[Morgoth]

Finished The Third Bear by Jeff VanderMeer. VanderMeer's short stories are even more brilliant than his novels in my opinion, and the feeling of just scratching the surface of somethign much bigger is a feeling a recognice from reading Wolfe.

Now on to read Umberto Echo's new book. I've been waiting patiently for the MMP to come out in Norwegian and now it is here.

This post has been edited by Morgoth: 10 July 2012 - 10:08 AM

[Nocturnal]

Finished Metro 2033, and now I'm on a short pause from this post-apocalyptic horror. Currently reading V for Vendetta and The Catcher in the Rye.

[QuickTidal]

Really quite enjoying BITTER SEEDS.

Nazi superpeople fighting mad British wizards who summon Lovecraftian gods and demons to fight with.

Yep, it's that kind of book, and is well written. Sad it took me this long to get to it.

[Salt-Man Z]

QuickTidal, on 10 July 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

Really quite enjoying BITTER SEEDS.

Nazi superpeople fighting mad British wizards who summon Lovecraftian gods and demons to fight with.

Yep, it's that kind of book, and is well written. Sad it took me this long to get to it.

I'm still kicking myself for not picking this up off the clearance rack at Half Price Books for $2 a couple of months ago.

[rhulad]

How could you pass up any book for $2? I mean any book that you don't already have or isn't Twilight or by Tairy...

Never mind.

[Salt-Man Z]

rhulad, on 10 July 2012 - 04:49 PM, said:

How could you pass up any book for $2? I mean any book that you don't already have or isn't Twilight or by Tairy...

I usually can't and that's part of the problem.

[rhulad]

I have the same problem. I just built another book shelf and am almost out of space again.

[QuickTidal]

@Chris, yeah you should have picked it up. It's REALLY good.

[Serenity]

QuickTidal, on 09 July 2012 - 12:58 PM, said:

Serenity, on 09 July 2012 - 11:01 AM, said:

now reading Lee Child's Persuader.

Haha, hey I just bought this book myself.

It's pretty good, one of the better Reacher novels I've read to date. Hope you enjoy it.

Now reading Something Wicked This Way Comes.

[Salt-Man Z]

I've gotten a bunch of Reacher books from my dad (2-5, 8, 11-15) but haven't read any yet. Is it the kind of series where I want to start with #1 and read them in order? Or does it matter?

[Kruppe's snacky cakes]

Salt-Man Z, on 10 July 2012 - 03:52 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 10 July 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

Really quite enjoying BITTER SEEDS.

Nazi superpeople fighting mad British wizards who summon Lovecraftian gods and demons to fight with.

Yep, it's that kind of book, and is well written. Sad it took me this long to get to it.

I'm still kicking myself for not picking this up off the clearance rack at Half Price Books for $2 a couple of months ago.

Well, it's still available brand new for $8, and you have the added benefit that no one will have been reading it on their toilet previously.

In any case, this looks interesting, so I'll be adding it to my wishlist.

[Hound]

Salt-Man Z, on 11 July 2012 - 02:53 PM, said:

I've gotten a bunch of Reacher books from my dad (2-5, 8, 11-15) but haven't read any yet. Is it the kind of series where I want to start with #1 and read them in order? Or does it matter?

I've read all of them and no, the order in which you read them doesn't really matter . If you do want to read them in order, you should do so in order of publication, like this (copied from http://leechild.com/...ntact.php#order ):

#1 Killing Floor; #2 Die Trying; #3 Tripwire; #4 Running Blind (US title)/The Visitor (UK title); #5 Echo Burning; #6 Without Fail; #7 Persuader; #8 The Enemy (the prequel, this takes place before the events of Killing Floor); #9 One Shot; #10 The Hard Way; #11 Bad Luck and Trouble; #12 Nothing to Lose; #13 Gone Tomorrow; #14 61 Hours; #15 Worth Dying For: #16 The Affair.

[QuickTidal]

I also had a friend who is a huge Reacher fan who said it doesn't really matter the order you read them in.

[QuickTidal]

Finished BITTER SEEDS and the short story that goes along with it (WHAT DR. GOTTLIEB SAW) by Ian Tregillis, and oh man. This series is incredible so far. the main book was REALLY good, with a SOLID (if slightly cliffhangery) ending...and then the short piece is just cream on the top. Seriously read this book, it's REALLY well written!

Anyways, tried PERSUADER by Lee Child...

Oh dear. He's a staccato writer.

Ex.

