[January] What are you reading?

[Mark CMG]

There's always something interesting to read in Man, Myth and Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (1985) which I got for nothing when the local library was clearing them off their reference shelves.


http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/829998.Man_Myth_And_Magic

 

[Zombie_Babies]

Bukowski's Hollywood. It's not great, not bad. I'm nearly done and will be moving on to Turgenev next.

 

[Jan van Leyden]

Mage's Blood by David Hair (first part of the book that is). I've got it as christmas present from my son. I'm still in the exposition part, learing about the world and people.

The premise is quite interesting with strong political and religious undertones.

 

[Crothian]

I'm finally getting to the Birthright novels and realizing that they are pretty badly written.

 

[Richards]

The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson. It's every bit as good as the first one in the series. I may have to pick up the third one after I finish this, and it's a pity there are no more to follow, but I really can't fault the author, what with him having died and all....

Johnathan

 

[Nellisir]

Britain BC, by Francis Pryor. "Life in Britain and Ireland before the Romans". It tries really hard to be professional without being dry as dirt; not surprisingly, it gets more interesting as we get closer to "now" and information gets better. There's only so much that can be derived from flint shards and post holes from the Mesolithic.

Does make you really think about how long we as a species spent just kinda chillin' out and existing.

 

[Mark CMG]

Britain BC, by Francis Pryor. "Life in Britain and Ireland before the Romans". It tries really hard to be professional without being dry as dirt; not surprisingly, it gets more interesting as we get closer to "now" and information gets better. There's only so much that can be derived from flint shards and post holes from the Mesolithic.

Does make you really think about how long we as a species spent just kinda chillin' out and existing.

I'll have to check that out! Fictionally speaking, have you read Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell? It was my introduction to his novels.

 

[delericho]

My first novel of the year was "The Commodore", book 17 of the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brien. Very good, as always.

I'm now reading "Ten Little Aliens", by Stephen Cole. It's a Doctor Who story, featuring the 1st Doctor, and part of their 50th anniversary line. So far it's okay, but nothing spectacular.

Next up will be "Stalking the Beast", the most recent Pathfinder Tales novel. And after that "David Copperfield" by Dickens.

 

[Ebon Shar]

I'm reading The Son by Philipp Meyer. It reads as if Cormac McCarthy wrote James Michener. In other words, it's excellent and I look forward to getting back to the book as soon as I have to put it down. No book has made me feel this way in quite some time.

On a slightly related note, I've pretty much burned out on fantasy novels. I've decided to read more books from the Literature section, The Son being my first from that list. I tired of the endless parade of similar plot-lines, paper-thin characters, and endless sequels. I'll come back when Abercrombie publishes his next book or Martin finally finishes his series.

 

[Nellisir]

I'll have to check that out! Fictionally speaking, have you read Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell? It was my introduction to his novels.

I have not. I read something by him I think...Gallows Thief? I have at least one other Bernard Cornwell book too.

Pryor (in Britain BC) talks about ritual landscapes and sacred landscapes quite a bit throughout the book; it dovetails well with my landscape architecture background, but I'm not sure he really explains it well enough. I get it, I just feel like he could break the concept down a little more. Then again, maybe it's just homework flashbacks.