UndergroundMan Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Just started "The Dispossessed" by Ursula LeGuin and halfway through Dunnett's "The Disorderly Knights".I also finished "Shalimar the Clown" by Salman Rushdie earlier this week. It was great, but I would still have to rank it behind Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses. I enjoyed it more than Haroun and the Sea of Stories. "The Moor's Last Sigh" will probably be my next Rushdie book when I can get to it.And I will be starting Kay's "River of Stars" as soon as it comes in the mail. Pat's review got me excited about it. I would agree with him that Tigana and Under Heaven are Kay's two best works, and if River of Stars is right behind those, then I am in for a great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beniowa Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 I'm about halfway through The Texas-Israeli War. Ought to finish it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkynJay Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Reading The Drowning City by Amanda Downum. A third in and it is pretty good. Another book I had never heard of until a week ago.Also working through Witches Abroad, which is still funny as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One of Three Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Finishing off ASoIaF, it's been a long series (started it in august haha).Wanna get back into readinf sci-fi, A couple of Philip K Dick stuff to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sansa_Stark Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Still reading The Great Hunt. Starting on Mistborn 2. And I think The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I loved The Thousand Autumns of Jakob de Zoet. Up next A face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I'm about halfway through The Texas-Israeli War. Ought to finish it today.....I may have to read this. Is it as astonishingly terrible as it looks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSouthEastWesteros Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Reading a few 'brain junk food books' I'm embarrassed to admit :blushing: such as a few Alex Cross books, and I'm re-reading The Female Eunuch.My SIL is lending me her Dunk and Egg audio books, so counting the days looking forward to those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rody Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I heard about The Lies of Locke Lamora, is it good?I have just come out of reading The First Law trilogy, so I like books on that type - magic and fights and etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crown Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 The Cider House Rules by John Irving for school and definitely Best Served Cold, The Heroes and A Red Country by Joe Abercrombie. Maybe Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad if I have more time.I heard about The Lies of Locke Lamora, is it good?I have just come out of reading The First Law trilogy, so I like books on that type - magic and fights and etc.Why don't you continue with the stand-alone novels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlle. Zabzie Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I just finished The Crocodile at the Door (excellent memoir), and before I started looking for my next book, the latest Faith Hunter brain candy showed up on my kindle, so I'll read that while I look for something to read. I'm thinking about a biography of George IV, but I don't really have any fixed views. Howrey seems to be getting a lot of traction here, so I might try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rody Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 The Cider House Rules by John Irving for school and definitely Best Served Cold, The Heroes and A Red Country by Joe Abercrombie. Maybe Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad if I have more time.Why don't you continue with the stand-alone novels?I was thinking of doing an "author break". You see I started reading ASOIAF in Sept. 2011 and finished all the released books by Jan. 2012.Then mid-way thru the year I finished the current 2 books in the Kingkiller Chronicles and then the current 2 books in the Prince of Thorns/King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence.So I don't want to repeat this again, where I read all the material from an author then all I have is a drought of more work from said author. You feel me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crown Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I was thinking of doing an "author break". You see I started reading ASOIAF in Sept. 2011 and finished all the released books by Jan. 2012.Then mid-way thru the year I finished the current 2 books in the Kingkiller Chronicles and then the current 2 books in the Prince of Thorns/King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence.So I don't want to repeat this again, where I read all the material from an author then all I have is a drought of more work from said author. You feel me?Understandable. Are those books you mentioned worth reading, assuming it's fantasy (trying to read some more fantasy besides Tolkien, Martin, Rowling and Abercrombie)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rody Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Understandable. Are those books you mentioned worth reading, assuming it's fantasy (trying to read some more fantasy besides Tolkien, Martin, Rowling and Abercrombie)?Totally worth it. You should read 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sis Who Swears Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Just finished Sunne in Splendour and am now reading Here Be Dragons. I can't believe its taken me this long to read Sharon Kay Penman. I love these books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eponine Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Finished Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake and found it much more to my liking than most of the books on the rec list. Sometimes the language is extremely rewarding and sometimes it's just overdone. The subplot with Keda was really weak, IMO, but any action within Gormenghast was awesome, especially the events leading up to the fire Taking a break before the next book and reading The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Saramago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowborn Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I heard about The Lies of Locke Lamora, is it good?I have just come out of reading The First Law trilogy, so I like books on that type - magic and fights and etc.Lies is very good! I'm reading it now, I'm 20% into it and I like it a lot. The main character is a flamboyant bastard, and the book is very entertaining. The style is very different from Abercrombie's, which I guess is good if you want to try something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rody Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Lies is very good! I'm reading it now, I'm 20% into it and I like it a lot. The main character is a flamboyant bastard, and the book is very entertaining. The style is very different from Abercrombie's, which I guess is good if you want to try something new.Cool, I will look into it.Also bytw, do you or any other of the people here know about the novel The Painted Man by Peter V Brett, is it any good?EDIT: Ok, I got the followings books just now added to my e-shelf Mistborn 1, Lies of Locke Lamora, and The Painted Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Just finished Sunne in Splendour and am now reading Here Be Dragons. I can't believe its taken me this long to read Sharon Kay Penman. I love these books!I read Falls the Shadow years ago and enjoyed it but it was a bit of a pain finding her other books, I suppose it'd be easier to get them on my kindle now. Is The Sunne in Splendour a good point to start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sis Who Swears Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I read Falls the Shadow years ago and enjoyed it but it was a bit of a pain finding her other books, I suppose it'd be easier to get them on my kindle now. Is The Sunne in Splendour a good point to start?I guess so? Sorry, I had a hard time figuring that out for myself. It is a stand alone and it is the first one she wrote so that's why I went with it first. :dunno:Here is a list of her books in chronological order if you are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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