Lyanna Stark Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Finished "Going Postal" and "Making Money" by Pratchett. I had pretty low expectations, since the last Discworld novel I read ("Jingo" I think) was pretty meh. I really loved both tho, and Moist van Lipwig is an excellent character. I also managed to do an almost "one shot" with Jane Austen's "Persuasion" ("one-shot", i.e. finishing all in one go ) due to some severe train delays the other day. Currently, I am about to start a re-read on de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Finished "Going Postal" and "Making Money" by Pratchett. I had pretty low expectations, since the last Discworld novel I read ("Jingo" I think) was pretty meh. I really loved both tho, and Moist van Lipwig is an excellent character. I also managed to do an almost "one shot" with Jane Austen's "Persuasion" ("one-shot", i.e. finishing all in one go ) due to some severe train delays the other day. Currently, I am about to start a re-read on de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex". Still on PSS. I like it but the number of unknown English words is astonishing. I have not read a book like that for 7 years at least. The list of unknown words has reached 170 and I am only 1/2 through the book. Normally, with a few exceptions (Sci-Fi) I don't need dictionary at all when reading Fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfella Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Finished Boy's Life by Robert McCammon. If you've had this one sitting on your shelf for 15 years like I did, pick it up already. Highly recommended. Chocked full of mysteries, monsters, ghost cars, prostitutes, baseball, dinosaurs, sentient bicycles, moonshining hillbilly mobsters, schoolyard brawls and nazis. What more could you want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlle. Zabzie Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Just finished Before They Are Hanged. It was so good that I'm kind of feeling bereft that I don't have it to read anymore. I am thinking of picking up Winterbirth again (for the 3rd time). For some reason, I just can't get into it, but maybe 3rd time is the charm. I might jump out of genre for awhile. I have a history of the Silk Road that looks decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gojira Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I'm starting the month with The Name of the Wind which I'm only about 50 pages into and continuing on with The Terror which I'm about half way through and enjoying so far. Sitting on the shelf waiting to be read next I have the first half of The Reality Dysfunction by Hamilton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert's Last Bastard Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I'm reading The Blade Itself right now. I will probably move on to Hunter's Run next, or else I will start the Robin Hobb books that are sitting on my shelf. I'm leaning towards Hunter's Run since I don't think I want to start another series at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratatoskr Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Just started with Simmons' Hyperion. Probably the sequels afterwards. That should tie me up for February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lessthanluke Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Finished Iain Banks Player of Games earlier and thought it was very good. It was the second Culture book I've read after Consider Phleabus and I actually think I would have been better off reading this first as it was a bit easier to get in to. Started reading The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Targaryen Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Built to Last - great business book on "visionary" companies. Basically the best companies of the last 150 years. It shows how they are different as A+ companies from the A and A- companies. Wildcards Vol 1 - I find it to be a bunch of short stories only remotely connected. I like some of the stories alot. Sort of meh with others. I want to get to my first "mosaic" novel. Agincourt - It was very interesting when it went into the buildup to the campaign in terms of entreaties and diplomacy. Then it got bogged down in lists for awhile. Now I'm starting the actual campaign so it should get good again. AFFC - doing a slow re-read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashiara Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I finished The Warrior Prophet and I'm going to read The Thousanfold Thought next. I have to say, this book had me a lot more involved and interested than the first one in the series. I wish Bakker hadn't gone overboard with the weird names though, it makes it hard to follow at times. I've had to double back a couple of times, just to make sure. I'm not sure whether I like Kellhus or hate him.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atreides Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I intend to order Before They are Hanged today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieG Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Just started The Blade Itself. Will probably pick up White Knight (The latest Dresden Files book) next Tuesday when it comes out in paperback. Also have Winterbirth on the shelf ready to read. Read the first Codex Alera book last month and need to pick up the second one. That's my plans for the month, we'll see how it works out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawnliee Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 About three-quarters of the way through Dreamsongs Vol. 1, and once I finish that I'll have to rush out and buy Vol. 2, of course. After that, my plan is to read Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AprilFool Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Just finished Inside Straight by Martin. I have not touched the Wild Cards series since the first two back in the late 80's. I don't remember liking them as much as this last one. As someone mentioned earlier, maybe because it was a "mosiac novel" and not a bunch of short stories. I am going to have to track down some of the others. Currently reading Acacia by Durham, but put it down to read Black Dossier, the graphic novel by Alan Moore. I loved it! Very cool way to link a bunch of different literary and mythological characters together over a large span of time. I am going to be picking up The Monsters of Templeton by Groff and The Automatic Detective by Martinez this afternoon. I hope that Martinez' latest is better than The Nameless Witch, which I did not like very much at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Just finished Kay Kenyon's Bright of the Sky. Titus Quinn is a former star pilot now living as a recluse. Most people believe that Quinn lost his mind during an accident, though he swears that the accident transported him to a strange world. He has no memories pertaining to how he was able to return, yet he's convinced that his wife and daughter are still trapped in this parallel universe. When, against all odds, evidence of the existence of this universe is accidentally discovered, Titus Quinn accepts to "scout" this new world for the corporation that abandoned him, secertly hoping to find his missing wife and child. What he unearths, however, threatens the existence of everything he holds dear and forces him to reconsider his plans. High stakes, skilled worldbuilding, good characterization, adroit pacing: Bright of the Sky is a superior read. Check the blog for the full review. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H von T Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I'm rereading Hobb's Shaman's Crossing. I know most people here hated it, but it's better than I remembered. I bought The Forest Mage at Costco, which is what started the reread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I'm about 50 pages into Evil for Evil, part two of the Engineer trilogy. Just one chapter of The Man who was Thursday left. I am in love with this book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 I couldn't find a copy of The Scar so I'm reading James Barclay's Shout for the Dead instead. Entertaining, in a sort of adult-but-not-sucking-David-Eddings kind of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Hot Pie Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I'm still reading Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company, and the amount of awesomeness so far is almost overwhelming. I'm actually surprised that I'm enjoying it so much since I normally gravitate towards more detailed writing...but Cook really makes this style work here, and the characters are interesting and fun enough for me to latch on. February also has Bernard Cornwell's Lords of the North & Sword Song and then I'm going to dig into Robin Hobb's Soldier's Son Trilogy. That should fill the month pretty packed for me. Thrashalla, you and I must be on parallel reading tracks, or nearly so. I just finished Chronicles of the Black Company, and am about to start Lords of the North. After that, though, our paths diverge, as I've got China Mieville's Perdido Street Station slated to follow. I've also got To Infinity and Beyond! The Story of Pixar Animation Studios on my coffee table, which I like to thumb through in bits and drabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Spidey Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Doing some re-reading...it's hard not to have any new books available in your town. Hopefully a friend will land me some Pratchett he brought from Amsterdam in a week or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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