What are you reading in July 2017?

[Candiss]

Please let us know what your are reading, or plan to read, in July. All genres are welcome here, not only SF/F/H.

[Random]

Leviathan Wakes and Lock In at the moment.

Than back to Faller. Its not a bad book. Its just that for some reason it doesn't grab me either. or rather parts grab me and other parts don't.

On a personal note. I have taken my first steps today without crutches!!! I'm still in this stupid boot, but its so nice to have my hands free. :)

Actually I was a very bad girl and walked the length of the office without the boot either. We won't tell the surgeon I did that as he hasn't even given me approval to go without crutches yet. :D
Hopefully that will come on Thursday.

[Bill's]

I started Leviathan Wakes, but then took a side trip and read Drive. On another website there was high praise for Way Station, so I decided to read that now instead of waiting until I finish Leviathan Wakes.

I started The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom last month and plan to finished reading it soon.

Next on my list is On a Pale Horse.

I should fit in Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time. Since I am co-moderator of the Science Book Club, it would be a good idea to read our monthly picks.

I finally got around to reading I, Robot and The Caves of Steel, so next in line is The Naked Sun.

Some day, probably not this month, I will get back to Larry Niven's Known Space. Next in line is Destroyer of Worlds. I am also reading my way through the Dune Novels. Next in line there is Mentats of Dune

[Tad]

I'm reading First Watch by
Dale Lucas. Next up is Graveyard Shift by Michael F. Haspil

[Shel, Moderator]

Bill wrote: "I should fit in Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time. Since I am co-moderator of the Science Book Club, it would be a good idea to read our monthly picks."

I really enjoyed that one!

I'm deep into Leviathan Wakes at the moment!

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

I'm reading a Judith Tarr historical fantasy called Kingdom of the Grail. Unfortunately, I think I've read it before, so things seem familiar but I really have no clue where the story is going, so I will be finishing it.

Next up is Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik as part of the Temeraire series read I'm doing with another group. Then Leviathan Wakes for this group's new series read!

[Silvana]

I'm reading A Fire Upon the Deep and A Game of Thrones: The 20th Anniversary Illustrated Edition. The later book is NOT recommended for first time reader since the illustration pages are placed before the chapters and boy, are they spoilery!

[Silvana]

Tad wrote: "I'm reading First Watch by
Dale Lucas. Next up is Graveyard Shift by [author:..."

That First Watch book looks really interesting. I want to read anything "Watch" after the Discworld series ended.

[Tad]

Silvana wrote: "Tad wrote: "I'm reading First Watch by
Dale Lucas. Next up is Graveyard Shift ..."

That's a good point. I had the same thought. About two-thirds done now and this is more of a straight up mystery in a fantasy setting. Good characters and world-building. I like it.

[Silvana]

Tad wrote: "Silvana wrote: "Tad wrote: "I'm reading First Watch by
Dale Lucas. Next up is Graveyard Shift [bookcover:Graveyard..."

cool. have you read Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko? I also want to try that.

[Tad]

Silvana wrote: "Tad wrote: "Silvana wrote: "Tad wrote: "I'm reading First Watch by
Dale Lucas. Next up is Graveyard Shift [bookcov..."

I haven't. I've seen the movie though, which was weird.

[Gary]

I am currently reading Bane and Shadow (Book #2 of Empire of Storms) by Jon Skovron. He calls it a kung-fu, pirate, gangster fantasy adventure. I agree and recommend it. I plan to read Old Man's War by John Scalzi (Book #1 of Old Man’s War) and then start The Blinding Knife(Lightbringer #2) by Brent Weeks.

[Shel, Moderator]

I finished Leviathan Wakes and am taking a break from the genre with a memoir from one of my favorite advice columnists, The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and the People Who Raised Them.

[Jim]

I also just finished Leviathan Wakes and will move on to yet another novel/TV series tandem. My next read will be The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson. Trying to have it meld with the excellent Netflix series, Longmire.

[Christine]

I finished The Queen of the Tearling which I greatly enjoyed and moved on to Home which I also enjoyed (but a bit upset that the third book isn't out yet). Now about to start The Bear and the Nightingale

[Random]

Finished Leviathan Wakes. A friend has talked me into giving the Cat Who books a try. I started the first one (The Cat Who Could Read Backwards) last night and so far its enjoyable.

