What Are You Reading, Part 2

[Draginon he/him]

I'm going to be going on Christmas vacation soon and I don't want to haul Way of Kings with me so I'm going to put it on hiatus after reading the first batch of Interludes. In the meantime I'll be doing a couple Star Wars reads, more specifically From a Certain Point of View and Leia Princess of Alderaan.

So far I'm liking WOK and really like Kaladin, Shallan and Jasnah. I just find it so weird to have a guy like Kaladin being younger than me since from the bits I had read about him before reading the book I assumed he was well into his 20's or in his 30's. I pegged the woman near enough on age, if a couple years off from my estimation.

[Sunbird she/her]

About a quarter of the way done with The Empty Grave, book 5 in Jonathan Stroud's Lockwood & Co series. (I'm pretty sure it's also the final book.)

[Draginon he/him]

Reached a stopping point in WOK so I'm reading a short read called Fairest of All until I leave for vacation.

[NamelessThirteenth]

Why the hell is anybody posting here at this time of the year? OF COURSE we're all reading Oathbringer...

[Sunbird she/her]

59 minutes ago, NamelessThirteenth said:

Why the hell is anybody posting here at this time of the year? OF COURSE we're all reading Oathbringer...

Some of us have already finished Oathbringer.

[AngelEy3 he/him]

1 hour ago, Ookla the Ornithophilic said:

Some of us have already finished Oathbringer.

Quite quick were some of us. I put everything else aside after it came in the mail, and even read at home which is something I don't often do. 

[Kered he/him]

Finally picking up the First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. Just finished "The Blade Itself", staring in on number two today. It got me hooked, but it took longer than I expected. Ninefingers is officially in the group of my favorite fantasy characters. 

I also decided to take a step out of my comfort zone and try a YA novel, "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven. It's about a teen struggling with clinical depression and suicidal ideations. It's a really unique and immersive take on it. Deeply sad, but also a really good read. 

[Dunkum he/him]

14 hours ago, AngelEy3 said:

Quite quick were some of us. I put everything else aside after it came in the mail, and even read at home which is something I don't often do. 

i'm pretty sure someone earlier said they were already on their second read before my copy even arrived, in fact

[NamelessThirteenth]

22 hours ago, Ookla the Ornithophilic said:

Some of us have already finished Oathbringer.

Problem here is that I'm broke and I had to wait two weeks until the local library bought it. My pocket money as a fifteen year old did nit suffice. That said, I'm almost done anyway...

PLEASE DON'T LET IT EEEEEEENNNNNNNNDDDDDD

[NamelessThirteenth]

11 hours ago, Kered said:

Finally picking up the First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. Just finished "The Blade Itself", staring in on number two today. It got me hooked, but it took longer than I expected. Ninefingers is officially in the group of my favorite fantasy characters. 

Nah its Glokta that really had me hooked. I mean, who wouldn't want to hear the iner thoughts of a crippled fifty-year-old torturer?

[Left he/him]

Finished Oathbringer over Thanksgiving break obviously, and I'm getting back into Sandman. I finished vol 7 and I'm on vol 8 now, since that's how numbers work. I also read an interesting book on the ethics and morality of developing AI and their consequences. Catch-22 was really funny too. I might start Night Angel, but I dunno, still haven't really picked a series to read yet. I'm really psyched that Iron Gold comes out in 6 weeks. 

[AngelEy3 he/him]

12 hours ago, Kered said:

Finally picking up the First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. Just finished "The Blade Itself", staring in on number two today. It got me hooked, but it took longer than I expected. Ninefingers is officially in the group of my favorite fantasy characters. 

 

Say one thing for Logen Ninefingers, say he's an awesome character. 

[NamelessThirteenth]

12 hours ago, Left said:

I might start Night Angel, but I dunno, still haven't really picked a series to read yet.

If you trust me on anything, trust me when I say that Night Angel has so many flaws it almost isn't worth your time, and if you decide not to read it you'd be better off.

[Ammanas]

12 hours ago, Left said:

I'm really psyched that Iron Gold comes out in 6 weeks. 

I am as well. Just finishing up rereading Morning Star so everything is fresh for Iron Gold. Advance reviews of the books have been very positive. I feel like the author has become more ambitious with each book and the result is a upward trend.

Edited December 5, 2017 by Ammanas

[StormingTexan he/him]

42 minutes ago, NamelessThirteenth said:

If you trust me on anything, trust me when I say that Night Angel has so many flaws it almost isn't worth your time, and if you decide not to read it you'd be better off.

I only barely got through the first book and would have to agree. It is rare that I give up on a series after one book but this one I did. 

 

Oh man cant wait for Iron Gold also! I feel like I need to re-read that series or at least Morning Star. Great series. 

[Draginon he/him]

On 12/4/2017 at 1:27 AM, Ookla the Ornithophilic said:

Some of us have already finished Oathbringer.

And some of us are trying to catch up to that point

Anyway I finished Fairest of All. I had to pace myself because of how fast a read it was that I had to stretch a one day read over three. Will probably do the first batch of interludes for WOK  before I leave for vacation next week along with reading the next book of the Disney Villain books called The Beast Within.

[Briar King]

Probably close to heresy on this Board but I’m really struggling with Oath... 

[StormingTexan he/him]

18 minutes ago, Briar King said:

Probably close to heresy on this Board but I’m really struggling with Oath... 

How far are you into it?

[Briar King]

20 minutes ago, StormingTexan said:

How far are you into it?

767. Been having a hard time since about late 200’s.

[Steeldancer he/him]

6 minutes ago, Briar King said:

767. Been having a hard time since about late 200’s.

Um.... read faster? 

Because part 5 is quite a ride. I really hope you enjoyed part 3, but thats something you can discuss in the part topics 

[StormingTexan he/him]

Part 3 was the slowest to me although the end is good. Some people thought part 4 was slowest  I didn’t think that. Part 5 is full throttle all the way through. 

[Briar King]

1 hour ago, Run Ookla, run! said:

Um.... read faster? 

Because part 5 is quite a ride. I really hope you enjoyed part 3, but thats something you can discuss in the part topics 

I wish I could but slogging through these past 500 pages isn’t letting me pick the speed up. I’m staying away from the ded threads obviously till I finish it but I’m itching to get in there and see if other people are sharing my particular dislikes with this entry. I was not expecting this book to take this long to read.

[Flying she/her]

I'm reading Oathbringer currently. Oathbringer's not a good thing to dedicate yourself to a few weeks before finals....... Anyways, I have around 480 pages left, but due to school I'm probably going to end up taking longer than I would like to read it. I'm planning to read The Martian and do my Harry Potter re-read with my best friend after I finish Oathbringer.

[NamelessThirteenth]

8 hours ago, Briar King said:

Probably close to heresy on this Board but I’m really struggling with Oath... 

BURN THE HERETIC! BURN HIM! DESTROY HIM! DEESTROOOOYYYYY HIIIIIII...

*pulled away by the moderators into a closed room...*

[Hood he/him]

On 07/12/2017 at 6:48 AM, Briar King said:

Probably close to heresy on this Board but I’m really struggling with Oath... 

I too struggled with it. But when "you might not know who" appeared, and "you might not know what" happened, I quickened my pace, and withdrew my hands from the book only after finishing it.