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[Pam]

Read book 2 in Lian Hearn's Otori trilogy - Grass for His Pillow - and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1404848121.

[Beth]

YouKneeK wrote: "Next I plan to start The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin. […] This series is older and I’ve seen mixed reactions to it, so I’m trying not to set my expectations too high."

I thought the second book of this series was better than the first, especially when it came to the main characters and their relationship, so keep hope alive if this one doesn't quite work for you!

[Nathan]

Im currently reading Uprooted by Naomi Novik, so good

[YouKneeK]

Beth wrote: "I thought the second book of this series was better than the first, especially when it came to the main characters and their relationship, so keep hope alive if this one doesn't quite work for you!"

Thanks Beth! I’m about 100 pages into the first book and so far I’m really enjoying it. Her writing style always seems to suck me in quickly.

[Phrynne]

I read Breaking the Lore by Andy Redsmith because it was described as being perfect for fans of Ben Aaronovitch. It turned out to have some similarities but not as good.

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

[~ Giulia ~]

I read The Book of Three. It was good, even if the characters' repetitive quirks can get tiresome after a while. I'm looking forward to book #2.

And Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, which was... weird, to say the least.

[Michele]

Flatland is a lot of fun. Shows that even as far back as the Victorian era people recognized the utility of SF in writing veiled social commentary :)

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

I never finished Flatland, I was so put off by the misogyny in the first third that I couldn't stay focused.

[Michele]

Allison wrote: "I never finished Flatland, I was so put off by the misogyny in the first third that I couldn't stay focused."

I think it was meant to be satire, not taken seriously.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Michele wrote: "Allison wrote: "I never finished Flatland, I was so put off by the misogyny in the first third that I couldn't stay focused."

I think it was meant to be satire, not taken seriously."

I sure hope so! It was also published around the time that women were being hospitalized for hysteria with symptoms like "reading magazines" and "wanting the right to vote" so I may have read a bit far (or not far enough!) into it.

[~ Giulia ~]

I took the Flatlanders' attitude towards women, the lower classes, irregular shapes, etc. as satire too.
It seems he was misunderstood at the time, and had to add a note in the second edition.

[Michele]

~ Giulia ~ wrote: "It seems he was misunderstood at the time, and had to add a note in the second edition. "

Ouch lol!!

[Rob]

I decided to listen to Second Hand Curses, from my backlog while I waited for Tiamat's Wrath to come out and ending up liking it quite a bit - ★★★★☆ - (My Review)

Then I listened to Tiamat's Wrath of course, and that was great and now I'm stuck waiting for the next season of the show and the final book to come out. - ★★★★★ - (My Review)

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

~ Giulia ~ wrote: "I took the Flatlanders' attitude towards women, the lower classes, irregular shapes, etc. as satire too.
It seems he was misunderstood at the time, and had to add a note in the second edition."

Lol! Maybe I'll try again. I read the Gutenberg version which wouldn't surprise to me learn was the non-note version.

Thomas, glad you're still enjoying Prydain! Hope the series ends on a high note for you!

Rob, I'm glad to see you liked book 8, I'd been hearing some mixed reviews!

[MadProfessah]

Happy to see some praise for TIAMAT’S WRATH!

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

I'm almost done with the ARC of The Vela I received. Fun to see all these authors tell one story together, but I received an early draft I think so there are some rough patches.

Read both group reads and was underwhelmed sadly. Also didn't love A Stranger in Olondria. She writes pretty sentences but I didn't get much substance from them.

I've just started Assassin's Apprentice and am already really liking it. I just got The Mere Wife which I'm hoping to start tomorrow!

[Bobby]

I finished One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence. It was really good. It was great sci fi that makes you think, but also has very real characters, and the setting (80s London) was vibrant and really well written. I haven't written my review yet, but that's the gist of it.

[Rob]

Allison wrote: "~ Rob, I'm glad to see you liked book 8, I'd been hearing some mixed reviews ..."

I haven't seen any negative reviews so far, but I can understand why some people may not be happy about everything that happens. I certainly wasn't, but I also couldn't stop reading it either..

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Rob wrote: "Allison wrote: "~ Rob, I'm glad to see you liked book 8, I'd been hearing some mixed reviews ..."

I haven't seen any negative reviews so far, but I can understand why some people may not be happy ..."

Haha sometimes that's great though, that you can feel some type of way but can't stop "watching." I'd seen a few people say it felt like filler, which I was sad to see, but maybe not all feel that way!

[Rob]

Really? I felt that way a bit about the last book, but definitely not this one. I guess they wanted more answers than we got in this book.

[Jacqueline]

This week I’ve been finishing The Book of the Ancestor series by Mark Lawrence. Read Grey Sister last week and Bound on Saturday and I finished Holy Sister today. Brilliant series. In my opinion it just got better and better.

[Karen]

I've been slowly reading through A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe. I should have read it before Leviathan Wakes because I'm comparing the two now.

I'm coming to the end of my audiobook Agent to the Stars and, while it's enjoyable, I don't feel it's Scalzi's best.

Really liking The Alice Network. I don't read a lot of historical fiction but this one is the right book at the right time. Need to cleanse the sci-fi/fantasy palette on occasion.

[Gabi]

I finished Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh which had me a bit ambiguous. Excellent worldbuilding and detailed political and social structure, but very slow paced and very talkative. The topic of heteronomy was very palpable and uncomfortable (in a positive way).

Same goes for the Patternmaster series by Octavia E. Butler (somehow I often pick as eye and ear read coincidentally similar themed books). Absolutely fascinating, but unforgiving and very brutal in parts. I read the series in published order (4, 2, 1, 3) and was glad I did, because I think the books wouldn't have had the same effect in chronological order.

And since all these topics of modern slavery caused me an upset stomach, I chose something lighter for my next audio: The Terror by Dan Simmons (LOL!)

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Gabi wrote: "I finished Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh which had me a bit ambiguous. Excellent worldbuilding and detailed political and social structure, but very slow paced and very talka..."

hahaha! Good, I'm glad you gave yourself a break, Gabi XD I didn't see your review of Cyteen, was it not the mind-bendy exploration you were promised?

Karen, I've heard really good things about the Alice Network! Glad you're enjoying it :)

[Sarah]

Gabi wrote: "I finished Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh which had me a bit ambiguous. Excellent worldbuilding and detailed political and social structure, but very slow paced and very talka..."

Let us know how The Terror is. I need to try Dan Simmons.

[Gabi]

Allison wrote: "hahaha! Good, I'm glad you gave yourself a break, Gabi XD I didn't see your review of Cyteen, was it not the mind-bendy exploration you were promised?"

It was good, no question, but it is very political with little "physical action". I ended giving it 4 stars, yet these are 4 stars out of respect, not out of enthusiasm. It is not an easy book and it has to be earned.

[Andy]

Gabi wrote: "Same goes for the Patternmaster series by Octavia E. Butler "

Interesting, thanks. I hadn't heard of that series. I really enjoyed Earthseed 1/2 and Kindred—I'll check out Wild Seed.

[Gabi]

Sarah wrote: "Let us know how The Terror is. I need to try Dan Simmons. "

So far (around 30% in) I'm absolutely loving it. It, too, is a rather slow paced narration, yet the description of this endless and hopeless cold in the arktis and the fact, that Simmons added a horror element to the historical facts has me on edge.

If you want to try Simmons, I would suggest Hyperion btw. One of the best books of any genre I've ever read.

[Sarah]

Gabi wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Let us know how The Terror is. I need to try Dan Simmons. "

So far (around 30% in) I'm absolutely loving it. It, too, is a rather slow paced narration, yet the description of this en..."

You know- it's been recommended to me before and this sounds so petty but the cover keeps putting me off. Something about the cover makes me feel like I wouldn't like that content and I can't even put my finger on the why of it.

Glad you're enjoying it though! I watched the movie and thought they did a decent job with it. Not sure how the book compares.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

So, I'm kind of both enjoying and hating A Discovery of Witches. Ok, not hating, really, but being annoyed by and frustrated with, but also sort of finding it compelling against my better judgement.

So it's definitely going on my Guilty Pleasures shelf, but I think I'm gonna end up at least 3-starring it.

[CBRetriever]

I thought The Terror was enthralling. The TV mini-series did not do it justice as so much of the action was going on in people's minds

I'm trying to read these books now

Chronicles of the Black Company
Logan McRae #1-3: Cold Granite / Dying Light / Broken Skin
The Icerigger Trilogy: Icerigger, Mission to Moulokin, and The Deluge Drivers

The Black Company seems like an earlier version of the Malazan Series. Logan McRae is a fairly good mystery series set in Aberdeen. The Icerigger Trilogy seems aimed at pre-teen and teenage boys. I've never been a big Alan Dean Foster fan, so perhaps that's why I don't like it that much.

