What are you reading in March 2014?

[Candiss]

Please tell us what you are reading, or plan to read, in March, 2014.

[Pickle]

im just about to begin Neverwhere, its my second by the author and i didnt like American Gods so im unsure what to expect.

After this i will read Wyrd Sisters, Foundation and Empire and maybe The Chronicles of Amber

[Helen]

I'm reading The Broken Kingdoms, Princep's Fury, First Lord's Fury, Steelheart, Under Heaven and for my real life group The Husband's Secret. Plus I need to read the final part of Fionavar.

[Shel, Moderator]

I've been re-reading the Hyperion Cantos - am on the last book of the quartet, The Rise of Endymion. Next up is Steelheart for the group read.

[Ken]

Still reading Red Phoenix
Not bad but not good either.

[Lindsey]

I'm in the middle of The Way of Kings in anticipation of reading Words of Radiance next week. Then it's Hild for book club, Murder of Crows for me, and back to The Traitor Queen to finish out the trilogy I started last month.

[Christine]

I just finished reading Steelheart Chapter Sampler and really enjoyed it; I will continue reading this series when more books come out. I just started Shift Omnibus Edition (Silo, #2)

[Candiss]

I'm reading an oldie right now - The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney. It's very Ray Bradbury-esque and much better than the cheesy old movie made of it.

After that, I have two non-sf/f titles lined up: Cathedral and Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Then it's back to fantasy with Howl's Moving Castle (a much needed relief after the last heavier book) and then on to a weird, pretty heavy sf/horror - Under the Skin, which I want to read before the movie comes out here in April.

[Sumant]

Well i am done with Dust of dreams and i am really disappointed with this book here is my review for the book My review

I am starting Great hunt

[Christine]

I am going to read The Chronicles of Narnia and Wicked Lovely

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Pickle wrote: "im just about to begin Neverwhere, its my second by the author and i didnt like American Gods so im unsure what to expect.."
I liked Neverwhere a lot and didn't care for American Gods, so I'll be interested to see what you think.

Still working on the Fionavar Tapestry and Codex Alera. I also have Altered Carbon ready to go but I won't get to it till later in the month.

[Chris]

Just started The Man Who Sold the Moon and have very high expectations for it.

[Jim]

I've been on a kick of reading and re-reading some "golden age" SF stories lately. Currently working through the front section of The Good Stuff edited by Gardner Dozois and in the middle of Long Ago Far Away by Murray Leinster. Incidently, appropos of the Academy Awards last night, Leinster invented a projector which made it easier to patch in backgrounds in the film-making process.

[Pickle]

Kathi wrote: "Pickle wrote: "im just about to begin Neverwhere, its my second by the author and i didnt like American Gods so im unsure what to expect.."
I liked Neverwhere a lot and did..."

Neverwhere was excellent, so much better than American Gods and the more i read it the more i can see where China Miéville got his ideas for Kraken and Un Lun Dun from.

[Nick]

I just re-read Dune. It's still the best, IMO.

[Mekki]

I've started Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams.

I'm almost done with Cities in Flight, and I'll be starting Revelation Space later in the month

[Esther]

In the sf fantasy genre, i am reading Hammered and Revelation Space is now my "carry around" book so I should start it tomorrow.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Mekki wrote: "I've started Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams..."

I think I saw that PBS was having a couple shows of Dirk Gently--probably in February and I probably missed them. Has anyone seen them? Are they based on the books? And are they any good?

[Ron]

i am currently reading the book, not bad so far. i have tried sanderson before, (wheel of time, mystborn series books). enjoyed both series, though i have one mystborn book sitting on my e-reader for the last year and a half. if you are wondering about which book i am reading it is steelheart.

[Ron]

Chris wrote: "Just started The Man Who Sold the Moon and have very high expectations for it."
i read this book decades ago, a good story by one of my all time favorite authors. i found it to be a typical heinlein, which is a compliment.

[Beth]

I started out the month, on the first itself, finishing Midnight Blue-Light Special. Always neat to be caught up with a series, and there's Half-Off Ragnarok for later this year... not right away, as I can enjoy McGuire's style exactly one book at a time.

Almost done with Fortress of Eagles, the second book of Ms. Cherryh's Fortress series. It's my first time through this series that started in the late '90s. I read half of this back in January and got distracted, and didn't forget what was going on and have to start over for once!

Next? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and then maybe one of the Nebula nominees I haven't yet read, like The Red: First Light.

[Sumant]

I started with Assassin's Apprentice

[Chris]

Ronald wrote: "Chris wrote: "Just started The Man Who Sold the Moon and have very high expectations for it."
i read this book decades ago, a good story by one of my all time favorite authors. i found..."


I keep waiting to get interested in it but so far I'm liking Heinlein's The Door Into Summer much more than The Man Who Sold The Moon. I'm only 1/3 of the way through, though, so maybe I'll like it more as it goes on.

[Shel, Moderator]

Sumant wrote: "I started with Assassin's Apprentice "

I LOVE that trilogy. Robin Hobb is brilliant!

I've been catching up on short stories since finishing Steelheart. I think my next read is going to be The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, which I picked up as a Kindle daily deal a while ago and am inspired to start because my awesomely talented students just put on a wonderful production of Sound of Music this week!

