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[Sarah]

Jacqueline wrote: "Oh I haven’t read it either but snippets I have read aren’t good erotica but many women read it, got horny and loved it. They need some real erotica not just some jumped up Twilight fan fiction."

^^^^This.

[Joon]

I think we're talking about different books. I just skimmed the first four chapters, and didn't find even a hint of a reference to sex. Even did a book-wide search of the word "sex." Four results, none of them actually sex.

Could also be we have vastly different definitions of "erotica."

[Anna]

re: Fluency. I'm not telling anyone not to read it, just saying that I personally wouldn't recommend it to anyone, unless they want to talk to me about all the sex scenes and cackle with mirth. Also, since I started it because I liked The Grove, it's not at all the same thing. The Grove was about an interesting creature and there was cool biology, but Fluency is like sex-ed class for someone who just watched Alien for the first time and is now reading Hitchhiker's Guide, and wants to combine all those things. Also some NASA stuff in the beginning, which would've been interesting, if it didn't come to a jarring halt every time someone checks out the leading lady's rack. I'm also pretty sure most scifi readers don't need the characters to explain what AI or Terra means.

[Anna]

Joon wrote: "I think we're talking about different books. I just skimmed the first four chapters, and didn't find even a hint of a reference to sex. Even did a book-wide search of the word "sex.""

Well mine definitely has mentions of the word. But! There's an all ages edition of the book, maybe you have that one?

Fluency: All Ages Edition

*This edition of the bestselling novel FLUENCY (Confluence Book 1) is suitable for Young Adult readers or those who are sensitive to adult language or sexual themes. In movie parlance, it's a PG-rated version.*

Trike, I can't remember who had sex on the mermaid ship, but I kinda liked that book. Mostly for the ASL, and for not being scary horror like I feared.

[HeyT]

I've fallen into a Thursday Next black hole. I read The Eyre Affair and kept going and like two days later I'm halfway through Something Rotten aka book four.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

HeyT wrote: "I've fallen into a Thursday Next black hole. I read The Eyre Affair and kept going and like two days later I'm halfway through Something Rotten aka book four."

haha! I hate/love when that happens! Make sure to sleep sometimes!

[Joon]

Anna wrote: "Well mine definitely has mentions of the word. But! There's an all ages edition of the book, maybe you have that one?"

No.

[Anna]

Joon, in that case I don't know how they could be the same book!

[Joon]

Anna wrote: "Joon, in that case I don't know how they could be the same book!"

Like I said, we have different definitions of "erotica". Is there sex? Sure. But it's not too detailed and if anything is too juvenile in its presentation.

I mean at worst you could call this a cheesy space romance, and I'd say that's fair. I just think calling it "erotica" is giving people the wrong idea about the book. It's not a book about sex. It's a book about first contact that happens to have a handful of relatively tame sex scenes that some people may find out of place.

Peter F. Hamilton makes this book a straight up children's book by comparison.

[Anna]

OK, sure, true. It's not super graphic, but it's definitely more sex than romance. I don't personally like reading sex scenes in books, because they don't do anything for me, usually just make me roll my eyes. And it's not cutesy kissing and blushing either, there's already been some stuff that nearly gave my eye rolling muscles a serious cramp.

I've never thought about what is or isn't erotica, so it's entirely possible this isn't it! But it's not the level of romance I usually see in my scifi books, and definitely not the level (=zero) that The Grove had. That was the reason I brought it up, I wasn't expecting to read about all the sexy times after the novelette.

[Joon]

Well, fair enough. Just trust me that this is way on the tame end lol.

For what it's worth, it sounds like the rest of the series is more of the same, which is fine with me, but YMMV.

On the other hand, lots of amazon reviews complaining about "SJW nonsense", which makes it a must-read for me lol.

[CBRetriever]

Trike wrote: "Anna wrote: "It's just one of those scenarios where everyone's life is in peril and two people stop to make out and wax poetic about the other one's ass."

