[June] What are you reading?

[Aris Dragonborn]

Finished Winter's Heart and Crossroads of Twilight, in anticipation of Knife of Dreams.
Now I'm reading Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison.
Also reading through Mike Stackpole and Aaron Alston's X-Wing Series (again).
After I'm done with those, I'm gonna read through Harry Potter again.

 

[Shallown]

Finishing John Ringos militray sci-fi series.

I really like his style.

I read Hymn Before Battle and Gust Front on line and picked up the last two Devil's dance and Hells faire later.

I just need to get the other spin off Cally's war at some point.

Been spending most my time reworking Gamma world 1-4th edition into a D20 game.

Later

 

[Rabelais]

Reading list

Finished Belgariad series, moving on to Mallorean series by David Eddings.

Next up is Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

 

[devilbat]

Just finished "Ghosts in the Snow" by Tamara Siler Jones.

I wanted to like it, I really, really did. But in the end, I found the book let me down with a predictable end, a frustrating mix of period and modern vocabulary in a period setting, and a lack of information regarding characters and setting. It gave me the same feeling as when I'm reading a Forgotten Realms supplement, and it referances two or three other books I don't own.

I'm almost finished "Extinction", book IV of the War of the Spider Queen series. A nice light read.

On Deck is "The Servants of Twilight" by Dean Koontz

 

[Hellcow]

I'm slowly making my way through Earthquake Season by Tim Powers...it's hard to stick with it.

While I loved Last Call, I didn't care for Earthquake Season. However, I thought that Declare was much better, so try that sometime if you haven't already.

 

[The_Universe]

While I loved Last Call, I didn't care for Earthquake Season. However, I thought that Declare was much better, so try that sometime if you haven't already.

I finished it, and moved on to Greg Keyes "The Changeling" and "The Blackgod"

They were both excellent.

Earthquake season was alright, but it was no "Anubis Gates," which is the book that turned me on to Tim Powers in the first place. It was far from perfect, but there were lots of ideas to mine for modern games. Good stuff all around!

 

[WayneLigon]

Still working on The Neutronium Alchemist part one; just about done with it and already have Part Two. Man, this a huge, huge work but it's very good and moves along very well. Multiple characters and viewpoints but he handles it all effortlessly.

 

[Hellcow]

Earthquake season was alright, but it was no "Anubis Gates," which is the book that turned me on to Tim Powers in the first place.

Just curious - were you reading Earthquake Season without having read Last Call or Expiration Date? It was basically a simultaneous sequel to both books... and frankly, I think Last Call was by far the best of the three.

 

[Pants]

I'm continuing my streak of being unable to finish any books.

Cryptonomicon plagues me like some half-rotted zombie that comes clambering from its shallow grave every few weeks, only to be cajoled for a few short moments before getting kicked back in the hole. It's not as if the book is bad by any means, but I never seem to actually get anywhere. The book actually seems to get longer the more I read it, giving me the impression that I'm not accomplishing anything...

Midnight Tides is going much faster, though, so far it is the least engrossing of Erikson's books. Gardens of the Moon, for all its problems, has a pretty fast pace and moves along at a decent speed. Memories of Ice, on the other hand, started out at a clumsy plod, but when it hit stride it really hit its stride. Hopefully Midnight Tides is the same way...

My list of books to read is slowly growing more and more massive.
Once The Warrior Prophet comes in, I'll start reading that. The Silver Spike and The Dragonbone Chair come after that and King's Desperation and The Regulators come last.