What Else Are You Reading? June 2013

[Ctgt]

Starting Night of Knives and re-reading Kushiel's Dart for a buddy read.

[Kristina]

Finished Catching Fire on to The Alloy of Law (woo! sanderson!)

[Tamahome]

Ctgt wrote: "Starting Night of Knives and re-reading Kushiel's Dart for a buddy read."

Kushiel's Dart? I won't ask what kind of buddy. ;)

[Ctgt]

Leslie wrote: "I've started listening to The Rook by Daniel O Malley"

I really enjoyed that story.

[Ctgt]

Tamahome wrote: "Ctgt wrote: "Starting Night of Knives and re-reading Kushiel's Dart for a buddy read."

Kushiel's Dart? I won't ask what kind of buddy. ;)"

There are four of us reading it, does that pour more fuel on the fire? :o

[Keith]

David(LA,CA) wrote: "I don't know where I left off the last time I posted.

My progress through the Dresden Files saw me finish up Changes last night. I'll be moving on to Ghost Story tonight.

Have been listening to ..."

Oh man, Changes...that was the book where I finally caught up with the series and had to wait for Butcher to write the next one. Drove me insane.

[Tamahome]

Ctgt wrote: "[Kushiel's Dart] There are four of us reading it, does that pour more fuel on the fire? :o"

Hot wax maybe.

[Ctgt]

Tamahome wrote: "Ctgt wrote: "[Kushiel's Dart] There are four of us reading it, does that pour more fuel on the fire? :o"

Hot wax maybe."

:)

[Anthony]

I've started reading Ready Player One, which I know the group has read at some point, but I hadn't joined by then. I'm not sure what to think about it. The story is good so far, but something about the writing is bugging me. Feel's like there's a lot of exposition about the world that takes me out of the narrative. Some explanation is fine, but I feel like the narrator goes a little overboard and I find myself skipping globs of text to get to the story. Meh, maybe it's just me.

[Jeff]

Listening to Among Others. Only an hour in and wondering if I made a horrible mistake.

[David Sven]

Finished House of Chains
My Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Continuing on with Midnight Tides The Malazan Book of the Fallen 5

[Brandon]

I'm going to start Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist today.

[Jim]

I'm trying to finish The Dragonbone Chair before the July pick. I'm listening to Great North Road, I'm half way though and I am really enjoying it.

[Robyn]

Hellhole Awakening

[Rob, Roberator]

Finished House of Chains (My Review).

I'll be taking a brief break from Malazan to read The Blade Itself with some friends before jumping into Midnight Tides

[terpkristin]

Brandon wrote: "I'm going to start Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist today."

I hope you like it! I loved that book (and the others in the first 2 sagas). I really need to get back to Midkemia.

[Brandon]

Thanks! I'm enjoying it so far, and can't wait to read the others.

[Rob, Roberator]

I finished listening to Blood Rites (My Review).

I'm taking a short Dresden break to listen to the new Stephen King book: Joyland, for SFFAudio. Which at 7.5 hours might as well be a novella for him :)

[Rob]

I finally finished David Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again which is amazing. It's a collection of essays, and I've been putting off finishing it as one of the essays is about a David Lynch movie that I finally saw yesterday.

I highly recommend it to basically everyone. DFW seems daunting and pretentious and impossible to read when you pick up his fiction, but his essays are just genuinely fun. The title essay is basically the best piece of nonfiction I've ever read. It's about his awful experience on a cruise ship, and you can find it if you just google "david foster wallace essay A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again pdf." It's fair use, uploaded as an article on educational websites.

Otherwise, finally reading The Name of the Wind which I started last september and had to put aside for Uni stuff.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I love that essay collection and think of it every time I'm on a cruise with my inlaws... I'm 200 pages into Infinite Jest, reading along with a summer group and having a blast.

[Rob]

Nice! I'm also about 200 pages into Infinite Jest. I was just starting to really enjoy it, but I had to put it aside for a while, again, for school related reading. It's just too....engrossing? It takes up so much energy and time. Hoping to pick it up again sometime this summer, after the Rothfus and The Ocean at the End of the Lane which is out pretty soon.

[AndrewP]

Brandon wrote: "I'm going to start Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist today."

I read the UK version of that which lumps a couple of the US books into one massive volume. Really enjoyed it and some of the sequals though :)

[David Sven]

Finished Abaddon's Gate
My review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Up next is Alistair Reynolds Revelation Space

[Jenny]

I recently finished up Whispers Under Ground and it was great. I'm excited for Broken Homes to come out next month. I'm currently reading Dead Reckoning and Abaddon's Gate. I'm also reading

[terpkristin]

I finished and loved Among Others yesterday. For my next book (and possibly books), I'm going outside the genre a bit and reading Red Sparrow and possibly Inferno. I have both in audio form and am in need of something...that requires less of my brain right now. Plus I love the mystery/thriller/spy genre.

While I'm on this "break" from the genre in audio, I'm hoping to finish my friend's book (which is science fiction).

