What Are You Reading in November 2011?

[Kevin]

I am rereading Aces Hole by George R.R. Martin in his Wild Cards series, which was what he was big for 10 years before Song of Ice and Fire.

[Ross]

I'm reading, or trying to read, more like, Tigana by GGK. How's that reading so far? I suspect that I, like quite a few people know Martin for his ASOIAF series.

[Sheriffkilla]

Lies of Locke Lamora, Memories of Ice and Tigana. I think Best Served Cold, Monarchies of God and Warded Man are next up.

[Kevin]

Woolfie wrote: "I'm reading, or trying to read, more like, Tigana by GGK. How's that reading so far? I suspect that I, like quite a few people know Martin for his ASOIAF series."

I love the series. It takes a fresh new look at superheros like Watchmen or The Dark Knight Returns.

[Ross]

Oh really? Now that's piqued my interest

[Traci]

Mine too...

I'm on a marathon reading of the Malazan series. Currently on House of Chains. Continuing through to the last book so that's what my November looks like.

[Ross]

I'm assuming the Malazan series has continuity to it? From first glance they appeared to be standalone books.

[Jeni]

After I've finished the books I'm currently reading The Better Angels of Our Nature: A Novel, Kick-Ass (yes, it does take that long to read a graphic novel if you have to keep pinching it back from your nephew!) and Rivers of London, I plan to read Tigana, Jason Willow, An Autumn War, The Price of Springand finally Prince of Thornsall in november. The key phrase there being 'plan to'! :)

[Traci]

Each book ties into the ones that go before. Not always the same characters. Not always in the same part of the world. But of the same over all story. Book two and three take place at the same time. Book four starts with new characters durring the events of the first book. And that's where I am now...so I don't know about the rest.

[Kevin]

Woolfie wrote: "Oh really? Now that's piqued my interest"

The problem with the series that most of the book in the series is out of print, hard to find. So I would either start off with just the first book that has been reprinted last year or the new set, starting with Inside Straight.

[Ross]

That's one of my pet peeves with a novel, that they are a part of an expansive series, and you feel obliged to start at the very beginning to 'really get to know the story' I approached Pratchett but was put off by the sheer number of books, the same held for The Wheel of Time. And sometimes series that seem to have resolved themselves nicely are electrocuted back to stuttering life, such as the recent efforts from the pair of alliterative writers Cassandra Clare and Rick Riordan.

[Traci]

Yup. Going to read the Esslemont books too.

Normally it's very difficult to start a fantasy series in the middle but the Terry Pratchett Discworld books are a little different. They can be read out of order for the most part.

[Sheriffkilla]

Cool cool, I'm reading Memories of Ice. We should start a thread for Malazan since a few people are reading.

[Shannon]

I'm working my way through the Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Reading Wizard and Glass right now.

[Katie]

Some of my books are bleed-overs from last month, but that can be forgiven due to massive page length on them. I plan on continuing to read House of Leaves, The Instructions, Quicksilver, and Tigana. According to GR they are 709, 1,026, 927, and 678 pages long each (in order of my listing).

Of course I totally plan on adding the new Stephen King novel, 11/22/63, to my currently-reading list once it has been released. It comes out the day before my birthday - a sign if there ever was one. I must have a thing for long books, this baby is 960 pages!

Of course I will be flitting through a bunch of shorter books at a much faster pace as well. That's just how I roll. I'm thinking of reading Leviathan and then Behemoth. I will also finish re-reading the Protector of the Small Quartet with the last book, Lady Knight. I have ten more days of my library e-book Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian, so I'll try to get at least half way through and then check it out again.

Then there are my two betterment books on my list: Bulfinch's Mythology and Words in Context: A Japanese Perspective on Language and Culture. Don't let the second one fool you with it's measly 192 pages - it makes you think every step of the way, so I'm only a third of the way through it. For Bulfinch's Mythology, I want to at least finish the first book The Age of Fable which ends at page 335 (I am at p. 130).

I'm not sure how I juggle these books. I really don't know. Time to go and read, it's my day off!

