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[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Happy Thanksgiving Allison and all.

I will be very grateful when I finally finish 11/22/63.

I'm generally down with King's writing style... I just wish there was, like, 200 pages less of it... o_O

[Carrie]

Allison wrote: "Friends, I am not sure what sort of time I will have tomorrow, it being MY FAVORITE holiday, so I wanted to take a moment tonight to say Happy Thanksgiving to my fellows in the States and far flung..."

So much more complex then the Canadian one, haha.

[DivaDiane]

I just started The Girl with all the Gifts. And I’m still in the middle of Watchmen.

[Gabi]

I Just raced through Starsight by Brandon Sanderson and somehow wished I would stop reading now to end the year on such a positive note.
I loved it even more than the first book of the series and it made me feel even better. Sanderson again created a bunch of crazy, absolutely loveable characters in a story about loyalty, bravery and a lot of relativity concerning one's perception.
This second part ends in a cliffhanger, which perhaps will bother readers who are not such cliffhanger addicts as I am.

[Raucous]

Gabi wrote: "... This second part ends in a cliffhanger, which perhaps will bother readers who are not such cliffhanger addicts as I am."

A cliffhanger in a series where the author hasn't even started the next books yet? That's a serious addiction! Despite that it sounds like a fascinating series. Thanks for the pointer (especially since the first book in the series is currently on sale).

If you like cliffhanger coming of age books with crazy lovable characters you might like The Redwood Revenger.

[Shomeret]

Eric wrote: "Does anyone know anything about this series? Sister Light, Sister Dark"

Oh, this is an old favorite of mine. It was the first book I'd ever read by Yolen and it knocked my socks off.

[Shomeret]

I'm currently reading The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz. I've been wanting to get to it for a while.

[Gabi]

Raucous wrote: ". cliffhanger in a series where the author hasn't even started the next books yet? That's a serious addiction! Despite that it sounds like a fascinating series. Thanks for the pointer (especially since the first book in the series is currently on sale).

If you like cliffhanger coming of age books with crazy lovable characters you might like The Redwood Revenger.

..."

LOL! I'm not necessarily looking for cliffhanger endings and not for YA books, but I'm not averse to either if it is done well. In the case of Starsight one story arc is sufficiently closed and a new one opened with the end. That's perfectly fine for me. And - most important - it rules out those wrap-everything-up epilogues that I'm not fond of.

Thanks a lot for the rec, Raucous. This book sounds indeed quite promising!

ETA: Hmm … in theory I've read Old Man's War by John Scalzi - but practically this morning my review and every hint to me ever having read it was deleted … a bit frustrating.

I liked the first third with the 75-old gang bonding, but then it was all military SF which so far never was able to attract my attention, and consequently did fail here as well.
I guess I should read Starship troupers for this is apparently a kind of parody of it.

[Eric]

Shomeret wrote: "Oh, this is an old favorite of mine. It was the first book I'd ever read by Yolen and it knocked my socks off."

Thanks! I just started it last night. Sister Light, Sister Dark.

I finished The Wise Man's Fear. I'm not sure if I'll read the novella about one of the characters. Rumor has it that book three of this series may be released in June of 2020.

[Gabi]

No way! After only 9 years? Rothfuss is a fast one!

[Eric]

Gabi wrote: "No way! After only 9 years? Rothfuss is a fast one!"

It made me think of G. R. R. Martin who never finished "Game of Thrones." And no, I never watched a single show of the series on television.

[CBRetriever]

they're both on the same schedule as far as releasing a new book in their series, though Martin has had time to release two histories of the world of Game of Thrones

[Gary]

I finished reading Blood of Cayn (Book 3 of the Cayn Trilogy) by Jason McDonald and The Reckoning by John Grisham. I am reading The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi. I plan to read Artificial Condition by Martha Wells next.

[Phrynne]

I just finished Redemption's Blade by Adrian Tchaikovsky and was a tad disappointed.

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

[Don]

Regarding Rothfuss and GRRM:. GRRM has been busy with other projects and a World Tour collecting all the Scooby Snacks the Literary world is sending his way AND G.O.T's is complicated. I think Rothfuss is blocked or sees the clamor GRRM 's GOT's final act is causing and is stealing the move.

[Don]

Lots of people demanding the next installment of something for a few years is likely to be good for sales.

[Don]

for me if I'm kept waiting on "the next book" too long, I just draw my own conclusions and move on

[Gabi]

Don wrote: "for me if I'm kept waiting on "the next book" too long, I just draw my own conclusions and move on"

Yup, same here. The two above mentioned series will gladly go without me buying the next volumes, whenever they might be released.

