What are you reading in September 2010?

[Benjamin]

I finished Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. It's the final book in The Hunger Games trilogy and it was quite good.

[Jon]

I'm looking forward to a long weekend reading (provided I don't get distracted by Netflix streaming episodes of Pillars of the Earth). I hope to finish Song of the Beast by Saturday so I can start reading The Way of Kings, which I received yesterday, signed and numbered by Brandon.

Otherwise, I've got some GoodReads group book-of-the-month selections to read and a couple of non-fiction selections for my church. You can visit my current-month shelf for my dynamic list of September reads.

[Lara Amber]

I just finished Why Evolution Is True, which was a great read. I'm now back to my "reread literature I read as a kid/teen" list with The Call of the Wild and Treasure Island and The Secret Garden.

[William]

I am rereading The Warrior Prophet for the third time.

[Maria]

Beniowa79 wrote: "I finished Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. It's the final book in The Hunger Games trilogy and it was quite good."

I keep hearing it's good!!!

[Julia]

I'm about to start Mockingjay.

This after reading To Kill a Mockingbirdand five books about it for a library discussion that went quite well. We're watching the movie together at the library next week.

[Sandra]

Dune - listening to an audio with a full cast of characters even though I read it years ago, and reading ebook The Spellman Files.

[[deleted user]]

Will be starting on Darkness that Comes Before after getting through the two monthly books here. Will also be finishing A Madness of Angels: Or The Resurrection of Matthew Swift and staring in on The Midnight Mayor: Or The Inauguration of Matthew Swift.

And then, hopefully, I'll get started on the Dies the Fire series since it's been recommended to me several times.

[Tonya]

I'm reading Hidden Truth

[Todd]

I just finished reading When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger. Great early cyberpunk/mystery taking place within an intriguing and exotic culture and setting. I particularly liked the concept of plug-in personality modules that could be swapped out at will.

[Mike]

I'm reading Assassin's Apprentice, the final novel in the Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb. I'm not sure what I'll dig into after that, perhaps Godemperor of Dune, which has been sitting on my bookshelf unread for some time now.

[Meine]

I am actually reading God Emperor of Dune a.t.m., finished the first 3 books in the series last month.

On a side note; does anyone know a european/dutch seller for the ebook of the Boneshaker? I have been looking around a bit, but so far I haven't found a place to buy it yet.

[Sandra]

Finished Dune and The Spellman Files. Didn't like Dune nearly as much as I liked it when I was in high school, although it's still interesting. The Spellman Files was a hoot -- light and funny fluff about a very dysfunctional family of private investigators.

Starting The Summer Tree in audio and Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America, the month's read for another group.

[Tonya]

I just finished Hidden Truth. I'm starting Changes

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Mike wrote: "I'm reading Assassin's Apprentice, the final novel in the Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb. I'm not sure what I'll dig into after that..."

You could always go for the Liveship Traders or the Tawny Man trilogies, both by Robin Hobb. Liveship is set in the same world, Tawny Man picks up years after Assassin's Apprentice and features the same main characters.


As to reading material, I stopped by the bookstore and found something else to add to my reading list this month: The Way of Kings

[Cleve]

I'm reading, "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay."

[Mike]

Ala wrote: You could always go for the Liveship Traders or the Tawny Man trilogies, both by Robin Hobb. Liveship is set in the same world, Tawny Man picks up years after Assassin's Apprentice and features the same main characters.

I had heard of those series, but I didn't realize they were set in the same world. Thanks for the tips!

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Glad to help :)

[Bob]

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. About 125 pages in and it's excellent!

[Bob]

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. About 125 pages in and it's excellent!

[Stacie]

"The Book of Lost Things" by John Connoly. About 2/3 the way through it and I really like it so far.

[Chris]

I have just finished The Book of Lost Things and it was excellent.

Currently reading The Name of the Rose.

[Paul]

Reading "The Warded Mann" by Peter Brett and also "The Way of Kings" by B. Sanderson.

