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[Pam]

Read book 1 of Robin Hobb's Soldier Son trilogy, Shaman's Crossing and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1405973336,

[Rob]

Between Otakon a few weeks ago and the launch of Battle of Azeroth, not only has my reading time taken a hit, I've fallen behind on writing reviews for those few books I have read.

The last book I read with my eyes was Skysworn. A month ago. I enjoyed it, though not as much as the previous book in the series- ★★★★☆ - (My Review)

Most of August was taken up doing the audio version of Shōgun(53.5 hours!). I thought it was good, but not great. I'm glad I finally read it though. - ★★★☆☆ - (My Review)

Afterwards I listened to the new Robert Jackson Bennett book: Foundryside. I didn't like it quite as much as his first two Divine City books, but definitely more than his last book. It got better as it went along too and now I'm really looking forward to the next book. - ★★★★☆ - (My Review)

I also started my long-planned reread of Harry Potter to coincide with the start of the Hogwarts school year with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I won't bother to link a review or anything. Not too much I can say about it that hasn't been said. I plan to listen to the entire series again (Jim Dale audio) as it's been about 4 years since I listened to the Stephen Fry version and I felt like I could use it this year.

[Tracy]

Just finished the third book in Brandon Sanderson’s stormlight series! I also read the Edgedancer novella. I’m looking for my next epic fantasy read, but need a small break from Sabderson’s cosmoverse

[Alondra]

Just finished American Vampire, Vol. 5(horror) and Beneath the Dark Ice (sci-fi thriller).

Still reading Mortal Causes (mystery) and The Purity of Vengeance (mystery).

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Storms, I like Stormlight Archive. I understand how 3000 pages of book might make you want a break though haha.

Rob, sounds like you're having a good month, even if you're reading slower than usual! I always get extra cranky when I read less and what I'm reading isn't something to love.

[Mareike]

Anthony wrote: "...there's a short story I read tonight by the famous civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois that was incredibly powerful. Did anyone know that he apparently wrote quite a lot of speculative fiction?"

This is the first time I'm hearing about it, and I've taught some of his work. (Yes, my professional ego is a little scratched. It'll survive.) Not sure how that information slipped through. Thanks for sharing! I will definitely look into this.

I'm currently slowly reading Juno Dawson's autobiography The Gender Games: The Problem with Men and Women, from Someone Who Has Been Both. It's incredibly honest and very funny.

[Kaa]

I am loving having a long weekend to get some reading done.

Right now I am working on The Poppy War and Infomocracy for group reads here, and enjoying both so far.

I just finished The Black God's Drums and A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark. They are both alt-history steampunk/fantasy novellas, set in different universes. I wish they were both longer, because the world-building and characters are great, but I will be keeping an eye out for more by this author.

I'm also re-reading the Temeraire books, with the hopes of actually finishing the series this time. I've finished 2.5 books so far, plus a couple short stories. I think I like the early books more this time around, getting to see the beginnings of Temeraire and Laurence's political evolution with the knowledge of where it is going to lead them in later books.

I also just picked up The Descent of Monsters. I loved the first two books, but hopefully this one isn't as closely linked, since it's been almost a year since I read them.

[Elizabeth]

I'm almost done with A Feast for Crows halfway through Old Man's War and am almost halfway through The Hero of Ages

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

That's a powerhouse line up, Elizabeth! Are you liking them so far?

Kaa, good luck getting further in Temeraire! You remind me I must get back to the Tensorate series. I've only read the first, but I enjoyed it immensely.

[Elizabeth]

Allison wrote: "That's a powerhouse line up, Elizabeth! Are you liking them so far?

Kaa, good luck getting further in Temeraire! You remind me I must get back to the Tensorate series. I've only read the first, bu..."

They've all been great so far! I know it's a polarizing subject but Feast is my second favorite of the series so far. Old Man's War has been great, I'll have to check out the rest of the series. Need I say more than Sanderson? I started Way of Kings but decided I wanted to finish the first Mistborn series before I jumped in.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

My heart pitter patters when I see anyone talk about Way of Kings. I hope you get to it soon, and I'm glad you're liking your selections ^^

[Nathanael]

Right now I'm about a quarter of the way through The Poppy War and working my way through some Marvel graphic novels.

[Anna]

Kaa wrote: "I also just picked up The Descent of Monsters."

Talk to us about it here!

[Jacqueline]

Just finished Artificial Condition by Martha Wells. I still love Murderbot and now I love ART as well.

[Jacqueline]

And now I’ve finished Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells. Can’t wait for number 4. Thanks guys for introducing me to Murderbot 😃

[MadProfessah]

Mmmmm I was meh on Murderbot. At least they are short and very quick reads. With so much positive word of mouth maybe I’ll pick up novella #2 eventually.

[Gabi]

For the group read I read The Calculating Stars, which was quite a feel-good one for me. And I'm nearly finished with The Poppy War. This is the first time I tried an audiobook and I'm pleasantly surprised at how well this went (I wasn't sure, If I'd be able to concentrate). For the book itself: Well I now definitely have something to tick off the "outside your comfort zone" part of the cleanup challenge :).