[Sarah]

I'm trying to go through some of the books that I've had on my Kindle for ages, starting with Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

[Don]

Just finished "An Irish Country Doctor" by Patrick Taylor which I enjoyed much as I enjoyed The James Herriot books. Things can be derivative and enjoyable.
Just Finished Malcolm Gladwell's "Talking to Strangers" my least favorite of his books but it was still pretty good, the Sandra Bland story broke my heart.
which ever one of you out there invented "Waffle Cut, Sweet Potato French Fries"... excellent work! Keep doing that ! Anything that you can condiment with ketchup or powdered sugar must be holy.

[Jacqueline]

Was listening to Flowers for Algenon the other day while I was driving to visit my FIL in hospital 60km away and then it started jumping around between chapters. Jumped ahead a few months and then jumped back to a different spot. I’ll try to fix it at some point and listen from where I left off before it jumped forward. I do have the ebook but reading it is rather hard for me at the moment because since the spelling is wrong and that I can’t focus on it. I’ve become burnt out caring for my father in law. It does work really well as an audiobook though.

So on Friday I started listening to A Darker Shade of Magic on my drive from the beach to the farm. Really enjoying it so far.

Still reading Rosewater. Just can’t seem to be able to finish it. I’ve just been so exhausted and can’t concentrate on books. I can’t listen to audiobooks when I’m just sitting relaxing either. My mind wanders and I miss heaps. Oh well.

[Trike]

Jacqueline wrote: "Was listening to Flowers for Algenon the other day while I was driving to visit my FIL in hospital 60km away and then it started jumping around between chapters. Jumped ahead a few months and then ..."

That book is WAY too heavy for you to read right now. Trust me on this: set it aside. It will wreck you. That is NOT a challenge to you, that is an honest recommendation because I’m concerned about your mental health.

[CBRetriever]

agreed - you need something light like The Witches of Karres

[Jacqueline]

Flowers for Algenon Trike?

Rosewater is a little involved for me at the moment. The two timelines are fine usually but I’m getting a little confused. Too tired.

OK.....what shall I start then? I have the following physical books with me at the farm.
The Starless Sea
Aurora Rising
Library at Mt Char
Children of Time
The institute
Prince of Thorns
Vicious
The Raven Tower
The Three Body Problem
Nevernight

There are also a ton of Nicholas Sparks and John Green along with the Twilight series, 50 Shades series and Harry Potter along with some crap true crime stuff. My daughters book collection.

Or I have 2000 others on my iPad.

I’ll see if I have that Witches one somewhere Chessie. It’s likely. I have a lot on my computer.

[CBRetriever]

it's funny and light-hearted

[Jacqueline]

I need that. Especially since it looks like I might not get to the Outback for two weeks after all. My FIL seems to be unwell and I might need to go back down. I’m his legal guardian and in charge of his health and that.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

yeah, Flowers and Library are not light. I would avoid them until you have some emotional bandwidth. sending positive thoughts for you and your family

[Jacqueline]

Thanks Ali. Life has been rather stressful and emotionally draining lately. They’ve found cancers, strokes, heart valve leaks, squashed spine and pneumonia just to name a few things in the last month. All this in one 91 year old. And just me to look after him. And they’ve found a few things wrong with me while we were dragging him around the doctors and hospitals too. He sounds like he’s had another small stroke to me actually. I rang him earlier and he sounded slurred again. I informed the nurses at the respite centre what is going on with him. Hopefully they check it out. Anyhoo.....that’s my life lately.

One good thing....if I do have to go back down I can pick up some lighter reading.

[Faith]

My review of The Bone Ships by R.J. Barker:

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

[Darrell]

After finishing Green Rider, which I enjoyed and will return to, I have decided to return to what is probably my favorite epic fantasy worlds with Dancer's Lament

[Don]

Jacqueline, my suggestions for uplifting reading is:

"Sh*t my Father says" by Justin Halpern.

A re-read of "All the creatures great and small".

GoodOnYa

[Don]

Best new phrase of the day "Emotional Bandwidth" the word I never knew I needed.... but did!

[Jacqueline]

I haven’t read All Creatures Great and Small in sooooo long. I read them when they first came out forever ago. I loved them all. I haven’t done any rereading for a couple of years now. Too many books I haven’t read yet.

