[Macros]

I'll take note of that QT, purchases already made.
Blood Brothers, by Simon scarrow, don't know why I didn't already have this, Cato and Macro are two of my favourite recurring characters, after Sharpe and Harper obiously.
The Dark Blood, by AJ Smith, sequel to Blackgaurd, which I thought was a solid enough debut
The Sword of the North, by Luke Scull, sequel to the grim company, which also seemed like a solid enough debut, something of the two stories seem to run in parallels, the general theme perhaps.

[QuickTidal]

Finished Stirling's DIES THE FIRE last night. Great book! Specific comments in ded-thread.

Time for a non-fiction breather, so I've started BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS: LIFE, DEATH, AND HOPE IN A MUMBAI UNDERCITY by Katharine Boo...which so far is very good, but really heartwrenching.

[Andorion]

So parallel reading Iain Banks' Surface Detail with Gaunts Ghosts book 1. It feels good tob e back in the Culture and this book has a lot of Mind roles, which I absolutely love. Gaunts Ghosts seems fairly good so far, though I think the plot premise is up for a twist.

[JPK]

About 200 pages into ToM. I think this is the first time I've been angry to be ripped out of a Perrin chapter for a Mat one. This feels weird.

[End of Disc One]

I know what you mean. That was a great book for Perrin.

[Macros]

FAIL! Let him wear his trousers for a change?

[T77]

I finished a few books recently.

The Fell Sword by Miles Cameron. I mentioned in my previous post that I thought Cameron has the most potential out of the newer authors I've read recently. This book cleans up one of my complaints about the first book - which was too many battles. However, I felt that this book was too bloated and had too many characters, most of which I didn't care much about. It was about on par with the first book. The jury is still out for me on Cameron. He has potential though.

The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams. Good, solid urban fantasy. I will read the last two books in the series soon. I feel that this could be taken to the next level - namely in world building and in Tad's imagination, which I feel is one of his strong points - and I hope he does in the final two books.

Jhereg by Steven Brust. I liked it, especially the first half or so, but I felt it tailed off a bit at the end and I started to lose interest. Not sure if I will read any more of his books

This post has been edited by T77: 21 July 2015 - 06:46 PM

[Macros]

You do know Miles Cameron is actually Christian Cameron and has written quite a few novels?

[worry]

He's also a fine actress under the stage name Candace Cameron.

[Macros]

Finished up Rome a few weeks ago, the irritating habit Romans had if constantly changing their fucking names gets frustrating to keep track of such an extended timeline but its a worthwhile read. Ant and Cleo is a nice finish ti the set.

Decided to go with blood brothers out of my purchases, delighted to be back with Macro and Cato

[Macros]

Yeah Scarrow, its bout 15 books now. A lot more lightweight that McCullagh, just popcorn fun, think Sharpe set in the Roman empire

[acesn8s]

T77, on 21 July 2015 - 06:44 PM, said:

I finished a few books recently.

Jhereg by Steven Brust. I liked it, especially the first half or so, but I felt it tailed off a bit at the end and I started to lose interest. Not sure if I will read any more of his books

I think Brust's best novel is The Phoenix Guards, set in the same world but much earlier. It's a rip off of The Three Musketeers, in Brust's own words. He nailed it.

[Gabriele]

Briar King, on 22 July 2015 - 04:32 AM, said:

Scarrow right?

Im upset Collen died early this year. Would ev been nice to read about actual Empire Era. People wanted her to write about Hadrian next next or some where close around there.

I wonder if Yourcenar's Hadrian novel is still avaliable. I read that ages ago in a German translation.

BTW, it looks like Roman fiction is pretty popular with some readers. I should put my behind in the chair and finish one of my Roman NiPs.

[T77]

Macros, on 21 July 2015 - 07:12 PM, said:

You do know Miles Cameron is actually Christian Cameron and has written quite a few novels?

Yes, I knew that he wrote historical fiction. But, if I'm not mistaken this series is the first fantasy he has written.

[T77]

acesn8s, on 22 July 2015 - 12:29 PM, said:

T77, on 21 July 2015 - 06:44 PM, said:

I finished a few books recently.

Jhereg by Steven Brust. I liked it, especially the first half or so, but I felt it tailed off a bit at the end and I started to lose interest. Not sure if I will read any more of his books

I think Brust's best novel is The Phoenix Guards, set in the same world but much earlier. It's a rip off of The Three Musketeers, in Brust's own words. He nailed it.

Thanks - noted - I will read this if I decide to go back and read more of his stuff.

[Macros]

T77, on 22 July 2015 - 06:45 PM, said:

Macros, on 21 July 2015 - 07:12 PM, said:

You do know Miles Cameron is actually Christian Cameron and has written quite a few novels?

Yes, I knew that he wrote historical fiction. But, if I'm not mistaken this series is the first fantasy he has written.

ah, my mistake I read it as you saying it was ok for a debutant.

I quite enjoyed the first two red knight books

[Maark Abbott]

worry, on 21 July 2015 - 07:54 PM, said:

He's also a fine actress under the stage name Candace Cameron.

Let's also not forget when he sent Ripley back to LV-226 in Aliens.

As to my reading; in the last quarter of Green Rider, and there's a Captain Able. Oh boy. All hail the Abled God and all that. It's enjoyable enough that I've got the next book lined up and ready to go.

[QuickTidal]

Maark, on 23 July 2015 - 07:46 AM, said:

worry, on 21 July 2015 - 07:54 PM, said:

He's also a fine actress under the stage name Candace Cameron.

Let's also not forget when he sent Ripley back to LV-226 in Aliens.

As to my reading; in the last quarter of Green Rider, and there's a Captain Able. Oh boy. All hail the Abled God and all that. It's enjoyable enough that I've got the next book lined up and ready to go.

That was LV-426 actually. LV-226 is just a moon where we send our bathroom waste.

Glad you are digging Britain's Green Rider series! Book 2 is a much better ride, more politicking and history. You learn a LOT more about Mornhavon the Black.

For me I finished BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS by Katharine Boo. Gods damn that was bleak. I knew reading about a Mumbai slum lane would be rough, but holy hell that is some bleak stuff. Makes me really thankful for what I have in life.

Starting Caseen Gaines WE DON'T NEED ROADS: THE MAKING OF THE BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY. Heard great things! After that I'm likely to step back into Stirling's Emberverse for LORD PROTECTOR'S WAR.

[Maark Abbott]

QuickTidal, on 23 July 2015 - 10:58 AM, said:

Maark, on 23 July 2015 - 07:46 AM, said:

worry, on 21 July 2015 - 07:54 PM, said:

He's also a fine actress under the stage name Candace Cameron.

Let's also not forget when he sent Ripley back to LV-226 in Aliens.

As to my reading; in the last quarter of Green Rider, and there's a Captain Able. Oh boy. All hail the Abled God and all that. It's enjoyable enough that I've got the next book lined up and ready to go.

That was LV-426 actually. LV-226 is just a moon where we send our bathroom waste.

Glad you are digging Britain's Green Rider series! Book 2 is a much better ride, more politicking and history. You learn a LOT more about Mornhavon the Black.

For me I finished BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS by Katharine Boo. Gods damn that was bleak. I knew reading about a Mumbai slum lane would be rough, but holy hell that is some bleak stuff. Makes me really thankful for what I have in life.

Starting Caseen Gaines WE DON'T NEED ROADS: THE MAKING OF THE BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY. Heard great things! After that I'm likely to step back into Stirling's Emberverse for LORD PROTECTOR'S WAR.

Fuck! That's what happens when I try to reference without coffee. This is worse than the time I was eight squirrels inside of a trenchcoat.

The only real criticism I have of GR just now (beyond that it's slightly twee, but then I expected that after you recommended it) is the spelling mistake (fingar) and the chapter title which reads more as an authorial writing note ('person x goes to event y'). Elsewise it's enjoyable, easy reading, which I think I need just now being that my own writing is getting dark and heavy.

[T77]

Macros, on 22 July 2015 - 08:27 PM, said:

T77, on 22 July 2015 - 06:45 PM, said:

Macros, on 21 July 2015 - 07:12 PM, said:

You do know Miles Cameron is actually Christian Cameron and has written quite a few novels?

Yes, I knew that he wrote historical fiction. But, if I'm not mistaken this series is the first fantasy he has written.

ah, my mistake I read it as you saying it was ok for a debutant.

I quite enjoyed the first two red knight books

I enjoyed them too - if my posts sounded negative, I did not intend them to be.