What are you currently reading in 4/11?

[Maggie]

I am reading Opening Atlantis and having a hard time getting into it.

[Kevin]

Maggie wrote: "I am reading Opening Atlantis and having a hard time getting into it."

That is why I gave all three books away a few month after I found all three books.

[Rachel]

Becca wrote: "I'm reading Dune this month, as I'm a Dune noob. Loving it so far. "

Oh, I'm so jealous of you - I don't even remember reading Dune for the first time. It's probably the book I've read most often in my life..

[Kevin]

Rachel wrote: "Becca wrote: "I'm reading Dune this month, as I'm a Dune noob. Loving it so far. "

Oh, I'm so jealous of you - I don't even remember reading Dune for the first time. It's probably the book I've re..."

I started reading Dune back in high school, just because first our library had what I thought was a signed copy of God Emperor of Dune, but later found out it was not. Plus during the same year I had a science teacher that looked exactly like Frank Herbert's face on the back of God Emperor.

[Scott]

I just finished A Game of Thrones.

Now I'm going to start Death Mask. My first foray into Masterton.

[[deleted user]]

I just finished reading indie author Christopher Bunn's The Hawk And His Boy, which was awesome. I'm on to the sequel now. After that, I plan to begin Tad William's Shadowmarch series.

[Benjamin]

Well, I gave up on Wolf Hall. I got up to 340 pages, before realizing I just didn't care about anything was happening. It's disappointing since I usually like historical fiction.

Next up is The Enterprise of Death by Jesse Bullington.

[Phoenixfalls]

Finally caught up on my reviews, so I can post a mid-month update:

Finished
-The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World, which was a quite enjoyable and informative history of science book. Reviewed here.
-The Habitation of the Blessed, which vaulted into place as the best thing I've read so far this year. It's. . . well. . . perfect. Review here.

Rewarded myself with some more Heyer; read in quick succession:
and (reread)
The Masqueraders was the standout and utterly delightful; made me want to reread Twelfth Night and inspired me to get back to work on one of the stories that's been cluttering up my back brain.

Now I'm in the middle of:

[Catherine]

Benjamin wrote: "Well, I gave up on Wolf Hall. I got up to 340 pages, before realizing I just didn't care about anything was happening. It's disappointing since I usually like historical fiction.

Next up is [b..."

I was listening to Wolf Hall and just stopped. Life is too short to read something that I wasn't interested in. I found it boring. I've read and loved other historical fiction and nonfiction of that time, but just couldn't deal with Wolf Hall.

[Antonio]

The Neutronium Alchemist, by Peter F. Hamilton

[Scott]

I just finished Death Mask and will start Mockingjay later today.

[[deleted user]]

How'd you like Death Mask, Scott?

[Scott]

It was good. I would say that it was a supernatural horror story. I gave it 4 stars. I thought the end was a little too drawn out.

I liked his writing style. I will definitely read more of his work in the future.

[[deleted user]]

Sounds good, I'll add it to my TBR. Thanks!


btw, if I don't like it, I'm blaming you.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Ala wrote: "Sounds good, I'll add it to my TBR. Thanks!


btw, if I don't like it, I'm blaming you."

He totally will, too. He's an ass that way.

[[deleted user]]

I'm an ass that, and many other, ways.

[Scott]

My wife uses the same theory. She blames me for everything.

[[deleted user]]

Then you've already realized it's your fault?

Great! Less work for me :P

[Trevor]

Finished Black Sun Rising and while it had some cool ideas, such as the fae magic being part of the planet, it also had some dull parts.

I'll read the next in the series soon, but for now I've started The Lions of al-Rassan.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Currently reading The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl by Tim Pratt and I'm generally digging it, but I wish it would pick up a bit. 150 pages, and counting, seems a bit excessive for set-up in a book that's less than 500 pages all-told.

(Or maybe it's just 'cause there are more and more chapters from Denis' perspective, and I don't like those chapters. *shrug*)

[Mariah]

After Wizard Alone, I read Melting Stones by Tamora Pierce. It got mixed reviews, but I liked it.
Very unique- its about a stone mage who communicates with stones in order to try to stop (or re-route) a volcano

[Filippo]

Hi. Started now "Feed" of Mira Grant. Seems good (compelling). I've decided to read after a short story of Grant bought in the new short story service of Orbit (expensive, i've to say, but the story was nice)

[Tasula]

Phoenixfalls wrote: "Just read and reviewed:
Fledgling, by Octavia E. Butler - review
Zoo City, by Lauren Beukes - review
The Bone Palace, by Amanda Downum - review (this one ..."

Abolutely agree with your review of Downum's Bone Palace- I loved her lst book- The Drowning City too. Books in similar vein that I also loved were The Fallen Blade by Grimwood, Jon Courtenay and Midwinter by Mathew Sturges and Living with Ghosts by Kari Sperring.

[Valerie]

Currently a third of the way through Red Wolf by Liza Marklund - it's a Swedish crime mystery novel, apparently the fifth in the series but the first released by this publisher Stateside, that I think paints some interesting contrasts between the different regions of Sweden. It's beginning to mention European terrorist factions, such as Basque separatists and Maoists, and I'm finding this very fascinating so far. Not a quick read, despite its relatively short length, but I think it's rewarding.

