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Valerie C wrote: "Hj wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "I'm currently reading Something Like Lightning by Jay Bell."I've just read it, too. "
I skimmed some of Something Like Spring to refresh my memory,..."
I love the whole series.... nicely written.
Felice wrote: "Just finished Scrap Metal by Harper Fox. So beautiful"Absolutely. Are you just embarking on Harper Fox's books? Lucky you!
ED wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "Hj wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "I'm currently reading Something Like Lightning by Jay Bell."I've just read it, too. "
I love the whole series.... nicely written. ..."
I agree.
I am reading Raising the Rent by JL Merrow and listening to The Dark Farewell.I am horrified at how Julian's grandfather has been treating him!
Susinok wrote: "I am reading Raising the Rent by JL Merrow and listening to The Dark Farewell.I am horrified at how Julian's grandfather has been treating him!"
Yes, horrible, and even more so because Julian is aware of it but trapped. He's such a gentle soul, but tough too, the way he manages to keep himself intact somehow despite everything.
Clariel by Garth Nix, the prequel to the wonderful Abhorsen trilogy is out today, can't wait to read it. I read the books years ago and loved them. I'm curious to see how it compares.
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I am reading Prosperity which is the new one by Alexis Hall. It is interesting and very imaginative. My only issue is that the main character has a way of speaking which can be hard to follow with lots of his own words/dialect thrown in. It has taken me some time to get used to his speech and I had to slow my reading down so that I could understand. Anyway it feels very different to anything else I have read but I am enjoying it and I was concentrating so hard I didn't notice the turbulence on the plane. Always a good thing :)
Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I am reading Prosperity which is the new one by Alexis Hall. It is interesting and very imaginative. ... I was concentrating so hard I didn't notice the turbulence on the plane. Always a good thing :) ..."You're safely there! Hope you have a good colloquium.
Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I was concentrating so hard I didn't notice the turbulence on the plane. Always a good thing :) "
This IS a good thing! Sounds like you're having a good time in Geneva. Enjoy! :)
Alison wrote: "Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I was concentrating so hard I didn't notice the turbulence on the plane. Always a good thing :) "
This IS a good thing! Sounds like you're having a good time in ..."
The definition of a good book and an engaging story! Enjoy your stay.
Joseph Hansen's, writing as Rose Brock, gothic novel Longleaf. It's taken me a while to read this one, but i'm very glad i did. It's quite different from Hansen's usual writing but there are unmistakable Hansen sparks of genius. The writing is excellent, and the book is fascinating in its vivid yet cool and rational rendering of the times and social mores, with very well-defined and intriguing secondary characters and strong women characters, including the MC. The only thing that left an unsatisfied kind of feeling was the romantic sub-plot, though there is an alleged HFN/HEA; however, this is a very small part of the story. And it might be just that i was having certain expectations, leftovers from when i was reading a lot of romantic suspense. There's no fainting heroine here, no drama, though there are many dramatic events. I definitely recommend it.
I'm reading John Sandford's new Virgil Flowers book - Deadline. So far, it's better than the last one. The recurring secondary characters are so much fun.
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I'm reading Rhys Ford now. Another author, like Harper Fox, who for some reason I thought I'd read, then realized I hadn't
Josh wrote: "I'm back to being unable to read fiction. I've been catching up on my stack of Publisher's Weekly. :-)"Don't let them stress you out too much!
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Don't let them stress you out too much!"
I don't let myself read them before bed anymore. :-D
I have been reading Lord of the White Hell and Lord of the White Hell. I finished the first and jumped right into the second. I am finding them very interesting. It's hard to find a good place to stop so I can sleep or go to work.
Loretta wrote: "I have been reading Lord of the White Hell and Lord of the White Hell. I finished the first and jumped right into the second. I am finding them very interesting. It's ..."I have these in my to read pile. I won't start them until I have lots of time to read without being interrupted :)
I'm in the middle of an engrossing historical -- what? don't know how to describe it. Mystery? Suspense? some romance? Freedom and Necessity by Steven Brust and Emma Bull. It's set in 1849 and is written using letters and journal entries with the occasional genuine contemporary newspaper report. I'm reading it because it was recommended by one of my favourite authors of historical spy mystery romances (also hard to define) Tracy Grant.
ETA I've just looked up both authors here and have discovered that they are both known as writers of fantasy and sci-fi, and that Freedom and Necessity has "subtle fantasy elements". Hmm. I'm half-way through and haven't noticed them, unless reference to an occult society count.
Just starting Consent by A J Rose and just listened to The Dark Tide for the first time it's excruciating waiting till the last chapter but loved Adrien and Jakes voices.
