December's here! And you're reading....?

[GOLLUM]

I got it at Avenue Bookstore in Albert Park. It was a flash visit with family in tow so I didn't have time for much. Had to head straight down to a lovely house in Red Hill for some early festive feasting.

I'll be down a couple of times in the new year for work and play, so will give you a hoy then.

Cool...don't forget to PM in advance then....

Never heard of Avenue Bookstore in Albert Park, I'll have to check them out. Troubling that I've not heard of them before given their longevity. Too many qulaity bookstores n Melbourne is such a curse 'aint it?........

 

[Diggler]

Taking another break from Algernon Blackwood (after reading the story "The man whom the trees loved") and reading "We can build you" by P. K. Dick.

You'll have to let us know what you think of "We Can Build You". I got a copy the other day, but probably won't get to it for a while.

 

[Diggler]

I really long to read PKD again but i have new books i must read i cant disrupt my TBR pile.

Just use him as a diversionary tactic when you get to a book you're bogged down on.

If I read something I don't really get into, or like, I just pick up a PKD novel as I'm pretty much guaranteed to enjoy it

I personally have read bugger all lately. Haven't had much time in between working, tending to the house, putting up Christmas lights (and swearing consistently at them) and sweating profusely because it's been damn hot here : /

 

[dask]

Couldn't resist starting PLANET OF THE DOUBLE SUN (Professor Jameson Space Adventure #1) by Neil R. Jones. Been wanting to for a long time and just decided to do it. So far: good, solid Ace sf.

 

[Lobolover]

Just reading WINGS TALES OF THE PSYCHIC by "Ahmed Abdulach" and so far it has been a magnificent colection .

 

[Connavar]

I finished reading Once Were Cops by Ken Bruen. 300 pages in two sittings less than 24 hours, yeah it was very addictive read.

 

[GOLLUM]

I finished reading Once Were Cops by Ken Bruen. 300 pages in two sittings less than 24 hours, yeah it was very addictive read.

Sounds like it.

What's it about?

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

I finished Anne's House of Dreams. Definately another good entry in the Anne of Green Gables series, although for me there were some things lacking...mostly characters. I miss the characters from Avonlea - Marilla, Rachel Lynde, Diana, etc. I'm not going to finish the series right now, and I think this may be where I stopped the last time I read this series. Oh well, someday.

Not sure what I'll be reading next, this month is going to be very busy. Trying to get work done before I take vacation, getting the house ready for family staying at Christmas. etc. Looks like reading will have to go on the back burner for a bit.

 

[j d worthington]

Couldn't resist starting PLANET OF THE DOUBLE SUN (Professor Jameson Space Adventure #1) by Neil R. Jones. Been wanting to for a long time and just decided to do it. So far: good, solid Ace sf.

That's an odd series. Jones had some wonderful ideas and some fascinating settings, but the writing -- ouch! (Though it did gradually improve.) Still, there is something about those stories which allows me to still read them with a fair degree of pleasure; I just have to disconnect from a large portion of my critical faculty to do so....

 

[Connavar]

Sounds like it.

What's it about?

Ken Bruen is to me like Gene Wolfe is to you. A very important writer, he is a modern Noir writer but he is one of the best there has been in crime genre. Other than his tense,spare prose,dark humour,his haunting characters i really like him because he puts important themes,realness in books. More important than plots,action in his books. Issues close to him, Celtic Tiger,Church,Priest issues,immigration in Ireland etc

He is highly rated by the critics,have won several awards for his Jack Taylor books

Once Were Cops is about :Bookreporter.com - ONCE WERE COPS by Ken Bruen

That review describe better than me what I saw in that book. One of his best books so far. Sicker,darker,less social issues than his other books but still great.

 

[ratsy]

It has been a slow reading fall for me...I (after a long time) have concluded King's Bucaneer by Raymond Feist and have started Shadow of a Dark Queen by Raymond Feist....I have been doing some re-reading since you never know what Santa will drop off

I also am almost finished Grave Peril by Jim Butcher (this being a lunch time work book)

 

[dask]

That's an odd series. Jones had some wonderful ideas and some fascinating settings, but the writing -- ouch! (Though it did gradually improve.) Still, there is something about those stories which allows me to still read them with a fair degree of pleasure; I just have to disconnect from a large portion of my critical faculty to do so....

Especially when Professor Jameson's body is discovered by the Zoromes FORTY MILLION YEARS! in the future. Mankind is gone, except for Jameson of course. Can't figure out what's going to happen with no people, and there's four books in the series that I'm aware of. Anyway, sometimes the larger the "disconnect" the greater the adventure. I'm hoping so.

 

[chopper]

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke.

but only in very small chunks. very detailed and slow-running so far.

 

[dustinzgirl]

New Moon/Breaking Dawn.

So I have something to talk about with my daughter because she's a teenager.

Stab me in the eyeholes. Its really bad writing. Even my daughter says its really bad. But she loves the story.

 

[GOLLUM]

If it gets her interested/maintains her interest in reading/books then it's worth it...

IMHO Meyers, Dan Brown and several others I could name are what we politely call in the industry "hacks" but the hope is if people read these books they may become inspired or inquisitive enough to investigate further reading, which may lead on to some quality literature.

 

[woodsman]

Yeah, totally agree Gollem. I actually enjoyed some of Browns stuff although the writing was pretty poor.

Tad Williams - The Dragonbone chair.

I'm loving this book, I think I'm a fan of slower more descriptive fantasy, thats what I seem to enjoy most, never really noticed that before.

 

[Diggler]

If it gets her interested/maintains her interest in reading/books then it's worth it...

Too true! I've heard the Twilight series is absolutely dreadful, though if it generates an interest in reading, then it's worth it.

I've started up another PKD novel Dr Bloodmoney so far I'm enjoying it. Kind of confused as to exactly where they are. One minute everything's normal, then out of nowhere, it's saying the bombs had dropped and most of the population is dead?

 

[GOLLUM]

YTad Williams - The Dragonbone chair.

I'm loving this book, I think I'm a fan of slower more descriptive fantasy, thats what I seem to enjoy most, never really noticed that before.

In that case you'll love Kate Elliot's excellent 7 volume fantasy EPIC Crown Of Stars. Plenty of action but also generous serves of vivid description.

 

[Denie Alconn]

Right now I`m reading "the book thief" and somehow I find it hard to connect to it.

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

If it gets her interested/maintains her interest in reading/books then it's worth it...

IMHO Meyers, Dan Brown and several others I could name are what we politely call in the industry "hacks" but the hope is if people read these books they may become inspired or inquisitive enough to investigate further reading, which may lead on to some quality literature.

I don't see it happening, frankly. It's more like giving someone a hit of crack cocaine and hoping they'll come back to you for a nice nutritious meal.