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  What are you reading?: OCTOBER 09

  I think this might be a good DB post to add to our group!
  
  I am finishing up A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin. I am enjoying the series and am a little bummed that the next novel, well no-one really knows when it will be released!
  
  I plan to pick up this week Naamah's Kiss by Jaqueline Carey. Her first six books in the Kushiel Series are wonderful and a great read if they are your cup of tea.

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  PhoenixFalls 

  Last month's completions:

  Altered Carbon, by Richard K. Morgan. Rated four stars.
  James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, by Julie Phillips. Rated four stars.
  Have His Carcase, by Dorothy L. Sayers. Rated four stars.
  Children of the Night, by Mercedes Lackey. Rated three stars.
  Burning Water, by Mercedes Lackey. Rated three stars.
  Jinx High, by Mercedes Lackey. Rated two stars.
  Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones. Re-read.
  Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie. Re-read.
  Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, by Agatha Christie. Re-read.
  Three Act Tragedy, by Agatha Christie. Re-read.
  Elemental Magic, by Sharon Shinn, Jean Johnson, Carol Berg, and Rebecca York. Rated four stars (if I throw out the novella by Rebecca York).
  Ilario: The Stone Golem, by Mary Gentle. Rated three stars.
  The Onion Girl, by Charles de Lint. Re-read (though I wasn't sure until 80 pages from the end).
  Widdershins, by Charles de Lint. Rated four stars.

  
  

  Up this month in fantasy:

  Across the Nightingale Floor, by Lian Hearn
  Auralia's Colors, by Jeffrey Overstreet
  The Dragon King Trilogy, by Stephen R. Lawhead
  The Fox Woman and Fudoki, by Kij Johnson
  Ombria in Shadow, by Patricia McKillip
  The Privilege of the Sword, by Ellen Kushner
  The Ropemaker, by Peter Dickinson
  Song for the Basilisk, by Patricia McKillip
  Three Hearts and Three Lions, by Poul Anderson
  Transformation, by Carol Berg
  Whiskey and Water, by Elizabeth Bear
  Wild Seed, by Octavia E. Butler

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  mark s 

  A Case of Conscience

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  Archmage 

  Just finishing "The Ask and the Answer" by Patrick Ness

  Next up is "His Majesty's Dragon" by Naomi Novik or "Unseen Academicals" by Terry Pratchett - depending on when my local bookshop gets the new Discworld book in.

  Also eagerly awaiting "A Dance with Dragons"

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  Tim F 

  I'm also eagerly awaiting A Dance with Dragons, but who knows when that will be out.

  Currently I am reading The Book Thief. It is very good and I am glad I decided to try it.

  I will pick up The Gathering Storm when it comes out and start it when I finish The Book Thief.

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  Bryan D 

  I"m gonna start "Against a Dark Background" by Iain M. Banks tonight, the 13th of October. I just finished "The Leeshore" by Robert Reed and the novella "The Hemingway Hoax" by Joe Haldeman.

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  Nee 

  So far I've finished:
  Rosemarry's Baby, by Ira Levin, on CD.
  The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho.
  A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby, on CD.
  In The Moon Of Red Ponies, by James Lee Burke.
  Ask the Parrot, by Richard Stark (Donald Westlake).

  And now starting:
  Coming Up For Air, by George Orwell.
  The Cat Who Walks Though Walls, by Robert Heinlein.

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    Stephen P 

    What did you think of 'The Alchemist'?

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    Nee 

    It is a very good “keep true to your dreams tale.” But unfortunately, Coelho chose to tell us the story, instead of allowing the story unfold before us.

    Same with Ken Follitt’s The Pillars of the Earth, and Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariena Franklin: both of which are great stories with many good story elements, but were mostly told to us rather than shown.

    All three of these might possibly have been genuine masterpieces if they had adopted a more active delivery mechanism. But still...well worth the bother to read.

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  TheophileEscargot 

  "Unseen Academicals" by Terry Pratchett. Latest Discworld novel, not his best but an OK read.

  "Flood" by Stephen Baxter. Story told over a few decades as a giant flood threatens the human race. Has some decent science and intriguing ideas, but it seems hastily written and has some daft plotting. He and Charles Stross really need to slow down, stop churning out multiple books per year, and do some second-draft editing/rewriting.

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  Ellinor 

  I'm halfway into Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. So far so very good!

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    Tim F 

    I enjoyed Warbreaker. It was an entertaining read.

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  Stephen P 

  I am just finishing up 'Sword of Shannara' by Terry Brooks. Although it is 726 pages long, I have enjoyed it.

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    mark s 

    I tried and tried and couldn't get into that book when it came out...

