[Dec] What are you reading?

[Aesmael]

Forced myself to finish Legends II today, so far most of the new (to me) authors in that collection will be avoided in the future - I can say it was worth the price because it has saved me many future dollars. Two stories not read in that collection are Tad Williams' (haven't read Otherland yet and I am certain it takes place afterwards. Is this also the case with Neil Gaiman's? If it takes place after American Gods I will not touch it yet.

Now about a third through Interesting Times before I borrow my sister's collection of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Been meaning to read them all year and now nothing stands in my way.

 

[Starman]

Is this also the case with Neil Gaiman's? If it takes place after American Gods I will not touch it yet.

Yes, it takes place afterwards.

Starman

 

[Lazybones]

I've been working my way through several recommendations that I picked up here; actually been a fairly good stretch of reading with 4 books over the last two weeks:

Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay.
Agyar by Steven Brust
The Columnist by Jeffrey Frank
Book of the New Sun quadrology by Gene Wolfe (current)

My next one on order from the library is Bridge of Birds, by Barry Hughart. I also have the Conan compedium that someone mentioned on order, but that looks like it might take a while. We've got a great system here in Sacramento where you can order a book in a few clicks and they'll send it to your local branch for pickup. Usually takes a day or two if the book's on the shelf at any of our 14 branches.

 

[Ibram]

I just finished "The Bloody Crown of Conan" and it was great, the novel "The novel "The Hour of the Dragon" is one of the best stories I've ever read.

 

[JoeGKushner]

I just finished reading "Talon of the Silver Hawk" by Raymond Feist. Popcorn book but if the main character fought hard and got knocked out one more time to be awoken latter and told how close he just came to death....

 

[PhoenixDarkDirk]

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.

I also recently read this and rather liked it.

I like to keep a few books going at once, reading a chapter of one and switching to the next. My current set follows:
Stars and Stripes Forever by Harry Harrison, an alternate history novel about Britain joining the Confederates in the American Civil War.
Magic: the Gathering Invasion Cycle Book 2: Planeshift by J. Robert King, backstory to the popular card game involving a big war.
Animorphs #47: The Resistance by K. A. Applegate, part of a big series about some shapeshifting kids fending off an invasion of Earth by body-stealing slugs.
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde, the second book in his Thursday Next series about a detective who enters the worlds of assorted books in the line of her work.

I have a bag with about 34 books in it that I draw from as I finish others, including some Star Wars titles, a little Discworld, and quite a lot else.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

I just read The Time Machine by H.G. Wells in one sitting, and I am going to start on The Invisible Man soon.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Trying to find 3001: The Final Odyssey. Seems like every time I get to the next book in the series, no one has it. I should have just bought them all when I had the chance...grrr...taken me nearly a year to get through this just because the books are hard to find...and they shouldn't be.

 

[Lord Foul]

Book 4 of the War of the Spider Queen series, Extinction by Lisa Smedman.

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson.
I think it's a bit boring so far. I'm not even out of the Waterhouse section yet.

I just bought Bloody Crown of Conan, too, so I'll likely be reading that off and on.