What are you reading?

[Dasquian Belargic]

I just finished Mass Effect: Revelation, the prequel to the video game Mass Effect. It's written by Drew Karpyshyn, the guy who did the excellent Darth Bane trilogy. I really envy this guy - he worked on Baldur's Gate, Jade Empire, SW: KOTOR and even the new Old Republic MMORPG.

[Droo]

I just started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, only a few chapters in and I love it.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I have that on my shelf and I tried to get into it a couple of times, but it felt like it was dragging it's heels a lot. I should probably have another go.

[Ben Merasska]

I'm reading the badly titled Atheist Delusions by David Bentley Hart, which was actually cheaper than the book it supposedly is supposed to answer (but doesn't) Dawkins's God Delusion. I'll be reading that when I have the money for it.

I pretty much have almost every book written by G. K. Chesterton, and am reading the excellent What I Saw in America. I love Project Gutenberg and I really love this Kindle.

One of my favourite books at the moment is Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking, which I've nearly finished. She is hilarious, and lot of her humour comes from being able to laugh at horrible situations, where one can either laugh or cry; she chooses to laugh, largely because she can't remember a lot of what happened in her life before having electroshock therapy done (the part on that is short but also very funny in a 'I know this is horrible' sort of way).

[Dasquian Belargic]

I knew there was a book I wanted to read but was forgetting - Wishful Drinking! Carrie Fisher's tweets infrequently but when she does it always seems to give me a chuckle. Now, to see if it's available in the Kindle store...

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer is currently about halfway finished on my desk at work. It's a fantastic study of a sort where a journalist follows RV fans at college games to try and understand what drives sports fans. It's a very fun book.

I figure that after I finish that one, I'll probably start on Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses, since Christin got me a treasure trove of Rushdie novels.

[Aurelias Kazaar]

I pretty much have almost every book written by G. K. Chesterton, and am reading the excellent What I Saw in America.


I'm reading Chesterton right now myself. "Orthodoxy." English is a little stilted (since it was written in 1908) but I'm enjoying it.

I still need to read The Girl Who Kicked Over a Hornet's Nest and finish Chronicles of Narnia but fiction books aren't interesting me right now.

That said...I have been reading Judge Dredd a lot recently. Good stuff.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Currently I'm reading Cleopatra's Daughter.

I need to finish a book of Tolstoy and Misquoting Jesus, then move on to the bulk of Steinbeck I have waiting for me.

[Daria Nytherciria]

My problem now is that with having a Kindle, I don't have to go to the book shop or wait for books to arrive in the post.. so I am fighting a largely losing battle with my urge to impulse buy a loooottt of books.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I read the first compodium of The Walking Dead. What a downer.

[Wyl Staedtler]

I just finished Born To Run by Christopher McDougall and cannot recommend it highly enough. Much like Charley's read, even if you're not a runner (or hell, athletic) it's fantastically engaging; a twisting chronicle of lost tribes, a crazy gringo, the evolutionary footpath and naked, drinking people.

I started Too Close To The Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton by Sara Wheeler this morning and am about halfway through. Also a great book - I'm loving all the historical/literary connections that the Finch-Hatton family have! For instance, their house was the inspiration for Dickens' Bleak House!

[Crusader]

I read Atonement latelyand I think this book was really good. This is one of those books that start really slow but then hook you after the first 100 pages and once it is over you want to cry.
I can only recommend this book to you since I haven't seen the movie yet.

[Rossos Atrapes]

I'm reading Chesterton right now myself. "Orthodoxy." English is a little stilted (since it was written in 1908) but I'm enjoying it.

I still need to read The Girl Who Kicked Over a Hornet's Nest and finish Chronicles of Narnia but fiction books aren't interesting me right now.

That said...I have been reading Judge Dredd a lot recently. Good stuff.

Orthodoxy is the book that got me started on Chesterton. He and C. S. Lewis are perhaps the authors I've spent the longest reading due to the way they phrase their sentences and their English.

Are you reading Narnia in the order that they were published (Lion, Witch, Wardrobe) or along the chronological order of the action, The Magician's Nephew being the first?

