What are you reading in August 2014?

[Gerard]

I was gonna start reading Malazan as my next series.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Ala wrote: "Finally finished Malazan last night.. Not sure what I think about it. Probably going to just skip the ICE Malazan novels.

Also read A Snake in the Grass today.

May do Outlander ne..."

Why don't know you what you think about it?

[Ala]

Because while there were some characters that were a joy to follow, or whose storylines were excellent, there were a ton that just popped up for no reason and seemed to take up space without any meaning.

Plus a lot of it just seemed needlessly convoluted.

So I liked it, and there were parts I loved. But there were more parts of it that were meh to me.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Yep, that about sums up Malazan.

I'm reading Rise of Empire on audiobook - really liking how this reader does these books. I'm also working on The Goldfinch and for my evening fluff, Kitty Rocks the House.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Ala wrote: "Because while there were some characters that were a joy to follow, or whose storylines were excellent, there were a ton that just popped up for no reason and seemed to take up space without any me..."

ahhhh. That makes sense.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Ala wrote: "Finally finished Malazan last night.. Not sure what I think about it. Probably going to just skip the ICE Malazan novels.

Also read A Snake in the Grass today.

May do Outlander ne..."


I really wish you could get into the Witch World series...

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Chris wrote: "Yep, that about sums up Malazan most epic fantasy."


FTFY ^_^

[Chris , cookie guilt]

I can't deny it. lol

[Sam]

I'm about to start 'The Kingdom of Gods' by N.K Jemisin, which is the last book in the Inheritance Trilogy. I've got mixed feelings about the series, but I've stuck with it until the end, so I suppose deep down I've enjoyed it more than I've been able to criticise it.

My big criticism is the lack of description. The world she's created is so unique, I just wish her descriptive powers let me picture it better.

Still, I'm looking forward to reading it. As I said, the world's very unique and the storyline's intriguing. Just not a series for everyone :)

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I'm currently reading Gun, With Occasional Music. Not very far in, but I'm digging the tone and the little odd tidbits of future world building - like the musical news and evolved animals.

Hopefully this'll break me out of my string of 2-starers...

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Sam wrote: "My big criticism is the lack of description. The world she's created is so unique, I just wish her descriptive powers let me picture it better. "

That doesn't bode well...

[Sam]

This third book's actually much better. In Jemisin's defence the main character in the second book was blind, so expecting her to describe everything in intense detail is a little unfair...

[Paolo]

Hi guys. Life got a little crazy so I was away for a while. I should be back but with more limited reading/posting time.

I read Stories of Your Life and Others, which has some really excellent stories. I loved it. I read the whole thing in 3 days. The title story especially was very moving.

Right now I'm reading Wool Omnibus which is awesome so far. Very bleak but I'm only halfway through, we'll see where this goes.

I'm also almost done with Neuromancer which is.... challenging I guess. I'm pretty confused with regards to settings, and the story is OK, but I can appreciate why this is a classic. I can imagine this being much more groundbreaking 25 years ago than it is right now, since our information society has in some ways exceeded the ideas in this book.

[Michelle]

I'm re-reading The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey. It's one of my favorites :)

[Kara]

Almost done with Midnight Riot and I have been very impressed with the author's skill and the enjoyable storyline. Good pace of action, easy read/listen... I'll definitely be grabbing the next.

It's always fun for me to see how authors will describe "learning magic." I like this take at it.

Also, I like the characters (esp. our main, Peter Grant) and the slightly different take of things due to cultural differences (British author). The audio is great, and there are occasional random quirky lines that make me laugh.

I would recommend.

[Becky]

I need to read that one soon.

[Kara]

Definitely! =)

[Paolo]

Finished Wool Omnibus. It was great but I feel it could have been told in a couple hundred less pages.

[Jackie]

Paolo wrote: "Finished Wool Omnibus. It was great but I feel it could have been told in a couple hundred less pages."

I recently listened to the audio. I really liked it, but agree. Towards the end it started feeling a bit dragged out.

[Paolo]

yeah.... the whole (view spoiler)[underwater side quest was cool and very tense but seemed kinda pointless (hide spoiler)]

[Jackie]

Paolo wrote: "yeah.... the whole [spoilers removed]"

Agreed. (view spoiler)[ It came off more like a plot device to introduce the kids. But, in the end it didn't come to fruition, although I think it was supposed to give hope that the silo could be used once again. Which I don't completely understand why they can't just make special suits to bring Solo and the kids over. Maybe in the next book? (hide spoiler)]

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

I've been neck deep in a re-read of the Mallorean and before that it was Belgarath the Sorcerer.

I have a romance I'm reading but its not as interesting as my rereads.

[K.M.]

Paul wrote: "Reading Horns. It feels like a book that I should be really enjoying but I'm not picking it up as much as I would if I was really into it. Not sure why though, there's nothing about ..."

I thought this sounded really interesting, especially having seen the upcoming movie coming out. Did it get any better?

[Paul]

K.M. wrote: "Paul wrote: "Reading Horns. It feels like a book that I should be really enjoying but I'm not picking it up as much as I would if I was really into it. Not sure why though, there's n..."

Hi K.M. The book was at its most interesting when you don't know what's going on and I found that the ultimate explanation wasn't that interesting and then the end dragged on for a bit too long. It was a perfectly fine, average book but not something I would say I loved. That's just me though. I really liked the writing style just not the story so I probably will try other books by the same author.

[Karen]

I started Ysabel. For some reason it reminds me a bit of Gaiman's The Graveyard Book

I still have The Strain hanging around, halfway read but can't bring myself to do to much with it.