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    Stephen P 

    I can understand. The descriptions go on too over long many times. I was over 200 pages in before I felt like I wanted to keep reading.

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  Kathleen 

  Finishing up Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, which I am enjoying. I have a few quibbles with it, but overall I find myself wanting to read it when I have spare time. After that I am unsure. I have a few regular fiction books on my shelf that I may open up. I've also been re-reading the Wheel of Time, so I may just read book four of that.

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    Tim F 

    Mistborn is one of my favorite new series. It does have some flaws but overall I would say that the good outweighs the bad and they are entertaining books.

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    Kathleen 

    I am very much enjoying it, and unless the ending is totally screwed on the Final Empire I will be picking up the 2nd book in the series. I'm also liking it much more than Elantris.

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    Camerron W 

    this is good to know, i want to pick up Mistborn next month!

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    Kathleen 

    I'll probably write a review on it when I am done..I'll let you know ;)

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    Kathleen 

    Finished Mistborn, and quite enjoyed it. For those interested, I did review it and it is up on the Mistborn page.

    I'm moving on to some historical fiction: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.

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    Camerron W 

    I should be starting Mistborn this weekend, I picked it up along with Elantris yesterday.

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  RyMantys 

  I'm in the middle of "Going postal", and right afterwards I'll read "Making money", both Discworld novels. Enjoying every minute of it ^_^

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  Brandi T 

  I'm almost finished re-reading Sabriel by Garth Nix. I've also been trying to get through the German edition of the first Harry Potter book since this summer. Slow going!

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  Evelyn S 

  Not sci fi this month but Elmore Leonard's 'Rum Punch', the film version was called 'Jackie Brown' I have ordered the 2nd in the Southern Vampire Mysteries, 'Dead in Dallas' from the library but that may take a month or more. My reading now is eccelctic, I go from one genre to another but at night I am reading Anne McCaffrey's 'Freedoms. Ransom' which does fall into the sci-fi genre.
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    Nee 

    Elmore Leonard's dialogue just fantastic.

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  Bryan D 

  Coming up for me is "Death Dream" by Ben Bova, then "The Last of the Mohicans" by James Cooper, then....

  
  

  an epic book that I can't wait to read, it's actually 10 books in one and is called "The Great Book of Amber" by Roger Zelazny and has all 10 Amber novels. I hear it's fantastic and I'm glad it's in print how it is, it would have been hard to track down all 10 books, since the individual ones are out of print.

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  Karri S 

  I'm reading 'Best served cold' by Joe Abercrombie now. I've read The First Law-triology, and I'm a big fan. Great books. Don't know what I'll read next though.

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  Kevin K 

  i'm reading 2 books at the same time...LOL. I'm reading Jim Hines' "Goblin War" and starting Terry Brooks' "Magic Kingdom For Sale; Sold". I read Brooks book when it first came out years ago, but a friend of mine convinced me to read the series. I guess cause I just met Terry at a book signing here about a month ago...hehe.

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  Camerron W (edited)

  Ahh!!! i finally finished A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin... OMGoodness. Why doesn't the next book have a release date!?! I do love all of the twists and turns he brings the readers through, a good book and a good series!

  
  

  oh I just started Elantris by Brandon Sanderson.

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    Archmage 

    ...He is still writing it... when finished he will post the news here:
    http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-update.html

    ...and you can keep up with news on the books and the upcoming TV series here:
    http://grrm.livejournal.com/

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    Camerron W 

    thank you.

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  Nee 

  I am now starting:

  The Human Predator: a historical chronical of serial murder and forensic investigation. by Dr. Katherine Ramsland

  The Dark Tunnel, by Ross MacDonald

  Hellstorm's hive, by Frank Herbert.

  And thinking about, High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby.

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  Puddleduck 

  I'm rereading the first few books of the Sword of Truth series. I've also begun to read the first book of the Hunger Games as I have noticed people giving it good recommendations.

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    Camerron W 

    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/38520/about

    That is a link to the new Sword of Truth group. You should join Puddleduck especially since your re-reading them presently, you would have a lot to add to the discussions I think!

    I need to do this as well though, re-read the series all together rather than waiting long periods like i did last time for the next book to come out.

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    Puddleduck 

    Thanks for the recommendation. I'll go have a look now.

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  Nee 

  Just finished "That Last Apprentice" by Joseph DeLaney on CD
  (it's a YA fantasy)

  Still working on The Human Predator: a historical chronical of serial murder and forensic investigation. by Dr. Katherine Ramsland

  Will start later today, Fluke: or, I know why the winged whale sings, by Christopher Moore on CD that I found at a thrift store for 2 bucks yesterday.

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  Ronald J 

  Just finished reading Monster hunter International. Currently, I'm reading High Crusade by Poul Anderson and The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam.

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