The next one I'm starting is The Man Who Was Thursday by Chesterton. I've been looking for a online version of Silence by Shusaku Endo but I can't find it anywhere, which makes me sad.

[Acacius Blade]

I'm currently re-reading Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks since it's been ages since I last read it all the way through. AFter that I'll either start the next Culture novel or read one of my most recent purchases - The Wind-up Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, For The Win by Cory Doctorow and The Temporal Void by Peter F Hamilton. But I just learned the latter is part 2 of a trilogy - damn!

[Acacius Blade]

Any Lovecraft fans on here? He hasn't released anything new in a while, I'm just wondering if he has anything new coming out!?!?!?!?!? :p

[Dasquian Belargic]

Reading A Game of Thrones aaaagain in anticipation of the TV series starting.. :ohno

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I love Lovecraft :D I don't know if there's any new collections being put out though.

[Chaz de Coventina]

Just got This Is WHy You`re Fat (And How To Stay Thin Forever) by Jackie Warner.

After that it`ll be Tony Horton`s new book and then maybe I`ll see what The Hunger Games series is all about.

[Rossos Atrapes]

I just finished The Unsuspecting Mage and Light of Eidon. Too lazy to really remember the authors' names.

[Ilias Nytrau]

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Yes, I am. No, I don't care if you didn't like it or don't agree with its philosophy. Let me form my own damn opinion. :lol

[Droo]

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Yes, I am. No, I don't care if you didn't like it or don't agree with its philosophy. Let me form my own damn opinion. :lol

You know, after playing falling in love with Rapture, I have to admit I've been curious about that book. Charley decries it as an abomination which he had to read for his studies, and I'm dubious about it myself, but I'll be interested to know what you think about it.

Surely the philosophy behind it is madness but I quite like to dip my toes in the waters of madness every now and then.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I tried reading it a few years ago and found it... difficult. I did find other shorter works by Ayn Rand a little more digestable, and interesting. The novella Anthem, for instance.

[Tess Abrahams]

Whatever happened to our Fans book club?

[Ilias Nytrau]

Devourd by the vast maw of time, I'm certain. But we could probably resurrect it, if such a thing is desired. :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I'm dying to read The Hunger Games so I submit that as our first book. :p

[Dasquian Belargic]

If someone wants to start it up again, just make a thread :D

[Rossos Atrapes]

You know, after playing falling in love with Rapture, I have to admit I've been curious about that book. Charley decries it as an abomination which he had to read for his studies, and I'm dubious about it myself, but I'll be interested to know what you think about it.

Surely the philosophy behind it is madness but I quite like to dip my toes in the waters of madness every now and then.

Charley is right. Most of Rand's written works are philosophical abominations.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Currently reading Death Masks by Jim Butcher. Figured it was about time I got around to reading the rest of the Dresden Files.

[Peter McCoy]

Still reading Consider Phlebas. I will finish it one of these days.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Almost halfway through The Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck writes so gritty and real. I love it.

[Droo]

Almost halfway through The Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck writes so gritty and real. I love it.

Steinbeck... :love

[Sanis Prent]

It's my favorite book for a reason. I need to read it again

[Tess Abrahams]

This month I read <i>Game of Thrones</i> (well, finished it this month at least, haha), <i>The House On Mango Street</i>, <i>The Book Thief</i> and <i>The Perks of Being A Wallflower</i>. Right now I`ve started the next in the Song of Fire and Ice series, and Dennis Lehane`s <i>A Drink Before the War</i>. Also started <i>Snow Flower and the Secret Fan</i> by Lisa See and couldn`t put it down - about halfway through it now and oh man, so good. <a href="/forum/images/smilies/smlove2.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Love" smilieid="32" class="inlineimg" />

eta: oh and How To Look Good Naked which was a massive disappointment. This is largely in part to the fact that it was done by one of those beauty magazines versus a health & fitness one (shame on me for not realizing) and therefore filled with silly tips that aren`t very useful at all. I don`t know what I was expecting but I guess it`s just a little... basic? After reading a lot of stuff by Mark Sisson and Tony Horton and Jackie Warner and Shaun T, this just fell flat. Also a lot of their advice had mostly to do with "embracing yourself for who you are" and contained lots of anecdotes from women who had "ah-ha" moments and accepted their flaws. All well and beautiful but pretty trite in the end.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Flicking through the latest issue of National Geographic :)

[Tess Abrahams]

Oooh what`s the featured article this month?

