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[Dj]

Anna wrote: "Allison wrote: "I L-O-V-E dark retellings of fairytales."

I'm completely off topic here, sorry, but this reminds me of how almost all the stories I grew up hearing/reading are so depressing and da..."

Should stop reading Disney Stories. LOL. Every kid seems to be an orphan.

[Don]

Murderbot rules !

[Esther]

Jamesboggie wrote: "Seems like everyone loved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. I enjoyed it, but it did not blow me away like other people."

I'm with you.
To quote my own review there were 'cargo bays full of exposition and some incredibly clumsy writing.' Also my head hurt from the author bashing me over the head with her 'themes'.

[Dawn F]

Oh my god, just finished All Systems Red, what a joyous little space rump that was! Murderbot is hilarious! Great filler between longer books.

I’m on the second story now, but won’t have time to read today as I’m getting two guinea pigs with a friend after work :) But I can see there are two more Murderbot Diaries to look forward to after this, yay!

[Dawn F]

And I meant romp but I can’t edit on my phone. Lol!

[Anna]

Yay for space rumps and piggie bums! Guinea pigs are the cutest, please post pics of them in the Pets thread.

[Dawn F]

Thank you, I’ll be sure to do that!

[Trike]

Dawn wrote: “ what a joyous little space rump that was! "

NARRATOR: And that was the moment Dawn realized that was the phrase she would be associated with until the end of time.

[Gabi]

Just finished "The Obelisk Gate", now on to "The Stone Sky". Is there a thread for this? I couldn't find one (but I must admit that I'm a social media dummy, so the odds are that I just did a wrong search)

[Anthony]

Gabi wrote: "Just finished "The Obelisk Gate", now on to "The Stone Sky". Is there a thread for this? I couldn't find one (but I must admit that I'm a social media dummy, so the odds are that I just did a wrong..."

What did you think, Gabi???

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Gabi wrote: "Just finished "The Obelisk Gate", now on to "The Stone Sky". Is there a thread for this? I couldn't find one (but I must admit that I'm a social media dummy, so the odds are that I just did a wrong..."

We haven't read Stone Sky together unfortunately. If you'd like to start a thread for it in the "What Else Are You Reading?" Folder, you're welcome to!

[Anna]

Gabi wrote: "Just finished "The Obelisk Gate", now on to "The Stone Sky". Is there a thread for this?"

Obelisk Gate discussions

The search isn't working at the moment, that's why you couldn't find it.

edit: Unless you meant Stone Sky? In which case Allison already answered your question :)

[Gabi]

Anthony, I'll be using the link, Anna provided, to write my impression, to not spoil anything here (once again, thank you so much for bringing me into reading this trilogy, it touches me to the bones).

Anna, thanks a lot! So relieved that it's not my inability (for once ;) ), yes, I was looking for an Obelisk Gate thread.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Aahh, my bad! But please do feel free to start one when you get into Stone Sky!!

[Gabi]

Allison wrote: "Aahh, my bad! But please do feel free to start one when you get into Stone Sky!!"

My wording was misleading, indeed.

[Michele]

For my summer session class on the Cold War and pop culture, I will be working my way through the following assigned texts:

Cold War: An International History
Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
Cinematic Cold War: The American and Soviet Struggle for Hearts and Minds
1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music
Fall-Out Shelters for the Human Spirit: American Art and the Cold War

[Jacqueline]

I’d rather have your watching list than your reading list Michele. But then again I’ve done my fair share of studying long winded texts and I’m glad I don’t have to anymore.

[Dawn F]

Trike wrote: "Dawn wrote: “ what a joyous little space rump that was! "

NARRATOR: And that was the moment Dawn realized that was the phrase she would be associated with until the end of time."

I'm just glad to be remembered for *something* :3

[Don]

Citizen of the Galaxy.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

I started The Cruel Prince. This is sort of my "last chance" book for Holly Black... but I've said that before, and hear I am. (What can I say? I'm a sucker for faeries.)

Anyway... It's neither particularly good or bad, so far. I'm at page 106 and we're still at the set-up phase, so I'm mostly just waiting for things to get going.

(I'm so impatient anymore. Like... I don't need 150 pages of set-up to get me to what I'd already guessed from the blurb.)

[Lowell]

the recent trailer for the movie "The House with the Clock in its Walls" prompted my wife to pick up the book, which she had read many years ago - and she decided that it's going to be evening read-aloud material with me and the teenage daughter. We're a couple of chapters in, and it's enjoyable, if more YA than I normally go for.

