[QuickTidal]

Finished MAGIC STRIKES.

Andorion, you were right, plenty of amazing scenes in that book, plus info about Kate's parentage! Woot Woot!

Bought MAGIC BLEEDS on ym way home tonight so it's ready to go in a few books time.

Started Conn Iggulden's WAR OF THE ROSES series #2 TRINITY.

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 09 November 2014 - 02:42 PM, said:

Finished MAGIC STRIKES.

Andorion, you were right, plenty of amazing scenes in that book, plus info about Kate's parentage! Woot Woot!

Bought MAGIC BLEEDS on ym way home tonight so it's ready to go in a few books time.

Started Conn Iggulden's WAR OF THE ROSES series #2 TRINITY.

Liked the fights, eh?
BTW how does Igguldenns War of the Roses compare to his Rome and Mongol books?

This post has been edited by Andorion: 09 November 2014 - 02:45 PM

[QuickTidal]

I've only read the first STORMBIRD, but TRINITY is REALLY good so far. It's a really simplistic breakdown of the complex families during the wars...by focusing on the most important events and people. I'd say so far it's at least on par with his other two series.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 09 November 2014 - 02:49 PM

[Kruppe's snacky cakes]

Some recent digital GN's:

186. Afterlife Inc. Volume 1: Dying to Tell by Jon Lock

187. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller - First time I've read this one. Story was probably cutting edge for it's time, but yeesh, the art is gods-awful ugly.

188. Borderlands: Origins by Mikey Neumann - Don't care for videogames...like comics based on videogames...for some reason...

189. Classic Battlestar Galactica Volume I by Rick Remender

190. Danger Girl: Trinity by Andy Hartnell - Valerie, my nerd heart beats for you.

191. Ender's Game: Battle School by Christopher Yost

192. Faith: A Fable by Bill Knapp

193. Footprints by Joey Esposito

194. Future Diary, Vol. 1 by Sakae Esuno

195. Ghostbusters Volume 1 by Erik Burnham - Great fun! I'll definitely continue the series.

196. H.G. Wells' The Chronic Argonauts by Jason Quinn

197. Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc, Vol. 1 by Ryukishi07 - Apparently based on a very creepy anime...but the manga didn't do it for me.

198. Nine Tenths, the Slider by Alex Anstey

199. Ninja Girls 1 by Hosana Tanaka

200. PandoraHearts, Vol. 1 by Jun Mochizuki

201. The Power Within by Charles "Zan" Christensen

202. Queen Crab by Jimmy Palmiotti

203. Rasl Volume 1: The Drift by Jeff Smith - About a transdimensional art thief!? Weird and wonderful; already got the next 2 volumes.

204. Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol. 1: REDemption (The New 52) by Scott Lobdell - Great story, but almost thought I was reading manga, there was so much fan service (Starfire barely there bikinis).

205. Rosa Goes for a Walk by Nic Lawson

206. Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride and Joy by Brian K. Vaughan - One of my favorite Marvel series. Please make a movie out of this one, guys. And don't hire 30 year olds to play the kids. I hate that.

207. Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro, Vol. 1 by Satoko Kiyuduki

208. Star Wars Omnibus: X-Wing Rogue Squadron, Vol. 1 by Haden Blackman - I always thought the X-Wing novels were some of the weakest of the EU books...but somehow I think this is my favorite Star Wars GN so far...

209. The Strain Book One by David Lapham

210. Sweet Tooth Vol. 1: Out of the Deep Woods by Jeff Lemire - Postapocalyptic weirdness; instant favorite.

211. Testament VOL 01 Akedah by Douglas Rushkoff, Liam Sharp

212. Transformers: Fall of Cybertron by John Barber

213. Transformers: Robots in Disguise Vol. 2 by John Barber

214. Ultimate X-Men Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People by Mark Millar

215. Unearthly by Ted Naifeh

216. Ungrounded by Patrick Gerard

217. Wolves by Becky Cloonan

218. X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 1 by Scott Lobdell

[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 09 November 2014 - 05:55 PM, said:

That's like The White Queen Era right? Or do I have the wrong War?