Finished Snow Flower and am eagerly awaiting the library on Tuesday so I can get the sequel & check out other books by the author. Started The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson today. Intriguing so far!

[Dasquian Belargic]

The main article on the front of the May 2011 issue is Australia's Great Barrier Reef, but my favourite bit so far is a selection of Camera Obscura photos: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/05/camera-obscura/morell-photography

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Entertainment Weekly :uhoh

[Aurelias Kazaar]

Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett

[Dasquian Belargic]

I read How Not To Write A Novel today.

It was laugh-out-loud funny and actually made me think about my writing, too.

[Sanis Prent]

A Whiter Shade of Pale, sequel to Stuff White People Like.

It's nasty, vicious, hilarious satire, and one one page you'll laugh at "those people" only to find out you're the butt of the joke on the next. It's a bit disturbing to see how many of these stereotypes I fit in.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Finally reading Moon over Soho :) by Ben Aaronovich. Good so far - I think it's fairly obvious he likes jazz, or he's good at faking it. Next I want to read The Hunger Games and see what that's all about.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

About 3/4's of the way through Grapes of Wrath. Dammit that book infuriates me as much as The Jungle depressed me.

[Aurelias Kazaar]

The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler

[Dasquian Belargic]

I read Star Wars: Knight Errant this afternoon, which is set just before The Old Republic novel series. Sadly, that series isn't available on Kindle.. might have to make a trip to the bookshop and see about picking them up though.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Still haven't read The Hunger Games. My sister-in-law has the trilogy though so I'm set for borrowing them soon!

Recently read (in the last four weeks):
A Dance with Dragons (http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Dragons-Song-Fire-Book/dp/0553801473/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314217098&sr=1-1)- G. R. R. Martin (1040 pages)

Ghost Story (http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Story-Dresden-Files-No/dp/045146379X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314217081&sr=1-1) - Jim Butcher (496 pages)

Ghost Country (http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Country-Patrick-Lee/dp/0061584444/ref=pd_sim_b_1) - Patrick Lee (384 pages)

The Breach (http://www.amazon.com/Breach-Patrick-Lee/dp/0061584452/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314217043&sr=1-1) - Patrick Lee (384 pages) - I read both of these in one day, and in the wrong order. The Breach is supposed to be first, btw, oops.

Directive 51 (http://www.amazon.com/Directive-51-John-Barnes/dp/B0042P571Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314216992&sr=8-1) - John Barnes (496 pages) - This book is DENSE but totally worth reading. One of those books where you can tell the author did a LOT of research for.

The Windup Girl (http://www.amazon.com/Windup-Girl-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp/1597801585/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314217141&sr=1-1) - Paolo Bacigalupi (300 pages) - This is a multiple award winner, but seemed at times to have its head up it's own bottom. There were a lot of things that the author did not expand upon, which I would have loved to read more about - there is a fascinating history behind the world that we find ourselves thrown into, but it was never really talked about beyond hints here and there. Also the ending was a little "What. :|" Still! Its a good book and talks about things I've never seen before in a sci-fi book - what happens when companies genetically engineer food and then genetically engineer viruses and plagues that their food is immune too, and then strangle the world economy (and kill millions) with their greed, and where foods are lost and extinct because they were wiped out a century ago by some genehacked plague. It's very fascinating. I guess I want to read the prequel where all of that happens, this book deals with the world as it is after this has happened.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Currently reading Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman, which is about superheroes/villains, but more about the people they are than their powers.

Also listening my way through The Final Empire: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, a fantasy 'epic' exploring what happens after the dark lord wins.

[Sasseeri Reeouurra]

Mistborn is on my list of series I want to get into! What do you think of it?

[Dasquian Belargic]

It's pretty... unique. The magic system isn't like anything I've ever read before, although so far I feel like there is maybe too much telling and not enough showing happening. I know this is only part of a series though so perhaps the author is just trying to get a lot of groundwork done for what's to come. I am enjoying the audio book anyway :)

[Vince]

Finally went about getting my replacement Kindle, and used my amazon gift card (Birthday gift!) to go on a book spree.

A Portable MFA in Creative Writing by the New York Writers' Workshop - looking forward to this one, as it has plenty of exercises and such that I plan on using for Ben and Onashi's stories, as well as some of the stuff I'm trying to get published.

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - Haven't heard or read much about it; any thoughts, those of us who have read it?

The Frozen Sky by Jeff Carlson - a science fiction short story about meeting alien life on Europa. What else did I need to draw me in?

Pagan by Andrew Chapman - From what I heard, it's about a guy who is part of a government agency whose particular goal is to hunt down vampires, werewolves, and other such things, while along the way seeing how much of that he can do either drunk or hung over.

There are a couple other things, but these are the ones I'll be reading over the next week or so; if the hurricane hits, well, I'm prepared!

[Karl Valten]

A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge
Hyperion - Dan Simmons

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Hyperion is soooo so good.

[Karl Valten]

Hyperion is soooo so good.

Ja. Canterbury Tales....IN SPAAAAAAACE!


Also adding:

Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons (John Keats versus the Space Pope)
A Deepness in the Sky - Vernor Vinge (I can't really describe the craziness that is Vernor Vinge)
Neuromancer - William Gibson (Shadowrun in book form but much better)

[Ilias Nytrau]

Just devoured 'Spellbound' by Kelley Armstrong last night. Attempting to finish up a couple books I've been nibbling at amongst the jungles of life... who knows when I'll really have time to truly enjoy a book again!

[Wei Wu Wei]

Currently reading Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman, which is about superheroes/villains, but more about the people they are than their powers.

Also listening my way through The Final Empire: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, a fantasy 'epic' exploring what happens after the dark lord wins.

I LOVED Soon I will be Invincible!

Currently, I'm reading The Once and Future King.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I'm about half way through The Hunger Games.

[Vince]

Finished a couple more Chesterton books: Ireland, Bernard Shaw, The Man Who Was Thursday, and one or two others.

Finished Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen. Pretty good. The best parts are those where the main character is in the nursing home. The others are interesting, but not particularly gripping.

About halfway through John Dies at the End; again, this is awesome. Some awesome quotes:

"He says when you're dealing with any kind of supernatural beings, Gods and Devils and angels, you tend to think about them like hurricanes or earthquakes, some kind of mindless force of nature. But if they're real, then they have minds. They know your name. So even reading about the Devil tips him off, he knows instantly he's being read about and that you're somebody he may have to deal with."
---
"John, let me make one thing clear," Jim said, cutting me off in his most stern, evangelical voice. "Every man is blessed with his gifts from the Lord. One of mine happens to be a penis large enough that, if it had a penis of its own, my penis's penis would be larger than your own."
---
"You got any final requests, in case this don't end well?"

"Yeah. Avenge my death."
---
Fred said, "Man, I think he's gonna make a fuckin' suit of human skin, using the best parts from each of us."

"Holy crap," said John. "He'll be gorgeous."

[Dasquian Belargic]

Hunger Games was a decent, btw - and a very quick read. One of those books that you can blitz through in a day.

I've just discovered that some of the Kushiel's Legacy series is on Kindle, so I picked up the trilogy about Phedre. I've read the first two books before, but not for a while, so I'm enjoying revisiting them :)

[skinnerr]

I am reading Russell Brand's Booky Wook 2, which I just started with earlier. I found his humor very witty and filled with substance. I know that there is not much audience to that type of humor as some can find them not funny often bordering annoying but as for anything, he has his share of good followers as well.

The book is actually about how he came to be, I mean what he is now often sharing stuff about the past that made him tough as nails.

