The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings

[masterthes]

Annihilation was great, my favorite Star Wars EU book so far. Now reading The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson and Steven Spielberg: A Biography by Joseph McBride

The Alloy of Law was great. Will definitely keep reading the series. I DNFed the Spielberg, because I'll wait until he's passed on for a more complete story. Now, reading Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino and The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

[carl320]

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

I'm not much of a reader but I read online about this book so i picked it up and am reading it during downtime at work

[masterthes]

Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger. I loved his This Tender Land back in '21. 

[masterthes]

Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger. I loved his This Tender Land back in '21.

Tender Land was a bit better, but this got me in the mood to revisit one of my favorite coming of age stories, which I haven't read in over 20 years: Boys Life by Robert McCammon. Also, reading The Making of The Empire Strikes Back by J.W. Rinzler

[hefdaddy42]

Fletch by Gregord Mcdonald

[masterthes]

Boy's Life was sensational. I'm glad I decided to reread it. Will most likely be rereading Swan Song next month. Now, on to Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

[hefdaddy42]

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

[Evermind]

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

That was quite wonderful.

The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington

[hefdaddy42]

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard

[Podaar]

The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas

[Kwyjibo]

Sleeping Beauties by Owen King an Stephen King

Pretty meh imo. And what is the moral of the story? Men are inherently bad but women won't live without them?

On to Red Country by Joe Abercrombie

[Evermind]

The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington

Quite enjoyable classic fantasy, ordered the rest of the trilogy just now.

The Discord of Gods by Jenn Lyons - time to finally finish the series.

[masterthes]

Now, on to Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

 had read the first two parts, but had to DNF it during the last part because he completely lost me. I did manage to recently read Chlorine by Jade Song about a female swimmer who really likes mermaids, and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. So glad I gave that a try. It was overall very enjoyable, although I liked the first part better than the second volume. Now, reading Tempest-Tost by Robertson Davies

[Cool Chris]

Fletch by Gregord Mcdonald

Just finished this. I loved this movie growing up. It is the quintessential Chevy Chase role. And maybe it's just because he is ingrained in my brain as Fletch, but I could feel his Chevy Chase-ness oozing off every page, as if the dialogue was written for him. As such, it's hard to evaluate this book on its merits. It was a fun read, despite me playing the film in the background, and seeing Tim Matheson, George Wendt, and the rest of the cast in their roles.

[masterthes]

]b]Shadows of Self[/b] by Brandon Sanderson. I'll be unintentionally binging the rest of the series. I had put Bands of Mourning on hold a while back, thinking I had more time, but it came out of holding about a week ago, and I have until the 15th to read it. Then, for giggles, I searched to see what the status on The Lost Metal was this morning, and it was available

[Evermind]

I loved Shadows of Self. Bands and The Lost Metal, not so much.

[Podaar]

I agree that Shadows of Self is awesome. The Bands of Mourning, I thought was good. I loved The Lost Metal though.

[masterthes]

]b]Shadows of Self[/b] by Brandon Sanderson.

Really solid, especially the conclusion, although I enjoyed The Alloy of Law a little bit more. Now, on to The Bands of Mourning 

[hefdaddy42]

Fletch's Fortune by Gregord Mcdonald

[masterthes]

]b]Shadows of Self[/b] by Brandon Sanderson.

Now, on to The Bands of Mourning

This was my least favorite so far, but not by much. The last third was dynamite. Finishing it up with The Lost Metal. I'm also reading the novella The Fall by Ryan Cahill. One of my fav Booktubers has been highly extolling The Bound and the Broken series (I already have the first two books)

[hefdaddy42]

Once & Future Volume One: The King Is Undead by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora, and Tamara Bonvillain

[Kwyjibo]

Stranger In A Strangeland by Robert A. Heinlein

[hefdaddy42]

In today's edition of "Tell me you're a nerd without telling me you're a nerd":

[Evermind]

The Discord of Gods by Jenn Lyons - time to finally finish the series.

Parallel to that, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

[masterthes]

]b]Shadows of Self[/b] by Brandon Sanderson.

Now, on to The Bands of Mourning

Finishing it up with The Lost Metal. I'm also reading the novella The Fall by Ryan Cahill. One of my fav Booktubers has been highly extolling The Bound and the Broken series (I already have the first two books)

Well, The Fall certainly got me hyped for the series and I thought Sanderson definitely stuck the landing. Will be interested to see how Era 3 turns out. Switching over to nonfiction for a bit with The 1998 Yankees by Jack Curry

[masterthes]

Finally giving Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky a try

[chknptpie]

I'm halfway through World War Z and I'm really curious how this translated into a movie. Guess I'll have to watch it after I finish.

[Kwyjibo]

Let me just say that the movie and the book don't really have much in common, except for the zombies of course.

[chknptpie]

Let me just say that the movie and the book don't really have much in common, except for the zombies of course.

Thats really all I can figure. Maybe some places and names. But the way the book is written doesn't lead to a movie script lol

[Kwyjibo]

I saw the film first and read the book some time after and enjoyed both. But without hopefully spoiling too much, while reading the book I was wondering why the film had the same name.

[hefdaddy42]

All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

[masterthes]

Finally giving Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky a try

Very meh. Too much with the Christian overtones. Could have been half it's length, and wasn't thrilled with the conclusion. I recently finished the first volume of Monstress, which I thought was great. Will definitely continue, and I finished Adrian Tchaikovsky's latest And Put Away Childish Things, which I enjoyed. Now, after two years, returning to The Expanse with Cibola Burn

[hefdaddy42]

The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music by Victor L. Wooten

[masterthes]

Finally giving Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky a try

Now, after two years, returning to The Expanse with Cibola Burn

The series is back on track after a bit of a stumble with the last book. Already put Nemesis Games on hold. In the meantime, going back to horror with Ghostland by Duncan Ralston

[Kwyjibo]

The Outsider by Stephen King