Darth Richard II Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 24 minutes ago, Triskele said: I'm about 300 pages into Fire and Blood and enjoying it, but yesterday I opened up the front flap and saw something I'd missed. Maybe some of you did too: that it's first half of the planned Targ history. I knew it was part one of two a long time ago, it was part of the press push. There was a big thing about it cause GRRM said he doesn't plan to publish part two til after WoW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Rereading Enemy of God by Bernard Cornwell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garett Hornwood Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 Yesterday I finished Raise the Titanic! by Clive Cussler, written almost a decade before the actual shipwreck was found (in two pieces) yet besides that the main plot was a fun story to read but unfortunately the majority of the subplots undermine the overall book and Cussler's decisions at the end of the book related to his main character (Dirk Pitt) were annoying. I've started reading the sixth book of Zecharia Sitchin's ancient astronaut series, The Cosmic Code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 15 hours ago, Peadar said: Rereading Enemy of God by Bernard Cornwell... Lucky you! It was a highlight out of 2018 reading for me. I'm ploughing through Max Hastings Vietnam. It's one of those occasions where i think I'm more interested in sweeping histories or a focus on individuals involved as I can't complain about the level of detail - if anything there's too much. But it's feeling more like nuggets of gold in a vast mine. Then it's time for the "First law: second read" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infidel Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Finished Assassin's Quest, and with that, the Farseer Trilogy. Ultimately enjoyed it quite a bit, but, good god did the second half of Assassin's Quest draaaaaaaaagggggg. Sort of a too pat for me deus ex machina ending that wasn't as satisfying as the three novel build up deserved. Not sure where I'll go next with Hobb - maybe to the Tawny Man books? Liveship doesn't look that interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 No. No no no. You don’t skip the live ship books. Bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 18 minutes ago, Infidel said: Finished Assassin's Quest, and with that, the Farseer Trilogy. Ultimately enjoyed it quite a bit, but, good god did the second half of Assassin's Quest draaaaaaaaagggggg. Sort of a too pat for me deus ex machina ending that wasn't as satisfying as the three novel build up deserved. Not sure where I'll go next with Hobb - maybe to the Tawny Man books? Liveship doesn't look that interesting... Liveships is very good, and if you are tired of Fitz it’s good because you get multiple POVs (none of which are Fitz). It’s also quite a different feel because the setting/society is so very different to the 6 Duchies. Well worth reading, and if you continue on and read all of Hobb’s stuff, Liveships becomes even more of a must read (though not technically essential...she is very good at making each set of books stand alone but providing pay off for those who’ve read everything in that world) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Re-reading Fool's Errand. Skipped Liveship :p always struggled to re-read that series for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 I finished Ursula Le Guin's City of Illusion. I thought the book started and ended strongly but was maybe less compelling in the middle of the story. The story is a journey of discovery for the protagonist, at the start of the book he is discovered naked in the forest with absolutely no memory of anything. Throughout the book he learns more about the largely depopulated Earth during his journey to what is meant to be the last remaining city, which may have the answers he seeks. The people who take him at the start of the story say that Earth was largely destroyed by an enemy known as the Shing, but admit that they're not actually sure who the Shing were, or if they ever actually existed. The story does manage to keep a sense of mystery throughout (although the ending does clear up most of the ambiguity). I'm not sure I necessarily find the world-building to be entirely believable, but it is a memorable setting. Next up I'm going to start Robert Jackson Bennet's Foundryside. I really liked his Divine Cities trilogy, so I'm looking forward to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkess Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 I just can't get into Dime Quién Soy. I'm about 5% in and I feel like I've been reading it for ages. It's not bad, it's just not very enthralling. And it's so long (1097 pages) that I am just not sure it's worth it to keep going. A real shame because I've been really wanting to read more Spanish books. I don't have anything else on deck though so I guess I'll give it a few more reading days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 14 hours ago, williamjm said: I finished Ursula Le Guin's City of Illusion. I thought the book started and ended strongly but was maybe less compelling in the middle of