Books: What have you been reading?

[Mormel]

About to start in Thomas Verbogt's Kleur van geluk ('colour of happiness'), which is our currently assigned book for the book club I joined. Haven't read a single page of it, but just got it from the library and will start later on today.

[Selena Musić]

I have been reading 'From Russia With Love' by Ian Fleming.

[Sprite]

I finished reading Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe, and I'm currently reading Nina Here Nor There by Nick Krieger. Both amazing books.

[Bad Wolf]

I just started Mike Carey's latest, The Girl With All The Gifts.

[Alan2099]

I'm actually reading Varney the Vampire right now. For those of you who don't know it, it was a pre-Dracula vampire story that was published in prenny dreadfuls. There's a total of 220 chapters. Right now I'm a bit over half way through.

It's interesting, but it's also really obvious that he was making it up as he went along and was being paid by the word.

Also one of the characters completely disappears from the story after about 20 chapters. He's briefly mentioned once about ten chapters later and never returns again, which is really odd because he's one of the main family members that's supposed to be living with them.

[jessecuster3]

I am plodding my way through Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. It fascinating and interesting, but also really dense and kind of slow.

[Lady Warp Spasm]

Research again. Lots of Russian based stuff.

In and around that, I'm rereading my books on Dario Argento's films; may have to finally pick up the Thomas Quincy source material for Suspiria and Inferno.

[Beacon]

Just finished Skin Game. I’m going to keep things vague for the sake of the new guy but…wow. After the increasingly dark tone the series especially over the course of the last few books, it was nice to see the heroes win one even though it cost some of them quite a bit. Also kind of surprised they went in that direction with the Knights of the Cross. Really hope Bob is kept far away from the new cast member; no good can come from them meeting.

Also read the Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

[Enigmatic Undead]

Just finished rereading...

At the Earth's Core

by Edgar Rice Burroughs



Probably my favorite Edgar Rice Burroughs story this book features some of Burroughs' finest world building and wastes no time getting right into the action. After a brief prologue where the narrator reveals that this story was told to him by a man he encountered while on safari in Africa, we are drilling into the Earth's crust with the main character David Innes and Perry the scientist responsible for inventing the spectacular machine. Thinking themselves about to die when the steering wheel becomes locked in place they instead emerge in a new world. One inside the Earth where a bright ball of gas in the sky creates a perpetual noon and prehistoric humans are enslaved by a race of evolved pterodactyl like reptiles. Their adventure is genuinely fun and exciting and the vivid world and creatures that Burroughs' creates are both a wondrous and terrifying. There's even an epic battle after David and Perry manage to unite the kingdoms of Pellucidar against the Mahars. The ending will likely have you wanting to read the other six novels in the Pellucidar saga. I would love to see this book adapted into another film.

[Deathstroke]

I finished the Faye Kellerman novel "The Beast."

[t hedge coke]

Super Boys, about the creation of Superman and the two men who developed him first, Siegel and Shuster.

It's a bit too narrativized, in that "let me set the scene for you" way, but it's - so far - quite a good book. Very fair-seeming, very informative, and lively.

[Diamond]

2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson. Lots of fantasic wordbuilding, but an almost non existent plot so far.

[Kusanagi]

Finished Jim Butcher's Skin Game, excellent as always.

[Daryl]

Trying to finish this collection of Dennis Wheatley novels-three in one book. I finished "The Devil Rides Out" and am working on "To the Devil a Daughter." I forget what the last one is and don't have it in front of me. Good stuff. I knew of the Hammer film versions but hadn't seen them. He apparently spent a long time researching black magic/occult stuff of the time and it shows.

[Haydn C]

I finished reading Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe, and I'm currently reading Nina Here Nor There by Nick Krieger. Both amazing books.

Really enjoyed the Sean Howe book myself. Being more of a casual comics reader it was very educational.

Just starting The Black Company by Glen Cook.