Author Topic: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings (Read 290524 times)

Podaar · « **Reply #2695 on:** March 14, 2020, 05:20:46 AM »

Quote from: masterthes on March 13, 2020, 05:30:11 PM

Taking a break from Forsyte and reading The Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

I'm reading that right now as well. I love the "fable" nature of the books (it really surprised me at first) but I'm not enjoying the plot much. I'm about halfway through, so we'll see.

masterthes · « **Reply #2696 on:** March 16, 2020, 04:41:35 PM »

I wasn't too thrilled with it myself, but it's the first volume. I got the next book on hold and see if it gets better

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #2697 on:** March 17, 2020, 12:48:05 PM »

Warlock Holmes: The Sign of Nine by G.S. Denning

masterthes · « **Reply #2698 on:** March 18, 2020, 05:41:44 PM »

The Boys Omnibus: Volume One by Garth Ennis

masterthes · « **Reply #2699 on:** March 19, 2020, 07:36:36 AM »

Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf

masterthes · « **Reply #2700 on:** March 20, 2020, 04:20:23 PM »

Boy Wonder by James Robert Baker

ozzy554 · « **Reply #2701 on:** March 21, 2020, 10:46:23 AM »

The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart by Lawrence Block

Cool Chris · « **Reply #2702 on:** March 21, 2020, 10:53:33 AM »

Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb.

masterthes · « **Reply #2703 on:** March 23, 2020, 05:46:36 PM »

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

ozzy554 · « **Reply #2704 on:** March 23, 2020, 06:16:34 PM »

KOKO by Peter Straub

Cool Chris · « **Reply #2705 on:** March 23, 2020, 06:22:00 PM »

Quote from: masterthes on March 23, 2020, 05:46:36 PM

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Read this one about 5 times, I think the second of hers I read, maybe in middle school.

masterthes · « **Reply #2706 on:** March 24, 2020, 12:45:20 PM »

My second of hers as well. Read Orient Express a few years back. I knew who did it going into it. Our college drama club was originally supposed to do Ten Little Indians, but ended up doing Streetcar instead. I was still taken aback with how dark the ending was. Good stuff. Maybe for my next one of hers, I'll try a Miss Marple mystery

Anyway, on to The Boys: Omnibus Volume Two by Garth Ennis

masterthes · « **Reply #2707 on:** March 25, 2020, 03:55:08 AM »

The Boys: Omnibus Volume Three by Garth Ennis

SchecterShredder · « **Reply #2708 on:** March 25, 2020, 09:27:41 AM »

Made it to the interlude in Tour Sombre 4, so I'm going to take a break and read some english.

Warlock Holmes: Sign of Nine by G.S Denning

masterthes · « **Reply #2709 on:** March 25, 2020, 09:34:11 AM »

To Let by John Galsworthy

masterthes · « **Reply #2710 on:** March 26, 2020, 11:42:12 AM »

And now, for a brief change of pace: a short story anthology. Unidentified Funny Objects edited by Alex Shvartsman

masterthes · « **Reply #2711 on:** March 27, 2020, 08:31:37 AM »

You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe

masterthes · « **Reply #2712 on:** March 28, 2020, 09:00:01 AM »

Full Throttle by Joe Hill

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #2713 on:** March 28, 2020, 09:51:40 AM »

Change by Jim Butcher

Cool Chris · « **Reply #2714 on:** March 28, 2020, 12:00:21 PM »

Quote from: masterthes on March 28, 2020, 09:00:01 AM

Full Throttle by Joe Hill

Curious what you think. I am 20% in to Heart-Shaped Box and while I am mildly enjoying it, I am at the 'fish or cut bait' point of deciding if I want to finish it.

masterthes · « **Reply #2715 on:** March 30, 2020, 04:05:41 AM »

It's my favorite short story collection of his by far. I really didn't like his last one, Strange Weather. Hope you haven't given up on HSB. I think it's pretty great, although Horns is better in my opinion

Anyway, moving on to Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham

Podaar · « **Reply #2716 on:** April 01, 2020, 06:56:27 AM »

Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump - Rick Reilly

I've spent a lot of time laughing out loud at this one. So much so, that I've been disturbing my wife and dog!

