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

[The Terminator]

Originally Posted by Tunkabean

Last night I finished reading HG Well's The Time Machine! Twaz fantastic! I'm still in awe! Excellent writing, ingenious story telling & superb concept integration. A true classic

Yeah I read it last year and it was awesome. I liked it so much I finished it in a few hours.

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by The Terminator

I'm reading

1. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
[...]

Do you like it?

[bevdeforges]

Just finished Leaving VanGogh by Carol Wallace. The last days of Vincent VanGogh as told by Doctor Gachet.

Marvelous book - and it had me digging through my coffee table book of VanGogh to try and find the pictures described in the novel. The story is a very interesting mixture of art, genius and psychiatric treatment at the time. Definitely recommended!

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Grantville Gazette, Vol. #39

That was fun. Continuations of old series and some new stories, spread around the 1632 universe, as well as a couple in the Time Spike universe, and one stand-alone story. All very readable. But probably hopelessly confusing if you haven't read anything else in the 1632 universe. Don't start here!

Next up: Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie. Her 33rd book.

(This was one of the few of her books that I couldn't get through Fictionwise when they had their big sale. I actually bought it in December 2010 from Amazon for £3.99!)

[Crusader]

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

I might do the same. I've tried to get into WoT but I just can't do it. I think I only have one original Sanderson volume left to read though
I might just do what you have suggested - read the summaries and then read Sanderson's concluding volumes.

I'm actually working my way through the Wheel of Time series. I read it years ago up to a point, but I can't remember to which book I got. Since the last book has been finished (Sanderson is busy with editing now) I decided to do a complete read.

I'm on book 3 now: The Dragon Reborn

The series has its good points and its bad points (especially the repetitions of things/actions already said and done by certain characters). Overall I'm enjoying it, and it's interesting how some things stick in your mind for years to suddenly pop up while you are reading.

[The Terminator]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

Do you like it?

Yes it's very good, but long. I found a really good free version here they have the Kindle Version too.


It starts out really slow though.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Next up: Georgette Heyer's Masquerade. Something light and fun, where I know everything will come out well in the end.

Ah, Wonderful! Heyer at her absolute peek. All the elements are there. Disguise and misunderstanding, a long lost heir, an abduction to Gretna Green, a damsel (heiress, of course) in distress, an apparent highwayman or two, and even Bow Street. All with humour and more than one plot twist. Positively delightful. 5 out of 5, for me.

Next up, a quintet of Kate Shugak stories by Dana Stabenow.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by CRussel

....Next up, a quintet of Kate Shugak stories by Dana Stabenow.

Did you find these in a single volume somewhere? Which stories? I grabbed the free one from Dana, but haven't picked up the other 4 (then there are also the 8 other ones that are not about Kate to some day consider getting as well)

[ballfresno]

Just finished Deep Storm by Lincoln Child. Quite enjoyed it. Interesting story, not necessarily very believable however and characters very flat but action kept me interested.

eric

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Did you find these in a single volume somewhere? Which stories? I grabbed the free one from Dana, but haven't picked up the other 4 (then there are also the 8 other ones that are not about Kate to some day consider getting as well)

Nope, these are the individual ones. 1+4 on Kate. 8 others. Got them all. But I'm going to treat the 5 Kate ones as a "book" for the purposes of the challenge. They're individually small, but together seem about right for that. Not sure what I'll do about the other 8, or when I'll read them. The Liam Campbell ones are easy (especially since she's going to tie the two story lines together with the next book we hear), but the others are just one-offs.

[xg4bx]

Hard Magic by Larry Correia. i'm not an "urban fantasy" fan really but Correia is such an awesome writer.

" Jake Sullivan is a war hero, a private eye—and an ex-con. He’s free because he has a magical talent, being able to alter the force of gravity in himself and objects in his vicinity, and the Bureau of Investigation calls on him when they need his help in apprehending criminals with their own magical talents. But the last operation he was sent along to help with went completely wrong, and Delilah Jones, the woman the G-men were after, who just happened to be an old friend of Jake’s in happier times, had a lot of magical muscle with her, too much muscle for the cops to handle, even with Jake’s help.

It got worse. Jake found out that the Feds had lied to him about Delilah being a murderer as well as a bank robber, and they had lied about this being his last job for them—he was too valuable for them to let him go. And things were even worse than Jake imagined. There was a secret war being waged by opposing forces of magic-users, and Jake had no idea that he had just attracted the attention of one side, whose ruthless leaders were of the opinion that Jake was far too dangerous to be permitted to live . . ."

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Wow! I really got a lot of enjoyment out of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo!! In fact so much so that I'm going to pick up a copy of The Girl Who Played With Fire and start it tomorrow. I've added the movie to the top of my netflix queue as well. Stieg Larsson is a winner!

Originally Posted by alansplace

The Netflix DVD of The Girl Who Played With Fire arrived and I played it for about 10 or 15 minutes and it then got to the point where I was at in the book. So, I stopped it as there was still almost 2 hours of movie left and I'm at the halfway point in the book. So I decided to watch it after I finish reading the book. Stieg Larsson is a winner!

Well I finished reading Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Played With Fire and then finished watching the movie as well. The book was great and the movie was a well-done adaptation of the book. So now I'm starting to read the final Book in the Millennium series, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. It'll probably be just as good. At least I hope so.

[WT Sharpe]

I finished reading Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Curious Bride. Early into it I realized that this was another one that had been adapted for TV, and I knew who the killer was and how the book ends. Well, there were differences from the TV episode, which had a much tidier ending as I recall, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading it in spite of having seen the spoiler.

Now it's on to the January's MobileRead Book Club selection, Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse.

[aquabel]

I just finished reading Tess Gerritsen's The Apprentice. I really enjoyed it, although not as much as The Surgeon. I haven't watched the Rizzoli and Isles series yet, so will be interesting to see how it compares with the books.

I just bought Matthew Reilly's Scarecrow Returns, so think I'll read that next.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by aquabel

I just finished reading Tess Gerritsen's The Apprentice. I really enjoyed it, although not as much as The Surgeon. I haven't watched the Rizzoli and Isles series yet, so will be interesting to see how it compares with the books.

I just bought Matthew Reilly's Scarecrow Returns, so think I'll read that next.

The Rizzoli and Isles series is very good. Keep reading.

As for the TV series, I like it. but you have to remember, it's not the same even though you do get threads from the books. But don't judge the books based on the TV series.