My exact issue with Mira Grant/Seanan McG..."

Laurell K. Hamilton is the same way as is Jacqueline Carey

[Anna]

I'm not saying it's the wildest sexy ride you've ever read, lol! No, just that I was not expecting all the weirdo stuff these kids get up to :D I was expecting a linguist doing cool linguist stuff, and maybe some cool biology stuff, too, based on The Grove, and I got loads of (thinking about) sexy times and alien guts instead.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Anna wrote: "I'm not saying it's the wildest sexy ride you've ever read, lol! No, just that I was not expecting all the weirdo stuff these kids get up to :D I was expecting a linguist doing cool linguist stuff,..."

So you're saying maybe she's not a cunning linguist?

trooollololol

[Jacqueline]

Hahahahahaha

[Anna]

Allison, no, I'm not saying that, ever! No! Nopenopenope. No.

Also, no!

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

You really can't set me up like this. I'm sorry that you read a book that didn't have good sex in it, only to have it culminate in terrible puns. You deserve better, and I think, so does the linguist.

[Leah]

*slow clap for Allison*

[Phrynne]

Allison wrote: "You really can't set me up like this. I'm sorry that you read a book that didn't have good sex in it, only to have it culminate in terrible puns. You deserve better, and I think, so does the linguist."

How many times in this life do you get to use a pun like that in such perfect circumstances? I am in awe.

[Lost Planet Airman]

Phrynne wrote: "Allison wrote: "You really can't set me up like this. I'm sorry that you read a book that didn't have good sex in it, only to have it culminate in terrible puns. You deserve better, and I think, so...

How many times in this life do you get to use a pun like that in such perfect circumstances? I am in awe. "

Seconded.

Allison, The Awe Inspirer

[Michele]

HeyT wrote: "I've fallen into a Thursday Next black hole. I read The Eyre Affair and kept going and like two days later I'm halfway through Something Rotten aka book four."

Ha! Those are so great :)

[Michele]

Recently re-read The Joy Luck Club. Now deep into How Long 'til Black Future Month? and am totally blown away by how amazing every single story is. The first two had me in tears.

[Joelle.P.S]

Michele wrote: "...Now deep into How Long 'til Black Future Month? and am totally blown away by how amazing every single story is...."

Yes! Read that last month. A.Maz.Ing. :-D

[Phrynne]

I just finished Murderbot #3 Rogue Protocol. I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to #4.
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Best of all I saw that she is writing a full length Murderbot to be published next year!

[Trike]

Was Sophie's Choice just too darn upbeat for you? Do you still harbor a slight belief humanity might not be utterly horrible, merely 99% awful? Then boy-howdy is The Road for you!

[Caution: do not read while in the vicinity of cutlery, tall bridges, or traffic.]

[Alondra]

Still chugging my way through Ninefox Gambit and am ready to throw it against a wall...

[Alondra]

Trike wrote: "Listening to The Road. Super happy fun book."

*giggles*

I loved it, but needed therapy afterward... o_O

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Alondra wrote: "Still chugging my way through Ninefox Gambit and am ready to throw it against a wall..."

Haha it's a very polarizing book! If you can hang on for the first third and accept that the science is magic, it gets easier.

[Leah]

I have officially finished Mistborn Era 2....and honestly I enjoyed it quite a bit. It did not come close to the grandiose scope of the original trilogy and got a bit "popcorny" at times but they are a fun ride.

Currently wrapping up Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection just to tie off the loose ends of the Cosmere Universe and say I have read all the works included therein. Then I think I need a bit of a Sanderson break as I have been reading primarily his works since January, I'll read his other series at some point this year I am sure but I need to cleanse my palate a bit I think.

