What are you reading in May 2014?

[Chris , cookie guilt]

And now, so do I.

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Sorry :(

[HomeInMyShoes]

There are worse songs to have in your head. Trust me. :)

[Chris , cookie guilt]

True..I like Bowie.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Jim????

[HomeInMyShoes]

Shhh...

[DoodlePanda]

Lol :)

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Him too...

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Yeah, the guy has a knife-like wit....

[Paul]

A good month for me and fantasy/sci-fi reads:

All You Need Is Kill - Really enjoyed this one.

Sworn in Steel - Disappointing compared to the first book in the series but would still read the next one when it comes along.

The Forever War - can't believe it took me this long to get around to this book. Fantastic premise and message that I'm still thinking about and just the right length for the story it was telling.

I Am Legend - as above, another classic that I should really have read before now. Probably the best "one man surviving alone book I have read" (briefly held the top spot until I read....

The Martian- Fantastic! Went into this fully expecting to be bored and just fell in love with this book. Enough said.

Joyland - Stephen King produces another great nostalgia book with a supernatural twist.

Carrie - Not the best King book I've read but it was his first novel.

Skin Game - Yep, enough said :)

[Michelle]

Just started The War of the Flowers by Tad Williams. He's one of my favorite authors, I even named my cat after Fritti (Tailchaser) from Tailchaser's Song! :)

[Paul]

Michelle E. wrote: "Just started The War of the Flowers by Tad Williams. He's one of my favorite authors, I even named my cat after Fritti (Tailchaser) from Tailchaser's Song! :)"

I've only ever read The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams but there seems to be so much love for him out there that I'll have to try some of his other books.

[Laurel]

I didn't enjoy Dirty Streets of Heaven nearly as much as his The Dragonbone Chair series.

But, comparing urban fantasy to high fantasy is a bit like apples to oranges.

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

So many graphic novels...

Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon (Hawkeye - meh
Saga, Volume 1 - Awesome
Saga, Volume 2 - Seriously... SO Awesome!!
Coffin Hill Vol. 1: Forest of the Night - okay
Sex Criminals, Volume 1: One Weird Trick - Awesome & Crazy
Samurai Jack #1- meh
Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1 - meh

and a few books...

Old Man's War - Okay
Redshirts - Okay
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us - I learned something :)
The Star Thief - addictive & fun
Her Dark Curiosity - I <3 this series
Death Masks - best in the series so far!
The Shadow of the Wind - One of the most boring books I've ever read.

[Laurel]

Ally, I think you've learned that one must add more graphic novels to their book diet ;)

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I liked the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series to Laurel. Haven't liked much else he's written. Maybe just me of course...matter of taste.

[Paul]

Laurel wrote: "I didn't enjoy Dirty Streets of Heaven nearly as much as his The Dragonbone Chair series.

But, comparing urban fantasy to high fantasy is a bit like apples to oranges."

Agreed, and I don't want to judge him on a book that most people say is not one of his best (plus I gather it's his first stab at the UF genre). Think I'll add Memory, Sorrow and Thorn to my reading list.

[Mack]

I read Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolf. Wolf's prose is beautiful but I honestly can't see why this book got so many glowing reviews. It bored the hell out of me. Although it is the first novel I ever read where the "duel to the death" is fought with tree branches. Hated it.

Next I read Evangeline by E.A. Gottschalk. There was some clunk passages in it but I loved the story. Grisly as hell.

I just started The Slender Man by Dexter Morgenstern (probably spelled the kid's name wrong, to lazy to look it up). I doubt I'll finish it before the end of the day though.

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Laurel wrote: "Ally, I think you've learned that one mast add more graphic novels to their book diet ;)"

I couldn't agree more :)

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Since Jim Butcher helped revive my reading pace, I thought I'd pick The Way of Kings back up and try to finish it up before the new Stephen King comes out Tuesday...

...then crashed and burned. Standstill.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Yeah...I left The Way of Kings to. It was pretty slow and the idea that there were like 9 more coming killed any enthusiasm.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

...and I hear the second one is even slower. Gah..

There's great parts in this book, but it's looking more and more like it's going to Fionavar on me.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

LOL

[Paolo]

I have the second one, but knowing that it is another 1000 pages and they're still in the Shattered Plains is really keeping me from picking it up.