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  1. Nellisir

    What are you reading? - October 2017

    Never Let Me Go messed with my head for months. Recommended.
  2. Nellisir

    What are you reading - Sep 2017

    I read The Girl With All the Gifts again, and a few other books I can't recall right now, and currently finishing up Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. Like Cryptonomicon, it's just kinda ambling along. Stephenson does a LOT of worldbuilding, but it's like he's just written the footnotes into the...
  3. Nellisir

    What are you reading - Sep 2017

    Just a nitpick - Felix Castor isn't from the Lucifer series. It's completely stand-alone, and an excellent series. M R Carey is easily one of my favorite authors right now.
  4. Nellisir

    What are you reading - Sep 2017

    It just didn't sing to me. I enjoyed it, but...I dunno. I read The Boy on the Bridge immediately thereafter and that dragged me right in, no problems (I bloody well cheered at the end too!) Ditto.
  5. Nellisir

    What are you reading? (August 2017)

    The Stone Sky and The Boy On The Bridge are both set to be delivered tomorrow. I, of course, will be on my way to Connecticut for two days. <sigh>
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    What are you reading? (August 2017)

    Oooo! It's out? I know what I'm ordering tomorrow.
  7. Nellisir

    What are you reading? (August 2017)

    I've been moving and travelling for work, so everything is topsy-turvy. I did read High Fidelity (quite good), the Shades of Magic series by VE Schwab (A Darker Shade of Magic/A Gatherings of Shadows/A Conjuring of Light), and Fellside by M R Carey. Moved on to Years best Science Fiction edited...
  8. Nellisir

    What are you reading [Jul 2017]?

    CJ Cherryh's SF, particularly the Alliance/Union Universe books, are some of my favorites. BUT she can be a hard writer to read. She doesn't do a lot of explanation - you keep up or get out - and her writing style is...I dunno. Very psychological. And nobody ever gets a proper night's sleep in...
  9. Nellisir

    What are you reading [Jun 2017]?

    Oooo....Or I can keep both copies and read with both hands!!! :D
  10. Nellisir

    What are you reading [Jun 2017]?

    Not sure I've read the novella. Where did you find it? These are the books that got me started on NK Jemisin. Personally, the bit with the goddess of hunger and her pure indignation when confronted with the hole of nothing was just pure fun. :)
  11. Nellisir

    What are you reading [Jun 2017]?

    Finished Wolves Eat Dogs and the next book in the series, Stalin's Ghost. Not sure what I'll read next.
  12. Nellisir

    What are you reading [Jun 2017]?

    Reading Wolves Eat Dogs, by Martin Cruz Smith. Typically excellent. Also read Strange Country, by Mark Dapin, which is a pretty good collection of humor/travel articles about Australia.
  13. Nellisir

    What are you reading [May 2017]?

    Some of them really struck me, and some were a bit more meh, but I can't actually recall which was which was which without looking at my shelves...which are at my (other/old/ex's) house. I do have The Tower at Stony Wood; In the Forest of Serre; and Winter Rose on my to-be-read shelves right...
  14. Nellisir

    What are you reading [May 2017]?

    You should read the Riddlemaster of Hed trilogy. The Book of Atrix Wolfe is also really enjoyable. I've read a bunch of McKillip in recent years, and they're generally all very good.
  15. Nellisir

    What are you reading [May 2017]?

    Finished The Obelisk Gate, and yeah, what Blue said. Though I still haven't found my copy of Book 1, which makes me sad and a little annoyed. I read A Crown for Cold Silver, which was REALLY good - one of those "couldn't put it down & read way later at night than I meant to" kind of books. A...
  16. Nellisir

    What are you reading [May 2017]?

    Based on comments here, I decided to pick up The Fifth Season, by NK Jemisin. I really like her stuff, so was a bit surprised I hadn't read it already. And yeah, turns out I did. Fortunately, I also got Book 2, so I'll read that. I also have to check my boxes and find the first copy so I can...
  17. Nellisir

    What are you reading [Apr 2017]?

    I've read Year of the Flood (Atwood) and reading Oryx and Crake right now. Will try to find Maddadam at the big book sale next weekend.
  18. Nellisir

    What are you reading [Apr 2017]?

    Ooo, Little Big!!!! :D Yeah, I gotta read that one again.
  19. Nellisir

    What are you reading [Apr 2017]?

    I just read The Weathermonger, by Peter Dickinson. It's an older (1968) book wherein "something" affects the British Isles, creating a loathing of machines and technology in people and animals. Reviews call it a children's book; nowadays it'd be called a YA. Actually very well written; I think I...
  20. Nellisir

    What are you reading [Apr 2017]?

    I loved that book, but haven't read it in decades. I just found my copy, though.... not currently reading anything. :/
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