With that in mind I picked up The Priory of the Orange Tree yesterday. It's not often that I buy a book on the day of it's release but not gonna lie, the hype has gotten to me on this one. Here's hoping it's as awesome as everyone claims. Got about 75 pages in last night and I am intrigued...not hooked just yet, but enjoying it thus far.

[Raucous]

Alondra wrote: "Still chugging my way through Ninefox Gambit and am ready to throw it against a wall..."

I made it to page 3 so you're way ahead of me. I'd have used it as fire starter if it weren't an e-book. I hear that it does have enthusiastic supporters though (glances up), 3 pages doesn't feel like I gave it much of a chance, and I hear that it's the basis for one of the group challenges this year. I assume that's why I couldn't make any sense of the challenge description. So perhaps it's time to try again.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Finished I Shall Wear Midnight (which was meant to be a January book) last night, and started Elven Star this morning. It still counts as a February book if you start in February, right, even though there's no way I'll be finished before March?

[Sarah]

Leah wrote: "I have officially finished Mistborn Era 2....and honestly I enjoyed it quite a bit. It did not come close to the grandiose scope of the original trilogy and got a bit "popcorny" at times but they a..."

Let us know how it is. I don't want to say I've given up on hyped books, but I certainly stopped expecting so much of them. I'm waiting for others to read this 800 page monster before I decide whether it's worth adding to my TBR or not.

[Anna]

Raucous wrote: "I assume that's why I couldn't make any sense of the challenge description."

The challenge should be doable even if you don't know anything about Ninefox or Game of Thrones. Also totally not mandatory!

Ninefox isn't for everyone, but I do know some people who really struggled with the beginning, and then ended up not hating it.

[Melanie, the neutral party]

“I struggled in the beginning an ended up not hating it” is a perfect description on my experience with the book!

[Raucous]

Since this is the "what else are you reading" thread I could also mention that I recently finished listening to The Chronicles of Amber (books 1 to 5 of Zelazny's 10 book Amber series). I'd read these books when they first came out in the early/mid '70s but, well, that was a while ago and I didn't remember much. I was surprised at just how much I enjoyed these the second time around. They're dated in some slightly annoying ways but still were, to me, an enjoyable creative action fantasy romp.

George R.R. Martin cites these books as one of main inspirations for A Game of Thrones. Somehow that's a series that I haven't gotten around to starting yet. Maybe after it's finished...

[CBRetriever]

he also cites Maurice Druon's Accursed Kings series (7 books) about the end of France's Capetian dynasty.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/1677...

Martin wrote an introduction to the English translations: "This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin.

It's fictionalized history and I enjoyed the series.

[Beth]

Original Zinn: Conversations on History and Politics: one of those books that I can't figure out who the audience is supposed to be. If someone's read his major work (A People's History of the United States specifically), they are unlikely to get much new out of this one; if they haven't--like me--the topics fly by thick and fast and without enough detail to make a lasting impression. (review)

Both of my current reads are for either buddy reads or challenges, and they're quite good so far: The Iliad of Homer, Becoming

Up next: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (BR/challenge), Valor's Choice (BR)

[Rob]

Leah wrote: "I have officially finished Mistborn Era 2....and honestly I enjoyed it quite a bit. It did not come close to the grandiose scope of the original trilogy and got a bit "popcorny" at times but they a..."

It actually has 1 more book left: The Lost Metal

He never meant to write Mistborn era 2, but due the popularity of The Alloy of Law he decided to write a trilogy. However Alloy is not considered part of the trilogy..

[Alondra]

Allison wrote: "Alondra wrote: "Still chugging my way through Ninefox Gambit and am ready to throw it against a wall..."

Haha it's a very polarizing book! If you can hang on for the first third an..."

mmmm, okay, I will trust you. I can see some light at the end of the tunnel, but there are obstacles, called back-story, that are in the way.... *cries hysterically*

I can do this...

[Alondra]

Raucous wrote: "Alondra wrote: "Still chugging my way through Ninefox Gambit and am ready to throw it against a wall..."

