- hoobie
- Pilgrim
- From: Ottawa
- Registered: 2008-05-25
- Posts: 95
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Finished The Braided Path. It was fairly good, but I had some issues with it. Not bad though. About to start Brian Ruckley's Winterbirth.
"This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken."
-Stephen R. Donaldson-
- Hiragana
- Pilgrim
- Registered: 2003-02-07
- Posts: 8906
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
@Hoobie : By Chris Wooding? I liked that. Haven't read the other books in the trilogy yet, though.
Still reading The Windup Girl by Paulo Bacigalupi
Dunno how I'm gonna read all the Hugo books in time before voting expires.
- Magpie
- Pilgrim
- From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
- Registered: 2006-03-27
- Posts: 15813
- Website
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Hiragana wrote:Still reading The Windup Girl by Paulo Bacigalupi
I read about that - sounds interesting, but since I've still got a bunch of books to read and re-read, I'm not going to buy any more for a while.
I don't believe in midnight. Tomorrow starts at sunrise. Those who want to make dreams come true must dream deeper and be wider awake than others. -Karl Foerster Botanimaniac's Pictures
- Hiragana
- Pilgrim
- Registered: 2003-02-07
- Posts: 8906
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
I know the feeling, Magpie. My to-be-read pile just keeps growing and growing. I am not finished reading the books for the Hugos yet, and I still have yet to finish a book I am supposed to be reviewing. Then there's reading for the thesis, and an additional postgrad assignment. It's enough to turn one's brain to moosh.
- Seitherin
- Pilgrim
- From: Texas, near Houston
- Registered: 2001-06-01
- Posts: 6690
- Website
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
I polished off A Far Cry From Kensington by Muriel Spark and I've begun A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka.
"The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all." Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) So, I've got a blog . . . Now what? | A Stitch in Time | The Name Nook
- Seitherin
- Pilgrim
- From: Texas, near Houston
- Registered: 2001-06-01
- Posts: 6690
- Website
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
I just finished A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka. Really liked the book. Like the chatty style it was written in.
Next up is Bel Canto by Ann Patchett.
"The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all." Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) So, I've got a blog . . . Now what? | A Stitch in Time | The Name Nook
- hoobie
- Pilgrim
- From: Ottawa
- Registered: 2008-05-25
- Posts: 95
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Hiragana wrote:@Hoobie : By Chris Wooding? I liked that. Haven't read the other books in the trilogy yet, though.
Still reading The Windup Girl by Paulo Bacigalupi
Dunno how I'm gonna read all the Hugo books in time before voting expires.
yeah thats the one... I found it got better as the trilogy progressed. Definitely worth a read, just not my favorite.
"This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken."
-Stephen R. Donaldson-
- Magpie
- Pilgrim
- From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
- Registered: 2006-03-27
- Posts: 15813
- Website
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Still on my MST re-read. Now I'm halfway through the first part of To Green Angel Tower - it appears I've really read the later parts far less often than DBC, because I remember them far less clearly - it's not that I have forgotten how anything happens, but I often find that I've forgotten that something happens - always a pleasant surprise to start a scene and remembering how much I liked it on previous reads. Knowing beforehand that I'll enjoy it makes it even more enjoyable to read. I suppose if I'm reading a book for the first time, there's always the tension of, "yes, something nice is happening now, but something horrible is bound to happen soon, too", which isn't there any more during the re-reads, allowing me to savour the nice parts more.
Also, I rule AT. Not that that's difficult.
I don't believe in midnight. Tomorrow starts at sunrise. Those who want to make dreams come true must dream deeper and be wider awake than others. -Karl Foerster Botanimaniac's Pictures
- Seitherin
- Pilgrim
- From: Texas, near Houston
- Registered: 2001-06-01
- Posts: 6690
- Website
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
I've finished Bel Canto by Ann Patchett and I'm about to start The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint.
"The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all." Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) So, I've got a blog . . . Now what? | A Stitch in Time | The Name Nook
- Seitherin
- Pilgrim
- From: Texas, near Houston
- Registered: 2001-06-01
- Posts: 6690
- Website
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Done with The Mystery of Grace by de Lint and started The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
"The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all." Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) So, I've got a blog . . . Now what? | A Stitch in Time | The Name Nook
- Libra-in-a-roundabout-way
- Pilgrim
- From: the lowlands
- Registered: 2006-03-29
- Posts: 9867
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Seitherin wrote:Done with The Mystery of Grace by de Lint and started The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
LOVE the graveyard book....
Re-reading Smarch series.... had promised myself not to so until last book was out, but you know.... books... they just keep staring at you... making you feel guilty for not picking them up.... nasty...
O for a Booke and a shdie nooke, eyther in-a-doore or out;
With the grene leaves whisp'ring overhede, or the Streete cryes all about.
Where I maie Reade all at my ease, both of the Newe and Olde;
For a jollie goode Booke whereon to looke is better to me than Golde.
