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

[orlok]

Originally Posted by siraks

i'm 66% through mockingjay overall the series as a whole is pretty good but the first book is top notch

I've finished them. Would you like me to tell you how it ends?

Spoiler:

Would I really do that to you?

[siraks]

Originally Posted by orlok

I've finished them. Would you like me to tell you how it ends?

hahaha. thanks.

[SeaBookGuy]

Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits

A great book that deserves all the rave reviews - even folks who don't drink might like it for the author's style.

[BearMountainBooks]

Started ShadowKeep by Alan Dean Foster. Meh. I may have read it when I was younger--and probably had more patience for it then. I found myself skimming by page 30...I don't think I'll finish it. It's an okay adventure, but 35 to 40 pages to get the guy on a horse and started on his adventure ... well, no one has even DIED yet; it's all heresy about the great dangers and threats and how bad it could get.

Really, I'm not a violent person except within the pages of a book...

:>)

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Asimov's SF, July 2011, also the latest issue.

Which I liked. A good issue overall.

Next, another new purchase, Shadowmagic by John Lenahan, for the low price of £0.49. Now that's the way to get me to buy the first book in a series.

So far so good - it's looking like a fun read.

[Latinandgreek]

I think that I will start on "The Kingkiller Chronicles" next, seeing the great reviews that it has received here so far.

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Which I liked. A good issue overall.

Next, another new purchase, Shadowmagic by John Lenahan, for the low price of £0.49. Now that's the way to get me to buy the first book in a series.

So far so good - it's looking like a fun read.

It was a fabulous read!!!! I LOVED it--the sequel is just out--and it's $1.59 in the US. I haven't read it yet, but the regular price was over 10 dollars when I first saw it. I bought it, obviously!!!

The sequel was hard to find -- I had to search on the author name--looks like it just went up and isn't quite stable because the cover isn't showing up.

Good YA, but also adult, adventure, mayhem, good story/plotting.

[MickeyC]

Just finished The Apostle another great thriller from Brad Thor.

[benham]

Excellent book!

[MeiLin]

Just started "The Dervish House." So far really good.

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

I think that I will start on "The Kingkiller Chronicles" next, seeing the great reviews that it has received here so far.

I've heard some great things about them as well, and was planning on reading them some time soon. Let us know what you think of them!

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Shadowmagic by John Lenahan, for the low price of £0.49. Now that's the way to get me to buy the first book in a series.

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

It was a fabulous read!!!! I LOVED it--the sequel is just out--and it's $1.59 in the US.

Good YA, but also adult, adventure, mayhem, good story/plotting.

I agree. An interesting YA novel. A quick, fun read, and excellent value at the current price. I liked it so much I've bought the sequel — although the first does end at a good stopping place.

So next up: The Prince of Hazel and Oak

The UK price is a little higher — £1.99. (£1.66+VAT, so about $2.65+VAT) But that's still very reasonable, at about half the (discounted) price of the paperback. "The Friday Project" seems to be an imprint of one of the big publishers that's experimenting with low-priced ebooks along with normal paperback and hardback releases. I'm impressed.

[thinkpad]

If A Game of Thrones is any indication of the pace the series is progressing, than I'm not sure if I'm interested to continue after the first book. Extremely many names and places to remember. I must admit that I like Elisabeth Moon's fantasy books better.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

The Prince of Hazel and Oak

Another quick, fun read. Perhaps a little predictable in parts, but a good sequel nonetheless. As with the first novel, the main plot resolves, but there are plenty of hanging threads for more sequels. If they come out at a similar price I will probably get them, but it seems that we may be waiting a year or two for the next one.

Next up: The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

Thirteen problems, but her fourteenth book. Another from my massive buy of Agatha Christie's ebooks in a fictionwise sale.

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I agree. An interesting YA novel. A quick, fun read, and excellent value at the current price. I liked it so much I've bought the sequel — although the first does end at a good stopping place.

So next up: The Prince of Hazel and Oak

The UK price is a little higher — £1.99. (£1.66+VAT, so about $2.65+VAT) But that's still very reasonable, at about half the (discounted) price of the paperback. "The Friday Project" seems to be an imprint of one of the big publishers that's experimenting with low-priced ebooks along with normal paperback and hardback releases. I'm impressed.

The Friday Project was a small publisher that got bought up by H. They were doing a lot of experimenting with ebook prices right before they got bought. For several months after they were scooped up, the prices of their books were NOT bargains. BUT...lately the deals have been coming back again. I was worried when Oaks and Hazel came out because the first price I saw was not a bargain (I forget if it was 10 or 15). I wanted the book, but figured I'd wait a bit and see what happened...!!!