[Jim]

I am reading The Water Knife for my book club, and I have The Dragonbone Chair at work. I am having a hard time with the later, just can't get into it.

[Pam]

Phrynne wrote: "I read Breaking the Lore by Andy Redsmith because it was described as being perfect for fans of Ben Aaronovitch. It turned out to have some similar..."

That link isn't working Phyrnne.

[Pam]

Read Sadar's Keep by Midori Snyder and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2776880761.

[Pam]

Read Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2781789897.

[Alondra]

Currently trying to get my series under control; but have all intention of starting A Darker Shade of Magic this weekend.

[Kaa]

I'm giving up on The Bone Witch, at least for now - it's not getting very good ratings from people whose taste I trust, and it's not catching my interest enough to spend the time on.

Instead, I'm trying to get caught up on the Hugo and Nebula nominees - I've read the majority of novellas/novelettes/short stories already, and I just got several of the novels from my library. I think my next will be Trail of Lightning.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Kaa wrote: "I'm giving up on The Bone Witch, at least for now - it's not getting very good ratings from people whose taste I trust, and it's not catching my interest enough to spend the time on..."

Heads up, ToL is YA-y, too, in case that's soured for you because of Bone Witch. If, on the other hand, you're feeling that itch has been left unscratched, ignore me!

[Kaa]

Allison wrote: "Kaa wrote: "I'm giving up on The Bone Witch, at least for now - it's not getting very good ratings from people whose taste I trust, and it's not catching my interest enough to spend..."

Yeah, I know. I'm partly hoping for YA that's more to my tastes, partly trying to see if I should just give up on YA for a while, partly wanting to get the YA over with so I can move on to other things. ToL has somewhat better reviews from my GR friends than Bone Witch, so fingers crossed!

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Kaa wrote: "Allison wrote: "Kaa wrote: "I'm giving up on The Bone Witch, at least for now - it's not getting very good ratings from people whose taste I trust, and it's not catching my interest..."

I look forward to your assessment ^^ Hope you adore it!

[Michele]

colleen the convivial curmudgeon wrote: "So, I'm kind of both enjoying and hating A Discovery of Witches. Ok, not hating, really, but being annoyed by and frustrated with, but also sort of finding it compelling against my b..."

I was disappointed. Started out solid and then devolved into a formula romance.

[Lowell]

I'm enjoying my time with the Memoirs of Lady Trent right now, and am in the middle of The Tropic of Serpents. I've decided I'm going to finish this series this year, even if it is unapologetic fluff.

[Rachel]

Lady Trent is great - and somehow it feels a little bit more than just fluff... there are some issues : class gender etc that get a peek too. Such a wonderful difference from the usual fantasy fare

[MadProfessah]

Hmmmm I didn’t realize TRAIL OF LIGHTNING was YA. Is it *good* though?

[Trike]

MadProfessah wrote: "Hmmmm I didn’t realize TRAIL OF LIGHTNING was YA. Is it *good* though?"

It’s okay. I don’t know that it’s YA.

[Beth]

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch review:

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

I listened to the audiobook this time

[Jacqueline]

There are a lot of books that are YA in one country and adult books in others. I’ve also found differences between booksellers. One will have a book in the general SFF section and the other will have it in the YA section.

Isabelle Carmody’s books for example are in both. Yep they have the same title in the SFF and YA section at my fav bookshop. Others just have them in the Fantasy section. Others in the YA only. Our second hand bookshop has them in both as well. The same book is cheaper as a YA than a fantasy though. Yeahhhh

Also the Book Thief is YA in some places and in the adult fiction section of others.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

MadProfessah wrote: "Hmmmm I didn’t realize TRAIL OF LIGHTNING was YA. Is it *good* though?"

It's not YA in the age sense, it's just got some things going on in it that were also in Bone Witch and which are common in a lot of the PNR/purple teen fantasy books, so it's YA-y. You know, there are monsters and the apocalypse but we talk about clothes, and the foe-to-lover trope and such.

[Robert]

Yesterday evening I finished How To Marry A Werewolf. It was a good little romance story with some interesting drama and a few of Gail's touches. I quite enjoyed it.

[Andy]

I finished Footfall. I used to read lots of Niven and Pournelle, but haven't for years. Glad I came back. It's a fun, sprawling book, assuming you find alien invasions fun. (And who doesn't?)

It definitely reads like a novel from the '80s, which it is. Even as a survivor of the '80s, I sometimes found that distracting. But setting that aside -- really enjoyed reading it.