What book are you reading...

chroniclard · 6 Jul 2014 at 20:28

jamesblade said:
Just finished Brandon Sandersons Words of Radiance, very good read and loving the way it's developing.. Wondering wether to start the Mistborn series or try someone new for a few books ..

Mistborn series is good, I really like Sanderson, he comes up with things that are different to the usual Fantasy guff, obligatory "imo". :cool:

In fact all his stuff is pretty decent so far.

Cant wait for the next book in the Stormlight Archive.

Pighardia · 6 Jul 2014 at 21:22

If you have just finished Words of Radiance and want more, I would read Warbreaker before mistborn tbh. Ties in a bit with Stormlight Archive as well, in a pretty cool way.

TehBluebear · 7 Jul 2014 at 09:00

Well, there was less blood outside Waterstones Preston this weekend.

Best Served Cold wasn't there, but I did pick up House of Chains. And to scratch my sci-fi itch after a suitable period of mourning for the loss of Iain M Banks, I've started with a new (to me) author; Peter F Hamilton. Picked up The Reality Dysfunction, book 1 of the Night's Dawn Trilogy (highly recommended I believe?)

Phate · 7 Jul 2014 at 11:19

Finished off A Darkness At Sethanon this morning, so impressed with the Riftwar Saga I decided on 5 more to read 2 other series all based on the same Characters etc.

The Empire Trilogy
Daughter of the Empire
Servant of the Empire
Mistress of the Empire

Krondors Sons
Prince of the Blood
The Kings Buccaneer

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Cracking author btw. If fantasy fiction is your thing

jamesblade · 7 Jul 2014 at 20:09

Pighardia said:
If you have just finished Words of Radiance and want more, I would read Warbreaker before mistborn tbh. Ties in a bit with Stormlight Archive as well, in a pretty cool way.

Cheers fella, just found that on my collection as well

jamesblade · 7 Jul 2014 at 20:11

Phate said:
Finished off A Darkness At Sethanon this morning, so impressed with the Riftwar Saga I decided on 5 more to read 2 other series all based on the same Characters etc.

The Empire Trilogy
Daughter of the Empire
Servant of the Empire
Mistress of the Empire

Krondors Sons
Prince of the Blood
The Kings Buccaneer

----

Cracking author btw. If fantasy fiction is your thing

Jealous of you reading those first books, i'd love to be able to unread books like those and read them again, his early stuff was brilliant, some of his characters are cool. But some of his later stuff is not comparable..

Pumpkinstew · 7 Jul 2014 at 23:54

Saw a copy of Drachenfels in a charity shop. It's a Warhammer book by Kim Newman ,writing as Jack Yeovil, which I borrowed from a friend and read 20 years ago. It's still good now. Even makes me want to break the artillery dice out.

Kishywish · 9 Jul 2014 at 13:46

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

Didn't realise he was an award author until I picked up the book. Good world building, as he creates a terrifying alternative Thailand.

molinari · 11 Jul 2014 at 08:26

molinari said:
Now started Harlequin as it was on my Kindle and I thought it was the 2nd book in the Novel of Arthur: The Warlord Chronicles series.

Decided not to start a new series, so I read Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean. What a great book! A cracking story, twists here and turns there, it's fantastic WW2 Jerry-bashing action from start to finish. I remember watching the film many years ago, and I'm definitely going to watch it again.

Now I'm reading Sharpe's Triumph, the 2nd in the Sharpe series. Bernard Cornwell is such a superb writer.

PicassoPigeon · 11 Jul 2014 at 21:32

I've just read the first and second books in the Marius' Mules series from S.J.A Turney. £1.79 each on kobo

PapaLazaru · 11 Jul 2014 at 21:58

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall.

I bought this when it first came out and could not get into it. Just read it again and absolutely love it.

Meridian · 11 Jul 2014 at 22:06

Kishywish said:
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

Didn't realise he was an award author until I picked up the book. Good world building, as he creates a terrifying alternative Thailand.

You can see the big twist coming a mile away, but yes, it's a great book.

I finished the Leckie, which was good. I'm not sure it's the award-winner it turned out, but there have been lean pickings in SF for the last few years. Currenlty I'm nearing the end of "The Child's Child" by Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell). Her books are always worth reading. This one is a little unusual because BV books normally hop backwards and forwards between two different times, but this one is just a story-within-a-story, told as a oner. Trouble is, that story is better than the modern bits, and I wish she'd just stayed in that bit and expanded it.

No1newts · 12 Jul 2014 at 00:44

Phate said:
Finished off A Darkness At Sethanon this morning, so impressed with the Riftwar Saga I decided on 5 more to read 2 other series all based on the same Characters etc.

The Empire Trilogy
Daughter of the Empire
Servant of the Empire
Mistress of the Empire

Krondors Sons
Prince of the Blood
The Kings Buccaneer

----

Cracking author btw. If fantasy fiction is your thing

For thesake of your sanity quit after the demonwar saga though.

It goes screaming off a cliff to smash first face into a bloody, **** smelling heap after that.

I shudder to recollect the mess it became

Tohrazer · 12 Jul 2014 at 01:23

Nothing, as i had my kindle paperwhite stolen q_q

Phate · 12 Jul 2014 at 05:24

No1newts said:
For thesake of your sanity quit after the demonwar saga though.

It goes screaming off a cliff to smash first face into a bloody, **** smelling heap after that.

I shudder to recollect the mess it became

Ah...duly noted.

Well that sucks

No1newts · 12 Jul 2014 at 06:17

Phate said:
Ah...duly noted.

Well that sucks

Enjoy the journey through until Demonwar as it really is great, edge of the seat and well built.

Still to this day not sure what went wrong

bazzabear · 12 Jul 2014 at 09:38

Reading through the Sharpe books again as something light and enjoyable that doesn't require too much thought.

jcr · 12 Jul 2014 at 19:03

bazzabear said:
Reading through the Sharpe books again as something light and enjoyable that doesn't require too much thought.

me too, theyre excellent. on number three now.

Jaystation · 12 Jul 2014 at 21:57

Im currently on my 4th or 5th read through of Only Revolutions by Mark Danielewski

I'm actually going to need to get a new copy soon, as Ive leant this copy to almost everybody I know, so its definitely done the rounds and got far too much wear on it now!

Housey · 12 Jul 2014 at 22:25

I'm working through these...

Done these in last month..