[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Starting Heroes Die.

This post has been edited by Whisperzzzzzzz: 18 March 2018 - 04:02 PM

[Macros]

QuickTidal, on 18 March 2018 - 01:30 PM, said:

Bachelorluver, on 18 March 2018 - 03:00 AM, said:

Noted.

One day I shall have to get the ones Macros talked about.

I stuck with the Rome theme and grabbed Ben Kane’s EAGLES AT WAR, which after the prologue and first two chapters is AWESOME!

Mac may have read that too, not sure,

I’ve only read the first in Scarrow’s series, but I quite enjoyed it too.

Don't think I've read any Ben kane yet, have noticed his stuff about though, he's on my to read list.

I think it might have been QT who recommended The Eagle in The Snow by Wallace Breen, if you can find it, read it, absolutely superb.

[QuickTidal]

Macros, on 18 March 2018 - 02:45 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 18 March 2018 - 01:30 PM, said:

Bachelorluver, on 18 March 2018 - 03:00 AM, said:

Noted.

One day I shall have to get the ones Macros talked about.

I stuck with the Rome theme and grabbed Ben Kane’s EAGLES AT WAR, which after the prologue and first two chapters is AWESOME!

Mac may have read that too, not sure,

I’ve only read the first in Scarrow’s series, but I quite enjoyed it too.

Don't think I've read any Ben kane yet, have noticed his stuff about though, he's on my to read list.

I think it might have been QT who recommended The Eagle in The Snow by Wallace Breen, if you can find it, read it, absolutely superb.

Yep, that was me. One of my fave Roman frontier books!

[Aptorian]

Finished Ben Aaronovich "The Hanging Tree"- What a strangely low key Peter Grant book.

New characters are introduced, old ones are expanded upon but generally not much happened. For a book featuring the Faceless Man the plot sure took a surprising turn. I liked it, it fit into this narrative about the Folly trying to catch a modern day magical moriarty but the stakes were pretty low compared to the... 4th book?

Anyway as always I greatly enjoy the British police take on urban fantasy but I remain frustrated with how minimal the magical aspect is and I still find it absurd how limited the British government's magical preparedness is. It's a HUGE national security problem but what ever.

It seems like the Folly is finally getting their ducks in a row and there might be instituted a more prepared response unit to magical bollocks in the future.

One aspect I did like was we got to see and hear a bit more about just how dangerous the River Gods are. A magical warrior ghost is a pretty cool bodyguard.

So far I have also put 50 pages into the first Culture book, Consider Phlebas by Iain Banks. It's really good.

I realized immediately it's been a while since I read this kind of hard sci-fi. The kind of story where the author just hoses you with weird would building terminology and advanced sci-fi lingo. It's great. Feels like the writer doesn't need or want to hold your hand.

[Macros]

I know I'm not in the majority here when I say, return really sucked, it's probably my least favourite ice book. I can honestly say I seriously doubt I ever reread it

[Mentalist]

Glad to hear "Wall of Storms" picks up, I'm due to read that later this year.

RotCG was all right for me. I struggled the most with the pacing of "Blood and Bone"- ICE got the relentless tropical jungle tone TOO right - the book really felt like trudging through a jungle that wants you dead.

[QuickTidal]

Bachelorluver, on 20 March 2018 - 12:10 AM, said:

Now I have to decide if I want to focus solely on Crimson or continue on with Dresden 5 or Fitz 1 which I just dug out. 7-9 ought to be all PB soon but it’s been quite awhile since I read 1-6.

Decisions...

I could complicate your decision...the Ben Kane Rome book I’m reading is amazing!

[QuickTidal]

It’s early Empire Rome on the Germanic frontier. Late Augustus reign.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 20 March 2018 - 12:56 AM

[Macros]

Damn you QT, I made a promise to myself not to buy any books for a month for two, my trp has like 30 fucking books in it

[Tiste Simeon]

Alternative Goose, on 19 March 2018 - 08:42 PM, said:

Anyway as always I greatly enjoy the British police take on urban fantasy but I remain frustrated with how minimal the magical aspect is and I still find it absurd how limited the British government's magical preparedness is. It's a HUGE national security problem but what ever.

Our government being unprepared for something major? How unrealistic is THAT??

[Maark Abbott]

Tiste Simeon, on 20 March 2018 - 07:19 AM, said:

Alternative Goose, on 19 March 2018 - 08:42 PM, said:

Anyway as always I greatly enjoy the British police take on urban fantasy but I remain frustrated with how minimal the magical aspect is and I still find it absurd how limited the British government's magical preparedness is. It's a HUGE national security problem but what ever.

Our government being unprepared for something major? How unrealistic is THAT??

*noblewoman laugh*

[Aptorian]

Tiste, you work/worked as a bobby, right? Do you really have a computer system called Holmes that feed information into, that then just spits out connections? Seems super fascinating.

[Tiste Simeon]

Yeah sort of. We have a couple of national systems that share Intel and suchlike. There is data sharing across every force and intelligence units that work "bigger picture" stuff that enables us to deal with national and international crime gangs.