I also started The Left Hand of Darkness.

[Genia]

I got much too bored with Butcher's Codex Alera (which was my light, fluffy read) and read Robert Harris's Enigma instead. I've also slugged through Caesar, which was not my favourite Masters of Rome book - mostly because I dislike Caesar and get infinitely bored by Gallic wars - and am now reading Foucault's Pendulum, which, after the first 250 pages, suddenly became vastly engrossing, and reads like a singularly superior sort of urban fantasy.

[Phoenixfalls]

Tasula wrote: "Abolutely agree with your review of Downum's Bone Palace- I loved her lst book- The Drowning City too. Books in similar vein that I also loved were The Fallen Blade by Grimwood, Jon Courtenay and Midwinter by Mathew Sturges and Living with Ghosts by Kari Sperring."

Still have to read The Drowning City -- I read them out of order.

Thanks for the recs! Will definitely check out those other titles!

[Maggie]

Genia-
Foucault's Pendulum is one of my all-time faves. Totally engrossing book!

[Genia]

Maggie-
I love The Name of the Rose. It's one of the best books I've ever read. I feel Foucault's Pendulum is not quite as good but, as one friend of mine pointed out, it's not exactly crippling criticism. I understand people find it difficult because the topics it digs into are so esoteric and most readers are not familiar with them. So far, I encountered very little problem regarding my ability to follow the material, but some of the narrative dragged a bit, especially the parts that were Belbo's personal computer files.

[Trevor]

Finished The Lions of al-Rassan and I enjoyed every minute of it. It's easily a new favorite of mine.

Next up is Behemoth.

[Stuart]

I am reading Grave Peril by Jim Butcher

[Benjamin]

Last night I finished The Enterprise of Death by Jesse Bullington. Enterprise fixed the pacing issues of Brothers Grossbart, but the characterization had some problems though in a different way. I figure if you liked Bullington's first book you'll like this one too.

I'm already 70 pages into Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch.

Catherine wrote: "I was listening to Wolf Hall and just stopped. Life is too short to read something that I wasn't interested in. I found it boring. I've read and loved other historical fiction and nonfiction of that time, but just couldn't deal with Wolf Hall. "

Glad to hear I'm not the only one. :) A friend who's opinion I trust loved it so I was really surprised I didn't. I suppose life would be boring if we all agreed on everything. :P

[Robin]

I just finished Foundation and Empire, which was pretty tedious. Foundation was superb, with all the political manipulations and schemes of the major characters in each story, but in this book, everything seemed to happen to them rather than being done by them. It didn't make for a particularly thrilling read.

Currently about 75% of the way through Watchmen and I'm going to be starting The Emperor's Finest and Spinward Fringe Broadcast 0: Origins which I have lined up. Also continuing my journey through a collection of 67 H.P. Lovecraft stories that I've been picking at for the last few months.

[[deleted user]]

Currently about half-way through Territory which I'm fnding flat and unengaging but will persevere. Pondering on starting The Cyberiad or In the Cities of Coin and Spice

[Scott]

I just finished Mockingjay. I thought this was a good series especially for younger readers. I'm sure I'll have my kids read it when they get a little older.

Now I'm going to start American Gods.

[Chris]

I'm actually kind of on an academic sci-fi geek kick. I wonder if anybody could recommend any good books on the history of science fiction. I just finished Thomas Disch's "The Dreams Our Stuff is Made of" and I have a mixed response to the book. It did nonetheless inspire me to want to dig deeper into the origins of the genre.

This interest was also heavily stoked by Ward Shelley's amazing timeline/map that has been popping up everywhere as of late (http://www.wardshelley.com/)

[Genia]

Scott-
Oooh, American Gods. Now there's good literature.

[Julia]

I am currently reading Big Fish, which may be good literature, for a library book group, but I'm not enjoying it. To me, it seems like the movie improved it.

I'm also reading and mostly loving The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir. I'm reading it because Brent & Josh are my neighbors.

[Kevin]

I am reading World War Z, had it for 4 years hope it is good as a I hear.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I just started The Pickwick Papers for another group and will be starting The Black Company and This Perfect Day within the next week.

[stormhawk]

I'm trying to catch up on pending reviews, so I've recently completed a paranormal romance, The Restorer and a mystery, Lethal Lineage and am just starting on Fade to Blue: An Evan Horne Mystery.

[Bill]

Kevin wrote: "I am reading World War Z, had it for 4 years hope it is good as a I hear."

I hope you enjoy. I thought it was very good.

[Benjamin]

I quickly got through Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch and loved it. I thought it was every bit as good as the first book, Midnight Riot.

For my next book I think I'll go with Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente.

[Phoenixfalls]

Benjamin wrote: "For my next book I think I'll go with Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente."

I just got that in the mail a couple days ago; haven't decided if I want to devour it immediately or save it for a time when I'm in a reading rut. . .

Looking forward to hearing what you think about it!

[Trevor]

Kevin wrote: "I am reading World War Z, had it for 4 years hope it is good as a I hear."

World War Z is awesome. I hope you enjoy it.

I finished Behemoth a little bit ago and I enjoyed it just as much as Leviathan.

I had trouble deciding what to read next but I think I'll go with When True Night Falls.