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Old 1st January 2007, 06:46 AM   #1 (permalink)
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New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

I've not been in much of a reading mood lately, but I'm still working my way through Bryson's The Thunderbolt Kid.

How about you?
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Old 1st January 2007, 06:59 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

Finished Moorcock's The Winds of Limbo (a reread) ... now I'm going to try (yet again) to tackle Irving's Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies (keep getting interrupted about 3 pages into the darned thing over and over.... )
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Old 1st January 2007, 07:05 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

Still K.J.Bishop's The Etched City, not been able to read much in the last few days.
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Old 1st January 2007, 07:19 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

I'd read a short story collection by Fritz Lieber called The Mind-Spider and Other Stories, basically horror mixed with some futuristic elements. Some very decent stories there and some okey-dokey ones. On the whole I liked these better than his 2 horror novels Our Lady of Darkness and Conjure Wife.

Also read Soul Music, a Discworld book by Pratchett, which was decent enough with a good number of chuckles (Elvis and Woodstock serve as big sources of inspiration here), but too long-winded IMO for a story that has few emotional hooks.

Am currently more than 3/4ths through China Mieville's The Scar, which is another mind-blowingly brilliant epic narrative with very well-etched characters and an awesome setting, this time aboard a floating city of pirate vessels.
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Old 1st January 2007, 11:36 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

Just picked up Gene Wolfe's Sword and Citadel
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Old 1st January 2007, 11:57 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

Almost finished with Jeff VanDermeer's City of Saints and Madmen, reading the appendix glossary, which turns out not to be a simple glossary, but another weird story, or collection of story fragments.

Will start the new year with Iain M. Banks' Consider Phlebas, the first Culture book.
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Old 1st January 2007, 12:02 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

Still Gardens of the Moon however I shall be moving onto Magician by Raymond E Feist.
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Old 1st January 2007, 12:30 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

Am rereading The Fionavar Tapestry. It's been long enough from the first go-round that the story was hazy at best, so it's almost like a new GGK read (And excellent as always; I'm more than halfway done in 2 days).
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Old 1st January 2007, 12:46 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

Finished Scar Night several days ago, but will hold my thoughts for now. I'll just say that it was a solid debut.

I also read Kate Elliot's Spirit Gate which I thoroughly enjoyed, and now I plan to finish Jeff Vandermeer's Shriek(which I meant to have already started)

Here's to many (hopefully)great reads in 2007!!
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Old 1st January 2007, 12:56 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

Still plodding my way through Bleak House! Also reading one of Bill Bryson's - Notes from a Large Continent or something like that! Well, actually, just about to start! Waiting to see a post on this thread that says one of my books is being read. (It happened in June - but not since!) One can but hope!
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Old 1st January 2007, 06:19 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Just finished Grave Peril by Jim Butcher (#3 of the Dresden Files) this morning, and really liked it. I am now starting Salem's Lot by Stephen King.
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Old 1st January 2007, 07:54 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

I'm about three-quarters of the way through Rage by Jonathan Kellerman. Not sf/fantasy, but so far a very good murder mystery.
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Old 1st January 2007, 08:02 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Re: New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

Working my way through "The Grapple", part of Harry Turtledove's alternative WW2 story. Enjoying it so far but it's very samey to his other work and it shows a little.

Also about to start Knive of Dreams by Robert Jordan - which is apparently better than the utterly pointless predecessor "Crossroads of Twilight".
Still got the "Lies of Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch to finish as well as "A Shadow in Summer" by Daniel Abraham.
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Old 1st January 2007, 08:56 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Re: New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

Sigh...with University looming, the next book I'll be reading is Oroonoko.

But I'll still finish off Sourcery and start another Terry Pratchett book while I'm doing that
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Re: New year, new books... What we're reading in January.

re-reading memories of ice and starting thomas conevent
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