[Use Of Weapons]

Taking a break from fiction to read _The Talent Code_ by Daniel Coyle, a book about how talent is grown and nurtured, rather than being a product of genes and environment alone. Fascinating read.

[MTS]

I mentioned to a friend I liked Last Light of the Sun and she recommended to me the Sevenwaters Trilogy by Juliet Marillier, which I'm starting now. Liking it so far.

[MWKarsa]

Finished Before They are Hanged by Abercrombie and decided to plow right on into The Last Argument of Kings. The second book flew by and was a very easy entertaining read. Some things in the plot were predictable but the writing is fast paced and certain characters are fantastic to follow.

[QuickTidal]

Wow, Patrick Lee's GHOST COUNTRY....I'm in the last 100 pages or so and damn this book is hard to put down...it's like FRINGE on steroids and crack....at Christmas...getting laid.

[End of Disc One]

About 450 pages into Beyond the Shadows by Brent Weeks and really enjoying it. This trilogy is fantastic.

[Abyss]

Finished MISTER B. GONE by Clive Barker. Clever idea - the book itself is the demon telling the story - , but 'meh' in execution.

[Slow Ben]

Started Deadly Quicksilver Lies by Glen Cook last night.

Seriously, if you like Harry Dresden and you like Glen Cook, read the Garrett books. They're fanfuckingtastic.

[Tapper]

Kearney's Monarchies of God insofar as they have been released on kindle.
For my full opinion, see the relevant thread, but right now: not stellar, but good. Could do with some more pages and some more character/ background development.

[QuickTidal]

I picked up the 2011 Summer IT-book, Daniel H. Wilson's ROBOPOCALYPSE and damn if it isn't amazingly unputdownable already!!

I can totally see why Spielberg is making it into a movie.

Even the premise for HOW the story is told and why is badass.

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[busy monster]

Re-read of Hero of Ages (sanderson) is almost done, then I have Kraken (Mieville) and Stonewielder (duuuurrk)

Oh, and still need to kick Terminal World by Reynolds. I read a bit in, then had like.... Crippled God and other shit all go all distracting on me.

[Rhand]

Finished Toll the Hounds yesterday, started in Dust of Dreams.

[T77]

Slow Ben, on 07 June 2011 - 04:47 PM, said:

Started Deadly Quicksilver Lies by Glen Cook last night.

Seriously, if you like Harry Dresden and you like Glen Cook, read the Garrett books. They're fanfuckingtastic.

Agreed. I'm reading the tenth book now. I prefer this series to Dresden.

[End of Disc One]

T77, on 08 June 2011 - 02:02 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 07 June 2011 - 04:47 PM, said:

Started Deadly Quicksilver Lies by Glen Cook last night.

Seriously, if you like Harry Dresden and you like Glen Cook, read the Garrett books. They're fanfuckingtastic.

Agreed. I'm reading the tenth book now. I prefer this series to Dresden.

What makes it better? I've noticed a lot of people here reading the Garrett books, but I haven't seen someone say they're better than Dresden.

[Salt-Man Z]

I'm on the fence about Garrett vs. Dresden. I think Cook is the better writer, and his Garrett books are very well-written; they capture that hard-boiled noir vibe perfectly, and the mysteries are very satisfying. They're not nearly as much out-and-out fun as Butcher's books, though.

[T77]

End of Disc One, on 08 June 2011 - 02:26 PM, said:

T77, on 08 June 2011 - 02:02 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 07 June 2011 - 04:47 PM, said:

Started Deadly Quicksilver Lies by Glen Cook last night.

Seriously, if you like Harry Dresden and you like Glen Cook, read the Garrett books. They're fanfuckingtastic.

Agreed. I'm reading the tenth book now. I prefer this series to Dresden.

What makes it better? I've noticed a lot of people here reading the Garrett books, but I haven't seen someone say they're better than Dresden.

Well, take what I say with a grain of salt, because I am not a big fan of the Dresden books, and I am certainly in the minority. I like them and thought 2 or 3 were very good. But, to put it in terms used around here, I am not getting high on the Dresden-crack. Here are my reasons.

- As already pointed out, I also feel Cook is a better writer.
- I like a lot of the characters in Garrett and could care less of any of the Dresden characters, even Harry. I think the Dead-man is one of the best characters in all of fantasy.
- One of the lines in the Dresden books (don't recall which one) says that it plays out like a bad B movie. And I agree, just sometimes I'm in the mood for a bad B movie.
- There's too much of the action and fantasy elements in Dresden. He's constantly being chased or attacked by a creature, has to use magic, etc. In Garrett it's sprinkled in in just the right amounts IMO.

[Tiste Simeon]

By 'eck. Read "World War Z" was terrified and utterly enthralled all at once! Seriously, what a stonkingly good and frighteningly real book that was! Now reading his previous book "The Zombie Survival Guide" which is good fun but nothing like the other, despite it being a good companion to it.

Also read "Misspent Youth" by Peter F Hamilton. As a big fan of "Night's Dawn" trilogy I was expecting great things, but really it was disappointing. The concept is fascinating, and the scene set of how the world looks (with the EU etc.) is well imagined (and not far from how it could very possibly go...) but the characters were all flat and very shallow. However, it has inspired me to read the Commonwealth Saga, which is quite odd...

[Salt-Man Z]

The Worm Ouroboros is going slowly, but I'm enjoying it. It's written in a very archaic style (Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter, published a mere 2 years later, is vastly more contemporary in its language) but after a couple of chapters, you start to get into the flow of it. It's good, but not a light read by any means.

[Slow Ben]

Salt-Man Z, on 08 June 2011 - 03:14 PM, said:

I think Cook is the better writer, and his Garrett books are very well-written; they capture that hard-boiled noir vibe perfectly, and the mysteries are very satisfying. They're not nearly as much out-and-out fun as Butcher's books, though.

I definitely cant say i like it better than Dresden. But this pretty much sums it up.

Garrett books are more detective than magic (mainly because Garrett isnt a wizard, just a guy) and incredibly well written imo.

[Gust Hubb]

RotCG. Need I say more?

[RolandDeschain]

Almost done "Cry of the Newborn" by James Barklay.


Also recently started Dragon Reborn from the Wheel of time. This is not a re-read, I just got into Wheel of Time.

Not sure what I'll read next, got a few things on my to read pile and I always read 2 book at the time. But pretty sure I'll start Arguments of Kings soon.