It looks like the July pick will be something I either read and didn't care for (Ringworld) or something I have no interest in reading (Redshirts). I kind of hope it's Ringworld, so that I don't feel compelled to read it (I am trying to read every S&L pick this year, unless I've already read them). If it's Redshirts, I'll end up reading it, but probably not until later in the month. Of course, who knows, maybe my pick will stage a come-from-behind win... ;)

[Thane]

Reading Caliban's War, Hard Magic and Doorways in the Sand.

[Dara]

I can't get enough of Locke Lamora so I picked up Red Seas Under Red Skies.

[Peter]

AndrewP wrote: "Brandon wrote: "I'm going to start Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist today."

I read the UK version of that which lumps a couple of the US books into one massive volume. Really enjoyed it a..."
There's a second English version of Magician which incorporates several missing chapters on Pug becoming Milimbar

[Brandon]

I'm reading the authors preferred edition. Is that the whole book or no?

[Mark]

Just about to start Mass Effect: Ascension.

[Michele]

I'm pretty sure the author's preferred is the expanded version. The first two books were originally one giant book called Magician, publisher split it into Apprentice and Master. There should be an author's note at the beginning if you have the one where he fixed it up. Ahh Midkemia, how many wonderful hours I spent there. I'll have to reread the entire series sometime soon.

[Calvin]

Have to change my answer after picking up a copy of Glasshouse and seeing my copy of Ocracoke At The End Of The Lane ship, those will fill out my June.

[Ryne]

Finished Iron Magic and starting Flip This Zombie

[Sandi]

Ryne wrote: "Finished Iron Magic and starting Flip This Zombie"

I loved the Married with Zombies series. It's so entertaining.

[Peter]

I'm actually reading Circle Series 4-in-1 it's all 4 books of Ted Dekker's Circle series I've gotten through Black: The Birth of Evil and now onto Red: The Heroic Rescue

[Jeff]

Thinking good thoughts for a come from behind win and listening to The Sparrow

[Rob, Roberator]

I finished reading Joyland, a bit different from Stephen King's usual fare IMHO, but I enjoyed it. (My Review).

I have resumed my Dresden audio "reread" with Dead Beat.

[Kristina]

Finished The Alloy of Law. Liked it, but not as much as the other 3 Mistborn books. Started This Book Is Full of Spiders-and it's stared off just as insane as JDATE. Always nice to do something silly though.

[Richard]

I'm reading fools moon, grave danger and summer knight. I'm looking to finish all the Dresden files books before the next one is realised

[terpkristin]

I just realized The Ocean at the End of the Lane came out today so after a crazy morning, I grabbed it for Kindle and from Audible. It looks short, if I can keep my focus up, I may try to start it today/tonight. Else I should be able to dig into it on Thursday.

[David]

I'm closing out The Way of Kings which will be closely followed by either Bitter Seeds or Leviathan Wakes not sure which yet. I'm also reading The Outcasts with my son.

[Kevin]

terpkristin wrote: "I just realized The Ocean at the End of the Lane came out today so after a crazy morning, I grabbed it for Kindle and from Audible. It looks short, if I can keep my focus up, I may try to start it ..."

I'm going to get the copy from my library once their order is in.

[Sandi]

Did I mention that I finished listening to 2312. That was tough. I think I would have liked it better in print. It was just too complex for audio.

I also finished re-reading Among Others. I listened to the audiobook a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. It was actually better the second time around and in print.

I also spent a couple of days listening to The Far Time Incident for an SFFAudio review. It's perfect for those who love Connie Willis's time travel novels.

I'm now uber-multitasking. In audio, I'm listening to Six Years by Harlan Coben. In print, I'm reading NOS4A2, Shine Shine Shine and 15 Seconds. I've also started a Kindle serial, Indexing by Seanan McGuire.

I hope to finish everything by the end of the month.

[Derek]

I've been putting off reading 11-22-63 from my reading list forever due to its length, but given that Among Others didn't do it for me, I figred no time like the present. The ending of The Dark Tower series left a bad taste in my mouth, so I've been off of Kiny ever since. I forgot what a great writer he can be. About 1/4 through and loving it so far. I just hope King leaves himself out of this one. ;)

[Rob, Roberator]

Derek wrote: "I just hope King leaves himself out of this one. ;) "

You're safe there.

[Ctgt]

David wrote: "which will be closely followed by either Bitter Seeds or Leviathan Wakes not sure which yet."

I really liked both of those books, IMO you can't go wrong either way.

[Ctgt]

Kevin wrote: "I'm going to get the copy from my library once their order is in."

I will also be doing the waiting game for the library copy.

[Scott]

After about 2-3 years in my "to-read" list and my book shelf, I finally started Crime and Punishment last night

[Nancy]

Reading Heir to the Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier. It's been years since I read a Sevenwaters book, but I'm finding it easy to get back into.

I also finishes listening to The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold. I think my enjoyment of the book was enhanced by getting to hear her interview on the podcast. So thanks Sword and Laser!

[Will]

A book about object oriented programming that I can't remember the name of.