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[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

I finished Hunted the other day. I think it's my favorite book in the series yet.

[Veronica]

I'm working my way through Leviathan Wakes and then I'll pick back up with Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories. I'm up to number four in that series: Sword Song.

[Sarah]

Finished 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea earlier this week and finally finished Ilium last night.
Hoping to finish up City of Lost Souls this weekend.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I just reviewd 20,000 Leagues for Scifi month.An interesting book

[Sarah]

Paul wrote: "I just reviewd 20,000 Leagues for Scifi month.An interesting book"

I liked everything but the ending. It just felt too abrupt to me.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

It does cut off a bit

[Lel]

I have to say that I hated 20,000 leagues. Way too technical for my liking.

[Kaseadillla]

Just read Ender's Game - how I haven't read it earlier, I don't know. Loved it. Like all the talk on strategy. I can understand how it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I like books that are about ideas as much as the plot line.

[Sarah]

Kaseadillla wrote: "Just read Ender's Game - how I haven't read it earlier, I don't know. Loved it. Like all the talk on strategy. I can understand how it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I like books th..."

I read Ender's Game and thought it was ok. I liked the strategy stuff, but I didn't care for a lot of the characters. And if I don't like the characters, I'm probably not going to like the book. Glad you enjoyed it though!

I finally The Color of Magic last week, yay! I'm glad I stuck with it as I ended up really liking it. Now to finish City of Lost Souls this week. I had put it aside for a bit and it was kind of hard to get back into it & remember exactly what was happening, but I am back in the groove with it now.

[Whitney]

Last book I read was Say Cheese and Die-Again! surprisingly it took me a while to get through due to school and other books. I'd only read a lil at a time then forget about it and then finally remembered to pick it back up last night.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Last I read was Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover and was really impressed by it. It's like a testosterone injection to the eyeball at times but it's a really original premise. Strong male and female characters and a lot of fun. Highly recommend it and will definitely be continuing on with the series.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Sometimes it just as fun to have characters you love to hate as well as love to love.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Sarah wrote: "Kaseadillla wrote: "Just read Ender's Game - how I haven't read it earlier, I don't know. Loved it. Like all the talk on strategy. I can understand how it's not everyone's cup of tea,..."

I love Ender's Game, but man I can't stand Orson Scott Card; I like Terry Pratchett as an author but I can never get more than 5 pages into his books without having to give up, wish I liked Pratchett instead of Card, I like to support people that have personalities that I appreciate. (I feel similar about Mark Lawrence, great guy to chat with on here and reddit, but his first book was just a little to gritty for me though I do intend to try the second one soon)

[Sarah]

Lancer wrote: "Sometimes it just as fun to have characters you love to hate as well as love to love."

I do enjoy that, but there are times I just find myself not caring one way or the other. That is when I struggle.
If I like or really like or totally despise characters, I want to see where the story goes. But if I find I just don't care, then I have a very hard time going on with the book. That is how I felt with Ender's Game. The premise was good, but I couldn't summon up anything beyond apathy towards the majority of the characters.

[Veronica]

Lancer wrote: "Last I read was Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover and was really impressed by it. It's like a testosterone injection to the eyeball at times but it's a really original premise. Strong male and ..."

I read that book a year or so ago in order to meet a reading challenge requirement for one of my groups. I had never heard of it and had zero expectations going in. I ended up thoroughly enjoying it.

[Suncani]

Lancer wrote: "Last I read was Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover and was really impressed by it. It's like a testosterone injection to the eyeball at times but it's a really original premise. Strong male and ..."
This actually looks really interesting and something I'd not heard of before. Are there other books you would say its similar to?

I've just finished reading Touchstone and really enjoyed it. I've not read any of Melanie Rawn's other books so that might be why as a lot of other reviewers said it didn't compare to them. Anyone read any of the others?

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

I'm not really sure what to compare it to. The writing almost has a Joe Abercrombie feel to it

[Suncani]

Lancer wrote: "I'm not really sure what to compare it to. The writing almost has a Joe Abercrombie feel to it"

Hmm. I struggled reading the first of (Abercrombie's) books, but I'm intrigued by the blurb so I'm going to give it a a go and see :)

[Anthony]

I just finished Brave New World.wow... what a great book!!

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Just finished Daniel Polansky's Low Town which was my first boon by him and I was impressed. It was a bit of a fantasy murder mystery taking place almost completely in the slums. It was a setting I loved (love rogue characters so it just fit) and it was done In the first person very well. I have read a couple other first person fantasy novels and I think this one takes the cake (Douglas Hulick's Among Thieves was great as well)

Highly recommended it to anyone who likes this sort of setting!

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

I just finished The Clone Wars and have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I picked it up because of the challenge but it was turned out to be a decent read. I have seen the show and it follows the episode pretty closely but it really explores Anakin's feelings and his camaraderie between him and the storm troopers.

