What are you reading in November 2013?

[Candiss]

Please let us know what you are reading this month.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

I started this month off with one of my favorite authors, Guy Gavriel Kay. Yes, I'm reading our BOTM, Ysabel. When I finish this I will be starting the Codex Alera series (Jim Butcher) for another Goodreads group.

[Helen]

Ditto Kathi, but in a different order. I've read the Codex book, am reading Memory of Light and then will read Ysabel.

[Tyler]

Currently reading Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson. Other books I plan to get to this month are A Time to Kill, Sycamore Row, Entangled, Blackout, and Champion.

[Shel, Moderator]

I've been reading a lot of short stories lately, and now I'm just about to start Girl in Translation, historical fiction for my offline book group. Next after that is a re-read of Ysabel for our discussion.

[Nerdsfeather]

I'm currently reading one of the Michael Crichton/John Lange novels that have been reprinted by Hard Case Crime. Not quite SF/F, but pulp with speculative angles. After that, I'll probably tackle We See a Different Frontier: A Postcolonial Speculative Fiction Anthology

[Esther]

I am reading The Blinding Knife and as I do not want to carry it around I started Midnight Riot.

[Beth]

Splashdance Silver by Tansy Rayner Roberts, which was on sale for $.99 on Kindle, is fun to read, and seems to be what my already Nano-addled brain can handle after trying a couple of other things and bouncing off.

[Carolyn F.]

I am reading Dinosaur Planet Survivors

[DivaDiane]

I can finally share what I'm reading, because I have actually managed to read, or rather listen to a few books!

I just finished reading Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft - loved it. Although it does tend to be all similarly dire and purple prosey, it's still lots of fun.

This past week, while going through by dad's things, I started and have almost finished The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman. Very Interesting, I'm not sure how I feel about the whole gender politics bit. I just remind myself that the book and the author are from another generation.

[Ardyce]

I'm reading Tomorrow The Killing by Daniel Polansky, the follow up to his debut, Low Town (a.k.a. Straight Razor Cure in the UK).

[Nick]

Diane wrote: "I can finally share what I'm reading, because I have actually managed to read, or rather listen to a few books!

I just finished reading Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft - loved..."

I love those Cthulhu books, too.

[Lindsey]

Finished up my re-read of Ender's Game and am soooo close to done with Fool's Fate. After that, it'll probably be Kate Elliott's Cold Steel and then my book club's December pick, And Then There Were None.

If possible, I'd like to finish up The Art of War, too. I've technically been reading it since April 2010 (tell me it's not just me!). The book is dry but alright, it's just the translation that is a snooze fest.

[Chris]

I just recently finished Welcome to the Monkey House. It was good, but I actually preferred a different set of Vonnegut's short stories even more: While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction

[Pickle]

Kathi wrote: "I started this month off with one of my favorite authors, Guy Gavriel Kay. Yes, I'm reading our BOTM, Ysabel. When I finish this I will be starting the Codex Alera seri..."

I picked up Ysabel for £2 yesterday :)

[Shel, Moderator]

I finished my Ysabel re-read and now I'm almost halfway through Flora's Dare, sequel to Flora Segunda. So far I'm not liking it quite as much as the first, but still enjoying it.

[Pickle]

im currently reading Foundation and plan to read Equal Rites if the library ever get it to me, Mort and Conquerors' Heritage

[Jenny]

So far this month I've read Spore, The Beast of Babylon, Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls, & Batman, Vol. 2: The City of Owls. I'm currently reading The Republic of Thieves, Howl's Moving Castle, and (kind of) Zoo City.

[Chris]

Continuing my Vonnegut kick, I'm currently reading .

[Helen]

Finished Wheel of Time, enjoyed it a lot.

[Ken]

Finished up Memories of Ice, awesome book. Not perfect but very good.

Started in on Great Expectations: The Lost Toronto Blue Jays Season
Hopefully some insight into my teams lackluster performance last year.

