[Ain't_It_Just_]

Reading The Colour of Magic. Yes, it's old, but it's hilarious.

Spoiler

The part where they appear inside an airplane is side-splittingly funny.

[Illuyankas]

The first of the autobiographies I got for my birthday, Frankie Boyle's My Shit Life So Far. Frankie Boyle is the man.

The second is one of William Shatner's. Thanks for that, present-giving-person.

[Bauchelain the Evil]

Re-reading Deadhouse Gates after a long time. Man, I had forgot how good it was

[Deornoth]

Finished reading Jeremy De Quidt's 'The Toymaker'. I don't normally read YA stuff but fancied a change and picked this one up. I'm glad I did, totally wasn't what I was expecting and it's got killer dolls in it! Had a great time reading this one, my full review is over Here. I'm now reading John Meaney's 'Black Blood' amongst others...

[Mentalist]

finished reading "Ships of Merior", book 2 of "the wars of light and Shadow" by Jenny Wurts.

the book took me several weeks, but not because it's bad. in fact, once it finally got going, i've had it done in a few evenings (and only took that long b/c of my rather busy schedule).

However, just like Book 1, things take a while to get going. the story';s interesting, I want to know what happens next and i'll get book 3, but I can't say I feel engrossed by the series.

now i'm gonna give S.M. Stirling's "Dies the Fire" a chance. it's supposed to be a post-apocaliptic novel, and i've never to date read one of those, so it should be pretty interesting.

[Deornoth]

Finished reading C.L. Werner's 'Forged in Chaos', a 'Warhammer: Age of Reckoning' game tie-in. This is not a challenging or 'deep' read by any stretch of the imagination (and can get a little repetitive too) but it is a whole load of fun. Crammed full of 'Hack and Slash' goodness! My full review is over Here. I'm still working my way through 'Black Blood' amongst others...

[pat5150]

Just finished Lev Grossman's unoriginal The Magicians.

Good for the morning commute or the airport, that's about it.

Check out the blog for the full review. . .

Patrick

[Deornoth]

Finished reading Charlaine Harris' 'Dead until Dark', a book that contrived to make me keep reading while wanting to put it down all at the same time. my full review is over Here. I'm well into 'Black Blood' and the plan is to finish it tonight. There's a mouse in the house though so we'll see if that happens...

[Bauchelain the Evil]

Reading The Terror by Dan Simmons. I've always wanted to read one of his books,especially Hyperion, but I could never find one at my local bookshop. So, as soon as I saw this, I bought it. Liking the character of Crozier.

This post has been edited by Bauchelain the Evil: 10 December 2009 - 06:14 PM

[caladanbrood]

The Fade finished, and that was a damn good book, from beginning to end. I even thought I had worked out what the twist would be and ended up getting completely the wrong end of the stick. Now onto Retribution Falls, wooo!

[Salt-Man Z]

Bauchelain the Evil, on 10 December 2009 - 06:13 PM, said:

Reading The Terror by Dan Simmons. I've always wanted to read one of his books,especially Hyperion, but I could never find one at my local bookshop. So, as soon as I saw this, I bought it. Liking the character of Crozier.

I read that this summer, and WOW. Even without the horror aspects, as historical fiction, I found it fascinating. I even picked up a copy for my dad for Christmas.

[Riot]

the return of the black company - glen cook

these books are just fantastic

[lobo the wolfman]

Finished Chris Wooding's Retribution Falls: A Tale of The Ketty Jay and although it wasn't ground breaking it was a good, fun read. It felt like l was reading a story in the style of Firefly but instead of being SF it had Final Fantasy style airships. Hope you are enjoying it as well Brood.

Just a quick question about Joe Abercrombie, l have Best Served Cold sitting at home to read, and l know they are set in the same world, but do you have to read the The First Law Trilogy first, and can you start with the standalone?

Next l am going to give Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space a go.

[MTS]

I just finished Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, and am now moving onto Dearly Devoted Dexter. I have to say, this is the one instance (and only that I can think of) where a visual medium has captured a story better than a book. Maybe I'm biased seeing the TV show first (and absolutely loving it!), but the story was fleshed out a lot more in the TV show, particularly Dexter's past, and I would have liked to see more of Doakes in the books. Still, it was a very fun read - Jeff Lindsay's Dexter is a brilliant character to read.

After finishing the Dexter series, I think I'll jump into Mistborn - that's been on my to-read pile for a while...

[Mentalist]

Finished S.M. Stirling's "Dies the Fire"--the first book in his "Change" series, which describes what happens to the world if electricity and explosives around the world suddently stop to function.

The book reads like a historical fiction, and it is absolutely FASCINATING, since it is a story of human adaptation to a brand-new social order.

probably not for everyone, but I loved it to death.

Gonna read "Dawn" by Tim Lebbon next. I liked Dusk, and finally had the money to order this sequel..

[MTS]

Finished Mistborn this morning. The amount of frowning and eyebrow-raising in this series is ridiculous; reminds me of Jordan and his braid-tugging and skirt-smoothing.

Still, it was an awesome series. Allomancy and Feruchemy were some of the most novel magic concepts I've come across, and he wrote those action scenes very well. Vin did come across as a bit of a 'farmgirlish hero', though.

[QuickTidal]

Actually reading The Great Hunt by Jordan.....I know I know...I came along late to the WOT party.

[Bauchelain the Evil]

Finished The Terror by Dan Simmons and, well, it was quite terrific, the best book I've read recently. This book was filled with awesome scenes and the bests were,IMO, without doubt, the ones without the creatue on ice; although the first attack(chronologically) telled to Franlin and his officer by the sailor was great. I have also admired the research on ships and on Inuit mythology behind the book.

[pat5150]

Just finished this one, and I must say that Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl is an absorbing read. It does for Southeast Asia what Ian McDonald's River of God did to a not-so-distant in the future India.

Check out the blog for the full review.

Patrick

[Bauchelain the Evil]

Reading My name is Red by Orhan Pamuk. Interesting so far.