[Bob]

Picked up Words of Radiancefrom the library. Must've been first on the hold list. I am slow and the book is large. Will be at it all month.

[Ron]

Shel wrote: "Sumant wrote: "I started with Assassin's Apprentice "

I LOVE that trilogy. Robin Hobb is brilliant!

I've been catching up on short stories since finishing Steelheart. I think my..."

i read that trilogy, robin hobb does know how to do world building with sympathetic characters.

[Carolyn F.]

I'm going to be starting The Bone Season

[J.A.]

I'm re-reading The Hunger Games trilogy, and considering reading Hugh Howey's newest, Sand. Also catching up on some of Orson Scott Card's recent books, although he seems to have been doing a lot of piggyback novellas for MG off the Enders series, rather than creating new stuff. Pity. Outside this genre, I've just read Ondaatje's Cat's Table, which was slow but in the end surprisingly brilliant.

[Sumant]

i read that trilogy, robin hobb does know how to do world building with sympathetic characters.

Ya i am loving this book, definitely a break from dark and cryptic world of malazan.

Also started Crippled God the last book of malazan universe, the series started with a bang but the author i think lost his way 6-7 books into the series and keeps on introducing new characters and new plot lines which i at least got bored after some point because you have to break your head every time to decipher something.

[Ken]

Mekki wrote: "I've started Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams.."

There is a series that aired in the UK for 4 episodes

[Ken]

Kathi wrote: "Mekki wrote: "I think I saw that PBS was having a couple shows of Dirk Gently--probably in February and I probably missed them. Has anyone seen them? Are they based on the books? And are they any good? ."

Not bad. I read the series many years ago, when the were first published so my memories are hazy. I did enjoy the series. I see its out on DVD.

[Kythe42]

Hi, I just recently joined this group. I'm currently reading Lady of Avalon and Priestess of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. I'm reading these books together switching off between them because the plots of both books overlap, so it's a bit of a tricky read.

[Laz]

I recently finished Sand Omnibus and The Martian. Both were excellent hard scifi.

If you're into Gaiman, try this for a laugh: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.

[Carolyn F.]

I've started Tempt the Stars

[Ken]

Finished Red Phoenix
Not bad, not a good book either. There were moments.

Started in a baseball book
Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts, and Nerve Took a Team to the Top

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

In the past week I wrapped up the 2 series I was reading by finishing The Darkest Road of the Fionavar Tapestry and First Lord's Fury of the Codex Alera. Whew! Both excellent endings to series I really enjoyed.

Next up is Altered Carbon.

[Andreas]

Stand on Zanzibar - once you're through the initial 50 pages, you can't resist the surge.

[Shel, Moderator]

I just started Old Man's War. I wanted to read it with the group last year but never managed to get my hands on it - will stop in to the old discussion threads when I finish to see what you all had to say!

[Tyler]

I'm reading Empire of Light, the last book in the Shoal trilogy. Great so far, my favorite in the series.

[Sumant]

I am almost done with Great hunt and i am loving this book.

[Christine]

I started short-stories because I can't concentrate on a longer book right now

Lest Our Passage Be Forgotten & Other Stories

[Beth]

It was a mistake to post this month's planned reading so early in the month, whimsical creature that I am. I did finish Fortress of Eagles... which I wish I had liked better, but so it goes.

After that I got into an 18th-century British history mood and am reading a couple books, one non-fiction and one fiction, about that era. The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy is interesting, though as usual with nonfiction this old I wonder how much, if any, of its content might be contradicted by knowledge gained in the meantime. Thieftaker is fun so far.

[Shel, Moderator]

Beth wrote: "Thieftaker is fun so far. ."

I just read a prequel story to Thieftaker in an anthology of stories from tor.com, and it intrigued me enough to make me want to give the series a try - I'll be interested to hear what you think of it.

[Tyler]

Recently started Overdraft: The Orion Offensive. So far a pretty solid sci-fi adventure.

[Carolyn F.]

I've started Crystal Singer

[Shel, Moderator]

I have a nostalgic fondness for the Crystal Singer books, though I don't think they're McCaffrey's best.

I finished Old Man's War earlier today and will definitely seek out the sequel! Now I'm diving into some classic horror with Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, which I've been meaning to read for ages. Really enjoying it so far, especially since I was a biology/geology double major in college so am totally geeking out over all the sciencey jargon at the beginning ;)

[Kelly]

Shel wrote: "I have a nostalgic fondness for the Crystal Singer books, though I don't think they're McCaffrey's best.

I finished Old Man's War earlier today and will definitely seek out the sequel! Now I'm div..."

I really liked the Crystal Singer books. I thought she created a really unique world. From memory, the first book was the strongest.

[Sumant]

I just finished Assasin's apprentice and here is my review My review

[Chris]

Just started Never Let Me Go and have very high hopes for it.

[Helen]

Well I've read The Broken Kingdoms, the awful The Husband's Secret, am now almost through the excellent Princep's Fury. Went off plan to read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan which was fabulous. Still need to start part three of Fionavar but I don't want to and not enjoying it has put me off Under Heaven.