Author Topic: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings (Read 292071 times)

Jaffa · « **Reply #630 on:** November 02, 2015, 12:22:17 PM »

1984 is probably one of my favorite books ever.

Anyway, I finished The Witch of Lime Street, which was great. Now I'm moving on to The Grownup, by Gillian Flynn. Very excited.

ozzy554 · « **Reply #631 on:** November 02, 2015, 01:39:41 PM »

I read The Devil In the White City and Black mass. Both I thought were very interesting.

I decieded to take a break from regular books for a bit and I picked up The first Volume of American Vampire by Scott Snyder and 2 Volumes of Preacher by Garth Ennis. I thought American Vampire was good but I am loving Preacher.

Cool Chris · « **Reply #632 on:** November 02, 2015, 02:05:45 PM »

HP and the Goblet of Fire.

Quote from: kaos2900 on October 16, 2015, 01:12:29 PM

Just started The Great and Secret Show: The First Book of Art by Clive Barker.

Read this some time in high school, picked it up on a whim, based on the cover art and synopsis. I LOVED it then, it was the first fantasy novel I ever read, totally unlike anything I had before. I picked up everything else I could find by Barker. I read it again years later, and it totally lost its charm. I don't know why. But I couldn't connect with it at all, it was dull, slow, and I couldn't get in to the story or characters.

Sub Luna Vitrea · « **Reply #633 on:** November 03, 2015, 03:24:44 PM »

Like Bread on the Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition... good so far, if you are the type of person who would enjoy it.
The Sagas of the Icelanders with a Preface by Jane Smiley (Penguin Classics)... given to me by a friend.

adace · « **Reply #634 on:** November 03, 2015, 03:56:23 PM »

All the Light We Cannot See. An absolutely beautiful story. Can't recommend enough.

masterthes · « **Reply #635 on:** November 06, 2015, 09:57:54 AM »

March Violets by Philip Kerr

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #636 on:** November 06, 2015, 10:26:34 AM »

Finally on Insomnia by Stephen King.

Cool Chris · « **Reply #637 on:** November 06, 2015, 01:02:14 PM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on November 06, 2015, 10:26:34 AM

Finally on Insomnia by Stephen King.

Curious for your report on this one. Won't give you my thoughts at this point.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #638 on:** November 06, 2015, 01:05:22 PM »

Quote from: Cool Chris on November 06, 2015, 01:02:14 PM

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on November 06, 2015, 10:26:34 AM
Finally on Insomnia by Stephen King.

Curious for your report on this one. Won't give you my thoughts at this point.

Well, I've read it before, but it was back when it was first published. It's a re-read in light of my re-read of the Dark Tower series.

kaos2900 · « **Reply #639 on:** November 06, 2015, 01:44:45 PM »

Insomnia was....strange. I remember not hating it but not loving it either. Towards the bottom tier of kings work for me. I did just receive the new short stories book but I'm going to wait until I finish The Book of Art 2 by Clive Barker since I'm almost done with the first.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #640 on:** November 06, 2015, 02:46:11 PM »

My memory insists to tell me that Insomnia was one of the worst King books. But then it is a long time ago that I read it.

Cool Chris · « **Reply #641 on:** November 06, 2015, 02:52:30 PM »

I couldn't connect with it at all, which I usually can with King's works, even if they are toward the bottom of my rankings. I was totally on board out of the gate, then it just got too... I don't know how ti describe it. It is one of the few books of his I have thought about revisiting, especially after reading The Dark Tower, but there are just too many other books in my queue.

Evermind · « **Reply #642 on:** November 07, 2015, 01:50:46 PM »

The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

This must be the most dissatisfying trilogy in epic fantasy (in a sickeningly good way) I've read so far - there are no good / evil guys at all among the main characters, they're all gray in its darker shade mostly, and the whole plot throughout all three books is constantly bleak as hell... for some reason this reminded me of more gruesome version of ASOIAF, even if less mature or refined one. I think I need to cuddle some kittens after these.

Moving onto Best Served Cold from the same universe and the same author instead.

Sacul · « **Reply #643 on:** November 07, 2015, 02:25:40 PM »

Oh, I've been meaning to read that trilogy for some time, so I guess I'll get to it soon

Btw, did you finish Mistborn?

Evermind · « **Reply #644 on:** November 07, 2015, 02:37:10 PM »

Quote from: Sacul on November 07, 2015, 02:25:40 PM

Oh, I've been meaning to read that trilogy for some time, so I guess I'll get to it soon

Btw, did you finish Mistborn?

Of course I did.

Both original trilogy and The Alloy of Law; haven't got a chance to lay my hands on Shadows of Self yet. I've been reading a lot of stuff by Brandon: I also finished Elantris, Warbreaker, The Rithmatist, The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance, and also the short novella Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (found it in my copy of GRRM's Dangerous Women anthology).

I'm quite apprehensive about Steelheart / Firefight / Calamity though, I think this might be a little bit too young adult fantasy for me from what I've heard. At least Rithmatist had some neat geometry magic system in it.

Sacul · « **Reply #645 on:** November 07, 2015, 07:51:26 PM »

Seems you're loving his stuff

I'll get to Stormlight after he releases book 8 or 9 out of the 10 planned - won't ever start reading an unfinished series again, I swear

Will get Alloy of Law soon tho.

