KingGendry Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Not been able to read much over the Christmas period, looking to finish off Catching Fire and Mockingjay soon though. Have got The Name of the Wind lined up after that. Happy New Year all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEvilKing Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 About halfway through Byzantium: The Apogee by John Julius Norwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolves Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Didn't read much last month so I hope to get through A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. I also wanted to get through some armature sleuth novels about 3 this month I downloaded them and haven't read them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Er Rn Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Defending Jacob by William Landay.Not something I would normally pick, but was highly recommended by a friend, so I'll give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinevere Seaworth Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Have got The Name of the Wind lined up after that. Happy New Year all!Happy new year :)Once I finish the Masters of Rome series NOTW is up for me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaminsod Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I've started Gardens of the Moon, the first book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen, and it's honestly no where as near confusing as many people made it out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I'm about halfway through The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. It's been very good so far. I've started Gardens of the Moon, the first book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen, and it's honestly no where as near confusing as many people made it out to be.I think it is often overstated how confusing it is, it isn't that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingGendry Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Once I finish the Masters of Rome series NOTW is up for me as well.Masters of Rome is on my to read list also, however at my current pace it will probably still be there this time next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecryptile Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Still reading on Dangerous Women, also picked up Michael Moorcock's A Nomad of the Time Streams. It's steampunk, it's got zeppelins, the British Empire going strong well into the latter days of the Twentieth Century, that kind of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garett Hornwood Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Alright I'm currently reading three books, however two of them are going to be year-long reads so I'll be updating progress more often (not daily!). My lunch time read is: A Memory of Light My two year-long reads are The Bible (New King James Version) and The Complete Works of Williams Shakespeare (both plays and sonnets/poems). I'll only update progress on The Bible when I've completed a book, depending on its length then it might be after I've completed a few of the shorter ones, and already I'm through Genesis 5. I'll update progress on Shakespeare once I've finished a play or a significant number of sonnets/poems, I'm reading his works in chronological order and am already through Act I of Two Gentlemen of Verona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashiara Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I'm reading Joe Hill's NOS4A2, just started it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkess Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I finished up Look to Windward on NYE. Not my favorite of the Culture books, quite slow at times and the disparate threads weren't brought together entirely to my satisfaction, but it was still quite enjoyable. Banks (RIP) has such a vivid imagination, and I find his writing to be quite beautiful. Started Foreigner by CJ Cherryh today. I have enjoyed other books by her (Cyteen is one of my favorites), so hopefully this series will live up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zupoleon Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Finished 'Ancillary Justice'; great read. Now on to 'The Republic of Thieves'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinevere Seaworth Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Blasted through Ethan of Athos. I liked Ellie Quinn way more than Ethan. Now reading Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted01 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I read The Princess and the Queen from the Dangerous Women anthology this evening. While it was nice to read some more GRRM, and although the history of the dragons is interesting, it got pretty confusing sometimes, and I found it a bit difficult to keep track of who was doing what. Pretty enjoyable overall though, and I'm looking forward to reading some of the other stories.I'm also about halfway through Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch - still enjoying it, it's just been a bit of a slow time for reading. And I still have like 10 pages left of Death at Intervals, which I really should finish :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beniowa Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I pretty much devoured The Ides of April. I felt the climax dragged on a little bit, but other than that the book was real good. It was great to be back in the world of the Falco books again though this is set some time later. One thing I did notice was that characters from Davis' first series would get mentioned in passing instead of being shown "on screen". I would have loved to see some of those characters again, but I wonder if the author might be trying to keep each series separate from the other. I read about half of Dangerous Women. Since a lot of people were reacting negatively to many of the stories, I decided to skip the ones I was pretty sure I wouldn't like. But even the ones I did read weren't too great either. Even GRRM's story was a little dull for him. There were one or two stories that were real good, but overall the anthology was disappointing. I'm now reading Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan. I will also wait about a week or so before picking of Conservation of Shadows, a collection of Yoon Ha Lee's shorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I'm listening to Morrissey's Autobiography. Very enjoyable. It's great to see where all those songs come from, but he's not the sort of guy I'd like to have a beer with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfella Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Usually only read one book at a time, but I have 2 going now, one in physical form because that's the only place it exists, S. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst, and one on my Kindle, John Dies at the End by David Wong. Not far into either, but enjoying both greatly thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Finished Fortunes Favorites by Colleen McCullough. Enjoyed a lot although maybe not as much as the first two. It was much broader in scope but It was still great. I laugh at her Sulla and Caesar so much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.