The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings

[masterthes]

Revan by Drew Karpyshyn

[v_clortho]

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

[masterthes]

Science Fiction and Fantasy Films of the 1970s by John Kenneth Muir

[SchecterShredder]

The Last Odyssey by James Rollins

[masterthes]

I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie by Roger Ebert

[masterthes]

thanks to the quarantine, I've read 60 books so far during this tempestuous time. Anyway, time to get back to fiction with Pope Patrick by Peter de Rosa

[Kwyjibo]

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

So I finally finished this. Like I feared from the start this book never really grabbed me. One of the more mediocre entries to the Dresden series imo.

[SchecterShredder]

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

So I finally finished this. Like I feared from the start this book never really grabbed me. One of the more mediocre entries to the Dresden series imo.

Finally, someone else who understands

[Evermind]

As I said, the fanbase seems 50/50 on that one, and I guess DTF isn't an exception

[masterthes]

Time to get ambitious. I'm about to read House Divided by Ben Ames Williams, a 1500 page chunker historical about the Civil War. Pray for me

[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.

Just finished. Enjoyable, but not captivating. Curious enough to know what happens in the rest of the series, but only enough to hope someone can tell me, not enough to read further.

On to Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar(!) and Anna Waterhouse.

[v_clortho]

Time to get ambitious. I'm about to read House Divided by Ben Ames Williams, a 1500 page chunker historical about the Civil War. Pray for me

How was it? Surely you're done by now.

[Stadler]

In the middle of a decent biography on Elton John, by Philip Norman.   Well-written, exhaustively researched, and while not "authorized", close enough for guv'mint work.   The only downside is Norman himself; famous for his intense dislike of Paul McCartney (despite having authored what many call the definitive biography on The Beatles, "Shout!"), he makes no bones about his feelings for the subject.  He seems to admire Elton, but not without pause, and some of the "shots" taken seem petty (for example, he has a penchant for noting Elton's height - or lack thereof - and there are incessant references to Elton's "pudgy fingers".) 

[Cool Chris]

Time to get ambitious. I'm about to read House Divided by Ben Ames Williams, a 1500 page chunker historical about the Civil War. Pray for me

How was it? Surely you're done by now.

 

[masterthes]

Time to get ambitious. I'm about to read House Divided by Ben Ames Williams, a 1500 page chunker historical about the Civil War. Pray for me

How was it? Surely you're done by now.

Very funny. Still have 1300 pages to go.  Also, going to be diving into These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One by Marc Cushman, an extensive BTS look at the first season of Star Trek

[masterthes]

Taking a break from my Civil War book to read The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

[masterthes]

Starting the month with a little bit of fluff in The Revised Vault of Walt by Jim Korkis. Also, I have a July project which will be reading The Life of Johnson by James Boswell

[LudwigVan]

Finishing up Gettysburg: The Last Invasion by Alan Guelzo.  Just started in on Directorate S: The CIA and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Steve Coll.  Also working through the collected works of H.P. Lovecraft.  I have a short attention span.

[Northern Lion]

So I stopped reading "The Forth Turning".  It got repetative and boring, and it's plausibility got less adn less the more I read.  So... Since I turned 42 this year, I will read the Hitchhikers trilogy.  I figure it's just something I have to do .  Plus, I need a good funny read considering all that has happened this year so far.  I've read the series before but it's been a while.

[SchecterShredder]

Back to the French reading.

 Mission Iceberg by James Rollins

[masterthes]

My Anecdotal Life by Carl Reiner

[masterthes]

Getting my American history on this Independence Day with Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence by John Ferling

[masterthes]

The Sword of Bedwyr by R.A. Salvatore. This is the first thing of his I'm reading, so we'll see how it goes

[jingle.boy]

The Sword of Bedwyr by R.A. Salvatore. This is the first thing of his I'm reading, so we'll see how it goes

Holy crap, I was just looking today at finally pulling the trigger on The Dark Elf Trilogy.  Ironic for me to come into this thread and see this post

I'm finally on the 7th book of the Saga of the Seven Suns series from Kevin Anderson.  Hoping to have it finished by the weekend (end of my vacation).  Summertime is when I get most of my reading done - being outside on the porch or by the pool.

[masterthes]

Moving on to These Are The Voyages: TOS Season Two by Marc Cushman

[masterthes]

returning to the world of Harry Dresden with Small Favor by Jim Butcher

[Evermind]

returning to the world of Harry Dresden with Small Favor by Jim Butcher

Peace Talks is out today but of course there are no physical copies in my city to be found anywhere. Guess I'll read it in September at the earliest.

[hefdaddy42]

Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows by James Lovegrove

[SchecterShredder]

returning to the world of Harry Dresden with Small Favor by Jim Butcher

Peace Talks is out today but of course there are no physical copies in my city to be found anywhere. Guess I'll read it in September at the earliest.

I pre-ordered a copy which should arrive this friday 

[Podaar]

Peace Talks - Jim Butcher

[Kwyjibo]

Not yet there 

Cold Days by Jim Butcher

[Cool Chris]

On to Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar(!) and Anna Waterhouse.

Mixed feelings, Enjoyed everything up till they got off the ship. Everything up till then was enjoyable.

Blue Moon by Lee Child. Good stuff. Found it more enjoyable than the last couple Reacher novels.

Now The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman.

[hefdaddy42]

Blue Moon by Lee Child. Good stuff. Found it more enjoyable than the last couple Reacher novels.

I agree with that assessment. 

[SchecterShredder]

Blue Moon by Lee Child. Good stuff. Found it more enjoyable than the last couple Reacher novels.

I agree with that assessment. 

My only real issue with Blue Moon was the waitress character. Child often struggles to write how a real person would react to so many corpses. She was far too calm and composed for a seemingly regular person witnessing that much murder.

And on that note, you'd think the law works eventually catch up with Reacher? Some of his kills are certainly justifiable homicide, but there's a whole lot of pre-meditated murders along the way

[Podaar]

Peace Talks - Jim Butcher

Yeah...no spoilers from me, but boy am I glad the next book is just a couple of months away!