The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs

[Jim]

Just started The Thousand Names a few days back. Still early in the book, but seems interesting so far.

[Beth]

Jamesboggie wrote: "Seems like everyone loved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. I enjoyed it, but it did not blow me away like other people."

Same for me. I loved A Closed and Common Orbit, though, and am looking forward to the third one coming out in a couple weeks.

[Trike]

On impulse I grabbed The Red Line at the library yesterday. Seems like a throwback WWIII story with Russia as the villain, as it should be.

[Julia]

I'm reading a new-ish ARC, that could be set in the land of woo- woo, or not, called The Wild Inside by Jamey Bradbury. It's definitely set in present- day Alaska, with the Iditarod and dog- racing as a backdrop.

[Rob]

Jim wrote: "Just started The Thousand Names a few days back. Still early in the book, but seems interesting so far."

That series is fantastic.

[Anna]

Only two days left to vote in the polls for August!

[J.D.]

Hello everyone! I am new here and I am very excited to join in. The book I am currently reading is 'Fool's Assassin' by Robin Hobb. I have been binge reading her books for the last few months and I cannot get enough of them!

[Pam]

A catchup on my recent reads:

volume 2 of the Louise Cooper series, Inferno, and my review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2449661955.

volume 3 of the Indigo series by Louise Cooper - Infanta - and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2456839594.

volume 4 Nocturne which was a lot better than the others to date - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2456857195.

and a break from the Indigo series, Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge - reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2449554413.

[HeyT]

I'm slowly but surely trying to catch up with my buddy reads in this group. I finished the Tamír Triad (Lynn Flewelling) yesterday. And today I read Head On in practically one sitting. So now I have to decide if I'm ready to head back into the Wheel of Time or pick up another one out of the pile of buddy reads I was into this month.

[CBRetriever]

Pam wrote: "A catchup on my recent reads:

volume 2 of the Louise Cooper series, Inferno, and my review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....

volume 3 of the Indigo series by Loui..."

wish that series was available on Kindle....
I'm still going through The Complete Wheel of Time and am currently on Book 12 The Gathering Storm

[Anthony]

I finished The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet last night. It was very sweet, in a way that I wouldn’t have expected from a space opera. Here’s my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Is there a group discussion on it at all? I didn’t know whether the search function was working...

Started The Stone Sky last night but I was tired and didn’t make much progress. I’m deeply curious to see how everything in Jemisin’s profoundly ambitious story resolves. And also sad that it’s the last of her Broken Earth books. I’ve loved them so.

[Anna]

Spoiler thread for TLWtaSAP is here.

[Gabi]

Finished The Stone Sky, and I'm not sure if it was a good idea to choose this trilogy as my first re-acquaintence with SFF or a bad one. I did enjoy Jemisin's books on a level that I didn't experience for quite some time. An absolute emotional rollercoaster, a detailed, believable strange world and a style of narration that captured me with every page. I certainly will add each and everything Jemisin has written to my "want to read" list. This woman is a force of nature!

But now I have the problem of what to choose next, cause I will certainly unconsciously compare it with the Broken Earth trilogy.

With my boys I'm rereading the whole of Terry Pratchett's work. (first time in German, since they don't understand English. Which is a bit strange, cause I think Pratchett fully works only in his native language).

Inbetween I will start with re-reading the complete short stories of Theodore Sturgeon. This author was my gate to SFF when I was around 15 years old, and I'm curious if after all these years I still feel the same awe that I felt back then.

As for the next novel … I read about so many recommendations in the threads here in this group, that I already have quite a list for future reads. I guess I'll join the buddy read of the Tamír Triad. I started reading those books ages ago, but I stopped in the middle of the second one, and I can't quite remember why I didn't read on.

Thanks to this group for rekindle my love for reading.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

I'm so glad it's working so well for you, Gabi! I will be joining Tamir soon, too!

[Gabi]

Allison wrote: "I'm so glad it's working so well for you, Gabi! I will be joining Tamir soon, too!"


There is such a good atmosphere here in this group. It's a pleasure to be here.

[Anna]

Anna wrote: "Only two days left to vote in the polls for August!"

Go break the tie! We can't have a tie, we don't know what to do if we have a tie!

[Melanie, the neutral party]

Yes, EVERYONE change your vote to Swordspoint.

[Anna]

Just a heads up, Swordspoint will be eligible for the next themed nominations! :P

[Rachel]

Warbreaker is really great - I think I loved it more than most of his other works. Such unique ideas!

[Eric]

Finished The Azuleah Trilogy Boxset: Books 1-3 and Bonus Novella. Next up Stone Song: A Novel of the Life of Crazy Horse.

