What are you reading in August?

[Parson]

First book in her Vatta Series, light semi-military SF, I think you might quite enjoy it, Parson.

So far not bad at all.

For my walking book (book I listen to when walking) I've just started When I Found You, by Catherine Ryan Hyde. It's not the "I've got to find out what happens next" kind of book I usually read, but so far so good.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Hm, quick search said Doors of Stone will be released Aug 2016...Not sure how reliable that is.

Oh, thanks for that. It'll be nice timing for a reread, then?

 

[Extollager]

Setting aside Asimov's I, Robot temporarily for Lars Walker's latest fantasy, Death's Doors.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MYL1RZA/?tag=brite-21

 

[soulsinging]

Finished Harry Potter. It was pretty much as I remembered, very light-hearted and definitely intended for kids. The series didn't really take off until book 3, so it was a nice diversion. Before I get back to it, I'm taking a detour through some crime fiction with Kahawa by Donald Westlake. It's about a group of thieves who plot to steal a train full of coffee from dictator Idi Amin. Pretty entertaining genre fare so far.

 

[J Riff]

Kahawa is fun, like most Westlake. I'm grinding through The Night Land by Wm. Hope Hodgson, which I found in an alley.

 

[Parson]

I've just finished Elizabeth Moon's Trading in Danger. Although not a crackerjack, it did keep me interested. I especially liked the M.C. Kylara Vatta. (I wonder if she's the inspiration for our own Kylara?) I will likely pick up the next in the series of 5 just to see how things turn out. I just got my replacement copy of David Weber's Flag in Exile. I can hardly wait to pick it up. --- This reading is cutting seriously into my writing time.

 

[Fried Egg]

I'm grinding through The Night Land by Wm. Hope Hodgson, which I found in an alley.

Doesn't sound good...

 

[Zoe Mackay]

I've just finished Elizabeth Moon's Trading in Danger. [...] I will likely pick up the next in the series of 5 just to see how things turn out.

I found the series really picked up in the second book, I hope you do too.

I'm re-reading Heinlein's "To Sail Beyond The Sunset". It's the ultimate in "Yay!" "Boo!" books, in that after every really strong forward-looking moment, there's an equally strong reactionary one immediately after, and vice versa.

 

[Grunkins]

I've just finished Elizabeth Moon's Trading in Danger. Although not a crackerjack, it did keep me interested.

I've had this book sitting around for a really long time. At some point I'm determined to read a bunch of Elizabeth Moon, it just seems that her books are always halfway down the stacks, and therefore hard to get to without picking up lots of other books that I really want to read. She keeps getting jumped.

 

[Parson]

I found the series really picked up in the second book, I hope you do too.

That is very encouraging!

 

[hitmouse]

Kahawa is fun, like most Westlake. I'm grinding through The Night Land by Wm. Hope Hodgson, which I found in an alley.

The odd style makes this difficult to read, but persevere. Fantastic imagery.

 

[San]

I got back to reading (in general) only this month and started reading Vampire Academy a week ago. Though it's not as good as I anticipated, I think I like it.

 

[millymollymo]

While I may be mobbed by others for saying this I found Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl a bit of a slog despite the charm of the writing. Started Greaveburn but set aside for The Moon King (Neil Williamson) - picked up at Nine Worlds, can't read it fast enough. Not once have I been shunted from the world back into my own reality. Such a refreshing change.

 

[Vertigo]

I've just finished Elizabeth Moon's Trading in Danger. Although not a crackerjack, it did keep me interested. I especially liked the M.C. Kylara Vatta. (I wonder if she's the inspiration for our own Kylara?) I will likely pick up the next in the series of 5 just to see how things turn out. I just got my replacement copy of David Weber's Flag in Exile. I can hardly wait to pick it up. --- This reading is cutting seriously into my writing time.

I found the series really picked up in the second book, I hope you do too.

I've had this book sitting around for a really long time. At some point I'm determined to read a bunch of Elizabeth Moon, it just seems that her books are always halfway down the stacks, and therefore hard to get to without picking up lots of other books that I really want to read. She keeps getting jumped.

I think her Serrano books are better than the Vatta ones, but by far and away the best Elizabeth Moon I've read is The Speed of Dark. However that is a very different kind of book; more along the lines of Flowers for Algernon and whilst it is a similar topic - autism - to the relatively famous Rosie Project it is considerably better than that.

 

[Parson]

Oh, without a doubt, Vertigo, The Speed of Dark is Elizabeth Moon's best work. I've read a few of her Serrano books which are quite good. I've just finished When I Found You, by Catherine Ryan Hyde which I found to be an outstanding work. It is the best story of personal perseverance I've ever read. I'm referring to it in my sermon this Sunday.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

I've started reading The Winner's Curse, by Marie Rutkoski. YA, and I'm not sure yet if it is fantasy but suspect so because it takes place in a world other than our own.

 

[Vertigo]

Oh, without a doubt, Vertigo, The Speed of Dark is Elizabeth Moon's best work. I've read a few of her Serrano books which are quite good. I've just finished When I Found You, by Catherine Ryan Hyde which I found to be an outstanding work. It is the best story of personal perseverance I've ever read. I'm referring to it in my sermon this Sunday.

Ah I seem to recall we may have chatted briefly after I'd read it.

I'm currently reading The Life of Pi which is... interesting

 

[HoopyFrood]

I've been in that 'consume one book after another without a break' mood so in the last three weeks I've read:

James Herbert's Nobody True and The Secret of Crickley Hall. Both were enjoyable enough, but I think I preferred the first book.

Then I read Koji Suzuki's Ring and Spiral -- the books that inspired the Ring horror films. And really quite different to the films, much more scientific and investigatory. Enjoyed the plot, even though most of the characters were annoying at best, and one or two completely detestable.

And now I'm twenty or so pages into Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick.

 

[Vertigo]

And now I'm twenty or so pages into Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick.

Ooh now I always remember that as being one of the weirdest (and best) PKD's that I've read so far. And with PKD that's saying something. It's a bit like the Mousetrap play. It's all about the twist. Enjoy!

 

[Jo Zebedee]

I finished Name of the Wind. Really enjoyed it. I'm rereading to catch some of the nuances missed the first time until the sequel comes into the library.

It hasn't made me want three volumes and a map in every book, though... I think this is a very fine character-led story. Sadly, most epic isn't so tightly focused on one character which will always make the genre a hard one for me to love.