Super September - What literary offering are you currently reading?

[GOLLUM]

Weak I know but you know the routine, what book are you reading for the new month?...

 

[Jason_Taverner]

Well I finishing Swan Song- Robert McCammon then moving on to The Darkness that comes before - R.Scott Bakker, I wonder who suggested that, can you think Gollum?

You haven't said what your reading, Fantasy Masterworks by any chance??

 

[jenna]

i've just received the first book in the latest Piers Anthony series (Chromagic) called Key to Havoc, so i'll be curling up with that one. i'm also still SLOWLY making headway in the 800 page Admiral Nelson biography that i've been tackling for months! (and that's just the first one, there'll be a second one as well!)

 

[Karsa Orlong]

Bakker is great - enjoy!

I just finished Russell's The One Kingdom, which isn't that special, but certain aspects of it appealed to me. I'll give a more in depth review when I can be bothered.

I'm thinking I'll start Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus in the next couple of days, plus I'm already reading the Fragments of Heraclitus and Pinker's The Language Instinct for non-fiction.

 

[dwndrgn]

After finishing McMullen's Voyage of the Shadowmoon (which was very entertaining in a chaotic way) I'm now reading The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury which so far isn't terribly interesting. I've been making my way through the current batch of 'grail/Knights Templar' fiction that was highlighted by the popularity of The DaVinci Code. So far none have been all that special. Heck, I liked the Kurtz/Harris Adept series much better so far. They were much more interesting and entertaining. If it doesn't get better soon, I'll probably move on to whatever is next on hold for me at the library (which includes the Lies of Locke Lamora that I've heard loads of good things about).

 

[GOLLUM]

Well I finishing Swan Song- Robert McCammon then moving on to The Darkness that comes before - R.Scott Bakker, I wonder who suggested that, can you think Gollum?

You haven't said what your reading, Fantasy Masterworks by any chance??

Hope you like Bakker's work.

Currently rereading #42 Fantasy Masterwork Iron Dragon's Daughter before checking out Matthew Pearl's Dante Club.

 

[Marya]

A Clash of Kings - G.R.R. Martin.

Gollum, you may think the thread is weak but I like seeing how you'll name them each month.

 

[GOLLUM]

Thanks Marya. Tried to come up with something where the same letter was used twice. Eg Super September, Oustanding October, Marvelous March etc...

Dwndrgn, why not try the Masterwork series, I hear they're quite good...

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

It's not quite September here in this backward (in terms of time zones) part of the world, but I'll still be reading the book tomorrow: The Virtu, by Sarah Monette. I'm only a few chapters in but it looks promising and I liked Melusine quite a bit, and this is a direct sequel.

 

[GOLLUM]

It's not quite September here in this backward (in terms of time zones) part of the world, but I'll still be reading the book tomorrow: The Virtu, by Sarah Monette. I'm only a few chapters in but it looks promising and I liked Melusine quite a bit, and this is a direct sequel.

What do the books generally cover?...

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Urban fantasy (at least according to my definition), lots of magic, reminds me a bit of Swordspoint. Alternating viewpoints between two quite interesting characters -- one a courtier/magician with a shady past, and the other a cat burgler (with, as you might say, a shady past, present, and future). Monette likes to put her characters through the wringer, physically and emotionally. She reminds me a bit of C. J. Cherryh that way.

Despite the above comparisons, she seems to have a unique voice. If you're interested, I would strongly recommend reading Melusine first. It comes to a reasonably satisfactory conclusion, so you're not left hanging, but the second book takes up just about where the first one left off.

 

[Diablo Rojo]

I just started "Thunder of Time" by James F. David and I have "The Devil's Apocrypha: There Are Two Sides to Every Story" by John A. De Vito, and "The Black Queen " by Kristine Kathryn Rusch on the table.

Any insight on "Wrath of Ashar: The First Book of The Kingdoms" by Angus Wells? If it gets good feedback, I'll probably order it next.

 

[ScottSF]

I'm readin' Speaker for the
Dead by Orson Scott Card. CAN'T PUT IT DOWN! Way better than Ender's Game and I liked that ok. I also am concurrently a few chapters into Light by M John Harrison. It's trippy so far but I can put it down, it's looking like it will be worth the trip though. QUACK!

 

[Crisspin]

I just finished the first part of Anne Bishop's The Black Jewel's. Hope the next two books fly as fast as the first did.

 

[Thadlerian]

Still reading The Wind-up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami. For a book with that little action, it's quite some page-turner!

 

[dwndrgn]

Dwndrgn, why not try the Masterwork series, I hear they're quite good...

You seem to plug this quite often. Are you on their commission list?

I just may have to do that though older works are usually much more difficult for me to find as the one pitiful used book store in my area is really sad. Of course, I've got a 'to read' list that has over 45 titles on it so there might not be any room for a while.

 

[Rane Longfox]

Hmm, I'm not sure. I reckon Naomi Novik's "Temeraire"...

 

[Trey Greyjoy]

Trying to finish up the "Lies of Locke Lamora". Afterwards itll either be Daniel Abrahams "A Shadow in Summer" or Im going to dig into the pile of Harlan Ellison I picked up over the weekend at some used bookstores.

 

[ScottSF]

Still reading The Wind-up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami. For a book with that little action, it's quite some page-turner!

Cool. I really like Murakami and I still haven't read that one yet. My fav. so far is Wild Sheep Chase. Some creepy stuff in there.

 

[Eris Black]

The Broken Crown by Michelle West. It's rather slow going, though. I'm thinking of re-reading some Katharine Kerr; it's been a while.