What Are You Reading?

Trojan

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Okay finished Way of The Shadows. Meh.

It gets a bit better, but it hovers around Meh overall.

I've started to avoid all white-covered paperbacks with robed or caped figures.

Zapp Brannigan

Trojan wrote: »

It gets a bit better, but it hovers around Meh overall.

I've started to avoid all white-covered paperbacks with robed or caped figures.

That might not be a bad idea...

Trojan

Ah no, maybe I'm being unfair to Weeks. It was a far cry from that Karen Mills Unwilling Mage or whatever that one was called (trying desperately to block that one).

Zapp Brannigan

Trojan wrote: »

Ah no, maybe I'm being unfair to Weeks. It was a far cry from that Karen Mills Unwilling Mage or whatever that one was called (trying desperately to block that one).

Believe it or not, I nearly checked that out of the library today!

Bullet dodged.

Nodin

Trojan wrote: »

Ah no, maybe I'm being unfair to Weeks. It was a far cry from that Karen Mills Unwilling Mage or whatever that one was called (trying desperately to block that one).

...I thought you were firing in Trudi Canavans direction.

Nodin

Nodin wrote: »

...I thought you were firing in Trudi Canavans direction.

Me too ;s

ixoy

Currently reading "Best Served Cold" by Joe Abercrombie. Really enjoying the twisted black humour so far. Sure there's no Glokta but the crew are entertaining nonetheless and the premise is a simple but decent one.

Macca3000

Nodin wrote: »

...I thought you were firing in Trudi Canavans direction.

Oh dear, is her new trilogy bad? I actually liked her first Black Magician set when I read it few years ago. Read the first book of her next trilogy and definitly wasn't worth keeping up. And I see she is mid way through a follow up trilogy to the Black Magician. Was hoping it would be good.

Havn't read a fantasy book in nearly a year and want to stock up. Was hoping to try Trudi's over the summer. Perhaps not now

Nodin

Macca3000 wrote: »

Oh dear, is her new trilogy bad? I actually liked her first Black Magician set when I read it few years ago........

Those are the ones I've read. I was not impressed.


(I might add that "The Dwarves" by Markus Heitz is another one to avoid, IMO. In fairness its translated, so the orginal may be better, but I found it too dire to wade through. It defeated me where three of Ms Canavans tomes failed and I gave up half way through.)

Just finished Simmons' "The fall of Hyperion". I enjoyed it a lot even though it wasn't quite up to the first book. I think he felt he had to spell things out in detail where he really could have left them as an exercise to the reader. I don't like unresolved plots but I don't like being hand-held either

Will probably dip into the culture series next.

AnCapaillMor

baz8080 wrote: »

Will probably dip into the culture series next.

No no no you do not, instead you pick up the endymion omnibus next. Set about 20-30 years after hyperion.

AnCapaillMor

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

No no no you do not, instead you pick up the endymion omnibus next. Set about 20-30 years after hyperion.

I consider myself admonished I couldn't bring myself to starting the culture with all of its fifty million novels so I'm reading a brief history of time. I might just take your advice and go with Endymion!

ixoy

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

No no no you do not, instead you pick up the endymion omnibus next. Set about 20-30 years after hyperion.

Seconded. And then you make sure you don't pick up 'Olympos/Ilium' because they're very disappointing

mcgovern

ixoy wrote: »

Seconded. And then you make sure you don't pick up 'Olympos/Ilium' because they're very disappointing

I actually preferred them, the first one anyway, to Hyperion/Endymion books.
Almost 600 pages into A Game of Thrones. Have already ordered the next 3 books in the series

Trojan

Nodin wrote: »

...I thought you were firing in Trudi Canavans direction.

I was; didn't enjoy Black Magician as much as I'd like to have. The world had great potential, but it just didn't do it for me - won't be reading any more of hers.

There does seem to be a connection with "dark hooded figure on white" cover art. Weeks was a decent exception to that rule

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And as to what I'm reading: still on Hyperion, just starting The Consuls Tale.

Nodin

...currently reading "Woken Furies" Richard Morgan.

ixoy

ixoy wrote: »

Seconded. And then you make sure you don't pick up 'Olympos/Ilium' because they're very disappointing

Ordered the omnibus in physical form as it was inexplicably unavailable for kindle. I've read that the formatting was poor so no great loss! I think I'll try something non-simmons after this, there are still plenty of titles waiting on the shelf.

Got the Endymion omnibus this morning. It is flupping HUGE! :eek:

AnCapaillMor

baz8080 wrote: »

Got the Endymion omnibus this morning. It is flupping HUGE! :eek:

I remember reading the last 50 pages of the first book and the whole of the 2nd book in 1 sitting. I read for 12-14 hours straight, just could not put it down.

That good? If that happened to me tonight I would not make it into work tomorrow.

mcgovern

mcgovern wrote: »

I actually preferred them, the first one anyway, to Hyperion/Endymion books.
Almost 600 pages into A Game of Thrones. Have already ordered the next 3 books in the series

Finished it, excellent, can't wait for the second one, hopefully some more battles.
While waiting for the 2nd one to arrive, I'm starting Orbus by Neal Asher.

Edit: As soon as I start Orbus, the next Game of Thrones arrives.

Bits_n_Bobs

Currently reading Rothfuss's second one - great ripper of a yarn, none too taxing and enjoyable as hell. I do wonder if chunks of it could not of been discarded - but maybe I will be proven wrong when I get to the finish of it.

Just to add my tuppence - was not overwhelmed by Olympus/Ilium by Dan Simmons. While the second one was ok'ish the first one I just found dull.

Other book I saw mentioned in this thread was the Richard Morgan one - loved it. Orbus by Asher was only ok for an Asher novel I thought.

And yeah - am on an avoidance of all white books with person in cloak covers as well. Blech.

padma

Currently reading the innocent mage by Karen Miller, thumbs up so far.

Nodin

...."The Pesthouse" by JM Crace, alongside "Count Magus and other stories" by MR James.

ixoy

"Nine Princes in Amber" by Roger Zelzany. I'm not going to read all the Chronicles of Amber back-to-back so this should be a nice short diversion. It's a bit odd so far (about 2/5 of the way through).

AnCapaillMor

going through the wheel of time again, it makes so much more sense second time around.

pH

Finished The Clan Corporate, book III in the Merchant Princes series by Charles Stross.

Not a great book,it certainly doesn't work as a novel, not a lot happens, more filler than story - at this stage I'd find it hard to recommend the series to anyone, which is a pity as book one was fresh, interesting and full of promise.

Seeing as I'm halfway there, going to continue with them, so just started book IV

AnCapaillMor

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

going through the wheel of time again, it makes so much more sense second time around.

I'm still amazed when I think of all the little plot hints he dropped in the earlier books, he really had an encyclopedia in his head

Well I am finished the mistborn trilogy now, so I'm going to move onto that Rothfuss fella, only because of the recommendations around here...
Mistborn was good, light reading and enjoyable, would recommend it

Shryke

Started Matter.

Fnordius

Shryke wrote: »

Started Matter.

I like Iain Banks, and just finished Transition. Now I am finishing Makers by Corey Doctorow.