[pat5150]

Just finished Jeff Somers' The Eternal Prison and it was a doozy! The best Avery Cates novel to date!

Check out the blog for the full review!

Patrick

[T77]

Salt-Man Z, on 05 November 2009 - 05:31 PM, said:

Good to hear. I've tracked down the 2nd and 3rd Garrett books so far, but am waiting to find the 1st before I start reading them. (By the same token, I've got 4 of the Dread Empire books, 1-3 and 6, and only the first Instrumentalities book.)

It's available on Amazon, which is where I buy mine. They re-issued a few out of print ones
recently. Only one is out of print and is the only one I'm missing.

[Salt-Man Z]

Oh, I know. It's probably at Barnes & Noble, too. I maybe should have specified that I'm waiting for it to show up used.

[QuickTidal]

ACADEM'S FURY by Butcher kicked ass....so I've now begun CURSOR'S FURY. Woot!

[Deornoth]

Finished Robert Greenberger's 'Iron Man: Femmes Fatales' where Iron Man must help a newly formed S.H.I.E.L.D combat HYDRA incursions into New York. It's not exactly a challenging read but 'Femmes Fatales' entertained the hell out of me and that was the main thing. My full review is over Here. Now it's back to 'Finch' again, hopefully I'll finish it off over the weekend.

[frookenhauer]

Revelation Space - I Sylveste

[Chance]

First Lord's Fury just begun it but I expect good things

[QuickTidal]

About 60 pages into CURSOR'S FURY. So far so good. Still digging this world Jim created!

[Use Of Weapons]

Not fantasy, but I'm currently reading _The Portable Atheist_, ed. Christopher Hitchens. It's a compendium for atheist and agnostic writing through the ages. Man, those Victorians used a lot of commas!

[teholbeddict]

I'm currently on the second book of the Empire Trilogy by Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts. It was suggested to me by Maccy, so we all know I'll be blaming him if I hate it! The first book wasn't too bad, it was a bit slow at times, and the writing style was a bit stilted. I'm not sure if that comes from the fact that it's been written by two authors, or if it's just the extreme formality of the characters and their culture. There are definitely elements I do like about this series, such as the ancient families, the hierarchy and the blood feuds. The second book seems to move a bit better than the first, not as many dragging portions. It also benefits by focusing on some new characters and flushing out the feuds a bit more. Not the best series I've ever read, but I would say it's a good read. I'll reserve my final verdict until I finish the third book.

[Deornoth]

Finally finished Jeff Vandermeer's 'Finch', maybe a little predictable (in terms of the ebb and flow of the detective sub-plot) but at the same time totally alien and utterly gorgeous in it's depiction of the city and some of the surprises that it throws up. My full review is over Here. I'm now working my way through 'The Cardinal's Blades' (Pierre Pevel) and 'Total Oblivion, More or Less' (Alan DeNiro).

[QuickTidal]

Currently giving a second shot to THE OUTSTRETCHED SHADOW (Book 1 of the Obsidian Trilogy) by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory, and enjoying it ALOT more this go round.

[MTS]

I'm reading Harry Sidebottom's Fire in the East, the first in his Warrior of Rome series. I have to say, it's a damn good read, although the classicist in me gnashes his teeth whenever he deliberately uses incorrect Latin so as not to confuse regular readers.

[Deornoth]

Finished reading Alan DeNiro's 'Total Oblivion, More or Less', a tale of the aftermath of the invasion of modern day North America by warriors from Ancient Europe (as seen through the eyes of a sixteen year old girl) I loved the concept but the balance of the story (more on talk than action) made it a tough one to really get into, worth it in the end though! My full review is over Here. I'm now finishing off 'The Cardinal's Blades'.

[Macros]

Mappo, on 12 November 2009 - 03:29 AM, said:

I'm reading Harry Sidebottom's Fire in the East, the first in his Warrior of Rome series. I have to say, it's a damn good read, although the classicist in me gnashes his teeth whenever he deliberately uses incorrect Latin so as not to confuse regular readers.

Enjoyed the first book.
second books a drop, definately for me, but still readable, didnt put it down in my free time so it wasnt awful.
Waiting the thhird book, curious where its going to head

[Salt-Man Z]

I'll be finishing up book 2 of Wolfe's The Book of the Long Sun today, and HOLY CRAP GUYS. This stuff's even more mind-blowing than The Book of the New Sun was on first read.

[Thelomen Toblerone]

Herodotus - The Histories

Hilariously cack description of a hippo, not a chance he saw one.

This post has been edited by Thelomen Toblerone: 13 November 2009 - 10:23 AM

[Deornoth]

Finished reading Pierre Pevel's 'The Cardinal's Blades', where Cardinal Richelieu and his men must fight to stop a Spanish dragon cult wreaking havoc in France. This is an English translation and I wondered if something was lost in the process, too much description weighs the book down at times and the pacing is a little choppy. Once you get past this though, 'The Cardinal's Blades' is a thoroughly entertaining read and one that I had a lot of fun with. My full review is over Here. I'm now reading Tobias Buckell's 'The Cole Protocol' ('Halo' tie-in)...

[Bauchelain the Evil]

Thelomen Toblerone, on 13 November 2009 - 10:23 AM, said:

Herodotus - The Histories

Hilariously cack description of a hippo, not a chance he saw one.

Well Herodotus has travelled a lot and he has definetly been in Egypt. Probably he let his imagination go a bit wild, but what do you expect from a man of his time

Anyway just started The Brothers Karamazov. Vey interesting book.

[Salt-Man Z]