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aidan · Sep 1, 2011

Still reading:

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Great, so far. Captures a lot of what made the first Mistborn novel so fun. Great characters, wonderful setting/atmosphere, speedy plot, nice twists-and-turns.

BrokenFiction · Sep 1, 2011

Deep in the midst of an Erikson obsession right now. And loving it.

Maklershed · Sep 1, 2011

Still working on Judas Unchained

Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton

And Manhunt

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

steadfast · Sep 1, 2011

aidan said:
Still reading:

Great, so far. Captures a lot of what made the first Mistborn novel so fun. Great characters, wonderful setting/atmosphere, speedy plot, nice twists-and-turns.

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

How do you have this already?! I'm jelly.

8BitsAtATime · Sep 1, 2011

Rereading it again.

rjfs · Sep 1, 2011

I loved the Devil in the White City so I decided to pick up his latest. So far I'm enjoying it, maybe a little less that his last book, but very good none the less.

Davedough · Sep 1, 2011

Maklershed · Sep 1, 2011

Cyan said:
About to start the book club selection, The Master and Margarita.

Ohh you picked that eh? I've been meaning to read it. I guess now is the time!

nakedsushi · Sep 1, 2011

Still reading from last month's bookclub.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Allow of the Law: Should I read the other 2 Mistborn books before getting on this one? I only read the 1st one and then got sidetracked from the other 2.

MrOogieBoogie · Sep 1, 2011

I'm not sure what to start next. Have all of these waiting to be read:

Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy
The Stand, by Stephen King
Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini

And a few more. I don't know. Thoughts, GAF?

gdt · Sep 1, 2011

Started A Dance of Dragons a few days ago, loving it.

npm0925 · Sep 1, 2011

MrOogieBoogie said:
I'm not sure what to start next. Have all of these waiting to be read:

Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy
The Stand, by Stephen King
Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini

And a few more. I don't know. Thoughts, GAF?

Cat's Cradle is the most readable of the bunch and is hilarious.

MrOogieBoogie · Sep 1, 2011

npm0925 said:
Cat's Cradle is the most readable of the bunch and is hilarious.

Funny you mention that because that was the one I was leaning toward the most. After reading The Road and The Lovely Bones last month, I'm ready for a more light-hearted story.

Jokergrin · Sep 1, 2011

amrod · Sep 1, 2011

British Monsoon · Sep 1, 2011

Currently reading China Mieville's latest 'Embassytown';

Really enjoying it so far, even if it is kind of incomprehensible at first.

Just finished 'Player Piano' by Kurt Vonnegut, it took a while to get going but I enjoyed it a whole lot more than I would in the end. Also really enjoyed 'Sirens of Titan' and 'Cat's Cradle' - any recommendations for which of Vonnegut's novels I should try next?

aidan · Sep 1, 2011

steadfast said:
FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

How do you have this already?! I'm jelly.

'Cause I'm special

and work for Tor.

Cyan said:
My understanding is you don't need to have read the previous books.

Correct, though knowledge of the ending to the trilogy will certainly increase enjoyment of The Alloy of Law.

hunter7725 · Sep 1, 2011

Jarlaxle · Sep 1, 2011

Bootaaay said:
Just finished 'Player Piano' by Kurt Vonnegut, it took a while to get going but I enjoyed it a whole lot more than I would in the end. Also really enjoyed 'Sirens of Titan' and 'Cat's Cradle' - any recommendations for which of Vonnegut's novels I should try next?

Slaughterhouse Five seems the most obvious choice.

Gamecocks625 · Sep 1, 2011

Finally reading the Harry Potter series

that and a commentary on Revelations

ultron87 · Sep 1, 2011

I'm either going to start the first Mistborn book or the first Wheel of Time book by Sanderson.

I don't really know why my choice has come down to two books by him.

Any suggestions one way or the other?

thomaser · Sep 1, 2011

Halfway through Pynchon's Against the Day. Started it on June 18th, so I'll probably finish it at the end of October at this rate. I'm taking my time with it - no point in rushing something like this. It's one of those books that feels like it encompasses everything, and then some. A great read, but I don't think it will become an important classic like f.ex. Gravity's Rainbow. It feels a bit too tongue-in-cheek for that. But as for tongue-in-cheek, this is at the top of the heap.

dantehemi · Sep 1, 2011

About half done A Clash Of Kings, then I might move onto the next in the series or finish up my backlog of some John grishams I have laying around.

demon · Sep 1, 2011

Nearly done with:

It's incredible....NK really is 1984.

After that I think I'm gonna move on to:

and then...

which I think was recommended by someone here

mike23 · Sep 1, 2011

Just finished

So good. I can't stop reading.

Jim Butcher needs to clone himself a few times and write some new series.

Cactus · Sep 1, 2011

I'm about three quarters through The Love of the Last Tycoon.

I'll probably read Leviathan next.

Mumei · Sep 2, 2011

I had a good reading month in August:

Mushishi (Vol 1)
The Souls of Black Folk
The Count of Monte Cristo
Soulless
Siddhartha
Gulliver's Travels
The Complete Fairy Tales (George MacDonald)
Kitchen
Exile and the Kingdom
The Bamboo Sword: And Other Samurai Tales

And I read the first book of the Mistborn trilogy today. It was pretty exciting.

