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What Are You Reading?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,188 ✭✭✭growler


    Finished up The Darkness that Comes Before, R Scott Barker (another boards recommendation) good read, after a slow start.

    Started The Islanders by Christopher Priest, which is very very different for a SF award winning book.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Traitor's Blade by Sebastien Castell. Got an electronic arc of it from the publishers. Their pushing it as a 'if you're a fan of Abercrombie get this' but it nothing like abercrombie. No playing around with fantasy tropes at all, so far, and it's light on gore. It's reminds me more of Mark Lawerence with the bitter first person narrative but the protagonist is a bit more bland and is missing the bleak point of view of Jorg. Has one or two nice turn of phrase but the writing is a bit workmanlike at times.
    Still I'm around 30%, so there must be something in it.
    Author is a fencer and has done some fight choreography and the actions scenes show this and that is useful as there are a few.


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Mistborn is brilliant :)


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,333 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    Nody wrote: »
    About 50 pages into The Human Division (5th book in Old man's war); it's a set of 12 short stories loosly connected (or so it's claimed, I'm still on the first one) set after book 3/4.
    Finished it on Saturday; unless you're really a big fan of the universe I'd say to wait. The reason being it was published as 12 short stories online that's now in one book so there normal highs and lows are not there and the stories are a bit samey. Second to that normally each book finished on it's own with out needing another book (there were usually a thread for the next book but the main "story" was over); not so in this one I'm afraid :(

    The book as well follows one of the original gang from book 1 so there's no real connection to the previous books beyond the recruitment ship discussions basically.


  • Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭bradyle


    Finally finished Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell and completed my re-read of The Way of Kings in preparation for Words of Radiance being released this week (I'm so jealous of people who already have it!)

    Going to start the Painted Man by Peter V Brett while i wait. I've heard good things so heres hoping it lives up!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,920 ✭✭✭AnCapaillMor


    Thargor wrote: »
    On the last book of Codex Alera now, not the best Ive ever read but doubt any fantasy fans will be disappointed, I fairly ploughed through all the books.

    Started these at the weekend, only halfways through book 2, but really impressed so far, i've read nothing but utter dross for the past month, godling chronicles and 1 or 2 others, it was a breath of fresh air to read something decent.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,964 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Do people reccomend the Stormlight Archive? I always skip them on the shelves as they sound a bit generic but if they're good Ill pick them up.


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Thargor wrote: »
    Do people reccomend the Stormlight Archive? I always skip them on the shelves as they sound a bit generic but if they're good Ill pick them up.
    Only one book published so far (until Friday anyway when #2 comes out). It's a bit hard to say how good the series will be.
    I enjoyed the first and there's some good world building in it that helps make the world a lot less of a cookie-cutter that so many others are. And, as ever with Sanderson, a lot of thought put into a neat magical system. Certainly seems like he's got a plan.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,964 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    I must have been thinking of something different, Sword of Red Ice series? On a phone at work so cant be bothered checking.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    I must be the only person on here who couldn't get a handle on the Codex Alera at all, I made it through the first two books and gave it up as a bad job. I was very disappointed as I love the Dresden series.

    Rereading "Magician" atm


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭✭Dan_Solo


    Slummin' it with a D+D book series, War of the Spider Queen. Not expecting much, but the world mechanics are like an old friend at this stage. TBH I was looking for something fantasy but a bit more out there but didn't find it in the few minutes I tried.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,333 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    3/4 through Ender's Shadow and started up on Exogene by T. C. McCarthy (second in the Subterrene War series).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭fenris


    Just starting Anansi boys, feels right for the bit of spring in the air.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,268 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    About a third of the way into Blood Song after seeing it mentioned in this thread so regularly and enjoying it a lot. It's nice to read something with such tight prose after a year of WOT!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,775 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    Sleepy wrote: »
    About a third of the way into Blood Song after seeing it mentioned in this thread so regularly and enjoying it a lot. It's nice to read something with such tight prose after a year of WOT!

    Yeah I'm almost finished it, as I said before I'm not really sure why I like it because it's totally standard fare but it is enjoyable.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,268 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Sirloin Steak with Chips, Mushrooms and fried onions is fairly standard fare too but I've rarely not enjoyed it as a meal ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    I'm on The Bonehunters. Just got through Y'Ghatan.


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Reading 'Shadowheart' by Tad Williams, the final book in his Shadowmarch series. Enjoying it so far - I like the mix of faerie and humans, gives it a more fantastical feel after some more gritty novels.

    Also dipping into "Welcome to Promise City", a continuation of the 4400 TV series. Quality isn't high, as is common with media tie-ins, but it moves along nicely and would, so far, have worked well as an episode.
    keane2097 wrote: »
    Yeah I'm almost finished it, as I said before I'm not really sure why I like it because it's totally standard fare but it is enjoyable.
    Exactly. I couldn't pin down what it was either as there's nothing particularly original but what's there just works. It could be as sleepy said - a tasty, if familiar, meal.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Traitor's Blade is really beginning to grow on me despite it's faults, and they are many - to be expected though as it's a debut novel.
    Nice to see gun powder rearing it's head. Bit of trend in fantasy lately as well, what with Promise of Blood and Sanderson's Alloy of Law.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭✭Dan_Solo


    fenris wrote: »
    Just starting Anansi boys, feels right for the bit of spring in the air.
    If you're out for a light hearted romp it's not bad.
    A real let down after American Gods for me though.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 21 Zurn


    I started with Helen Seymour's "Beautiful noise".

    Cover.jpg

    Funny stuff and most is good to understand for me...


  • Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭lostboy75


    bradyle wrote: »
    Going to start the Painted Man by Peter V Brett while i wait. I've heard good things so heres hoping it lives up!

    finish this a few weeks back, its not amazing, but it kept me gripped, an interesting read. that said it had been a while since I read any Fantasy books.
    about a quarter way through the second book in the series, The Desert Spear


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,775 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    A few chapters into "The Martian" by Andy Weir and absolutely loving it so far.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    keane2097 wrote: »
    A few chapters into "The Martian" by Andy Weir and absolutely loving it so far.

    excellent book, who knew calculations could be so riveting


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    excellent book, who knew calculations could be so riveting
    Seconded. Hard science done with genuine humour and made accessible. Kudos to him - he even wrote his own software to work out the necessary force for his character to leave Mars based on his mass.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,978 ✭✭✭wyrn


    Loved the start of Redshirts but I felt that it could have been two separate books. It was far too short.

    Picked up Edda by Conor Kostick in my local bookshop for €2 and thought I'd give it a go. Only to realise that it's the last book of a trilogy. Thought it might have been like Ready Player One (Ernest Cline) but it a YA like The Eyes of Minds (James Dashner). The books were ok but I preferred the first one, Epic and wished it had continued on.

    Not sure what to read now. Last couple of books have been a bit disappointing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭Bits_n_Bobs


    Just finished 4th book of the Malazan series House of Chains and while I'm thoroughly enjoying the series I need a break from it...

    Considering getting my mitts on Emperor of Thrones and downloaded the sample yesterday, but I reading it I realised I've forgotten a lot of the previous one in the series. From what I remember I was not blown away by the second one, but I will need to re-read it before the Emperor, which is a long winded way of asking is Emperor of Thornes a decent read???


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭Playboy


    About a third of the way through "The Many Coloured Land" and enjoying it so far but not blown away.

    Just finished the first two books in MD Lachlans 'Claw' trilogy. Really enjoyed the first but didnt enjoy the second so much as the plot was just a bit of a rinse repeat of the first. Not sure if I'm going to bother with third unless someone can convince me otherwise.

    Have just downloaded book two of 'The Stormlight Archive' and really looking forward to starting that as Way of Kings was one of my fav fantasy novels of the last few years which is surprising considering I didnt really like the Mistborn books.

    Have also got the sequel to Miles Cameron 'Red Knight' ready to read and the third in Daniel Abrahams 'Dagger and Coin' trilogy! So many books so little time


  • Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭bradyle


    Really enjoyed The Painted Man definitely planning on reading more in the series.

    After doing nothing but reading yesterday I am currently half way through Words of Radians Sanderson's new book. Really good so far. Really enjoying Shallan's storeis a lot more than I did in the previous book!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,438 ✭✭✭5live


    Getting near the end of the 'Riyria Revelations' by Michael J. Sullivan. A good series. The first was on my phone for a few months and i started reading it again after a few other books got in my way. It reads like an RPG but is enjoyable and you get attached to the charachters like Royce and Hadrian and the minor charachters are well done also.

    I would recommend it:)


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    bradyle wrote: »
    I am currently half way through Words of Radians Sanderson's new book. Really good so far. Really enjoying Shallan's storeis a lot more than I did in the previous book!
    Halfway through a 1088 page novel on its first day of release :eek: Impressive!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,120 ✭✭✭shrapnel222


    Playboy wrote: »
    About a third of the way through "The Many Coloured Land" and enjoying it so far but not blown away.

    I really enjoyed it but much preferred her galactic milieu series. intervention, which is the opener for both series is such a good book. haven't read it in about 15 years. might have to dig it out again!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭bradyle


    ixoy wrote: »
    Halfway through a 1088 page novel on its first day of release :eek: Impressive!

    I had a day of travelling yesterday so spent a lot of time sitting in airports/on planes really it came out at the best time for me :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    ixoy wrote: »
    Halfway through a 1088 page novel on its first day of release :eek: Impressive!

    That's nothing, I could read Crossroads of Twilight in a couple of minutes.


  • Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭Dutchess


    Bought the Gospel of Loki by Joanne Harris today. Can't wait to start into it.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,845 ✭✭✭shootermacg


    Read Gardens of the Moon. It was OK, nothing ground breaking or anything. I'll keep going because it didn't really disappoint, but tbh I don't get all the fuss.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,733 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    Finishing off Andromeda's Fall by Dietz. Guns, Killer Robots and the Foreign legion in space - perfect for relaxing on the w/e.
    Starting Sanderson Radiance next, that might take a little longer.
    Read also back in the day May's Pliocene/Multi-Coloured Land series. I thought it excellent, and approved as the series progressed.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,333 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    Finished Ender's shadow a week back; not impressed at all to be honest. I'd say that's the final nail in the coffin for me on the Ender universe (the author's personal oppinons don't help either).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,775 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    Finished The Martian which I thought was very good, reading Brothers Karamazov of all things now.


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Finished mistborn book 1, I liked it, I liked the magic system in it, some bit dragged on though, reading the fall of the governor book 2 now, is book 2 of mistborn worth picking up? Ive read mixed reviews on it.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭✭Dan_Solo


    Finished mistborn book 1, I liked it, I liked the magic system in it, some bit dragged on though, reading the fall of the governor book 2 now, is book 2 of mistborn worth picking up? Ive read mixed reviews on it.
    Is book 2 the one with all the dinner dances? That sucked hard and nearly made me drop the series. Worth getting through for the sake of book 3 though IMO.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,978 ✭✭✭wyrn


    I just finished the first Mistborn book also, really really enjoyed it. Just started book 2 and it seems ok so far.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,845 ✭✭✭shootermacg


    Finished mistborn book 1, I liked it, I liked the magic system in it, some bit dragged on though, reading the fall of the governor book 2 now, is book 2 of mistborn worth picking up? Ive read mixed reviews on it.

    I've read it. If I had the choice knowing what I do now, I wouldn't bother. Its contrived and at all times you are aware the characters are being written to meet the books ends. So no, not particularly well written, average at best, and definitely not worth investing 2000 pages of reading to.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Currently reading Blood Song. It's my second attempt and I'm currently thinking it's brilliant! 20% through and it has me hooked.

    Funny thing. Me and my partner are sharing my kindle. I'm reading Blood So g and her Stormfront by Jim Butcher.
    I picked up the kindle today to read a bit and noticed that blood song was read further along than I stopped. She had read about ten pages last night when she went to bed, thinking it was Stormfront.
    I said it to her and she told me she was thinking it was a strange section of Stormfront and was wondering where the vampire consolidation came from!?
    Why a person should not read when tired? How could you get them mixed up and what the heck is the vampire consolidation?


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    Currently reading Blood Song. It's my second attempt and I'm currently thinking it's brilliant! 20% through and it has me hooked.

    Funny thing. Me and my partner are sharing my kindle. I'm reading Blood So g and her Stormfront by Jim Butcher.
    I picked up the kindle today to read a bit and noticed that blood song was read further along than I stopped. She had read about ten pages last night when she went to bed, thinking it was Stormfront.
    I said it to her and she told me she was thinking it was a strange section of Stormfront and was wondering where the vampire consolidation came from!?
    Why a person should not read when tired? How could you get them mixed up and what the heck is the vampire consolidation?


    Women ehhhh :p :pac::D


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Getting stuck into the tome that is "Words of Radiance". 9% in and very enjoyable so far - Sanderson seems to have a good grasp of pacing this time and it's clear how he's developing as a writer, as against some of his earlier works such as:
    is book 2 of mistborn worth picking up? Ive
    read mixed reviews on it.
    Worth it yes. It drags a little sure but it still had enough to entertain me and expands the Mistborn world further as well as introduce some new plot arcs for the third book.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,978 ✭✭✭wyrn


    ixoy wrote: »
    Worth it yes. It drags a little sure but it still had enough to entertain me and expands the Mistborn world further as well as introduce some new plot arcs for the third book.
    Just finished it there. I enjoyed it. It wasn't as good as the first book but I felt it was setting up for the final book. It was interesting to read the aftermath of the first book. They had succeeded but was it for the best.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,964 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Reading Before the Flood by Margaret Atwood, sequel to Oryx and Krake, based on reccomendations from here and the What Books have Affected You thread but Im finding it so dull and pointless and its nearly finished, definite drop in quality from Oryx and Krake.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Blood Song is brilliant. Taken my time getting through due to a lot of reading time taken up by my history modules.
    If it was during the summer, I reckon I would have findings it in a few days. It's one of hose rare books. Also I think it probably has ignited my rabid desire for fantasy books again.
    Once more into the breach - unless it's a Gurkish (spelling) one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭shockwave


    Started The Furies of Calderon series by Jim Butcher, on book 3 at the moment and really enjoying it.

    Definitely recommend this series.


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