[Emelie]

I just borrowed from the library. Fantasy written in Swedish. Gonna be interesting.

[Mach]

I will read Fool Moon by Butcher and continue my reread of WoT with The Fires Of Heaven.

[Joseph]

I finished The Darkling (I finished it yesterday, which was technically October, I guess) and now I'm reading some William King stuff on my Kindle -- Guardian of the Dawn (a free short story; reasonably entertaining sword & sorcery) and Death's Angels (first in a new series; available on Kindle for $0.99). King has primarily written gaming tie-ins -- Warhammer and Warhammer 40K -- but I've enjoyed what I've read of them so it's interesting to see what he does when he's left to his own devices.

Emelie -- I'll be fascinated to hear what you think of the Swedish novel. Do you know anything about the author? Any chance of an eventual English translation?

[Mach]

Emelie wrote: "I just borrowed from the library. Fantasy written in Swedish. Gonna be interesting."


@Emelie, Har du lest Horngudens Tale? det er norsk fantasy, ganske bra egentlig.

[Emelie]

Joseph wrote: "I finished The Darkling (I finished it yesterday, which was technically October, I guess) and now I'm reading some William King stuff on my Kindle -- [book:Guardian of..."

The author has written stuff for RP game Drakar och Demoner/Dragons and demons. This trilogy which begins with the book I linked is based on a adventure campaign for that role-playing game.
Here is an review in English about the book: Review. Sadly, I couldn't find any information if is going to be translated or anything about the book in English so I don't think so. :(


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@Mach: Nej det har jag inte. Får lägga till den till min to read!

[Joseph]

Emelie wrote: "Here is an review in English about the book: Review. Sadly, I couldn't find any information if is going to be translated or anything about the book in English so I don't think so. :( ..."

Thanks for the review -- it does sound interesting; if it ever gets an English translation I'll definitely have to check it out. In the meantime, fortunately, there are plenty of books I can read to keep me occupied . . .

[Josh]

Currently I am reading... Dracula although I have taken a couple days off because of school. :(

[Sheriffkilla]

I'm reading Tigana of course. As well as Lies of Locke Lamora to a lesser extent. To an even lesser extent Memories of Ice. And once in a while Best Served Cold.
I like reading multiple books at the same time because depending on my mood there is different stuff I enjoy.
I travel on bus/train so I do most of my reading to/from work. Which is about 2-3 hours a day. That's Tigana time.
At home I do about a 1-2 hours a day. That's most Lies of Locke time. Than other times if I'm in the mood for some Erikson or Abercrombie I'll read one of the other 2.

[Leah]

I'm currently reading The Black God's War.

Then I'll move on to being the alpha-reader for my husband Joshua P. Simon's novella.

On tap after that, I've got Glen Cook's Garrett P.I. series, Monster Hunter Vendetta, Hollowland, and Christopher Bunn's The Tormay Trilogy.

[[deleted user]]

Currently reading Absolute Midnight and The Scorch Trials. I have been waiting forever for the 3rd Abarat book to come out and The Scorch Trials is my at work book.Absolute Midnight is amazing, and The Scorch Trials is an alright story, pretty good for a YA dystopian.

[Katie]

Stephen wrote: "Currently reading Absolute Midnight and The Scorch Trials. I have been waiting forever for the 3rd Abarat book to come out and The Scorch Trials is my at work book.Abs..."

Ah, the Abarat books! I read the first one way back when it first came out, I ordered it through one of those scholastic packets teachers hand out. Totally forgot about it...adding the other books in the series to my to-read list. The Maze Runner trilogy is also on my to-read list, nice to see that someone with good taste liked it.

[Maggie]

I am currently re-reading Return of The Crimson Guard as part of my Malazan reread.

Also working on The Last Unicorn, Neuromancer and Ringworld for BOTM's here.

A lot of you are reading things I LOVED: Garrett PI, Monster Hunter, Locke Lomora....

[Katie]

Maggie wrote: "I am currently re-reading Return of The Crimson Guard as part of my Malazan reread.