[Ben Merasska]

Finished John Dies at the End. The end was pretty good, though what the shadow people did is kinda weird.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I read through The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss (of League of Gentlemen/ Doctor Who / Sherlock fame) recently, which was thoroughly enjoyable, and am now onto the second book in the 'Lucifer Box' series which is called Devil In Amber (I think)

[Mu Satach]

among other things I just started "Bo's Lasting Lessons"

[Jedi Master Carr]

I am reading Game of Thrones right now. I am not sure why I have never read it before as is an amazing book.

[Dasquian Belargic]

^ You've got a lot of catching up to do! Enjoy ;)

I'm reading The Dwarves by Markus Heitz :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I got Nation by Terry Pratchett from iBooks for 99 cents so I'll be reading that soon. Through a haze of pain killers. :3

[Dasquian Belargic]

Revan by Drew Karpyshyn. This seems to be about Revan's time after the events of KOTOR, and some of the events that lead up to SWTOR.

I'm also part way through Terry Pratchett's Unseen Academicals which reminds me that I need to read Terry Pratchett more often.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I just finished REAMDE by Neal Stephenson, which was excellent. More of a thriller than a Stephenson book if that makes any sense, but I like thrillers and it was a good one. Plus he's one of the few authors who can keep a story going, and going WELL for over 1000 pages. The pacing in this book was unreal.

[Xel-Naga]

I have an entire stack of books that I have either started, am reading currently, or will read eventually. These books include, but are not limited to:

Unseen Academicals, Pyramids, and Guards Guards by Terry Pratchett
Goblin Corps by Ari Marmell
The Stepsister Scheme and Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines
Test of Metal (Magic: The Gathering Novel) by Matthew Stover
Contact Harvest by Joseph Staten
and The Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas.

Got a lot to finish. I just keep buying books and building a stack of books to read.

[Dasquian Belargic]

The first one you should read/finish there is Guards Guards! :)

I'm also a book hoarder. It's worse since I got my Kindle, since I don't have to find the space to store them all.

[Ilias Nytrau]

Isn't it 2012 by now? *looks at thread title* Just sayin'.

So.. I'm reading A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin and A Place Called Armageddon by C.C. Humphreys

Soon, I will be reading textbooks again. :|

And... yeah. Kindle, gawd. I still have this massive desire to own physical copies of books despite it all. There's still space to wedge books in my bookcase, though not properly. O.o

[Xel-Naga]

Guards Guards and Pyramids are rereads since I haven't read them in a long time. After losing access to my previous Pratchett library I have started to build my own library and have been reading them as I collect them, or receive them as gifts. I've read the entire series up to Unseen Academics. Has anyone read the newest novel, Snuff?

[Callista]

Does listening count as reading? I don't put aside near enough time to actually read, so I do a lot of audio books while driving and on my walks.

Currently Reading:

The Happiness Project
by Gretchen Rubin



Currently Listening to:

The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, Book 1)
by Rick Riordan

Seventh Son
by Orson Scott Card

I have a huge 2012 reading list...most of the fiction is audio and personal growth stuff is actual reading :)

[Dasquian Belargic]

I do a lot of audiobooks too. They're great for when I'm commuting to and from work :) I just wish that audible books were cheaper. Sometimes they can be three times the price of an actual/e-book!

[Callista]

I know! The unabridged is ridiculous! I tend to borrow from the library, which has been extremely awesome! They don't have a huge selection, but they are working on it :D

[Dasquian Belargic]

I've read the 2nd and 3rd books of the Hunger Games trilogy this weekend. Exciting, emotional stuff.

[Ilias Nytrau]

Well, since the beginning of the year, I've read through the first three books of GRRM's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series - I've two more books to go until I'm caught up. Unless he puts out book six before that happens... which is unlikely.

In addition with other books I blew through my initial goal of 12 books (even those 'Fifty Shades of Grey' books, ugh... such terrible writing!), despite school, so I tacked on another 12. I've got 8 books to my goal and with a little over two weeks left in the year?

