July's Jubilant Joust At New Books

[Ursa major]

You may, TEiN, like Mr. Bierce's view of:

Longevity, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.
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[murphy]

I'm rereading Lies of Locke Lamora to reaquaint myself with the characters before moving on to Red Skies. The enjoyment of the book is definitely overshadowed by knowing what going to happen. It takes away from the initial light hearted tone of the story. This is one of the few times that I'm not as able to savor a second read.

Spoiler

I'm almost cringing as it leads up to the demise of Locke's compatriots. Maybe I'll just speed over that part.

I speed over a certain part in the Curse of the Miswraith concerning the women and children of the clansman. It breaks my heart.

Read Lynn Flewellings Shadows return and am impatiently waiting for the next book in the series. In the meantime, I'm doing a reread of Inda and Fox by Sherwood Smith to refresh myself for the last book in the trilogy.

 

[Talysia]

Terry Pratchett's Moving Pictures.

 

[Allegra]

Still the book shows promise I may give it a whirl if I can squeeze it in. In the.....

Two more quotes from The Devil's Dictionary to send you guys to the bookshop in a flash!


King, n. A male person commonly known in America as a ‘crowned head’, although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of. …

Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. …

Lawyer, n. One skilled on circumvention of the law.

 

[woodsman]

Haha, superb, it's top of my to-buy list now!

Finished Tad Williams' Shadowmarch: personally, I though it was a cracker, must invest in Shadowplay soon.

Started in on The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by a certain R. A. Heinlein, my first book of his actually, so I'm expecting great things.

 

[Lioness]

About in the middle of River God by Wilbur Smith.

Just finished A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. It was excellent.

 

[AE35Unit]

Started in on The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by a certain R. A. Heinlein, my first book of his actually, so I'm expecting great things.

Oh i've not read that one yet,you'll have to tell us what you think.

 

[Clansman]

I speed over a certain part in the Curse of the Miswraith concerning the women and children of the clansman. It breaks my heart.

Tal Quorin is a heart-wrenching part of Curse of the Mistwraith, but so important to the meaning of this series. Wurts does not shy away from putting this kind of harsh realism into the story (and she did this in the early 1990's), but her epic also contains a good deal of hope. She balances the two quite well.

I just finished The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Excellent historical novel set in 12th century England that I think fantasy lovers would really like. The darn thing had me up reading until 2 a.m. for three nights running. Great book.

Prior to that, finished Erikson's Deadhouse Gates, (which leaves me a trifle confused) and I will be moving on to Memories of Ice in August, hoping to fill some of the holes in this story. Right now, I am finishing Shake Hands With the Devil, by Romeo Dallaire, which is about his experience as the commander of the UN troops in Rwanda during the Rwanda Genocide in 1994.

After that, I will read Tolkien's The Children of Hurin, and then a re-read of Wurts' Ships of Merior before jumping back into Malazan with Memories of Ice.

 

[Nesacat]

Just got done with Emma Tennant's Wild Nights. I've had this on the shelve for years and only just got around to reading it because someone gave me another copy.

Also got around to reading HG Wells' History of Mr Polly, which happened to be sitting nest to Wild Nights. It's very different from the other books of his that I have read and I do like Mr Polly a great deal. Feel like him some days too and then the possibility of setting fire to the office is very tempting.

Also got done with a re-read of Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. I've read it several times but it still makes me fall over laughing.

 

[Pyar]

I finished Eon and it seems that my library doesn't have the sequel. So I will have to request an interlibrary loan. In the meantime I decided to read World War Z. It is very interesting so far and I am kind of scared for my life, especially because I live so close to NYC. Haha but if the zombies come atleast I will be a little prepared.

 

[Hypnos164]

Just finished The Lord of Castle Black (which I enjoyed a lot, it says something about how well executed Brust/Paafi's style / dialogue are when you actually find yourself thinking in the form...)

Starting Moonshine by Rob Thurman - I really like Cal in these books, whiney, lazy teenage 1/2 monster that he is

 

[Marky Lazer]

Okay, I'm about to finish:
Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett
Utopia by Sir Thomas More

I just started:
Lost Tales 2 by J.R.R. Tolkien (and Christopher Tolkien, he did more than being an editor, I say).

I picked up again:
The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (because of Pyan's annoying question in the Trivia).

And I'm studying:
English Sentence Analysis by Marjolijn Verspoor
Teach yourself Gaelic by Boyd Robertson and Iain McDonald

 

[AE35Unit]

Really? I did not know that. Then I'll probably read the sequels. My brother gave Eon to read but he didn't tell me it was the first in a trilogy lol.

Yea the other two are Legacy and Eternity.
Look see. Scroll down a little
Greg Bear

 

[Connavar]

Grave Peril by Jim Butcher

Its looking to be the best Dresden Files book of the first three so far.

As usual for a Harry Dresden book its an enjoyable read.

 

[Tansy]

Read the Scions of Shanarra last night - a nice easy read

Also ordered Storm Front to see what all the Desden fuss is about

 

[Nesacat]

Am currently reading London's Dead - A Guided Tour of the Capital's Dead by Ed Glinert. A fascinating read thus far with all sorts of intriguing bits of information. I now know that Dicken's based his Miss Havisham on a real-life gentleman who pretty much did the same when his fiancee died before they could be married.

 

[Pyar]

Yea the other two are Legacy and Eternity.
Look see. Scroll down a little
Greg Bear

Thanks!! I'll check it out. Eon was very good, but it ended so abruptly, I want to know what happens next.

 

[Connavar]

Read the Scions of Shanarra last night - a nice easy read

Also ordered Storm Front to see what all the Desden fuss is about

Hope you like it and so you share your views on Storm Front and other early books of the series.

Being new Dresden fan in this forums sucks, his forum is dead.

 

[elvet]

Finally got to Red Seas Under Red Skies. It really feels like an Oceans (11, 12, 13) type story. I like the way he writes; his dialogue especially is easy to read. I just wish I'd get more information about the Elder race that made the glass. Maybe I'm more used to traditional fantasy that hones in on the magical components so that they are often a major part of the story. The Gentlemen ******* books focus more on the characters and their interaction, leaving the fantastical bits to be a backdrop to the action.

 

[j d worthington]

Finally had a chance to finish the Stevenson. I hadn't read the tales concerning the Suicide Club since I was in intermediate school, about 40 years ago; very interesting looking at them now, and I can see where they almost certainly influenced several of the "classics" of the mystery field (such as The Old Man in the Corner, for example) and certainly influenced Arthur Machen in his The Three Impostors....

Will now be moving on to another long-overdue reread: Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë....