Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading?

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

What? 4 years? I thought they said it would be released later this year... well maybe my sore eyes got it wrong. But then, you really should consider putting it off. Let's say you're like your sister, you like the series and then what? Waiting for years?
(I'm not so sure that after 4 years waiting, I'll still remember all the important details required to read the last book. Of course it's ok to forget some nonsense details but if I forget them all, that would be reading the whole lengthy series again...)

I didn't find any official news about a release date, but some people are worrying that it will take him 4 years because it took him 4 years to publish Wise Man's Fear.

I don't mind rereading the first books in a series, I do that all the time! For example, I just finished rereading The Black Magician Trilogy and the first book in the Traitor Spy Trilogy (which follows Black Magician's Trilogy) by Trudi Canavan because book 2 of the Traitor Spy Trilogy (The Rogue) was released I always remember the storylines, but never the details that could be important in the sequel.

Yesterday I finished Side Jobs by Jim Butcher, a collection of Harry Dresden short stories. Some were good, others a little less good ... I especally liked the last one, which is told from Murphy's point of view and takes place right after the events of Changes.

I'm going to have another go at The Last Four Things by Paul Hoffman. I never got past page 50 in the first attempt. If the story doesn't pick up by the end of page 100, I'll go find myself another book to read.

[siraks]

just finished mockingjay (3rd book in the hunger games trilogy)
glad i finished the series, book 1 was definitely the best but the other 2 rounded out the story.

[BearMountainBooks]

Saw on another forum that Lilian Jackson Braun (of the Cat Who series) died. She was 97.

(Cozy mysteries.)

[ATDrake]

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

Saw on another forum that Lilian Jackson Braun (of the Cat Who series) died. She was 97.

That's sad for her devoted readers. But she did live for nearly a century (and two decades past what the normal US life expectancy, I believe) and had a good long career that produced a lot of nice books. I think I've read a couple of her short stories in mystery anthologies (if they're the ones with the sleuth Siamese) and they were pleasantly enjoyable even if not really my kind of thing.

As for me, in between term tests, so not leisure-reading as much as before, but did manage to finish two recent-ish Fictionwise MultiFormat purchases:

Conspiracy of Silence: A Joe Scintilla Mystery by S.T. Joshi, who's probably better known as a guy who edits and writes commentary on classic horror stories by Lovecraft et al.

This was a consciously retro-30s noir detective thriller with the beautiful dame hiring the hard-boiled PI to find out who really dunnit. I kind of liked it, enough that I'm willing to pick up the other available e-book (and apparently there's a more recent third tale in paperback) when FW next has a good sale coupon.

Mild recommend, since I don't know enough noir to really judge if this is a good book compared to the rest of the field, or merely a passable one. But it did seem to have all the essential elements played out in a coherent way, and was an entertaining enough read, even if not particularly outstanding.

Moonlight by Susan Dexter, an apparently YA fantasy about a slightly inept wizard's apprentice who has stumbles into some minor adventure where he has to use his skills and wits and discovers that maybe he's not so bad off as he thinks.

I rather liked this one, which reminded me a bit of Lawrence Watt-Evans's earlier books in his Ethshar series, with the young misfit going off on adventure and finding their niche. The writing on this one tends to skew younger, I think, because of the protagonist's age, but I have some of the other books in this series which were bought in paper from the library sale after I got this one from FW and they seem to be written for a regular adult audience.

Mild recommend as a promising start to what looks like a charming traditional fantasy-with-wizards-and-peasants series.

[WT Sharpe]

Today I finished reading WWW: Watch by Robert J. Sawyer, the second book in the WWW trilogy. This series is fantastic, and I can't wait to read the third and final installment. I hate to say anything about the content, for fear of spoiling all the wonderful surprises, but my favorite part in this book was...

Spoiler:

...the way Webmind responded to the U.S. government's attempt to destroy him. The A.I. turned to an unexpected source for inspiration on how to respond to the attack: the non-violent teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. I won't say the strategy worked, but... well, maybe it did. You'll just have to read the book to find out.

[Snauzoo]

Just discovered a ton of classics(aka highschool reading assignments) in the iBooks store. So I grabbed Dicken's Tale of Two Cities. Last read this in the late 1960s.

Also inspired to read Something Borrowed (a bit of romance fluff based on a current movie) by Emily Giffin after seeing a commercial for said movie. It's so-so, but good for sitting in waiting rooms where concentration is not needed as in the case of the Dickens classic.

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

Saw on another forum that Lilian Jackson Braun (of the Cat Who series) died. She was 97.

(Cozy mysteries.)

I hate to hear (read) that. But I knew she was quite elderly and according to rumor, not exactly sharp as a tack the last few years.

[siraks]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Today I finished reading WWW: Watch by Robert J. Sawyer, the second book in the WWW trilogy. This series is fantastic, and I can't wait to read the third and final installment. I hate to say anything about the content, for fear of spoiling all the wonderful surprises, but my favorite part in this book was...

i have this series as well and am looking forward to getting to it this summer.
glad you like it so much, makes me want to read it more when i read positive things about it.


-- started Hard Magic by Larry Correia today while in the er lol.
got through 40% so not too shabby, the book is really good and on par with his monster hunter series. am liking it a lot and can't wait to see how it all plays out. lots of characters and several locations, very very good.

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by Iridal

I didn't find any official news about a release date, but some people are worrying that it will take him 4 years because it took him 4 years to publish Wise Man's Fear.

ahh, I saw that before when I did the search, remember now. awful.

I haven't finished Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia) - just some % left - but already squeeze 2 other books in: Cressida Cowell's How to train your dragon and Cassadra Clare's City of fallen angels. My reviews are on goodreads.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Today I finished reading WWW: Watch by Robert J. Sawyer, the second book in the WWW trilogy. This series is fantastic, and I can't wait to read the third and final installment. I hate to say anything about the content, for fear of spoiling all the wonderful surprises, but my favorite part in this book was...

Sounds like a cool series. Added to my wish list.

thanks T.

BOb

[lestatar]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Today I finished reading WWW: Watch by Robert J. Sawyer, the second book in the WWW trilogy. This series is fantastic, and I can't wait to read the third and final installment. I hate to say anything about the content, for fear of spoiling all the wonderful surprises, but my favorite part in this book was...

Spoiler:

...the way Webmind responded to the U.S. government's attempt to destroy him. The A.I. turned to an unexpected source for inspiration on how to respond to the attack: the non-violent teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. I won't say the strategy worked, but... well, maybe it did. You'll just have to read the book to find out.

Sweet! I have the series queued up and on deck...

[WT Sharpe]

(Comments on my post on the WWW trilogy by Robert J. Sawyer)

Originally Posted by siraks

i have this series as well and am looking forward to getting to it this summer.
glad you like it so much, makes me want to read it more when i read positive things about it.


-- started Hard Magic by Larry Correia today while in the er lol.
got through 40% so not too shabby, the book is really good and on par with his monster hunter series. am liking it a lot and can't wait to see how it all plays out. lots of characters and several locations, very very good.

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Sounds like a cool series. Added to my wish list.

thanks T.

BOb

Originally Posted by lestatar

Sweet! I have the series queued up and on deck...

If you folks like the series half as much as I do so far, you'll love it.

[Nyssa]

Four chapters into Another Fine Myth. So far, so good. Hubby has been trying to get me to read this series for years.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Snauzoo

Just discovered a ton of classics(aka highschool reading assignments) in the iBooks store. So I grabbed Dicken's Tale of Two Cities. Last read this in the late 1960s.

I hope you didn't pay for it! Unless it has some additional features over just the text.

Very good versions of the classics are available here in the library. The Dickens in particular are excellent, most of them having been very carefully checked by HarryT.

[amward]

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

Saw on another forum that Lilian Jackson Braun (of the Cat Who series) died. She was 97.

(Cozy mysteries.)

Oh that's sad, I just love those books, she gets the Siamese just right. I particularly enjoy the audio books, the reader has the perfect voice for Qwilleran.