Reading in January 2012

Siberian said:
Funny, I have exactly the same rule for exactly the same reason.
It doesn't apply to the series of loosely connected or mostly self-contained books (Dresden Files, for example).

Maybe I miss out on Martin and other great authors, but I can deal with it better than with waiting :)
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I take a different view of series. I think the fun isn't as much where we're going as it is the journey.
 
Contrarius said:
Like who?
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Stephen Leigh used his own name earlier in his career, such as when contributing to the Wilds Cards books. But then used "SL Farrell" for several fantasy books and "Mathew Farrell" for some science fiction. Admittedly, that doesn't happen too often though.
 
sullivan_riyria said:
I didn't check this before posting...sorry to lazy but I saw this come up as free recently on kindle so downloaded it future reading. I really enjoyed Salem's Lot (read it back when it was released) so while I don't usually go for "vampire tales" if it is "old school" I think I'll enjoy it.
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Beware though, it's pretty gory. I haven't read Salem's Lot so I can't tell you how it compares.
 
This month I've read

The River of Shadows by Robert V. S. Redick
Men at Arms Terry Pratchett
Antiphon by Ken Scholes
Seven Princes by John R. Fultz

and am just starting Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett.
 
jagilki said:
This month I've read

The River of Shadows by Robert V. S. Redick
Men at Arms Terry Pratchett
Antiphon by Ken Scholes
Seven Princes by John R. Fultz

and am just starting Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett.
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Hey Jag, How much did you like River of Shadows....thats my on deck book.
 
finished off the Night Angel trilogy by Weeks, really rather liked the series.

gearing up to start Red Wolf Conspiracy
 
Kazz Wylde said:
Hey Jag, How much did you like River of Shadows....thats my on deck book.
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First, just to get it out of the way, I'm not real critical when it comes to books.

It started a little slow, but towards the end it builds up enough to get me excited for the next one.

I will say part of the "slowness" of the start could of been it just being too long since I read the previous book and it took a while to get back into the world.
 
Finished Percepliquis and have to agree with Suciul on the ending but the series as a whole is great.

Currently reading Kearney's Hawkwood and the King. Slow going for me which is strange (may be the 16hr days at work) but I am chugging along as best I can and enjoying it quite a bit. Kearney never fails to disappoint.

Lots a books on the TBR pile but they are all looking good. Glad to finally have time to post on this forum after a long hiatus.
 
It's rare that I read a book in just 2 days but Dark Matter by Michelle Paver took me that long to complete. It's a horror, though not terribly scary, although from the enthusiastic blurbs on the cover (and continuing well into the inside pages) you'd think it was the greatest ghost story ever told! What it does have is a very good atmosphere sustained throughout, largely due to the dark Arctic winter setting. The main protagonist reminded me of someone from the few chiller-type computer games I have played in recent years and the author seemed to forego a real sense of character in favour of a rather stereotyped lonely figure with no family or connections and a tendency to react rather strongly to the situations thrown up by the plot. The ending was something of cliché and a bit of a let down too. Still, I enjoyed this one and found it quite gripping; it made for a good winter ghost story. **** (4 stars out of 5)
 
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Glad to see your comments, Ropie. I've seen so many good things said about it that I'm looking forward to hunting it down.


Randy M.
 
jagilki said:
First, just to get it out of the way, I'm not real critical when it comes to books.

It started a little slow, but towards the end it builds up enough to get me excited for the next one.

I will say part of the "slowness" of the start could of been it just being too long since I read the previous book and it took a while to get back into the world.
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Thanks Jag, Yeah I'm gonna have to skim some of Ruling Sea to brush up.
 
After a brief dip in the sci-fi pool, I'm back here. Now reading The Burning Bridge by Flanagan.
 
Randy M. said:
Glad to see your comments, Ropie. I've seen so many good things said about it that I'm looking forward to hunting it down.
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Hi Randy,

Yeah, my mini 'review' looks as if it focused more on the negatives. In actual fact it's a well written book and an easy read but with some depth to it. The amount of Arctic research that she must have done is impressive and although I couldn't comment on historical accuracy (not to mention the fact that the area the story is set in is fictitious), it certainly conjures up a vivid portrait of a land and its early settlers. Fascinating stuff really and well worth a go!
 
Loving Kay's Under Heaven!!! It has a great vibe right from the start and as per usual some of thebest writing around.
 
Finished The Thirteen Hallows by Michael Scott and Collette Somethingorother and all I can really say is - meh. For some reason I was thinking it was gonna be YA, maybe because Scott wrote the Alchemyst series, but it's really really not if you were wondering.

I'm having a hard time picking something else up as this book killed the good reading binge I was on. Looking at Shadow Ops: Control Point by Myke Cole or maybe just jumping back into my WoT read to get ready for A Memory of Light.
 
Seak said:
I'm having a hard time picking something else up as this book killed the good reading binge I was on. Looking at Shadow Ops: Control Point by Myke Cole or maybe just jumping back into my WoT read to get ready for A Memory of Light.
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I'd lean towards the Myke Cole novel, myself. ;)
 
Seak said:
Finished The Thirteen Hallows by Michael Scott and Collette Somethingorother and all I can really say is - meh. For some reason I was thinking it was gonna be YA, maybe because Scott wrote the Alchemyst series, but it's really really not if you were wondering.

I'm having a hard time picking something else up as this book killed the good reading binge I was on. Looking at Shadow Ops: Control Point by Myke Cole or maybe just jumping back into my WoT read to get ready for A Memory of Light.
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I'm with Rob and Mark, Bryce. No one has said a bad thing about Myke's novel yet. Jared from Pornokitsch came the closest, if you want to hear a somewhat dissenting review.
 
I like that the Pornokitch review references Shadowrun in the reviewer's byline -- I played a lot of that as a kid and I've been getting a nostalgic vibe from what I'm hearing about the Cole book.
 
Chrysippus said:
So I promised myself never again to start a series until all of the books had already been published, so that I never had to wait for an author again.
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a fine rule, and one to which i adhere. which means i won't be reading steven erikson or scott lynch anytime soon...
 
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