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[Greg]

I just finished reading The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. Highly recommended, if you like character driven, emotionally intense, first contact sci-fi.

[Dawn]

Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles I had high hopes for this book but it fell a bit flat

[Lel]

That's on my to read pile Dawn. It sounded so good

[Margo]

My husband is that one at the moment. I'm not a big fan of Holmes. I won't show him your reveiw ;-)

[Dawn]

He may still like it Margo, and you Lel. Looking at the reviews it definitely seems to be one of those 'love it or hate it' books

[Mike]

I just finished The Well of Ascension and just started with The Hero of Ages to conclude the Mistborn trilogy.

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

I just finished The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - I love love love loved it! If you liked Farscape the TV show, then I totally recommend it. It reminded me a lot of it.

If you've never heard of Farscape still read it!

I can totally see why it was shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke award. Brilliant!

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

Yessssssss Kirsty, it's so good!

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Rinn... I know, right?! It just totally took over my life for the last day (sorry Ivy). I was so totally THERE, I can't wait till October for the next wahhhhh.

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

I love how it was way more about the people than the space stuff (even tho I love space stuff).

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Rinn wrote: "I love how it was way more about the people than the space stuff (even tho I love space stuff)."

Totally. I loved not only getting to know the characters, but the races and cultures too.

[Jessica]

Kirsty wrote: "Rinn wrote: "I love how it was way more about the people than the space stuff (even tho I love space stuff)."

Totally. I loved not only getting to know the characters, but the races and cultures too."

Rinn and Kirsty, this book sounds fantastic. I just checked my library and they do not have it yet, so I have requested that they add it to the collection. They have been 50/50 so far on adding books that I have recommended, so I have high hopes.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I just finished (Night Study). Snyder has nearly taken over an entire shelf now.

[Veronica]

Kirsty wrote: "I just finished The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - I love love love loved it! If you liked Farscape the TV show, then I totally recommend it. It reminded me a lot of it.

If y..."

Just FYI, there's a GR giveaway going on for this right now.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Veronica wrote: "Kirsty wrote: "I just finished The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - I love love love loved it! If you liked Farscape the TV show, then I totally recommend it. It reminded me a lo..."

Where is said giveaway? This many people raving about it, I'll take a look...

[Greg]

I recently finished:

Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl (4 stars) - a surreal absurdist retelling of the story of Orpheus and his love Eurydice. A one-act play and a very quick read. Absurdist plays aren't always my thing, but I liked this one.

Uprooted by Naomi Novik (4 stars) - a delightfully entertaining fantasy story about a young witch and an evil, magical wood. I really enjoyed this one.

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (3.5 stars) - a piece of historical fiction about a lesbian in Victorian England. The first third of the book was great - nuanced, psychologically perceptive, funny, and beautifully written; for me, the other two thirds wasn't quite as good.

Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels (4.5 stars) - I loved this book, but it isn't for everyone. The plot is very thin; on the surface, it's a story about a boy who survives the Holocaust and later becomes a poet, but really, it's an extended meditation on history and the psychology of surviving something unimaginable (survival afterwards - the aftermath). The author has written books of poetry herself, and I'm not surprised; the novel moves like poetry, by depth and intuition rather than by the press of events. Not fast paced at all but perceptive. Extraordinarily vivid language!

And now I'm currently reading: Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë (enjoying it so far), The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher (silly but wildly entertaining so far, talking cats!), and Amoris Laetitia-- The Joy of Love: On Love in the Family by Pope Francis.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Veronica wrote: "Kirsty wrote: "I just finished The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - I love love love loved it! If you liked Farscape the TV show, then I totally recommend it. It reminded me a lo..."

After hearing Rinn rave about this book I added it to my TBR pile and by the time I checked my phone a few minutes later I got an email stating there was a giveaway going on.

link to the giveaway:

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

[Veronica]

Thanks for posting the link, Roger. I meant to do it when I got back to my laptop but then I forgot. Sorry!

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Veronica wrote: "Thanks for posting the link, Roger. I meant to do it when I got back to my laptop but then I forgot. Sorry!"