[Kevin]

Currently reading two books that I borrowed from my friend earlier today,Rise of Empire and Zoe's Tale.

[Shel, Moderator]

I finished the Flora trilogy a while ago - it was really fun! and now have just finished a memoir The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant. About to start Fair Game by Patricia Briggs. I haven't liked the Alpha & Omega books quite as much as the Mercy Thompson series, but I'm especially looking forward to this one as it's set in Boston and I always find it interesting to read books set in a place I know well and see if the author knows it as well as I do!

[Jenny]

I read another Doctor Who e-short, The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage. I plan on reading the last one today. I'm also listening to The Lightning Thief. I'm definitely hooked.

[Carolyn F.]

I'm reading Captain Vorpatril's Alliance

[Ken]

Finished Great Expectations
It was good but no real insight into why they failed

Started An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

[Helen]

I'm supposed to be reading a spy book but have fallen into The Inheritance.

[Carolyn F.]

I finished Captain Vorpatril's Alliance - love the Vorkosigan books.

Now I'm reading Generation Warriors

[Misty]

Im reading Red Seas Under Red Skies, book 2 of the Gentlemen Bastard series. Also, Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart. Been meaning to read this one for a long time. Im only a few chapters in and Ive reas dits supposed to be humorous but its seeming a little thin so far.

[Shel, Moderator]

I really enjoyed Fair Game (especially the ending...no spoilers, but I'm looking forward to seeing how this plays out in future books in the series!), and just earlier today finished Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, which was absolutely fascinating history about the Galveston, TX hurricane in 1900.

I think next up is To Ride Hell’s Chasm :)

[Esther]

Just finished Midnight Riot. Fun read.

[Helen]

Loved To Ride Hells Chasm.

[Sandra]

Helen wrote: "Loved To Ride Hells Chasm."

Me, too!

[Chris, Moderator]

Shel wrote: "I really enjoyed Fair Game (especially the ending...no spoilers, but I'm looking forward to seeing how this plays out in future books in the series!), and just earlier today finished..."

I read Isaac's Storm a number of years ago. We take so much for granted in these days of weather radar and hurricane warnings days in advance of an actual storm. This well-told story brought home what it must have been like at the time, when such a major storm could strike almost without warning, and cause almost unimaginable devastation.

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

Sandra wrote: "Helen wrote: "Loved To Ride Hells Chasm."

Me, too!"

That's one of my all-time favorite standalone fantasy novels. Just stunning.

(PS Master of Whitestorm by Janny Wurts was just released as an ebook, after being out of print for years. Another great standalone!)

[Ken]

Finished up Hadfield's memoir. Very good, interesting way to talk about his 20 year journey to the first Canadian Commander of the ISS.

Started in on Stephenson's book Reamde

[Shel, Moderator]

Ken wrote: "Finished up Hadfield's memoir. Very good, interesting way to talk about his 20 year journey to the first Canadian Commander of the ISS."

I listen to the show "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" on NPR on a regular basis and Hadfield was on a few weeks ago. He was very funny. The podcast is free to download if you're interested :)

I've been home sick for a few days (recovered in time for Thanksgiving, luckily) and have had a lot of reading time, so I'm now about 2/3 of the way through To Ride Hell's Chasm - what a ride!! Loving it just as much as I expected to :)

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

I finished up Furies of Calderon and I think I will read Fire Music, the second book in a duology, before resuming the Codex Alera books.

[Jenny]

I'm reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking and am loving it!

[Andreas]

Currently The Heroes. Planning to read The Man in the High Castle and our BOTM Babel-17 next.

[Antonis]

Just finished reading The Palace Job. (My review if you're interested)

Currently continuing with Difficult Loves

For December my list had the following:
The Sirens of Titan
The Hammer
Ancillary Justice
Throne of the Crescent Moon
(in probably this order)

... but some very interesting reading group books came up for December:
Dune
Warbreaker
Cold Magic

I'm completely undecided, though I have feeling I'll get on with one of the 3 group books.