September - What are you Reading?

[el-remmen]

Jane Eyre

 

[Mallus]

I tried to read Neil Gaiman's American Gods right after finishing Micheal Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union, and the effect was a little like going from a glass of 16 year old Islay Scotch to a plastic cup of distilled water, or, to wax regional for a moment, like going from a real New York bagel to a Philadelphia bagel, which is best described a huge mistake.

So now I have to decide between two books by authors with remarkably similar names: Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson, and Our Ecstatic Days, by Steve Erickson. One has dragons, the other doesn't.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

I was reading Cartomancy, the second novel in Michael Stackpole's The New World trilogy. I had to put it down 45 pages in. What started out as a promising and interesting story just got too... weird for me.

Yeah, I read the first one, made it to the end, and decided I wasn't going to try and read the second one. This was mostly after I realized I liked exactly one character (the swordsage), and actively disliked the rest. Pity; his previous independent series rocked on toast.

Currently reading Ringo and Travis' Vorpal Blade, and then it's on to Dan Abnett's second Gaunt's Ghosts omnibus, The Saint. Which should be good; it's 4 novels for $12, which is a great value no matter how you cut it.

Brad

 

[Chairman7w]

Finishing up (les than 100 pages, yay!!) the third book of the Dreaming Dark Trilogy, "Gates of Night". After that, I gotta finish up "Dies the Fire."

Frankly, both have been a bit of a grind/struggle. I had spent the previous several months reading the "Game of Thrones" series (twice) and it's a REAL tough act to follow.

Gonna read "The Legacy" of the Drizz't series next.

 

[Obrysii]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ... and after that, my various college text books. :\

 

[Wombat]

Finished Master & Commander, now reading The Post Captain.

I love O'Brian's writings.

 

[S. Baldrick]

"Lost Worlds". It is a collection of short stories written by Clark Ashton Smith.

 

[Tolen Mar]

Just started Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny. For some reason, this one has eluded me over the years (it came out in something like 1970). My god, it's absolutely incredible!! I am about 100 pages in (since last night). Unbelievably compelling. The narrator has a great voice, the story is a page-turner, the ideas are rich and original. How the hell have I missed this for so long??

I was in a similar boat. My dad kept recommending it to me. I finally read the entire series a couple of years ago. Once I started I couldn't put it down. I will say that I found the second series (books 6-10) a bit flat by comparison.

Of course, I still went out and bought all 10 books, regardless.

On a different note, on just the comments here, I picked up 'Practical Demon-Keeping' by Christopher Moore. Its been fun so far, and definitely fits my 'light reading' mood of late. I'll have to keep him in mind for future reading.

And lastly, I'm considering the Septimus Heap series, but I'm worried about getting into another Harry Potter style series. Comments? Is it any good?

 

[MoogleEmpMog]

Just finished Glenn Cook's The Tyranny of the Night. Mixed feelings. On one hand, I don't agree with Cook's take on medieval politics and this series means less Black Company. On the other hand, the magic in this is more interesting than in the Black Company and the characters, frankly, more compelling than the post-Croaker-and-Lady-era BC books. :\ I'll probably read the next one.

 

[delericho]

I'm reading through a compilation of Edgar Allan Poe short stories. It is... interesting. Next up is "Heretic" by Bernard Cornwell.

I'm also about to start Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk.