What book are you reading...

Liquid_Entity · 7 Oct 2013 at 14:44

Currently reading Steve Alten - The Mayan Resurrection.

Only a few pages in but so far it's ok. Read the first book The Mayan Prophecy during my time in Peru/Ecuador. Kept me entertained, much like Matthew Reilly books. Adventure, guns and ancient mystical history and end of world scenarios.

I didn't know this was a trilogy so I'll have to buy the 3rd book at some point.

Werewolf · 7 Oct 2013 at 20:39

Not quite a book, but a novella...
I read the new Laundry file story 'Equiod' by Charlie Stross last night, I spotted it up on tor.com and started to read the first ocuple of paragraphs and ended up reading the whole thing in one sitting.
Really good, really well done and a bit icky

I'm also starting on the Wheel of Time series, which looks interesting (it took me a while to get into it).

TheBrooder · 8 Oct 2013 at 19:51

Nursie said:
1356 - Bernard Cornwell. The fourth book in the grail quest series. They are set during the Hundred years war.

I didn't know this was out, or even being written. I read the other 3 a few years ago. I've just looked and I've also missed the latest Alfred the Great & Uhtred book. I hate it when this happens as it's been so long since I read them.

I can recommend the Warlord Chronicles series by Bernard Cornwell if you haven't read them.

I'm going for The Shadow of the Wind due to the praise in this thread.

I've just finished Speaker for the Dead, the sequel to Ender's Game - it's a good book, very different to the first but it's a well written, good story that has kept me interested until the end.

xaldub · 8 Oct 2013 at 21:44

No1newts said:
Only recently finished Lies of Locke, will have to man the second and read it next week ready for book 3!

Just picked it up with book 11 of the Dresden files, really enjoyable series.

I've read his Codex Alera volumes, but not the Dresden Files. I never realised there were as many as 11 books in the series now. Must pick them up at some point ; so many books to read ... and so little time !

I've now moved on to a quick read of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss whilst I await my copy of The Republic of Thieves to arrive. Despite owning the book for an age I've yet to read it ... keep on getting told how wonderful it is. Finding it enjoyable thus far ....

Kristoph · 12 Oct 2013 at 19:05

I don't read anywhere near as much as I should, but I'm about to give something new a go.

I picked up a copy of Neil Gaiman's American Gods last year to impress a girl I was trying to date. She's now my girlfriend and I still haven't read it!

Am I in for a good read?

_dogma_ · 12 Oct 2013 at 20:42

American gods is good but my favourite is Never where

Reading Prey by Michael Critchen (I have no idea how to spell his name!). Im finding it really good so far.

I've decided I'm buying no more books until I read everything on my shelves and that way I can get rid of the ones I know I'm not going to read again. I don't buy digital books so I need the space, I've already got 3 bookshelves that are overflowing!

UncleBob · 12 Oct 2013 at 21:26

I've just finished a couple of books. First was The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, which is an improvement over the Mistborn books. I didn't realise that Elantris, Warbreaker, Mistborn and The Stormlight saga are all part of a 36 volume Cosmere series set in a shared universe, similar to The Eternal Champion books by Michael Moorcock. IIRC the only common thread so far is a character named Hoid - should be interesting to see where that develops. Given his mind-boggling output, he'll probably have the full Cosmere out before GRRM hands in A Dream Of Spring.

I've also finished The Republic Of Theives, which unfortunately bears the scars of its troubled gestation. Whilst well written, the A and B plots are both rather simplistic compared to earlier outings. Having said that, some intruiging revelations and the new antagonist reveal in the epilogue will have me snapping up a copy of The Thorn Of Emberlain when it arrives.

Pighardia · 13 Oct 2013 at 00:14

I am close to the end of the first The Way of Kings book. It is good, as said above, much better than Mistborn, which I didn't even finish tbh. It does seem to me like a lot of the lore is a little forced though, if you know what I mean.

