[Kruppe's snacky cakes]

211. Badass: The Birth Of A Legend by Ben Thompson - Tongue-in-cheek retellings of various mythical or fictional characters such as Anubis and Skeletor. Genuinely entertaining in parts, although the sounds-like-it-was-written-by-a-precocious-potty-mouthed-12-year-old-boy voice gets old fast.

212. Dang! comics by Martin Cendreda - Very small, weird, and funny GN, centered around a dog with no pants.

213./214. Emily the Strange graphic novels volumes 2 & 3 by Rob Reger - Comics about the world's weirdest 13 year old goth girl.

215. DV8: Gods And Monsters graphic novel by Brian Wood and Rebekah Isaacs - Part of DC's Gen-active series. I usually prefer DC to Marvel, but in the case of Gen13 and the like, the characters are just X-Men wannabes.

216. Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange - I've come to the conclusion that one will only enjoy these mash-up books if you enjoyed the original work(s) they're based on. Has David Copperfield, Zombie Stabber been written yet?

217. Wildwood Road by Christopher Golden - Decent horror-ish novel. I've not really been much of a fan of Golden's books, although The Lost Slayer (Buffy tie-in) was pure genius.

218. We Kill Monsters graphic novel by Christopher Leone - Think Supernatural, except more blue collar, and one of the brothers has a monster arm.

[Nicodimas]

Read these two last night:

Will Wright--Travelevers gate 1 and 2...

[Tiste Simeon]

Solidsnape, on 03 November 2013 - 08:39 AM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 03 November 2013 - 07:35 AM, said:

Welp after a break of a couple of days, onto MOI. So many things to love with this book!

To many with all of them!!! Finished my 4th read of MT last night, started NoK this morning.
I just feel like I'll never read another non malaz book again. Sooooooo good.

Know what you mean, I'm now thinking of all the other amazing books I have read this year, and thinking "yeah they were OK..."

[Stalker]

Nicodimas said:

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Read these two last night:

Will Wright--Travelevers gate 1 and 2...

And your thoughts? I have both from free days on Amazon but they are nowhere near the top of my TRP right now.

I'm currently still working on Wurt's Curse of the Mistwraith. I had started it but took a break for Dan Simmons' The Abominable, Lynch's Republic of Thieves, and something else too. Obviously not memorable, but the other two were great. Simmons had some pacing issues and got overly technical on climbing info, but enjoyable nonetheless. Not quite at the same level as The Terror (which remains my favorite novel of his), but a nice addition to his works.

[amphibian]

The Last Dark - the last book of the Covenant Chronicles by Stephen Donaldson - is really good.

Occasionally, he gets a bit whimsical with the unccmmon word usage, but in terms of what happens in the story, it's awesome. It's basically very little talking, lots of moving around and things get pretty hairy in a "small people confront the end of the world" type dynamic.

Sometimes I think that Donaldson spends too much time upon introspection, self-doubt and self-hating (as in the Gap books), but this isn't one of those books. It's got the right amount of action/talk/rest for a nice conclusion to the series as a whole.

[Ukjent]

Some day when I got the spare time I really have to read the Covenant Chronicles again.But I found the books depressing and always pick up something else to read..

This post has been edited by Graablick: 04 November 2013 - 08:22 AM

[king in chains]

player of games by ian m banks ,classic space opera

[QuickTidal]

Finished TRAITOR GENERAL by Abnett. Another solid entry in the Gaunt's Ghost's series, if not quite as good as some of the previous volumes...but it ends on an interesting note, and I'll want to see what happens.

Not entirely sure what I'll read next. Tonight will probably be one of those nights when I sit in front of my ToRead pile and hem and haw. Sigh.

[McLovin]

Started JJ Abrams & Dan Dorst's S. It will either be awesome or a giant gimmicky load of fail. Only got through the foreword so far but I'm leaning toward fail.

[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 04 November 2013 - 06:22 PM, said:

Abnett sounds familiar. What's it about?

Black Library Warhammer 40K books about the Imperial Guard.

[amphibian]

Briar King, on 04 November 2013 - 06:22 PM, said:

Abnett sounds familiar. What's it about?

Going on what books, movies and games you like, I think you'd like it. It's a war/military series kind of like a demented Band of Brothers set in the Warhammer 40k universe - except it's grimmer and more layered. I really enjoy Abnett's writing and this series in particular because the soldiers aren't the super-human, near-invulnerable warriors that the Space Marines and Chaos demons are.

But the best WH40k books are the Ciaphas Cain books. Those are just lovely.

[JPK]

Finishing up Last Sword of Power by Gemmell. I'm still really enjoying his work. Once I finish his Sipstrassi books I think I'm going to check out either the Druss books or the Drenai books as I've heard both are great reads.

In the meantime I'm moving on to The Two Towers.

