July's Joyous Jousting at Stories and other generally non-Journalistic offerings

[Juliana]

I've been reading the First Law Trilogy over the past week, after seeing it recomended here, am thoroughly enjoying it! Just about to start on the last book...

 

[alchemist]

Just got Joe Abercrombie's Heroes for holiday reading. It better be as good as everyone says it is. Or else...

 

[Grunkins]

I'll be finishing up Scalzi's Ghost Brigades shortly. Fun book. I have a few more of Scalzi's arriving soon.

No idea what I'll read next.

 

[Connavar]

I finished reading Every Last Drop by Charlie Huston and enjoyed it very much. Joe Pitt was back to his awesome,ruthless self.

Now im reading a hailed,modern classic of western in Hombre by Elmore Leonard. It is great writing,dialogue as expected by Leonard.
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[Althain's Warden]

Just got Joe Abercrombie's Heroes for holiday reading. It better be as good as everyone says it is. Or else...

As a stand alone i really liked it, some familiar characters from the earlier 4 books. I doubt you'll be dissapointed

 

[Grunkins]

Reading Robin Hobb's Royal Assassin. I was very pleasantly surprised by her first book in the series and thus far (70ish pages in) the second book is consistent in tone and voice. She's an excellent writer.

 

[Extollager]

Just finished a third Madison Jones novel, Herod's Wife. What a study in evil for such a short (120 pages) novel.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

I'm rereading Infernal Devices by K. W. Jeter. I'm so sleepy by the time I go to bed, I can only manage a few pages at a time, so it's hard to tell how well it holds up all these years later.

 

[dask]

Downed another 100 pages of Stephenson's massive CRYPTONOMICON so it's time for another 7th inning stretch. I've chosen PARNASSUS ON WHEELS by Christopher Morely, a short novel with a humorous bent about a horse drawn bookstore (along the lines of Parson Weems I guess) to fill the gap. Only a few pages into it and all I can say at this time is there's an unobtrusive sophistication about Morely's writing I find extremely satisfying. Having high hopes for this one.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

I've chosen PARNASSUS ON WHEELS by Christopher Morely, a short novel with a humorous bent about a horse drawn bookstore (along the lines of Parson Weems I guess) to fill the gap.

It's been a long, long time since I read that one, but I remember enjoying it very much. I think you'll find that the style you like continues throughout.

 

[dask]

It's been a long, long time since I read that one, but I remember enjoying it very much. I think you'll find that the style you like continues throughout.

Fifty pages so far and still going strong. Morley wrote another book about books called THE HAUNTED BOOKSHOP. Sounds like something worth checking out. Have you read that by any chance?

 

[Connavar]

Im reading Secret of Sinharat by Leigh Brackett. Im excited to read my first book in Stark series, i have read only Enchantress of Venus before.

 

[Lord Soth]

Still reading Midnight Tides by Erikson, not the best of the series but, well its Erikson.

Also, over the last 2 days I have had Neal Asher's latest Zero Point land on my doorstep and notification that Erikson's latest Forge of Darkness is winging its way to me!
Happy days...

 

[Kylara]

Still slogging through Moby Dick, I hate Moby Dick. Almost as much as I hate The Great Gatsby. But I am also on Visitors by John Stewart, which is interesting, not great, but interesting, a little to easy to stop after each chapter imo, I always feel chapters should be the hardest place to put a book down...

 

[Grunkins]

I finished Robin Hobb's Royal Assassin last night. It was fantastic. I figured after reading such a rich, thoughtful book I would read something light, so I started Scalzi's Redshirts then put it down after the second chapter because it was terrible. Then I started the third book in Hobb's Farseer trilogy, Assassin's Quest.

 

[Connavar]

Finehed the first Brackett novel.

Stark is the Most hardcore sword and planet hero i have read. Him and Bracketts hardboiled prose fit My taste so naturally. He is far from the gentleman John Carter is.

 

[Extollager]

This David Goodis novel was a fast, exciting read. It's in a Library of America volume dedicated to Goodis's fiction.

 

[GOLLUM]

I'll close this thread within the next 24 hrs.

August reading thread now online.