WDADU · « **Reply #646 on:** November 08, 2015, 02:32:58 PM »

The Grownup by Gillian Flynn. Since that's a short story, I'll be starting the new collection of Stephen King stories, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams later on.

masterthes · « **Reply #647 on:** November 09, 2015, 09:42:24 AM »

Insomnia was on the bottom tier of good Stephen King for me

And yes, I was very underwhelmed by the first Abercrombie book. I heard such good things about it, but my reaction after finishing the first book was kind of meh

Evermind · « **Reply #648 on:** November 09, 2015, 10:08:02 AM »

Quote from: masterthes on November 09, 2015, 09:42:24 AM

And yes, I was very underwhelmed by the first Abercrombie book. I heard such good things about it, but my reaction after finishing the first book was kind of meh

I kinda see what you mean, I agree it's not the strongest thing I've read. On the other hand, I really loved the third book.

lucasembarbosa · « **Reply #649 on:** November 09, 2015, 10:19:03 AM »

I saw the thread title and thought it had something to do with ASOIAF specifically... hehe

For now, I'm reading some Brazilian political analysis about the 2013 protests/strikes that occurred here.

BTW I'M EAGERLY EXPECTING FOR THE WINDS OF WINTER RELEASE. GRRM PLEASE DON'T DIE YET

WDADU · « **Reply #650 on:** November 09, 2015, 11:14:24 PM »

The Grownup was pretty good. Really liking The Bazaar of Bad Dreams so far.

Jarlaxle · « **Reply #651 on:** November 10, 2015, 07:03:43 AM »

Quote from: lucasembarbosa on November 09, 2015, 10:19:03 AM

I saw the thread title and thought it had something to do with ASOIAF specifically... hehe

For now, I'm reading some Brazilian political analysis about the 2013 protests/strikes that occurred here.

BTW I'M EAGERLY EXPECTING FOR THE WINDS OF WINTER RELEASE. GRRM PLEASE DON'T DIE YET

Has there been any more news on WoW recently? I'm too scared to google it because I'll just get spoilers from the show.

Evermind · « **Reply #652 on:** November 10, 2015, 08:42:34 AM »

Quote from: Jarlaxle on November 10, 2015, 07:03:43 AM

Quote from: lucasembarbosa on November 09, 2015, 10:19:03 AM
I saw the thread title and thought it had something to do with ASOIAF specifically... hehe

For now, I'm reading some Brazilian political analysis about the 2013 protests/strikes that occurred here.

BTW I'M EAGERLY EXPECTING FOR THE WINDS OF WINTER RELEASE. GRRM PLEASE DON'T DIE YET

Has there been any more news on WoW recently? I'm too scared to google it because I'll just get spoilers from the show.

The most recent news are apparently these:

8 January 2015:
<snip> Jane Johnson again confirms that The Winds of Winter is not presently on the publication schedule for 2015.

4 April 2015:
GRRM has said that he hopes to finish the book by 2015 and get it on the shelves by the time Season 6 of the TV show airs (in April 2016). He cautions that he might be being over-optimistic, but notes that he is clearing his decks of other commitments to finish the novel ASAP.

As far as I know, there were no more news since April.

masterthes · « **Reply #653 on:** November 10, 2015, 09:37:46 AM »

The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth

Tiko · « **Reply #654 on:** November 10, 2015, 12:55:33 PM »

Stalker by Lars Kepler. It's a great series (especially when you're done absorbing all the Jo Nesbo books)!

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #655 on:** November 16, 2015, 08:50:09 AM »

With Blood’s A Rover I finally completed the Underworld trilogy by James Ellroy.

It was a really good read, but man those are some bleak novels. Everyone is corrupt, takes drugs and uses extreme violence to reach their goals
Talk about conspiracy theories, the whole american history from the 50s to the 70s is influenced by a small group of men, steered by the mafia and J. Edgar Hoover.

Now on to some light stuff: Z Burbia by Jake Bible.

Viking of the Sagas · « **Reply #656 on:** November 16, 2015, 10:11:27 AM »

Reading some Rei Shimura now. Pretty awesome detective series.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #657 on:** November 20, 2015, 03:05:08 PM »

Full Dark No Stars by Stephen King

The Cat Of Tuscany · « **Reply #658 on:** November 21, 2015, 04:40:42 PM »

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

WDADU · « **Reply #659 on:** November 22, 2015, 07:50:34 PM »

Prey, by Michael Crichton.

Cyclopssss · « **Reply #660 on:** November 23, 2015, 09:22:08 AM »

Playground by Lars Kepler.

jasc15 · « **Reply #661 on:** November 23, 2015, 09:45:14 AM »

Devil Take the Hindmost, by Edward Chancellor. It's a history of financial bubbles and speculation, starting with the tulip mania in the Netherlands in the 1630s.

My favorite quote so far:

Quote

When I was young, people called me a gambler. As the scale of my operations increased I became known as a speculator. Now I am called a banker. But I have been doing the same thing all the time.
-- Sir Earnest Cassel, Banker to Edward VII

Sub Luna Vitrea · « **Reply #662 on:** November 26, 2015, 05:06:11 AM »

Surrealist Women: An International Anthology. Absolutely mind-blowing and liberating. It's good on all fronts: first of all, it understands surrealism and talks about it in the language of the surrealists, rather than in the language of outsiders to surrealism. Second of all, it recognizes that women should not be relegated to separate anthologies or sections of libraries, and hence its goal is to point out that there have always been women in surrealism and that they were not only part of the movement but essential to it, hence restoring them to the surrealist "canon" alongside the surrealist men they have always been working alongside and who have achieved recognition by a more chauvenist, oppressive, anti-surrealist society.

Jarlaxle · « **Reply #663 on:** November 30, 2015, 09:00:46 AM »

Has there been any more information regarding a the release of Winds of Winter? I'm too scared to google anything because I don't want spoilers from the TV show.

The last I heard was an interview from GRRM a few months ago saying he was still hoping for a late 2015 release, which by now I realize is an impossibility, but an early-to-mid 2016 release could still be possible. Not holding my breath or anything though.

masterthes · « **Reply #664 on:** November 30, 2015, 10:02:27 AM »

Vivien Leigh by Anne Edwards

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