[Prophet]

I was on holidays and finally had time to read (alas, due to kids not as much as I had initially hoped):

Station Eleven: liked it a lot, especially its structure, but ultimately it felt a bit too "light" and left me slightly dissatisfied. Four stars

Disgrace by JM Coetzee: Fantastic book. Love Coetzee's style. Short but meaty. 4.5 stars

The Remains of the Day: Ishiguro is so elegant and understated. This book is close to perfection. Five stars

Waiting for the Barbarians: More Coetzee. Again a short novel but with a lot to digest. Still thinking of this book several weeks after I finished it. 4.5 stars

Never Mind: St Aubry is a great writer but this novel is filled to the brim with loathsome characters and ultimately pointless. 2 stars

Borne: I looooved VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy but was rather disappointed by this. Pacing issues and rather light plot made this a mere three star read.

The Lighthouse: Weird, creepy little book which left me rather puzzled. Still not sure what to make of it: 3.5 stars.

Spiderlight: Needed something light after all this earnest stuff. Found this thanks to a recommendation in this thread. Fun but forgettable: three stars

The Tea Master and the Detective: Nope, not my cup of tea: 2.5 stars.

Sing, Unburied, Sing: Fantastic book. Contrary to many reviewers I liked the fantastic elements. 4.5 stars

Currently reading: City of Bones: Not enjoying this. 70% done and started skim-reading at around 50%. 2 stars I guess unless the end saves it (which I doubt).

Still undecided what to read next. On my list are Weaveworld, Grey Souls, Perdido Street Station, The Promise of the Child, The Child Finder, and The Rift. Will probably have to roll a dice.

[Gabi]

Finally finished Desperate Hours. I started reading it in November, but somehow I could not get into it. Large passages of Tomb Raider like traps didn't help. I like adventure games, but not when I'm reading. It wasn't bad, either. Three stars from me.
Now on to The Bone Doll's Twin.

[Phrynne]

This was short but interesting even though I managed to start with book 2!
My review of Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Anna]

I thought Sticks and Bones was much better than Every Heart a Doorway! I wasn't expecting to like it because it's more horrory, but I ended up loving it. I'm very eagerly waiting for In an Absent Dream, which sounds like it should be right up my alley.


Gabi wrote: "Now on to The Bone Doll's Twin."

Hope to see you in the buddy read discussion!

[Gabi]

@Anna: definitely! This was the reason for chosing this one as my next :)

[Jess]

I've just finished The Magpies and unfortunately wasn't impressed. Lots of people loved it but it wasn't for me. Rounded up to 2 stars but it's really more of a 1.5.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Anthony]

@Prophet I think you’re the only other person I’ve encountered who’s read Disgrace. What an incredible, harrowing book. I should read more of his work.

I blazed through The Stone Sky and decided to head back to Pern. Even though I didn’t love the first two books in the series, I was encouraged by blogs and folks online to keep going, that it gets better as Anne McCaffrey improves as a writer. So I started Dragonsong and in the early going I can tell she’s grown a great deal. I wanted something a little lighter after the power and intensity of The Broken Earth trilogy. That trilogy is one of the very best series I’ve ever read; I couldn’t recommend it highly enough.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Prophet, I agree with you on Station Eleven! So good and just a liiittle off somehow.

I really must just buy my copy of Bone Doll's Twin. But i'm'a pout about it.

I hope your next book is better, Jess!

Anthony, that is a decent palate cleanser for Broken Earth :) I read the Pern books years and years ago. It sounds like maybe they don't hold up extremely well, but I do think her storytelling and world were fantastic.

[Dawn F]

Jamesboggie wrote: "I thought that Artificial Condition was a step down from the first book. It very much felt like a middle book. I still plan to finish the series, but I am less enthusiastic than I was (I bought Artificial Condition on release day). "

I finished it this weekend, I thought it was entertaining, if perhaps not as fun as the first one. But still a nice read! Definitely looking forward to the next two Murderbot Diaries!

In the meantime my love for robots and AIs have been rekindled, so I read Adrian Tchaikovsky's Dogs of War over the weekend. Very gripping and interesting story of Rex, a modified dog designed for military use who is cut lose from its master and finds itself needing to make decisions it wasn't designed for.

Right now I'm reading Isaac Asimov who I for some reason never read. I'm over halfway through his Robot Dreams and loving every moment! Like with Ursula Le Guin this is the kind of philosophical, science heavy scifi I love! Between the two I'll have enough reading material for the rest of the year, haha.