[Jessica]

Anthony wrote: "I just finished Brave New World.wow... what a great book!!"

I finished this one recently too - way too long in the wings, I wish I'd read it years ago. So much to think about, everything only started to creep up on me after I'd finished...

[Ryan]

I just finished Carmilla. It was good. A fairly entertaining story, plus very interesting on a meta level, since it was almost certainly an inspiration for Dracula.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I just finished True Evil. Meh. Last week I finished The Final Empire (yay!) and Cress (not bad).

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

Audrey wrote: "I just finished True Evil. Meh. Last week I finished The Final Empire (yay!) and Cress (not bad)."

LOVE The Final Empire.

[Andreas]

Someone interested in short fiction? Strahan's Infinity anthology series is quite good, I just finished summarizing his newest Meeting Infinity. Here is my review.

[Andreas]

Aaaaand another one: The Thousand Names, a very nice page turner of a flintlock fantasy. Here is my review.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Andreas, I have had Thousand Names series on my radar for a while. If you have read Brian McClellan's Powder Mage series is it similar to that? I have read the first of that series and really enjoyed it and plan to continue on with it so it would move Wexler's series up the to read pile if it is as good.

[Andreas]

Yes, I also read Promise of Blood and The Crimson Campaign - here is my review. It is very interesting to compare those two series, as they are similar and different at the same time.

Both series are flintlock fantasy - I'd say that Wexler's series is a GRRM approach whereas McClellan is more in Sanderson's tradition, i.e. historic vs. magic fantasy.

Both are page turners, nothing literary here. Wexler's novel has very often a bird's eye of view, tending to larger battles, whereas McClellan focuses on individuals and has an embedded detective story.

If you like McClellan's you will probably like Wexler's series as well.
Does that make sense to you?

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Yes sir

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I'll have to read Crimson Campaign soon enough .

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

I just finished Steelheart and have yet to do my review but I really enjoyed it. I would have to say that it is probably 4.5 out of 5 stars for me. :)

[Mark]

I've just finished Bloodrush by Ben Galley. It's one of the 10 finalists out of 273 self-published fantasy books in a contest I set up (google SPFBO). A good read once I let myself swallow the magic system.

Now I've started The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts who I know from her collaboration with 'Raymondy' Feist on the excellent Empire trilogy. It's a fat book, so I'll be a while!

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Thats quite the volume. I'm still weighing up what to read next considering my pile of new books. Tough decisions ahead

[Andreas]

Never read anything by Janny Wurts, so far.

I'm currently reading The Emperor's Blades, I want to finish it this year.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Really enjoyed Emperors Blades but the sequel brings it to a higher level again. The last part is one of my must reads this year

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Agreed Paul, a very good first two books and the closer should be a doozy. My first book will likely be Horns by Joe Hill. Not something I would normally read but my wife got it for my for Xmas and wants me to read it so that we can watch the movie. I've seen others in the group read his stuff so it should be OK.

[Lel]

I've read the Janny Wurts Wars of Light and Shadow series and quite enjoyed it despite each book being big enough to use as a door stop.

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Have re-read the first two Bridget Jones books since I've been back at my parents. Love them, I've read them so many times and I just felt like some quick re-reads over Christmas :D

I will start Jan with our BotM and hopefully some of the physical review copies I have to read. And also stuff that matches January's villain! :)

[Andreas]

Apparently, I have quite a lot reading time these days :)
Finished that doorstopper of The Emperor's Blades. I liked it although it isn't my preferred reading diet: Coming-of-age with triple mystery story. Here is my review.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Try Providence of Fire . Its better than Emperors Blades .

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Trying to plan out January with a good mix of my xmas books and my old tbr.

[Andreas]

Not exactly books but I read two stories from The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume 1: Nightfall and The Nine Billion Names of God (links lead to my blog reviews).

[Meera]

I'm reading Written in Red which I'm really liking. Sort of unplanned so I'll have to see where it fits with the Marvel challenge.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

The last one I read was A New Dawn which is some background for the Star Wars: Rebels cartoon. It was a good story and a lot more about Hera, Kanan, and how they met.

[Andrew]

I heard good things about that one Wayland, I hope to check it out eventually :)

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Andrew wrote: "I heard good things about that one Wayland, I hope to check it out eventually :)"


I recommend it if you're either a Star Wars fan and/or like the cartoon.

[Andrew]

I am a fan of both ^_^ But sadly I missed out on season 2, or wherever in season 2 we are currently at. I'll have to find a way to catch up.

[Scott]

just finished The Way of Kings , Dark Disciple , and Shadows of Self

Liking The Stormlight Archive series A LOT, hope he doesn't take forever coming out with the third one.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Sandersons web page gives wonderful progress bars where you can see how far along his various projects are. Think book 3 is well under way