Aquavelvaman · Sep 2, 2011

Finished Kitchen Confidential from last month. I really liked that book. The chapter that is a full day of being Chef at Les Halles is an incredible read.

Still working on Nothing to Envy but I've been putting it off.

My new book for september is:

kathode · Sep 2, 2011

In the home stretch on this one. A book that you might expect to be as dry as any science textbook turns out to be incredible. It examines the history of cancer treatment from the beginning to the present day, diving in to personal stories behind the researchers and patients and chronicling the ups and downs along the way. Won the 2011 pulitzer for non-fiction and it's clear to me that it's deserving.

Next up, I was going to say Kavalier and Clay but unbelievably, you still can't get that on Kindle, so I'm not sure.

Orrichio · Sep 2, 2011

He writes so well and I find him just so cool!

Also, he signed a book for me, Physics of the Future, and he sneezed on it, haha.

Agent Cooper · Sep 2, 2011

It sucks...

nakedsushi · Sep 2, 2011

^-- why continue reading it then?

MrOogieBoogie · Sep 2, 2011

hunter7725 said:

How is this?

purg3 · Sep 2, 2011

Jokergrin said:

Me too!... about 10& according to my kindle right now. good stuff so far.

yacobod · Sep 2, 2011

Claudius the God
Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography

Karakand · Sep 2, 2011

nakedsushi said:
^-- why continue reading it then?

My dad always told me... never start a book, but always make sure you finish it.

Agent Cooper · Sep 2, 2011

nakedsushi said:
^-- why continue reading it then?

I need to know what happens. I do this to myself all of the time. ;_;

LocoMrPollock · Sep 2, 2011

MrOogieBoogie said:
How is this?

It's good. I couldn't put it down and finished it in a couple days.

demon · Sep 2, 2011

Aquavelvaman said:
Finished Kitchen Confidential from last month. I really liked that book. The chapter that is a full day of being Chef at Les Halles is an incredible read.[/IMG]

I read it a little over a year ago and loved it as well. Maybe in part because it's a subject I never thought I'd have any interest in. I've had his sort-of followup Medium Raw sitting on my shelf since February and have never gotten around to it.

HamPster PamPster · Sep 2, 2011

Right now I'm at about the 60% mark. It is much better then the first Eureka book, Substitution Method. Substitution Method felt very chaotic and I didn't think the author could balance everything but this one feel much more grounded and a lot more like the show. Next up is The Magicians which I have sitting here but I might just go pick up the third Eureka book first.

mike23 said:
Just finished

http://i.imgur.com/FVyyr.jpg[img]

So good. I can't stop reading.

Jim Butcher needs to clone himself a few times and write some new series.[/QUOTE]

So good. Sadly I felt that the series peaked with this book and the remaining ones weren't nearly as good as 2 and especially 3.

steadfast · Sep 2, 2011

ultron87 said:
I'm either going to start the first Mistborn book or the first Wheel of Time book by Sanderson.

I don't really know why my choice has come down to two books by him.

Any suggestions one way or the other?

Mistborn!

Almost a perfect fantasy trilogy. Also, for the first book, become very comfortable with the word "maladroitly," Sanderson fucking loves that word.

Seanspeed · Sep 2, 2011

My mom and sister loved this book and told me I had to read it(especially since I love animals):

HeadlessRoland · Sep 2, 2011

Soldiers Live (black company) started the series a few weeks ago, good shit.

Adam Blade · Sep 2, 2011

*shakes fist in impotent rage at aidan*

Gonna go through my re-read of Mistborn now in preparation for that series.

Also, guessing I didn't have to make the thread this month.

Ratrat · Sep 2, 2011

Just finished The Magicians by Lev Grossman. Its decent, I'm pretty curious to see how the plot develops in the sequel.

And I'm about 40% through The Darkness that come Before. Quite great so far.

gabbo · Sep 2, 2011

I'd say I'm about 80 percent done this. I asked a friend of mine to lend me a Neil Gaiman novel that would be a good intro to his work, but not his best (why read lesser novels if your first is his best?). American Gods was the reply.
It's been darkly humorous so far. Not particularly good drama, but I can't tell if that's really the aim.

Number45 · Sep 2, 2011

Gah, I keep losing these threads. :'(

Finished The Hobbit yesterday, which I wanted to read again before the film releases and because I fancy reading LOTR again. Starting this shortly:

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Haven't seen or read any of the related adaptations, so I'm going in clean.

Maklershed · Sep 2, 2011

^ That book is 1,000 x better than the Will Smith movie adaptation. The only other larger book:movie quality ratio disparity I can think of is The Postman.

In other news, Amazon now has a 100 kindle books for $3.99 collection. They change the selection every month so keep checking back if you don't see anything that interests you this month.

They also have a Kindle Daily Deal

Granger Danger · Sep 2, 2011

Number45 said:
Gah, I keep losing these threads. :'(

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/subscription.php?do=addsubscription&t=443207

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