[June] What are you reading?
WayneLigon
Adventurer
Finished up Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch, went on to City of the Lost by Stephen Blackmoore, and just started on The Redemption Engine by James L. Sutter.
Jan van Leyden
Adventurer
Started reading David Edding's Guardians of the West, first part of his Malloreon Saga. My only experience with Eddings before has been the Eleneium Saga which I read some 20 years ago.
After the first several dozen pages it's definitely odd. Legions of characters are mentioned by name, and the reader seems to be supposed to know them. Maybe knowing Balgariad is a precondition to understand it?
After the first several dozen pages it's definitely odd. Legions of characters are mentioned by name, and the reader seems to be supposed to know them. Maybe knowing Balgariad is a precondition to understand it?
delericho
Legend
Currently reading "The Golden Ocean" by Patrick O'Brian. (My wife's grandfather gave me a bunch of the Aubrey/Maturin novels, and this was also in the box. It's the first novel he wrote about the sea, but not part of the same sequence.) Thus far it's okay, but doesn't have quite the polish as the A/M series.
Next up will be "Players" by Terrance Dicks, the 6th Doctor story in the BBC's 50th Anniversary collection. (There's also a 6th Doctor story in the "11 Doctors, 11 Stories" anthology that I'll read this month.)
After that, I'll tackle "Raising Steam" by Pratchett, "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt, the latest Pathfinder, and (probably part of) "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon, though I'm not sure what order I'll read those in.
We're still in the midst of competition season, so I'll be spending quite a lot of time sitting on buses with not a lot to do, so expect to get quite a bit of reading done this month.
I thoroughly enjoyed that one, a lot more than I expected to.
Next up will be "Players" by Terrance Dicks, the 6th Doctor story in the BBC's 50th Anniversary collection. (There's also a 6th Doctor story in the "11 Doctors, 11 Stories" anthology that I'll read this month.)
After that, I'll tackle "Raising Steam" by Pratchett, "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt, the latest Pathfinder, and (probably part of) "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon, though I'm not sure what order I'll read those in.
We're still in the midst of competition season, so I'll be spending quite a lot of time sitting on buses with not a lot to do, so expect to get quite a bit of reading done this month.
I thoroughly enjoyed that one, a lot more than I expected to.
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
Magic and Makutu by David Hair. Book 6 and Conclusion of the Aotearoa series a YA Fantasy set in the parallel worlds of New Zealand and its mythic past/reflection
http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/Magic-Makutu-David-Hair/?isbn=9781775490494
http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/Magic-Makutu-David-Hair/?isbn=9781775490494
WayneLigon
Adventurer
I really enjoyed The Redemption Engine.
After that was Skin Game, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Then Terms of Enlistment, a military SF novel by Marko Kloos. I'd urge everyone who likes military SF to pick it up. It's not a gun-porn/heavy equipment fest, but instead a slice-of-life type of book as this kid decides to escape the welfare warrens of Earth the only way he can: by going into the military. I've already ordered the sequel.
Right now: Shield and Crocus by Underwood, Michael R. which so far can only be described as China Miéville Meets The Justice League. Masked superheroes in a city built on the bones of a dead god.
After that was Skin Game, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Then Terms of Enlistment, a military SF novel by Marko Kloos. I'd urge everyone who likes military SF to pick it up. It's not a gun-porn/heavy equipment fest, but instead a slice-of-life type of book as this kid decides to escape the welfare warrens of Earth the only way he can: by going into the military. I've already ordered the sequel.
Right now: Shield and Crocus by Underwood, Michael R. which so far can only be described as China Miéville Meets The Justice League. Masked superheroes in a city built on the bones of a dead god.
