[June] What are you reading?

[Phaedrus]

Just finished Darksong Rising by L.E. Modesitt (3rd in the Soprano Sorceress series).

The main character's self-doubt and constant whining is getting a little wearisome, but I really like Modesitt.

 

[ragboy]

Fiction: Just finished The Crimson Talisman - it started out better than the other two Eberron books, but I think it fell into the same hole: Too long for a pulp story. I'm picking up Ilium again so I can finally finish that...

Comics: Still just Conan... can't find anything else that can hold my attention for multiple issues...

Gaming: Eberron Campaign Setting and Sharn: City of Towers. Getting ready for my first actual Eberron campaign...

No non-fiction this month... must be summer.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Started Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer this morning on the plane, and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Also read Superman/Batman Volume 1: Public Enemies, I really like the art, but not one of Jeff Loeb's strongest stories. Not bad, but could have been better. I may wait on the second volume. ANd finally, I have a huge plate of reading to get through for the ENnie Awards, so reading for pleasure might go away for a while...

 

[Draken]

The Memory of Earth, by Orson Scott Card, and Libris Mortis. After those, The Morgaine Saga and the Monster Manual III

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Just finished the Briar King by J. Gregory Keyes. Excellent book, though a little slow to start. Eagerly awaiting the Charnel Prince in paperback. Keyes' stuff is very good- I especially like how he modifies real world languages in BK to create a sense of different cultures. If you like Martin's Game of Thrones series, I highly recommend the Briar King.

 

[sniffles]

This -is- the Pratchett thread! I'm alternating between 'Men At Arms', 'The Chick is in the Mail' ed. by Esther Freisner, and a Doctor Who novel, 'The Ancestor Cell', I don't even know who it's by. And last night I read volume 1 of 'Qwan' (it's a manga).

 

[MonsterMash]

I'm currently reading 'Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code', which is very interesting.

Is that the Martin Fowler book? I probably need to seek it out and have a read sometime.

 

[JediSoth]

I'm finishing up Tales from Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett. After that, I'll read The City of Towers by Keith Baker. Hopefully I'll have my copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by then.

JediSoth

 

[Nellisir]

Just finished Death of a Necromancer and The Wizard-Hunters by Martha Wells, and intend to go looking for the rest of her books today. Cool reading.

In comics, I read Uncanny X-Men, Exiles, House of M #1, and X-Men Unlimited last night. Uncanny was a nice sort of "summary of outside the book but still relevant events" that Claremont does periodically (other authors just seem to ignore other books). Psylocke trying to find her memorial was pretty funny. And I always love Spiral and Mojo....

Cheers
Nell.

 

[Mallus]

Midnight Tides... I'm taking an absurd amount of pleasure from Tehol Beddict and Bugg. I can honestly say at this point, I don't care if Erickson ever successfully resolves his metaplot. If he can keep populating the Malazan would with characters like these, I'll be along for the ride.

Next up: non-fiction. Freakonomics and Camille Paglia's Break, Blow, Burn.