What are you reading in January 2014?

[Kerry]

I've been reading away quietly and not feeling well enough for commenting (or reading the club selections) but I'm going to try to stick my head up a bit more this year.

Over the last years, as more and more old books are issued as ebooks, I've been buying up old favourites from the last 30 years or so and then saving them up to reread "some time". After finally starting one series last year and loving it all over again I've decided that 2014 is going to be my rereading year. Instead of worrying about whether I'll still like all these books I once loved, I'm going to dive in and see if I do. So far, so good.

For books actually finished this year, I've had one (new) mystery and three rereads: White Nights by Anne Cleeves, the last of the trilogy that set me rereading, A Tapestry Of Time by Richard Cowper (highly recommended), Wraiths of Time by Andre Norton (held up really well to reading nearly 40 years after publication) and a fantasy/romance that starts a series I never finished and have decided I want to, Lord of the Fading Lands by C. L. Wilson (only if fantasy/romance is your thing).

I hope I can keep it up and I really hope the Suck Fairy stays away.

[Random]

I have been flaky this month. I was all up for reading Range of Ghosts, at which point I decided to read American Elsewhere instead. I'm apparently 41% through and so far and enjoying it.

For audio, I'm working though The Discovery of Ancient Civilizations, a series of lectures on archeology.

[Keith]

Back in the day I managed to grind to a halt in one of the few books that I failed to finish reading, so I'm now a third of the way through the third book of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy. Nearly done.

[Chris]

I'm reading Galápagos. Vonnegut's take on what would happen if a few people happened to survive the apocalypse because they were visiting the Galapagos Islands. Classic Vonnegut.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Chris wrote: "I'm reading Galápagos. Vonnegut's take on what would happen if a few people happened to survive the apocalypseto because they were visiting the Galapagos Islands. Classic Vonnegut."

Having visited the Galápagos Islands in fall 2013, I have to say this caught my eye. I never heard of this book by Vonnegut, but now I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

[Richard]

Currently reading / listening to the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne. Finished:



Still to go:



Will probably be reading Ancillary Justice along with the book club in Feb.

[Lulu]

I managed to finish three of the books I planned on reading this month - Ancillary Justice, A Monster Calls and Rivers of London.

I have also managed to finish these as well:



Currently reading The Explorer by James Smythe, hopefully will move on The Echo afterwards. Really been getting lucky with genre fiction this month! I've enjoyed everything I've read thus far.

I'd really recommend The Girl with All the Gifts to anyone, though it's not out in the US until June (it's out in the UK now).

[Esther]

So far, I read Hounded, the 1st of the Iron druid chronicles (very entertaining) and Sanderson's Steelheart.

I just started Red Seas Under Red Skies.

[Christine]

I finished Twelve Years a Slave and highly recommenc it. Now I've moved on to lighter reading, Deadline

[Lindsey]

Finished For Us, the Living: A Comedy of Customs and Starman Jones (which was quick and fun). Started The Lies of Locke Lamora a few days ago. A little heavy on the description for my tastes but I'm starting to get into it now.

[Tara]

I'm currently reading Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore.. it's such an interesting book..

[Ken]

Just finished Ancillary Justice. Pretty good book. One of the brighter good books I have read lately. 2013 seemed to be full of books that were dark and gritty.

Started Marvel Comics: The Untold Story

I shuffled my winter TBR, next up The Truth of Beasts by the Hendees and Burning Paradise by Robert Charles Wilson. Thats subject to change

[Shel, Moderator]

I just finished reading the Divergent trilogy - quite enjoyed it despite some obvious plot holes - and now I'm finally starting The Lathe of Heaven for our group read.

[Christine]

I finished The October List today and what a read!! A bit difficult to get into as it is written backwards but after a while you begin to understand what you think is going on After I finished, I had to go back and reread the first (actually last) chapter again...Not sure what I'll read next

[Deedee]

Currently reading:
1/Orbital Decay (Near Space #1) (1989) by Allen Steele -- won Locus Award for Best First Novel 1990 -- brings back memories of 1980s Kennedy Space Center (where I worked in the 1980s) -- Steele needed to pick a snappier title for the novel IMHO

2/The Beautiful Land (2013) by Alan Averill -- inspired by movies Matrix and Incepcion -- a lot of action

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Alternating between the books in The Fionavar Tapestry and the Codex Alera.

[Lulu]

Since my last post, I've gotten through a few more books - The Explorer and The Echo by James Smythe - both, excellent, and highly recommended! Really need to get through everything else this guy has written now.

I also read Snowblind, a horror. It was so-so. Good build-up, after which it fell a bit flat.

Currently reading Grasshopper Jungle, as well as What Makes This Book So Great by the wonderful Jo Walton. My reading list has grown substantially since beginning, and I'm only a quarter of the way in...

[Lindsey]

Finished up The Lies of Locke Lamora a couple days ago. Not sure how I feel about it. I enjoyed it while reading but as I think about it more problems seem to creep up.

Working through Douglas Adams' The Salmon of Doubt now. Fascinating, if random, collection of essays. It reminds me greatly of the essay writings of Asimov.

[Helen]

I finished Summer Tree and am now readingCaptain's Fury, enjoying this series a lot.