Also working on The Last Unicorn, Neuromancer and Ringworld

I have The Last Unicorn as an audiobook for my mp3 player and I enjoyed what I have listened to so far. I do not remember why I have it in audiobook format though...

Neuromancer is on my to-read list as well, but it will be a while before I can get to that. I haven't read any of William Gibson's work, but I'm always entranced by his books in the bookstore.

Also, not only are there a bunch of books I love being read right now - there are some great to-read additions nested here. I love the add book/author button as it makes it so easy to look up the books.

[Maggie]

I am really loving that book so far Mary Kathryn!

[Yvonne]

I'm currently reading Deadhouse Gates (just started with the first page XD). And I'm rereading A Game of Thrones.
I will also start reading Tigana as soon as I have the book.

[John]

Currently reading Midnight Tides
I'm hoping I'll be able to read these books by the end of November
Tigana
Stone of Farewell
The Age of Innocence
Oliver Twist

[Katrina]

I am currently reading a mystery novel, but as soon as it comes out, I am going to be reading The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson. I am also planning on starting A Game of Thrones and Tigana as soon as I can get my hands on copies.

[Sandra]

The Night Ferry. Wasteland of Flint right now. Both excellent. Just finished City of Bones (the original, not the one by the plagiarist.) It was great.

[Chris]

I've kicked off my November reading with Building Harlequin's Moon, which is not a fantasy, but I intend to read Furies of Calderon and The Infernal City. :)

[Charles]

Mary Kathryn wrote: "Maggie wrote: "I am currently re-reading Return of The Crimson Guard as part of my Malazan reread.

Also working on The Last Unicorn, Neuromancer and [boo..."

Mary Kathryn, you probably know this but Neuromancer was pretty much the first of its kind. That book launched an entire genre (cyberpunk, I believe it was called back then), including the whole Matrix gig, etc. In my opinion it is still one of the best renditions of that genre. Most of the virtual reality/matrix/dataworld concepts that are still being tapped today were born in Neuromancer. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

If that book works for you you want to check out Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. LOTS of cool, crazy ideas in there.

[Katie]

Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "The Night Ferry. Wasteland of Flint right now. Both excellent. Just finished City of Bones (the original, not the one by the plagiarist.) It was great."

I usually don't read Mystery/Thriller's all that much, but The Night Ferry looks really interesting. I love this post, it is introducing me to all sorts of cool books. About City of Bones, what's the plagiarised one? I've never read that book, but it looks good.

Christopher wrote: I've kicked off my November reading with Building Harlequin's Moon, which is not a fantasy, but I intend to read Furies of Calderon and The Infernal City. :)

I have read Furies of Calderon and all the other books in that series. I enjoyed it - blazed right through it in fact! I didn't like all of it, but the majority was a good read. Those other two books look interesting...
Charles wrote: "Mary Kathryn wrote: "Maggie wrote: "I am currently re-reading Return of The Crimson Guard as part of my Malazan reread.

Also working on The Last Unicorn, Neuroman..."</i>

[book:Snow Crash is another book on my to-read list! I own both Neuromancer and Snow Crash, looking at them right now, I just need to get around to reading them. I was pretty sure it was Neuromancer that started the whole cyberpunk movement (if that's what it was called back then, what's it called now? I call it cyberpunk). I'm a bit of a computer nerd too, so I think I will really like those books.

I just wish I could read more at once! So much out there...

[Sandra]

Mary Kathryn wrote: "Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "The Night Ferry. Wasteland of Flint right now. Both excellent. Just finished City of Bones (the original, not the one by the plagi..."

Both books are very good. City of Bones is by Martha Wells. There's another City of Bones written by Cassandra Clare who has been guilty of plagiarism. Look her up. In the case of this book, she only copied the title, as far as I'm aware, anyway.

The Night Ferry is very good. I read a lot of mysteries. Fills my bloody mindedness, I guess.

[Joseph]

Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "Both books are very good. City of Bones is by Martha Wells...."

I really need to read more Martha Wells. I think the second Cloud Roads book is going to be out in January.

[Sandra]

Joseph wrote: "Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "Both books are very good. City of Bones is by Martha Wells...."

