November: What are you reading?

[drothgery]

Working on the new WoT book now. About 1/3 of the way through, not bad at all. Sanderson's writing seems to be better.

Brad

Got it Wednesday afternoon (I work from home these days). Started reading immediately after signing off from work. Looked up to eat. Finished @1:30am. Checked around online and realized I missed a few things.

 

[freyar]

Just finished "The Firebrand" by Marion Zimmer Bradley, which is a retelling of the Trojan War from the POV of Cassandra, the cursed Trojan prophetess. Might inspire me to go back and read some of her Arthurian stuff (only read "The Forest House" previously, and that was a while ago).

Starting "A Brilliant Darkness" by Joao Magueijo, which is a biography of Ettore Majorana, one of the best Italian physicists (there were quite a few good ones) in the years leading up to WWII. But he disappeared without a trace in 1938, and the book deals with his physics and the mystery of his disappearance. The author is a well-known physicist (though better known for his, umm, highly speculative work than what I'd consider his best work), and I'm looking forward to digging through this.

Finally, my wife and I read to each other, and we're going through Harry Potter (Order of the Phoenix, ATM). I've read them all before (a few times), but it's the first time she's reading them, so I have to fend off questions about spoilers and let her guess. She's most curious about Snape and is currently convinced he's a Death Eater; I'll leave the truth unrevealed in case there's anyone here who hasn't but plans to read the books.

 

[Shade]

I'm about one-fourth of the way through Towers of Midnight.

 

[Zaukrie]

About halfway through Good Omens, then it is onto the Girl Who Played with Fire

 

[Darkness]

Spanish for Dummies (German version).

 

[Krug]

Done with A Hat Full of Sky. Next up is Haruki Murakami's A Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

 

[Starman]

Just finished Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (good, but disappointing) and am now starting I am Legend by Richard Matheson.

 

[Richards]

I'm reading Airframe by Michael Crichton, once I discovered there was a Michael Crichton book out there I hadn't read before. It's pretty good, and a quick read - I started it last night, and I'm almost done with it already.

Johnathan

 

[megamania]

Finished Book of Templates this weekend.

Nearly done with The Tyranny of Ghosts by Don Bassingthwaite


Debating what to start to read this week.

 

[megamania]

I'm reading Airframe by Michael Crichton, once I discovered there was a Michael Crichton book out there I hadn't read before. It's pretty good, and a quick read - I started it last night, and I'm almost done with it already.

Johnathan

Decent book. Not his best but still entertaining.