[acesn8s]

Finished The Cold Commands last night. 3/5, it was ok.

I decided to move Lonesome Dove up to the top of my TBR pile. I keep meaning to read it, but always seem to bump it for something else. No longer!

[worry]

Lonesome Dove is wonderful.

[worry]

Well if you liked the Chain of Dogs, you can think of Lonesome Dove as the Chain of Cows.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Finished the second two books of The Dagger and The Coin series. I really got into it by the end of the second book, and I can't wait for the fourth one to come out in August! I recommend the series.

[Morgoth]

upworthywort, on 20 June 2014 - 07:10 PM, said:

Lonesome Dove is wonderful.

I know. It's one of my best literary experiences this year, if not this decade. I can't remember whom on this forum suggested I read it, but I am very thankfull.

[McLovin]

Setting aside THE MIDDLE KINGDOM for A CAVERN OF BLACK ICE.

[HiddenOne]

Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber, old school sci-fi

[amphibian]

Morgoth, on 21 June 2014 - 06:26 AM, said:

upworthywort, on 20 June 2014 - 07:10 PM, said:

Lonesome Dove is wonderful.

I know. It's one of my best literary experiences this year, if not this decade. I can't remember whom on this forum suggested I read it, but I am very thankfull.

It was either Bubba, Hoosier Daddy or me. I'm pretty sure it was HD, but my memory is a little fuzzy on a lot of things.

The sequels are pretty worth reading too, with Comanche Moon being the best.

[amphibian]

Slow Ben is a fan of LD too.

[Baco Xtath]

Finished Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey. It was my least favorite of the series so far. It's got it's good parts but the villains were just too villainy for me. To the point of being unbelievable. It wasn't a bad book by any means, just not up to par with its predecessors. Anyway, still going with re-reads/listens of Last Argument of Kings and Fall of Hyperion. Sort of biding my time until the first of July and I get my new audible credits and then it's onto Tower Lord and Honor's Knight.

This post has been edited by Baco Xtath: 21 June 2014 - 07:16 PM

[QuickTidal]

I'm on about the last 90pgs or so of the second of Mary Stewart's Merlin series THE HOLLOW HILLS...and I just wanted to note a few thing:

1. Though Jack Whyte (A DREAM OF EAGLES series) may have begun my obsession with the Arthurian legend, and Bernard Cornwell fueled it further (Warlord Chronicles)...I now feel safe in saying that Mary Stewart owns my heart with her series.

2. Both the above authors owe OBVIOUS debts to Stewart's work here. Especially Whyte whose post-Roman Britain and Romano-Celtic characters hearken very solidly to what Stewart created a number of years earlier.

3. Stewart's prose is breathtaking and gorgeous. I can't recall feeling this immersed in a world in a very long time. I never feel like a word is wasted, but the prose conjures up the most remarkable settings and images.

4. I feel that this series will join others on my shelf that will not only deserve a re-read, but will probably give me much pleasure in doing so.

Anyways, I'm excited to read the third book now THE LAST ENCHANTMENT...but I feel like I should hold off for a few books so I can make the next few books last.

Still, absolutely incredible series deserving of every accolade it earned in the last 40+ years, and now I'm sad she's no longer with us.

[Ukjent]

Give a shout when you are done, I have only read the great north road by the same author and that was nothing to write home about.

Done with the first two books of the Mongoliad Cycle, it's refreshing to read something set in the middle ages without magi and with authors that manage to not irritate me with real religions.

[QuickTidal]

Finished HOLLOW HILLS. Great book, one of my faves.

Started THE SILKWORM by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) and I'm already happy to be hanging out with Cormoran Strike again.

[JPK]

Finished Redemption Ark, SciFi always takes me longer to read. Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence up next.

[T77]

Finished Skin Game, I liked it but as with most Dresden novels I would like it a lot more if there weren't so many fights and chases.

[pat5150]

Just finished Robin Hobb's Fool's Assassin and loved it! Though it is slow-moving, it was great to be reunited with Fitz, Chade, Kettricken, the Fool, etc.

Check out the Hotlist for the full review. . .

Cheers,

Patrick

[End of Disc One]

pat5150, on 24 June 2014 - 08:23 PM, said:

Check out the Hotlist for the full review. . .

Cheers,

Patrick

Blast from the past!

[QuickTidal]

Yeah, I'm looking forward to reading that one!

[QuickTidal]

Finished Rowling's THE SILKWORM in two sittings. A solid read, and possibly more compelling than the first, but MUCH more gruesome. Some stomach churning stuff is involved in the murder being investigated, but it's not TOO rough. Some good growth in the characters and Strike is less standoffish here than he was in book 1.

Spoiler

It's also nice to see Robin move from PA to PI Apprentice.

Starting Leigh Bardugo's final book in the Grisha trilogy RUIN & RISING!

[amphibian]

Briar King, on 24 June 2014 - 10:41 PM, said:

The Incredible Kitsu, on 24 June 2014 - 07:09 PM, said:

Finished Redemption Ark, SciFi always takes me longer to read. Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence up next.

I also want to know more about that SciFi set. Is it good?

It's a slow burner with an archeological expedition and some other stuff going on early.

But yes, it's phenomenal. There's a trilogy of books, but there's also a fourth book (Chasm City) that's a stabd alone, yet it explains some stuff in the latter two books.

And there's a short story collection that's phenomenal as well (Diamond Dogs, Galatic North). The Prefect is a standalone prequel that is good as well.

Be ready for the slow burn and then prepare to have your brain expanded about the potential future of humans hundreds of years from now. It's definitely not Star trek.