[Mentalist]

Finished Dawn by Tim Lebbon. It was okay, nowhere hear as good as Dusk, though. It suffered from serious pacing problems and i had to force my way through about the first 3 quarters of it. Once the action got under way, it was awesome, but it took forever to get there. A lot of the trope inversion (that made Dusk stand out so much in the first place) was dropped, and instead too many standard cliches were applied in the "unlikely group of disparate heroes save the world from impending doom by each one of them playing their part to make an unlikely miracle happen" scenario.
Where Dusk was new and original, Dawn felt like a dark and twisted version of Tolkien in Lebbon's world.

anyhow, now I'm on to "City of Saints and Madmen" by Jeff Vandermeer.

[Jusentantaka]

I just pulled Eye of the World off the shelf and opened it. Why oh why wasn't it published in multiple volumes? It hurts my hands trying to hold it up.

[Use Of Weapons]

Got Sanderson's _The Well of Ascension_ at the weekend, and am about a quarter of the way through it. (And as I was in the shop, another guy was browsing and picked up DoD, and I convinced him to take a chance on the series. As I was leaving, he was in the queue waiting to buy it -- another convert!)Also picked up Glen Cook's _Sweet Silver Blues_ as a potential Dresden-replacement fix.

[Fist Gamet]

A Canticle for Liebowtiz by Miller. I do find myself drawn to the older generations of books every now and then, and I am often glad I was. This isn't really like any other book I have read, and it is hard to explain why it fascinates me so. A good read though.

Recently read The Road, took less than two nights, terrific story, so simple and gripping.

[MTS]

Just started Furies of Calderon by Butcher, and loving it so far.

[Ain't_It_Just_]

QuickTidal, on 16 December 2009 - 11:37 PM, said:

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

As did I...which is why I am reading Eye of the World, a la Jusentantaka.

[kcf]

Last week I finished up Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett and I finally got a review of it written*. It's pretty good - not the best Discworld book out there, but far from the worst.

Now I'm reading Sasha by Joel Shepherd which is turning out to be very good, something I think a lot people around here would like a lot.

*complete with footnotes

[LadyMTL]

I am currently tearing through Scar Night by Alan Campbell and after that it's going to be GG Marquez' One hundred years of solitude. I was going to try and find Iron Angel so I could read that one first but the reviews I've read say it's meh and now I am torn.

[Deornoth]

Finished reading Anthony Reynolds' 'Dark Creed', Warhammer 40K tie-in fiction focussing on the 'Word Bearers' Traitor Legion. The outcome is never in any real doubt but the real fun lies in getting to the conclusion, not the conclusion itself. If you're a fan of 'over the top war in space' then you'll enjoy this one. My full review is over Here. No idea what I'll be reading next...

[Puck]

Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin. Boat-hopping vampires, yay.. O_o But so well written, that I read nearly 400 pages in one go.

[lobo the wolfman]

Tried reading Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space but couldn't finsh it. Found it too slow and bogged down with lots of litte things while the important things just seemed to be rushed by.

Reading the Chronicles of Malus Darkblade by Dan Abnett and Mike Lee. It's not complationed that it is a enjoyable read, lots of murder and mayhem. Two things that most Warhammer books are good at.

[MTS]

I'm reading Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susannah Clarke at the moment. Bit tough to get into Foucault's Pendulum, but I'ma power through, as others have said it's awesome.

[Puck]

Done with Fevre Dream and now starting Whitechapel Gods by S. M. Peters

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Puck, on 26 December 2009 - 02:14 PM, said:

and now starting Whitechapel Gods by S. M. Peters

Damn good book. It's very imaginative.

With Christmas, I've decided to forgo Eye of the World, and have started Fool's Errand. It's a bit slow...

This post has been edited by Ain't_It_Just_: 27 December 2009 - 10:35 AM

[Mentalist]

i've finished "the City of Saints and Madmen". it was a brilliant book, I can finally see why Morgoth kept raving about it.

i'm about to start "the Gap into conflict" by Donaldson, as part of my "read a volume 1 from a bunch of series to see if I like it" plan. Hope it's better then his Covenant stuff...

[Mentalist]

ok, so I finshed "gap into Conflict: The Real story".
it was an entertainig, but short read, and I was sitting there going "so, what exactly is there to rave about?"

then I read the afterword. Where Donaldson describes how the cycle was inspired by "the Rin of Niebelungs", etc.

now I want to
a) buy the rest of the series ASAP
and
b ) acquire Wagner's operas and listen to them.

in the meantime, i'll be reading "Whitechapel Gods"...

[Morgoth]

Mentalist, on 27 December 2009 - 08:24 PM, said:

i've finished "the City of Saints and Madmen". it was a brilliant book, I can finally see why Morgoth kept raving about it.

i'm about to start "the Gap into conflict" by Donaldson, as part of my "read a volume 1 from a bunch of series to see if I like it" plan. Hope it's better then his Covenant stuff...

I would say I told you so, but that would be petty.

You should also read Shriek: an afterword, and Finch. Together with CoSaM they form the Ambergris trilogy, and you'll get a burning desire to re-read CoSaM after you've finished each.

[Mentalist]

Shriek must be ordered, since no bookstore round these parts carries it.

it will be done when my finances permit it.

[Dag]

Just finished Keith Roberts' "Pavane". This book was - beside Strugatskys' "Hard to be a God" and Sturgeon's "More than Human" - what got me into reading SF and fantasy all those years (meanwhile decades ) ago. This was my first re-read after more than 15 (20..?) years, and wow, I'm still impressed by that book.

Now I'm in the middle of Erikson's "The Devil Delivered", but I don't dare commenting on that one until I've finished it.

This post has been edited by Dag: 28 December 2009 - 07:58 PM

[kcf]

I finished up Sasha by Joel Shepherd which is a really good book. Epic fantasy without the magic and with a strong female protagonist. Good Stuff. (full review).

Now I'm reading Servant of a Dark God by John Brown.