It's doable. Especially after I finish with my last exam on Tuesday. I devoured 'Thirteen' by Kelley Armstrong and right now I'm trying to resist inhaling 'Cold Days' by Jim Butcher as I have an exam in two days. O.O

[Dasquian Belargic]

Just caught up with the latest run of Captain Marvel... <3

[Captain Untouchable]

Just caught up with the latest run of Captain Marvel... <3

Is that the one where Carol Danvers is Captain Marvel?

[Dasquian Belargic]

Yep! It's excellent. Since I'm anticipating a drop off in the quality of Batgirl soon, with Gail Simone getting the boot, I thought I'd try and find another female-lead book to pick up... and Captain Marvel has not disappointed so far.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I just gobbled up the first two Mistborn books and am into the third after three days... They're so good!!

[Captain Untouchable]

Aquaman - The Trench

In which Geoff Johns does the impossible, and makes Aquaman seem like a totally awesome badass.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I just gobbled up the first two Mistborn books and am into the third after three days... They're so good!!

It's a great series :) Start the Stormlight Archive next, once you're done with Mistborn.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Is the Stormlight Archive the Way of Kings?

Mistborn was terrific. Loved it. Loved the ending. Tried the sample of The Alloy of Law but can't afford it right now. :(

I got Wool from the iBook store so I'm into that now.

[Ilias Nytrau]

Yes, Stormlight is Way of Kings.

I've had that book in my bookcase most of the year... and haven't gotten to reading it yet. |I A very good friend of mine suggested it to me when we were in a bookstore earlier this year. :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

You read Cold Days already, right? RIGHT?!

The Dresden Files is so awesome. I got that book for my birthday and read it in under 24 hours.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Batwoman

This art is the best art

[Captain Untouchable]

^ I'm gonna have to get you to recommend some New 52 stuff for me to pick up in the New Year. I keep meaning to jump on the bandwagon, but I have no idea where to start.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I only have Batwoman and Batgirl on subscription from DC at the minute, although the main Batman series is great too. The Night of the Owls arc that crossed over into most of the Bat-family titles was excellent.

I think most of the New 52 titles have gone through their first major story arc or two by this point, so I might try out a couple of other titles in the new year. Animal Man gets a lot of praise and I know I enjoyed the first few issues that I read. Likewise for Swamp Thing.

[Wyl Staedtler]

Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford :love

[Droo]

Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford :love

Make sure you check out the BBC drama of that, if you get the chance. Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens. It's awesome.

[Wyl Staedtler]

My friend has it ready and waiting! :D :dance (Along with Labyrinth, Father Ted, Rocky Horror,and every Christmas film ever. We're having a 'get educated about pop culture'-themed Christmas. :3)

[Emelie Shadowstar]

I've been on suuuchhhh a fantasy kick lately.

Finished The Way of Kings in Oct... (Which...I found out it's book 1...book 2 isn't written yet. There's supposed to be 10 or something when it's done?! I'm going to scream.) and loooveedd it.

Finished The Name of the Wind yesterday which...oh my yes. At least I can read the second of that one.

And just started the first Misborn book. <3


But let's be honest...I'm just killing time until The Winds of Winter.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I'm eagerly awaiting the last Wheel of Time book, I've been reading that series since I was... 14? It's been a long time. TWENTY YEARS ALMOST.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Pick up Brandon Sanderon's other stuff too. He creates the best magic systems in all of his books.

Elantris and Warbreaker are stand-alones, so you don't have to worry about waiting for the follow-up (Ssstormlight :shakefist)

[Captain Untouchable]

Batgirl #3

Gail Simone: your writing is magnificent. :ohno

[Dasquian Belargic]

Morning Glories #20

wowsa

[Emelie Shadowstar]

Jumping into the second Mistborn book while devouring my way through various DC comics (Ohgod the art in Batwoman)

[Barbara Nolan]

A Memory of Light

:ohno

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I read a murder mystery that I got for christmas, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. It was an easy read all told, and I finished it in a day and a half. I really need to finish my book of collected Tolstoy so that I can move on to the two Steinbeck books I've got.

