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Maklershed · Aug 1, 2013

GK86 · Aug 1, 2013

I'm reading two of Herman Melville's classics, "Benito Cereno" and then "Bartleby the Scrivener." BC is kinda tough to read. Melville really describes everything in detail. But I'm enjoying it more right now(a little more than half way).

Maklershed · Aug 1, 2013

Kindle

The Terror by Dan Simmons

Hard copy

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

fakefaker · Aug 1, 2013

Into the 3rd part of The long Ships by Bengtsson and so far the book is farkin' amazing.

BloodMoney · Aug 1, 2013

The Chesepeake, by James Michener... can't put it down.

Jarlaxle · Aug 1, 2013

I just started this after finishing An Autumn War. Each book in this series actually gets better than the last one. I very much enjoyed An Autumn War and I'm wondering how this all ends up.

It doesn't feel like it's going to be a happy ending. The end of An Autumn War was so tragic and actually a little surprising.

ymmv · Aug 1, 2013

Now reading:

Bazza · Aug 1, 2013

Half way through The Algebraist, the last of Bank's SciFi books i haven't read. gonna be a little sad when i finish it.

Syf · Aug 1, 2013

Just started reading:

It's very good so far.

KingGondo · Aug 1, 2013

Just finished:

Now reading:

and

Dawg · Aug 1, 2013

Broder Salsa · Aug 1, 2013

Still Ada or Ardor, 200 pages in now so getting there.

Blitzzz · Aug 1, 2013

Just finished:

The Bat by Jo Nesbø

Was decent. Writing isn't spectacular and there was filler here and there but the characters and plot were interesting enough.

Still working my way through Shift Omnibus audiobook. It's been pretty disappointing compared to Wool so far.

Not sure what to read next. Maybe Consider Phlebas

NekoFever · Aug 1, 2013

Blood Meridian

Currently 76% of the way through and really loving it.

Haly · Aug 1, 2013

Sobscrobed.

Uriah · Aug 1, 2013

Just started Snow Crash

Keen · Aug 1, 2013

Just finished The Twelve by Justin Cronin, which I loved.

Now reading Use of Weapons by Ian M. Banks, and The Forever War by Joe Halderman on the kindle.

AngmarsKing701 · Aug 1, 2013

still plodding through Eon by Greg Bear. not even 1/4 through it yet. been sidetracked by recent Game Informer.

Muffdraul · Aug 1, 2013

30 years ago, I read the whole Tripods trilogy. Soon after that I found out the author followed it up with another trilogy, i.e. The Sword of the Spirits. I started the first book back then, but after two or three chapters I put it down, bored. All these years later I decided to go back and give it another try, which I recently did. It was OK, but nowhere near as good as I remember the Tripods trilogy being... so I've decided to go back and re-read it. Grabbing 1st ed. hardcovers on ebay.

EDIT: Hmmm, I think I did a very poor job of getting across what I meant to say. What I meant:

1980: I read John Christoper's Tripods trilogy, loved it very much
1980: I tried to read his Sword of Spirits trilogy, but very quickly aborted, just wasn't interested

early July 2013: I give Sword/Spirits another go, read the whole trilogy, and think its OK, nowhere near as good as Tripods
early August 2013: I start to re-read the Tripods trilogy, and a few chapters in am firmly convinced it's far superior to Sword/Spirits.

ShaneB · Aug 1, 2013

Days running together with my brain turning to mush here at work because of inventory, forgot it was even August with a new thread.

reposting...

Started this last night...

Some Are Sicker Than Others

Mackenzie 92 · Aug 1, 2013

Damn is it August already? Geez.

Bought a couple of the daily deals today

The Red Knight by Miles Cameron

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

And finished these over the past week or so. They were pretty bad lol. think I've had enough of them.

Lone Wolf by Nigel Findley

Changeling by Christopher Kubasik

TripOpt55 · Aug 1, 2013

About a third of the way through the third book in The Black Company series called The White Rose. Good so far.

jordisok · Aug 1, 2013

Technically started this like 2 months ago but put it down cos I'm stupid and lazy, really enjoying it now.

thomaser · Aug 1, 2013

Still Roberto Bolaño's 2666. On the fifth and final part, which finally seems to shed some light on the mysterious author everybody is looking for in the first part. I've been very satisfied with the book so far, but wonder how it can be ended with all the loose threads from the first four parts.

