the future for sure.

[Shel, Moderator]

Well, that makes me want to read the Riyria Revelations, because I loved Locke Lamora :)

[Ken]

Well I changed my mind. I started in on Foundation and Earth and I just wasn't feeling it.
So I spent some time looking for something else
So I started in on The Years of Rice and Salt

[Jo Ann]

I was in the mood for something dystopian and this one has been gathering dust on my shelf all year, so I started Inside last night, I hope its not to YA.

[Helen]

Shel wrote: "Well, that makes me want to read the Riyria Revelations, because I loved Locke Lamora :)"

And vice versa for me, lol.

[Nyssa]

I've been reading the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. I'm now starting book #9 - Lover Unleashed.
I'm hoping to finish books 9 & 10 with enough time to then read the whole Percy Jackson series by the end of the year.

[Christine]

I just couldn't get into Days of Blood & Starlight so moved on to Promised to finish up the trilogy. I'm reading it quickly as it is engaging

[Candiss]

Hi. Friendly neighborhood mod here. Luckily I just popped in to look around, and it seems we're brewing a bit of excitement here. Let's please stop, as I'm slow and sleepy from festivities yesterday.

Robert, we don't condone self-promotion in this group. We wish you well, but please refer to the group FAQ.

Daniel, while I appreciate snark as much as (or more than) the next person, please just contact a mod if you see something that is at odds with group policy.

I'm deleting the past few messages so as to keep this thread on topic and cut down on potential piling on. But those involved know to what I'm referring.

[Christine]

I finished Promised and must saqy I was disappointed that the protagonist became a bit whiny in this book. Glad to finish this trilogy (and would still recommend it) and move on to a bit of escapist reading with A Wanted Man

[Shel, Moderator]

I finished the fourth Dresden Files book and liked it a bit better than the first three. I will probably continue with the series someday, but I'm leaving it be for now and turning my kindle wi-fi back on to return it to the library!

Last night I started The Killing Moon and will pop into the group's discussion to participate belatedly!

[Daniel]

My apologies for the snark, Candiss. In my defense, I did write to Nick as well, as I thought you were not around much lately. I'll stick to reporting in the future. :)