[Esther]

I really enjoyed A Brightness Long Ago. Why didn't I listen before when people recommend Guy Gavriel Kay?
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Trike]

My last book of November was the excellent collection Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang, which is every bit as good as his previous one. A full-on 5-star read from start to finish.

Non-spoiler breakdown of the nine stories: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Gabi]

Esther wrote: "I really enjoyed A Brightness Long Ago. Why didn't I listen before when people recommend Guy Gavriel Kay?
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Then you're in for a treat with his other works. Of the ones I've read I found "A Brightness Long Ago" to be the weakest.

[Don]

Esther, you are truly in for some great reads with GG Kay.

[Don]

Allison, when I read you were reading "The Library at Mt. Char" I was hoping for your reaction to the last 25% of the book when it went interdimentional, supernova.

[Dj]

Kateb wrote: "i needed something humerous. asked a friend and she suggested Janet Evanovitch. Now not sci fi, not fantasy , but we will see

i have laughed and laughed , am up to book 6 . so sorry my fellow sci ..."

I take it you're reading the bounty hunter series. Stephanie Plum if I remember right. Granny with the hand cannon at Thanksgiving was quite memorable.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Don wrote: "Allison, when I read you were reading "The Library at Mt. Char" I was hoping for your reaction to the last 25% of the book when it went interdimentional, supernova."

Hmm! My non-spoilery reaction is that I wanted that story and didn't feel it related well at all to the things I'd had to do to get it. I wish the book had been about that part of it, and not the less nova parts

[Don]

when I say "supernova", its not a superlative.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

lol

[Amanda]

I'm finally getting my long overdue introduction to Ursula K. Le Guin, I picked up Earthsea: The First Four Books a couple weeks ago and started it last night, didn't get very far unfortunately due to extreme sleepiness. I'm very much feeling the tone shift of getting back into some classic fantasy after having read so many more recent works lately.

[Eric]

I finished Sister Light, Sister Dark. It seemed a bit juvenile to me, but in for the penny, in for the pound. Onto book two, White Jenna.

[Esther]

@Gabi
@Don
I am debating Tigana, The Lions of Al-Rassan or Under Heaven. Any preferences?

Also I love dead-tree versions but I read on my commute and lugging round such bricks is making an already-painful shoulder worse.
Are there any wonderful illustrations/maps that I might miss on a Kindle version?

[Gabi]

@Esther: imho Tigana is the best of his works I've read. I liked the characters in Lions a lot, too, but the story did not come up to Tigana level for me. "Under Heaven" is a very slow paced, atmospheric telling with the Tang dynasty as basis. Here the characters didn't manage to get to my heart.

ETA: can't help with the maps/illustrations, since I own all of them as ebook version.

[Karen]

I've recently started listening to A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World. So far, so good. Only on chapter 6 but the world building has been going on and now the adventuring is beginning.

Finished Sleep Like a Baby, the latest Aurora Teagarden mystery lite. It was quite meh but I can now say I've completed a series.

I also finished Time's Convert, making this the another completed series for this year. I really liked delving into another character's life that wasn't strictly a love story.

Continuing on with my latest author obsession, Ruth Ware. She writes fantastically well-paced psychological thrillers that keep me guessing until the end. I had initially started with The Death of Mrs. Westaway and was thoroughly sucked in by her writing. I went on to The Woman in Cabin 10 and have just finished In a Dark, Dark Wood which was her debut novel.

Started on Winter in Paradise since I just won its sequel What Happens in Paradise. Engaging chick-lit, light on the brain.

I just started Last Will, no real thoughts yet. I wanted to read another book by this author since I had been so gobsmacked by All the Ugly and Wonderful Things.

I need 8 more books to complete my goal for the year...

[Gabi]

I've read Little Man, What Now? by Hans Fallada, a German narration about the struggle of the common people during the great depression (few years before the takeover of the Nazis). I was surprised how much I loved the writing style and the story itself.

I've listened to The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber, a deeply psychological narration about a pastor on a mission on an alien planet while his wife stays on an Earth on the verge of severe climatic and political catastrophes. The estrangement of them told via letters hit me in the guts. I was deeply impressed by this slow paced story.

[Stratos]

Just started The Road. Its style is way too lyrical for my taste. Currently struggling. I 've heard it's pretty grim so I 'm nervous for that as well.

[Krystal]

Stratos wrote: "Just started The Road. Its style is way too lyrical for my taste. Currently struggling. I 've heard it's pretty grim so I 'm nervous for that as well."

That book is my absolute least favourite book of all the things I've read. Good luck with it!