That's the right era, but where White Queen starts in the middle of the wars, this starts at the beginning.

[JPK]

Finished my current ebook and audiobook both today. The ebook was The Wind Through the Keyhole by King. I really enjoyed it and finished it in nearly one sitting. The only complaint I have is that his whole story within a story technique that he's been using in the Dark Tower is starting to get a little old. Next up is Ex-Patriots.

The audiobook was A Crown of Swords. I'm beginning to see the pacing issues that have been so widely complained about. I'm still planning on pushing through the next few books over the next few months though as I'm alternating every other audiobook to be a Wheel of Time novel. In the meantime - next up is The Paths of the Dead by Steven Brust. I'll be starting this one at work tonight and am excited to do so. Kevin Stillwell nailed the narration for Five Hundred Years after.

Now if you'll pardon me, I have two hours to devote to Under Heaven before my s.o. gets home.

[Gwynn ap Nudd]

Just started The Black Prism, looking good so far.

[Tiste Simeon]

Finished Farseer trilogy. Aside from Fitz being a bit of a whiny douche for most of it I enjoyed it! Will probably read the Liveship Traders at some point.

I think I'll read Wilful Child next though.

[Serenity]

Over the weekend I read Bujold's Brothers in Arms, which was enjoyable. Taking a break from sf for a bit and reading The Mangle Street Murders by MRC Kasasian. After that, maybe some more Cornwell.

[Andorion]

Finished Raising Steam, and I have to admit to being badly let down. There were practically no jokes worth the name. Pratchetts wry humour and sly wordplay which form the core of his books were missing in action. It felt more like straight narrative rather than the twisted Discworld style I know and love.

It seems the Alzheimers is much worse than feared. I wonder if he did all the writing. It just seemed off.


On a much happier note, my next read will be Willful Child.

[Mentalist]

Whilst keeping "fifty degrees below" as my commute read, i've started Alera 5 at home. Slow going, because I don't have a whole lot of free time at home, and I don't find Alera gripping enuff to to make want to stay up reading.

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 10 November 2014 - 03:19 PM, said:

Finished Raising Steam, and I have to admit to being badly let down. There were practically no jokes worth the name. Pratchetts wry humour and sly wordplay which form the core of his books were missing in action. It felt more like straight narrative rather than the twisted Discworld style I know and love.

It seems the Alzheimers is much worse than feared. I wonder if he did all the writing. It just seemed off.

I seem to recall hearing his daughter was helping him these days...but that could be wrong.

[amphibian]

Andorion, on 10 November 2014 - 03:19 PM, said:

Finished Raising Steam, and I have to admit to being badly let down. There were practically no jokes worth the name. Pratchetts wry humour and sly wordplay which form the core of his books were missing in action. It felt more like straight narrative rather than the twisted Discworld style I know and love.

It seems the Alzheimers is much worse than feared. I wonder if he did all the writing. It just seemed off.


On a much happier note, my next read will be Willful Child.

The set-ups were there and some of the jokes still worked. The lack of revisions and extensive editing process showed in those situations.

However, it's a significant achievement for him to push out the story and progress the meta-story. This is an author who is trying his damndest to give us an ending to the Discworld, despite something that is crippling his mind. His daughter seems to be actually holding off from stepping in and doing this herself, which is commendable.

I still liked Raising Steam. It's not as good as Thud, let's say, but it's still a decent Discworld book.

[polishgenius]

No, his daughter hasn't started helping him. However, he doesn't physically write/type himself anymore, because he can't. He either uses voice recognition software or dictates, and that's obviously caused a change in how he does things.


