[April] What are you reading?

[Mark CMG]

Mostly just old wargaming and rpg books lately but I really need to dig into a novel or two in April.

 

[Starman]

I ran through the Preacher comic series which unfortunately really disappointed me. Now I'm digging into A Tale of Two Cities which I have not read.

 

[delericho]

I finished "A Kingdom Beseiged" (Feist) yesterday. It was pretty good, but not the triumphant return to form that I had been led to expect - too much setting up for the next novel meant that it didn't really work terribly well as a standalone.

I'm about the start "Silas Marner" by George Elliot. I haven't read anything by her previously, so it should be interesting.

I have several long flights this month (honeymoon), so expect to do quite a lot of reading - on the list are "The Many Deaths of the Black Company" (Glen Cook), "The Second Book of Lankhmar" (Lieber), and the two-volume paperback edition of "A Dance with Dragons" (G.R.R. Martin). Given the long holiday, I expect to finish all of these this month; indeed, I'm pondering whether I need to pick up another book or two!

I currently have no RPG books to read, as the latest Pathfinder appears to be delayed. Shame.

 

[Holy Bovine]

I'm reading my exclusive advanced "Platinum Level" playtest copy of D&D Fifth Edition (officially called D&D:Best, btw). I'm sure all of the other PLers out there are enjoying too. So glad they decided to ditch wizards as a player class!

 

[TarionzCousin]

I am reading the "Riyria Revelations" series by Michael J. Sullivan, the second of three omnibus editions. They are quite good and I recommend them if you're interested in pseudo-medieval fantasy stories full of intrigue, thievery, and a little bit of swordplay.

 

[trancejeremy]

Inspired by the movie John Carter (which I didn't see), I'm reading Otis Kline's planetary romance stuff. While certainly not original, he's far more readable than ERB.

Also, my last name is one letter off from being an empire on Venus. Pretty cool.

 

[Jhaelen]

I started reading the first Malazan book 'Gardens of the Moon' by Steven Erikson.

It's still too early to make any further comments about it... except that it seems to feature excessive amounts of bloodshed.

 

[Shade]

I recently finished S.M. Stirling's Dies the Fire. I'm about 1/3 of the way through Ian C. Esslemont's second Malazan novel, Return of the Crimson Guard.

 

[Croesus]

I have various non-fiction books are on my reserve list at the library, but until they show up, I've been reading Designers and Dragons. Very interesting book, marred only slightly by the desperate need of a good editor (way, way too many spelling, syntax, and grammar errors).

 

[Mercutio01]

I still reading "Furies of Calderon" and "Ready Player One*" I think Jim Butcher's setting is interesting, and the story is good, but I'm still not totally in love with the characters. I find myself wanting to reach through the book to slap each of the main characters at least once a chapter.

* Audiobook, with less of a commute = longer time to "read" a book.