What are you reading in March 2014?

[Becky]

Just a reminder, please also include text when referring to books, because you can't hover on mobile devices and tablets, and they are often hard to see (even on my computer).

Thanks! :)

[Laurel]

Sorry, forgot...

[Laurel]

May I also suggest The Rook.

[Eon Windrunner]

Oooh, havent heard of that one before. Adding it now :)

[Eon Windrunner]

Is it ok to read the Riyria Chronicles if I have not yet read the Riyria Revelations or should i rather read the latter first?

Chronicles - The Crown Tower

Revelations - Theft of Swords, Rise of Empire, Heir of Novron

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Yeah, you'd be ok reading the Chronicles first. Though the Revelations were published first.

[Eon Windrunner]

Thanks Chris. Think I might read the revelations first anyway.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

I actually read the first half of Revelations then read the Chronicles. I still have to finish the Revelations, and had meant to do so by now. But like all my other plans it got derailed.

[Eon Windrunner]

Lol. So many books, so little time.

[Luke]

Eon wrote: "Lol. So many books, so little time."

So true. So so true.

[Kara]

Read Revelations first. The author states that you can do either/or without spoilers - which is nice, BUT, Revelations will drag you in and has a solid ending. Chronicles is open ended.

Also, if you read Revelations first then you have all these "a-hah!" moments, where you can put two and two together, on some lost detail concerning something that happened in Revelations.

[Kara]

Finished Warbound - LOVED and will sorely miss the Grimnoir. Should I try MHI???

Started up Words of Radiance so I could join in on the buddy read, and it's going nicely.

[Becky]

I haven't read MHI yet, I tried to start it a couple times, but didn't really get into it. I will probably pick it up on audio one day, since it seems like that's the only way I can finish a book lately. *sigh*

[Eon Windrunner]

Kara wrote: "Read Revelations first. The author states that you can do either/or without spoilers - which is nice, BUT, Revelations will drag you in and has a solid ending. Chronicles is open ended.

Also, if ..."

Excellent. Thanks Kara - Revelations it is.

[DavidO]

IMHO, Chronicles has a few spoilers in it, and you might get too many clues as to the big mysteries as well and find the ending of revelations less surprising.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Kara wrote: "Finished Warbound - LOVED and will sorely miss the Grimnoir. Should I try MHI???

Started up Words of Radiance so I could join in on the buddy read, and it's going n..."

I loved the first two MHI - hubby says the rest are "back for more cash." I didn't care for the GrimNoir as much - hubby enjoyed that one more than MHI.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

DavidO wrote: "IMHO, Chronicles has a few spoilers in it, and you might get too many clues as to the big mysteries as well and find the ending of revelations less surprising."

Oh wow. I'm so screwed.

Though, probably not. I'll forget most of what I've read by the time I get through it.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

So, I'm reading this The Mist in the Mirror book I won from goodreads, and I don't know if it's me or the book or what but I can't get through more than, like, five pages before I start dozing off...

[Jake]

Kara wrote: "Finished Warbound - LOVED and will sorely miss the Grimnoir. Should I try MHI???

Started up Words of Radiance so I could join in on the buddy read, and it's going n..."

I loved Warbound. I read the Grimnoir books first, then went to MHI and wasn't disappointed. They are quite different though. I think Correia is the master of the action scene.

[Lee]

I finished up A Storm of Swords to get ready for the new season. I watch the show with someone who hasn't read the books and she relies on me to tell her what's going on. But I couldn't remember the 3rd book (except for some BIG moments of course) and I couldn't keep faking it...

Next I'm starting A Feast for Crows - if I've read it I remember it even less than Storm of Swords. And then I'm finishing up with A Dance with Dragons - and I know I haven't read this one yet.

I'm also reading 'Salem's Lot - one of the few Kings I've never read. But I'm not feeling it. Really not feeling it. I might give up if it doesn't kick in today.

[Becky]

Nienna, Salem's Lot gets a lot of love from people, and I did like it, but I never really thought it was anywhere near his best book. If you're not feeling it, you should set it aside until you're in the mood for it.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Yeah, I was a bit meh about Salem's Lot, too. I did enjoy the mini-series, though, but that coulda been because Rutger Hauer is always delightfully cheesy.

[Shayna]

Read in March so far...
Searching for Beautiful
Soulless
Transformed
He Belongs with Me
Romancing the Bookworm
Til Death
Sun Damage
Out of Nowhere
Unreap My Heart

Currently Reading
My Life From Hell

Up Next...
The Collector

Later This Month!
Ellie Stanton
Darkside Sun
Preservation
Reservation
Declaration
Where Life Takes You

[Kara]

Nienna wrote: "I finished up A Storm of Swords to get ready for the new season. I watch the show with someone who hasn't read the books and she relies on me to tell her what's going on. But I couldn'..."