Stadler · « **Reply #2717 on:** April 01, 2020, 07:00:27 AM »

Dynasty, by Peter Golenbock. A history of the NY Yankees from 1949 through 1964.

masterthes · « **Reply #2718 on:** April 01, 2020, 04:35:29 PM »

Big Fish by Daniel Wallace. Huge fan of the movie.

Cool Chris · « **Reply #2719 on:** April 01, 2020, 04:37:19 PM »

Quote from: masterthes on March 30, 2020, 04:05:41 AM

It's my favorite short story collection of his by far. I really didn't like his last one, Strange Weather. Hope you haven't given up on HSB. I think it's pretty great, although Horns is better in my opinion

I might get back to it, I moved on to Murder in Time by Kendra Donovan and it is holding my interest much more.

masterthes · « **Reply #2720 on:** April 02, 2020, 08:02:52 AM »

Biography time! Olivier by Terry Coleman

jammindude · « **Reply #2721 on:** April 02, 2020, 03:07:45 PM »

I finally finished Mistborn by Sanderson. I’m a very “binge” reader. My niece recommended it to me 3 years ago, and it took me a year and a half to get around to it, and then another year and a half to get through the first 100 pages...and then I went through the next 450 pages in a week.

I loved it, but I don’t have the second book. I was thinking of starting up the Wheel of Time series, but instead I asked my stepson what his favorite fantasy novel was, and he loaned me Magician by Raymond Feist. I’m halfway through that and loving it.

Podaar · « **Reply #2722 on:** April 02, 2020, 03:33:41 PM »

The second Mistborn (Wax and Wayne series) is really good too.

I'm currently reading Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds by Sanderson. Really fun books and quite short for him.

Yeah, Magician by Feist is super good. Feist also wrote one of my favorite horror stories of all time called Faerie Tale. Highly recommended.

Sacul · « **Reply #2723 on:** April 02, 2020, 04:52:25 PM »

I loved the second Mistborn book, and the third one as well.

v_clortho · « **Reply #2724 on:** April 02, 2020, 05:49:49 PM »

Quote from: Evermind on January 21, 2020, 11:08:33 AM

Quote from: v_clortho on January 21, 2020, 10:03:56 AM
Now on to The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie.

Let me know what you think. There's a hilarious 2-star review on Goodreads where the reviewer didn't like the author's style and wrote a parody of a chapter, it's kinda mean but it's so spot on I still find it hilarious.

Personally I didn't like the book much. The only ones I'm a big fan of are Best Served Cold and A Little Hatred, his latest.

I liked it. He earns his Lord Grimdark title here. The charter where it follows one person until they die and then follows who killed them until they die was pretty cool.

On to Fletch by gregory mcdonald. Also reading Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eams

SchecterShredder · « **Reply #2725 on:** April 02, 2020, 10:24:29 PM »

Finished The Sign of Nine. Quite a bit of good, fun silliness. Back to Magie et Cristal.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #2726 on:** April 03, 2020, 11:50:03 AM »

The Last Week: A Day-by-Day Account of Jesus's Final Week in Jerusalem by Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan

masterthes · « **Reply #2727 on:** April 04, 2020, 09:09:46 PM »

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

masterthes · « **Reply #2728 on:** April 06, 2020, 08:31:24 PM »

Reading Fool Moon by Jim Butcher. It's been more than seven years since I last read Storm Front. Hopefully, I won't be too lost

lonestar · « **Reply #2729 on:** April 06, 2020, 08:39:25 PM »

Been out of sorts with my reading for a few years now, and would like to get back into the habit. Pulled out my copy of Dune to break the mold, pretty due for a re-read since it's been a good 15 years and with the movie coming out later this year, it just just seems a good time.

News: Track-by-track video for Untethered Angel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Co1_h0GtAw

Author Topic: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings (Read 290524 times)