However however, I liked Raising Steam. It wasn't as smartly plotted as his best, older works, certainly- it does go pretty much from point A to point B without many twists- but it had an energy about it and I disagree that it wasn't funny. I certainly found it much better than Unseen Academicals and about equal to Snuff.

[Tattersail_]

Finished the Codex Alera, is that all? No more in this series coming? Read up to and including First Lord's Fury. I see potential for more books in this universe but the way it ended has me believing that there are no more planned.

So since getting my Kindle I have read all 4 books of Acts of Caine, and all 6 books of Codex Alera. That's quite expensive reading in 2 months from my perspective. Those plus Dan Brown andStephen King.

I find myself at the place where nothing seems readable anymore. Ie when I finished one of the Malazan books when the next one was a year a way, or when I finished Dresden and got the feeling that no book will be good enough.

When reading the Codex Alera, I could go home and instead of putting on my favourite TV series or playing my favourite computer game I would sit down and read for 2 or 3 hours. I could be walking round the block to my Mum and Dads and I'd think of what I just read, and because each chapter has a cliffhanger (almost) i'll be wondering what happens next. I felt so good when I actually guessed right about what'd happen, I did that once. Now I am holding back. I need a new project but something I will enjoy. Something refreshing like the Mistborn Trilogy, or awesome like the Acts of Caine.

[QuickTidal]

I don't think Butcher has any more ALERA currently planned, but I seem to recall him talking about pulling a Mistborn and down the line telling more stories in that world a generation or two later.

[polishgenius]

Butcher has talked about the possibility of a space opera set in the Alera universe but it was in nebulous possible plans terms, nothing concrete in the plan afaik.

Tattersail_, on 10 November 2014 - 04:57 PM, said:

I need a new project but something I will enjoy. Something refreshing like the Mistborn Trilogy, or awesome like the Acts of Caine.

One of my go-to recs for moments like these: read Felix Gilman. Specifically, Thunderer.

Or possibly China Mieville if you haven't done that already.

[Tattersail_]

polishgenius, on 10 November 2014 - 05:09 PM, said:

Butcher has talked about the possibility of a space opera set in the Alera universe but it was in nebulous possible plans terms, nothing concrete in the plan afaik.

Tattersail_, on 10 November 2014 - 04:57 PM, said:

I need a new project but something I will enjoy. Something refreshing like the Mistborn Trilogy, or awesome like the Acts of Caine.

One of my go-to recs for moments like these: read Felix Gilman. Specifically, Thunderer.

Or possibly China Mieville if you haven't done that already.

What book by China?

[Salt-Man Z]

Finally finished Assail last night, after slowly poking at it for a couple months. It was...alright? Nothing particularly bad about it, I just wasn't in much of a reading mood, and it did very little to grab my attention. I will say that it felt mostly...unnecessary, I guess: most of the book was concerned with travelling, and then everyone reaches the convergence point, and boom, it's over.

Spoiler

Never mind the final invocation that rendered most of the preceding action moot/pointless...

A decent wrap-up for ICE's series (the final two books of which had very little do with the Empire the series was named for) as well as for the overarching MBotF/ME sequence, but it left me just a little underwhelmed.

Next up...dunno. I owe someone a review for Ancillary Justice. But I might just need to turn to something fast and light to get back into the reading groove.

[Grief]

Tattersail_, on 10 November 2014 - 05:13 PM, said:

polishgenius, on 10 November 2014 - 05:09 PM, said:

Butcher has talked about the possibility of a space opera set in the Alera universe but it was in nebulous possible plans terms, nothing concrete in the plan afaik.

Tattersail_, on 10 November 2014 - 04:57 PM, said:

I need a new project but something I will enjoy. Something refreshing like the Mistborn Trilogy, or awesome like the Acts of Caine.

One of my go-to recs for moments like these: read Felix Gilman. Specifically, Thunderer.

Or possibly China Mieville if you haven't done that already.

What book by China?

Start with Perdido Street Station, then The Scar.