I gotta do that too! Finished Storm of Swords last year... Ditto even on watching and explaining to a non-book reader.

[Lee]

Colleen wrote: "Yeah, I was a bit meh about Salem's Lot, too. I did enjoy the mini-series, though, but that coulda been because Rutger Hauer is always delightfully cheesy."

Rutger Hauer can make almost anything better. :)

[Lee]

Kara wrote: "Nienna wrote: "I finished up A Storm of Swords to get ready for the new season. I watch the show with someone who hasn't read the books and she relies on me to tell her what's going on..."

Yeah. I did a lot of faking - and Googling last season. I knew I was in trouble when fans started talking about the 'Red Viper' being in the new season... and I didn't have a clue who they were talking about. Lol. I know I read it. But I forgot A LOT.

[Nan]

Nienna wrote: "...Rutger Hauer can make almost anything better :)"

Enjoyed his role in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

[Luke]

I have a horrid time keeping track of secondary characters with that series. Every time I come back to it, I have to re-learn the whole cast just about.

[Kara]

I don't understand how anyone can follow the TV show without having read the books...

[Lee]

It's not easy. It's even hard to follow having read most of the books. And the changes they've made throughout make it even harder.
I was just teasing the person I watch it with (my aunt) that it's the only show on TV that needs a family tree guide.

[Nan]

Imaginary helpful DVD feature -- an overlay for any given scene which would name the characters and state their affiliations. The viewer could toggle it on or off like subtitles.

[Becky]

Hell, that would be nice for the books too!

[Nan]

Oh yeah! You could hover over a character's name and see a pop-up with info.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Heh. They'd probably put spoilers in there.

[Becky]

Chris wrote: "Heh. They'd probably put spoilers in there."

Probably.

[Eon Windrunner]

Imagine how long it would take to watch an episode lol.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I went to the library yesterday and picked up both Vicious and Seraphina. I had had a hold on Vicious, and it came in, and Seraphina was on the shelves...

But, since it's early, I don't really want to start them yet.

So, in the spirit of the Holmes read I seem to be doing with Emily, I started a re-read of the Enola Holmes books last night. Considering how short/quick they are, I imaging I'll be ready to start Vicious on Monday.

[Emily]

Haha - yes it's me and you on the Holmes read. ;) I guess we can accelerate the schedule now if we want. Hahaha.

Have you read the Mary Russell books? Those are one of my favorite Holmes spinoffs.

[Nan]

I liked the early Mary Russell books, the later ones not so much.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Emily wrote: "Haha - yes it's me and you on the Holmes read. ;) I guess we can accelerate the schedule now if we want. Hahaha.

Have you read the Mary Russell books? Those are one of my favorite Holmes spinoffs."

I've kinda abandoned any schedule and sort of just read them as I get to them, now.


As to the Mary Russell books - yes, I've read the first, erm, 7 I believe. I loved the first one, but the rest have been sort of hit or miss for me.

[Sam]

Hey everyone. I had a small break from Fantasy for a couple of weeks (don't worry, I'm as disappointed in myself as you are), but today I picked up The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K Jemisin. I've read the first chapter an it seems really interesting so far.

Does anyone know anything much about it?

[Eon Windrunner]

I know Brandon Sanderson loved it, but it is still on my TBR list unfortunately.

[Luke]

I've seen mixed reviews, so it's going to have to wait until I'm caught up on a bunch of others.

[Sam]

Yeah, I know it has it's fans it's one of the things that drew me to it first. We'll see if it lives up to it :)

[Luke]

In other news, I wrote a little 300 word piece for a competition for an ARC, and the judges include Mark Lawrence and Luke Scull, so I'm pretty stoked that they'll be reading my little story :D

[Nan]

Cool! Good luck, Luke!

[Nyssa]

Luke wrote: "In other news, I wrote a little 300 word piece for a competition for an ARC, and the judges include Mark Lawrence and Luke Scull, so I'm pretty stoked that they'll be reading my little story :D"

Cool! Good Luck!

[Eon Windrunner]

Nice!

[Sam]

Good luck, Luke!

[Luke]

Thanks guys. It's actually a lot harder to restrain yourself to a certain word number than I thought it would be. My tidbit really needed 500 words, but we'll see what happens.