The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings

[v_clortho]

The Golden Fool by Robin Hobb. Just finished The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett. Good book, but aren't they all?

[Cool Chris]

The Golden Fool by Robin Hobb.

She has been on my shortlist for a while but most of her books are always checked out at the online library. I know the stories come in blocks what does one have to start at the very beginning? Are they all interconnected?

[Sacul]

afaik you should probably start with the farseer trilogy, and only then the tawny man trilogy as it happens many years later. and i think then the fitz and the fool trilogy. she's got other series but i don't know how they're related other than being set in the same world.

[SchecterShredder]

The Golden Fool by Robin Hobb. Just finished The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett. Good book, but aren't they all?

Meh. Pyramids wasn't all that great. Neither was Moving Pictures.

[v_clortho]

The Golden Fool by Robin Hobb.

I'd start at the beginning. Assassin's apprentice.

She has been on my shortlist for a while but most of her books are always checked out at the online library. I know the stories come in blocks what does one have to start at the very beginning? Are they all interconnected?

[masterthes]

White Night by Jim Butcher

[Podaar]

Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien

[masterthes]

Rise and Fall of the '80's Toon Empire by Jason Waquespack, Ph.D

[masterthes]

Giving The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry a try, which seems like it could be like an adult version of Inkheart

[Northern Lion]

Giving The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry a try, which seems like it could be like an adult version of Inkheart

Ooh, Inkhart is one of my favorites in the children's category, report if TUEoUH is any good.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Since my last update, I've read Steven Erikson - Fall Of Light which was good but incredibly dense, even for Erikson. Fall of Light Steven Erikson makes regular Malazan Steven Erikson seem simple and digestible by comparison. Also read V.E. Schwab - A Darker Shade of Magic, which was really great, very exciting and fast-paced, I finished it in two days when I normally average about a week for most books. Started on Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! which is my first full novel by Pratchett, and I'm enjoying it immensely. I started it last night and I'll probably end up finishing it sometime tonight.

I've also started James Islington - The Shadow of What Was Lost which a lot of people seem to think is great. It's all right so far, but I haven't really been feeling it much, so I've been reading it here and there between other things.

I also an independent bookstore near me that was doing online orders, so I figured I would use some of my stimulus boondollars there and consequently my pile of books on the floor (which is where books go until you read them and they are allowed to be shelved, obviously) has not decreased at all.

[masterthes]

Giving The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry a try, which seems like it could be like an adult version of Inkheart

Ooh, Inkhart is one of my favorites in the children's category, report if TUEoUH is any good.

It gets my seal of approval. The "magic system" used is an interesting concept, in that not only does a person bring out a character, but their literary interpretation of that character; for instance, the protagonist comes across five different Mr. Darcys. The climax gets a bit sappy, but it's a story of two brothers, so it's kind of expected.

 Anyway, I may come to regret this in the long run, but I'm about to learn more about Spider-Man than any sane person would want to attempt with Spider-Man Chronicle: A Year by Year Visual History by Alan Cowsill

[masterthes]

Avengers Epic Collection Vol. 1: Earth's Mightiest Heroes by Stan Lee

[masterthes]

Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto

[Podaar]

The Shadow of the Wind -- Carlos Ruiz Zafón

[v_clortho]

The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch.

[Cool Chris]

Started Malice by John Gwynne. Not sure I am ready to dive in to a complex fantasy novel at this time. Check back with me in a week.

[Evermind]

Started Malice by John Gwynne. Not sure I am ready to dive in to a complex fantasy novel at this time. Check back with me in a week.

I've read A Time of Dread (bought it in the airport to read on a plane last year) and honestly wasn't impressed. Felt like generic fantasy with predictable twists to me.

[SchecterShredder]

Lost Light by Michael Connelly. My first experience with Harry Bosch, courtesy of my mother in-law

[masterthes]

Back to fiction with Gone South by Robert R. McCammon. I'm a huge McCammon fan. With the exception of Baal, I have absolutely loved Boys Life, Swan Song, Wolf's Hour and Thus Speaks the Nightbird. I'm hoping to love this as well

[Kwyjibo]

Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. Five chapters in and I don't know if I like the premise of the story.

[SchecterShredder]

Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. Five chapters in and I don't know if I like the premise of the story.

Probably my least favorite in the series

[Podaar]

Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. Five chapters in and I don't know if I like the premise of the story.

Probably my least favorite in the series

Really? I thought Ghost Story was great fun and incredibly integral to the story going forward. It's one of my favorites because it was so different from the rest.

[Evermind]

edit: ^ this

I'm going to offer my controversial opinion here, Ghost Story is one of the best Dresden books. It's very jarring on the first read, after all the action in Changes and the books before Changes, but it's really excellent, especially on the re-read of the whole series. It serves as sort of break between two parts of the whole saga, and I think it works brilliantly. It's a much needed break, a change of pace, and given the subject, I think it's fair for it to be absolutely different to the most of Dresden books.

Short version: I love Ghost Story

[Podaar]

Short version: I love Ghost Story

[Kwyjibo]

As I said I'm five chapters in, too early to really judge the book, we'll see how it develops.

[masterthes]

An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

[Northern Lion]

I've begun reading The Forth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe.  It's really interesting, but I'm not sure how accurate it really is.  Or how usefull it might be at predicting societal trends, but it is definately interesting.

[masterthes]

The God Game by Danny Tobey

[Cool Chris]

Started Malice by John Gwynne. Not sure I am ready to dive in to a complex fantasy novel at this time. Check back with me in a week.

So about 1/4 the way in. Not fully engrossed in the story but at the fail-safe point now and enjoying it enough. Deciding to trudge on.

[masterthes]

Comic Book History of Comics: Birth of a Medium by Fred Van Lente

[masterthes]

Star Wars on Trial by David Brin and Matthew Woodring Stover

[masterthes]

Lately, I've been watching the original Star Trek on Netflix, so I thought I'd read Leonard by William Shatner

[The Walrus]

I've recently tried to get back into reading. Used to read all the time when I was younger. I dove right into the deep end and pulled out my old copy of Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra. I've always been interested in reading philosophy but I never finished this one, yet found it very interesting. I am also reading my old copy of A History of the American People by Paul Johnson.

[masterthes]

Lost Tribe of the Sith by John Jackson Miller