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What are you reading in March?
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- The Crown Conspiracy
- Brokedown Palace by Steven Brust
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
plus, anything else the group may recommend!
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This is my short list, subject to additions:
Hearts in Atlantis & Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Mistborn The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Busted Flush edited by George R.R. Martin
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
might toss in a GR author here or there...
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I'm reading quite a lot in the next few months for a challenge in another group, but these are really the only fantasy books that I've got going.
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Neverwhere A Novel
Enchantment
The Lightning Thief
Harbinger of Doom
The Crown Conspiracy
Avempartha
I, Robot
Cloak of Magic
The Well of Ascension
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Neverwhere A Novel
I'll be curious what you think of Neverwhere, Robin. I thought it was a great book, but opinions on it seems to vary GREATLY.
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I will certainly let you know. From what I hear Gaiman is really 'varied' in his writing. I personally did not like StarDust but really enjoyed GoodOmens (though I don't know how much of that was Prachett) so this will be interesting.
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The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J. Sullivan
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
I'll also read at least the second in the Mistborn series and probably some other of the new books I've recently picked up at the used bookstore. I have a huge pile waiting for me, but I have to make it through library books as they get to me as well, so we'll see what happens! I'm hoping for the second Kushiel book to get to me at some point from the library and I'm relatively sure I'll drop everything when it does get here. :)
Non-fantasy I'm reading:
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
Time and Chance by my fav historical fiction author, Sharon Kay Penman
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I will also be reading Alphabet of Thorn.
Beyond that, I can't think. I've been out all week with the flu so I'm way behind on my reading schedule and my brain is still foggy and by body is still lethargic.
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I'm still at the beginning of A Game of Thrones by GRRM. If I'm still enjoying it later on, I may just move right onto A Clash of Kings. But if I feel like reading something else I'll probably pick something random to read.
I'm also still trying to finish The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling. Reading it slowly right now, just a chapter a night, more or less.
Last night I just started The Crown Conspiracy. I'm putting all the other books on hold to read it right now.
So many books at once! I don't normally like doing that. :P
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Fictionwise, it was a disappointing month for the most part:
The Worm Ouroboros - The best book I read (reread, actually) last month.
Disco for the Departed - The third book in Collin Cotterill's series about a Laotian coroner/reincarnated shaman. Enjoyable read; second-best book of the bunch.
The House on the Borderland - Meh. The author has a knack for cosmic imagery but otherwise lacking in "soul."
Dracula (audiobook) - An adaptation of the novel, not a direct reading but good enough. I didn't like the guy who voiced the Count but Brian Cox as van Helsing was quite good.
Regenesis - Cherryh's latest Union/Alliance novel. The biggest disappointment of the month; too long (among other problems).
The Engines of God - As my just posted review says "reasonably enjoyable mind candy."
In nonfiction:
Nothing to Be Frightened Of - Julian Barnes' ruminations on death. Interesting; definitely worth a look by similarly obsessed people.
Storm of Steel - Ernst Junger's memoir of his experiences in WW1.
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue - Very enjoyable look at English and some of its more peculiar characteristics.
The Journal of Jules Renard - Too-short translation of Renard's Journal; leaves out too much without providing context.
The Early Chinese Empires: Qin & Han - Very readable account about the first imperial dynasties. Lots of interesting info for those only glancingly familiar with the period (like me); good bibliography.
Moving into March, I'd like to eliminate some of the fiction on my To-Read shelf so I can reread Bakker's Prince of Nothing series in anticipation of starting his The Judging Eye. To that end, at the moment, I'm enjoying Cabell's Figures of Earth, and will move on (in no particular order) to:
The Born Queen
Three Bags Full
The Master and Margarita
Manservant and Maidservant
King Jesus
The Third Man
Strange Cargo
And I began listening to Dune on Audio CD in February. It's a verbatim reading of the novel, which is fine, but sometimes the reader reads all the parts, sometimes a cast reads the characters and I can't figure out why...
Nonfiction:
I'll be starting Rome and the Barbarians, 100 B.C.-A.D. 400 Monday, and I'll be reading What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text, and Commentary. Beyond that, you're guess is as good as mine. My recent experience with China above has made me hanker after some more Chinese, so I may check out what my libraries have in that vein.
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I am also going to start reading Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede this month.
Non-fiction: Irresistable Invitation.
