[Slum]

Briar King, on 29 March 2011 - 06:16 PM, said:

I still cant fucking pernonuce Kvothe's name!

From the horse's mouth:

[Astra]

Finished book one of Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson.

So far so good.
I printed out many maps and pour over them to get my bearings as I proceed.
I think the prose is user friendly nice and easy going. I do not rush. Often I have to return many pages or chapters back to re-read something. I don't want to miss details and get lost in this new big world

[caladanbrood]

I'm taking a break from Tchaikovsky, re-reading Jennifer Government by Max Barry for some light relief

[QuickTidal]

caladanbrood, on 31 March 2011 - 12:42 PM, said:

I'm taking a break from Tchaikovsky, re-reading Jennifer Government by Max Barry for some light relief

I have a few friends who LOVE that book. Enjoy!

[QuickTidal]

I'm in the last 100 pages of WMF and...

Spoiler

does anyone else feel like the the road bandits thing, the Felurian faerie thing, and the Adem training thing was all just kind of by-the-numbers Kvothe leveling up Final Fantasy style...while Kvothe get's his freak on with a couple of ladies? It's good, I'm just seeing it as leveling up for the 3rd book is all.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 31 March 2011 - 01:28 PM

[acesn8s]

I just finished TCG and decided some brain candy was necessary. Picked up Tiassa by Brust. Vlad and Loiosh make me smile. Of course it has been so long since I've read a Vlad novel that I need to dig out all of them and start rereading.

[MWKarsa]

I finished off Stonewielder as I had a little over a hundred pages left on it when I started TCG and Esslemont continues to improve as a writer but so far each one of his books leaves me unsatisfied and a general feeling of "meh" after completing. Started The Crusades by Thomas Asbridge as far I am loving it- was really looking forward to getting to this book and it has delivered so far. Many writers fail miserably with history and make it a workout to get through but Asbridge has a great style of moving the story through quickly without sacrificing the details. Really great stuff so far.

[Fist Gamet]

So, as some of you may recall, I tried The Blade Itself as while back and could not get beyond the first hundred pages or so. Following numerous recommendations, I gave it another go and persevered...and boy am I glad I did. I take it all back, Abercrombie has put a delicious spin on many old tropes and breathed a bit of life back into them. There have been a few authors recently who, imho, have done this well (Chris Wooding and Paul Kearney) and JA is up there with them. Great fun, simple and twisted with a deceptively intricate plot. Happy.

[Mentalist]

Read "Changes" the other night. A great choice for the first post-tCG book.

currently reading "Old Man's War", and the Deus Ex novel, "Icarus Effect", which I picked up with many a second thought. the author posted on the Deus Ex 3 forum, and he seemed like a very straightforward guy there, so what the hell. 3 chapters in so far, a lot of name-dropping to please the fans of the original Deus Ex, and a pretty good setting so far.

[King Bear]

White Gold Wielder. I'm really enjoying it and the second chronicles, even though Linden can be annoying.
@Mentalist: I just ordered Old Man's War. Thanks for everyone who recommended it (hopefully not premature thanks ).

[Mentalist]

Finished Old Man's war as part of my regular "procrastination Saturday" routine. Pretty cool book, though I've never really read any Heinlein (that I can recall off-hand), so not much to compare it with.

gonna move on to "The Icarus effect" once I get some classwork done.

[Abyss]

Abyss, on 30 March 2011 - 06:20 PM, said:

Working my way through the WARRIORS ANTHOLOGY......I suppose as anthologies go this one, with three wins, three losses and two 'oks' at about the halfway mark is doing better than most.

QuickTidal, on 30 March 2011 - 06:21 PM, said:

...What about the Rollins one about pitbulls fighting? it would be interesting to read that one knowing he is a veterinarian.

Further along now and it's the usual anthology mixed bag... Saylor's roman empire piece wasn't bad altho it's not sending me running to his other work... Diane Gabaldon was an author i've seen around and wondered about, but her story did nothing for me.

Naomi Novik's sci fi piece was way better. Interesting, clever, hits some high notes in a fairly short work. May check out her Tememaire series on the strength of this.

James Rollins moved up a few points in my estimation for his great dog story. It takes talent to workably write a canine perspective without tossing the reader right out of the story.

And the there's David Weber... the man writes great great military sci fi... even in short form.

So we're up to six good, four bad and three ok.

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Passage to India by E.M Forster. Looks interesting, I always liked the English-India colonisation doohickey.

[Dutch]

GotM for the third time

Already finished Night of Knives(In my opinion you can put it first in a re read of the series)

Just doubting where to put in the three K&B novellas, I'm thinking of just putting it in between DHG and MoI since they appear in MoI and I'm thinking of putting Stonewielder in between TtH and DoD (I'd rather not divide DoD and TCG with another book in between)

[QuickTidal]

Finished WISE MAN'S FEAR, and aside from a few little issues I had it was overall a great read.

I now have one week before I go away and I needed something to fill that void but I find myself stymied again after following a 1000-page book (TCG) with another 1000-page book (WMF)...

...I have finally started Paul Kearney's THE TEN THOUSAND...so far it is so-so but at about page 60 and it hasn't really grabbed me yet. We'll see how it goes.

[Salt-Man Z]

QuickTidal, on 03 April 2011 - 12:54 PM, said:

...I have finally started Paul Kearney's THE TEN THOUSAND...so far it is so-so but at about page 60 and it hasn't really grabbed me yet. We'll see how it goes.

This one took a while for me to warm to as well.

Trying to get into Matthew Stover's Heart of Bronze (omnibus of Iron Dawn and Jericho Moon) but I'm having a really hard time starting it. I am recovering from surgery, which could have something to do with it, but I was kind of hoping that being more or less bed-ridden I'd get a lot of reading done; hasn't happened so far, though.

This post has been edited by Salt-Man Z: 04 April 2011 - 01:33 AM

[QuickTidal]

I gave up at page 80 and put it back in the to-read pile....I just think it is now what I am looking to read right now...

...and so it was that I picked up Stephen King's THE GUNSLINGER for a third try at starting the Dark Tower series.

[Dutch]

QuickTidal, on 03 April 2011 - 03:58 PM, said:

I gave up at page 80 and put it back in the to-read pile....I just think it is now what I am looking to read right now...

...and so it was that I picked up Stephen King's THE GUNSLINGER for a third try at starting the Dark Tower series.

I've finished that one last year or so, but never felt like reading the rest of the series or re reading it again.

[FastBen]

I'm about halfway through Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union and the guy is a fantastic writer. Excellent alternative history noir/hard boiled detective story - I've also heard some talk about an adaptation by the Coen brothers - It definitely has their name all over it.

[HoosierDaddy]

About The Dark Tower, you'll want to finish the second book before deciding whether the series is for you. Treat it like Codex Alera and it'll reward you.