Reading in January 2012

[jagilki]

Finished Feet of Clay by Pratchett a few days ago, have now moved on to Winds of Khalakovo by Bradley P. Beaulieu

 

[Danogzilla]

Finished Feet of Clay by Pratchett a few days ago,

This is near the top of my TBR stacks. I won't bother asking if it was good or not, I'll just assume it was typically brilliant.

 

[Loerwyn]

This is near the top of my TBR stacks. I won't bother asking if it was good or not, I'll just assume it was typically brilliant.

It was fairly good for Pratchett, which to me is "good read but forgettable". I'd definitely say you should go for it, though.

 

[Luke_B]

Speaking of Sir Terry, I'm just starting on The Colour of Magic. Embarrassed to say I've never read it.

 

[MattNY]

Doing another reread of Lost Horizon by James Hilton. Probably my fourth or fifth time going through. I am not a speed reader by any means, but this one, I especially go slow. Don't know why, but I love to soak up every detail or sentence uttered.

 

[beniowa]

Forgot to post here. Finished Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle, about an American girl who moves to England and befriends a ghost. While I didn't get completely sucked in, it was still a pretty good read, though Beagle might have gotten the whole teenage girl thing a little too well. A nice, short book if you're a fan of the author.

Also read Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon by Mark Hodder. First off I have to say I've enjoyed how well the steampunk and time travel elements were handled in Hodder's books. Some of the better in the sub-genre. As well as how the author gave the books a Victorian feel without overdoing it. The third Burton and Swinburne book wrapped up most of the plot arcs by the end, but then the very last page is somewhat ambigious. It made me wonder if more books are planned or not and I wasn't sure how to feel about it.

Now I'm most of the way through Absolution Gap.

 

[Priestvyrce]

Just finished two Simon R. Green Nightside novels,Hell To Pay and I can't remember the other one. Typical Green adventures, though not as fun as previous Nightside novels.

 

[algernoninc]

finished The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce. Great read, if a little disturbing, alternating between the comedy of growing up in a small village in England around 1960, with the horror of a malefic entity of ambiguous sexual orientation. The themes in the book are quite adult and explicit given the youth of the boys as they deal with awaken sexuality, anarchism, suicidal depression or hard drugs. They called themselves The Moodies and I think they can be described as the Goonies gone wild.

 

[Rob B]

finished The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce. Great read, if a little disturbing, alternating between the comedy of growing up in a small village in England around 1960, with the horror of a malefic entity of ambiguous sexual orientation.

I read this a few years back and thought it brilliant, emotional, powerful, sublime and disturbing. One of the better and more realistic fantasy novels I've ever read.

 

[PeterWilliam]

Moving on into The Battle for Skandia of the same series/author.

Finished and onto The Sorceror of the North (i.e. #5).

 

[ezchaos]

I've read two excellent urban fantasies this month. The first was Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch and the second was Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht. Can't wait for the next installments of both of these series which will both be within the next few months.

 

[Corporal Blues]

finished The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce. Great read, if a little disturbing, alternating between the comedy of growing up in a small village in England around 1960, with the horror of a malefic entity of ambiguous sexual orientation. The themes in the book are quite adult and explicit given the youth of the boys as they deal with awaken sexuality, anarchism, suicidal depression or hard drugs. They called themselves The Moodies and I think they can be described as the Goonies gone wild.

Wow, sounds intense, but good. I have Requiem by Joyce on my shelf, so I might have to bump that up the reading pile...

 

[Loerwyn]

I started The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima last night.

I'd say it's pretty much on the good side of average as far as YA goes, although she does get credit from me for having a fairly gender balanced world - sort of. There's definitely some strong - or potentially strong - women in there. It's far from blowing me away though, and I'm a little put off already by Ms Chima's insistence on dialogue reflecting accents, because it almost never looks good and almost always looks silly.

 

[DurzoBlint]

Finished Hawkwood and the King. Wow! I can't wait to dip into the second omnibus.

 

[Erfael]

Wow, sounds intense, but good. I have Requiem by Joyce on my shelf, so I might have to bump that up the reading pile...

It's been a few years, so maybe this recollection is colored over by time a bit, but I found that to be one of the best books I've ever read. I've been meaning to get back to it to see if I still think so.

 

[Corporal Blues]

It's been a few years, so maybe this recollection is colored over by time a bit, but I found that to be one of the best books I've ever read. I've been meaning to get back to it to see if I still think so.

Now that's my kind of endorsement! Gonna start reading it tonight.

 

[Gilgamesh]

Finished Hawkwood and the King. Wow! I can't wait to dip into the second omnibus.

Amazing series... really.
Paul Kearney is a brilliant writer. It always surprises me why he isn't much more popular.

 

[Johnny B]

Finally reading A Darkness at Sethanon by Feist. I read the others in this trilogy two years ago but wasn't impressed enough to immediately read this one. It's not bad, but I think I've been spoiled by the likes of Hobb, Martin, and Rothfuss. Feist's prose cannot compare in my opinion.

I have The Book of Joby by Mark Ferrari on deck. I cannot wait to read this one.

 

[beniowa]

Read through Jeffrey Ford's short story collection, The Empire of Ice Cream. One or two stories were a little too surreal for me to really enjoy, but all of them were quite well written.. The only real drawback was that none of the stories really jumped out and grabbed me. Anyway, I'm looking forward to trying more by Ford in the future.

I then borrowed my dad's nook so I could download and read Ted Chiang's The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate. Wonderful story. Shows Chiang at the height of his writing powers. I sure hope Subpress reprints it someday so I can buy a physical copy.

About to start When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger. And I'm also going to jump into Galactic North.

 

[MattNY]

Finished Lost Horizon today and began a much anticipated start to the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. I am about a third of the way into Storm Front and it definitely feels like a light hearted, fun supernatural thriller.