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[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

@Paul, that's just wild.

@Jo Beth, Atwood is an author I mean to get to eventually. I haven't heard of the other one.

[Sean]

Finished both Tarkin & Thrawn. Thoroughly enjoyed both. Not sure which I enjoyed more or which character find more compelling. Outside of anyone with force powers they were arguably the 2 most important men to the Empire and it's rise to power and continued dominance for so long.

[Veronica]

I recently finished The Black Lung Captain and am now reading Ketty Jay tales #3, The Iron Jackal . These books are really fun. I chuckle quite often while reading.

[Gary]

Currently reading Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames

[Vinca]

Gary wrote: "Currently reading Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames"

I'll be picking that up as soon as we hit July so I can get the energy cell for reading it during the BOTM timeframe. Have heard so many good things about it, I'm really looking forward to reading it.

[Gary]

Vinca wrote: "Gary wrote: "Currently reading Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames"

I'll be picking that up as soon as we hit July so I can..."

I am really enjoying it.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Veronica wrote: "I recently finished The Black Lung Captain and am now reading Ketty Jay tales #3, The Iron Jackal [bookcover:The Iron Jacka..."

I need to finish that series. The e-books are more expensive than the paperbacks! I'll just get the paperbacks, I guess.

[Veronica]

Audrey wrote: "Veronica wrote: "I recently finished The Black Lung Captain and am now reading Ketty Jay tales #3, The Iron Jackal [bookcov..."

The fourth book arrived in the mail today but I didn't realize it was going to the mmpb edition. The other books I have are all trade pb so now I'm going to have a mismatched set. Very annoying.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I was looking for a boxed set but haven't seen one.

I have three trilogies by Maria Snyder, matching covers, same publisher, yet one of each set is a slightly different size. Must be a conspiracy.

[Veronica]

That's just weird. I also hate it when a series switches cover designs mid-series. It messes with my sense of order! The Graveyard Queen series is the latest series that's done that to me. The first three books have one design and the last three are different. >_<

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

They've got to know it drives readers crazy. Sadists.

[Maximum]

Don't get me started on that subject! I don't want to end up flailing at my bookcase with my fists, the edges of the shelves'll hurt!

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

We'll get some pitchforks and go march on some publishing houses.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

I feel like I am in the minority on this. I only have a few series that actually match up. Most of them are mismatched soft and hardcover, covers and all that. About 50/50 to the amount I have matching. Doesn't bother me really.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I was a little bummed that my Age of Swords copy doesn't match Age of Myth. Oh well.

[Gary]

I finished Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames this morning.

[Veronica]

Oh dear, Lancer. I think I'd slip into a catatonic state if I were to see your bookshelves. lol

[Veronica]

Alright, so I finished The Ace of Skulls. No more Ketty Jay for me and it makes me sad. That was a fun ride.

Next up is Kings of the Wyld.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

My problem is if i want to read a book that is new I usually do not want to wait for a paperback to come out. and if I started a series that was three books in already I likely had the paperbacks for them, then would end up with a couple hardcovers.

Or if i buy a bunch from a used book sale then I end up with different covers, sizes and all that.

I also rarely sell or give books away, because as soon as i do I decide I want to read that book again. So it has really become quite disjointed but I don't mind as long as I get to read the book :)

also:

EVERYONE GO WRITE IN THE TERRIBLE WRITING CONTEST AND WIN YOURSELF A FREE BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE!!

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I will sometimes read a series from the library and buy a box set at the end.

[Sean]

A truly funny and over the top book. Good light summer read.

[Gary]

Earlier this evening I finished Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood for this book. Lots of philosophical discussions. Somewhere between 3.5 to 4 stars. I did round up.

[Margo]

Many of you will have read the classic short story The Lottery but check out this link for an audio recording. Truly creepy!

http://ia800504.us.archive.org/34/ite...

[Gary]

Recently finished The King's Justice by Katherine Kurtz

[Veronica]

I've recently finished Johannes Cabal the Detective , Tigana , and The Rook .

[Sean]

Finished , , & . Nice little mix there of genres heh.

[Vinca]

I just finished The Age of Magicby Ben Okri. It was....peculiar. I really can't decide what I think about it, there were interesting bits and confusing bits and weird bits and an overall lack of cohesion that sometimes fitted things together in spite of themselves and really it was just odd.

Has anyone else read it? I'd love to hear what you thought!

[Mary]

A Net of Dawn and Bones by C. Chancy

A different urban fantasy.

For one thing the heroine is magical and knows the most about the magical world

[Greg]

I just finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and it was amazing! I must read more (or all).of his books soon!

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Best book on writing I ever read.

[Melanie]

Wayland wrote: "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Best book on writing I ever read."
My favorite book on writing is Zen in the Art of Writing.

[Mary]

Seeds of Blood by C. Chancy

[Mary]

The Fairytale Curse by Marina Finlayson

[Veronica]

I've recently finished A Song for Arbonne (my third Kay book this year), Burial Rites (soon to be a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence), My Life as a White Trash Zombie, and City of Stairs. Now I'm reading Malice by John Gwynne.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Veronica, Malice may come off as a bit cliche, but the series as a whole is fantastic. One of my favorites in the last couple of years. Also even though Malice is is pretty darn good it just keeps getting exponentially better as they progress.

[Veronica]

sir Lancer wrote: "Veronica, Malice may come off as a bit cliche, but the series as a whole is fantastic. One of my favorites in the last couple of years. Also even though Malice is is pretty darn good it just keeps ..."

It does seem a bit straightforward (unless the author is planning one doozy of a twist) but I am really enjoying it so far. Though I've really had it up to here with (view spoiler)[Nathair and Veradis. I want them to die. Die, just die. (hide spoiler)] I can feel my blood pressure rising every time I read one of their chapters.

[Sarah]

I finished The Heretic's Apprentice by Ellis Peters a couple days ago.
I'm nearing the end of City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett. Hoping to finish it up tonight.

[Mary]

A Dragon of a Different Color by Rachel Aaron

[Mary]

The Book of Lord Shang. a Classic of the Chinese School of Law.

[Mary]

Frostborn: The Gray Knight by Jonathan Moeller

[Mary]

The Undying Wizard by Jonathan Moeller

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Just finished two, The Collapsing Empire by Scalzi, very good read and Father Christmas' Fake Beard by -Terry Pratchett, a pretty decent short story collection for kids.

[Veronica]

I recently finished Oathbringer and The Summer Tree, which is the first in the Fionavar Trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay. Kay has cemented his place on my list of favorite authors.

[Mary]

Have Sword, Will Travel by Garth Nix and Sean Williams

[Mary]

Impure Blood, Volume 4 by Nadja Baer and Nathan Lueth

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

The Fall of Dragons which was the end of the Traitor Son cycle. It got one of my very rare 5 star reviews. Amazing series and great ending.

[Mary]

The Awful Truth About Forgetting by L. Jagi Lamplighter

[Mary]

The Chocolatier's Wife by Cindy Lynn Speer

[Mary]

Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness by Carole G. Silver

[Mary]

Count to Infinity: Book Six of the Eschaton Sequence by John C. Wright