Ann Cleeves "White nights" and "Red bones". Murder on(in?) the Shetland Isles.
"Mao, the unknown story," by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday. An a$&¤)"$ road to power - very interesting.
"Hot Money" by Dick Francis
Wolfsangel by MD Lachlan. Dripping with viking-y goodness so far. Annoyingly well written too.
Just finished Finch by Jeff Vendermeer. I think Vandermeer has become my absolute favorite author. What was really rewarding in Finch is how it ties together with City of Saints and Madmen and Shriek: An Afterword. Highly recommend it.
Shadows of the Apt series, Empire of Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikvosky. Some great elements to it, but as a whole, the characters are pretty two dimensional and it never really catches a good flow. It took me a long time to finish it. On to Bernard Cornwell and the Saxon series. I am sure he won't disappoint.
Just finished "Torch of Freedom" by David Weber and Eric Flint
"Hitlers War" by Harry Turtledove
still reading "Best Served Cold" by Joe Abercrombie
"Best served cold"," Joe Abercrombie.
Starting the "The Gargoyle", by Andrew Davidson".
Currently reading The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. A dystpoian future novel set in 22nd Century Thailand, it chronicles the lives of several protagonists dealing with the realities of a world without easy energy resources and rampant genehacking.
Just finished The Company by K.J. Parker and I am about to start Generation A by Douglas Coupland.
Rereading Dune by Frank Herbert. Also on the night stand in various states of completion:
The Beatles, by Bob Spitz
Kate Remembered, by A. Scott Berg
Practical Demonkeeping, by Christopher Moore
Timewyrm: Genesis, by John Peel (first of the Dr Who New Adventures)
Thor, Vol 2 (Marvel TPB)
Reading "Tsotsi", by Athol Fugard. A killer finds a new-born child. It's a really good book.
Just finished Kull: Exile of Atlantis by R. E. Howard. I enjoyed it, although the quality of the stories is uneven and some are unfinished. I like the idea of the philosopher-barbarian, but I suspect that Howard didn't have it in him to take that idea much further than he did. (Cue John Milius?) I especially liked the black & white reproductions of Justin Sweet's awesome illustrations. Hey, I wasn't going to pay a hundred bucks for the color ones. It made me wonder if there was any chance of Paizo using Justin's work again?
Next up: The Ship of Ishtar.
Just finished Child of Fire by Harry Connolly. Very much an homage to Jim Butcher's Dresdan Files, and surprisingly well done. I look forward to his follow up.
Next up, Bookkeeping for Canadians for Dummies. Sigh.
The Ginger Star by Leigh Brackett - Planet Stories!!
Waiting on The Idiots Guide to Windows 7 & The Idiot's Guide to Word 2007 from Amazon.
Kushiel's Mercy - Jacqueline Carey
The Innocent Mage & The Awakened Mage by Karen Miller. :)
Just finished First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher, now starting Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Just finished The Hounds of Skaith (Leigh Brackett), and am about to start The Reavers of Skaith.
I love Planet Stories, but my only criticism is that there were *so* many typos in the Hounds, it seemed like there was at least one on almost every page. It was horrendous. There haven't been nearly as many in the other books I've read so far, so hopefully this one was just an anomaly.
I started listening to the audio version of The Religion by Tom Willocks, ready by Simon Vance. Wow.
I am indulging in a bit of reading nostalgia with Poul Anderson's novel Mirkheim, from his Polesotechnic League series.
Hunting Ground went quick, now finally starting on Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy
Okay, The Ship of Ishtar: super fun, loved the illustrations, got ideas for gaming. Merritt knows how to write.
Stephen KIng - Under the Dome.
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Stephen KIng - Under the Dome.
Same here. I just started it Sunday night and so far I'm enjoying it, although I think he's putting in more snide political commentary than usual. I'll say one thing for sure about Stephen King though, he knows how to craft characters that I love to hate and can't wait to see get what's (hopefully) coming to them.
Just fnishing up the Prydain Chronicles...a little bit of nostalgia :)
Same here. I just started it Sunday night and so far I'm enjoying it, although I think he's putting in more snide political commentary than usual. I'll say one thing for sure about Stephen King though, he knows how to craft characters that I love to hate and can't wait to see get what's (hopefully) coming to them.Stephen KIng - Under the Dome.
I'm enjoying it too - I couldn't put it down yesterday, got through about 400 pages.
I really like his style of putting flawed people in a pressure situation and letting people's weakness, ignorance, and stupidity do as much or more harm than any necessarily evil intent. The characters are definitely impressively done.
Starting "The Scar ," by Chris Wooding. Plot = a ninja in the Underdark.
Oops, that should be "The Fade",by Chris Wooding...
KJ Parker: Purple and Black
KJ Parker: Purple and Black
I read something by him (her?) a few years ago. It was a trilogy about weaponcrafting, but I forget the names of the books. The first book was about swords, the second about bows, and the third about siege weapons.
Now reading:
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher
KJ Parker: Purple and BlackI read something by him (her?) a few years ago. It was a trilogy about weaponcrafting, but I forget the names of the books. The first book was about swords, the second about bows, and the third about siege weapons.
Colours in the Steel, Belly of the Bow and something else.
Colours in the Steel, Belly of the Bow and something else.KJ Parker: Purple and BlackI read something by him (her?) a few years ago. It was a trilogy about weaponcrafting, but I forget the names of the books. The first book was about swords, the second about bows, and the third about siege weapons.
That was it! And The Proof House was the last one, as a quick Amazon search reveals. I did like that series. Kind of depressing, though.
About half-way through The Religion. Awesome writing, great characterization, meaningful action, rich setting. Also, Simon Vance is a great reader. Can't recommend this enough: At this point, I'd put him in my top historical fiction authors; I hope it holds to the end.
A book on NC Wyeth, one of the greatest American painters ever.
When I went to Maine, I did the whole Wyeth thing. NC is my favorite.