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[Jason]

I'm reading Horns by Joe Hill. I find that it's really surreal so far. I liked the second chapter, where Ig's girlfriend is eating the donuts. Reminded me of a David Lynch movie...LOL

[Branden]

I'm 53% of the way through Charlaine Harris's Dead Until Dark. I'm reading with my girlfriend and surprised how much I am enjoying it so far.

[Jason]

I finished The Well of Ascension last night at work, and now I'll be reading Hell House by Richard Matheson. I'm looking forward to it!

[Laurel]

Jason - how are you liking the Mistborn trilogy?

[Jason]

I love it. I think it's really original, especially the magical system Sanderson has developed. Allomancy seems so realistic that I want to swallow some shavings and see if I can burn them. LOL

[Aloha]

Altered Carbon looks good. I'll put it in my to read. I'm reading Guido Henkel's 1st of the Jason Dark series on my iPhone. Very enjoyable, Guido. You've revived the Sherlock Holmes style mysteries. I'm listening to The Strain. Loving that, too. I just went out and purchased Michael Talbot's The Holographic Universe in paperback to replace my PDF version. Loving that book. I have all variety of reading media covered. Love all the books I'm reading. I'm one happy camper.

[Caity]

I'm rereading A Great and Terrible Beauty so I can read the rest of the trilogy. It's an interesting story, although I'm not a huge fan of the writing style. Definitely not the worst I've ever read.

[Aloha]

Finished The Strain. Though nothing innovative, it thoroughly entertained me. The audio with Ron Perlman was great. I'm deciding between continuing with Acacia book 1, or Misery by Stephen King for audio. I'm leaning toward Misery since a suspenseful horror is more to my taste now. Almost done with Guido Henkel's Jason Dark 1. After that, I start on Hell House in eBook until I can get it in audio. And when I'm in a contemplative mood, I read The Holographic Universe by Talbot.

[Jason]

I'm thinking on listening to Acacia book 1 sometime soon, as well. That one looks really good!

[Aloha]

I think you'll enjoy it. Dick Hill is a terrific narrator. He did a terrific job on Wilbur Smith's The Egyptian series. It's just that I needed suspenseful, jump in your seat kind of audiobooks for the long drives I've been doing. Long fantasies don't keep me awake as well.

[Jason]

Gee, I can't see why...LOL

I'd definately go with the Stephen King, then!

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

I'm reading . It was sort of a slow start, but it's good.

[Jason]

I had The Magic of Recluce on my tbr shelf for a very long time until one day I decided that I'd never read it, and so gave it away. Now, that book haunts the shelves of used book stores around here.

I still would like to read that one day.

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

I finished it, and I ended up enjoying it. Worth your while.

I started and it's very good. Fun, but kind of dark at the same time.

[Jason]

I might check to see if they have Recluse for the Kindle.

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

I just finished and started last night.

[Kim]

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "I just finished and started last night."

Jason wrote: "Gee, I can't see why...LOL

I'd definately go with the Stephen King, then!"

Who wrote The Book Huntress, I am having a hard time finding it.

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

Dead of Light is by Chaz Brenchley.

Coombe's Wood is written by Lisa C. Hinsley.

[Jason]

Did you like Chaz Brenchley, Lady Danielle?

I've read a couple books by him. I think he's good, if not a little boring.

[Jason]

I'm reading The Dragonbone Chair. I did start with Mieville's The Scar, but it was just too much for my mind set of late. LOL

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

It was a well-written book. He's a bit wordy for my tastes. I wouldn't say I like him. I don't dislike him. If he had another book that appealed to me, and I could read it for cheap on Kindle, I'd read it. I have to be in the mood for that kind of writing though. I like a more succinct writing style--to be honest.

[Aloha]

I'm the same way. I prefer it when a book has been edited to the point where you know the perfect words were used without extra fillers in the paragraph. If you studied Samuel Beckett's work, you'll see that you can't remove one word without the whole thing crumbling. As far as recent books read, I prefer The Strain over The Passage because The Passage was overbloated with words that were not expressed succintly, creating a lot of meandering.

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

I'll have to check out Beckett, then. I appreciate that kind of writing.

[Aloha]

Go to the section of the library where there are cobwebs. The Lost Ones has not been checked out in 4 years. It's hilarious. I would go to the library, the librarian would look at me queerly and mentioned that a book has not been checked out in years. I have a friend who is into books that have cobwebs on them.

Beckett is hard to read for a lot of people. He eliminates everything that is unnecessary, even punctuation. Getting into the flow of consciousness is the best way to read his stuff. His stuff is perfect combined with LSD or pot, I think, not that I do drugs. LOL

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

LOL. Maybe he's on Kindle, too. :)

[K.C.]

I'm reading Lincoln's Sword (newly released) by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald. Not very far in, but liking it so far.

[Jason]

I'm really enjoying The Dragonbone Chair. The writing style and characterization is sweeping me away. Guess I was in the mood for that, indead, after all.

I really have to be in the mood to read Mieville. I love the strange worlds he creates, but I also think that he can be too wordy. He also has a somewhat complex writing style that I have to concentrate on sometimes to understand.

[Jason]

Beckett sounds like he might be interesting!

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

Jason, I thank you for the warning. I definitely have to be ready to read writers like Mieville. I really want to read Perdido Street Station, but it's soooo loong!

[Jason]

No prob, Lady Danielle. It is long. And the language he uses is crazy. Mieville loves his descriptions. I wouldn't say he goes overboard with them, or anything like that. But it can be overwhelming sometimes.

