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

[philandjan]

I am just ploughing (because I'm English and not "plowing"!) through Broadcast 5 of Randolph Lalonde's Spindrift Fringe series.

All because the first book in the series (actually a prequel) was a freebie on Amazon. I enjoyed it that much I went out (or, more technically, went online) and bought all of the other books in the series.

[philandjan]

Also, I've just finished reading the Oxford English Dictionary.

The plot was hard to follow but at least they explained every word!

Taxi!!

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Sock puppetry seems like such a clever idea. It never seems to occur to the puppeteers that other people might have thought of it too, and be on the look out for it.

Even seemingly intelligent people, e.g. Scott Adams, have been known to indulge in sock puppetry.

[back on topic] I'm still finishing off the last of the hooded swan books by Brian Stableford.

And face it--we're looking for readers, not a promo area. But I never got the sock puppet thing. If you are going to do that, you need to spend some SERIOUS time building an online persona that includes reviews, posts and presence. If you were going to walk around in disguise in real life, you wouldn't just throw on a costume and show up pretending to be Lady Gaga. Wait. That would work, wouldn't it???

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

....you wouldn't just throw on a costume and show up pretending to be Lady Gaga. Wait. That would work, wouldn't it???

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

And I liked this one even more. I think that characters are growing on me.

And so, on to the fifth and last: The Fenris Device by Brian Stableford

And now, on the whole, I regret the time spent on these books. The individual books are OK, but the series doesn't really go anywhere, and the human characters never really seemed real to me.

Disappointing. I expected better, it's certainly nowhere near the best of the other things of his that I've read.

Next up: Mr & Mrs Fitzwilliam Darcy by Sharon Lathan

I thought a complete change of pace would be good. I got this when it was a freebie. On the half chapter I've read so far I'm not sure it's worth more than that, but I'll give it a chapter or two to prove me wrong first.

[jgaiser]

Nearly halfway through Patrick Rothfuss's "The Name of the Wind". Not the greatest Fantasy novel written, but I'm really enjoying it0. See quite a few comparisons with the Harry Potter books, but any book with a young male protagonist learning magic will be compared. Looking forward to the next in the series.

[Lucid_Dreamer]

I'm also reading Plot And Structure on Kindle for PC. Not highly entertaining but a good resource for would be writers lol

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Lucid_Dreamer

I'm also reading Plot And Structure on Kindle for PC. Not highly entertaining but a good resource for would be writers lol

Is that this one? http://www.amazon.com/Plot-Structure.../dp/158297294X

[Lucid_Dreamer]

Yup it is! Except I have the ebook version haha

[Fbone]

Finished Dauntless by Jack Campbell. The first in The Lost Fleet series. The book frustrated me as it went along. I realize I don't care for the realistic time-lag process. Everyone has to wait minutes, hours or days for light to reach them to see what had happened or was said. And, of course, all information received is immediately outdated. A casual conversation takes hours between responses. Other than that the novel was OK. Grade it a C- [2 stars]. I won't read the others in the series.

Next, by way of a GR friend recommendation, Instruments of Darkness by Imogen Robertson. Her debut novel a historical mystery taking place in 1780 Sussex.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Lucid_Dreamer

Yup it is! Except I have the ebook version haha

Let me know what you think of it. I think I've got the prior revision (I think) in hardback. (I've got all those Writer's Digest writing books mostly) Might be worth picking up from Amazon for $1.99 eh?

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Mr & Mrs Fitzwilliam Darcy by Sharon Lathan

I thought a complete change of pace would be good. I got this when it was a freebie. On the half chapter I've read so far I'm not sure it's worth more than that, but I'll give it a chapter or two to prove me wrong first.

I gave it a chapter or two, and it got worse. Poor quality fan-fic that should never have been properly published, based on the first few chapters that I've read. But if you want a move-by-move account of a wedding night of two characters named Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy and Mrs Fitzwilliam Darcy (née Elizabeth Bennett) who seem to bear little relationship to the characters in Pride and Prejudice except their names, be my guest. At least I only wasted half an hour and not half an hour and some money as well. I recommend keeping your distance from this tosh.

Next up: Shaking Hands with Lefkowitz by Melvin Foster.

Wow — I bought this back in August 2005. It must be one of the longest serving titles in my TBR pile. The premise is interesting (if only as fantasy): an examination of a life after death. Unfortunately, I'm not certain I'm going to like the way it seems to be going.

[MickeyC]

Just finished Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly. Man I never saw that ending coming!

Next up Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku

[benham]

I hope that means you liked it!

[MickeyC]

Originally Posted by benham

I hope that means you liked it!

Very much so! And it was weirdly similar to the Casey Anthony trial.