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Now on Starsight, which is the second book of Brandon Sanderson's Skyward series. Off to a cracking start, we get more background on why the humans are on Detritus and start to get a glimpse of the alien races plus maybe something even more sinister beyond them

Would, IMHO, make a magnificent TV series, if adapted sympathetically.
 
Just read Of Mice And Men. It’s only 88 pages long (this printing, anyway) so didn’t take long. The ending caught me by surprise. Worth a read.
 
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Finished Election and then the follow-up book, Tracy Flick Can't Win, both by Tom Perrotta. I was hopeful the sequel would get made into a film as there's been rumblings about it but there's just not enough content there. The whole book is like 6 chapters of a Stephen King novel and Tracy Flick is barely there in a book with her name in the title. I was surprised to see a set of 'discussion questions' at the end about character motives and arcs so maybe this was a young adult book but Election was very, very much a full adult book.
 
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Just finished Lancelot by Giles Kristian.
Interesting take on the Arthurian legend, good effort.

Started book 2 in the series now, Camelot
 
  • Finished The Last Coyote by Michael Connolly (book four of the Harry Bosch series). What an excellent read that was.
  • Also finished Small Favour by Jim Butcher (book 10 of The Dresden Files). Had an absolute blast with it. Thoroughly enjoyed this one.
  • I enjoyed it so much that I've gone straight into Turncoat by Jum Butcher (book 11 of Dresden).
 
RobDogDog said:
Finished The Last Coyote by Michael Connolly (book four of the Harry Bosch series). What an excellent read that was.
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I'm just starting The Waiting, which is the last (so far, I think another is due in October) and can say I've thoroughly enjoyed them all (LL, Ballard, McEvoy, the whole series)
 
I finished Bones and "Betrayal: Silence of the dead" by Erica Marks and Andi Ewington which was good fun, it's sort of a whodunnit set in a D&D world*, the main character is a slightly unlucky Necromanacer** who assists that guards in murder investigations as it turns out being able to speak to the dead is a bit of a shortcut in such matters.
Except that this time someone is silencing the dead.

If you like D&D, humour, or terry pratchett/Robert Rankin style books it's really good fun, and it's also quite a good murder mystery.



*Shared with Ewington's previous "Hero Diaries" which was very good.

**Not as unlucky as his assistant.
 
Finished The Wasp Factory, which I thought was pretty good, and also just read The Great Gatsby, which I also thought was excellent, thus proving that I can get on with 'classic' American literature (unlike that Ernest Hemingway :p).

No idea what to read next!
 
If you are on a classic American literature run then some John Steinbeck is called for. Grapes of Wrath is his magnus opus, but the one I really love is Cannery Row.
 
Started a series I've had on my to read list for far, far too long. Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike. So far it's less comedy than I expected but also more enjoyable of a fantasy read than I expected. The satire is there but it's fairly subtle.
 
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If you are on a classic American literature run then some John Steinbeck is called for. Grapes of Wrath is his magnus opus, but the one I really love is Cannery Row.
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I read Grapes of Wrath years ago, but don't remember it, so I might pick it up and re-read it. Never heard of Cannery Row, so I may give that a look too - thanks :)

I have read Of Mice and Men, and didn't particularly like it, though :p

EDIT - Picked up Grapes of Wrath and Cannery Row for £1.50, so will give them a shot and let you know how I get on :)
 
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Just started ‘Us’ by David Nichols, really enjoyed One Day and the Stater for 10 so I have high hopes.

I also have the 3rd Paul West book - ‘Merde Happens’ by Stephen Clarke, very funny and was recommended to me as I loved the Adrian Mole books.
 
Now halfway through Defiant which is the fourth Skyward book by Brandon Sanderson. Very good and Book 3 Cytonic was also excellent, particularly the reveal about what Chet actually was.

That said I do think Brando is borrowing heavily from other 'verses. Some of his creature ideas (the diones and "Peg") owe more than a nod to the Asari and Krogan from Mass Effect, respectively.

It's also become very convenient just to hyperjump everywhere even without a ship using
a slug
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If this ever came to the screen, I could see Maise Williams as Spensa and Willam H Macy as Cobb, with Alan Tudyk voicing M-Bot. Cary Elwes as Chet (maybe).
 
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