[Julia]

Cleve,

I'm jealous! I read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay last year or the year before and since then I've read everything Michael Chabon has written...

I'm reading The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, which while enjoyable, is no Chabon.

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Paul wrote: "Reading "The Warded Mann" by Peter Brett and also "The Way of Kings" by B. Sanderson."

I really liked The Warded Man, and The Desert Spear was just as good.

[Arthur]

A couple of days ago I finished Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson. I enjoyed the book quite a lot.
Immediately started book #2 The Well of Ascension

[Ouranosaurus]

Just finished the slipstreamish Chronic City by Lethem. It was good, but needed either more incident, or to be slimmed down by about 100 pages. Maybe more giant city-wrecking tigers, too.

[Jackie]

So far, I've been lucky in my choices this month, I've liked what I've read:
Storm Thief by Chris Wooding
A Dark Traveling by Roger Zelazny
Hood by Stephen R. Lawheadand I'll start Scarlet this weekend. And pick up Tuck in a week or two.
Finishing The Goblin Wood by Hilari Bell today or tomorrow, depending on the time I have to devote to it.

[Samantha]

Oooh, I didn't realize The Way of Kings was out. Must lay my grubby little paws on it - I've liked or loved everything Sanderson's written to date.

I've got The Desert Spear awaiting me but I'm having a hard time getting into it (I loved 'The Warded Man) Must keep trying, though.

I also have the first book in the The Hunger Games trilogy awaiting me. I figured it was about time.

I'm also trying to read On Basilisk Station, the first in Weber's Honor Harrington series. So far its a little too hard sci fi for my tastes and the characters aren't very likeable, but I'm willing to keep on keeping on for now...

[James]

I'm about halfway through The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson and enjoying it. It will be interesting to see how this story carries through for 10 books.

Does anyone know if Sanderson will be publishing other books for the next 9 years or will it be The Stormlight Archive until it's finished?

Jim

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Samantha wrote: "I've got The Desert Spear awaiting me but I'm having a hard time getting into it (I loved 'The Warded Man) Must keep trying, though."

I found The Desert Spear to be an easy read, moreso then The Warded Man. Maybe I was just anxious to get back into the story, though, so it only seemed to be an easier read.

[Samantha]

Ala wrote: "Samantha wrote: "I've got The Desert Spear awaiting me but I'm having a hard time getting into it (I loved 'The Warded Man) Must keep trying, though."

I found The Desert Spear to be..."

For me its mainly that I want to hear more about the heroes from the first book, and Desert Spear starts off (at least) being all about that one guy and his buddy. I don't care about that guy! :p He's a jerk! :p

[stormhawk]

You know how you intend to read all through your vacation, and set everything up for that, and you are so busy doing vacation stuff that you never get around to reading?

Yeah, I'm not used to that, actually. I usually have downtime built into the va-Kay ... not so this year, whirlwind trip in New England ... Salem, Bar Harbor, Mystic ... spent all my time doing touristy stuff, exploring Acadia National Park, getting my picture taken at the Bewitched statue, stuff like that. The trip did direct my reading choice, though, started The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, also am working on Boneshaker and a FirstReads book, Big Machine.

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Samantha wrote: "For me its mainly that I want to hear more about the heroes from the first book, and Desert Spear starts off (at least) being all about that one guy and his buddy. I don't care about that guy! :p He's a jerk! :p "

Ahaha, yeah. I feel ya there. At first, I was a bit annoyed it didn't start with The Warded Man and his cohorts, but then I really got into the whole history of Jardir and what drove him to do what he did to Arlen in the first book. Made him a bit more relatable.

Even though he still is a jerk :P

[Benjamin]

I just finished The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. It was very good and I can't wait to read the rest.

Maria wrote: "I keep hearing it's good!!!"

Then you should buy it! ;-)

Jim wrote: "Does anyone know if Sanderson will be publishing other books for the next 9 years or will it be The Stormlight Archive until it's finished?"

