[Deornoth]

I finished reading 'The Drowned City' (Amanda Downum) where a spy must sow the seeds of rebellion in a city that's close enough to the edge as it is... I loved the 'Asian style' setting but that was pretty much where it ended for me. The plot wasn't too bad but was totally spoiled by characters that appeared to be set on a specific course rather than reacting to their situation. My full review is over Here. I'm now finishing off 'Avilion'...

[murphy72]

Finished off Mike Carey's last three books, Dead Men's Boots, Thicker than Water, and The Naming of the Beasts. Very good stories and I hope there are more books in the future about Felix Castor. Now starting Kat Richardson's Vanished.

[QuickTidal]

I decided it was high time for a re-read of A Game OF Thrones. Seeing as the HBO series is coming next year.

[Sixty]

Fist Gamet, on 21 September 2009 - 05:38 PM, said:

Sixty, on 20 September 2009 - 04:57 PM, said:

Fist Gamet, on 20 September 2009 - 05:41 AM, said:

@Sixty - dude, wtf you doing up at this hour?

Anyhoo, currently reading Look To Windward following the awesomeness that was DoD.

Midnight on a Saturday? That tends to be pretty regular for me.

Oh, and I'm now 200 pages into Best Served Cold and am enjoying it. =) Might have to go back and read the First Law trilogy some time...

Oh, on the page I saw it was posted at 05:10? Unless I got my locations mixed up as I thought you were in Engurland. I was near the tail end of a night shift, ya see.

I'm on the east coast, but it shows the time from your time zone. =P

Finishing up Best Served Cold (last "book" part to go) right now. Then on to What is the What...

[Deornoth]

Finished reading Robert Holdstock's 'Avilion'. It totally had me hooked but I couldn't help thinking that it came up short in a couple of areas... My full review is over Here. I'm now well into 'The Blood of Ambrose' as well as a couple of others...

[Sixty]

Finished Best Served Cold. Was a little disappointed by the ending...seemed everything got tied off a little too neatly.

Starting in on What is the What.

[Fist Gamet]

Hmmm, still not seeing the appeal of Abercrombie....

Anyway, finished Look To Windward, which wasn't one of Bank's best works, imho, and there was something odd about the plotting that I can't quite put into words.
Oh, well, just started The Weavers of Saramyr now.

[Deornoth]

Finished reading James Enge's 'Blood of Ambrose'. A lack of worldbuilding forces the attention onto the characters which is a bad move when a tendency to lecture slows the plot right down. This is a real shame as the plot is a lot of fun once it gets going. My full review is over Here. I'm not reading anything right now as I stupidly came out without a book to read once I'd finished 'Blood of Ambrose', I've got a couple on the go at home though...

[Sixty]

Fist Gamet, on 23 September 2009 - 10:46 PM, said:

Hmmm, still not seeing the appeal of Abercrombie....

Anyway, finished Look To Windward, which wasn't one of Bank's best works, imho, and there was something odd about the plotting that I can't quite put into words.
Oh, well, just started The Weavers of Saramyr now.

It felt a lot like a "popcorn" book to me. Very little in the way of philosophy and such, but a lot of entertaining characters (Cosca, Morveer, Friendly) kept it moving.

The plot just felt a little artificial/forced at the end.

[Use Of Weapons]

Haven't read any fantasy or SF while I've been on holiday.  But I have read these, which I'd recommend:

Frank Chalk: _It's Your Time You're Wasting_
Depressingly hilarious account of one (now ex-)teacher's struggle with the current state of British education.


Daniel Dennett: _Breaking The Spell_
Clear, sympathetic but not reverent, and challenging look at what religion means in the modern world.  Challenging for both religious affiliates and non-believers both.  Dennett is my favourite living philosopher, and is always interesting, witty, and thoroughly readable, even if you don't agree with what he's saying.  May post on this in the Religion section.


Up next: Neal Asher's latest Polity (Spatterjay) novel, _Orbus_

[Hinter]

Dust of Dreams. At last!
Mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !!!!!!!

[Deornoth]

Finished reading Andy Remic's 'Kell's Legend', the homage to Druss/David Gemmell was laid on a little too thick but (other than that) it was a fun read that made the morning commute a little easier to bare. I'd definitely pick up the next one. My full review is over Here. I've got no idea what I'm going to read next but I've got plenty to choose from...

[DarkGothicGirl]

I'm reading Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks.

[QuickTidal]

DarkGothicGirl, on 27 September 2009 - 12:00 AM, said:

I'm reading Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks.

It's a nice ending to the trilogy, and ties up some stuff. I enjoyed it. I'm now waiting for him to write the next set of books that will bridge the gap between Word&Void (our earth) and Shannara.

[Tremolo]

DUST OF DREAMS!!!!!

This post has been edited by Tremolo: 27 September 2009 - 03:07 PM

[Binder of Demons]

Just started reading "The Name of the Wind" and the first few chapters seem promising.

However i did notice the author complimenting Kevin J Anderson in his thank you's so i am now suitably wary.

[LadyMTL]

I just finished reading Best Served Cold and...it was ok. Nothing spectacular but not horrible either. Now I'm reading a non-fiction book called Sway: the irresistible pull of irrational behaviour.

[DarkGothicGirl]

Now reading Midnight Reign by Chris Marie Green

[Use Of Weapons]

Currently reading (through gritted teeth) _Affluenza_ by Oliver James. Superficial, full of confirmation bias, and Freudian to a degree impossible to ignore. Bah -- I've started, so I'll finish.

[Salt-Man Z]

Finished Chasm City over the weekend, and it was great, but the whole Sky Hausmann plotline--though riveting--felt entirely superfluous and contrived.

Currently working on finishing Gormenghast, which I set aside in boredom two books ago. 20 pages left that I'll knock out tonight. Then I'm moving on to Dan Simmons' The Terror.