[Macros]

Does it have weredolphins?

[Andorion]

Macros, on 25 March 2018 - 10:47 AM, said:

Does it have weredolphins?

Nah, for wereeverythings you need the Kate Daniels books by Ilona Andrews.

[Mentalist]

Wrapped up re-read of "Lamentation". Onto re-reading "Canticle". I actually remember the main plot point of this one (kind of), but I don't want to make sure I don't miss any world-building.

The whole thing appears to me a super-active conspiracy that was just starting to reveal itself/unravel by end of "Antiphon", so I'm very eager to get through this refresher and move onto "Requiem"

[QuickTidal]

Finished Ben Kane’s EAGLES AT WAR and it was A-MAZING. I mean the front end is loaded with great characters and plot points, fleshing out all the characters minor and major in solid ways, and the back end is ALL battle. Sooooo, so good.

BK, Mac and anyone else into Rome stuff, this is right up your alley. I’m in for all his books now (there is a free prequel short story, and a free epilogue short story to the first book available at his website), including the other two in this trilogy, and he’s written two books about Spartacus, and a trilogy about Hannibal, and another trilogy about the Forgotten Legion (Early Rome Republic). Sufficed to say, there is plenty of reading material ahead of me with this author. I’m going to read the prequel short (THE SHRINE), and the epilogue short (THE ARENA) before moving onto another book.

Oh, and he and two other historical fiction authors marched in full Roman regalia 130km for charity in 2014, and they made a documentary about it, which Ian McKellen narrates. So I'm going to be on the lookout for that.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 27 March 2018 - 12:47 PM

[Macros]

Fuck you QT

Fuck you





Off to Amazon it is

[Macros]

Just ordered the 3 forgotten legion books, got them on pre owned so £8.43 for the lot, delivered before I'm home this weekend

[QuickTidal]

Macros, on 27 March 2018 - 01:18 PM, said:

Just ordered the 3 forgotten legion books, got them on pre owned so £8.43 for the lot, delivered before I'm home this weekend

You shouldn't be disappointed. The guy can write. Very similar to the Scarrow books.

[Abyss]

Salt-Man Z, on 16 March 2018 - 04:51 PM, said:

Abyss, on 16 March 2018 - 04:21 PM, said:

On to Bennet's AMERICAN ELSEWHERE. This one's been on the e/e/TRPFH for ages.

I hope you don't plan on sleeping anytime soon.

(Not on account of it being creepy, but the fact that you won't want to put this book down until its done. Okay, maybe a little of it being creepy.)

Damn, you weren't kidding. About half-way, and this book is creepy and awesome, action, weird science, Lovecraftian elements, solid characters... hitting all kinds of the right notes.

[Salt-Man Z]

Abyss, on 27 March 2018 - 02:33 PM, said:

Damn, you weren't kidding. About half-way, and this book is creepy and awesome, action, weird science, Lovecraftian elements, solid characters... hitting all kinds of the right notes.

I never kid.





j/k

[stone monkey]

Currently reading:

Tigerman by Nick Harkaway: Very enjoyable so far; like a slightly weird Graham Greene novel (i.e. washed up, middle-aged man with a past wandering around a colourful, post-Colonial, tropical island where shennanigans are occurring). I'm 100 pages in and waiting for it to get batshit insane (like, well, all of Harkaway's other books).

The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch: Lovely writing, no idea where it's going. The bad guy of the piece appears to be named after the medieval author of The Romance of the Rose (which I have actually read - it's strange) and I haven't a clue whether that's actually supposed to mean something yet...

This post has been edited by stone monkey: 27 March 2018 - 07:29 PM

[worry]

Finished Fitz & The Fool book 2: loved it.

Now reading The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Just a couple chapters in, so it hasn't kicked into high gear yet, but the writing is pretty sharp already. You can tell it's gonna have teeth.

[Andorion]

Reading Adrian Tchaikovsky's Guns of the Dawn. This is a seriously good book. One of his best.

Also listening to The Sudden Appearance of Hope. So far its stock Claire North. Super weird protagonist, very dark world.

[QuickTidal]

I tried again at finishing Trudi Canavan's MAGICIAN GUILD...ugh. No.

[acesn8s]

Almost done with Morgan's Thirteen. Haven't had a lot of reading time these past few months. I need more brain candy books.

[Tiste Simeon]

Finished RG. Such a good finale.

Onto SW next.

[QuickTidal]

Started in (finally) on Mark Lawrence's RED SISTER, and so far so good. As evocative, and unflinching as his work normally is. Just adjusting to the new world, but overall it's got a GREAT beginning.

[End of Disc One]

I finally started on Deadhouse Landing. For some reason I'm enjoying this a lot more than Dancer's Lament. Not sure why, maybe just more familiar faces.

[Andorion]

Finished Guns of the Dawn.

Its good. Really really good. Tchaikovsky takes the time to do some really good character work and the ending is great as well.

[Chance]

Currently going through Blood and Bone and its more like Stonewielder with too many new faces too little time with the people I enjoy, to few laugh out loud and did that just happen moments so far. Still resolved to get to Assail this time and then on to path of ascendency until some must read now book appear.

This post has been edited by Chance: 29 March 2018 - 08:14 PM

[Mentalist]

Finished re-read of "Canticle". Moving on to "Antiphon"(the last of the re-reads before diving into new books in this series with "Requiem" ); should make some good progress over the long weekend.