What are you reading in November 2018?

[Mary]

The Cosmic Alliance by Jeramey Kraatz

[Jim]

Joseph wrote: "Finished A Princess of Mars and moving on to, yep, The Gods of Mars. (I need to get through all 11 Barsoom books in time to start Blackdog ASAP in Dece..."

You pretty much have to read the first 3 books of the series at once since the first 2 end on cliffhangers. After that, they stand alone well. I highly suggest you skip the 11th book. It's 2 short stories & they're awful. I'm a completist, but they're just so bad - a terrible way to end an otherwise enjoyable series. The 10th book Llana of Gathol is the best book in the series, IMO. End on a high note.

[Virginie, Meow.]

Finished Victory of Eagles in audio and started the next book in the Temeraire series: Tongues of Serpents.
I'm also listening to Season of Storms one or two chapters a day.

I've stopped reading The Labyrinth of Flame after deciding to do a re-read of the first two in 2019, before finishing the series; I forgot too much to fully enjoy this book right now.

Started Annex in ebook; it's weird, but in a good way :)

[Tnkw01]

Joseph wrote: "Finished A Princess of Mars and moving on to, yep, The Gods of Mars. (I need to get through all 11 Barsoom books in time to start Blackdog ASAP in Dece..."

Eleven books in two weeks. Pretty impressive.

[Tnkw01]

So, I'm reading Surrender None by Elizabeth Moon. It's a lot better then I expected. I've never read any of her books before and it looks like I may read another book from the FBC bookshelf, Sheepfarmer's Daughter, probably sometime in January.

[Joseph]

Jim wrote: "You pretty much have to read the first 3 books of the series at once since the first 2 end on cliffhangers. After that, they stand alone well. I highly suggest you skip the 11th book. It's 2 short stories & they're awful. I'm a completist, but they're just so bad - a terrible way to end an otherwise enjoyable series. The 10th book Llana of Gathol is the best book in the series, IMO. End on a high note.

Yeah, I've read the entire series many, many times over the years and agree that John Carter of Mars is terrible; particularly the half of it that was ghost-written by his son.

Tnkw01 wrote: "Eleven books in two weeks. Pretty impressive."

Well, they're mostly pretty short, especially by contemporary standards. But I expect I won't be starting Blackdog until we're at least a week or two into December ...

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

I’m looking forward to Blackdog. And Spinning Silver.

[Joseph]

Helen wrote: "I’m looking forward to Blackdog. And Spinning Silver."

Likewise. Although I'm not sure when I'll be able to get to Spinning Silver -- C.J. Cherryh's new one, Alliance Rising, is out in January, so I think a massive reread may be in my future. Plus I picked up Fire & Blood by a certain George R.R. Martin ...

[Tnkw01]

Helen wrote: "I’m looking forward to Blackdog. And Spinning Silver."

Me too!

[Shailendra]

In November currently reading The Other Wind (Earthsea Cycle, #6) by Le Guin, Ursula K.
Completed in November :
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)
Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4) and
Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #5).

[Elise]

Just started Speaker for the Dead last night.

[Mary]

Ghost in the Throne byJonathan Moeller

[Joseph]

On to Warlord Of Mars.

[Mary]

Ghost in the Pact by Jonathan Moeller

[Mary]

Ghost in the Winds by Jonathan Moeller

[Jason]

Finished Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds and Skyward both of which were great. Skyward in particular I loved. If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it. The best non-cosmere he's ever done.
Ive been enjoying Sanderson so much that I'm moving onto a re-read of Oathbringer

[Joseph]

And now Thuvia, Maid of Mars.

[Joseph]

Finished Thuvia (it was short!) and started The Chessmen of Mars.

[Holly]

The Gormenghast Trilogy

[Tnkw01]

Finished Surrender None. I have to admit I was a little disappointed. Here's my review. I'm still going to read Sheepfarmer's Daughter though. Now onto Thief's Magic which I've already started and so far I'm loving it.

[Andrew✌️]

I'm reading two books of "The Titcher" series: The Last Wish and Season of Storms. I'm not following the right order, but I liked them.
The first is a collection of adventures, the second book is a single adventure.

[Janette]

I really liked the Paksenarrion books Twnk0 so hope that you get on with Sheepfarmer’s daughter. The subsequent series is good too

[Joseph]

Tnkw01 wrote: "Finished Surrender None. I have to admit I was a little disappointed. Here's my review. I'm still going to read Sheepfarmer's Daughter though. Now onto [book:Thief's Mag..."

I wonder if that may not be one of those cases where even though the Gird books take place centuries before Paksenarrion, they were written afterwards and are better read afterwards. Kind of like Katherine Kurtz with the Deryni and Camber trilogies.

[Mary]

I almost always find series better in publication order.

[Tnkw01]

Joseph wrote: "Tnkw01 wrote: "Finished Surrender None. I have to admit I was a little disappointed. Here's my review. I'm still going to read Sheepfarmer's Daughter though. Now onto [b..."

No, actually I really liked the story and thought it was really good until the ending. The ending, to me, was just terrible. I think Elizabeth Moon is a really good writer.

[Virginie, Meow.]

Just finished Binti in ebook and started Dread Nation. Also reading Trail of Lightning in audio, which is great!

[Tnkw01]

Virginie wrote: "Just finished Binti in ebook and started Dread Nation. Also reading Trail of Lightning in audio, which is great!"

What did you think of Binti? I've been really wanting to read it.

[Virginie, Meow.]

It was entertaining, but not as good as I expected (given it won awards and all). There's a few plot points that I feel didn't get enough resolution.

Still, you should read it, just for the space jellyfishes :p

[Mary]

The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman

[Tnkw01]

I finished Thief's Magic. Here's my review. The next books in the series will be on my January TBR list. Now on to something different before I get into Blackdog. I'm currently reading Unholy Night. It’s by the guy who wrote Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

It’s a different take on the Nativity. According to the description, “ what do we really know about the Three Kings of the Nativity, besides the fact that they followed a star to Bethlehem bearing strange gifts? The Bible has little to say about this enigmatic trio.

In Grahame-Smith's telling, the so-called "Three Wise Men" are infamous thieves, led by the dark, murderous Balthazar. After a daring escape from Herod's prison, they stumble upon the famous manger and its newborn king. The last thing Balthazar needs is to be slowed down by young Joseph, Mary and their infant. But when Herod's men begin to slaughter the first born in Judea, he has no choice but to help them escape to Egypt.

It's the beginning of an adventure that will see them fight the last magical creatures of the Old Testament; cross paths with biblical figures like Pontius Pilate and John the Baptist; and finally deliver them to Egypt. It may just be the greatest story never told."