I made it to page 3 so you're way ahead of me. I'd have used it as fire sta..."

I am trusting Allison on this one. Many reviewers said the same thing, just stick with it and after the first qtr, things get better. Many reviewers just said they weren't that smart and just plowed through. That is what i'm feeling.

[Anat]

I'm currently halfway through The Binding , which is an historical fantasy released this January with the premise of people called "binders" being able to take out people's sad memories and bind it into books, making the person forget all about it. It's quite interesting so far!

[Michele]

Trike wrote: "Was Sophie's Choice just too darn upbeat for you? Do you still harbor a slight belief humanity might not be utterly horrible, merely 99% awful? Then boy-howdy is The Road forr you!..."

*chortle*

[Michele]

colleen the convivial curmudgeon wrote: "Finished I Shall Wear Midnight (which was meant to be a January book) last night, and started Elven Star this morning. It still counts as a February book if you start in..."

I love the Tiffany Aching series. Among Pratchett's best, IMO.

[Nathan]

For some reason the Goodreads app on my phone doesn't let me respond directly to people, but Colleen/Michele - I love the Tiffany Aching series from Discworld too, definitely agree it is some of his best work. The Feegles are my fave.

[CBRetriever]

Trike wrote: "Was Sophie's Choice just too darn upbeat for you? Do you still harbor a slight belief humanity might not be utterly horrible, merely 99% awful? Then boy-howdy is The Road ..."

Didn't like The Road at all and have yet to reach Sophie's Choice in William Styron, The Collected Novels: Lie Down in Darkness, Set This House on Fire, The Confessions of Nat Turner, and Sophie's Choice. I'm still reading The Confession of Nat Turner and have been for a long, long time

[Leah]

Rob wrote: "It actually has 1 more book left: The Lost Metal
"

Yep, I've got it on my radar! :) Given some of the unanswered questions after Bands of Mourning I would be a tad miffed if that was the official ending.

I was not aware that he never meant to make it a trilogy though, I know there was a debacle for a while when he said Alloy was meant to be like an era 1.5 and people were very confused.

Based on the last "State of the Sanderson" in December though it doesn't look as though the Lost Metal will be published until about 2021/2022 at this rate as he is focused on Stormlight 4 at the moment.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Michele wrote: "colleen the convivial curmudgeon wrote: "Finished I Shall Wear Midnight (which was meant to be a January book) last night, and started Elven Star this morning. It still counts as a February book if you start in..."

I love the Tiffany Aching series. Among Pratchett's best, IMO."


Nathan wrote: "I love the Tiffany Aching series from Discworld too, definitely agree it is some of his best work. The Feegles are my fave. "


I agree, generally, though this wasn't my favorite of the set. I might've been a bit distracted, though, as I was feeling pressured to finish it so I could move on to the book I had meant to start 3 days earlier... :-/

All this planning is stressing me out already!

[Karen]

I just finished Of Blood and Bone and felt it was less meaty than the first book in the series which I really enjoyed. Nonetheless I will read the final book when it comes out.

I also finished listening to 14 which I LOVED! I hope there are more in the series besides The Fold which I also really, really liked.

My new audiobook is Leviathan Wakes. The reader is ok which is making me wonder if I should read the book at the same time to shorten the length of time I'll have to listen to him...

Finally starting A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe. It has been interesting seeing the different reactions to it. I've made sure to stay away from the spoilers discussion but have been sorely tempted to read the comments.

[MadProfessah]

@raucous I am with you on NINEFOX GAMBIT I abandoned it around page 5 or so in the first chapter. I don’t regret it but very puzzled by all the love it gets.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

MadProfessah wrote: "@raucous I am with you on NINEFOX GAMBIT I abandoned it around page 5 or so in the first chapter. I don’t regret it but very puzzled by all the love it gets."

The love, for those of us who enjoyed it, happens around page 200. You're a little before that =P