[Dec] What are you reading?

[Pants]

I finished House of Chains by Steven Erikson last night and started reading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson again.

 

[Undead Pete]

I just read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Phenomenal book. It garnered a spot on my top 10 of all time list. The main character is a 15 year-old autistic kid who decides to solve the mysterious death of a neighbor's dog.

The only problem I have is my usual issue after reading a great book.....it takes a while for me to get into another book without being disappointed.

 

[reanjr]

Midnight from FFG and Masque of the Red Death from SSS/Arthaus

 

[Krug]

Hey! I was the Assistant Editor on that book! Look in the "Thank Yous" that Poppy lists, and my name is in there-Rich Miller. That was the first time my name made it into a book I worked on!

Ooh congrats CL! Very good read and probably will borrow other books in The Crow series.

 

[FCWesel]

Finished "There and Back Again, and Actor's Tale" by Sean Astin. Next up is "Good Night Mr. Holmes" by Carole Nelson Douglas. After that, I have several books that I have waiting for me.

 

[Geoff Watson]

Just finished Going Postal by Terry Pratchett, about to start Slayers: the Sorceror of Atlas by Hajime Kanzaka.

Geoff.

 

[Acid_crash]

Didn't want to spend a whole bunch of money on me this season (too much family) so I'm picking up old books I just have around.

For the umpteenth time: The Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series by Tad Williams

Still trying to see when it gets old

Why do you like this series so much? I read the first two books and felt them boring and contrived, and just written with too many paragraphs that just didn't need to be there.

Does part 3 do it justice?

 

[IronWolf]

Thornhold by Elaine Cunningham

 

[Laurel]

Why do you like this series so much? I read the first two books and felt them boring and contrived, and just written with too many paragraphs that just didn't need to be there.
Does part 3 do it justice?

Do you read Robert Jordan...... sorry pet peeve about his long, long descriptions and paragraphs that do nothing.
But back to the question: Personally, it's a good read with a solid story behind it. I do like the last two the best (Green Angle Tower pt.1&2). I won't even try to say it's the best or the greatest anything, but it has been a good one to pick up now and then I tend to also read them from the stand point that at my current age they are not challenging, but fun. Lots of book I read once and get rid of them. For whatever reason this one has stuck on my shelf (though my husband re-reading it also has helped it stay there).
It has the action. It lets you watch a young boy grow, watch him be forced to grow. It has the romance. It has the evil, both hidden and obvious. eh- it's just fun and entertaining
If possible I would say find a used book store around town (so you aren't paying full price for the book) and give the last one a whirl. Personally I'd say it's worth it, even just to try. Then we can chat more

 

[Nifft]

Art of War (Sun Tzu, little pocket edition)
The Pentagon's New Map (Thomas P. M. Barnett)

That's it so far... it's only the 4th.