What are you reading (Feb 08)?

[Panthanas]

I just started Feast of Souls by C. S. Friedman.

 

[Krug]

I've also just started reading "Mistborn" by Brandon Sanderson. After hearing that he will be finishing Jordan's bloated epic, I was curious as to his style. So far, the world-building and magic system are pretty interesting, but the character's seem right out of a bad Eberron book. We'll see....

I'm reading that as well. The world is intriguing, though the whole 'assemble-a-team' thing is kinda cliche.

Probably will pick up Dan Simmons' The Terror before I go off on a trip to China. Cold nights so would be best to be holed up with a book.

 

[Bloodcookie]

Well, I finished The Code of the Streets (nonfiction, sociology; a well-done, extensive, if not extremely deep, ethnography of Philadelphia's poor and the underground economy) and The Rite (part 2 of the Year of Rogue Dragons trilogy of Forgotten Realms novels; I found the two primary protagonists beginning to annoy me, though I still enjoy most of the supporting cast, and this book seemed to have more game-terminology creeping into it than the first one - here's hoping part 3 improves).

I'm now reading A Brief History of the Druids by Peter Berresford Ellis (nonfiction, history). It seems to be a good analysis of classical and modern historical (mis)conceptions of various aspects of Celtic culture.

 

[KaosDevice]

99 Coffins by David Wellington. A decent follow up to 13 Bullets , with some fun historical stuff thrown in.

 

[Pants]

Working my way through Erikson's The Bonehunters.

Much, much better than Midnight Tides and House of Chains so far.

Next up, Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Been hearing good things about it.

 

[Umbran]

I'm a few stories into Harlan Ellison's anthology Shatterday. Wonderful book, and the introductory material with the stories is as good as the stories themselves.

 

[S. Baldrick]

"Black God's Kiss" by C.L. Moore from Paizo's Planet Stories line.

 

[Ebon Shar]

Next up, Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Been hearing good things about it.

I loved it, but it took me a few chapters to get my head around his writing style.

 

[Mistwell]

Blood Follows by Stephen Erikson. Almost done with it (it's short).

 

[Mistwell]

Working my way through Erikson's The Bonehunters.

Much, much better than Midnight Tides and House of Chains so far.

Next up, Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Been hearing good things about it.

I am about to move on to Midnight Tides.

House of Chains was, sometimes, a rough going. Overall I still liked it. I hope I like Midnight Tides.