Reading in July 2010

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Hobbit

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What? July already?

More than halfway through the year...

Just in case you didn't know, this is where you tell us what you've been reading in Fantasy/Horror this month. Good or bad, we want to know what and why.

This month's Fantasy book for discussion in July 2010 is Territory by Emma Bull.

Feel free to join in the discussion HERE!


Mark
 
I know it is not fantasy, but I am finishing up 1984 by George Orwell. After I do that, I will go back and finish off my first read through of A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin. I started it a few months ago, but had to put it on hold to finish a few other books I was reading in a discussion group. I am looking forward to finishing it and officially begin my waiting process for ADWD like everyone else in the world. :D
 
Just finished a re-read of War of the Twins, by Weis and Hickman. While not great, this one held up after all this time better than the original Dragonlance trilogy for me.

Now I'm reading House of Chains, by Steven Erikson.

Next up is Iorich, by Steven Brust.
 
After two superb novels in a row - both romantic and dark debuts - the awesome literary The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (just reviewed on FBC) and the very impressive fantasy Passion Play by Beth Bernobich, I have three more political fantasies of 600, 600 and 500 pages respectively and I oscillate between them - Black Prism by B. Weeks, King's Bastard by Rowena Cory Daniells and Imager 3 (Intrigue) by LE Modesitt

Have to decide and get seriously into one of them but all are quite tempting...
 
The Terror by Dan Simmons - an engrossing (so far) novel based on the HMS Erebus and Terror's quest to find the Northwest Passage... with a murderous oversized, intelligent polar bear thrown in the mix.
 
Started up Elantris by Sanderson and am about 100 pages in. The concept is intriguing but I'm not being pulled in by the characters yet. Raoden is the only one I'm enjoying. Still a lot to go though.
 
Really enjoying my re-read of A Feast For Crows. After this, I think I'm gonna jump back into The Blade Itself which I recently started and stalled on.
 
Can't decide what to read next. Got too many books. Narrowed it down to -

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Heroes Die by Matthew Stover
Fall of Thanes by Brian Ruckley

First person to tell me what I should read wins.
 
3/4 into Under Heaven by G.G.Kay.
The second half of the book is a bit better. A bit more of action, but still not much fun. So far, just average.
 
Just finished Neuropath by R. Scott Bakker, which was very good; not a story that leaves you thinking of puppy dogs and rainbows though. But then again, his work seems to be that way across the board, doesn't it? That's why I like it so much!

Started The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie last night.
 
Just started the Passage by Justin Cronin, which is a big ol book. Im looking forward to getting into the meat of the story, but so far I find myself skipping through overly descriptive pages trying to find where stuff actually happens.
 
TheEvilKing said:
Can't decide what to read next. Got too many books. Narrowed it down to -

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Heroes Die by Matthew Stover
Fall of Thanes by Brian Ruckley

First person to tell me what I should read wins.
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Within the last year I've read American Gods, Perdido Street Station and Snow Crash. I think Snow Crash was my favorite of the bunch, though Perdido Street Station was very close (and ultimately probably a little more well done). Both Snow Crash and Perdido have absolutely brilliant openings... Snow Crash in it's description of the deliverator and Perdido Street Station in an approach to the city (won't go any more detailed than that since I don't want to give anything away at all).

BTW liked American Gods as well, just not at the same level.
 
Only have about a hundred and twenty pages to go of A Clash of Kings. Still have the same thoughts as before on the book, but I'm digging Arya even more now. I can't wait until she whips out the can of badass, 'cos I know she's going to, and people are going to be sorry. /cacklecackle

I wish the book was just about her.
 
Colonel Worf said:
The Terror by Dan Simmons
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I liked this one a lot. I liked Drood even more, which surprised me. And then Black Hills was disappointing. But even though I didn't like Black Hills all that much, the amount of research and detail that went into each of these books was really impressive. I felt that I was not only reading for leisure, but also "learning stuff". Good times.

Ken
 
I've got a few on the go right now - I'm presently reading A Madness of Angels: Or, The Ressurrection of Matthew Swift by Kate Griffin. I'm about half way through Rhone by John Karr, and I also am working my way through a re-read of A Game of Thrones by GRRM.

Are you still skipping all the chapter POVs you don't like?
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Other people do that too?
 
I recently finished Play Dead. It was a nice guilty pleasure, if nothing special. Not sure if it could count as "horror" to be honest... I've reviewed it on my blog.
 
I haven't visited one of these threads in a while... this is what I've been reading:

Read up to Fall with Honor of The Vampire Earth series by E.E. Knight. I really liked them. I had trouble getting into it in the first book, but once it and I found the rhythm of the series, I really couldn't wait for the next one. Winter Duty should be on its way to me now.

Also read the 2nd book in the October Daye series, A Local Habitation. Enjoyed it the same, but this time around it was more of a "who done it" book centered in a single location. I liked the first book a lot more though, but the excerpt I read for the third book was quite promising. I wish the main character had a bit more power... she's too weak at times of my tastes particularly with all the powerful people around her.

Also read Sixty-One Nails by Shevdon, the first of The Courts of Feyre series. It's a big book for an Urban Fantasy, about 550 pages... and I don't know why, but I couldn't put the book down. I say I don't know why because overall I thought it was a bit slow going for my tastes and I thought it lacked in the action department. I guess I liked one of the characters a lot and I liked the relationship between the two main characters, plus I thought this version of the Fey and London was interesting. I thought the final confrontation against the enemy was weak though, and was a big let down for me, but the end of the book places our main character in a situation of big interest for me. The sequel for it looks promising, and I think it might have more action in it... it should be released next week or something.

Now I'm currently reading Spellwright by Blake Charlton and I've been enjoying it a lot. It has a fun feel to it that I really enjoy and the characters are quite likable. Should finish it tonight.

After I'm done with Spellwright, I'm going with Shadow's Son by Sprunk most probably.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I also read Sandman Slim by Kadrey and though it was a lot of fun.
 
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