I really need to read more Martha Wells. I think the second Cloud Roads book is going to be ..."

She's very good.

[Kara]

I'm still slowly finishing up Prince of Thorns, ( I can' tell you for sure what I think of this one till I've finished it), but I am looking forward to finally joining the spoiler discussions!

However, I've forgotten to bring my book with me to work the last few days, so yesterday found myself picking up the other book in my office, Of Blood and Honey, and I can say that 2 chapters and 20 minutes of reading already has me wanting to keep on reading. Greatly looking forward to the Beyond Reality group read of this one in December.

In other news, been finishing up my listen of the Fionivar Tapestry (and my first G.G. Kay novel) with The Darkest Road: Fionavar Tapestry Series, Book 3. It's Guy Gavriel Kay & Simon Vance magic to my ears.

[Elise]

I got bored with The Book Thief, so now I've started The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I guess I haven't been reading much fantasy the past couple of months.

[Traci]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo might not be the best book to start when you're already bored. Lol. To me the first part was very slow, and confusing, but it's pretty good if you stick with it. Not quite worth the hype imo though.

[Chris]

Mary Kathryn wrote: I have read Furies of Calderon and all the other books in that series. I enjoyed it - blazed right through it in fact! I didn't like all of it, but the majority was a good read. Those other two books look interesting...

I'm only about 40 pages into Building Harlequin's Moon, but I'm enjoying it immensely thus far! The Infernal City is more of a fanboy's treat, as I love The Elder Scrolls video games.

This is not the first time that I've pledged to read Furies of Calderon. The last time I read it, I got through about 100 pages before putting it down. I had resolved that it was somewhat boring, though looking back on it now, I think I was the one who was bored; I had been reading a lot of fantasy at that time. Now I feel like I can give it another go, a serious one. It's not that the book wasn't enjoyable, but that I wasn't in the mood to read another long character builder from the very beginning again, you know what I mean?

[Katie]

Christopher wrote: "Mary Kathryn wrote: I have read Furies of Calderon and all the other books in that series. I enjoyed it - blazed right through it in fact! I didn't like all of it, but the majority was a good read...."

Yeah, I know what you mean. I usually try to break up the genre of my reading list so I don't get overwhelmed with it. Some really easy reads and some harder ones. What's the point if you can't make sense of the words being read? I think I read the Furies book after a long absence of Fantasy in my life...so it was a wonderful breath of fresh air for me.

[Katie]

Kara wrote: "I'm still slowly finishing up Prince of Thorns, ( I can' tell you for sure what I think of this one till I've finished it), but I am looking forward to finally joining the spoiler di..."

This is why I have a book I leave at work, one I leave in the car, and then the ones at home. Otherwise I end up forgetting them...

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

I'd never heard of the Malazan books until I joined the sister group. My interest is piqued.

[Jenny]

I'm continuing Anansi Boys and Exile, both which I started last month. I also started The Last Unicorn a few days ago and I'm about half way through. I have no idea what I expected, and I am enjoying it, but not as much as I hoped I would.

I have too many books I want to read this month to list. I work a job where I work weekends, overnights, and holidays and I can read during my downtime. With Columbus Day and Thanksgiving weekend I'm hoping that I'll get a lot of reading done.

[Elise]

Traci wrote: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo might not be the best book to start when you're already bored. Lol. To me the first part was very slow, and confusing, but it's pretty good if you stick with it. Not..."

Yeah, I think I've realized that. I think I'm going to stick with it so far. I like the font size at least. I mainly wanted to read it because of the movie coming out.

[Candace]

Im just started Tygana and I'm finishing Hood by Lawhead. I don't know yet if I want to continue the trilogy. Does it get you better in book 2and anyone? I downloaded Warbreaker by Sanderson thanks to someone on this site so if time hopefully I can start that!

[Candace]

Im just starting Tygana and I'm finishing Hood by Lawhead. I don't know yet if I want to continue the trilogy. Does it get any better in book 2 anyone? I downloaded Warbreaker by Sanderson thanks to someone on this site so if time hopefully I can start that!