I'm reading the first Nero Wolfe book by Rex Stout. These were among my father's favorite and became mine as well. Even though he's been gone for 17 years, it would've been his birthday this Monday so it's sort of an homage to him
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Emma Bull wrote one of my favorite fantasy novels War for the Oaks, written in the late 1980's and could be categorized as urban fantasy (although I think it was written before that term was widely used). Her Bone Dance is a clever post-apoctalyptic tale.
Loretta wrote: "I have been reading Lord of the White Hell and Lord of the White Hell. I finished the first and jumped right into the second. I am finding them very interesting. It's ..."I just picked up both books...was it last week?...on special, and finished two hours ago...couldn't put them down...now where to go?
Lady*M wrote: "I'm reading John Sandford's new Virgil Flowers book - Deadline. So far, it's better than the last one. The recurring secondary characters are so much fun."I was just thinking about picking this one up on audible. I love the the guy who reads the Virgil Flowers books, he does a good job...and I love Virgil...And thinking about God. Hey, I could've said "that fucking Flowers" oops ;-)
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That sounds very intriguing!
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Chris does such a nice job, doesn't he?
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Ah. What a nice idea.
Haldis wrote: "Lady*M wrote: "I'm reading John Sandford's new Virgil Flowers book - Deadline. So far, it's better than the last one. The recurring secondary characters are so much fun."I was just thinking about..."
Oh, do it! Virgil is awesome. I actually liked this one better than the last two books. It was funny in spite of all the dead bodies, lol.
I've had so little time to read lately. I did manage to finish The hardest thing finally even though it was september read. And after that I wanted something fluffy so I read Cardeno C. latest. It did surprise me a little bit, bit heavier than usually and bit more realistic than usually. Not the instalove, can't live without you after 2 day thing but things got to evolve and I don't think I love you was said even once.Not all characters were perfect either so it was kind of a different Cardeno book and I admit I liked it a lot. It's still a full but sometimes that is just what you need :)
I just finished Claimings, Tails, and Other Alien Artifacts the other day, and is now in the middle of the second book Assimilation, Love, and Other Human Oddities. Such amazing and very unique stories, but you probably have to enjoy sci-fi to like them. They are very well written, full of wonderful little observations, and for someone as fond of language as I am, a treasure. Like the best sci- fi, although the books are about aliens and interactions with them, they are about us, about human psychology and society. They really deserve a wide audience.
Something strange happened to my last comment, so I deleted it. The gist of it was that I am a big fan of Emma Bull's stories, and also of the Shadow Unit series. Freedom and Necessity is very different from her other books, but good as well and also very interesting historically. I am always more into historicals that describe more than just the salons of the very rich, although I do enjoy Georgette Heyer too :)
Anne wrote: "I just finished Claimings, Tails, and Other Alien Artifacts the other day, and is now in the middle of the second book Assimilation, Love, and Other Human Oddities."I loved the first book, and I didn't know there was a sequel, thank you for saying it! Please tell us what you think when you've finished it.
Anne wrote: "Something strange happened to my last comment, so I deleted it. The gist of it was that I am a big fan of Emma Bull's stories, and also of the Shadow Unit series. Freedom and Necessity is very diff..."If I had followed most of my usual routes for finding books I would never had read this one, because I don't like paranormal or sic-fi. But there are certain authors whose recommendations I have usually enjoyed (Lauren Willig comes to mind), and I'm very fond of the books written by Tracy Grant. So when she said that this was of her all-time favourites, I bought a copy without checking it out in any detail.
One series which I often see recommended but have never fancied (I think partly because it is so long) is the Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett. Has anyone read them?
Anne, I enjoy the books written by Lauren Willig and Tracy Grant partly because they are "more than just the salons of the very rich". They are spy stories set during the end of the eighteenth and start of the nineteenth centuries, dealing with the causes and effects of the Penisula and Napoleonic Wars, with the spies being apparently normal men and women. They do move in the first circles, however, mainly so that we can see some of the key historical figures from the time!
HJ wrote: "Anne wrote: "Something strange happened to my last comment, so I deleted it. The gist of it was that I am a big fan of Emma Bull's stories, and also of the Shadow Unit series. Freedom and Necessity..."Hj, I haven't heard of these, will check them out. Thank you for the recommendation.
Antonella wrote: "Anne wrote: "I just finished Claimings, Tails, and Other Alien Artifacts the other day, and is now in the middle of the second book [book:Assimilation, Love, and Other Human Odditie..."So far I like it even more than the first :)
ETA: apparently, there will also be a third book, but I'm not sure where I got that from, so it might be only rumours. I would love more, though.
