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[Carlita]

I finished Hard Fall. I loved Muscling Through. I'm half way through The Magpie Lord and I'm loving it. I bought Glitterland, but there have been so many lukewarm comments by friends I trust, I'm putting off reading it.

[Carlita]

I also finished Dead in the Desert by Lou Harper and really enjoyed it. I hope this is a series because there are so many threads she can explore with these two. Intriguing.

[Anne]

Carlita wrote: "I finished Hard Fall. I loved Muscling Through. I'm half way through The Magpie Lord and I'm loving it. I bought Glitterland, but there have been so many lukewarm comments by friends I trust, I'm p..."

I love all the books you mention, including Glitterland. They are all very different from each other, but in my mind they have that quality in common, they make you believe in the story and the carachters. They come alive, for me at least.

[HJ]

Anne wrote: "Hj wrote: "The author almost made me like large tattoos - she must be good!"

I would love to see the Yggdrasil tattoo!"

It did sound pretty spectacular, especially its ...placement.

[Johanna]

Anne wrote: "Carlita wrote: "I finished Hard Fall. I loved Muscling Through. I'm half way through The Magpie Lord and I'm loving it. I bought Glitterland, but there have been so many lukewarm comments by friend..."

And it's been fun to notice that so many of us have been reading the same books lately. :-) I finished reading Hell Cop yesterday and I'm about to start The Magpie Lord.

See you guys on the September BOM discussion of Hell Cop. :-)

[Anne]

Hj wrote: "Anne wrote: "Hj wrote: "The author almost made me like large tattoos - she must be good!"

I would love to see the Yggdrasil tattoo!"

It did sound pretty spectacular, especially its ...placement."

You noticed that too? ;)

[Susinok]

I just finished The Magpie Lord and loved it!

Started Dead in L.A. by Lou Harper (yep, I'm late on this one...) and have the sequel ready to go when I'm done with it.

[Calathea]

Anne wrote: "I would love to see the Yggdrasil tattoo!"

It did sound pretty spectacular, especially its ...placement."

You noticed that too? ;) "

You're talking about the roots, yes?

[HJ]

To use a politician's phrase - you might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.

[Anne]

No comments either ;)

[Calathea]

Hj wrote: "To use a politician's phrase - you might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment."

*lolol*
Okay, okay, just asking. ;-) Might as well admire the beautifully done branches and leaves...

[Ame]

I finished Fall Hard and loved it. But I have to read it again... I think I was too occupied with the fact it happens in Iceland and how that came across.... and JL did that really well. I do have a teeny tiny issue with one thing though... since Mags and Paul were working at the University and specialists on Egils saga and apparently read, wrote and to some extent spoke Icelandic I would have liked to see the "ur" endings of the names.... (I do understand not using the Icelandic letters, that didn't bother me)..... like Asgerdur instead of Asgerdr and Thorolfur instead of Thorolfr. And maybe Egill instead of Egil..... since the modern spelling of the names were being used. But very, very tiny issue and not consequential at all. Very enjoyable read.


And from what I understand Viggó and Paul still live here..... any idea where I can find them.......;)

[Jordan]

If anyone's interested a small group of peeps in Aleks' group are thinking of rereading SF as a group read in January. We want to be able to commiserate with each other as we read. It's not official yet and we're still working out details, but I figured I'd let you all know if you want to join in.

[Karen]

I finished today during our drive back from a weekend trip to Tucson (two days on the road, one day visiting family and two nights dancing). Now I really want to visit Iceland.

Also read this week and really enjoyed and .

P.S. Yggdrasil tattoo!

[Anne]

Ame wrote: "I finished Fall Hard and loved it. But I have to read it again... I think I was too occupied with the fact it happens in Iceland and how that came across.... and JL did that really well. I do have..."

Check at Gullfoss ;)

[Lady*M]

I finished In the Company of Shadows and now I'm reading the first in the Felix Castor series - The Devil You Know. I like the man's prose a lot. I'm debating what to read next: Harper's Dead in the Desert or J.L. Merrow's Fall Hard or something else entirely.

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

Jordan wrote: "If anyone's interested a small group of peeps in Aleks' group are thinking of rereading SF as a group read in January. We want to be able to commiserate with each other as we read. It's not officia..."

Please do let us know about the SF group read. I might join in. I have tried SF but kept getting interrupted. Reading with others could be a great way to settle down and read it.

[Anne]

Lady*M wrote: "I finished In the Company of Shadows and now I'm reading the first in the Felix Castor series - The Devil You Know. I like the man's prose a lot. I'm debating what to read next: Harper's Dead in th..."

The Felix Castor books are good! I haven't tried the Shadows series, should I?

[K.J.]

Felix Castor fans might like the Matthew Swift books by Kate Griffin, first is A Madness of Angels (can't link on this phone). Great London urban fantasy, very dark, some people find the writing style a bit overdone but I love it.

