[Jan05] What are you reading?

[MonsterMash]

Currently: Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland. Very easy to read narrative history of the later days of the Roman Republic.

 

[Eosin the Red]

I have been on a big reading kick this last week -

Ironhand's Daughter by Gemmel: ****
The Knight by Gene Wolfe: ***
Survivor's Quest by Zhan: ***&1/2

A re-read of Ravenheart by Gemmel *****

I am itching to read the new Tad Williams book but MS&T let me down near the end.

 

[ddvmor]

I'm reading the Song of Susannah, Johnathon Strange and Mr. Norrell, Guardians of the Flame: Legacy, and I just finished rereading the first Black Company trilogy.

How are you finding the Jonathan Strange book? I'm toying with getting it.

I'm about to start the long coveted 'Going Postal' by Terry Pratchett.

 

[diaglo]

i'm about to start Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett. one of the players in my OD&D campaign loaned me the book for a character concept he is trying to add.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

The JS & Mr. N is....well, it's different. I'm not even halfway through yet, and it seems to be turning into a darker, more fey-focused story. I'm enjoying it.

Lords and Ladies and Going Postal are both good books. L&L breaks down a bit towards the end, though, IMO.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Just started re-reading Pratchett's Nightwatch

 

[frankthedm]

GDW's Dark Conspiracy rule book [1991]
Lemoney Snicketts's: ersatz elevator
Aliens: Earth hive
Resident Evil: veronica novelization
John Saul’s The Presence
Warhammer fantasy roleplay [hog’s head edition]

 

[ShadowDenizen]

Still working through the "Last Rune" series. (Just started Book 5.)
Next up?
--Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
--the Dark Tower series
--the "Obsidian Trilogy"
--The "Hythrun Chronicles" (I have "Medalon" and "Treason Keep", the first two in the series.)

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Finished Book 1:Across the Nightingale Floor of the Otori Trilogy and into Book 2:Grass For His Pillow. Written by Lian Hearn (pseudonym) for an Australian author (well actually living in Australia, born in England I believe).

Looks like Book 1 will be turned into a movie ... will be very interested in how its done.

THat could be interesting. I just finished book 3. It was good, but I felt the ending was a little too quick; a lot of buildup for a very sudden ending.

Now I'm reading Robin Hobb's Assassin's Quest, which I realized I had never read when the library copy was out. After that I will read Fool's Fate to complete that trilogy (yes I read the books out of order - started with the first two of the Fool's trilogy, went back to the Assassin's trilogy - will read Fool's Fate and at some point I'll probably move backwards again to the LiveShip books).

 

[Decado]

Currently reading The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane. I am up in the air on what I am going to read next. On the way home from work tonight I was thinking about reading the original Dragonlance Trilogy again.

Decado