~John Wilson
- hoobie
- Pilgrim
- From: Ottawa
- Registered: 2008-05-25
- Posts: 95
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Finished Winterbirth and started Bloodheir. Good stuff.
"This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken."
-Stephen R. Donaldson-
- sisterdew
- Pilgrim
- From: Vienna, Austria
- Registered: 2007-01-08
- Posts: 5543
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
hoobie wrote:Finished Winterbirth and started Bloodheir. Good stuff.
Oh, yes- I remember the series very well! It's so sad that it didn't sell that well in german, the publisher cancelled the last 2 books:(
still reading The Passage. Might finish it tonight
I can't imagine how there is going to be a second part(yet).
daisy-headed, one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater!
- Em
- Pilgrim
- From: somewhere left of reality
- Registered: 2004-12-28
- Posts: 40479
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Seitherin wrote:Done with The Mystery of Grace by de Lint and started The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
Love de Lint.
When reading "Graveyard," I kept getting mental flashes of Edward Gorey illustrations.
Where's my cow?
Is that my cow?
It goes "HRUUUUUGH!".
It is a Hippopotamus.
That's not my cow!
- chamberk again
- Pilgrim
- Registered: 2008-01-18
- Posts: 82
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Reading the totally sweet "First Law" trilogy - on the last book. If your tastes in fantasy lean towards the George R.R. Martin camp, it might be for you.
Also enjoying Colum McCann's "Let The Great World Spin."
- Seitherin
- Pilgrim
- From: Texas, near Houston
- Registered: 2001-06-01
- Posts: 6690
- Website
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Just finished The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Loved it! Next up is Starwater Strains by Gene Wolfe.
"The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all." Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) So, I've got a blog . . . Now what? | A Stitch in Time | The Name Nook
- Seitherin
- Pilgrim
- From: Texas, near Houston
- Registered: 2001-06-01
- Posts: 6690
- Website
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
I've set aside Starwater Strains and picked up David Weber's By Schism Rent Asunder instead. The Wolfe book was just not holding my interest so I switched to mindless candy reading instead.
"The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all." Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) So, I've got a blog . . . Now what? | A Stitch in Time | The Name Nook
- Lunar
- Pilgrim
- From: Germany
- Registered: 2006-03-29
- Posts: 4324
- Website
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Seitherin wrote:Just finished The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Loved it!
love love love this book.
Allready read it 4 times just because it made me feel better, like a good record.
"This heart gets stronger, this skin gets thicker, this mouth gets louder"
- sisterdew
- Pilgrim
- From: Vienna, Austria
- Registered: 2007-01-08
- Posts: 5543
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
sisterdew wrote:still reading The Passage. Might finish it tonight
I can't imagine how there is going to be a second part(yet).
Ok, I now get how there is going to be a second part:D
Very well written, interesting setting, awesome book! I'm recommending it like mad and have already sold 7 copies!
daisy-headed, one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater!
- Seitherin
- Pilgrim
- From: Texas, near Houston
- Registered: 2001-06-01
- Posts: 6690
- Website
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Finished By Schism Rent Asunder by David Weber. It still reads like something written by an adolescent boy for adolescent boys. But I sill liked it in a cotton candy kind of way.
Next up is The Pyramid by Henning Mankell.
"The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all." Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) So, I've got a blog . . . Now what? | A Stitch in Time | The Name Nook
- Seitherin
- Pilgrim
- From: Texas, near Houston
- Registered: 2001-06-01
- Posts: 6690
- Website
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Finshed the Mankell and now reading The Private Patient by P.D. James.
"The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all." Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) So, I've got a blog . . . Now what? | A Stitch in Time | The Name Nook
- hoobie
- Pilgrim
- From: Ottawa
- Registered: 2008-05-25
- Posts: 95
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Finished Bloodheir and started Fall of Thanes. Was somewhat disappointed with Bloodheir... didn't live up to the standard set by Winterbirth IMO. Still pretty good though...
"This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken."
-Stephen R. Donaldson-
- Em
- Pilgrim
- From: somewhere left of reality
- Registered: 2004-12-28
- Posts: 40479
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Where's my cow?
Is that my cow?
It goes "HRUUUUUGH!".
It is a Hippopotamus.
That's not my cow!
- Jaime
- Pilgrim
- From: Wilmington, NC
- Registered: 2001-06-01
- Posts: 11435
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Blew through Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and its followups. Loved them all immensely.
Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again.
-- Heinlein
- Seitherin
- Pilgrim
- From: Texas, near Houston
- Registered: 2001-06-01
- Posts: 6690
- Website
Re: What Are You Reading Now, Hmmmmm?
Jaime wrote:Blew through Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and its followups. Loved them all immensely.
The middle of the three was the weakest, but as a whole they were a great read. I can't wait until the movies make it to the US. I'm curious about them.
I finished The Private Patient by P.D. James last night and I'm about to start The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
"The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all." Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) So, I've got a blog . . . Now what? | A Stitch in Time | The Name Nook
|
|
|
|
|
