What are you reading?

[Overread]

well i;ve recently read:
Shadows and Light - Anne Bishop
Durzr - Stephen Brust

And at the moment I am reading:
Eragon - Paolini
Path of Honour - Dianna Fharoh Francis
Post Captain - Patrick O'Brian
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever - Stephen Donaldson
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara Trilogy - Terry Brooks
A Clash of Kings - George R.R. Martin
Memories of Ice - Stephen Erikson

Note to self - finish a book and don't start long series

[Godmage]

LAST FIVE:
Feast for Crows (Martin) - Excellent as always, but it did suffer from the way it was split from what will become A Dance with Dragons.

Chainfire (Goodkind) - I am so sick of this series, but there are a couple of plot lines I want to see through to their conclusion, so the torture continues.

Knife of Dreams (Jordan) - Quite enjoyable and Jordan finally seems to be digging his way out of the quagmire of plot lines that caused the series to become so bogged down.

In The Ruins (Elliott) - Excellent return to form after a couple of weaker installments in the middle of this series.

Crown of Stars (Elliott) - Very satisfying conclusion to this series. The final two volumes put this series firmly in my top 10.

NEXT FIVE:
Seer King (Bunch) - Currently reading. This is my second try at this one. I'm about 100 pages in and so far it's just ok.

Prince of Ayodhya (Banker) - Another second chance read.

Paladin of Souls (Bujold) Yet another second chance read. It's a phase, I guess.

The Hallowed Hunt (Bujold) - Assuming I enjoy the above.

New Spring (Jordan) - I have nothing to say here.

[Musky]

The Pest House by Jim Crace.

Mara and Dann by Doris Lessing. I have a couple pages left, and then I am going to start the sequel.

[Interference]

Just finished The Music of Hitchcock.

Just started The Happy Highwayman, a Saint book, because while I'm writing I don't like thinking about what I'm reading.

[APhilmon]

I am reading Shadow Kingdoms which is a compilation of Robert E. Howard's works. Not all of them mind you, but some of them. From poetry to short stories.

Some on Solomon Kane
Kull
Various Poetry works published in Wierd Tales

very good in fact.

Oh, and I am awaiting the arrival of my Fable series...

[Ursa major]

I've just finished reading:

- Waiting for Goldalming by Robert Rankin

- Down the Bright Way by Robert Reed.

I must get out of this always-reading-the-same-type-of-book rut!

Apropos the Bright Way, I'm surprised that Reed has not produced more work set in this universe, given that there is so much more to find out about it. (That's not to say the book didn't come to an appropriate ending given its story.) Or has he written more, perhaps in short stories? I'd like to know if he has. Thanks in advance. ;-)

[Anne Lyle]

I don't read a lot of fiction whilst I'm doing a big "push" on my own writing, but I'm about to go on holiday so I've stocked up on new novels to read. I need to suss out the competition

Recently read

Fiction:
"The Privilege of the Sword", by Ellen Kushner - good fun, well written
"Tamburlaine Must Die", by Louise Welch - literary novella, good but too short

Non-fiction:
"The Uncrowned Kings of England", by Derek Wilson (biography of the Dudley family in the sixteenth century)
"Pistols at Dawn: A History of Duelling", by Richard Hopton
"Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770", by Emily Cockayne

Just ordered from Amazon

"The Lies of Locke Lamora", by Scott Lynch
"The Court of the Air", by Stephen Hunt
"The Blade Itself", by Joe Abercrombie

Hmm, which to read first...?

[Connavar]

Recently read

The Killing Floor - Lee Child 5 Stars of 5
a great crime book with a very interesting main character and story.



Next reads:

Die Trying - Lee Child
The Hunter - Richard Stark
Vampire Hunter D book 2 - Hiyeduki Kikuchi

[thecommabandit]

Recently Read:
=Coyote Rising - Allen Steele


Currently Reading:
=The Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien
=JPod - Douglas Coupland

Going to Read (in order):
=Coyote Frontier - Allen Steele
=Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas -
=Doctor Whom: E.T. Shoots and Leaves - A.R.R.R. Roberts
=Digital Fortresses - Dan Brown
=Eragon (and whatever the other book is called) - Christopher Paoaoaoalini (sp?)
And then maybe that Hume in 90 Minutes book I have lying around, compact philosophy is always good.

[Redtail]

have recently read

Dragonsblood T.McCaffrey

The Rouseabout R.Treasure
Say it out Loud A.Sutton & N.McMahon although not sf, both great aussie reads


Am currently reading

book 1 of Mordants Need( a Man Rides Through) S.Donaldson
Dragon's Fire T&A McCaffrey

[manephelien]

The Girl Who Heard Dragons, an anthology of stories by Anne McCaffrey.

[Interference]

Originally Posted by Ursa major

I've just finished reading:

- Waiting for Goldalming by Robert Rankin

I HATE THIS. I wrote a short story called Waiting in Godalming. I think I'll shoot myself and tear up my ideas journal before somebody publishes my idea for four kids and a dog solving mysteries. (I'm calling it Scoopy Doop. Neat, huh?)

Oh, and I just started on Wodehouse.

[DeepThought]

I'm reading Consider Phlebus by Iain M Banks.

[Giovanna Clairval]

I am currently reading Perdido Street Station, by China Miéville.

It's beautifully written.

[Cipher]

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring JRR Tolkien

- I thought I would get back into my reading mindset with a classic!