[Josh]

Hj wrote: "I've just finished Fall Hard byJ.L. Merrow. I really enjoyed it - it is set in Iceland (somewhere I want to visit) and involves amnesia. The main character cannot remember the time he spent in Ic..."

I agree. Jamie is one of those quiet, steady performers who is always trying something new, pushing herself -- but never making a big show about it. I think she cares a lot about the work.

[Josh]

Carlita wrote: "I finished Hard Fall. I loved Muscling Through. I'm half way through The Magpie Lord and I'm loving it. I bought Glitterland, but there have been so many lukewarm comments by friends I trust, I'm p..."

I'm about 75% through Glitterland. I will say Darien's accent, though heavy-handed, is not a deal breaker.

[Josh]

Hj wrote: "To use a politician's phrase - you might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment."

:-D :-D :-D

I've got to memorize that! What a perfect comment for nearly every and all situation!

[Susinok]

I am totally NOT ready to face the Dan/Vadim saga again. I just read it this January/February. I still have not recovered... ;)

[Josh]

Na wrote: "Read Shy Hunter. :D
A rereading of SF is tempting, but The Rifter is planned for December, right? Might be tight on the schedule."

Definitely. I am holding off on a focused re-read until December.

[Susinok]

I'll join the Rifter read. I have not read them yet. :)

[Colette]

Lady*M wrote: "I finished In the Company of Shadows and now I'm reading the first in the Felix Castor series - The Devil You Know. I like the man's prose a lot. I'm debating what to read next: Harper's Dead in th..."

I enjoyed the Felix Castor series, if you like The Devil You Know, you should try Harry Connolly's Twenty Palace's novels, the first is Child of Fire: A Twenty Palaces Novel

[Jordan]

I'm planning to perhaps reread The Shifter in December too, but I can't turn down SF if others are going to read it. I finished Vets earlier this year and am still getting over it too, but I still cannot wait to reread it.

If it helps, there's some pretty good fanfic over in Aleks' group that focuses on Dan saying "no" to Jean and complete monogamy between Dan and Vadim. A lot of people seem to find comfort in reading those short pieces after finishing Vets.

If you are interested, I recommend you head over to the group. We're discussing it in the Book thread marked Special Forces with Spoiler Alert. Not the original group read thread.

[Jordan]

Btw, I just got my copy on the new and improved Man Oh Man and took a quick spin down the winding roads. Wow! Bigger and better than the original. I can't wait to dive into it for real! There's so much info stuffed in there! Thanks Josh!

[Susinok]

I am re-reading St. Nacho's by Z.A. Maxfield. I forgot how intense that relationship is. How intense Cooper and Shawn are. Especially Cooper.

[Anne]

I am reading something completely different right now, one of my colleagues gave me his used copy of The Man in the High Castle. It is an alernative history, very scary and food for thought, is it possible that this could have happened? Or are we more enlightened than the author gives us credit for.

Like all of the best sci-fi books, it tells us something about ourself, maybe not what we would like to hear but perhaps need to hear?

[Antonella]

Philip K. Dick was one of my cult authors when I was young, but I read all of his books in Italian. I've bought ''The Man in the High Castle'' in English recently, but I haven't found the time to reread it yet.

[Josh]

Jordan wrote: "Btw, I just got my copy on the new and improved Man Oh Man and took a quick spin down the winding roads. Wow! Bigger and better than the original. I can't wait to dive into it for real! There's so ..."

Good! I hope it proves as useful as the first one seems to have been.

[Josh]

Anne wrote: "I am reading something completely different right now, one of my colleagues gave me his used copy of The Man in the High Castle. It is an alernative history, very scary and food for thought, is it ..."

What is the alternate history, Anne?

[Johanna]

Na wrote: "The Rifter is planned for December, right?"

Yes. Definitely. The Rifter will be so lovely for December that has become our traditional Josh's All Time Favorites month. :-)

I got my third Rifter print book today and immediately read the added vignette. Aww... it was PERFECT. And while reading it I had this funny idea that always when I read Ginn's writing I tend to forget it's English. It feels more like a language of its own — wonderful, mesmerizing Ginn-language. She uses words so expressively, so beautifully. Surely it's not the same language I'm using now when typing this post... ;-)

I'm really looking forward to reading the series with you all. And Susinok, you are going to love it. You lucky gal, you have the whole story ahead of you! :-)

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "Na wrote: "The Rifter is planned for December, right?"

Yes. Definitely. The Rifter will be so lovely for December that has become our traditional Josh's All Time Favorites month. :-)

I got my thi..."

The little story is wonderful, isn't it? It's perfect.

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Na wrote: "The Rifter is planned for December, right?"

Yes. Definitely. The Rifter will be so lovely for December that has become our traditional Josh's All Time Favorites month. :..."

Perfect. Absolutely perfect.

[K.J.]

Hj wrote: "To use a politician's phrase - you might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment."

It's got to be Ian Richardson saying that, though... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz8RjP...

[Josh]

K.J. wrote: "Hj wrote: "To use a politician's phrase - you might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment."

