[July] What are you reading?

[PieAndDragon]

Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb

The Bitterbrynde Trilogy by Cecilia Dart-Thornton

and someone's given me Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco to read on holiday. I have no idea why

 

[Dakkareth]

Just finished the new Harry Potter ... dunno what I'm going to read next.

 

[Waylander the Slayer]

Reading:
"The Scar" by China Meiville - very good, even better than PDS so far.
Finished Wildwood Road by Christopehr Golden - a good horror book
The Kite Runner by Khaled Husseini- One of the best books I have ever read.
Also have purchased Gene Wolfe's "Long Sun" series (any opinion would be welcome)

 

[KaosDevice]

Well after many reccomendations by folks here I am reading throught the Black Company books and boooooooy howdy, why didn't I read these a ways back? I'm into the second series now and just snapping them up. Good stuff, thanks to those of you out there that reccomended them to me.

 

[drothgery]

Read the Heris Serrano half of Elizabeth Moon's Familias Regenant books.
Was re-reading Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos books (got up to Phoenix before some orders from Amazon.com showed up).
Interrupted that for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Started the Esmay Suiza half of the aforementioned Familias Regenant books.
Will probably finish my Vlad Taltos re-read when I'm done with that.

Not sure what's next when I'm done with those.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Finished Vampire Hunter D. Avoid at all costs. Truly terrible. Might be good for a preteen.

Now reading Faded Suns trilogy by the author of the Moraine saga (probably spelled that wrong but can't sepll her name either... C.J. Cheryn?)

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Now reading Faded Suns trilogy by the author of the Moraine saga (probably spelled that wrong but can't sepll her name either... C.J. Cheryn?)

C.J. Cherryh, pronounced "Cherry" with a silent H on the end.

I'm reading New York Stories: The Best of the City Section of the New York Times, edited by Constance Rosenblum. If you are a New Yorker, former New Yorker looking for a piece of the city that you miss (like me), or just interested in New York City or city/personal dynamics in genereal, this is a great book. I want to go back for a visit...

 

[EricNoah]

Finished up a re-reading of Song of Ice and Fire series.

Started reading Best of the Best (anthology of Sci Fi stories from 20 years of sci-fi "best of the year" anthologies -- try saying that several times fast!)

Am halfway through The Depths of Time by Roger Macbride Allen. Sci fi, first in a trilogy. Very compelling time travel premise.

Still crawling my way through the new/re-release Thieves World anthology. Haven't actually made it through the first story yet. I keep the book in my car and read it when I have a second (eating alone, or waiting for someone in my car, etc.) -- haven't had many of those moments this summer.

Pagan Babies by Elmore Leonard. Turned out to be so-so, not as entertaining as he usually is.

Spineless Wonders: Tales from the Invertebrate World -- good non-fiction about leeches, fire ants, slime eels, dragonflies, mosquitoes, houseflies, giant squid -- a chapter on each.

 

[EricNoah]

and someone's given me Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco to read on holiday. I have no idea why

Prepare to have mind blown. If you can get into it. I had to set it aside for a year before I was in the right frame of mind.

 

[EricNoah]

And I'm currently reading Perdido Street Station by China Mieville.

you know, I bought this book about 2 years ago, and it's still sitting on my shelf unread. For some reason, I pick it up, flip it open, then put it back down and find something else. I don't know why and it's driving me mad. perhaps I've been victim of some kind of mind control.