What Are You Reading, Part 2

[thegatorgirl00 she/her]

I've recently started Mercedes Lackey's Tales of the Five Hudred Kingdoms. They're fairy tale retellings and romances, so if you don't like the genre much be warned. If you do, then I suggest reading them. 

[StormingTexan he/him]

Well I did it. I FINALLY finished WoT. It took me a little over a year mainly because of several breaks I took. There were even a few times I almost gave up (around book 7 I think). I read the last 5 back to back though. As a whole I really liked the series. The scope of the series was amazing. Individually it felt like a real chore just getting through some of the books. If I had one criticism it would be the amount of characters with only a handful being likable at all. I think Brandon did an amazing job finishing it up. That had to have been a daunting task like another painter finishing their inspirations masterpiece.  The last book was just WOW! I like how it ended (well an ending) still leaving some question unanswered. Only minor criticism (and man I cannot believe I am saying this after gripping how slow the story was going) is some of the major plot lines/events seemed really rushed in the final book. All in all I am glad I invested the time and did not give up. 

 

Now I am starting Red Rising after hearing a lot of praise. 

 

[Andarist he/him]

On 16/09/2016 at 4:27 AM, Eki said:

Is there any book where the current story arch wraps up in a nice way?

In either case, I'm glad I read the book. As I said, the worldbuilding was great, and it's nice to finally get all the "walk without rhythm" references!

I would recommend against reading Brian Herbert and KJA's last two books of the series. They are horrendous. 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

I have 700 pages of Lovecraftian horror to read.

I am half-way through the Black Prism

I reread Goblet of fire

Almost done Warbreaker again

Read Spiderman-Venomous, Another collection of Amazing Spiderman comics and reread Forever Evil.

Going to start working on the rest of the Septimus Heap series (Queste onwards)

And going to start reading Wyrmeweald-Bloodhoney

[Argent he/him]

With the recent release of the newest World of Warcraft expansion, Legion, I've found my love for the Warcraft universe reignited, so I decided to read all of the books in the series, starting with Richard A. Knaak's Day of the Dragon.

[StormingTexan he/him]

Just finished Red Rising. Fantastic. 

On to Golden Son

[Andarist he/him]

Just read Amanda Downnum's Drowning City. Quite good. 

[Sunbird she/her]

I recently discovered Jennifer Armentrout's Dark Elements trilogy and have read books 1 and 2, plus a related novella, and thoroughly enjoyed them. The plot twists keep surprising me.

[Argent he/him]

Finished Knaak's Day of the Dragon. It was alright, not much worth mentioning. Reading Lord of the Clans now, and being about halfway through I can tell it feels more... extreme. Overall the writing is worse than Knaak's, but when it's better, it's much better.

[Andarist he/him]

Reading Blood Meridian and Outlander.

7 chapters into Blood Meridian and I really like the author's style. 

2 chapters and a little bit into Outlander. Oh dear...

[Sunbird she/her]

Currently rereading my ARC of The Row by JR Johansson so I can write a review before the official release date, Oct 11.

[Argent he/him]

Finished Christie Golden's Lord of the Clans - once again, an alright book. Like Day of the Dragon I probably wouldn't recommend it to people who are not fans of the Warcraft universe. The Last Guardian, which is what I am reading now, is a little more promising, but that might be because I am very partial to some of the characters there. 

[Left he/him]

About halfway through Interesting Times, the second to last of the Wizards books in the discworld. 

.....which means I've almost completely finished the Discworld..... 

 

Next is Shadow of the Torturer, I've heard it's on par with Dune, so I'm looking forward to it. 

Ive got a ton more books waiting for me, and I plan on getting through them as quickly as I can. 

[Andarist he/him]

Reading Outlander and Blood Meridian

[Briar King]

9 hours ago, LeftVash said:

About halfway through Interesting Times, the second to last of the Wizards books in the discworld. 

.....which means I've almost completely finished the Discworld..... 

 

Next is Shadow of the Torturer, I've heard it's on par with Dune, so I'm looking forward to it. 

Ive got a ton more books waiting for me, and I plan on getting through them as quickly as I can. 