the story. The story is a journey of discovery for the protagonist, at the start of the book he is discovered naked in the forest with absolutely no memory of anything. Throughout the book he learns more about the largely depopulated Earth during his journey to what is meant to be the last remaining city, which may have the answers he seeks. The people who take him at the start of the story say that Earth was largely destroyed by an enemy known as the Shing, but admit that they're not actually sure who the Shing were, or if they ever actually existed. The story does manage to keep a sense of mystery throughout (although the ending does clear up most of the ambiguity). I'm not sure I necessarily find the world-building to be entirely believable, but it is a memorable setting. Next up I'm going to start Robert Jackson Bennet's Foundryside. I really liked his Divine Cities trilogy, so I'm looking forward to this. Don't let the first 30 pages or so of Foundryside turn you off! It starts out reaaaaaaaly slow but once a certain character shows up its just fucking amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 16 hours ago, Darth Richard II said: Don't let the first 30 pages or so of Foundryside turn you off! It starts out reaaaaaaaly slow but once a certain character shows up its just fucking amazing. I've read about 100 pages now, and I'm enjoying it. I didn't think the start was too slow, but you're right the plot does really kick in once a key character shows up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 1 hour ago, williamjm said: I've read about 100 pages now, and I'm enjoying it. I didn't think the start was too slow, but you're right the plot does really kick in once a key character shows up. I saw what you did there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 The Passage tv series spurred me to reread the book. It's a really good story but a bit of a slog. Several times I find myself rolling my eyes and thinking, "Advance the plot already." The worldbuilding info dumps and recalled memories often throws me out of the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 On 2/4/2019 at 6:39 AM, Darth Richard II said: Don't let the first 30 pages or so of Foundryside turn you off! It starts out reaaaaaaaly slow but once a certain character shows up its just fucking amazing. Yep this. It took me about two months to read the first 30 pages but I got to that bit today and now I'm in for the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, polishgenius said: Yep this. It took me about two months to read the first 30 pages but I got to that bit today and now I'm in for the ride. I had no issues getting into it. I read and listened to it simultaneously and thoroughly enjoyed it. I still have to finish the last City book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Crows Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Starting off the year with a lot! Trying to re-read The Wheel of Time (we'll see how far I get haha), and in between reading a couple of Bill Bryson books; A Walk in the Woods, and In a Sunburned Country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Finished The Secret Diary Of Hendrik Groen (eponymous), a literary fiction of a year in the life of an 83 year old Dutch man living in an elder care facility. It definitely was a change of pace and tone. I enjoyed it. It tries to be very realistic about life at advanced age while retaining some gumption and defiance, epitomized by his Old But Not Yet Dead Club. It does leave you wanting visit your parents more often, and get a living will drafted. Also finished Take Down by James Swain, about a convoluted Las Vegas heist/hustle by a crew from the POV of their charismatic leader. It’s similar in tone and plot to Ocean’s 11, and the main character is too much of a Gary Stu, but it was entertaining and well detailed. The author is apparently a bit of an authority on hustles and schemes against casinos. It looks like this is just the first of a series about this main character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo498 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 I was cleaning up and rummaging around and encountered a handful of Agatha Christie novels (in German translation). I read dozens of them (although certainly not all) about 30 years ago as a teenager, mostly from libraries. I guess I must have had read some of them (although the only ones I somewhat remembered were "The ABC murders" and "And then they were none") but they were surprisingly good fun. Now I am about halfway in TC Boyle's (an inconsistent, overrated but often very entertaining author) climate catastrophe book "A friend of the Earth". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaP Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 So, I'm doing this really fun project of reading the original version of American Gods, then the author's preferred edition, then Anansi Boys, and then watching the show American Gods. And then season 2, whenever that launches. All whilst reading Mieville's Kraken concurrently, as there are some interesting overlapping themes and ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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