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[meeera]

Originally Posted by Luffy

The Fifth Season : thanks for the heads up. I was thinking of springing for it. Not anymore.

FWIW, opinions vary pretty dramatically on The Fifth Season. I absolutely loved it, and its sequel, as do pretty much all the readers I know. And the POV situation evolves as the book goes on; any reader response from an attempt abandoned early may not represent it well.

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by Luffy

The Fifth Season : thanks for the heads up. I was thinking of springing for it. Not anymore.

Try reading a sample first.

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by meeera

FWIW, opinions vary pretty dramatically on The Fifth Season. I absolutely loved it, and its sequel, as do pretty much all the readers I know. And the POV situation evolves as the book goes on; any reader response from an attempt abandoned early may not represent it well.

Very true. There were other elements (no pun intended) that I disliked but didn't want to spoil it for others.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Now for Demoniac Dance by Jaq D Hawkins. Another freebie, but the second part of a trilogy omnibus, and I enjoyed the first part. Will I want to read the third as well? Let's see....

Well, it turns out I don't. The second part was OK, but the situation is just unbelievable. No, not the 'fantasy' characters. The human setup. There's no way the described situation can work. I think the author just doesn't appreciate how hard farming is without machinery. And the idea of doing it successfully in the ruins of a big city is a step too far.

Next up: A Wizard of Mars, New Millennium Edition by Diane Duane

[Luffy]

Originally Posted by meeera

FWIW, opinions vary pretty dramatically on The Fifth Season. I absolutely loved it, and its sequel, as do pretty much all the readers I know. And the POV situation evolves as the book goes on; any reader response from an attempt abandoned early may not represent it well.

I'm not determined to ignore the book, but I think most members of mobileread have a greater tolerance for weirdness in Fantasy than I. I'm not a regular reader of Fantasy, but the best books I've read have been from that genre. I'll try to read a sample, as Fbone said. Then I'll decide.

[DrNefario]

I just started The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin myself. The prologue was a bit tricky, but now it has got going I'm not finding it difficult to read.

[Dngrsone]

Whelp, made it through the first book of Nameless Dwarf, Not ground-breaking fiction, but I've definitely read worse.

Not sure if I want to count it as a book or only count the whole anthology in my tracking...

[CRussel]

Currently reading Play with Fire, by Dana Stabenow. This is the fifth in her superb Kate Shugak series of Alaskan mysteries. I'm enjoying this a lot, even though it's a re-read for me. Still fascinating and fun. Unlike The Light of Day, by Eric Ambler, which I just abandoned at 50%.

[Rev. Bob]

Originally Posted by Rev. Bob

I'm about halfway through So Not a Hero, by S.J. Delos. I like the story and worldbuilding, and I already have the sequel, but the (lack of) editing is getting on my nerves.

Finished this, ended up giving it three stars - for the reasons outlined in the original post. I've started the sequel, and I've already noticed two jargon changes in the first chapter. I like the new versions of the terms, but I wish the first book had been updated accordingly.

But then, I also wish the author would decide whether to call the Good Guys emblem a "Double G" or a "Double-G." Both versions show up in both books.

[JSWolf]

I'm currently reading some of the Sepnser books by Robert B. Parker.

I am on #8 A Savage Place. The character are very good. Well worth reading. That because it takes place in Boston, MA, I know the local.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'm currently reading some of the Sepnser books by Robert B. Parker.

I am on #8 A Savage Place. The character are very good. Well worth reading. That because it takes place in Boston, MA, I know the local.

I read all of them that Parker actually wrote when they came out. I started a re-read a while back, but got sidetracked. I should circle back around to them again.

[ATDrake]

Finished The Road to Ithaca by Ben Pastor, 5th/10th in her Martin Bora series, this one set in occupied Crete in 1941, which I am very impressed that the library managed to get and set aside for me so quickly, considering that it was still just “or order” when I put a hold on it last week. I guess this is the busman's holiday adventure of the lot, where what should have been a simple gofer errand for a junior assistant officer turns into yet another life-risking crime-solving case once the local Wehrmacht branch decides to stick the visiting newbie with the potentially embarrassing thing that needs to be seen to be dealt with for international relations reasons, but which none of them actually want to handle, leaving Bora to his own devices.

It's actually pretty entertaining to watch Bora try to get by without his usual support level of military backing and resources from an entrenched official position and the familiarity of having made a network of connections, local or otherwise. Or even knowing the language, since modern Greek has… mutated somewhat from the Ancient Greek he got top marks in school for. (Something I discovered myself a few years ago when attempting to learn to read Modern Greek, which has apparently ditched all but 3 vowel sounds, but kept the 8 or so different ways to spell them out of orthographic etymology reasons, and also now does things like use the not particularly intuitive letter combination ντ to represent what used to be the sound of δ, because they went and changed that to the sound of θ, instead of using actual θ, for reasons I still don't understand.)

Anyway, another interesting and enjoyable adventure, with a good mix of actual case-solving (this was another one of the buddy cop ones doing reluctant team-ups with the locals) dealing with more international issues this time around, as well as Bora's continuing personal evolution, mirrored in various classical allusions to ancient Greek literature, which was a nice touch. I suppose this is the end of the line until I learn to read enough Italian to try the translated original-publication versions and/or Bitter Lemon Press brings forth another few volumes of the author's English-written manuscripts, hopefully.

[drjd]

Originally Posted by drjd

Now taking up The Sialkot Saga by Ashwin Sanghi.

Which was good but not impressive as his earlier books. Manipulation of facts and figures with fiction, later interlinked with ancient myths. However the narration of malpractices adopted in business and politics are described in an eye opener manner. Worth three stars of rating.

Next up, I have started Finders Keepers by Craig Childs.

[Rev. Bob]

As the Expanse series has been nominated for a Best Series Hugo this year, I'm finally getting around to reading the first novel, Leviathan Wakes. Turns out my e-copy came with an unrelated* fantasy novel grafted onto the end, but a little surgery took care of that.

This is in conjunction with tackling Some Kind of Hero, second in an indie superhero series about a former supervillain turned good guy. It's got rather too many proofreading errors to qualify as "easy reading" for me, though, which is why I'm adding the Expanse book to the mix. This way, I can switch between them as I see fit.

* Well, it was written by one of the Expanse authors, but that's all. I may read it later; I'm not feeling a fantasy vibe at present.

[ImogenRose]

I am reading Age Six Racer by Joe Vercillo at the moment. Rally fun, reminds me of Watership Down.

https://www.amazon.com/AGE-SIX-RACER...=UTF8&qid=&sr=