What Else Are You Reading - October 2011 Edition

[Jenny]

I'm reading Exile, Foundation's Edge, and Neverwhere. I'm listening to Neverwhere on audio. I'm enjoying it, but I'm having a problem getting really into it. I think it's because I've been in the mood for music lately and I'm used to shorter audiobooks.

[Tamahome]

Neverwhere was a tv show.

[terpkristin]

Jenny wrote: "...I'm having a problem getting really into it. I think it's because I've been in the mood for music lately..."

This is how my podcast queue gets backlogged. I typically listen to podcasts at work when I'm doing stuff I can multi-task on (if I'm doing stuff where I can't multi-task, I go straight to music). But when I get into moods for music, I ignore my podcasts more or less all together and then get completely backlogged. Driving and the gym are my typical audiobook times so I can usually keep moving through those.

Tamahome wrote: "Neverwhere was a tv show."

I was trying to tell my dad about Sawyer's predictions "coming true" in Flashforward and he cut me off to tell me that Flashforward was a TV show.

And to make this slightly on-topic, I'm still working through re-reading Eragon. That's going a bit slowly, mostly because I'm also reading Reamde. Kindle says I'm 23% into Reamde and I can see what people are talking about with plot holes, etc. Luckily (?) my back is acting up today so I think I'm going to be spending a lot of time on my couch or in my bed, which is the perfect reading time.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I'm back to Reamde today too. Hope your back feels better! Maybe it was being stubborn to give you reading time.

[Jenny]

Tamahome wrote: "Neverwhere was a tv show."

I know, I plan on watching the miniseries at some point when I'm done with the audiobook. It's due back at the library in three days so I now have motivation to finish it and I'm enjoying it more.

[Brandon]

Just finished up Reamde, so now it's a quick re-read through A Fire Upon the Deep and then straight into The Children of the Sky.

[Ryan]

I've really been enjoying a new indie series I came across somewhere called "The Riyria Revelations," a finite sword & sorcery series of 6 books by Michael J. Sullivan. Great fantasy series with interesting characters and some nice background mysteries, all while avoiding the heavy emo that plagues the genre. 5 books are out and the 6th will be released next in January. All that and you can win the first two books for free on Goodreads. Check it out.

http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

[Michael]

Ryan wrote: "I've really been enjoying a new indie series I came across somewhere called "The Riyria Revelations," a finite sword & sorcery series of 6 books by Michael J. Sullivan. Great fantasy series with i..."

Thanks for the invite Ryan and I'm glad you have been enjoying the series. It did start out as an independent but then it was bought by Orbit who will put out the six-books as a trilogy (2 books per volume). They fast-tracked the release and are putting them out one per month (Theft of Swords (Nov), Rise of Empire (Dec), Heir of Novron (Jan).

[Michael]

I'm just at the end of Jon Sprunk's Shadow's Son. I've really been enjoying it so far.

[Markt5660]

I just started The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross. It's the third novel in "The Laundry" series.

"It's Bob Howard vs. Evil - and Evil Cheats".

[Alex]

Just finished Clash of Kings, working on Storm of Swords , the second Mistborn book and second Harry Potter (I told my wife I'd read them... I don't really want to). Having finished CLash of Kings, i figure I will now be impervious to my dad spoiling the series for me when he watches season 2 of Game on HBO. Great Success!

[Noel]

Ryan wrote: "I've really been enjoying a new indie series I came across somewhere called "The Riyria Revelations," a finite sword & sorcery series of 6 books by Michael J. Sullivan. Great fantasy series with i..."

Another big recommendation for the Riryia books from me. Terrific characters, great story, massively entertaining. I couldn't put them down, and it's been a while since that happened.

[John]

Just finished listening to Grave Peril, the third book of the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. James Marsters gives a good performance to a decent story, although he's developed this odd sighing tick as he reads. This on top of his occasional lip smacking gets a bit tedious. That won't stop me from listening to more later, though.

I'm diligently working my way through Duma Key by Stephen King. This is a slow one. It's taken half the book for the scary bits to start falling into place. While I enjoy King's writing, his later works feel like a lazy Sunday afternoon, they're enjoyable but nothing much seems to happen. Hopefully it picks up.

I'm downloading The Drawing of the Three from audible as I type this. Hail to the King, baby!

[Docxen]

Brandon wrote: "I just started Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and so far its really good. I am only about 20 pages in though."

it is awesome i enjoyed the pictures also

[Docxen]

Just got around 100 + books at the library book sale right now i'm on Weird tales edited by marvin kaye.

[Joe]

I just picked up Damned from the library and am giving it a try. I bailed on Palahniuk's last two very early on, so the fact that I am 50 pages in and enjoying it is good news indeed.

[Philip]

Just wrapped up Reamde(loved it) today for the club pick and started The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer. Guess I'm on some sort of Neal Stephenson bender right now.

[Keith]

Just finished Soulless and started Ganymede. Been a lot of frilly dresses and bodices in my life lately.