Gene Wolfe is a true master of words. Enjoy

[DSC01 he/him]

I've been rather slowly rereading Lightbringer, since the 4th volume comes out on the 25th. I reread The Black Prism a while ago, then started The Blinding Knife but kind of forgot about it and moved on to other stuff. I picked TBK back up last week or thereabouts and just started over. Now I'm on to The Broken Eye.

I still haven't managed to read the Abhorsen trilogy. I'm not sure why I can never quite get into it (it's all circumstantial: every time I start, I read the beginning, then get sidetracked by things in life that take me away from my reading, and then just don't feel like going back to it when I go to pick up a book again).

[Zathoth]

City of Stairs,not very far in, but it seems promising.

Finished Books of Blood 1-3, I didnt enjoy every single story, but it was a good read. I think I shall pick up Weaveworld some day, it looks interesting.

And then I really need to read The Broken Eye before The Blood Mirror comes out...

[Sunbird she/her]

Finished Marked in Flesh, the most recent of Anne Bishop's Others series. Now to wait for book 5...

I've also started my loooooong-delayed re-read of the entire Skulduggery Pleasant series so that I can finally read book 9 without thinking, "Wait, who's this slontze again??" every chapter because I've forgotten everything that came before.

Recently picked up the V for Vendetta graphic novel from the library and will be working on that intermittently between Skulduggery Pleasant and The Row, which I still need to finish and review.

[Argent he/him]

Done with The Last Guardian. I definitely liked it better than the previous books in the series, though its plot and characters both continue to be somewhat... basic. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, it makes for a light read, but it kind of requires the reader to already be invested in the universe, otherwise there is little of interest.

I am reading Of Blood and Honor now.

[StormingTexan he/him]

Finished Golden Son. Really enjoyed it but man what a depressing ending. My only small gripe with this series (which is in no way limited to these books) is  humanity has achieved interplanetary travel and colonization but people are still killing each other with close range melee weapons. Sure they are more complex than a broad sword or cudgel but we do not even use melee weapons in current times as a first resort. I guess Sci-Fi writers like to ride on the light saber's coattails (which I consider a little different because so few people use them in the Star Wars universe and yeah they are badass). Anyway really a small thing just an observation I have had with a few authors. Really great books and will start Morning Star right away. 

[Sunbird she/her]

Finished V for Vendetta. It was... kinda meh, honestly.

Rereading the new illustrated edition of Alcatraz #3 now as a refresher before I get to The Dark Talent.

[Jondesu he/him]

Just finished Red Rising and I'm trying to borrow Golden Sun. Also have The Sword of Shannara and The Aeronaut's Windlass, open, while The Lies of Locke Lamora, Cloud Atlas, and several Star Wars books (Revan, The Last Jedi, Crosscurrent, Riptide) are on the Kindle ready for me.

I also have the Suicide Squad volumes 4-5 to read (the "comics").

jW

[Dunkum he/him]

34 minutes ago, Jondesu said:

Just finished Red Rising and I'm trying to borrow Golden Sun. Also have The Sword of Shannara and The Aeronaut's Windlass, open, while The Lies of Locke Lamora, Cloud Atlas, and several Star Wars books (Revan, The Last Jedi, Crosscurrent, Riptide) are on the Kindle ready for me.

I also have the Suicide Squad volumes 4-5 to read (the "comics").

jW

can't speak for most of those, but Sword of Shannara is a pretty blatant Lord of the Rings rehash (though the sequels do get better)

[Jondesu he/him]

32 minutes ago, Dunkum said:

can't speak for most of those, but Sword of Shannara is a pretty blatant Lord of the Rings rehash (though the sequels do get better)

Agreed. It's a reread for me, and it wasn't spectacular, but I watched the show (on MTV, so you know it wasn't great either) and it reminded me of some of the more interesting world building elements, like being set in the future of the United States, even though none of them know what the world was really like before.

jW

[Sunbird she/her]

6 hours ago, Jondesu said:

Just finished Red Rising and I'm trying to borrow Golden Sun. Also have The Sword of Shannara and The Aeronaut's Windlass, open, while The Lies of Locke Lamora, Cloud Atlas, and several Star Wars books (Revan, The Last Jedi, Crosscurrent, Riptide) are on the Kindle ready for me.

I also have the Suicide Squad volumes 4-5 to read (the "comics").

jW

Just wanted to put in my endorsement for The Aeronaut's Windlass; it's my personal favorite of Jim Butcher's work.