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

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by covingtoncat73

Indeed. I also enjoyed NOS4A2 as well as Horns. His Locke & Key graphic novels are good, too.

Here is a cool NYT article about the King family business:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/ma...anted=all&_r=0

Thanks for that link. As they were growing up, his children read to him, and now there are five writers in the family. What a novel (and obviously successful in his case) approach to child rearing.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Thanks for that link. As they were growing up, his children read to him, and now there are five writers in the family. What a novel (and obviously successful in his case) approach to child rearing.

I see what you did there.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

I see what you did there.

I can't slip anything by you, can I?

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Continuing The Outskirter's Secret, and very much enjoying it. It's cutting in to the time for my other active eBook, The Autistic Brain, by Temple Grandin.

Finished The Outskirter's Secret. Wow. Just Wow! I'd forgotten how powerful this series gets. There's a sequence towards the end of this book that is just incredible.

Well, no question, straight on to the next one! The Lost Steersman.

[ucfgrad93]

I am currently reading Divergent on my Kindle.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Finished Crocodile on the Sandbank, by Elizabeth Peters, and enjoyed it a lot. I'm looking forward to more in the series...

Originally Posted by MickeyC

...Now, thanks to you lot, I can't decide what to read next. Will it be Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters or Dover Beach by Richard Bowker? You people make too many great recos and I can't decide...

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Crocodile on the Sandbank's destination is completely predictable, but the journey is a lot of fun. I just finished the sequel, The Curse of the Pharaohs, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Unfortunately, Elizabeth Peters (real name: Barbara Mertz) died 6 months ago, but left a wealth of enjoyable reading material to her fans. I hope to read all 19 of the Amelia Peabody novels eventually.

Originally Posted by orangedotgreen

I finished Crocodile on the Sandbank. I loved it and will continue with the series very soon...

Originally Posted by MickeyC

Just finished Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters and it was an excellent read...

Originally Posted by orangedotgreen

Last week I read the second Amelia Peabody book, The Curse of the Pharaohs. I liked it more than the first book and the ending wasn't quite as predictable as with Crocodile on the Sandbank (not that I'm complaining it's nice not to worry about everyone dying for a change)...

Originally Posted by CRussel

Glad to hear that. I've got the second one queued up to read, just trying to decide if I'll listen to it, or read it on my Paperwhite. Probably listen, since I have several other ebooks lined up on the PW, and nothing more interesting to want to listen to. Unfortunately, this isn't a book that supports WhisperSync for Voice, since I have an omnibus edition of the first four Amelia Peabody books, not individual ones. Well, and I bought it from Kobo with a 50% off coupon. Gee, wonder why Amazon's Whispersync isn't working.

Originally Posted by alansplace

I read Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality for a bit then (because of all the folks inhabiting this thread discussing it favorably) I began reading The Martian by Andy Weir and I am finding it quite interesting so far.

Originally Posted by alansplace

Taking a look at Harry Potter and the Sun Source as a Kindle compatible (or ePub) file!

Originally Posted by alansplace

Checked out and began reading Harry Potter and the Sun Source. Now I'm reading 3 books at once!

Originally Posted by alansplace

Was quite pleased with Harry Potter and the Sun Source. What an interesting alternate universe the author has created. Now back to The Martian.

Enjoyed The Martian a lot, it really should be adapted for a movie. Now next, in response to all the folks who've been highly favorably commenting on to Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) by Elizabeth Peters, I'll give it a look-see.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer.

Which was fun as expected. Not too difficult to spot the murderer, but a pleasant journey. Although perhaps the characters are a little too exaggerated in places.

Next up: Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone. From my Kobo spree at the start of the month. It was recommended in this thread, and at 90% off I couldn't resist getting it. I hope I like it.

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Next up: Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone. From my Kobo spree at the start of the month. It was recommended in this thread, and at 90% off I couldn't resist getting it. I hope I like it.

Three Parts Dead is currently on sale for $2.99 at most retailers.

[PurpleStar]

I finally finished The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan. Big, big book, though I managed to finish it in under 2 weeks! Really enjoying the Wheel of Time re-read.

I'm already about 30% into Dark Witch by Nora Roberts. It's good so far.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Enjoyed The Martian a lot, it really should be adapted for a movie. Now next, in response to all the folks who've been highly favorably commenting on to Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) by Elizabeth Peters, I'll give it a look-see.

Wow!! Just finished watching Gravity, what a great movie!! Its similarity to The Martian is mostly in that its protaginist is so very lonely and cut off and has to deal with the situation on her [his] own. Again I hope that The Martian gets adapted into a movie and is made with the craft that Gravity was.

[Gazella]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Wow!! Just finished watching Gravity, what a great movie!! Its similarity to The Martian is mostly in that its protaginist is so very lonely and cut off and has to deal with the situation on her [his] own. Again I hope that The Martian gets adapted into a movie and is made with the craft that Gravity was.

I read that 20th Century Fox has optioned the film rights.

[samhy]

I'm having fun reading Wendy Knits by Wendy Johnson. Nothing new under the sun, but it's nice to see how her knitting evolved little by little.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Next up: Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone. From my Kobo spree at the start of the month. It was recommended in this thread, and at 90% off I couldn't resist getting it. I hope I like it.

It was rightly part of the 5 star thread. An excellent fantasy, which I greatly enjoyed. That does mean that Max Gladstone's other book is now on my wishlist, but at around £10 (£12.59 at Kobo) it will have to wait for a price drop or a very good coupon.

Next up: Asimov's SF, June 2014 which just came out a day or two ago.

[Apache]

I am currently rereading Once A Hero by Elizabeth Moon. It is part of the Familias Regnant universe Series. Is the fourth and by a hair the best in the series. Well written military science fiction with a strong female protagonist. I first read the series in PB and am reading them all as eBooks.
Apache

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Wow!! Just finished watching Gravity, what a great movie!! Its similarity to The Martian is mostly in that its protaginist is so very lonely and cut off and has to deal with the situation on her [his] own. Again I hope that The Martian gets adapted into a movie and is made with the craft that Gravity was.

Originally Posted by Gazella

I read that 20th Century Fox has optioned the film rights.

The only information I found on that is nearly a year old; May 2013 to be more exact. It appears Drew Goddard, who directed The Cabin in the Woods, is in talks to take the helm of 20th Century Fox's big screen adaptation of Andy Weir's book. It also appears that The Martian started its life as an e-book. Interesting.

In keeping with the outer space theme, the book I'm currently reading is True History or Trips to the Moon by Lucian of Samosata (125CE-180CE). The author, who admitted he stretched the truth from time to time, nevertheless claimed this was a true history of his personal voyages to the moon as witnessed by himself, as opposed to those invented histories by other writers who he disparages as having relied on second hand stories or their own imaginations. Homer, by the way, who was but one of many famous personages and gods he met during his travels, not only had excellent eyesight, but was also the author of even his spurious works. Who knew?