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

[alansplace]

just finished the 3rd nikki heat novel, loved it! so far the best of the 3.

[Nyssa]

You read so darn fast!!!

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

You read so darn fast!!!

well i just read the first and last page of each chapter, don't you do it that way

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by alansplace

well i just read the first and last page of each chapter, don't you do it that way

[ATDrake]

Originally Posted by alansplace

then allow me to recommend one that i'm sure you'll enjoy (if you'll disregard that random thing you mentioned), sacred ground by mercedes lackey

Second the recommend. It's actually one of Lackey's better books (her writing can be very, very variable in quality and enjoyability, and I'm saying this as someone who's read most of it and liked quite a lot, despite its flaws).

Though not exactly standalone any more, as there's a sequel novella in the recent Trio of Sorcery collection that Lackey had out last year or the year before.

Originally Posted by Nyssa

I wonder if I can find it on Baen....

All of Lackey's non-elf (and coincidentally better, though Knight of Ghosts and Shadows which is a freebie on one of the Baen promo CDs is quite good) urban fantasies are published by Tor, unfortunately, which is moderately slow about putting backlist stuff up (and tends to charge the higher prices for it, too).

As for me, I've been re-reading more by Mercedes Lackey writing in conjunction with James Mallory, a skim of my 4th or 5th favourite series from her, the "Obsidian" books, for which there will apparently be another prequel trilogy to those coming out next year.

Anyway, I've already re-read The Outstretched Shadow, which I actually got as a freebie when Tor.com first opened and was giving out free e-books (alas, no longer) and was one of the first new books I ever read when I first got my Kindle last year. Nearly done with To Light A Candle (in hardcover from the library) and will soon move on to When Darkness Falls (my own paper copy).

I don't think I'll bother with the "a thousand years later" sequel trilogy even though I went and paid for those, too. That one was rather boring and I didn't like the characters nearly as much and the plotline was kind of a re-hash instead of something new and different emerging from the changed status quo at the end of the original trilogy.

[melmac]

Currently reading The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt it’s an offbeat western about a reluctant assassin and his murderous brother. I was inspired to buy it after seeing sensualpoets awesome Scotiabank Giller Prize post. I’m really enjoying it, it's an easy read and funnier than I expected with bursts of violence sprinkled throughout. For some reason I keep thinking of the Cohen brothers as I read, it must be due to the random quirky characters that keep appearing. Recommended

[alansplace]

a while ago i discovered alaskan author dana stabenow and read a cold day for murder (a kate shugak mystery), her first published novel and an edgar winner as well. since then she's published a total of 18 kate shugak mysteries and i'm just starting the 2nd one, a fatal thaw. kate is a college educated woman and an aleut indian as well as a private investigator living alone with her dog mutt on a south-central alaska homestead

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by alansplace

a while ago i discovered alaskan author dana stabenow and read a cold day for murder (a kate shugak mystery), her first published novel and an edgar winner as well. since then she's published a total of 18 kate shugak mysteries and i'm just starting the 2nd one, a fatal thaw. kate is a college educated woman and an aleut indian as well as a private investigator living alone with her dog mutt on a south-central alaska homestead

Her first one, A Cold Day for Murder, is still being offered for free if you download it directly from her website: Stabenow.com

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by ATDrake

Second the recommend. It's actually one of Lackey's better books (her writing can be very, very variable in quality and enjoyability, and I'm saying this as someone who's read most of it and liked quite a lot, despite its flaws).

Though not exactly standalone any more, as there's a sequel novella in the recent Trio of Sorcery collection that Lackey had out last year or the year before........

thanks, i like diana tregarde as well so trio of sorcery is now on my amazon ebook wish-list (for christmas i hope)

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by melmac

Currently reading The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt it’s an offbeat western about a reluctant assassin and his murderous brother. I was inspired to buy it after seeing sensualpoets awesome Scotiabank Giller Prize post. I’m really enjoying it, it's an easy read and funnier than I expected with bursts of violence sprinkled throughout. For some reason I keep thinking of the Cohen brothers as I read, it must be due to the random quirky characters that keep appearing. Recommended

The Cohen brothers vibe is very apt; I felt the same way while reading it. Others have suggested that it was the type of western that might have resulted if Cormac McCarthy had a sense of humor. Either way The Sisters Brothers was a fun, thoughtful and quirky read.

[coderserdar]

10 story detective (vol. 1) - (bruno fischer, lawrence defoy, neil moran, joe archibald)

there are 5 short stories which are good

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

I think my last ten books have been paper. I'm getting a little worried I'm going to get evicted from MobileRead.

Uh, huh! Your recent activities have been duly noted by the Moderation Team.

We are preparing to receive you into the MobileRead Re-education & Rehabilitation Facility. Pack your toothbrush and reader.

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Uh, huh! Your recent activities have been duly noted by the Moderation Team.

Wait! I didn't say that! Never mind quote fixed! *pheeew*

[orlok]

Originally Posted by melmac

Currently reading The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt it’s an offbeat western about a reluctant assassin and his murderous brother. I was inspired to buy it after seeing sensualpoets awesome Scotiabank Giller Prize post. I’m really enjoying it, it's an easy read and funnier than I expected with bursts of violence sprinkled throughout. For some reason I keep thinking of the Cohen brothers as I read, it must be due to the random quirky characters that keep appearing. Recommended

Purchased and added to my TBR list .

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Uh, huh! Your recent activities have been duly noted by the Moderation Team.

We are preparing to receive you into the MobileRead Re-education & Rehabilitation Facility. Pack your toothbrush and reader.

But, but, but, one of them wasn't available in e-book, two were gifts, three were from a Chapters giftcard (I own a Kindle and hate having to strip DRM and convert just to read).... Wait. Rehabilitation. E-reader. Time away. I'm totally in. When can I leave and can we make this permanent?!?

I'm just starting Catherynne M. Valente's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. So far it's brilliant.