Lord Lymond Lychester Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 There was some mention of this in the Alternate History thread, it sounded like an interesting premise. I look forward to your review, I might pick this one up myself.Just thinking about it has me all excited; a quirky, present day murder mystery, set in an Alaskan Jewish refugee settlement commissioned during WWII. Brilliant. I'll write one up once I've read it. it could be a little while though, for as of right now I'm about 200 pages of 1200 into The Stand, which is just as fantastic as I thought it would be.I've had a bit of a summer cold for the past few days, and we're currently going through a heat wave where I am. So the stuffed sinuses and sweat-inducing heat added a bit of terror when reading about people dying left, right, and center, from what started out as basically the same symptoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashiara Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 In a bit of self flagellation, I just wanted to weigh in and say that I'm reading nothing, apparently. A chapter here and there before dropping into sleep.I know exactly how that feels...I finished the excellent Abaddon's Gate last week and I loved almost every minute of it, I just couldn't wait for the Spawn to fall asleep so I could read some more. I only had problems with one of the secondary characters but I was really happy with the rest of the book.I've been reading Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks ever since. I think I'm about halfway. I like it so far. It's only my second Culture novel, the first being Use of Weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I dunno, I think Tolkien would have thought that Robert E Howard would have found reading overrated. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delete this account pls Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Finished Black Opera by Mary Gentle. I kinda hated it. The characters were infuriating and the resolution was ridiculous. A pity, I've really enjoyed all Gentle's other books.Now reading Live By Night by Dennis Lehane, sequel to The Given Day. Pretty fantastic so far. Fast paced cops-and-robbers story set in Boston in the 20's.Just thinking about it has me all excited; a quirky, present day murder mystery, set in an Alaskan Jewish refugee settlement commissioned during WWII. Brilliant. I'll write one up once I've read it.Yiddish Policeman's Union is my favourite Chabon novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Having finished A Confederacy of Dunces, I think I'll give YPU a try next. I stumbled upon a copy, and I have not read Chabon at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvoryMoon Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Rereading the Master At Arms seriesJust finished Phantom of the Opera yesterdayAlso,just started reading His Dark Materiels again...it's slightly addictive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lymond Lychester Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Now reading Live By Night by Dennis Lehane, sequel to The Given Day. Pretty fantastic so far. Fast paced cops-and-robbers story set in Boston in the 20's.Yiddish Policeman's Union is my favourite Chabon novel.Good to hear, I've never read anything by Chabon.As for Live by Night and The Given Day, I would consider those Lehane's best, especially The Given Day. I am eagerly awaiting the 3rd novel in the series, as long as he doesn't make it Connor's story; the way The Given Day and Live by Night are Danny and Joe's stories respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Callers Only Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Mark Del Franco Laura Blackstone book 1, Skin DeepInteresting worldbuilding, ok plot, negligible romance element, fine urban fantasy novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnaKhaleesi Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Blindness by Jose Saramago. It's a portuguese author. This book is driving me crazyyy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Blindness by Jose Saramago. It's a portuguese author. This book is driving me crazyyy!Because it's so awesome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkynJay Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Rather than something new while on vacation I will continue my ASOIAF reread I started last year. Only my second read of the series. Currently reading AFFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashtibram Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I just read Hilary Mantel's books Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. Very well-written books, the prose can be very confusing though; It's told in a strange tense and the Mantel seems determined to stick pronouns everywhere, but I enjoyed them all the same. I recently did something I wasn't exactly proud of, though - I googled 'books like a song of ice and fire', and based off of the results, I've ordered The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie and Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. Looking forward to reading them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 A bit late in listing,here is what i read in June:The Garden of Stones (Echoes of Empire #1) by Mark T. BarnesThe Folding Knife by K. J. ParkerThe Hammer by K. J. ParkerThe Company by K. J. ParkerKnights of Dark Renown by David Gemmell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.