What Else Are You Reading - June 2012

[AndrewP]

Chris wrote: "Currently reading Venus by Ben Bova; not overly fond of it but don't dislike it either. I picked it because I hadn't read anything by him in about a decade and found it when I was unpacking one of..."

Venus is book #16 in Ben Bova's Grand Tour series.
http://www.goodreads.com/series/51185...
They are only loosely linked so reading most of them out of order is not a problem. They are all about space exploration in the solar system.

[Kate]

I'm reading Ars Memoriae. It's some for of alt history steampunky fin de siecle thing where Ireland is a global superpower, which I would be able to enjoy more if Bernonich had called it Éire instead of Éireann.
That's going to bug me if I don't get a proper explanation.

But it does have very pretty Vincent Chong cover art

[Aloha]

Pausing at the halfway point on Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid to read Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. It won as the July selection for the Nobel forum, and I'm leading the discussion. Time to speed read! Anything after GEB is easy reading.

[David Sven]

Finished Leviathan Wakes. A quick easy read which I hadn't expected to finish before it officially started.

My Review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Now reading the next book in the series Caliban's War

[Aloha]

Great review, David. It looks like the book wouldn't be my type of book, though. It helps me in deciding whether to read it or not. Thank you.

[David Sven]

Aloha wrote: "Great review, David. It looks like the book wouldn't be my type of book, though. It helps me in deciding whether to read it or not. Thank you."

It is a little on the light side compared to some of the stuff I see you reading.

[Aloha]

Yup. No Godel, Escher, or Bach in it. :o)

[Kevin]

Yeah, I did not like Silver Spike as much as all the other because it was sort of a side story.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I started Leviathan Wakes tonight.

[Joseph]

All done with Llana of Gathol and wrapping things up with John Carter of Mars.

[Tamahome]

Jenny wrote: "I started Leviathan Wakes tonight."

Jim, we have a problem.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Ha, well now I'm taking a break 100 pages in to read the Hugo nominated novellas. Phew, they are pretty heavy so far.

[Chris]

AndrewP wrote: "Chris wrote: "Currently reading Venus by Ben Bova; not overly fond of it but don't dislike it either. I picked it because I hadn't read anything by him in about a decade and found it when I was un..."

Thanks Andrew! I was not aware of that.

[Chris]

Jenny wrote: "I started Leviathan Wakes tonight."

I started it last night, too! Right after I finished "Redshirts" (which I really liked). So far not so bad.