[Barbara Nolan]

Finished A Memory of Light.

It was exquisite.

[Dasquian the Elf]

Birds of Prey: Old Friends, New Enemies

[Callista]

Shouldn't have read through this thread... my ridiculous "to read" will never be small.

I'm listening to A Clash of Kings and reading/participating in The Artist's Way.

I have The Dresden Files all on audio, which I think (if i ever get through A Song of Ice and Fire) will be my next series. Been doing most of Orson Scott Card's (Alvin Maker, Mithermages, Pathfinder) series, but I'm currently waiting for books to be published.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Catwoman: Crime Pays

[Ilias Nytrau]

What am I reading? A ton of things.

What do I want to be reading? Kelley Armstrong's next book 'Omens', starting a new adult series, as the otherworld series has concluded, pretty much. I know it doesn't come out until August, but...

I WON AN ADVANCE READER COPY! Ahahaha. This makes my week, honestly.

I haven't read a lick of fiction (aside from reading RPs) since sometime in January. Thinking about it makes me slightly sad. :(

[Dasquian Belargic]

Marvel Comics: The Untold Story

[Satkia Beltrak]

The Approaching Storm, by Alan Dean Foster.

[CMJ]

Just finished America Aflame - which is one of better histories of the American Civil War that I have come across. Not sure I totally agree with all of his spin, but the author really got into the cultural influences of the CW in a way that i haven't really ever come across before.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Finally caught up to Worm - a web serial story

http://parahumans.wordpress.net

I highly reccommend, it's really good. It starts out like it's going to be a typical teen angst anti-bullying story, but it quickly evolves. Not YA fiction.

[Ezra Na'chtion]

http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/9781452118154_p0_v6_s260x420.JPG

This has actually been a really fun read and can be used as resource material for all things ancient sith. It covers the origin of the Sith, as a group, along with the development of their weapons, magic, and alchemy among other things. I've barely scratched the surface of this book and it's been great.

[Dasquian Belargic]

^I really enjoyed this and the Jedi book that came before it. Keep meaning to stick in my preorder for the bounty hunter version that's due out later this year.

[Mu Satach]

Just started Game of Thrones.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Highly recommend Worm (http://parahumans.wordpress.com)

[Zereth Lancer]

Rereading Guards Guards.

I had no idea there was a Jedi version of the Sith book. I'll have to look it up.

[Abarai Loki]

Just started Game of Thrones.

I might just join you on that, Mu. This will be my third attempt. Not that it's a hard or unenjoyable read. I just managed to get distracted from it long enough that, when I picked up my Kindle again, I started reading something else. And I'm putting off watching any of the TV show because of it, so... third time's a charm? :)

[Mu Satach]

I'm just about 50 pages in on my copy. I figure it's a way to occupy my mind until the 4th season is released from HBO bondage sometime in the distant future.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Do audiobooks count? I'm going to say they do.

I'm listening to Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett

[Lilaena De'Ville]

SO JEALOUS I want Raising Steam so baaaaaaad

and Steelheart. I'm on a huge Brandon Sanderson kick. If you haven't read The Way of Kings you need to do so immediately.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I think I have read pretty much everything Sanderson has written, except Steelheart and his Wheel of Time book.

Steelheart is next on my list for audiobook downloads :)

[Satkia Beltrak]

Currently reading The Host by Stephenie Meyer. Enjoying it a lot, but my brain isn't much wired to read those days, so I'm super slow.

[Mu Satach]

Finished Game of Thrones have now moved on to A Clash of Kings. So far not much has been really different from the series, but it is kind of nice to get a little bit more in depth with the characters and the descriptions of the places.

[Satkia Beltrak]

The Art of Persistence - R.L. Adams

[Crusader]

The first book of the adventures of "Dunk and Egg" by GRRM. In this book Ser Duncan the Tall and Aegon Targaryen the 5th team up as Knight and Squire to travel Westeros. The story is set 90 years before a song of Ice and Fire.

