Dark Squiggle
Troubadour
it's a great book. I loved it.
-
Welcome to the Fantasy Writing Forums. Register Now to join us!
What are you Reading Now?
- Thread starter Mythopoet
- Start date
Gurkhal
Auror
Reading some non-fiction again. This time its "A HIstory of the Archaic Greek World" by Jpnathan M. Hall.
Dark Squiggle
Troubadour
Just read the first two books of Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series, In the Balance and Tilting the Balance. At first I loved them, as they felt so realistic, so much time was spent with machines, and there characters were so diverse. By the end of the second book, I quit the series. There was too much frustration, too much sex (most of it left me confused as to why it should be included - who cares?), I began to find glaring gaps in the Jewishness of the Jewish characters that lead me to doubt the realism of the other characters, and I began to feel that there was no reason to having so many characters, as I was 700+ pages deep, and few if any characters were effecting each other in any way.
I then read Terry Pratchett's Men at Arms again. Good every time.
Finally, I just read R. A. MacAvoy's Tea with the Black Dragon last night. I loved it. I will not say much about, as anything I say will be a spoiler, but it was incredible.
I then read Terry Pratchett's Men at Arms again. Good every time.
Finally, I just read R. A. MacAvoy's Tea with the Black Dragon last night. I loved it. I will not say much about, as anything I say will be a spoiler, but it was incredible.
James The Dragon Dude
Dreamer
I've started on Shadow and Bone recently, as well as Vector Prime, (The First book in the New Jedi Order series) The Picture of Dorian Gray, Been Re-reading Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, and I eagerly await when the copy of The Godfather I ordered gets here!
Dark Squiggle
Troubadour
Dorian Gray's one of my favorite books.
MacAvoy is very good. Also read her novel Lens of the World. You'll probably like that one as well.
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
My brother wanted me to read one of his books so we could talk about it, so now i'm reading the first Magnus Chase novel (The Sword of Summer). I couldn't stand Percy Jackson, but this one is, well—not bad.
Right now I'm reading a collection of locked-room mysteries. I probably shouldn't be, but I'm surprised out how formulaic they are.
I thought I should read up anyway, as I'm tickled by the notion of having a locked-room mystery involving wizards, and figured I need to know the genre first.
I thought I should read up anyway, as I'm tickled by the notion of having a locked-room mystery involving wizards, and figured I need to know the genre first.
Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
I’m finally back to reading Silence of the Lambs. Whether or not Harris is an obssessive plotter or not, the dude’s plot structure is impressive as hell. Harris’ writing is “thriller” and procedural in many places, but one could design a literature/writing class combo around this book with its character arcs, characterization, and plot structure.
Gurkhal
Auror
And now I'm moving on to "The Mask of Apollo" by Mary Renault. After many delays with "The Last of the Wine".
TheCrystallineEntity
Istar
Diana Wynne Jones' Unexpected Magic. I've read it many times before.
Dad has loaned me The Willows In Winter, a follow up to The Wind In The Willows. It's been ages since I read the first book, but I still recall how annoying and nervous The Mole always was!
Gurkhal
Auror
Took a small break from Mary Renault to read "The Cossacks" by Robert Ure. Its a really interesting history.
Helen Bennet-Kröger
Acolyte
Just finished Stefan Zweigs Maria Stuart. Great read, as in general with Stefan Zweig. He has a way to make history come alive but he never tries to give you the impression he's representing you with all the facts. It's always clear you're reading an author that wasn't there and is just trying to make sense of it all. Feels quite honest.
CupofJoe
Myth Weaver
I'm having fun reading two Workshop Owners Manuals
Millenium Falcon Modified YT-1300 Corellian Freighter
and
Klingon Bird-of-Prey IKS Rotarran [B'rel Class]
I get more of the Star Trek back-story than I do from Star Wars.
But in either case, they are both fun and interesting. I got them cheap at a Charity shop. So a few pounds well spent.
Millenium Falcon Modified YT-1300 Corellian Freighter
and
Klingon Bird-of-Prey IKS Rotarran [B'rel Class]
I get more of the Star Trek back-story than I do from Star Wars.
But in either case, they are both fun and interesting. I got them cheap at a Charity shop. So a few pounds well spent.
Geo
Troubadour
I just finished The Martian, I loved it, it took me something like 8 hrs to finish it because I couldn't -quite literally- put the book down. Now I'm starting The Loneliest Girl in the Universe, I choose to read these two back to back because they have very similar premises but one is adult the other one is YA, one is a male perspective the other one female, and I want to see how each author manage to carry a story that is, by shear principle, a single character story.
- Thread starter
- #1,417
Mythopoet
Auror
I'm currently reading Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist. It's one of the better Tolkien-esque books I've read. I cringed a little though when the characters had to go through a dwarf mine (because the mountain passes were closed) and lost one member of their party after encountering an ancient evil.
pmmg
Myth Weaver
I read that one many years ago. I don't remember much about it, other than the main character was named Pug, or something similar. I had trouble getting over that.
Gurkhal
Auror
Continuing my pause from Mary Renault and reading Russia: People and Empire by Geoffrey Hoskin. Its a bit dated in regards to scholarship but still a pretty interesting take on the Russian empire from the 16th centurt to 1917.
Dark Squiggle
Troubadour
Interesting. All I know about Cossaks is family folklore about people who were nearly monsters, in the orc/goblin sense.
Is that a grey book, ~500 pgs and heavy? I DNF'd it, not because I didn't like it, but because I was distracted.
An owner's manual for a non existent and physically impossible spaceship?
