[Lostara Yil]

Currently on page 252 of Midnight Tides... :3
Also reading The Homework Myth (just started on that one), Cult and Ritual Abuse, and I need to start reading Sloth, which is a graphic novel.

Working in a library is funtimey.

[Giles]

Just finished reading Voice of the gods by Trudi Cannavan. was very good, one of the "revelations" was obvious from the second book but it was a good read that i couldnt put down. now i need to buy another book

[Dr Trouble]

I just finished Reapers Gale. I thought it was very good.

Although towards the end he kind of lost focus and left a whole bunch of characters just standing around with no explanation with what happened to them next. Like with Bug and the Errant, wtf?

Also alot of the Deaths in the book were strangely lacking emotional impact when the death happened, the emotion only coming after they had been found. And thats fair enough I suppose.

Good book though, I didn't realize how much I missed reading Erikson. I lost all my old books of his and Decided not to buy them again till the series is complete, but after reading this ... I miss what he gives. I wish there were more authors out there with stories like these.

[Murrin]

Le Morte D'Arthur.

[Tiste Simeon]

The Dark is Rising Sequence.

Very cheesy kids Arthurian fantasy... My brother had it so I thought I would read it, seen as I have the whole summer with nothing to do but read, so why not...

[Oceao]

man don't diss the dark is rising. those were some choice books back in the day

edit - oh yeah, reading Reaper's Gale

[McLovin]

Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds

[stone monkey]

The Duel by Giacomo Casanova - more fun than you'd think
The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross - mentalism of the highest order...very clever and very funny.

[Centzon Totochtin]

The Northern Lights - Philip Pullman
REIQ Workbook - some legal people or something

[Tiste Simeon]

Oceao said:

man don't diss the dark is rising. those were some choice books back in the day

edit - oh yeah, reading Reaper's Gale

Well it wasn't too bad and it got a lot better as it went along.

Just deciding what to read next. I'm thinking a whole Malazan reread is in order, this time with RG!

[Falco]

Got nothing else to read so downloaded a bunch of Baen stuff. Currently reading 1634: Galileo Project or whatever its called.

[Satan]

Almost finished Reapers Gale. Worst one so far.

[Flawed]

Flawed;198162 said:

The Wizard Knight - Gene Wolf.

I do hope its now all " then i did this " and " then i did that "

im only on the 4th page and its already annoying me. only another 900 odd to go

Still reading this. Ive started it so of course being annoyingly annoying in personality i must finish it.

Its taking me ages. I usually read a bit of a book on the bus to work and then some at my desk when i arrive then some at lunch and usually flex some " Ooh i didn't realise the time " hour and a half type lunches. Then some more on the way home and then before bed at night.

Are you bored yet?

Which brings me to my point. I'm struggling as its quite boring. As difficult to read as Kate Elliot's books with Sangalant etc in ( Prince of Dogs? ) perhaps I've got the author wrong but its those books anyhow. And as enthralling as " Ceiling Roses of the Ages " by M Y Neckaches.

I'm being childish but that's quite apt for the book.

All i can say after this pointless ramble is that i have "Lees of Laughter's" apparently coming in the post. And it cant get here quick enough.

Ner ner ner ner ner ner!

[rlfcl]

"Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism" by some guy named Lenin

also, i just got Blood Follows, so ill read that at some point soon.

also picked up Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

i love the library.

[Falco]

1635: Cannon Law

[Coco with marshmallows]

Caesar By Adrian Goldsworthy.

[pat5150]

I have just finished James Barclay's Cry of the Newborn.

Cry of the Newborn is a huge yarn. Weighing in at 819 pages in hardback, it's a veritable doorstopper fantasy novel. And yet, short chapters quicken the pace considerably, keeping you turning those pages and going on for one more chapter. I have seldom encountered a book of this size with such a fluid rhythm throughout.

I found the worldbuilding quite interesting. Instead of the traditional medieval setting, Barclay's backdrop resembles the Roman Empire. The Estorean Conquord has stood for over 850 years and it continues to expand. Yet when the Advocate sends her forces to conquer the Kingdom of Tsard, unexpected developments might bring the empire to ruin.

The characterization is an aspect which is at time satisfactory, but which leaves a little to be desired in some instances. For a tale of such proportions, James Barclay elected to tell his story through the eyes of a relatively small cast of characters. The upside of that is that it allows him to keep a tight rein on how everything unfolds. Barclay also deserves kudos for making a taxman one of the most engaging characters of all!

All in all, I found the various storylines refreshing. The setting alone sets The Ascendants of Estorea apart from the slew of formulaic fantasy series on the market today. Barclay intrigued me from the start with the Ascendency Echelon -- a secret breeding program not unlike that of the Bene Gesserit aspiring to create human beings capable of manipulating the elements and do God's work on earth. But the very notion is considered heresy by the Order of the Omniscient, and everyone in Westfallen would burn at the stake should the religious order ever discover what has been transpiring in that small town for generations.

The Tsardon campaign engenders enough military battles to satisfy even the most demanding action fans. Personally, I thought there was a bit too much action at the end, yet I must admit that it makes for an explosive climax.

Cry of the Newborn is an ambitious and well-executed work of epic fantasy. James Barclay is on par with writers such as Joe Abercrombie, Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss, and not far behind Scott Lynch.

Check out the blog for the full review!

Patrick

[GanoesParan00]

Oh dear. umm. im reading Gardens of the Moon at the moment. be:hand: :hand: :hand:

[Flawed]

Flawed;199857 said:

Still reading this. Ive started it so of course being annoyingly annoying in personality i must finish it.

Its taking me ages. I usually read a bit of a book on the bus to work and then some at my desk when i arrive then some at lunch and usually flex some " Ooh i didn't realise the time " hour and a half type lunches. Then some more on the way home and then before bed at night.

Are you bored yet?

Which brings me to my point. I'm struggling as its quite boring. As difficult to read as Kate Elliot's books with Sangalant etc in ( Prince of Dogs? ) perhaps I've got the author wrong but its those books anyhow. And as enthralling as " Ceiling Roses of the Ages " by M Y Neckaches.

I'm being childish but that's quite apt for the book.

All i can say after this pointless ramble is that i have "Lees of Laughter's" apparently coming in the post. And it cant get here quick enough.

Ner ner ner ner ner ner!

Finally finished it! For the love of actual!!!!

No reccomendation from me. Onto Lee's of Laughters end.

[rlfcl]

put the lenin aside for a bit because World War Z finally became available at the library. i'm about halfway through and so far enjoying it quite a bit.