[Hume]

Went and Bought;
The Etched City by K J Bishop
It was a steal at $7 down from $30 and this is in Trade paperback.
Also went and bought, though not on sale;
Berlin by Antony Beever
This will let me finish of from where Stalingrad left of and that was one damn fine book as well.
and last but surelly not least;
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Havent read anything by this guy before but I've only heard good things about him.

Now I have the difficult decision of deciding which one to read

[drinksinbars]

use of weapons by Iain M Banks

[Cause]

me too. By the way anyone know if it was a bad idea to go use of weapons as the first culture novel

[Morgoth]

drinksinbars said:

use of weapons by Iain M Banks

Excellent, excellent book.

@Cause - I would personaly suggest starting with Consider Phlebas as that book pretty much introduces and defines the Culture. Furthermore, the book is worthwhile to read just for the ending which is excellent

Just finished Mark of Ran, which I thought was good if not magnificent. The starting premise of a young boy with the blood of gods in his veins and a big destiny in front of him did bother me at first, but the authro did manage to make it tolerable which is impressive considering the share size of the cliche.

Thinking of buying Banks' next culture novel

[Dr Trouble]

Book four of Kate Elliots Crown of Stars series titled "Child of Flame"

I liked book 3 a little bit more then the other two. So I'm soldiering through. The first chapter about the cursed ones is wierd. Time travel prehaps?

[dessembrae]

The unabridged version of Romance of the 3 Kingdoms. 2 massive volumes.
Fans of dynasty warriors will love this.

[Sir Thursday]

My holiday reading will now consist of:

Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Shadow by K.J. Parker
Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Hopefully that should be enough to last me a week...

Sir Thursday

[K'orladis]

I am goin away to basic training (boot camp) this summer so i went out and bought a couple books.

The second, third and fourth books in the AsoIaf series- I liked the first one so i bought the rest.

The Darkness that Come Before- first in the Prince of Nothing series, suggested by a friend and ive heard good reviews.

The battle of Bleinheim- I think thats the title, something historic so its not all fantasy.

Other than that i still have all the MBotF series i can re-read for a third time, so i should be good for the summer, if not ill just have to buy some more up there.

[stone monkey]

A General History of the Robberies & Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson - a contemporary account of "the Golden Age of Piracy" (it was originally published in 1724) Much more fun than you'd imagine.
The Prince of Deadly Weapons by Boston Teran - a very hard-boiled, modern-day, pulp thriller. Much less nasty than the author's previous books had led me to believe it would be...So far

[Astra]

Received today "The Tyranny of the Night" by Glen Cook.

[Astra]

Today, I received from amazon.co.uk Viriconium: "Pastel City", "Storm of Wings", "In Viriconium", "Viriconium Nights" by John Harrison, inspired by http://www.malazanempire.com/forums/showpo...5&postcount=299

[Dr Trouble]

Today I picked up:
A Song For Arbonne, By Guy Gavriel Kay. This is the first time I've read another one of his Single novels since Tigiana. Hope it's good.

A Fortress Of Grey Ice, By J.V. Jones. The first book was okay so I thought I would carry on reading.

And lastly, The Art Of War - Illustrated Edition.I like spending money on things I don't need.

[Dagger]

Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch
Really looking forward to this after all the raves on this board and ASOIAF.

[Werthead]

Trouble, good timing. After a lengthy four-year delay, Jones completed Book 3 in the series in January and it should be published at the start of next year.

I fininished Christopher Priest's The Separation yesterday. It was absolutely stunning, one of the most mind-bending books I've read. Review here.

Now reading Flashman and the Mountain of Light. Flashman is always hilarious. Great books.

[werewolfv2]

my list is on my other computer...

thhe good - ordered 10 books
the bad - all but 2 are ARC copies which I already own in other forms.

[Valgard]

Paul Kearney this forsaken Earth
Katherine Kerr Gold Falcon
Segei Lukyanenko Nightwatch

[Astra]

I ordered yesterday on American Amazon - House of Chains: Book Four of The Malazan Book of the Fallen (Malazan Book of the Fallen)"
Steven Erikson

It is going to be released in about 4 weeks.

[Werthead]

Oops, delayed from last Thursday.

The Thousandfold Thought by Bakker, which I've already finished.
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

[caladanbrood]

You finished TTT already? Gawd, I've still got 100 pages to go, and I'd already read some before the signing!

[Werthead]

I decided to lay the book low with a solid reading spree on Sunday afternoon. My head still hurts.