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

[haertig]

About 95% done with A.G. Riddle's "Departure". Also, about 95% done with Bill Bryson's audiobook, "In a Sunburned Country".

Polished off two James Rollins short stories before that: "Kowalski's in Love" and "Tracker", to catch me up with all the books in the "Sigma Force" series so I can continue with the next novel where I left off, "Bloodline".

I might possibly slip in S.M. Stirling's "Island in the Sea of Time" before going back to Rollins. Or, I liked Hugh Howey's "Wool" so much a few months back, that I might dive into his "Shift" next. I never really know what I'm going to read next until the second I start reading it.

[HLS]

I started Last Train to Istanbul. Supposed to be a best seller but it is so slow and boring I am having trouble staying interested. I am also reading The Litigators by John Gresham and to my sadness its not that great. I love his books but I cant seem to keep interest in this one. I also finished Salems lot and it was simply fantastic!

[HLS]

Originally Posted by Luffy

I'll have to seriously think about reading it soonest.

The edition I have has a sort of prequel and an after story. It also has deleted scenes that king took out of the book in its own section at the end. I remember seeing the movie but the book is so much better. It is more creepy than "IT"

[haertig]

Originally Posted by kcladyz

I remember seeing the movie but the book is so much better.

I thought the movie was really good. I'll certainly have to read the book now!

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I'm now in the middle of reading "A Talent to Amuse", Sheridan Morley's biography of Noel Coward. It really only covers his professional life, but it does that in an amusing way.

I'm also starting Black Horses for the King by Anne McCaffrey. Another purchase from the Fictionwise days.

The Noel Coward biography was OK. A bit dry in places, and as mentioned, really only covered his professional life.

Black Horses for the King was a fun Arthurian tale, following a minor character.

Now I'm reading Man-Kzin Wars IV

[EDIT]

Which I've now just finished. Two good longer-length stories.

Next up: Pulse by Felix Francis.

[Ricky D'Angelo]

Originally Posted by Dngrsone

Are you reading the unabridged UK version, or the American translation?



As for me, I am halfway through The Three Musketeers, the New Leaf selection for this month, and it has been slow going.

It's the unabridged version. . wasn't too impressed with that last chapter will have to re-read to get a better understanding. Have moved on to Fahrenheit 451.

[RobertLCollins]

Last night I finished Manners & Mutiny, the fourth & final book in Gail Carriger's "Finishing School" series. It had slow but dramatic start, then accelerated towards a rousing finish. There was a warm happy ending that I wanted and needed. I enjoyed how this and last book planted seeds for the "Parasol Protectorate" books. And there were the exploding fake desserts. I plan to move on from that to the final book in a more serious series, probably starting next week.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Next up: Pulse by Felix Francis.

I was pleasantly surprised by Pulse. Much better than the other Felix Francis I've read. The others have been added to my wish list.

Next up: Analog SFF, July/August 2018.

[Dngrsone]

Finished The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas.

No idea what I'll read next, but it certainly will not be related to this in any way, shape or form.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Next up is Daryl Gregory's Spoonbenders.

"Romp" is the word I've settled on. What a fun romp through the lives of the "Amazing Telemachus Family:" charlatans and psychics. Throw in some shady government agencies, and some organized crime and you begin to have an inkling of what may be in store. Humorous without being campy; quirky without crossing the line to downright weird. But what really won me over was the author's ability to range as far afield as he did (and with as many characters and timelines as he did) yet still manage weave all the loose ends back into one satisfying conclusion--in one book no less!

And because I can't seem to write a review any more without a comparative (and quite often non-literary) mashup of some kind, I'm just going to throw this out there: Arrested Development's Bluth family meets The Men Who Stare at Goats. Make of that what you will.

[Dngrsone]

That sounds pretty interesting , DiapDealerr. Borrowing from the library now.

Myself, I have dug into The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden: A Novel by Jonas Jonasson. This is the guy who wrote about The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. Both books are fun and quirky, something along the lines of Forrest Gump or Garp: the girl starts out as a toilet-emptier in a small town near Johannesburg, learns math, then how to read, and I am only 19% in and she's involved in South Africa's nuclear weapons program in the mid-'70s.

[BenG]

I'm reading Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer, the second in her Terre Ignota series.
Next I'll probably read Revenant Gun, the last in the Machineries of Empire series by Yoon Ha Lee or Will to Battle by Palmer.

So far Palmer's and Lee's series have been among my favorites this year.

[PurpleStar]

I finished Etched in Tears by Cheryl Hollon. It was a little too cozy, even for a cozy mystery. Lots about the glass shop and kind of a lackluster mystery. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for it but I finished it anyways.

Next up is the new Star Trek Voyager book Architects of Infinity by Kirsten Beyer.

[Apache]

I finished A Taste for Vengeance by Martin Walker. This is number 11 in the Bruno Chief of Police Series. I enjoyed it as I expected I would.
I am Currently reading Commanding by Mike Shepherd. This is number 17 in the Chris Longknife Series.
As soon as I finish Commanding I am going to start Outcasts of Order by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. It is number 20 in the Saga of Recluce. I have been extremely happy with how well Modesitt keeps this series interesting and fresh.
Apache

[Dngrsone]

Finished The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden: A Novel by Jonas Jonasson. Very enjoyable, and the king does make it to the end (like there was nay doubt.

Likely I will read J. A. Konrath's Fuzzy Navel next, another "Jack" Daniels crime fiction.