"Short sentences. Incomplete. He likes them. Loves them, really. Six word limit. Good for some folks. Not for me. No short attention span here. How about you? I shrugged. Why did I finish it? Dunno. I shrugged."

Fuck me no. I have a HELL of a time getting into authors who use that style.
Will probably read CALIBAN'S WAR instead.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 12 July 2012 - 01:10 AM

[Serenity]

Hound, on 11 July 2012 - 03:19 PM, said:

Salt-Man Z, on 11 July 2012 - 02:53 PM, said:

I've gotten a bunch of Reacher books from my dad (2-5, 8, 11-15) but haven't read any yet. Is it the kind of series where I want to start with #1 and read them in order? Or does it matter?

I've read all of them and no, the order in which you read them doesn't really matter . If you do want to read them in order, you should do so in order of publication, like this (copied from http://leechild.com/...ntact.php#order ):

#1 Killing Floor; #2 Die Trying; #3 Tripwire; #4 Running Blind (US title)/The Visitor (UK title); #5 Echo Burning; #6 Without Fail; #7 Persuader; #8 The Enemy (the prequel, this takes place before the events of Killing Floor); #9 One Shot; #10 The Hard Way; #11 Bad Luck and Trouble; #12 Nothing to Lose; #13 Gone Tomorrow; #14 61 Hours; #15 Worth Dying For: #16 The Affair.

I think, of the seven I've read, the only ones you might want to read in order are 61 Hours and Worth Dying For, for reasons too spoilery to mention.


QT, yeah, he likes short sentences. And short words ...

[Binder of Demons]

Serenity, on 12 July 2012 - 09:32 AM, said:

Hound, on 11 July 2012 - 03:19 PM, said:

Salt-Man Z, on 11 July 2012 - 02:53 PM, said:

I've gotten a bunch of Reacher books from my dad (2-5, 8, 11-15) but haven't read any yet. Is it the kind of series where I want to start with #1 and read them in order? Or does it matter?

I've read all of them and no, the order in which you read them doesn't really matter . If you do want to read them in order, you should do so in order of publication, like this (copied from http://leechild.com/...ntact.php#order ):

#1 Killing Floor; #2 Die Trying; #3 Tripwire; #4 Running Blind (US title)/The Visitor (UK title); #5 Echo Burning; #6 Without Fail; #7 Persuader; #8 The Enemy (the prequel, this takes place before the events of Killing Floor); #9 One Shot; #10 The Hard Way; #11 Bad Luck and Trouble; #12 Nothing to Lose; #13 Gone Tomorrow; #14 61 Hours; #15 Worth Dying For: #16 The Affair.

I think, of the seven I've read, the only ones you might want to read in order are 61 Hours and Worth Dying For, for reasons too spoilery to mention.


QT, yeah, he likes short sentences. And short words ...

And then lots of punching/kicking/shooting of BAD people. things are generally pretty black and white when it comes to good guy/bad guy dynamics in his books.

They're really easy reads. I used to enjoy these as short little interludes between more challenging books (and it helped that they were all in my local library).

[QuickTidal]

Yeah, I gave it a longer than normal effort but the staccato short sentence / repetitive writing just irritated the hell out of me sadly.

Which sucks, because I'm sure I'd like the character.

[LadyMTL]

Morgoth, on 10 July 2012 - 10:08 AM, said:

Finished The Third Bear by Jeff VanderMeer. VanderMeer's short stories are even more brilliant than his novels in my opinion, and the feeling of just scratching the surface of somethign much bigger is a feeling a recognice from reading Wolfe.

I looooved The Third Bear, though I found a lot of the stories to be rather depressing. Mind you, it's not as if his other works were all sunshine and lollipops but yeah, I was a bit down after finishing it.

I'm currently reading David Sedaris' When you are engulfed in flames (need a break from fantasy) and then once that's done it's probably on to Stephen King's 11.22.63.

[yuna_anomander25]

just finished Storm Front_Dresden Files 1_by_Jim Butcher, it's good, though i must say since i have started this series on Summer Knight and not originally as it was intended, still a good read for a first book of a series,
now I will just have to wait patiently for Fool Moon and Grave Peril, and hopefully i could catch up with the rest of you guys up to Ghost Story,

This post has been edited by yuna_anomander25: 12 July 2012 - 08:24 PM

[kcf]

I finished up Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear (it's good - review still in progress). Of course I still owe a couple of other reviews.



I'm currently reading The Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson - really, really happy to have this one!