Between group and Buddy reads I indulged in The Telling and can't wait to read all of the Hainish Cycle.

Now it's on to Tigana. I'm very excited for this one.

[Anthony]

I just finished Midnight Robber and totally loved it. It’s so special and original and I invite folks to join in on our buddy read.

Now onto some more short fiction and then the aforementioned Tigana buddy read.

[Aleksandra]

Hi guys, it's been a while since I made an update of my read books. So, in last few months I've reread two series: WoT and Harry Potter, and although it was time consuming I'm glad I did it. There's huge amount of lines which are overlooked and forgotten, and discovering them again (and some for the first time) was like a treasure hunt for me, delighting and rewarding.
Now I'll try to focus on group reads, I'm half way through The Changeling and plan to start The Poppy War :)

[Karen]

Finished Paradox Bound and thought it was a good fun read. I'm looking forward to reading more Peter Clines.

I started listening to Touch and haven't formed a definite opinion yet. I chose it based on the many positives I've seen here so I'm hoping it grabs me the way it grabbed some of you here.

Still working on Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death. Light reading that I don't have to put much thought into.

[Eric]

I finished Last Argument of Kings, which concluded that trilogy. I will most likely return to Mr. Joe Abercrombie. Thought I'd try Robin Hobb and Fool's Assassin.

[ALLEN]

Just finished for the second time THE COMPLETE MAUS by Art Spiegelman and reviewed vol. 1 here:

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

[Anthony]

Eric wrote: "I finished Last Argument of Kings, which concluded that trilogy. I will most likely return to Mr. Joe Abercrombie. Thought I'd try Robin Hobb..."

Eric, have you read the other Assassin books by Hobb? Because that’s one of the last books in a long cycle. Since you said you wanted to “try” Robin Hobb I wasn’t sure.

[Trike]

MadProfessah wrote: "Mmmmm I was meh on Murderbot. At least they are short and very quick reads. With so much positive word of mouth maybe I’ll pick up novella #2 eventually."

If you didn’t like the first one you won’t like the follow-ups, so you might as well look for something else.

[Eric]

Anthony wrote: "Eric, have you read the other Assassin books by Hobb? Because that’s one of the last books in a long cycle. Since you said you wanted to “try” Robin Hobb I wasn’t sure."

Thanks for the heads up. It was listed as, "Fool's Assassin (The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy, #1)," so I was thinking a first in the series. I only just started it. I will go to "Assassins Apprentice," which is listed as #1 in the Farseer Trilogy. Is that the beginning?

[YouKneeK]

Eric wrote: "I will go to "Assassins Apprentice," which is listed as #1 in the Farseer Trilogy. Is that the beginning?"

Yep, Assassin’s Apprentice is the correct starting point. If you haven’t stumbled across it already, you might find this series page helpful. It lists the whole thing.

I hope you enjoy it! I read the first three trilogies several years ago and loved them. Later this year, I plan to start the series from the beginning, re-reading the first few books and then reading all the newer ones I haven’t read yet.

[Bobby]

That whole series by Robin Hobb is great. I never got around to the last trilogy, but I will eventually.

[Eric]

YouKneeK and Bobby, thanks for the Robin Hobb info. I've just met "Boy," aka Fitz, and his puppy.

[Jacqueline]

I bought Assassins Apprentice last month. I was going to read it when I go to the beach next week. I’ve been wanting to start reading Robin Hobb for months. One of the first books I bought myself last October from the second hand Bookshop when I started this crazy reading ride was The Ship of Magic. Still haven’t read it.

[Kaa]

@Allison: Thanks! One of the biggest hurdles last time was that I kept having to wait to get the later books from my library, but right now all of them are available, so fingers crossed they'll stay that way.

@Anna: Oh, thank you! Just finished it today, so I'll go add some thoughts soon. I'll be interested to see what other folks think about this one.

@Eric and Jacqueline: I've also been wanting to get into Robin Hobb. I could probably get my hands on a copy of Assassin's Apprentice by next week if you wanted to read it together?

[Anthony]

Ahhhh I just read the first two Farseer books in the last couple of months and I LOVED them. Very glad to see more folks wanting to jump in on them. I think they are very rich and masterfully done.

[Wen]

@Anthony I feel like all the books you suggested are very tempting.

[Jacqueline]

Tomorrow I will be “reading” We Are Legion (We Are Bob). I’ve just loaded my new CD I got from Book Depository last week into the player. I’m going to be driving up to the Farm. Seems like a good way to spend 6 hours. Then I’ll have to finish listening to it on the way to the Beach.

It would be nice to read it together Kaa. I just made sure I packed it into the car. Along with heaps of others. 2 bags full actually. It’s hard to know what I’ll be in the mood for when I’m up there. I’ve read 9 in a week when I’ve been by myself and other times I read 1.

[Anna]

If you decide to buddy read Assassin's Apprentice, the discussions are here:

First impressions *no spoilers*
Conclusions *spoilers*

These are from 2010, so there may be slight spoilers in the first impressions discussion.

[Anthony]

Wen wrote: "@Anthony I feel like all the books you suggested are very tempting."

