What are you reading in 2022?

[Ralif Redhammer]

Finished re-reading Deryni Rising. I enjoyed it much more the second time. I think it helped that I've read much more contemporary 70s fantasy literature, so I've a better context for it. Either that or my mood was just different this time.

I took a quick detour to read Frank Belknap Long's The Calm Man, which had a much more imaginative and picturesque language than I would've expected.

Now I'm reading ESB's The Swords of Mars.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Finished re-reading Deryni Rising. I enjoyed it much more the second time. I think it helped that I've read much more contemporary 70s fantasy literature, so I've a better context for it. Either that or my mood was just different this time.

I took a quick detour to read Frank Belknap Long's The Calm Man, which had a much more imaginative and picturesque language than I would've expected.

Now I'm reading ESB's The Swords of Mars.

The Deryni books are surprisingly hard to find either in my local library system nor at the local used bookstore. But I remember enjoying the first several I read in my 20's.

 

[Zaukrie]

I keep meaning to read that Deryni book....Not sure I still own it.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I got the first two volumes in some gloriously crisp third editions from the 70s from eBay for a good deal. Your local library might be able to get it through interlibrary loan (though I've certainly noticed that most of the Appendix N reading I got from my library all had to be recalled from storage).

The Deryni books are surprisingly hard to find either in my local library system nor at the local used bookstore. But I remember enjoying the first several I read in my 20's.

 

[Richards]

I'm reading a Jeffery Deaver mystery novel, Death of a Blue Movie Star, one of his earlier works. The main character is a wannabe film maker named Rune, who starts out trying to make a documentary about a porn star that more or less goes up in smoke when the building she's in is bombed. But now Rune is convinced this wasn't a random act of terror but rather a deliberate murder of the porn star, and she's determined to find the killer.

There are apparently two other novels in this series about Rune, which I may have to try to track down. So far, this has been pretty good.

Johnathan

 

[trappedslider]

I'm reading a Jeffery Deaver mystery novel,

My dumbass brain initially read that as Jeffrey Dahmer and I was like "He also wrote?"

 

[Zaukrie]

Jamie's Food Revolution

Seems like, nice, easy, recipes so far

 

[Zaukrie]

I just read
Golf is not a game of perfect
In about two hours. I can see why it is recommended. Like most self help books, you could probably boil it down a bit.... And I have my donuts that terrible players should trust their seeing more... But overall, I found it useful.

Probably going to read the Inheritance Trilogy next.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Reading Throne of Glass, the first of many Sarah J Maas books. I was at a con, and there was a young woman there who was raving about Maas's books - so I thought I'd try it out.

So far sadly I'm "meh" on it. Seems like pretty standard YA romance/fantasy fare with a Mary Sue protagonist who gets mad too much and doesn't listen to anyone.

I guess I'll finish this volume, since I'm 200+ pages in - but doubt I'll read any more of Maas's work.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I enjoyed Throne of Glass, but didn't think it exceptional. My wife absolutely loves her other series, A Court of Thorns and Roses.

Reading Throne of Glass, the first of many Sarah J Maas books. I was at a con, and there was a young woman there who was raving about Maas's books - so I thought I'd try it out.

So far sadly I'm "meh" on it. Seems like pretty standard YA romance/fantasy fare with a Mary Sue protagonist who gets mad too much and doesn't listen to anyone.

I guess I'll finish this volume, since I'm 200+ pages in - but doubt I'll read any more of Maas's work.

I finished reading Burroughs The Swords of Mars. Another fun Barsoom tail, with John Carter returning as protagonist to boot! Now I'm re-reading C.S. Lewis' The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. I just picked up another edition of it, this one with the iconic cover I remember as a kid: