ProfessorMLyon Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 Just picked up Man in the Empty Suit. Haven't started reading it yet, but I am hopeful. The blurb looked interesting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe ST Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Started on a couple of series, Attolia (read The Thief) and Temeraire (read the first two books) and whereas Attolia was merely a 'good' start, Temeraire was a great first book but the second and the prospect of the third just kinda killed any enjoyment of it... I also kinda ended up major spoiling myself by reading the blurb to the fifth trying to figure out which of them was next >< On to Wool now, which I only picked up because the thing looked impressive when I saw it in the library. The PoV just died and I'm only 8 chapters in XD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galladon Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 I just finished Tigana by Guy G Kay which I found quiet intriguing. I tried G.R.R. Martin but had to stop at book 2 due to extreme dissatisfation, I mean can anyone plan anyworse than this guy??? It's more like a soap-opera where you have to periodically kill off charackters, so you don't loose control...(But thats just me- had to bit.. about it since I wasted so much time on it). And of course severaly amusing Pratchetts in between. Anyone know which other GG Kay books are worth reading? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
variety.of.passions Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 If I read just one book at a time, I get bored very easily. Not in the sense that the story is boring, but more that I don't like to do just one thing or live in one "world" for long periods. So I have a shelf of books that I've started reading. Depending on what I feel like reading, I'll pick up a certain book. This week, I've finished Schlock volume 5, Infinity Blade: Awakening (for the second time), and Infinity Blade: Redemption. At the moment, I'm reading: -Schlock volume 6 -Elantris (for a second time) -The Princess Bride -The Maze Runner -the second Hitchhiker book -Clash of Kings (book 2 of Song of Ice and Fire) -And Then There Were None -Mr. Monster Books I want to read next: -Steelheart (can't wait for it to come out!) -Way of Kings and the rest of Brandon's works (for a second time) -Schlock volume 7-9 -the rest of the Song of Ice and Fire book -the rest of the Hitchhiker book -Glamour in Glass -I Don't Want to Kill You -The Hollow City -the Percy Jackson books -Fahrenheit 451 -and so many others! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe ST Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Finished Wool. Really good, gonna start the sequels now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 I just started reading The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett. I'm only a few chapters in but I'm liking it so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDoe Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Loved the Warded Man! Great series! Listened to the Graphic Audio version when I drove home in July. Just finished Crown Tower by Michael J Sullivan and starting Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromancer Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 Jules Verne, Master of Science Fiction. Old, but good. Really, really good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamma Fiend Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 (edited) Just finished Book 6 of The Wheel of Time. Been on a re-read kick. But the library has Stephen King's newish book "Joyland" waiting for me, so I'm gonna jump to that soon.recently also read the Dexter book series, was kind of like the show in regards that they both started strong and had great potential on their own because they're seperate. But the further along they got, it just got worse and worse.Tried reading the Malazan series, just couldn't do it. That's one of less than half a dozen books I've never finished. I just didn't like the writing style too much, and it was just too much too fast. No character attachment was able to happen, and stuff was just too hard to follow to enjoy.Also, semi-recently read the Blade Itself series, and all the other Joe Abercrombie books. Yes, it was a "light" touch of magic, but it was the perfect amount, I thought. The real great part was the characters though. An amazing cast, and each person having a different narrative voice/style was very impressive. Abercrombie just writes great, detailed battles with the gory touch of realism.I'm sorry, characters shouldn't survive innumerable amounts of battles and come out unscathed. You have to be realistic about these kinds of things, afterall. Edited September 19, 2013 by Gamma Fiend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satsuoni Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 I have just finished reading Ace Of Skulls, the last Ketty Jay from Chris Wooding. It was a bit sad, but good He writes quite differently from Brandon - the plucking of emotions is more pronounced, the world somewhat less 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silus - Shard of Flame Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 I recently read The Emperor's Soul and The Rithmatist and am in the first hundred pages of Steelheart on my Brandon catch up. Loving EVERYTHING. Steelheart is sticking out to me as very distinct in tone to his other books, darker and pitches more toward a flawed humanity instead of the usually hopeful tone he has in the majority of his books. I have the Dan Wells catch up next with Partials, Fragments, and The Hollow City. Looking forward to everything! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Right now I´m reading "A Dance with Dragons" from George R.R. Martin and I´m most likely going to finish it tomorrow and the next book on my list is "der Schrecksenmeister" (no clue what the english title is) by Walter Moers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamma Fiend Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Just started The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan, and may take a peak at the Alcatraz series by BS.And I just finished Well of Acension, so I may need to pick up Hero of Ages sometime soon and finish the trilogy off again...Oh and my friend is heavily recommending The Name of The Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles, I believe). So may start that in a week or so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPilgrim Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) I have recently worked my way up to the fifth Malazan book. I am quite enjoying the story, though I can understand why many people don't like it. It is VERY different from Brandon's stuff, but I've found it a worthy use of my time. Currently reading The Particle at the End of the Universe by Sean Carroll, a book about the Higgs boson particle and the Large Hadron Collider, intended for a public audience with no background in particle physics. Gotta read about the real world sometimes! Basically, I am just biding my time now waiting for Words of Radiance! Edited January 3, 2014 by GreyPilgrim 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPilgrim Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) For some reason editing my previous post created a new one... Didn't mean to double post. Edited January 3, 2014 by GreyPilgrim 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamma Fiend Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Currently reading The Particle at the End of the Universe by Seam Carroll, a book about the Higgs boson particle and the Large Hadron Collider, intended for a public audience with no background in particle physics. Gotta read about the real world sometimes! you mean... like.... non-fiction...? *GASP!* But... that's blasphemy!!! (seriously sounds like a cool book. I love particle physics and stuff like that) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silus - Shard of Flame Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Just finished Steelheart, and thus I am caught up with Brandon books! (Except that I probably need to go look for Legion at some point.) Dan Wells will now follow! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moogle Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) I just finished the Second Sons trilogy by Jennifer Fallon. The books were low quality, pulpish fantasy. The constant sex, clumsy plotting, predictable plot, characters acting out-of-character to fit the plot, poorly handled religion vs atheism theme, and unlikeable characters should have turned me off to the series, but for some reason I really enjoyed them. I am forced to conclude that I just like low-quality books, and it's medium-quality books that I dislike. A sort of 'so bad it's good' effect, but the books don't have to be extremely bad? In any case, I would recommend the series only if you have literally nothing else you want to read. Also, anyone who is religious and/or a deontologist will likely find them enraging and not very satisfying. Edited January 24, 2014 by Moogle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Started The Emperor's Blades a couple of days ago. It looks promising, but I spent the last few months rereading all of Brandon's books, and then all of Butcher's (The Dresden Files only, actually, no Codex Alera), so getting into a new author and new series is a little difficult. Mostly because I compare everything to Brandon, and it just doesn't compare well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mshimmyb1 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Currently reading Mistborn: The Final Empire, you might have heard of it. About half way through and its great! I sure hope they go into more depth with some of the noble families. Periticularly Elend Venture and his fiancee, which I think is a given. Just read the scene where you see Hoit, knew it was coming and thought it was great. Ive read The Way of Kings but missed Hoit in it. Definitely will be looking for him in my reread before Words of Radiance. Next is either the second book in the series, WOK reread, or finish the second half of Theft of Swords. Started Theft of Swords about a month ago and read the first half. It was good, but didnt tottally grab me to continue the second half. Ill probably revisit later. There's just too much good fantasy out there to not read something that you're not crazy about. Btw.. First post. Nice forum. Excited about conversing about Brandon, among other things!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moogle Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Welcome to the forums! Don't be shy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Sharded? Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I'm also reading Michael Sullivan. I'm on book 3, Nyphron Rising. These books are nearly perfect to me and I can't wait to continue the series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Well, The Emperor's Blades is done - solid book, though the pacing felt weird in a few ways (viewpoint changes were often sudden, cliffhangers were sometimes random, action was kind of lacking in the beginning), but everything started pulling itself together after the middle, and it was a page-turner by the end. Reading Anthony Ryan's Blood Song now. Somebody here recommended it to me a while back. So far it looks enjoyable, but it very very similar to The Name of the Wind. Not that this is a bad thing, but so far it's preventing me from full immersion into the story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbereth Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I'm reading Game of Thrones while I wait for my sister to finish Alcatraz and the Scrivener's Bones. My aunt sent me all five for my birthday in an email. (I'm a very fast reader, and my sister is a very slow reader. We'll see how many of the Song of Ice and Fire books I get through before she gives Alcatraz to me). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeckal Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I'm currently bouncing between The Eye of the World, The Final Empire, and Assassin's Apprentice, but I just got my february audible credit so all other books stop for the time being for Grave Peril, the third Dresden file book. I enjoy the audiobook of the first one so much, I decided I would do the whole series as audiobook, and its quickly shaping up to possibly be my favorite series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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