RedEyedGhost Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I finally finished Shogun by James Clavell. Woah. Amazing book, but exhausting. If you're looking for an epic novel, then this should be your next read (assuming you're an idiot, like me, and have yet to read it). Up next will be The Widow's House by Daniel Abraham, but I might sneak in a graphic novel or two before I start it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinevere Seaworth Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Still reading A Thousand Perfect Things by Kay Kenyon. It has gone better after a slow start, but I'm still not enamoured of the story yet. I have no idea what to read next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlady B Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I'm reading a collection of Poe's short stories. This probably will be the last book of fiction I'm reading till december, due to school. I'm really amazed how many authors have been inspired by Poe, to the efect that even though it's the first time I'm reading him, I feel that I have already read something eerily similar before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolves Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Started reading The Three Musketeers it's fun, funny, and interesting I love it so far, I'm trying to finish it within a week or two.I got it for free on the kindle but I'm reading it in physical copy because I read my last book on kindle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearly Headless Ned Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 The Unreal And The Real.Volume 1- Where On Earth. Ursula K LeGuin. A collection of her realist short stories. What can I say? Lover her writing style,experimentalism, humour and human observations. Although it was her decidedly unrealistic 'Buffalo Girls, Wont You Come Out Tonight' that was my particular favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I finished Brent Weeks' The Broken Eye today. Generally his books aren't the best written but I find them good, quick, entertaining reads but I found this one a bit of a struggle. It seemed far more religion focused than the previous two, which I found fairly tedious, and since it's a religion he's just made up seemed a little unnecessary. A lot of the characters, who I think we're still supposed to see as generally likeable 'good' characters, are really starting to come off as fairly unpleasant as well. To be fair he might be going somewhere different with that, I'll have to see how it goes in the last book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 Why you gotta mess with my world, REG? Doooooooooo itttttttt! Seriously, it is the definition of epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Had a shit AugustFinishing up Renaults Alexander trilogy asap then maybe Once and Future King since I've never read it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Might try Kameron Hurley's Mirror Empire next or Peter Watts' latest if I remember what happened in Blindsight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night's_King Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Had a shit AugustFinishing up Renaults Alexander trilogy asap then maybe Once and Future King since I've never read it I've always wanted to read the Alexander trilogy, but never got to it. Is it good? And is it historical fiction or a biography? The Once and Future King might seem a bit childish in the beginning, but after you got yourself into it, it's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Made an attempt to start The Black Prism, but just wasn't interested at all. So now I'm re-reading Fall of Giants, since the new book comes out this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I've always wanted to read the Alexander trilogy, but never got to it. Is it good?Its historical fiction and its very good. I have one more left but I enjoyed the first two greatly (especially Fire from Heaven) one of the best books I read this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkess Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 After finishing Fool's Assassin on Saturday, I haven't wanted to start anything new. Good books do that to me. :) But I just saw on my calendar that I signed up to go to book club this Wednesday, so I suppose I better get started reading John Scalzi's Redshirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Wheel of time book eleven That was a surprise,honestly. Didn't expect Egwene to be captured. I like the new Perrin. Needs more Rand (what was up with the timeline of 10?). The Seanchan are not an interesting enemy, to me. Especially now that Semirhage has supposedly destroyed their entire hierarchy. Darkfriends! Darkfriends everywhere! I was really enjoying the inside-the-tower anti-Black Ajah movement, but they had to go make it boring by including talk of outside events. Still, this is where Sanderson moved in right? I do think it is a vast improvement over the earlier books in terms of not repeating paragraphs of information. Sanderson's first involvement is in book 12. Book 11 was the last one Jordan completed before he died and was far better paced than the previous few novels Jordan had written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mshimmyb1 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 The Great Hunt. Didnt like EoTW the first time I read it, but decided to give it another shot since the series is so popular. Glad I did! Really love hanging out with all these characters, especially Loial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashiara Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 The Ace of Skulls by Chris Wooding was an immensely entertaining read, action packed but also hitting all the right emotional tones as well. Great finish to the series, I'll miss those characters. Before that I'd finished Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts. I know this is generally praised a lot here but it honestly bored me to tears a few times, I fell asleep on it several nights in a row. The concept was somewhat interesting, I guess, but the book just didn't work for me at all. I'll start the Sand omnibus by Hugh Howey next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Please ignore my previous post. Instead, I have started The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zupoleon Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Finished The Crimson Campaign, which imo only improved upon the foundation laid in Promise of Blood. I think Blood Song will be up next; have been sitting on that book for some time now, and keep hearing plenty of good things about it and the sequel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garett Hornwood Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Yesterday I finished Angry Optimist by Lisa Rogak, it's a well-written and balanced look at the life and career of Jon Stewart. This was not a glorification nor bashing of Stewart, but a thorough look at his triumphs and failures, accomplishments and controversies, and everything in between. This was a good read. I'm on to Eisenhower: A Life by Paul Johnson, it's only 144 pages so I don't know what to expect. Year-long reading update: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: I'm still reading Antony and Cleopatra, I'm through Act III at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diziet Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Just finished my re-read of the first three Culture books and I still find The Player of Games my favorite among them. Use of Weapons is still great but I can't say that I liked the twist that much. I will read Son of the Morning by Mark Alder next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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