[Christine]

I really enjoyed The Bear and the Nightingale (based on a Russian fairy tale) and highly recommend it to others. Now happily reading Alliance with The Invasion of the Tearling waiting on my library shelf. It is such a pleasure to read sequels to books I've enjoyed!!

[Silvana]

Enjoying A Fire Upon the Deep despite a very slow start (from my end) and tomorrow will start The Way of Kings.

[Shel, Moderator]

I wanted something completely different after finishing Leviathan Wakes, so I read a memoir (The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and the People Who Raised Them), which was quite good, a folktale retelling (Rose Daughter, the second of Robin McKinley's Beauty and the Beast retellings - I liked this quite a bit more than Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast) and a historical romance (Blindspot, which was a lot of fun). Not sure what's up next - it'll depend what mood strikes me when it's time to sit down and read before bed tonight! I've never been one of those people who actually plans out their reading :)

[Shel, Moderator]

Just zipped through Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, which was fascinating, now I'm back to genre with Sand. I read the first two chapters last night and now I'm sitting down to dig in to more. I loved Wool and its sequels so I'm looking forward to this - I really like Howey's worldbuilding.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Crucible of Gold was OK, better than some in the series but not as strong as the first 2 or 3 books. Hoping for a strong finish to the series in the last 2 books.

Leviathan Wakes was excellent.

Tonight I finished Wit'ch Storm, book 2 in the Banned and the Banished series. A interesting mix of familiar fantasy elements with some creepy horror-type creatures and scenes, as well as some unexpected twists.

Next up, outof genre, are Blood on the Water, a William Monk mystery by Anne Perry, and a Leon Uris book, A God in Ruins.

[David]

After finishing Assassin's Fate in June, I'm now re-reading all 16 books in Robin Hobb's series. I've read the Farseer trilogy and am now reading the first book in the Liveship Traders series. Just LOVE these books!

[Shel, Moderator]

I started Hugh Howey's Sand, but it didn't really grab me and I instead am diving into a re-read of The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set for the umpteenth time. I may go back to the Howey when I finish.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

I went back to William Monk and author Anne Perry with Corridors of the Night and have returned to genre with yet another Recluce book by L.E. Modesitt Jr., Natural Ordermage. We are back to a whiny, everyone-is-against-me protagonist, and I had to go back to a timeline I had saved to see where this book fits, but I have hopes it will improve. I am reading this series in publication order, as recommended by the author and others, but it is very confusing, since it spans thousands of year.

After that I have another Temeraire book, Blood of Tyrants by Naomi Novik and by then it should be time to jump into our second Expanse book!

[Gavin]

I am devouring Abaddon's Gate, after reading the first two books in the series.

[Silvana]

Halfway through Ninefox Gambit
Bit confusing at the start but then the action started and I have been enjoying the calendrical space warfare adventure thing.

[Bill's]

I read Leviathan Wakes, Drive, The Churn, The Butcher of Anderson Station, Special Deliverance, and Bedlam Planet.

I read about 25 pages in On a Pale Horse, then decided it wasn't interesting enough to continue reading the rest.

I am still reading The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom off and on. Maybe I will finish it in Aug.

[Silvana]

Five stars to Ninefox Gambit. Hopefully it will win the Hugo.

Continuing The Way of Kings, but very slowly. Reading Ninefox where the author expertly use show-don't-tell approach really made the clunky TWoK looked bad.

[Rachel]

I voted for NineFox Gambit for the Hugo!

[Random]

Started Caliban's War last night.

I think I'm done with the cozy mystery spree for the time being. Easy to read, but mostly because they are so formulaic. At least the ones I've been reading.

[Nick]

Random wrote: "Started Caliban's War last night.

I think I'm done with the cozy mystery spree for the time being. Easy to read, but mostly because they are so formulaic. At least the ones I've been reading."

I hear that. I get into cozies sometimes too because they are so light you can flip right through them -- but the formula gets to be irksome real fast.