[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 01 February 2011 - 03:24 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 31 January 2011 - 01:55 PM, said:

Gothos, on 31 January 2011 - 09:32 AM, said:

I've finally finished The Hero of Ages, and I must say... it was awesome.
I was a bit worried after Well of Ascension, but the 3rd book delivered. An incredibly epic ending, revelations abound, and the incredible pacing returned.

Awaiting the Alloy of Law now.

Totally the same with me, due to my reaction to thne second book I held off the third, but now that I finished it I was wholly satisfied.

Im also eagerly awaiting it...Im just pissed that it is a novella that is going to be in HC. Im not paying for it so I gotta wait a yr and somehow fucking remain spoiler free for the PB. Bummer.

It's not a novella anymore. He initially planned it to be a novella, but the word count got away from him and as far as I have heard it is now a full novel...so worth your money hardcover.

[QuickTidal]

Doing a DUST OF DREAMS re-read before TCG release.

BTW, it's even awesomer the second time.

[MTS]

Started my DoD re-read tonight too. Somehow I'm already 100 pages in...

[QuickTidal]

MTS, on 03 February 2011 - 12:50 PM, said:

Started my DoD re-read tonight too. Somehow I'm already 100 pages in...

Yeah, I started mine and an hour or so later I was 150...LOL. I guess re-reads always go faster...and Malazan re-reads are like wildfire in your hands. LOL

[Use Of Weapons]

Started Dickens's Great Expectations today, part of my resolution to read 1 classic novel a month this year.

[Salt-Man Z]

Finally finished Stonewielder. It was great overall, but the ending kind of fell flat for me.

Currently tearing through Scalzi's Old Man's War and loving it.

[QuickTidal]

Salt-Man Z, on 04 February 2011 - 08:15 PM, said:

Finally finished Stonewielder. It was great overall, but the ending kind of fell flat for me.

Currently tearing through Scalzi's Old Man's War and loving it.

..and thankfully you have GHOST BRIGADES too I believe....thus shall you be able to continue. OMW is awesome, and GB just takes it to the next level. Enjoy man!

[Salt-Man Z]

QuickTidal, on 04 February 2011 - 08:32 PM, said:

..and thankfully you have GHOST BRIGADES too I believe....thus shall you be able to continue. OMW is awesome, and GB just takes it to the next level. Enjoy man!

Indeed, and at this rate I'll be cracking* open GB sometime this weekend.

Edit: Aaaaand, I just put The Last Colony on hold at the library. Here we go!

*Not literally! Be kind to your books, people!

This post has been edited by Salt-Man Z: 04 February 2011 - 08:56 PM

[kcf]

I'm slowly but surely getting caught up with reading and reviewing. I posted my review of Antiphon by Ken Scholes and my review of The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie this week. I still have reviews to write for Dark Griffin by K.J. Taylor, The Fallen Blade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss, and Never Knew Another by J.M. McDermott.

I'm currently reading Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch.

[Fist Gamet]

jitsukerr, on 03 February 2011 - 02:03 PM, said:

Started Dickens's Great Expectations today, part of my resolution to read 1 classic novel a month this year.

Hmmm, I like this plan...

[End of Disc One]

A quarter of the way through Death Masks and holy shit what a great start. I said before that Summer Knights was the biggest jump up in quality yet, but the beginning of this book is blowing away the other books' beginnings. I'm really interested in every one of the many plot lines.

I'm also reading Empire in Black in Gold which is also really good but it's hard to go back to it when reading Dresden.

This post has been edited by End of Disc One: 05 February 2011 - 09:02 PM

[Salt-Man Z]

End of Disc One, on 05 February 2011 - 08:56 PM, said:

A quarter of the way through Death Masks and holy shit what a great start. I said before that Summer Knights was the biggest jump up in quality yet, but the beginning of this book is blowing away the other books' beginnings. I'm really interested in every one of the many plot lines.

Death Masks was the one that really sunk its hooks into me.

[MWKarsa]

Finished Ilium the other day and thought it was a decent entertaining read- not the greatest but enjoyable enough. I have Olympos but I didn't feel a huge desire to get to it immediately. I'm about half way through Omen( the 2nd in the Fate of the Jedi series) so I'll save any judgement until I finish it as I impatiently check my mailbox each day for my copy of Stonewielder to arrive as it's a few days past the due date it was supposed to arrive- dammit.

[Stalker]

Just beginning a reread of Dust of Dreams, in preparation for TCG.

Also bought and started Excession, by Iain Banks. It was nice to find in the local bookstore since it is one of the few culture novels I still need to read.

[QuickTidal]

End of Disc One, on 05 February 2011 - 08:56 PM, said:

A quarter of the way through Death Masks and holy shit what a great start. I said before that Summer Knights was the biggest jump up in quality yet, but the beginning of this book is blowing away the other books' beginnings. I'm really interested in every one of the many plot lines.

DEATH MASKS is the one where I realized Butcher was one of my top fave writers, if not THE top fave writer.

[Use Of Weapons]

Great Expectations and The City and the City are both on hold (as is Infinite Jest still) while I polish off the final two books of the Black Company (I have the omnibus editions, so Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live are together as The Many Deaths of the Black Company). Will get back to GE after that, and I'll need to pick my next classic novel fairly soon after.

[Mentalist]

I have finished "The many Deaths of the Black Company" yesterday. Next, I will probably read "the Cardinal's Blades"

[Tapper]

Mentalist, on 07 February 2011 - 07:58 PM, said:

I have finished "The many Deaths of the Black Company" yesterday. Next, I will probably read "the Cardinal's Blades"

You could do worse, it's a nice little distraction. Currently at two thirds in Warbreaker... not Sandersons best work, although Lightsong is awesome.
Starting on Abnett's The Lost for light readage, also have King Rat, Unlundun and Saturns Children on the TRP.

[HoosierDaddy]

I really, really enjoyed The Passage by Cronin. Started to finish The Final Chronicle of Thomas Covenant, and well, it's Thomas Covenant. 100 pages into Against All Things Ending, and what I'm really enjoying about this last trilogy are the world-building asides and backhistory that are just thrown out there. It is by far the most interesting part to me.

After this, I have The Sea Beggars or whatever by Kearney and hopefully the newest Sanderson book to read. And, as soon as TCG gets here, that'll go up top and I'll read it and weep.

[amphibian]

HoosierDaddy, on 07 February 2011 - 10:23 PM, said:

I really, really enjoyed The Passage by Cronin. Started to finish The Final Chronicle of Thomas Covenant, and well, it's Thomas Covenant. 100 pages into Against All Things Ending, and what I'm really enjoying about this last trilogy are the world-building asides and backhistory that are just thrown out there. It is by far the most interesting part to me.

Things really get going in AATE. The ending sequence is one of the craziest things that's ever happened in the Covenant books. You think it's peaked, but it's only temporary until the next one comes along and then finally the Big Event happens. Loved this book.