No1newts · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:19

_dogma_ said:
American gods is good but my favourite is Never where

Reading Prey by Michael Critchen (I have no idea how to spell his name!). Im finding it really good so far.

I've decided I'm buying no more books until I read everything on my shelves and that way I can get rid of the ones I know I'm not going to read again. I don't buy digital books so I need the space, I've already got 3 bookshelves that are overflowing!

Neverwhere and American Gods are both great, very hard to pick between them. Really enjoyed Anansi Boys too.

xaldub said:
I've read his Codex Alera volumes, but not the Dresden Files. I never realised there were as many as 11 books in the series now. Must pick them up at some point ; so many books to read ... and so little time !

I've now moved on to a quick read of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss whilst I await my copy of The Republic of Thieves to arrive. Despite owning the book for an age I've yet to read it ... keep on getting told how wonderful it is. Finding it enjoyable thus far ....

Dresden files are brilliant. By no means highbrow literary classics but a really fun and engaging read, really well developed story and good characters. Good old page turner!

I'm halfway through Red Skies... The second Locke Lamira book, I'm enjoying it like the last but for some reason I do struggle to really get into them. 69% though then onto next Dresden book

djcj · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:54

Finally started reading the wheel of time series. About half way through the first book, got a lot of reading ahead of me lol

Lunatic Dreyfus · 14 Oct 2013 at 15:22

Just started re-reading the second Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus. The first is now looking very dog eared.

The_Baron said:
Just finished Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas. Such a fantastic book. Well recommended.

I bought that book two years ago. It's always on my 'really should get around to it' list.

LiE · 14 Oct 2013 at 16:17

Reading steelheart, another brandon sanderson book

xaldub · 14 Oct 2013 at 21:30

djcj said:
Finally started reading the wheel of time series. About half way through the first book, got a lot of reading ahead of me lol

Good luck with that. We'll see you next decade

Egon · 14 Oct 2013 at 21:38

Just listened to - I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan

Very funny, tried audio books for the first time just for this. Brilliant for the commute to work.

TonyM19 · 15 Oct 2013 at 20:54

On book 8 of the Malazan series, Toll the Hound. I'm finding this one to be a real grind after not being able to put the others down. How crucial to the story arc is it if I just move on to Dust of Dreams?

Pighardia · 15 Oct 2013 at 21:00

Egon said:
Just listened to - I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan

Very funny, tried audio books for the first time just for this. Brilliant for the commute to work.

It is absolutely brilliant. Imo, the best thing Partridge has ever done. The audio book is basically a 6 hour long episode of I'm Alan Partridge. If anything though, I actually preferred the book tbh, as it has some really funny annotation, and some of the jokes work really well when read.

snips86x · 15 Oct 2013 at 21:01

Just finished Colditz by Henry Chancellor and WOW, what a book. I've never been compelled to read a book a 2nd time round so quickly after finishing it, but this one is one of a kind.

20 years in the making and it doesn't disappoint!!! Seriously impressed!

ricky1981 · 16 Oct 2013 at 07:10

Rereading The Name of The Wind as well as working through Assassin's Quest (haven't enjoyed the Farseer Trilogy as much as I expected so far but I will finish it!)

No1newts · 16 Oct 2013 at 10:32

TonyM19 said:
On book 8 of the Malazan series, Toll the Hound. I'm finding this one to be a real grind after not being able to put the others down. How crucial to the story arc is it if I just move on to Dust of Dreams?

Very crucial.

The majority is a bit boring but the ending (if I'm thinking of the right one) is one of the best OMFG moments alongside the end of Deadhouse Gates and Memories of Ice.

TonyM19 · 16 Oct 2013 at 20:44

No1newts said:
Very crucial.

The majority is a bit boring but the ending (if I'm thinking of the right one) is one of the best OMFG moments alongside the end of Deadhouse Gates and Memories of Ice.

I'm persevering. The bits in Black Coral are deadly dull, but enjoying some of the other threads coming together again.