Ferrum Aeternum Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I'm working through Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb. Started off a bit slow as the characters were introduced but the story has picked up rapidly and I'm now hooked. I love the concept, and Hobb's style suits me to a tee. I plan to complete this trilogy then move on to Tawny Man next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aceluby Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Still reading The Lies of Locke Lamora. Have less than 100 pages left and so far I've loved the whole thing. Great twists, great writing... just superb overall. After that it's either continue the 2nd half of the Long Price Quartet, or read the Iliad and Odyssey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Finished The Prestige. Splendid story, even if one of the big reveals is (of course) spoilt if you’ve seen the (equally splendid) film. (The film turns out to be a good adaptation of a good book taking many liberties.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Starting Nemesis Games tomorrow. Right now, just filling my time with Conan stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrum Aeternum Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Starting Nemesis Games tomorrow. Right now, just filling my time with Conan stories. I totally forgot this was releasing in June. :stunned:Don't normally dual-read but this being Expanse I may just have to split my Hobb time on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Starting Nemesis Games tomorrow. Right now, just filling my time with Conan stories. Ordered the Kindle version. Let‘s see what “2 June” actually means. Anywhere on Earth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I've been reading Sanction, the second in the Jacob's Ladder trilogy by Elizabeth Bear. Continuing to love her work. She's like no other author I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Reading Solzhenitsyn's The First Circle. Very interesting so far. Finally picked up Gwyn Jones' A History of the Vikings yesterday but may read Simon Schama's Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution next. All depends on what mood I'm in after The First Circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Ordered the Kindle version. Lets see what 2 June actually means. Anywhere on Earth?I think it's 12am in the timeline from which you purchased it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterOJ Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Finished Abercrombie's Before They Are Hanged. I enjoyed it, although not as much as The Blade Itself. In all the Abercrombie threads that have been on here, I don't think I have ever seen someone who actually preferred TBI to the latter two novels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eponine Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 The Book of Strange New Things was recommended to me here - but I see on the library website that it's classified under "Christian fiction" and in the summary, it says it's a "profound meditation on faith". I'm thinking this might be something I'll neither enjoy nor appreciate. Anyone read this before and want to comment? I am very familiar with Christian fiction and thinking and am not interested in yet another viewpoint or perspective on faith. I guess this probably answers my own question, but since it was a board rec, I'd still be interested in hearing what people thought made it worth reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I think it's 12am in the timeline from which you purchased it. I’m hitting reload like a Miller-infested automaton, hundred and thirteen times each second… But you’re probably right—hours and hours of wait loom ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Finished up the Last Kingdom this evening. Damn that was good. Count me into the Cornwell is great group. I'll likely continue straight on with the Saxon stories as I bought The Pale Horseman when it was on offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Finished up the Last Kingdom this evening. Damn that was good. Count me into the Cornwell is great group. I'll likely continue straight on with the Saxon stories as I bought The Pale Horseman when it was on offer. Go for it. I'm coming towards the end of book three, and this is a series that just gets better and better. I'll probably finish The Lords of the North tonight, and then I shall be faced with a serious dilemna. Damn you, James S A Corey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinevere Seaworth Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I'm halfway through my re-read of HMS Surprise by Patrick O'Brian.Up next is a library ebook, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperry Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I picked up Flash Boys by Michael Lewis off of a relatives book shelf when I was staying there this weekend, but have really enjoyed it and am going to see it through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolves Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Almost done reading Kidnapped I like it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkess Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Still working on Best Served Cold, although I am finally approaching the end. I feel about it much as I did about The First Law trilogy--it just feels kind of hollow. Like there should be something more to the story, but it's just a bunch of window dressing hanging on nothing. I find myself reading whole pages and not knowing what I just read and having to go back and re-read. I got like three pages into a chapter the other day and realized I had no idea whose POV I was in and where it was taking place. But the writing is good, sometimes interesting things happen, and I'm not one to abandon a book at three quarters. Still, I think it will be mostly a relief when I finally finish it and can move on to something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 For the record, Nemesis Games is now available as promised, and the Kindle version is on my computer now. As is my wont I have immediately searched the text for “sentient tree,” and the number of matches found iszero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Started Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them by Joshua Greene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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