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For March I will probably try:
A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Blade Itself The First Law by Joe Abercrombie
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
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In my drawer, I have:
Hammered by Elizabeth Bear
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
The Stand by Stephen King
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
I have more, but I think those will be my goal books this month.
If you're also in the SciFi/Fantasy group, I apologize for copying my post here. ;)
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Try to get atleast one or two of these done..
The Princess Bride
East of Eden
American Gods
Alphabet of Thorn
And hopefully The Crown Conspiracy if I can find a copy of it.
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Emily wrote: "I don't know what's wrong with me, but I just can't get into The Blade Itself. Everyone else I know loves it! I hate it when that happens!"
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I want to read The Crown Conspiracy this month as well.
Later in March, we see the release of Butcher's Turn Coat . I will probably be getting that one right away.
On top of those three, I am reading a lot of art books as I try to get back into drawing and painting again. If I somehow manage more than that, His Majesty's Dragon is next on the list.
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I'm still working my way through the Dark Tower series. Currently reading Song of Susannah. For the rest of March it looks like the following:
The Dark Tower and
Wizard's First Rule
That should get me through March. I guess I will have to put Mistborn The Final Empire on my TBR pile as I have heard so much about it.
The Dark Tower and
Wizard's First Rule
That should get me through March. I guess I will have to put Mistborn The Final Empire on my TBR pile as I have heard so much about it.
Robin wrote: "I really enjoyed Book Thief - I've only barely cracked Cloak of Magic."
Oh, I loved The Book Thief, was a break from fantasy but a great book. I thought Death as the narrator was awesome. Speaking of Death makes me think of Mort, totally in the other direction of Book Thief, just popped into my head.
Oh, I loved The Book Thief, was a break from fantasy but a great book. I thought Death as the narrator was awesome. Speaking of Death makes me think of Mort, totally in the other direction of Book Thief, just popped into my head.
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I know exactly what you mean - I had the same struggle. Very beautiful written (Very similar to Dicken's) But slow moving. I finally did get through it and thought it was good. But it was a chore. If it wasn't for the fact that it was a bookclub read I might not have made it through it.
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;-)
I read the first Lemony Snicket ages ago but I might read all of them now ;-)
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I followed that with Zamora's Ultimate Challenge, a much lighter YA book, about two young brothers who have to go into their favorite video game to save their baby sister from the evil queen. A new reader, especially of fantasy, would enjoy this one.
I followed that with Carved in Stone, a very adult romance by Sarah Storme. She's a young socialite whose husband tried to kill her. He's a young sculptor looking for the perfect form for his perfect stone. I've always liked Storme's romances. This one is more explicit than her usual but not grotesquely so.
I'm in the middle of Witch's Pawn, a horror novel about a TV soap with a supernatural storyline that starts filming in the house of 17th century witch Estelle De La Bordeaux. Then people start dying...I'm not a big horror fan so it's slower going for me with this one.
Waiting in the wings is Murder Takes the Cake, sequel to Murder Off the Books, one of the best mysteries I've got.
After that I don't know, I've got an author appearance in mid-March and Lunacon after that, with ICon in early April, and I have to polish my Dark Glass story as well.
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Last week I also read The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable which may very well have been the first Terry Pratchett book I actually enjoyed.
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You link took me to a search results screen. Are you talking about the one by Stirling? I haven't read it, I've never heard of it, there aren't any reviews of it, and none of my GoodReads friends have rated it. In other words, I can't tell you if it's worth reading. If you finish, please post a review.
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Yeah, Sandi, that's the one. Looks like I'm heading into uncharted waters. I'll post a review when/if I finish ;-).
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Aaahh! I hardly ever read only one book at a time, but it's usually about three. Never this much. I wish I was a monogamous book reader...
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That has to be especially tough with books like [Book: A Storm of Swords" alt="Kushiel's Dart (Kushiel's Legacy, Book 1) by Jacqueline Carey"/> in there... that's a lot of characters to keep track of ON ITS OWN, much less with five other books!
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After that I'll be moving on to The Judging Eye and then into the Mistborn series. And in between I'll be finishing books 7-10 of the Y: The Last Man graphic novels which are excellent.
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I just started Wizard's First Rule, so that will probably carry over well into March. I also hope to finish the rest of the Mistborn series. Not sure if I'll get through it this month, but we'll see.