What book are you reading...
- Thread starter agnes
- Start date
Just getting to a good bit in this book - the Cairhien battle (just wehere Mat rushes down the hill... I enjoyed the interaction between Matt and Lan inside the tent when Lan subtly asked Matt what he thought of the plan (I could see what Lan was playing at there but fun still the same
) and Mat just went into full General mode without realising 
Actually popped into this thread to say I was re-reading Dresden as I had some to catch up on from when I out read what he managed to publish previously.
TBH the first few were a bit weak compared to how I remembered the series as a whole, but I'm back to being a massive advocate now, currently up to Book 11.
Soldato
- Joined
- 21 Jan 2010
- Posts
- 3,869
Finished The Drift, by C J Tudor today. Another 24 hour read (on holiday).
It was ok- a post-apocalypse thriller with three narrators.
It was ok- a post-apocalypse thriller with three narrators.
Caporegime
- Joined
- 9 Mar 2006
- Posts
- 58,608
- Location
- Surrey
Just finished the new Sanderson, Isles of the Emberdark. Full novel following on (and incorporating) one of my favourite short stories Sixth of Dusk. The furthest far forward we've been in the Cosmere. A lot of lore and cool connections tied up in a very personal story for the main character.
As I might have said earlier, I'm working my way through my collection of books to see what I will keep. Currently working my way through C J Cherryh, starting with Downbelow Station. Took a while to get going, but worthy of the Hugo it picked up in 1982. Just started the sequel, Merchanter's Luck.
Of the stuff I've read recently, the best are:
The Devil of Nanking by Mo Hayder. Grim in subject, but well done.
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh. Like all good books it does not go where you are expecting.
Cold Allies and Brother Termite, both by Patricia Anthony. Both well into the soft end of SF.
Worst was probably Sleeping Giants by Sylvian Neuval. A girl falls into a hole and finds a giant metal hand. Turns out to be part of a thousands of years old giant alien mecha deliberately buried in parts. So humans set about finding the rest. And the author manages to make this really boring. For a start, the style is bad, with the whole thing written as either diaries or interview transcripts. For a second, the book was clearly written a a film script, not a book, which the author admits in the afterword. I will not be reading the sequels. Because yes, yet again it's the first in a -ing series.
Of the stuff I've read recently, the best are:
The Devil of Nanking by Mo Hayder. Grim in subject, but well done.
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh. Like all good books it does not go where you are expecting.
Cold Allies and Brother Termite, both by Patricia Anthony. Both well into the soft end of SF.
Worst was probably Sleeping Giants by Sylvian Neuval. A girl falls into a hole and finds a giant metal hand. Turns out to be part of a thousands of years old giant alien mecha deliberately buried in parts. So humans set about finding the rest. And the author manages to make this really boring. For a start, the style is bad, with the whole thing written as either diaries or interview transcripts. For a second, the book was clearly written a a film script, not a book, which the author admits in the afterword. I will not be reading the sequels. Because yes, yet again it's the first in a -ing series.
Soldato
- Joined
- 21 Jan 2010
- Posts
- 3,869
I finished SF The Best Of The Best Part Two, by Judith Merril yesterday.
It was excellent, and I'd only read of couple of the stories before, which surprised me.
Unfortunately, this has now spurred me on to get the whole set (of 12) of the anthology books this one drew from. This going to be difficult and expensive as I want the original editions...
On the plus side, I already have six!
It was excellent, and I'd only read of couple of the stories before, which surprised me.
Unfortunately, this has now spurred me on to get the whole set (of 12) of the anthology books this one drew from. This going to be difficult and expensive as I want the original editions...
On the plus side, I already have six!
Associate
- Joined
- 7 Dec 2004
- Posts
- 1,135
- Location
- England
I just finished Light Perpetual (Andrzej Sapkowski The Hussite Trilogy).
Information dumps, a thousand and one characters, deus ex machinas but these didn't spoil the trilogy. Really entertaining and very interesting part of history.
Information dumps, a thousand and one characters, deus ex machinas but these didn't spoil the trilogy. Really entertaining and very interesting part of history.
intrigued by this other series, I read nearly all the stormlight series, but grew tired of it and never finished...
Mistborn is a good series that is split into 2 time periods. First trilogy is probably better but overall the characters are better in the second series.
Thanks may check them out
I want to learn more on World War 2, so I thought why not try some books from the library. Currently loaned out The Savage Storm by Tom Holland.
Trying to understand everything in these types of books is hard work. Always make me feel too stupid to be reading them.
Trying to understand everything in these types of books is hard work. Always make me feel too stupid to be reading them
.You could read historical fiction based in WW2. The plot keeps you engaged whilst you get historical details. Whilst some will embellish facts, you get a understanding of events - though I do then do some fact checking after reading.I want to learn more on World War 2, so I thought why not try some books from the library. Currently loaned out The Savage Storm by Tom Holland.
Trying to understand everything in these types of books is hard work. Always make me feel too stupid to be reading them
Some of the WWII books I have read that stayed with me
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Run Silent Run Deep by Edward L. Beach
King Rat by James Clavell
Mila 18 by Leon Uris
The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins
The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Enigma by Robert Harris
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
If you had to recommend one or two of these, to someone new to the genre, which would they be? (TIA)
Mila 18 by Leon Uris gives some background of the holocaust and treatment. Also has accounts of one of the last cavalry charges in history.
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is a very different book, as it has sci-fi elements and time travel as well as first hand accounts of the Dresden bombing which haunted Vonnegut for years.
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor is also very good, though I preferred Enemy at the Gates by William Craig. Both give detailed accounts of a turning point in the war from both sides.
Agreed, first few books in Stormlight were excellent but the last couple were a slog.
Mistborn is very good, iirc there are no slow books.
I also preferred Enemy at the gates, Stalingrad is more of a serious read, like it would be part of a study course.