Cool, thank you, join in on any and all of them!

[Melanie, the neutral party]

Anna wrote: "If you decide to buddy read Assassin's Apprentice, the discussions are here:

First impressions *no spoilers*
Conclusions *spoilers*

These are from 2010, so there may be slight spoile..."


I think our mods are enablers....and I like it.

[Pam]

Forgot to mention this collection, read between Z for Zachariah and Shaman's Crossing, by Charles Beaumont - Best of Beaumont - reviewed https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2514502770.

[Jordan]

Finished Cosmic Engineers last night, which I surprisingly loved. It was the perfect fun thing to read while stuck at home with a cold. Older sci-fi is always extremely hit or miss for me.

I'm slogging through the audio for A Study in Honor. I like the concept behind it and the narrator is excellent, it's just taking so long for the actual plot to be exciting. I'm hoping it will have a whirlwind finish that will redeem the slow build of the rest of the book.

Finally getting back to The Ruin of Angels, which somehow got metaphorically buried in all the other books that I was reading. Fortunately it hasn't been too long and I still remember what's going on.

And I'm also reading through an ARC of Rabbit & Robot, which so far is pretty zany good. Definitely in the vein of his other book, Grasshopper Jungle.

[Eric]

Kaa wrote: "@Eric and Jacqueline: I've also been wanting to get into Robin Hobb. I could probably get my hands on a copy of Assassin's Apprentice by next week if you wanted to read it together? "

Let me know. I've only just started Assassin's Apprentice and have never been involved in a "group" read before, so I'd be on a learning curve.

[Anthony]

Eric wrote: "Kaa wrote: "@Eric and Jacqueline: I've also been wanting to get into Robin Hobb. I could probably get my hands on a copy of Assassin's Apprentice by next week if you wanted to read it together? "

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Buddy reads are super fun and very low pressure. People post things with spoiler tags so you can easily avoid spoilers and read postings when you’re caught up.

[Anthony]

I’ve read some more short stories in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection and came across a famous Grand Master author whose work I’d never read before: Frederik Pohl. His story was elegant and subtle and very well crafted. Anyone around these parts read his award-winning novels Man Plus or Gateway? They look pretty intriguing.

[Jen]

Anthony wrote: "Anyone around these parts read his award-winning novels Man Plus or Gateway?

I really enjoyed Gateway, I think I read it last year. I have book 2 of that series waiting in the wings.

[Kirsten]

Anthony wrote: "I’ve read some more short stories in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection and came across a famous Grand Master author whose work I’d never read before: [author:..."

I've read Mans Plus. It's very good. Though, I have to admit it was disturbing at some points. (At least for me.) I also read his novel about the Chernobyl disaster - which was gripping. Had you never heard of Pohl before? Or just never read?

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I am planning on reading 1984 starting next week. Read it a long time ago and the memories have stayed in my head ever since. Would like to find a reading buddy if anybody would be interested.

[Anthony]

Kirsten wrote: "Anthony wrote: "I’ve read some more short stories in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection and came across a famous Grand Master author whose work I’d never read ..."

I had certainly heard of him but just had never read anything of his. I’m sometimes wary of the old timer male SFF writers (a recent reacquaintance with Heinein was a big letdown) but I was sufficiently impressed by his story and I’m definitely going to check out more of his work.

That reminds me, I liked a story in the first annual Year’s Best collection by Poul Anderson, another old timer male Grand Master whose work I had never read. Anyone a fan of his?

[WreckEm711]

Finally finished Oathbringer, and it had a great ending well worth the slog of hundreds and hundreds of pages of buildup.

My library has the Maze Runner series through ebooks so I've finally started reading The Maze Runner! I've wanted to read it for a while and wouldn't let me wife watch the movie before we'd read the books haha.

I'm really appreciating how short it is relative to the Stormlight Archive books, it's nice to be able to burn through something quick without days of buildup sometimes.

[Jim]

Anthony wrote: "Anyone around these parts read his award-winning novels Man Plus or Gateway?

I have all of the Gateways series, I really enjoyed it, a nice take on sci-fi and space exploration

[Trike]

Anthony wrote: "I’ve read some more short stories in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection and came across a famous Grand Master author whose work I’d never read before: Frederik Pohl. His story was elegant and subtle and very well crafted. Anyone around these parts read his award-winning novels Man Plus or Gateway? They look pretty intriguing."

I recall enjoying Man Plus but I recently read Gateway and didn’t care for it. It suffered from a general sense of muddy thinking, on top of the usual issues which comes along with older white guy sci-fi.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Cindy wrote: "I am planning on reading 1984 starting next week. Read it a long time ago and the memories have stayed in my head ever since. Would like to find a reading buddy if anybody would be inte..."

Cindy, may I recommend the buddy read thread? As you can see, conversations sometimes move fast here, and I know we'd have a lot of discussion if there was a buddy read!

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

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Allison wrote: "Cindy wrote: "I am planning on reading 1984 starting next week. Read it a long time ago and the memories have stayed in my head ever since. Would like to find a reading buddy if anybody..."

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