The German publisher who owns the rights to the Song of Ice and Fire published a compilation of all 3 short stories by GRRM that so far have been only available in 3 seperate anthologies. So far this is really enjoyable since the world is basicly the same as in aSoIaF but the stakes are not that high. This does not mean that it does not have the typical GRRM twists and death toll.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Just finished Steelheart and The Alloy of Law both of which I assumed were stand alone books by Brandon Sanderson because of the other book series he has going on but NO there are obviously plans for more and I'm glad because they were excellent.

If you haven't read any Sanderson you should immediately. The Alloy of Law takes place 300 or so years after the events of his Mistborn (very good) trilogy in the same world, where they are now comparable to our 1800s, and it is pretty awesome. I love his idea of taking the fantasy world and progressing it to a modern age (another planned trilogy of which The Alloy of Law is not a part) and then to a futuristic society.

Steelheart is his take on a superhero story and it's great.

[Zereth Lancer]

After finishing rereading 'Guards! Guards!' I started 'Death Troopers', by Joe Schreiber, and immediately fell in love with it. It's not overly complex but reads very much like a loving fan fiction that the likes of us here at 'Fans might write. I can't help but feel that this book takes place outside of the canon, what with it's on the spot invented races and more modern plot elements; but it is still distinctly Star Wars. I've only gone a few short chapters in but I can't wait to read more. It goes down smooth.

[Satkia Beltrak]

Star Wars Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void by Tim Lebbon.

[Mu Satach]

Finished a Clash of Kings and then couldn't stop and plowed through a storm of swords and a feast for crows within a two week period and then my brain imploded...

reading non-fiction stuff right now related to medical stuffs and personal improvement stuffs like "how to do !@#$ when you don't want to do !@#$"

[Satkia Beltrak]

Was a slow reader this month. Still reading Star Wars Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void by Tim Lebbon, and also started The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.

[Jedieb]

Just finished Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp (the novel that was the basis for Die Hard.) I've just started The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep. In the background I'm reading The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver and The Idiot by Dostoyevsky. I always have a couple of books going on at once. Some weeks I get a lot more reading done than others.

[Aurelia Wayne]

Tarkin.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, getting my GRRM fix :)

[Kate Kane]

Proven Guilty, from the Dresden Files series

[Dasquian Belargic]

Half a World, by Joe Abercrombie

This series is excellent :)

[Satkia Beltrak]

Harbinger by Philippa Ballantine.

The whole Book of the Order series has been amazing so far.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Currently part way through Haruki Murakami's first 2 novellas, which were just translated into English

[Satkia Beltrak]

Untie the Strong Woman: Blessed Mother's Immaculate Love for the Wild Soul by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

I've picked this one up again after having caught up with several other books. Very interesting so far, though my heart still belongs to Estés's other book Women Who Run With the Wolves.

[Ilias Nytrau]

Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey: Fifth book in Corey's 'The Expanse' series.
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson: Second book in Sanderson's 'The Stormlight Archive' series
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson: First book in Erikson's 'Malazan Book of the Fallen' series
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Secret Loves of Geek Girls: A nonfiction anthology edited by Hope Nicholson


...I think I have a problem. :mischief

[Trinity Sundergotte]

Christine Feehan's "DARK SERIES"
Lisa Hendrix "IMMORTAL SERIES"
Christine Feehan's "LEOPARD SERIES"

(I go thru 4-5 books a week... so yeah, that's what I'm readying <laughs>)

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

A picture of what I've been slowly enjoying. I'm taking my time with it and soaking every word of it up ^_^

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh126/silancy/20161130_014642.jpg (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/silancy/media/20161130_014642.jpg.html)

[Satkia Beltrak]

Just finished rereading Miracles Now by Gabrielle Bernstein and am about to start The War of Art by Steven Pressfield.

[Taataani Meorrrei]

Just finished The New Jim Crow and I'm slowly grinding through Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom.

You know, aside from a ton of star wars comics.

[Satkia Beltrak]

Been on a reading rampage for the past few weeks. Feels great!

Currently reading Yes Please by Amy Poehler.

[Baska Tankreyd]

Finally reading Kenobi by John Jackson Miller.