[kvon]

I couldn't finish KOP by Warren Hammond, but if you like an antihero in a dystopian banana-republic world involved with corrupt police and politicians, go for it. As an antidote I started re-reading Alphabet of Thorn, one of my favorite McKillip books.

[terpkristin]

I finished re-reading (re-listening to...) Eragon yesterday and finished reading Reamde today. Not sure what's next, exactly, other than maybe starting a re-read (re-listen-to...) of Eldest. The new book comes out in about two weeks, I'm kind of thinking I'd prefer to just be reminded of the key plot points without re-reading. Anybody know of a decent place to get book summaries? I know of ones specific for WoT and ASOIAF but not other books...

[Jenny]

I finished Neverwhere and I loved it so much that I'm now listening to Anansi Boys. I also finished Foundation's Edge and I have to say the Foundation series is still going strong. I'm now reading Water for Elephants.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Finished Reamde and There Are Things I Want You to Know About Stieg Larsson and Me. I'm almost finished listening to the full cast audio version of Tunnel in the Sky, and I just started The Free World, one of the books shortlisted for the Giller Prize.

[Joe]

I just started Habibi based on a review I saw on NPR and devoured the first 200 pages in an hour or so. It isn't the happiest of reading, but I'm enjoying it. The art is ridiculously beautiful and it is worth reading just based on that.

[Leon]

Currently reading Jim Butcher's Storm Front (book 1 of the Harry Dresden Files series)

[Kate]

I got Whiskey and Water delivered yesterday so I'm going to finish that over the weekend and then get back to The Cold Commands, which I've been a little slow to warm up to.

[Been]

I'm currently reading through Learning XNA 4.0 since I need to get to grips with the system. Only have to read about half of it before I can put it down for a while though, then I'll be ploughing through Snuff.

I'm still paging through Reamde, albeit at a somewhat slower rate than before. Just passed the halfway mark a few days ago.

[Icelord]

Microeconomics, 8th Ed. by David Colander -- guess who's back in school?

[Tamahome]

I was checking out this book today. Looks like high fantasy:

[Louis]

I read Steve Jobs which while not being science fiction does shows how 1984 wasn't like '1984'.

On the bad pun side, if Steve had inherited a fruit company and turned it into a computer company it would have been Scion's Friction.

[terpkristin]

I found a wiki for the Inheritance Cycle books. Right now, I'm listening to Macbeth: A Novel. It's a little hard for me to listen to because the narrator has a very heavy Scottish accent; I feel like I have to pay extra-special attention. The play is one of my favorites, though, so I'm really interested in this novelization. I'm not starting a second book yet, as I'm waiting to see if V & T announce a new book this week. If not, I'll start something short on my Kindle.

[Micah]

I'm reading The Kingdom of Gods and just finished Snuff. I think both of these books are just absolutely awesome.

[Joshua]

Currently reading Daniel Abraham's A Shadow in Summer and Christopher Bunn's A Shadow at the Gate.

[Amy]

Due to a terrible on-and-off head cold, the month started very slowly for me, but I managed to put a dent in my to be read pile without adding just as many new books to it. When the to-read count is less than 20, I'm doing well. lol

The Immorality Engine
Burn Me Deadly
Ganymede
Poison
Blankets
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Habibi
The Shadow at the Gate
Hexed
The Leftovers
Shatter
Morning Glories Vol. 1: For A Better Future

I got an iPad 2 this month, which is why there are a few more graphic novels in there.

I started Under Heaven yesterday, but 10% in and not feeling drawn into the story. Ended up starting Mainspring today as an alternative, since I'm planning to write steampunk for NaNoWriMo and need to get into the mindset. I will continue reading Under Heaven though, just not as my main book.

Also reading Steve Jobs and am almost 90% of the way done War and Peace.

My favourite book(s) of the month were the 2 Craig Thompson graphic novels. Both were moving and beautifully presented. My least favourite was The Devil in the White City. Not a bad book, but it never grabbed my interest and took me 3 months to finally finish.

[Jonathan Cate]

Just started Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. It is the first book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. From the little I've read, it seems very interesting and well written.

[Joshua]

Kraken wrote: "Just started Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. It is the first book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. From the little I've read, it seems very interesting and well written."

It only gets better...

[Andy]

Joshua wrote: "Kraken wrote: "Just started Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. It is the first book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. From the little I've read, it seems very interesting and well wri..."

My friend loaned me all of the books. I think that my response to "what are you reading..." will be those books for the next 6 months or so. They weigh in at about 900 pages each!

I am on the third book, if you like the first, they do get better like Joshua said.

[Trike]

Since so many here have talked it up, I'm going to start The Warded Man tomorrow. Six days without power or internet (thanks, unexpected winter snow storm) got me over the hump in my reading.

I read the first few pages on Amazon and was immediately interested in how it would play out. At that moment, I knew. I knew the way you know about a good melon.*

*Name that movie!