What else are you reading? - October 2015

[Icia]

Finished Mistborn trilogy with The Hero of Ages, finished Shattered Sea trilogy with Half a War (as much as I loved the first one and liked the second one, it was meh). Read Felicia Day's memoir and now I'm super excited to start Kushiel's Dart! Feeling accomplished thus far :)

[Rob, Roberator]

After way more time than I expected, I finally finished Pyramids. It's good, but not as good as most of the previous Discworld books that I've read. (My Review)

I finally finished You're Never Weird on the Internet and really loved it. If not for Felicia Day, you'd likely not be reading this post. Her work has had such a positive effect on my life, including introducing me to Sword & Laser/goodreads. (My Review)

I also read Lumberjanes, Vol. 2, which I enjoyed more than the first volume. (My Review)

[Kristina]

I don't remember if I posted about starting Six of Crows. There have been sooo many amazing new books out this month! Finished Baru-found it slow, but interesting.

[John (Taloni)]

Jamming through the Dresden Files, now on book 4. The library has a compilation of 1-6. They read like Serial instalments so it's all good. Waiting on Seveneves which I will have two weeks to read once I get it. Wondering if I will finish Butcher's books before Seveneves arrives, and if it does, which one I will read first.

[Dharmakirti]

Dara wrote: "Hobb's prose is what kept me going through the worst parts of the Farseer trilogy. I've never heard someone say they didn't like her prose before but not every book or author is for every person."

I don't know how to explain this except to use a film reference. You know how filmmakers will sometimes put Vaseline on the lens of a camera to give the image a dreamy, glowing effect? Reading Ms. Hobb's prose is like that, it's too soft and dreamy/glowing, especially in places where I would prefer some harder edges.

I do really like the characters, especially Burrich and the Fool and the land of the Six Duchies is intriguing. Even though Ms. Hobb's prose isn't my cup of tea (it's a nice English Breakfast where I prefer a second flush Darjeeling), I do plan on finishing the series and exploring other works set in this world.

[Dharmakirti]

Icia wrote: "Finished Mistborn trilogy with The Hero of Ages, finished Shattered Sea trilogy with Half a War (as much as I loved the first one and liked the second one, it was meh..."

Oh, Kushiel's Dart is one of my favorites; it's one of those novels where I wish I could go back and have the experience of reading it for the first time all over again.

[AndrewP]

Dharmakirti wrote: "I don't know how to explain this except to use a film reference. You know how filmmakers will sometimes put Vaseline on the lens of a camera to give the image this dreamy, glowing effect? Reading Ms. Hobbs prose is like that, it's too soft and dreamy/glowing, especially in places where I would prefer some harder edges.."

Well put Dharmakirti, that's exactly how I feel. There is just a tiny bit missing from the suspense and emotional connection that pushes them out of the 'great' category and into 'okay'.

[Walter]

Dharmakirti wrote: "Icia wrote: "Finished Mistborn trilogy with The Hero of Ages, finished Shattered Sea trilogy with Half a War (as much as I loved the first one and liked the second on..."

Kushiel's Dart is one of my favorite novels. One of the loveliest openings to a story I've ever read. I even referenced it in my last novel.

[Sean]

Finished The Man in the High Castle. Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Sorry, Tom, but I gave it 3/5. There were just too many times when it felt like PKD was more interested in exploring his Big Theme (and telling me how ~amazing~ his fictional book is) than in telling an interesting story. The Juliana bits were like the Sansa chapters in Game of Thrones. I don't care how great The Grasshopper Lies Heavy is (which it isn't, IMO), the Nazis are up to their old tricks again! Why aren't we focusing on that?!

[Kevin]

Lindsay wrote: "Kevin wrote: "Currently going through Joel Shepherd's Renegade: The Spiral Wars. Military sci-fi with a hefty dose of socio-political themes and ancient alien myster..."

Just finished it. It lacks a character like Cassandra or Sasha that really grabbed me. But the characters that are there, (it's split 50/40/10 for 3 viewpoint characters) do grow a lot on you the more you get to know them. The worldbuilding is already deeper as it is in his other series (and hints at a lot more to come) and the signature fast paced action scenes are all there. In terms of the actual writing and pacing this is probably his best book yet.

[[deleted user]]

Taking a short break from SF/F to read outside my normal boundaries. Currently reading The Secret Adversary. I thought I didn't care for Agatha Christie. Turns out I find this book very enjoyable. I just didn't like Miss Marple and Pereau (sp?) Tommy and Tuppence are funny, light and lively. Nice read. I may read more Christie, just stay away from the characters I dislike.

[John (Taloni)]

^According to Doctor Who, people are still reading Agatha Christie in the year five billion AD.

[Sky]

I finished The Crown Tower - It was a lot of fun seeing the origin story of Hadrian and Royce. I am still making my way through Midnight Tides, but picking up the pace finally.

Comic-wise I finished GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka, Vol. 9.

Next up I am doing Robogenesis in audio while still doing Midnight Tides in print. After that I need to go back and finish (probably restart at this point) Apex - I wonder if the audio ever came out.

[Dharmakirti]

I picked up Into the Forest yesterday and I can't wait to start reading it. This is the second volume (of a proposed twenty seven) of a series about a young epileptic girl who finds a cat. The first volume, One Rainy Day in May, which came out this past summer, was one of the best books I've read in a long time.

[[deleted user]]

the Welcome to Night Vale novel!

[Joel]

Just finished the Risen Empire by Scott Westerfeld. I was enjoying it, but by the end, I was disappointed by several things, so probably won't be reading the sequel.

[Stephen]

Just finished Lost Stars, part of the multimedia reboot of Star Wars. If you wondered how that Star Destroyer crashed on the planet, as displayed in movie trailer recently released, this book will explain that. A YAD book, but still fun.

[Nadine]

Chronicles of the Tree trilogy by Mary Victoria

[Sumant]

Here is my review of Black prism 1st book in Lightbringer series. Did not like this book much.

[Joel]

Listening to The Time Machine by H.G. Wells read by Scott Brick. I've never listened to Scott Brick before, and I am really enjoying him as a narrator.

Currently reading Thief's Magic by Trudi Canavan. It's been interesting so far.