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What are you reading in February?
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The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
The Ghost Map The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson
Gilead A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
I just ordered The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J. Sullivan
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Gilead A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
Revolutionary Characters What Made the Founders Different by Gordon S. Wood
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
I also have the audio book for The Road which I will start after finishing the Sparrow.
I started reading (but may not finish):
I will probably read The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold (started reading 2/3/2009) as well as The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi.
After that, if there's any time left in February, I will tackling my mooched book stack.
I also just ordered The Crown Conspiracy.
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Morgawr by Terry Brooks
Stephen King Goes to the Movies by Stephen King
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
Aside from those, I also have plans/hopes to get into the following:
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Griffin's Daughter by Leslie Ann Moore
The Crown Conspiracy by Michael Sullivan
Those are for the reading group here, and should keep me busy for awhile.....also on my soon list are:
Mistborn The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Busted Flush edited by George R.R. Martin
I probably won't get to all of them in February. Some will carry over for awhile, I'm sure....
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Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Faerie Wars
Breaking Dawn
A Game of Thrones
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I took a peek at your books and noticed that you do not have Eclipse on your list as read. Have you read it yet? If not, you should probably give that a try before you read Breaking Dawn.
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Next up will probably be The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling.
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Light of the Oracle by Victoria Hanley
The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien (I've read it before, but it's one of my favorites so...)
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (I'm actually listening to the audio-book-Lynn Redgrave's reading is marvelous!)
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher
...yeah, I should finish all of those this month
Meanwhile I have a whole slew that I haven't started yet, but also plan to finish this month:
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur Clarke
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmund Rostand
The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin
and countless (seriously countless) others
Of course as I said last month these plans are a little useless due to the sheer number of books I want to read.
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I also FINALLY got Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey and am REALLY excited about it.
Coming soon in the mail is the second in Goodkind's Sword of Truth series and I'll likely also pick up the third of the Wheel of Time series.
For the Historical Fiction group on here I'm going to read Katherine by Anya Seton. The group is also reading Outlander, which I've read, but I'm the mod leading the discussion so may re-read.
I'm also getting into Dragonfly in Amber in the same Outlander series.
In non-fantasy news, I'm reading:
Song of Solomon
Gilead A Novel
Crazy Love Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
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GRRM is such an "fantasy icon" I can't believe I've not read him before...I just got Game of Thrones and plan to start it soon.
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Also, I really enjoyed JR&MN, but I like historical fiction AND fantasy, so maybe that helped? I thought this was a great melding of the two genres - the footnotes were some of the best part of the entire book for me!
And as for your romance, Robin, you should come read Outlander with our group!
I hope you love Game of Thrones - I was immediately addicted and had to work really hard not to speed through them with the knowledge that he's writing soooo slooooowly.
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Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
Calibre by Sam Sarkar
Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
I will be reading Crown Conspiracy by Michael Sullivan as soon as it arrives!
I hope to also read books recommended by friends from Goodreads:
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Brokedown Palace by Steven Brust
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Dune by Frank Hebert
I've never read a lot of sci fi, but the people who recommended these are also friends who are on our fantasy group, so hopefully I'll find a common ground!
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Just finished Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, and will be starting Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire soon.
Still reading Mistborn The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson, and The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. However I have quite a few other books checked out from the library and I have to attend to some of them first.
Others on my soon to read list:
Dune by Frank Herbert
Griffin's Daughter by Leslie Ann Moore
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Neverwhere A Novel by Neil Gaiman
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
I don't expect to finish all these books this month. A few will most likely carry over.
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I have to read a bunch of books for the RWA Rita contest, but some of those are fantasy. one leans a little toward horror... Anyway, that's what I'm reading First in Feb.
But I just got
Dragonheart Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern by Anne & Todd McCaffrey, and the new
Card book, Ender in Exile, so I may read those. But I also got my Christmas present, a Sony reader, and I have
Lynn Viehl's Stay the Night on it, which I have Already read. (think I posted a review.) I also have
The Accidental Demon Slayer by Angie Fox, which I've heard good things about.
I plan to get the new Carrie Vaughn Kitty the werewolf book too, if I think I have time to read it. I have to start writing the next book in my steampunk series--hopefully next week. I think I know where to start it now. Maybe.
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Ya JS&MN - is Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Just a typo.
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I hope to get to The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and I want to finish up book 2 in the Night World series.
If I can get them all done by the end of the month, I'll be doing good *lol*. Seems like I don't have enough time to read these days.
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At the moment I'm reading Hyperion by Dan Simmons; very good but it takes some concentration to follow everything that's going on (not that that's a bad thing...).
Also, I'm reading Blindness by Jose Saramago. The Dutch version, to be precise, translated as 'Stad der Blinden'.
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I am currently reading The Pearls (Fantasy) by Deborah Chester. I am almost done. I am hoping to then finish Revelation Space (Science Fiction) by Alastair Reynolds.
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Leslie, it also takes me awhile to get through a book. I tried rotation reading (reading a little from a different book every day) but I just gave that up to concentrate on one book at a time. With my teaching day job and writing aspirations I have just come to the conclusion that I will have to force reading and electronic entertainment into the post midnight hours. So, unless I learn how to speed read, I will have to abandon my one book a week goal. Sigh!
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Also finished Song of Solomon which I could appreciate for its beauty, but didn't love myself. Working on Gilead A Novel now, which is short and will likely be followed by another fantasy novel... I need my fix! :)
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I also read Watchmen by Alan Moore, which was amazing!
Now, I'm onto The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling.
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I must confess that I was a bit disappointed in This one. It was a quick fun read - but I thought it could have been so much more. I think it is great that all the profits are going to chairty.
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1 - GoodOmens
2 - Princess Bride
3 - Neverwhere
4 - Game of Thrones
Anyone have suggestions?
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Now I'm reading The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling.
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near the top of my to-read pile are Wolf Moon and The Harp of the Grey Rose, both by Charles De Lint
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Right now, I'm reading Mistborn and Clash of Kings.
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And of course, I will be reading The Name of the Wind sometime soon here as well.