[Tuberski]

Grave Peril, the 3rd Dresden book.

[Tiste Simeon]

Reading the Malazan Book of the Fallen again. I just felt like I needed a reread. Also, I ordered The Ten Thousand by Paul Kearney, so I look forward to reading that.

[MTS]

Started the Glittering Stone series, and I think it has promise. There should be some gritty, epic battles in this one. That's when Cook is at his best. And I'm eager to solve the whole "Company-origin" stuff when they get (or not?) to Khatovar.

[Salt-Man Z]

Hey, Mappo, if you're reading Bleak Seasons in paperback, there's a good chance you're missing page 200. You can find the text here, or if you want I've formatted it into MMPB-size in a Word document:

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[MTS]

I was missing page 200 Salt Man, thanks! I wonder why it was missing...a little whoopsie at the publishing house, maybe?

[Salt-Man Z]

Just some layout/printing error, I would guess. The hardcovers I've seen haven't had the problem.

[Deornoth]

Just finished reading 'The Patriot Witch' (C.C. Finlay), a tale of a secret war of magic being fought at the same time as the American War of Independence. The pacing can be a bit choppy at times but I thoroughly enjoyed 'The Patriot Witch' and am looking forward to reading the next two books in the series. My full review is over Here. I was going to save 'The City and The City' up for the weekend but it has somehow become the book I'm reading next, it's not bad either...

[Skywalker]

Just started Jim Butcher's "Storm Front", based mostly on the enthusiasm for the series around these parts... liking it so far... it's like the Maltese Falcon meets Max Payne so far... and there's a strong Clint Eastwood vibe to Harry Dresden

[Tuberski]

Actually, he has a Sean Spencer vibe to him.

[Skywalker]

No idea who Sean Spencer is... but anyway. Finished the book... liked it a lot. Sort of a grown-up's Artemis Fowl Now starting Fool Moon... looks like this will be a Dresden weekend for me (I have the first five on loan from a friend)

[Astra]

Finished Nation by Terry Pratchett

The first serious book?
Who said it was a serious book? It was a parody on serious writing. The whole book was bloated with preachy mumbo-jumbo. A pitiful attempt to find answers on the most basic questions human kind ever worried about. Deities (are they real or not)? Is there an afterlife or not? What is fair and unfair? Enforcing 11-13 years old kids to act as 25 years mature people.
While reading this book I had a feeling that I am watching a badly written stage play of one–dimensional unlikeable characters.

1/10


Next one is probably The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. Lets see whether it lives up to the hype or not.

This post has been edited by Astra: 01 May 2009 - 11:35 AM

[MTS]

"Next one is probably The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. Lets see whether it lives up to the hype or not."

That's what I'm going to read next too. I've been told its up there with Name of the Wind in terms of being a strong debut. Hopefully it delivers.

This post has been edited by Mappo's Travelling Sack: 01 May 2009 - 11:41 AM

[Puck]

I'm currently reading a biography of Elisabeth-Charlotte of Orléans by Dirk van der Cruysse and it's really entertaining But I like reading about the epoche of the Sun King anyway

[Cougar]

I'm reading Deaths Head by David Gunn, it's incredibly entertaining, very cinematic, not sophisticated but fun.

[Macros]

I finished Name of the wind in sweeden, forgot to say.
Underwhelmed, pretty "meh" on the whole thing, will read more on THE kvothe, but, hes a bit of a tool really

[Dark Wolf]

I finished "The Absence" by Bill Hussey. I am impressed by the works of Bill Hussey. Although I liked more his debut novel published last year, "Through a Glass, Darkly", his second novel is not far behind and reflects an improvement in the author's career. And if Bill Hussey would write more such novels I believe he will become one of the heavy names of horror fiction. (my full review)

[QuickTidal]

The Elf Queen Of Shannara by Terry Brooks

[Stradivarius]

lord of the silver bow by david gemmel

[Skywalker]

Finished Dresden #2 Fool Moon sometime yesterday... halfway through #3 - "Grave Peril". Me likey

[amphibian]

Astra, on May 1 2009, 07:32 AM, said:

Finished Nation by Terry Pratchett

The first serious book?
Who said it was a serious book? It was a parody on serious writing. The whole book was bloated with preachy mumbo-jumbo. A pitiful attempt to find answers on the most basic questions human kind ever worried about. Deities (are they real or not)? Is there an afterlife or not? What is fair and unfair? Enforcing 11-13 years old kids to act as 25 years mature people.
While reading this book I had a feeling that I am watching a badly written stage play of one–dimensional unlikeable characters.

1/10

This is one of the strangest reactions I've seen to Nation. Pat (from The Fantasy Hotlist), Werthead and I all loved it.

I thought it was his most moving work since Night Watch, because it got at some seriously deep and complex historical and emotional stuff, while maintaining that wonderful Pratchett sly humor without going into pun territory like Discworld so often does.

I don't think Pratchett ever came even close to going into Goodkind territory with the book regarding "answers on the most basic questions human kind ever worried about".

You sure you and I read the same book?

This post has been edited by amphibian: 03 May 2009 - 02:25 AM