It's got to be Ian Richardson saying that, though... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz8RjP..."

All the better really. ;-D

[Anne]

Josh wrote: "Anne wrote: "I am reading something completely different right now, one of my colleagues gave me his used copy of The Man in the High Castle. It is an alernative history, very scary and food for th..."

It is about the world after the Nazis won the war, USA is divided between the Japanese and the Nazis, Africa is more or less empty of Africans, slavery exists, Jews are in hiding, basically all that could go wrong from our point of view is considered right in this alternate universe.

[Lady*M]

I'm on a roll: I finished Lou Harper's Dead in the Desert (loved it) and Dead Man and the Restless Spirits (loved it more than Spirit Sanguine), Josh's In Plain Sight (loved it) and J.L. Merrow's Fall Hard (declared it Lanyon-esque, so ditto).

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW!?

[Susinok]

I am re-reading the St. Nacho's series by ZA Maxfield. I'm up to Jacob's Ladder. I read these two years ago, and I think they are even better the second time around.

[Averin]

Between classwork, based on a suggestion from someone here, I'm skimming History Play, an alt history that wonders what if Christopher Marlowe really did write everything attributed to Shakespeare and escaped with his life.

Did you know Shakespeare and Cervantes died at almost the same time?

[Jordan]

Susinok wrote: "I am re-reading the St. Nacho's series by ZA Maxfield. I'm up to Jacob's Ladder. I read these two years ago, and I think they are even better the second time around."

I read at least the first two, and I thought the first book was better, way better, than the second. What do you think of the rest? I haven't picked them up yet.

[Jordan]

I'm reading a YA novel Burning Blue and LOVING it so far. Can't put it down. The main character has seizures which, for him, are caused by about a bazzillion things like strobe lights, flashing cameras, not eating/sleeping, things like that. The pretty girl in school is attacked with acid and he's trying to help figure out who did it because no one knows. He's the opposite of rich and pretty, but the two of them are becoming friends. So far, it's a gripping read.

[Josh]

Anne wrote: "Josh wrote: "Anne wrote: "I am reading something completely different right now, one of my colleagues gave me his used copy of The Man in the High Castle. It is an alernative history, very scary an..."

Oh yes! I remember this.

[Josh]

Averin wrote: "Between classwork, based on a suggestion from someone here, I'm skimming History Play, an alt history that wonders what if Christopher Marlowe really did write everything attributed to Shakespeare ..."

If I did, I'd forgotten it. ;-)

[HJ]

Averin wrote: "Between classwork, based on a suggestion from someone here, I'm skimming History Play, an alt history that wonders what if Christopher Marlowe really did write everything attributed to Shakespeare ..."

Sarah Black wrote an excellent book with this idea called Marlowe's Ghost. There's another book of the same name which also advances this theory: Marlowe's Ghost: The Blacklisting of the Man Who Was Shakespeare by Daryl Pinksen.

I'm fascinated by this theory and intend to read up on it when I have a block of free time, so I'm pleased to hear of another book about it.

[Karen]

Hj wrote: "Averin wrote: "Between classwork, based on a suggestion from someone here, I'm skimming History Play, an alt history that wonders what if Christopher Marlowe really did write everything attributed ..."

I enjoyed Sarah Black's book, but don't buy that premise. I've read (and often enjoyed) a number of fiction and non-fiction works advancing it. Marlowe is a charismatic bad boy/dark poet and a popular candidate for the "real" Shakespeare. But when you look closely, a lot of the arguments against the Avonian Shakespeare are rooted in classism (not that classism necessarily invalidates the arguments). Here are a couple of interesting Shakespeare-was-Shakespeare books: Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare and A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599.

Oh, and academics love discussing this and other questions. It's amazing how 400 some years and the lack of an author's manuscripts can generate so much ruckus. ;-)

Here's one of the sites I like that discusses the "authorship controversy": http://www.shakespeare-authorship.org...

[Susinok]

Jordan wrote: "Susinok wrote: "I am re-reading the St. Nacho's series by ZA Maxfield. I'm up to Jacob's Ladder. I read these two years ago, and I think they are even better the second time around."

I read at lea..."

I really loved the third book. Jacob is a very interesting character. The fourth is Jacob's brother, Daniel. I'm just about to start the re-read of it. Don't remember much of it yet.

[K.J.]

Karen wrote: "when you look closely, a lot of the arguments against the Avonian Shakespeare are rooted in classism..."

Just a bit. Aside from Marlowe, the 'contenders' are Sir Francis Bacon, the Earl of Oxford, Sir Walter Raleigh, the Earl of Derby, the Countess of Pembroke, the Earl of Rutland... hmm, what's the linking factor there...

There's a terrific book on this, Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?, which outlines the history of anti-Stratford denialism and deals really compellingly with all the nonsense about 'we have no evidence for his existence' etc.

Any recommendations for a good book on Marlowe? I've read A Dead Man in Deptford and The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe.