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

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Yapyap

My vote goes for Suchet as well.

Me too. What's fascinating is that his normal speaking voice is very, very different to his Poirot voice.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

The Turtle Moves! by Lawrence Watt-Evans. A review of the Discworld series.

A pretty good review of the entire series (up to the date the book was written - just before I Shall Wear Midnight was released).

Next: Mars, Inc by Ben Bova. Near-future SF about a crewed trip to Mars.

[PurpleStar]

I am continuing the Star Trek: The Fall series with A Ceremony of Losses by David Mack.
He's one of my favorite Star Trek authors so I have hope for this one

[bookaho!ic]

FInished first book in the game of thrones series yesterday, 3/4 way through gemini rising then will read the novella and then onto 2nd book in game of thrones series

[alansplace]

Earthly Delights just wasn't interesting me very much and since I was in the middle of a complete re-read of all the Nancy Drew mysteries and took a break from it back in July, I've decided to start it again where I left off, so I'm now reading The Witch Tree Symbol (Nancy Drew #33) by Carolyn Keene (Harriet Stratemeyer Adams).

[Moe The Cat]

Nearly done with Stephen King's The Shining. I will move on to Doctor Sleep when I am done.

Also reading Miguel Syjuco's "Ilustrado".

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Earthly Delights just wasn't interesting me very much and since I was in the middle of a complete re-read of all the Nancy Drew mysteries and took a break from it back in July, I've decided to start it again where I left off, so I'm now reading The Witch Tree Symbol (Nancy Drew #33) by Carolyn Keene (Harriet Stratemeyer Adams).

Hmmm...I don't seem to be in the mood for reading anything!!

[Yapyap]

I started Johannes Cabal, the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard today.

So far, I'm not incredibly gripped yet - it has all the ingredients I should like, but something in the writing isn't quite working for me. Still, I'm only 25% in and not disliking it either, so that's something.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Earthly Delights just wasn't interesting me very much and since I was in the middle of a complete re-read of all the Nancy Drew mysteries and took a break from it back in July, I've decided to start it again where I left off, so I'm now reading The Witch Tree Symbol (Nancy Drew #33) by Carolyn Keene (Harriet Stratemeyer Adams).

Originally Posted by alansplace

Hmmm...I don't seem to be in the mood for reading anything!!

Ha! Found something that grabbed my interest! Dangerous Women, Edited by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois. I had only read the Jim Butcher story, BOMBSHELLS and then put the rest aside for later. Well now seems to be later enough! It begins with a story by Joe Abercrombie, who I've never before read and I was immediately taken up with it and am enjoying it a lot!

[Tarana]

Halfway done with Massacre Creek, a western by Gordon Shirreffs, published originally about 1958, I think. Unusual western for me as the actions occur during the Civil War, not afterwards.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Next: Mars, Inc by Ben Bova. Near-future SF about a crewed trip to Mars.

Which was OK, but was entirely about enabling the trip, not the trip itself. And not a patch on The Man Who Sold The Moon.

Next up: Sovereign by C J Sansom. Henry VIII and Tudor York. Good stuff.

[Dazrin]

Originally Posted by Dazrin

Just after I started this, my library sent me an email saying that the first Percy Jackson and the Olympians book, The Lightning Thief, was available, so I read that quickly and am now back to Blindsight. Percy Jackson was obviously written for a younger audience but was fun and fast paced, I have the next book on hold now. Certainly seems to be a good Harry Potter clone (follow a kid through his schooling, 1 main adventure/year style series.)

I enjoyed Blindsight, but it wasn't one of my favorites for the year. I also just completed the second Percy Jackson book, Sea of Monsters. I am not sure I will keep going in this series, a little too YA.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

Heh. I've been told to interrupt my regularly scheduled book to read Origin by Jessica Khoury.

Originally Posted by orlok

Just started it myself. Will let you know how it goes.

Originally Posted by Nyssa

Unfortunately, I've picked Origin up three times now, and I just can't seem to get into it. Its definitely a "its not you, its me" situation. I'm just not in the mood to read it.

Originally Posted by orlok

I'm still making a go of it, but I'm not gripped yet. It's an interesting concept but has yet to really go anywhere and I'm already a third of the way through.

Well I wasn't really that impressed, I'm afraid. It was ok as a YA read, but didn't really develop into much of a story/plot, and was a little predictable, I thought.

Now reading Audition by Ryū Murakami, a suggestion from HIMS. So far, so good .

[HarryT]

A non-fiction book for a change: "Nikon D7100 for Dummies", to help me get more from my DSLR camera. A very good book, and the type of book that the iPad is perfect for reading. Not something I'd want to read on my Kindle PW, because it's full of colour pictures.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Currently reading Shadow of Freedom, and listening to The Grand Sophy, a Georgette Heyer read by Phyllida Nash.

Finished Shadow of Freedom, that's a full re-read of the Harrington ouvre. All in all, the early books excelled, the latter ones, less so.

Now, reading shorter works from Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume 2. I've read all of these at one time or another, but I'm still looking forward to the re-read. I'm also going to read a full length book at the same time -- the first of the Harry Hole books from Jo Nesbo -- The Bat.