Reading in March 2011

jtbrazil said:
I am guessing everyone is reading The Wise Man's Fear I would like to know who will not be reading The Wise Man's Fear.
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Not me. I've not even read the first one, and at the moment, I have no intention of doing so.

Focusing my efforts on Warbreaker now. Hit page 100 last night, and no problems with carrying forward.
 
jtbrazil said:
I am guessing everyone is reading The Wise Man's Fear I would like to know who will not be reading The Wise Man's Fear.
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I'm not. I read and enjoyed The Name of the Wind, but I don't have the constitution for such a huuuge book at moment. I would be afraid that if I dropped it I might crush my foot.

I did just finish Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor. It was a powerful but horrific piece of magical realism about weaponised rape in the Sudan. I hit a wall a little over halfway through the novel -- I just lost interest in the plot. There's an extended passage where the characters are camping in the desert and this got a little bit tedious. But after a week's break I picked the book back up and raced to the end. The end did confuse me a bit and if anybody else has read it I would love to hear their thoughts. And I hope other people do read this book, because it really is a very unique and interesting fantasy. I wouldn't say I enjoyed it, but I'm very glad I read it.

I'm going over to the science fiction side of the house for my next read. Toodles!
 
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jtbrazil said:
I am guessing everyone is reading The Wise Man's Fear I would like to know who will not be reading The Wise Man's Fear.
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I started, didn't like the beginning or wasn't in the mood for it, and I left it aside for a while but I'll probably get back to it at some stage.
 
Gilgamesh said:
Probably, the best thing I did last year :). I absolutely loved this series.
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Agree 100%. Well, maybe 98%; I just finished the series yesterday (Century of the Soldier omnibus) and I'm still trying to figure out if I liked the way it ended or not. But definitely a great series and well worth reading.
 
Erfael said:
So far, though, about 1/5 of the way in, it's very enjoyable, and I think I have enough of the first book refreshed to get by. No pretense here, just good old "Here's a problem, let's try to fix it." Not that I mind pretense, but this is fun, too.
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You know, I really like to read Barclay. I still have Ravensoul and Light Stealer on the TBR pile, while I've yet to pick up the recent-ish Once Walked with Gods. I think it is the Gemmell-esque nature of his stories. I actually liked the Ascendants duology a little better and hope he returns to that world.

I've been through some Abercrombie, Gemmell and Barclay lately and it's been fun to compare/contrast. Finished The Heroes and off to The King Beyond the Gate.
 
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I finished The Last Page by Anthony Huso and thought it was decent. There is a lot more to the story than I originally thought, and I think I missed a few important details that made going forward somewhat confusing. Might be one to re-read at some point.

Currently reading Shadow by K.J. Parker and really enjoying it. Parker has a great way of telling a story and throwing in some subtle humor. A bit of a grim story so far, but from comments I've seen, most of her work is.
 
Finished The Heroes a few days ago. Great book. My favourite of the years so far.

Starting my first ever re-read. A Game of Thrones. Its been about 10 years since I read it and I'm definitely a much "better" reader now. So it should be an interesting endeavor.

Up next is The Wise Mans Fear.
 
I'm reading Wise Man's Fear. I probably will be for a while. I remember Name of the Wind be a "can't put down" book. This one is, so far, a little slow.
 
I finished the new Feist book, A kingdom Besieged a couple of days ago. After a slow start it hooked me in and has me looking forward to the next installment. This book is a definite improvement on his last one imo.

I have since started Elizabeth Moon's The Legacy of Gird Omnibus. I am only 100 pages in and liking it a lot so far, I think this one may take me a while to get through though. Hopefully I will have her new novel, Kings of the North, here by the time I am done.
 
Paks said:
I have since started Elizabeth Moon's The Legacy of Gird Omnibus. I am only 100 pages in and liking it a lot so far, I think this one may take me a while to get through though. Hopefully I will have her new novel, Kings of the North, here by the time I am done.
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How do you think Oath of Fealty compares to the original Paks trilogy?
 
I'm less than 100 away from the end of Salvatore's The Pirate King and will be reading his The Ghost King next. It's fun to go back to Drizzt every once in a while.
 
Rob B said:
How do you think Oath of Fealty compares to the original Paks trilogy?
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I really loved the Paks trilogy when I first read it, (which was 10 years or so ago) I reread it a year or two ago now and whilst I still loved it, not as much as I originally did. Oath of Fealty I thought was fantastic, I thought it was better than the Paks books and I really enjoyed the characters involved.
 
Earlier this week I finished The Last Angel by Natasha Rhodes, second Kayla Steele novel. Like its predecessor, it's still a mixed bag, an urban fantasy parody of sorts (or at least I think it is). You get an interesting plot which unravels with plenty of nonsensical scenes, clever witticisms interlaced with horrific dialog. It's all very strange and I rather liked it. :)

And now back to Wild Cards I which I was supposed to finish for the February book club.
 
I have finished The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura and Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman.



I am going to start reading Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson in a few minutes.
 
Finished Gemmell's The King Beyond the Gate and moving into Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company.
 
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