I've only read two or three of the Peter Grant novels but I remember enjoying the descriptions of life as a police officer it was quite relatable!

This post has been edited by Tiste Simeon: 20 March 2018 - 10:42 AM

[Abyss]

Alternative Goose, on 19 March 2018 - 08:42 PM, said:

Finished Ben Aaronovich "The Hanging Tree"- What a strangely low key Peter Grant book.

New characters are introduced, old ones are expanded upon but generally not much happened. For a book featuring the Faceless Man the plot sure took a surprising turn. I liked it, it fit into this narrative about the Folly trying to catch a modern day magical moriarty but the stakes were pretty low compared to the... 4th book?

Anyway as always I greatly enjoy the British police take on urban fantasy but I remain frustrated with how minimal the magical aspect is and I still find it absurd how limited the British government's magical preparedness is. It's a HUGE national security problem but what ever.

It seems like the Folly is finally getting their ducks in a row and there might be instituted a more prepared response unit to magical bollocks in the future.

One aspect I did like was we got to see and hear a bit more about just how dangerous the River Gods are. A magical warrior ghost is a pretty cool bodyguard.

...

I'm surprised to read you found TREE low key... I thought it had the most action and magic v magic scenes of the books to date...

Spoiler

Nightingale and Faceless actually threw down, Peter and Lesley fought twice, Ty ultimatum'd Peter, ghost bodyguard took out assassin, etc

It also did the most to move the story forward of the last few books. More or less every plotline and character line is advanced by the end, except maybe Moly who is barely in the book, but near perfect comic relief just be reference to her cooking.

My only critique was that the titular Tree itself was barely a background reference .

Maark Abbott, on 20 March 2018 - 08:38 AM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 20 March 2018 - 07:19 AM, said:

Alternative Goose, on 19 March 2018 - 08:42 PM, said:

Anyway as always I greatly enjoy the British police take on urban fantasy but I remain frustrated with how minimal the magical aspect is and I still find it absurd how limited the British government's magical preparedness is. It's a HUGE national security problem but what ever.

Our government being unprepared for something major? How unrealistic is THAT??

*noblewoman laugh*

But that's a running point with that series. No one expected magic to come back to prominence and many are still hoping it will fade while some, like The Folly's immediate superiors and attached officers, are doing their best to get caught up to enemies who never stopped.

Alternative Goose, on 20 March 2018 - 08:50 AM, said:

Tiste, you work/worked as a bobby, right? Do you really have a computer system called Holmes that feed information into, that then just spits out connections? Seems super fascinating.

Tiste Simeon, on 20 March 2018 - 10:42 AM, said:

Yeah sort of. We have a couple of national systems that share Intel and suchlike. There is data sharing across every force and intelligence units that work "bigger picture" stuff that enables us to deal with national and international crime gangs.

I've only read two or three of the Peter Grant novels but I remember enjoying the descriptions of life as a police officer it was quite relatable!

I've really enjoyed how generally low key the magic is in the series, and how Peter relies on real police work, and tries to integrate it with magic resources. It's part of the series' charm and one of its more original bits.

[QuickTidal]

Macros, on 20 March 2018 - 07:01 AM, said:

Damn you QT, I made a promise to myself not to buy any books for a month for two, my trp has like 30 fucking books in it

Sorry man. It's just a really solid book so far. Great character depth, action, and intrigue. Fun leads to follow, ect.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Matthew Stover really likes public urinals.

[Abyss]

Macros, on 20 March 2018 - 07:01 AM, said:

Damn you QT, I made a promise to myself not to buy any books for a month for two, my trp has like 30 fucking books in it

Pfft.... 30.




Amateur.




The e/e/TRPFH has subfolders in it with more books than that.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 20 March 2018 - 03:28 PM, said:

Macros, on 20 March 2018 - 07:01 AM, said:

Damn you QT, I made a promise to myself not to buy any books for a month for two, my trp has like 30 fucking books in it

Pfft.... 30.




Amateur.




The e/e/TRPFH has subfolders in it with more books than that.

I counted in January, I have 73 in the Physical ToRead Pile, and about 3-4 more in eBook folder for Kindle, so just over 75 total. It's enough that I've staved largely off buying new books this year (already buckled a time or two though), so try to make more of a dent in it.

[Salt-Man Z]

I, uh, just went through my catalog on LibraryThing. My physical books (minus comics and reference books) numbers a little over 1500. Of those, I've read a little over 900. Ebooks (again, not including comics) is even worse: under 200 read out of 1500+. (Granted there's some amount of overlap in my unread physical and e-books, but still...yikes.)

[Andorion]

I have quite a few unread books piled up and an absolutely monumental to read list.

At the moment I am reading Soulless by Gail Carriger and really enjoying it. Fantasy of Manners is usually not my thing, but I like the characters and the story.

Also reading The Language of the Night which is the collected essays of Ursula Le Guin. I really like it so far.