[September] What are you Reading?

[Zelgadas]

Currently reading Fairy Tale by Raymond Feist. It's a modern dark fantasy about . . . fairies. It's a fun read, even if it's not exactly great literature. The characters are likeable and Feist does a good job of keeping the tension going.

Next up I'll probably read either Les Miserables, or Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde. I'd also like to read Children of the Rune, a compilation put together by none other than Monte Cook, but I have yet to get my hands on that one.

 

[Berandor]

I just rented "Club Dumas" from the library for the Book Club.
More, I also checked out three books by Friedrich Christian Delius, who recently got a prize for his entertaining-yet-intelligently-critisizing-society books that got me interested.

 

[Desdichado]

I'd also like to read Children of the Rune, a compilation put together by none other than Monte Cook, but I have yet to get my hands on that one.

That one comes pretty highly recommended by my next door neighbor, particularly the Monte Cook stories themselves. I'll probably be borrowing his copy; maybe it'll make my October reading list.

 

[Klaus]

I didn't ever think of that as a trilogy. Although it's been many years since I've read Call of the Wild or White Fang...

Not a trilogy in the "continuous story" sense, but they each revolve around a dog.

Jack London wrote Bâtard first, a short story where the dog and his owner are as black-hearted as they come, and hate each other with a passion. He then set out to write Call of the Wild in order to redeem dogs (and succeeded marvellously with the main character, Buck). White Fang, while not as stellar as Call of the Wild, became more popular than its predecessor.

All three stories are highly-recommended for those interested in cold-climate campaigns, specially with the releases of Frost & Fur and Frostburn.

 

[jester47]

Just finished "The Color of Magic." Now back to finishing "Rime Isle" by Leiber. I am seriously questioning Leiber after "The Frost Monstreme." If its more of the same after this then I don't know if I will finish the series. I have heard the last book was not somthing to be desired.

Aaron.

 

[AuroraGyps]

Right now, I'm reading Point of Dreams by Mellissa Scott. Normally I don't read the third in a series before the others but finding the others has been somewhat difficult. I'm going to try buying them used through Amazon and see what happens. Most of the backstory mentioned is in the first few pages and so far I don't feel very overwhelmed by stuff detailed in the previous books. My only wish is for a map of the city and an explanation (which I assume will be in one of the previous books) as to why all the city districts are called 'Points'. The Point of Dreams is the theater district, that much is clear, while Point of Hearts is the Red-light area and Point of Knives is one of the seedy sections.

The time period is a kind of pre-Victorian era. Manners and the cut of one's clothes are extremely important. Social status is strictly defined. It's a kind of 'detective story of manners'-type of story. Magic does exist there, along with ghosts and such; people know about such things, but magic is very subtle.

I'm just getting into the meat of the detective story; the second murder has occurred with the first one (and how do you drown a man indoors on dry land without use of a bucket?) still unsolved.

My mom managed to get me the first two books. I read Point of Hopes a couple of years ago, but don't remember much except for that I thought the setting was cool and that I was disapointed because who the bad guy was was pretty much given away in the first handfull of chapters. Hopefullly the other two books are better.

I just finished Apocalypse by Nancy Springer which I picked up right after finishing R.A. Salvatore's Ynis Aielle trilogy. Don't know what I'll pick up next. There're a bunch of books at the library I want to check out: mostly the final books in trilogies.

 

[Krug]

Sabbat Martyr, a book in the WH40K Gaunt's Ghosts series. Man, Dan Abnett writes GREAT action and fight scenes. This is really a great military SF series and you don't need to be too familiar with the WH40K game world.

 

[NiTessine]

so i started the Alabaster Staff... but after 28 pages i put it aside. i'll wait until i have more time to start the Rogue series again.

Did much the same, but when I finally forced myself to read it, it turned out to be a fairly good book.

Currently, I'm reading Mika Waltari's Sinuhe as a long-term project, and zipping through less intensive novels on the side, like Mary Gentle's Grunts (finished around an hour ago), Children of the Rune, and Lone Drow...

 

[driver8]

I getting (technically not readin yet) am reading Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell, a fantasy/alternate history novel that is actually getting quite a bit of mainstream buzz. Friends have been pointing me in its direction although I think its only just come out.

EDIT: My friends were right. This books is Jane Austin by way of Lord Dunsay. Written like a 19th century novel it is full of faeries, magic, scenes of London political life, humorous situations and characters. And the faux footnotes are too great.

 

[LeifVignirsson]

Trying to make it through David Drake's Goddess of the Ice Realm so I can get started on either John Marco's Devil's Armor or the new Wayfarer Redemption series novel Sinner... There are just too many books and I spend way too much time not reading them!