PS... am I the only one who didn't know that a new Thomas Pynchon book is released soon? It's called Bleeding Edge. I had no idea.

Transhuman · Aug 1, 2013

This will be my third reading.

EverythingShiny · Aug 1, 2013

Transhuman said:
This will be my third reading.

Yesssss. Not ashamed to admit I named one of my old cats Bartimaeus. I love this series.

Also, Mackenzie 92 already pointed out two of the Kindle daily deals - throwing in my recommendation for House of the Scorpion. It's a fantastic YA book. Nancy Farmer is an excellent author; The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm was one of my favorite books growing up.

I'm about 51% through the Shift Omnibus. One of the things I liked about Wool was the mystery surrounding why the silos exist and how they came to be; now that's been answered, I'm not sure how I feel about it.

Mifune · Aug 1, 2013

Been continuing my re-read of Gravity's Rainbow. Getting so much more out of it this time around.

Also...

Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia by Tom Bissell
Fascinating travelogue of Uzbekistan, its culture, history, and architecture.

Blitzzz · Aug 1, 2013

EverythingShiny said:
I'm about 51% through the Shift Omnibus. One of the things I liked about Wool was the mystery surrounding why the silos exist and how they came to be; now that's been answered, I'm not sure how I feel about it.

This is my problem so far with Shift too... and also the characters. I think it would have been cooler if it was revealed to us by the Wool cast piecing it together

Since S&L is reading this as a group read and it's free from my library, I figure I'll join in.

The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

BossLackey · Aug 1, 2013

In the middle of Bram Stoker's Dracula

Wiktor · Aug 1, 2013

Finished

It started slow, but then about 30% in the story shifted into higher gear. Pretty damn great read.

I still think it was too short, the whole Maze situation was ripe for longer conflict, more bickering in the team etc, but I guess fantasy Lord of the flies isn't what YA market is now after.

Started reading

Great premise. I think it's the first novel I've read that's told from POV of somebody with genuine schizophrenia..

KingGondo · Aug 1, 2013

NekoFever said:
Blood Meridian

Currently 76% of the way through and really loving it.

Probably the most beautifully-written book I've ever read. It's even more impressive when you consider how gruesome and terrible the subject matter is.

Jay Sosa · Aug 1, 2013

Brocas Brain by Sagan

Krowley · Aug 1, 2013

Transhuman said:
This will be my third reading.

Checked these out based on your post and they sound really interesting. I might be reading them soon.

NekoFever · Aug 1, 2013

KingGondo said:
Probably the most beautifully-written book I've ever read. It's even more impressive when you consider how gruesome and terrible the subject matter is.

Yeah, I love the writing. Once I got over the urge to look up every obscure, archaic word or type of desert foliage and just let the prose wash over me and give me a flavour of the world, I started to love it.

WorldStar · Aug 1, 2013

suzu · Aug 1, 2013

The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman

I liked it.

Akahige · Aug 1, 2013

my copy doesn't have this cool cover though just big ben on it.

sparky2112 · Aug 1, 2013

Muffdraul said:
30 years ago, I read the whole Tripods trilogy. Soon after that I found out he followed it up with another trilogy, i.e. The Sword of the Spirits. I started the first book, but after two or three chapters I put it down, bored. All these years later I decided to go back and read that trilogy. I recently did. It was OK, but nowhere near as good as I remember the Tripods trilogy being... so I've decided to go back and re-read it. Grabbing 1st ed. hardcovers on ebay.

Yep, the bursting of childhood bubbles. I remember a teacher reading us Dahl's Chocolate Factory sequel, Great Glass Elevator back in the day and loving it. 30+ years later, I read it to one of my kids. What an UTTER piece of garbage. Doh!