I enjoy Cardeno C's books. The new one is excellent. I think I'm going to go back and read Lawrence Sanders "Deadly Sins" series. Love those books
Anne wrote: "I just finished Claimings, Tails, and Other Alien Artifacts the other day, and is now in the middle of the second book Assimilation, Love, and Other Human Oddities. ..."Oh, there's a second one? I thought the first was very interesting. Will have a look at number two. Thanks for mentioning it, Anne! :-)
Calathea wrote: "Anne wrote: "I just finished Claimings, Tails, and Other Alien Artifacts the other day, and is now in the middle of the second book Assimilation, Love, and Other Human Odditie..."</i>The second one was even better, we saw more from Ondry's perspective, his views of and bafflement regarding human behaviour was both funny and quite revealing, I think. Maybe not so flattering though, being a human myself ;).
Now I'm reading [book:Gravitational Attraction another sci- fi m/ m story. On a grander scale than Lyn Gala's books, but also very well written with exellent world building. Recommended for you sci-fi fans out there.
ETA: don't know what happened with the cursive writing here...
Anne wrote: "Now I'm reading [book:Gravitational Attraction another sci- fi m/ m story. On a grander scale than Lyn Gala's books, but also very well written with exellent world building. Recommended for you sci-fi fans out there."Maybe I should avoid this topic altogether, so I wouldn't get any more recs ;-)
Antonella wrote: "Anne wrote: "Now I'm reading [book:Gravitational Attraction another sci- fi m/ m story. On a grander scale than Lyn Gala's books, but also very well written with exellent world building. Recommende..."I don't think you would be able to stay away, dear Antonella :)
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What Anne said, Antonella! :-D
I was supposed to write an essay today, so naturally I started reading A Matter of WhenI will totally blame Eden Winters for failing to do a delivery tomorrow ;)
Started reading the gay historical mystery The Arnifour Affair. It's a slow start, but am hopeful. (I was psyched to be able to borrow this from the library.) :-)Two other new-ish gay historical mysteries that I added to the TBR pile are The Glass-House Murder and The Dead Past, the former set after WWI, I believe, and the latter just post-WWII. Has anyone read them and had any thoughts?
Two weeks of vacation without internet made for a dent in the TBR-pile and I really felt blessed to receive my copy of Josh's TBWTPT and being able to start reading immediately. Surely it's not surprising that it was the best book I read during my holiday :-))I enjoyed Bloodline and The Bridge on the River Wyevery much and most of the short stories in Another Place In Time - not going to complain about the stories being short ;-)
I read Raising the Rent and The Boyfriend Mandate, but I am afraid they paled in comparison to Josh's book, and I was still more involved with thinking about Kit and JX while reading those.
October has been a wonderful reading month so far thanks to Josh and Jordan L. Hawk! Greedy reader that I am I now look forward to KJ Charles' release of the next Magpie Lord at the end of the month - that's nearly a birthday present - and of cause to Fair Play!
HJ wrote: "One series which I often see recommended but have never fancied (I think partly because it is so long) is the Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett. Has anyone read them?"
I haven't, but it sure sounds intriguing. The Game of Kings looks like a wild ride and I am tempted. It's been on my list for some time and I kind of forgot about it.
Varecia wrote: "I read Raising the Rent and The Boyfriend Mandate, but I am afraid they paled in comparison to Josh's book"That's a real flaw in Josh's books ;-): they inspire you to compare them to other books, and you usually find the other books lacking...
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I was intrigued by the excerpts for these two, so I'll be reading them shortly, and am interested in your thoughts when you get to them. The Glass-House starts off in a way that's bit off-putting to me (affected upper class MC fooling around), but the GR reviews encouraged me to keep reading.
Felice wrote: "I'm reading the first Nero Wolfe book by Rex Stout. These were among my father's favorite and became mine as well. Even though he's been gone for 17 years, it would've been his birthday this Monday..."That is a wonderful thing to have in common with your father.
I wanted to re-read all my Nero Wolfe paperbacks recently. I got most of them from used bookstores and they were printed in the 70's or early 80's. I unhappily realized that the print is now WAY too small for these old eyes. Sigh.
Fortunately, the library has about 25 of them on CD, and over the last few months I listened to all of them. It reminded me how much I enjoyed them. The mysteries are pretty good, but the banter between Archie and Wolfe is what makes them memorable.
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That's one of my favourites. Beautiful is right. I'm looking forward to reading it again. It was my first Harper Fox read.