I almost didnt...didn't want my odds of winning to go down :)

[Veronica]

Haha! Well, I must confess the thought did occur to me too but then I honestly did forget. :-)

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I have a copy so I wont mess with your odds :-)

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

I just created 3,000 sockpuppet accounts for the giveaway, thanks Roger! ^_^

[Veronica]

[Greg]

lol!! :)

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

100% worth the effort of creating all those accounts for that book :P

[Sparrow Knight]

The book I finished before I got sucked into the dull brown world of
The Passage was the far more interesting
The Travelers. Nicely twisty plot, good characterization, well paced. Not a 24-hour whirlwind, but a more realistic, gradually building bit of shadow play.

The Passage definitely suffers in comparison.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I just finished Throne of Glass. Hmm. I'll post a review link when I get it written.

[Gary]

Audrey wrote: "I just finished Throne of Glass. Hmm. I'll post a review link when I get it written."

I enjoyed that book.

[Jessica]

I just finished The Exodus Towers by Jason Hough. This was #2 in the Dire Earth series, and I did not enjoy it as much as the first one, The Darwin Elevator, but it was still good. I'd give it 3.5 stars, if I could...so now I'm torn between giving it a 3 or a 4.
....and Veronica...I love the Vizsla pup pic! I am owned (controlled) by two Vizslas. ;o)

[Jessica]

Audrey wrote: "I just finished Throne of Glass. Hmm. I'll post a review link when I get it written."

That good, huh Audrey? lol

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

I've never read any Sarah J Mass, so can't comment on the writing or story, but I really dislike her book covers

[Veronica]

Jessica wrote: ".....and Veronica...I love the Vizsla pup pic! I am owned (controlled) by two Vizslas. ;o) "

A very handsome dog. :-)

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

sir Lancer wrote: "I've never read any Sarah J Mass, so can't comment on the writing or story, but I really dislike her book covers"

I don't like the one that's shown above, but the UK ones are cool:

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

My issue with them is pretty much every single cover for her books is the same thing but in a different stance.

[Milou]

I really didn't like Throne of Glass, 2nd book was slightly better but it still flew against the wall a Lot. Sadly I bought all 4 books because of the hype and I thought I would love it. Such a waste of money and bookshelf space :(

[Gary]

sir Lancer wrote: "My issue with them is pretty much every single cover for her books is the same thing but in a different stance."

The days of great cover art are pretty much gone. There are still covers being done by the likes of Michael Whelan, but most covers are generic junk.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

There are still some great covers out there. The long list for cover art for the Gemell awards has some great ones there. My current favorite cover artist is Marc Simonetti, who has done the covers for Michael J Sullivans upcoming series as well as some great GoT, King killer chronicles and Discworld covers.

[Gary]

The current E-book covers for the Discworld books are generic. The original covers by the late Josh Kirby and the newer work by Paul Kidby would be preferred as opposed to . Which is the better cover?

I vote for the latter.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I always preferred the Paul Kidby ones to the Josh Kirby. Simonetti does the French covers and they are great. The new Gollancz editions have another set of covers but they arent great. The very original artwork for Colour of Magic was very different as well, quit scifi in style but very rare these days.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

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[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

As an example heres Soul Music

[Gary]

I have the SF Book club edition of Color of Magic with its original cover. I bought it when it was released through the book club right after the book's original publishing date. (For those in Canada and Great Britain The Colour of Magic)

That Soul Music cover rocks!....Pun intended.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Nice. Yeah I have the BCA edition of CoM as well. I prefer the Kidby edition that followed it .
You've been reading Discworld quite a while then :-)

[Gary]

Yes with big breaks. I am currently reading them in publication order, Pyramids is up next.

[Dawn]

Paul wrote: As an example heres Soul Music
I agree with Gary, this cover rocks!
I thought I'd seen all of the Discworld covers but this one is new.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

They are the French translations Dawn.
Cool Gary. I'll have to do a re read myself at some point. Its been a while. I plan to do the watch books in order later this year (Vimes is my favourite character)

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Heres the Deviant Art page for the French Discworld books. I particuarly like Night Watch which was also my favourite Kidby cover.

[Greg]

Paul wrote: "There are still some great covers out there. The long list for cover art for the Gemell awards has some great ones there. My current favorite cover artist is Marc Simonetti, who has done the covers..."

I love John Jude Palancar's art/paintings on Charles de Lint's book covers.

[Gary]

Granny Weatherwax is my favorite with Death a close second, but then I have not read any of the Vimes novels yet

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I'm a big fan of both of them as well. :-)
Pratchett writes Death in such an interesting way.