This post has been edited by The Incredible Kitsu: 05 November 2013 - 12:43 AM

[Salt-Man Z]

Yeah, Warhammer is a fantasy tabletop game; Warhammer 40K is the sci-fi version. I've got a few of the books; I just need time to get to them!

Currently, I've started in on Patrick Lee's RUNNER. It's got a lot of cliché going on (elite-skills ex-military guy protecting a girl from bad guys) but with a genre twist (the girl's a telepath!) It doesn't feel quite as well-written as the Travis Chase books (only a few chapters in) but the pace is so breathless it almost doesn't matter.

[QuickTidal]

Needed a palate cleanser, so I've decided to continue my Malazan re-read. DG now...still awesome.

[Mentalist]

Man, I haven't posted here in forever....

in that time I've finished Stephenson's second Baroque cycle novel-"Confusion". The 2 alternating books style didn't really work for me, because Eliza's stuff took way too long to build-up, while "Bonanza" was just awesome from beginning to end. Overall, great story, but pacing wasn't the greatest.

I also read Gavin Smith's "War in Heaven"--a sequel to the frankly amazing "Veteran" (imho). War of Heaven was much more straight-up mil SF, ditching a lot of the cyberpunk themes that made "veteran" really stick out. As an action blockbuster it was solid, though the ending did implode into a clichefest a bit, I wasn't as annoyed by this as I would normally be. Overall I still feel it was a very solid duology, well worth my dollars and "Veteran" is one of the best debuts I've EVER read. So there's that.

So now I've started that Gav Thorpe "Empire of the Blood" omnibus. 50 pages in, feels like a solid B-level epic fantasy. Too early to tell what it'll turn into yet, though. It's an Angry Robot omnibus, and I'm used to the fact that those tend to be trope-tastic--it's kind of what they do--but I'll have to read on to see if Thorpe does something really clever with them like "Knights of Breton Court", or just plays is straight like "Nekropolis Archives"

[Kruppe's snacky cakes]

219. Empire: A Zombie Novel by David Dunwoody - Death is a character, so that's a cool twist. But ultimately this has too many POVs and not enough reasons to be interested in any of the other characters.

220. Bestial: Werewolf Apocalypse by William D. Carl - Like Empire, this is a Permuted Press horror novel. Yet, without the failings I mentioned above. Thoroughly enjoyed this one.

221. Cinema Panopticum graphic novel by Thomas Ott - Girl at carnival spends her pennies on the only thing she can afford, coin-operated machines showing silent films. Told entirely in pictures. Brilliant. Reminiscent of Brian Selznick's stuff (e.g. The Invention of Hugo Cabret), except no text whatsoever.

222. Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki graphic novel by Jim Zubkavich - I'm too lazy to be a gamer, but I tend to enjoy the more passive hobbies (books, movies) based on video games. Cute art, almost like reading a cartoon.

223. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines - Yep, finally read this one. Thought it was great, but would have been even better if it was partially illustrated, like Malice by Chris Wooding or A Once Crowded Sky by Tom King (the latter of which I have yet to read, but is coming up soon in my to-read pile).

224. Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show edited by OSC and Edmund R. Schubert - Better than average sci-fi anthology. Of course, the Ender universe stories were my favorites.

225. Who Can Save Us Now? edited by Owen King and John McNally - Another decent anthology, this time about superheroes. Although, oddly, the best stories seemed to be the ones that strayed furthest from the topic.

226. The Yanti by Christopher Pike - Good third book in the Alosha series. Now waiting on #4, seven years late and counting...

[Morgoth]

So I just finished ex-heroes, having bought it on the advice of seemingly half the board...

I've now purchased the next three.

You guys are all awesome.

[Abyss]

The Incredible Kitsu, on 04 November 2013 - 11:06 PM, said:

Finishing up Last Sword of Power by Gemmell. I'm still really enjoying his work. Once I finish his Sipstrassi books I think I'm going to check out either the Druss books or the Drenai books as I've heard both are great reads.
...

i'm blanking but aren't the Druss and Drenai books set in the same world?

Kruppe, on 05 November 2013 - 06:28 PM, said:

...223. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines - Yep, finally read this one. Thought it was great, ....

Morgoth, on 05 November 2013 - 06:56 PM, said:

So I just finished ex-heroes, having bought it on the advice of seemingly half the board...

I've now purchased the next three.

You guys are all awesome.

Told you so.

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... A Once Crowded Sky by Tom King (the latter of which I have yet to read, but is coming up soon in my to-read pile)

I don't think you'll be dissappointed.

[Salt-Man Z]

Abyss, on 06 November 2013 - 03:26 PM, said:

i'm blanking but aren't the Druss and Drenai books set in the same world?

The Druss books are Drenai books.

[Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast]

Just finished Railsea. Hooked all the way through. Great book!

Up next is probably a reread of The Bridge.