Jim, Sanderson will be finishing the last two books in the Wheel of Time before working on anything else. I believe the earliest we can expect the second Stormlight book will be in 2012.

[Vicky]

Just started "The Last Colony" by John Scalzi. I found it at the library and so far, so good. But I'm only about a third of the way in at the moment.

[Terence]

I just finished two YA fantasies by Lloyd Alexander - The Iron Ring and The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio - of The Prydain Chronicles fame.

Fictionwise, I'm looking forward to rereading Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness for one of my groups and The Tempest for another.

After that, I continue my trip down memory lane with Eileen Kernaghan: Journey to Aprilioth, Songs from the Drowned Lands, and The Sarsen Witch.

[Tina]

This month is all about Peter V. Brett and his debut books. Have just started on The Painted Man (about 100pg in) and enjoying it quite a bit.

[Kim Marie]

I've just finished Naomi Novik's "Tongues of Serpents" and enjoyed it but found it a little lacking in action compared to the other books in the series. I'll soon start on Brent Weeks' new book, "The Black Prism".

Just a tip to those reading Robin Hobb's "Assassin's" series......it's not essential but the series will make more sense if read in the correct order with "The Liveships" in the middle.

[Kaion]

Jumping on the bandwagon with The Windup Girl.

[Tina]

I agree with Surreality, I have just finished all the trilogies of Robin Hobb myself and reading them in order have maxed my enjoyment of them.
They are all really good books too, so I think it's worth the extra time of reading.

[Sue]

I'm reading Fallen Embers, by debut author Lauri J. Owen. A little too much sex for my tastes, though probably not enough for some. (OK, I'm a prude.) About halfway through and enjoying it so far. It's a fantasy, but addresses serious issues.

[stormhawk]

Big Machine by Victor LaValle

for Firstreads.

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

I'm reading The Last Mimzy, a collection of stories by Henry Kuttner. (If you like Ray Bradbury's short work you should probably give this a try.) And re-reading Mira Grant's zombie novel Feed.

[Julia]

I've just finished Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter and thoroughly loved it. I didn't quite expect to and expectations may play a large role in something like this.

I'm about to start Naamah's Curse.

Stormhawk,

As one who has just visited Salem have you read either of the books of Brunonia Barry? (Or something like that.)The Lace Reader with Bonus Material or The Map of True Places are both good, contemporary views of Salem with characters who live there.

[Richard]

Just finished SM Stirling's High King of Montival (good, but not the place to start the series), just started Charles Stross' The Fuller Memorandum.

[Vicky]

I've just gotten "Black Trillium" by Marion Bradles, Julian May, and Andre Norton from the library. But now I'm a bit suspicious about the status of the book. Is it part of a series? And if so, what number is it? I hate it when the book leaves me in doubt as to a book's place in the world!

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

I think it's the first part of a series.

If we can believe Wikipedia, this is the order:

* Black Trillium (1990, by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, and Andre Norton)
* Blood Trillium (1992, by Julian May)
* Golden Trillium (1993, by Andre Norton)
* Lady of the Trillium (1995, by Marion Zimmer Bradley)
* Sky Trillium (1997, by Julian May)

The wikipedia article has some interesting backstory about how the series came to be. (There are no substantive spoilers.) Maybe I'll re-read Black Trillium, if my library has the books.

[Vicky]

Excellent! Thanks for that. Now I can read the book with confidence. The downside being I'll then have to find the next books in the series. It's annoying when they charge you 50 pence per request. :(

[Jennifer]

So far I've got my teeth into Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, which is a really excellent read if you haven't gotten to it yet, as well as any Discworld book I can get my hands on. How I've lived 23 years without Terry Pratchett blows my mind. And lastly, I've gotten my hands on a couple "year's best science-fiction" type of books, so I'm perusing them as well. Ah, the clearance aisle at Half-Price books. ;)

Does anyone have suggestions as to authors similar to Terry Pratchett, or (big diff, I know), Orson Scott Card?