[Jan05] What are you reading?

Well, I've gotten de-railed in my program...

Due to a friend who was asking my about the movie Master & Commander, I have once again started the voyage with Stephen & Jack -- I am already into book 3, H.M.S. Surprise, with no end (other than 21) in sight...

These books are worse than salted peanuts for me ;)
 

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Although I'm sure that there will be many a groan for this...

Chainfire by Terry Goodkind...

::Runs and Hides:: Ahhhh!!! I'm sorry! Put the stones down please!
 

I am reading the Harbinger Trilogy (Star Drive) by Diane Duane. I liked the books when I first read them and since it's been around five years when I least read them, I thought it would be a good thing to do again.
 

LightPhoenix said:
I just finished Stephen King's The Dark Tower. Also read both volumes of Legends, though I only read some of the stories... for instance, I skipped GRRM's stories because I haven't read any but the first book, and that a long time ago.
Unless you are avoiding them because you did not enjoy the first book, it might be a good idea to check them out. I doubt there will be any spoilers as they are set roughly a century before the series itself.

Currently reading: The Dark Tower series, and more specifically The Dark Tower book. Received the entire series for christmas with the exception of the last one (apparently the book store thought I would enjoy some other book he wrpte with Peter Straub?). Fortunately managed to snag a copy just before finishing Song of Susannah though, so all is well with the world again.

Can't really say what I think of it yet, althuogh there seem to be a lot of inconsistencies in the story. Maybe I was not reading carefully enough (or it could be that the characters themselves are genuinely confused about things). And everything between The Gunslinger and Wolves of the Calla felt like it was just waiting for the story to start up again. Oh, and Roland does not give the impression of being as old as he must be.

After that, well, my sister is still reading Lemony Snicket's The Vile Village, and considering it took her a year to get that far, I think it will be a long time before that series is resumed. Probably a bought of non fiction is in order. Can anyone recommend good books about airships? It is either that or read the Dan Brown books I was given.
 

After finishing both Conan the Cimmerian books which just came out (highly recommended btw) I read Empire of Ashes, it was pretty good..the best parts were the greek jurors, I haven't read much stuff on that era. Next up was Enemy at the Gates which I'm reading at home (what a useless waste of life), and at work I'm reading Pompeii by Robert Harris, I'm a huge fan of historically accurate Roman novels so this is perfect.
Waiting for Judgement of Ceasar to come out in softcover. Steven Saylor is awesome ;)
 
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Finished The Two Swords by Salvatore over the holidays, and I am currently working on The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken.

Waiting on the bookshelf: Fences and Windows by Naomi Klein (follow up to No Logo) and The Corporation by Joel Bakan.

And then, I think I will finish off LOTR which I started last summer and did not finish.

Should keep me busy well into the summer!
 

dvvega said:
Finished Book 1:Across the Nightingale Floor of the Otori Trilogy and into Book 2:Grass For His Pillow.
I really enjoyed these. Waiting on the third to be released in paperback.

Just started re-reading Stephen Donaldson's The Runes of the Earth, the first in the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. It's great to journey back to the Land again although this first volume leaves you discontented, especially with its ending!

I'm re-reading before going back to the 2nd Chronicles which was seeded by Donaldson 20 years ago with key elements important to this final story arc.

Two to three years before the next volume though. :(
 

I'm currently reading From Hell--very dark!

Earlier this month I read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Although I've got no inside information at all, I expect this book to win the 2004 World Fantasy Award. It is an astonishingly fine first novel, and a great novel by any standard. Her vision of how magic would work in the Napoleonic Wars is completely plausible, hilarious, and lyrical. (The book is somewhat dense, and the humor is understated, so it's not for everyone's tastes, however).

Daniel
 

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