[Amanda]

Perdido Street is in my current library stack. I'm not intimidated by length so i hope I like him.

[Jason]

I think Mieville's brilliant. I've just gotta be in the mood for him. LOL

[Donna]

I'm re-reading Clive Barkers Weaveworld. Its been quite a few years since I've read any of his books and I remember after reading the first one by him, literally devouring every book of his I could find. I'm interested to see if I still enjoy them as much as I did back then.

Jason, I recently read the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series too and absolutely loved it. Although I remember Dragonbone Chair being a slow start for me.

[Amanda]

Donna wrote: "I'm re-reading Clive Barkers Weaveworld. Its been quite a few years since I've read any of his books and I remember after reading the first one by him, literally devouring every book of his I could..."

Dragonbone was hard for me too. I own the 2nd book but have yet to read it.

[Jason]

Weaveworld is an awesome read. I haven't read that one in a long long time. Galilee is another favorite of mine from Clive Barker.

So far, I'm really enjoying Dragonbone. Real life has been more of a problem, getting in the way of my reading it, than its slow beginning.

So far, I love the characters. I can see that this is probably one of Williams' strong points. He is also really good at world building, so far as I can see it.

I can see what you mean by the slow start, though. Williams really takes his time setting up the story. This isn't very new to me, though. For example, I thought that Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy had some really drawn out and slow parts until the third book, which completely blew me away.

[Aloha]

I'm in the middle of listening to The Lovely Bones. If you're into cutting edge writing or even just horror, this is not for you. Considering the topic,
it's more like a YA novel. I'll finish it,but I don't see it coming close to wowing me.

Better is the audio of Acacia:War with the Mein. The writing is sophisticated fantasy. The only down side is Dick Hill's gravelly and vibrato voice. I could barely think about the story, his voice is so distracting. I liked him in Wilbur Smith's The Egyptian series. Maybe he's getting older and his voice tool on a deeper and rougher tone. I wish it was Campbell Scott narrating this. He has a voice that doesn't interfere with the writing. He did a terrific job on The Shining. Loved it! Another must read from Stephen King.

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

I'm reading . Slow-going, but I'm enjoying it.

[Jason]

I really want to read Acacia! That one looks goooood. Thanks again for bringing it to my attention, Aloha!

[Jean]

Lady Danielle - I found it slow going as well. Enjoyable but a bit slow on action.

[Aloha]

So 2 votes for Acacia so far! I really love the political intrigues and historical building.



Jason wrote: "I really want to read Acacia! That one looks goooood. Thanks again for bringing it to my attention, Aloha!"

[Jason]

Aloha wrote: "So 2 votes for Acacia so far! I really love the political intrigues and historical building.

Me too! Political intrigues and historical building, mixed with nasty characters, is one reason I love A Song of Ice and Fire so much. Acacia has had its comparisons to that series.

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

I've really gotten sucked in with The Name of the Wind! It's a great book.

[Jason]

Yes, I'll agree to that. I like the world, and how flawed the characters are. Flawed in a good way, of course. I don't mean that the writing is flawed. I mean that the characters are so real that they are flawed like all people are.

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

I totally get what you're saying. I feel so involved with Kvothe's story at this point.

[Weenie]

Jason wrote: The Gargoyle sounds like it might be good!

It is good! But I found it rather emotional - ok so I cried, which doesn't happen that often when I read!

Altered Carbon is probably one of my favourite sci-fi books, think it was one of a few books that I finished and went 'wow'! Have to warn you though that the 'noir mystery' feel isn't apparent in the following Takeshi Kovacs books but they're still good.

Anyway, I'm currently reading The Seeds of Earth - some sci-fi for a change.

[Jason]

This weekend I added Shadow's Son to the other two books I'm reading.

[Caity]

Haha, I'm kinda hyper right now, which is annoying for 5 am.

Anyway! I finished A Great and Terrible Beauty, then read Rebel Angels. I definitely loved the second book a lot, as Libba Bray's writing style developed a good bit and improved. I'm now reading the third book, The Sweet Far Thing. Well, I'm sort of reading it, but slowly because I have also finally picked up Mistborn: The Final Empire. Brandon Sanderson is unbelievably good at creating new magic systems, even if I am still confused 5 chapters in. I'm just easily confused, actually, so this shouldn't surprise anybody.

[Jason]

LMAO Caity. I don't know how anyone can be hyper at 5 in the morning.

You'll get used to the magical system in Sanderson's Mistborn series. I promise. :)

[K.C.]

Almost done with The Warrior's Apprentice.

[Aloha]

Currently almost halfway through Guido Henkel's Jason Dark's #6: From A Watery Grave. If you like the Sherlock Holmes series and were disappointed that there were no more left to read, then move on to the Jason Dark series. It's great paranormal fun in the Sherlock Holmes sleuth/martial arts style.

I'm starting the Book 2 section of Acacia: War with the Mein, when I realized that it's halfway through the month and I haven't read any of the monthly readings. Since I'm only starting the Book 2 section, I thought it would be good to pause on it to start reading those other books. I'm enjoying this first of the Acacia series. It's not Dune, but a lot of fantasy books pale in comparison to Dune in originality and ideas.

I am now listening to the audio of American Gods by Neil Gaiman. The book bore a similarity to On a Pale Horse: Incarnations of Immortality, Book One, in its symbolism and encounters with surrealistic characters. The similarity was easy to pick up because George Guidall read both books.

I recently purchased Dark Faith in the Kindle format. I can't wait to start on that. That looks like a really interesting read.