BriareosGAF · Aug 1, 2013

Muffdraul said:
30 years ago, I read the whole Tripods trilogy. Soon after that I found out he followed it up with another trilogy, i.e. The Sword of the Spirits. I started the first book, but after two or three chapters I put it down, bored. All these years later I decided to go back and read that trilogy. I recently did. It was OK, but nowhere near as good as I remember the Tripods trilogy being... so I've decided to go back and re-read it. Grabbing 1st ed. hardcovers on ebay.

I have such rich memories of reading this in late elementary school. It really affected me at the time, along with the Moomin books from Tove Jansson, and the Phantom Toolboth by Norton Juster. Looking forward to having my daughter read them, she's just about to start fourth grade.

Iceman · Aug 1, 2013

Just finished A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller. From 2009; the guy who wrote Blue Like Jazz. I was gifted the book from a friend how moved far away and thought that it was perfect for me - an aspiring screenwriter who is struggling with the decision to risk his career to follow his dream. It definitely makes the case for following the dream and risking it all. It attempts to apply the lessons of basic film story crafting to life - to living a good story. It's mostly successful, with the author courageously exposing his own experiments at applying these lessons, as he learned them, and attempting to life a more active life. It's emotional, frequently poignant, funny at times and saves a lot of the gut-punching emotional heft towards the end, reciting scenes/vignettes of the passing of a woman who lived a good story - and how it affected the people around her - and even (contextually) referencing a holocaust survivor's writings on the living with a purpose.

I found myself drawn into to his own personal story by several (I thought) unique, quirky references that I understood/shared with only a few other people in this world. It's written from christian's point of view, again drawing me into his experience, however it's never really a focus of the book; It's certainly not a theological discourse - christians looking to be filled in that way will be left wanting. But for an injection of urgency this book can stir things up inside you - maybe stuff that you've been trying to avoid/ignore. Read at your own peril. I thought it was an invaluable read for me, at this time in my life. And it may be for you.

I love Kitties · Aug 1, 2013

Just finished A Feast for Crows.

Andrew Korenchkin · Aug 1, 2013

Primarily The Bard. I can't believe it took me around 20 years to understand Shakespeare's genius.

Ashes · Aug 1, 2013

Neil Gaiman is overrated.

Anyways, reading:

Hoping to read 8 to 10 books this month. No idea how I will fare.

sestrugen · Aug 1, 2013

I've been trying to finish this book for a while, maybe this month /sigh

Muffdraul · Aug 1, 2013

sparky2112 said:
Yep, the bursting of childhood bubbles. I remember a teacher reading us Dahl's Chocolate Factory sequel, Great Glass Elevator back in the day and loving it. 30+ years later, I read it to one of my kids. What an UTTER piece of garbage. Doh!

My bad, my post was really unclear... I loved Tripods then and I'm still loving it now! I found Sword of the Spirits to be fairly meh, but I just read it last month for the first time.

And I'd be shocked if I thought Glass Elevator was "utter garbage" today on a re-read. I read that about 30 years ago too and still remember lots about it... the Vermicious Knids spelling "SCRAM," Wonka going "'What if?!' 'What if?!' What if my beard were made of green spinach?"

moojito · Aug 1, 2013

Well, well, well. I saw a picture up there ^^^ of a book written by Dan Simmons and thought "I'm sure I've seen that name before", then I looked up the pic for this book. Only just started it, expecting great things.

smokeandmirrors · Aug 1, 2013

Finished Slaughterhouse Five the other day and found this listed for $1.99 on my kindle so naturally I couldn't pass that up.,

Plus several of my friends were very keen on the book so why not.

Jintor · Aug 2, 2013

Started:

Hiroshima Nagasaki by Paul Ham

But primarily reading:

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Ashes1396 said:
Neil Gaiman is overrated.

I disagree!

Pau · Aug 2, 2013

Ashes1396 said:
Neil Gaiman is overrated.

Anyways, reading:

Hoping to read 8 to 10 books this month. No idea how I will fare.

How are you liking Wide Sargasso Sea? I couldn't stand Jane Eyre so I don't know if I want to read something that's a prequel, but as I understand it, it's supposed to subvert a lot of its tropes.

Gordon0Freeman · Aug 2, 2013

Maklershed said:
Kindle

The Terror by Dan Simmons

How is it so far? I Will start reading it next Saturday in the plane on my trip to Hawaii

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