Author Topic: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings (Read 288942 times)

masterthes · « **Reply #2275 on:** January 26, 2019, 04:16:01 PM »

Burr by Gore Vidal

masterthes · « **Reply #2276 on:** January 28, 2019, 06:54:59 AM »

Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops by Ken Mandelbaum

masterthes · « **Reply #2277 on:** January 29, 2019, 07:56:46 PM »

Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock by Steven Hyden

masterthes · « **Reply #2278 on:** January 31, 2019, 05:13:54 AM »

Just finished The Thanos Quest as a precursor to reading The Infinity Gauntlet by Jim Starlin in preparation for the new Avengers even though I know the movie will be nothing like the comic

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #2279 on:** January 31, 2019, 07:49:15 AM »

The Reapers by John Connolly

Lonk · « **Reply #2280 on:** January 31, 2019, 07:55:09 AM »

Just finished The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

masterthes · « **Reply #2281 on:** January 31, 2019, 02:39:24 PM »

Time for some William Shakespeare pastiche fiction with The Spy of Venice by Benet Brandreth

DP_Gumby · « **Reply #2282 on:** February 01, 2019, 11:45:25 AM »

Finished reading LOTR yet again yesterday, and immediately after that was done I started on Eric Idle's biography " A sortabiography - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life".

Come to think of it, that's one hell of a transition. From the epic fantasy universe imagined by Tolkien to The Life of Brian basically.

kiszol · « **Reply #2283 on:** February 01, 2019, 01:34:00 PM »

Quote from: DP_Gumby on February 01, 2019, 11:45:25 AM

Come to think of it, that's one hell of a transition. From the epic fantasy universe imagined by Tolkien to The Life of Brian basically.

"Remember that (the) death (of Sauron) is not the end, but only a transition."

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #2284 on:** February 01, 2019, 02:30:41 PM »

The Drawing Of The Three by Stephen King

DP_Gumby · « **Reply #2285 on:** February 01, 2019, 03:16:44 PM »

Quote from: kiszol on February 01, 2019, 01:34:00 PM

Quote from: DP_Gumby on February 01, 2019, 11:45:25 AM
Come to think of it, that's one hell of a transition. From the epic fantasy universe imagined by Tolkien to The Life of Brian basically.

"Remember that (the) death (of Sauron) is not the end, but only a transition."

Oh, Eye see what you did there!

masterthes · « **Reply #2286 on:** February 04, 2019, 07:14:34 AM »

Babel-17 by Samuel Delany

masterthes · « **Reply #2287 on:** February 05, 2019, 10:35:04 AM »

The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

Samsara · « **Reply #2288 on:** February 05, 2019, 03:00:41 PM »

Read K.K. Downing's official bio over the weekend. Pretty quick read. Its fine for what it is. I'm a Priest fan, and have most of their records, but I'm not a hardcore. Was interesting to learn about Ken and his time in the band from his perspective.

masterthes · « **Reply #2289 on:** February 06, 2019, 07:41:52 AM »

2019 is going to be a banner year for fantasy. Giving Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James my (hopefully) undivided attention

masterthes · « **Reply #2290 on:** February 07, 2019, 07:57:54 AM »

Ughh. I just couldn't make sense of that one, so I'm switching to non fiction for a bit. Lately, I've been doing well there: Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe

vtgrad · « **Reply #2291 on:** February 07, 2019, 09:57:19 AM »

Quote from: Kwyjibo on February 01, 2019, 02:30:41 PM

The Drawing Of The Three by Stephen King

Ahh... you're milling about with my old friends! Old long tall and Ugly being one of my best friends, say thank ya big big. If it's your first time through (I've been through the series four times counting audio books... which you may want to try as Frank Muller's renderings are incredible as are G. Guidall's) I envy your journey, so I do.

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"... quite an interesting man he was! Pursue Interestingness indeed!

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #2292 on:** February 07, 2019, 12:03:29 PM »

No, it's a re-read, must be the third time now. And sadly I'm not into audio books, it's probably my attention span that's too short for this.

Samsara · « **Reply #2293 on:** February 07, 2019, 12:07:20 PM »

A Dying Machine - By Mark Tremonti and John Shirley.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #2294 on:** February 08, 2019, 06:57:29 AM »

Blood Rites by Jim Butcher

vtgrad · « **Reply #2295 on:** February 08, 2019, 10:43:42 AM »

Quote from: Kwyjibo on February 07, 2019, 12:03:29 PM

No, it's a re-read, must be the third time now. And sadly I'm not into audio books, it's probably my attention span that's too short for this.

I've found it's tough to leave that world for too long; glad King saw fit to blend some of his other worlds into it.

"The Elementals" by Michael McDowell. Awesome story! McDowell's building technique is very nice... he started it off with an interestingly sharp "point" for sure!

masterthes · « **Reply #2296 on:** February 11, 2019, 10:27:58 AM »

Michael Jackson: The Magic, The Madness, The Whole Story, 1958-2009 by J. Randy Taraborrelli

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #2297 on:** February 13, 2019, 12:21:23 PM »

The Waste Lands by Stephen King.

masterthes · « **Reply #2298 on:** February 16, 2019, 05:06:49 PM »

Reading a quickie before moving on to bigger things: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

masterthes · « **Reply #2299 on:** February 16, 2019, 09:36:16 PM »

Keeping with Black History month biographies with Ali: A Life by Jonathan Eig

masterthes · « **Reply #2300 on:** February 20, 2019, 05:31:19 AM »

Back to fiction now with Making Money by Terry Pratchett

masterthes · « **Reply #2301 on:** February 20, 2019, 02:20:47 PM »

Alright, so, I consider Terry Pratchett one of my favorite authors of all time, but I just couldn't get through that story. I actually DNFed a DIscworld book. Oh well, let's see how Wild Cards 1 (expanded edition) edited by George R.R. Martin goes

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #2302 on:** February 21, 2019, 03:39:42 AM »

Making Money surely isn't his best book. His later discworld novels just aren't as good as the earlier ones, maybe, really just maybe his illness has influenced his writing style to some degree? But I thought it was still a worthwhile read.

I also really enjoyed Wild Cards I, Wild Cards II on the other hand wasn't really that good. Not sure if I will continue with the series.

ozzy554 · « **Reply #2303 on:** February 21, 2019, 06:42:24 PM »

The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling by Lawrence block

Lethal White by "Robert Galbraith"

The Bottoms by joe Lansdale

Currently Reading Imajica by Clive Barker

WDADU · « **Reply #2304 on:** February 22, 2019, 07:53:45 PM »

Galilee, by Clive Barker.

masterthes · « **Reply #2305 on:** February 23, 2019, 12:46:54 PM »

Now, about to reread a modern favorite of mine, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I'm finally going to read the sequel, but I need to refresh my memory

Cool Chris · « **Reply #2306 on:** February 24, 2019, 04:06:28 PM »

Plowed through a couple David Baldacci novels, and now after a long King hiatus, reading The Outsider.

WDADU · « **Reply #2307 on:** February 25, 2019, 08:44:59 PM »

MMosquitoland, by David Arnold.

masterthes · « **Reply #2308 on:** March 01, 2019, 09:33:23 PM »

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss is finally going down

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #2309 on:** March 02, 2019, 06:42:10 AM »

Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin

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Author Topic: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings (Read 288942 times)