Books: What have you been reading?

[Overhazard]

I have been reading the ex heroes series by Peter Clines. I read the first three books at my local library and I bought the fourth. It's a great series, it would make a good movie.

[Bee_Maya]

I don't know how many of you are into fantasy/romance but this book (and the series) are amazing!

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[Detox]

Just got halfway through The Way of Kings, the first book in The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson. Never read a novel by him before but I am absolutely enthralled by this book.

I have been wanting to check this one out myself. I just started Trysmoon Book 1: Ascension (The Trysmoon Saga) by Brian Fuller.

[DebkoX]

Currently reading a good book on Buddhism.

[Enigmatic Undead]

Myron Cope: Double Yoi!
by Myron Cope



The author is a local legend, a sports journalist, radio personality and creator of the Terrible Towel. I found his accounts of meeting famous people like Muhammad Ali, Frank Sinatra and Howard Cosell all very interesting as well as his unique takes on events, sports broadcasting and journalism. A must read for Pittsburgh sports fans.

[evangelionofasgard]

Night of the Hawk by Dale Brown
Friday the 13th - Hell Lake by Paul A. Woods
Star Trek - The Return by William Shatner
The Age of Odin by James Lovegrove

[Hiromi]

Recently finished the second book in the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne series(The Providence of Fire) by Brian Staveley, really good reads both books.

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Recently finished the second book in the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne series(The Providence of Fire) by Brian Staveley, really good reads both books.

I liked the first one, but I've been stalled mid-way through the second one for a while.

Although, honestly, I've got a (virtual) stack of epic fantasy books that I've started but haven't finished over the last month or two. Providence of Fire, Half a King by Joe Abercrombie, The Way into Magic by Harry Connolly, The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley, Shattered Pillars by Elizabeth Bear, a few others. So maybe it's just me.

[Taral-DLOS]

I just started re-reading Jurassic Park. One of my favourite movies, and one of my favourite novels. Good times

[CSTowle]

Just got halfway through The Way of Kings, the first book in The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson. Never read a novel by him before but I am absolutely enthralled by this book.

He finished up Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, did a pretty decent job. Enjoyed the allomancer stuff in his Mistborn series, but was annoyed by the main characters. Still, fun to read fantasy stuff.

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He finished up Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, did a pretty decent job. Enjoyed the allomancer stuff in his Mistborn series, but was annoyed by the main characters. Still, fun to read fantasy stuff.

I'd agree with all of that. I'd say the two Stormlight books are his best work, even if the second one gets a little repetitive. I wish he'd prioritize them over some of his other projects. The first Mistborn and the standalone Elantris are also pretty clever.

His worldbuilding is top notch, and he's great at defining simple magic systems and then extrapolating them in novel ways. His action sequences are impeccable. Some of his character work can be a little slight and there's a certain YA quality to even his non-YA material, but sometimes that's what you want. Really, it's mainstream superhero comics in epic fantasy prose drag. I'm honestly surprised that his actual superhero novels are so mediocre.

[Hiromi]

I'd say with Sanderson his working on that many projects isn't really a problem because the dude's a writing machine typically working on several novels at once, his novels release as fast if not faster than other authors involved in long series while maintaing several series at the same time, I mean right now he has two Mistborn Novels both past the second draft, the third Stormlight book in early drafts, and he's even started work on the last Steelheart book(I also wish more authors were as good as he was in letting fans know where he is in the writing process on his projects).

[Ghost Rider TheHellfireDemon]

Wanted by Caroline cooney
A teenager Alice without a drivers license has been framed for murder of her father with a email confession. She's pursued by the cops, her mothers and the real murderer while she's driving her dads corvette from a mysterious phone call claiming it's her dad.
From the author that wrote the face on the milk carton.

So far it's good not a dull moment. Also it's refreshing or original to have a teenager framed for murder in the getting framed for a crime genre instead of a adult.

I'm also reading deadly duos partners in crime and their addiction to murder.
I'm not shocked that Bonnie and Clyde is in it. Also very disturbed to read about early murderers that were able to use a university to make money off recently dead bodies for medical research.

[saul_on_the_road_to_damascus]

Just finished Firefight, Brandon Sanderson's sequel to Steelheart.

so far this year I have read

The perfectionists by Sara Shephard ftr
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien ftr
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult ftr
Golden Son by Pierce Brown ftr
The Next Always by Nora Roberts rr
The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts rr
The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts rr
Firefight ftr


Ftr = first time read
rr = reread

[harashkupo]

Just finished Firefight, Brandon Sanderson's sequel to Steelheart.

so far this year I have read

The perfectionists by Sara Shephard ftr
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien ftr
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult ftr
Golden Son by Pierce Brown ftr
The Next Always by Nora Roberts rr
The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts rr
The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts rr
Firefight ftr


Ftr = first time read
rr = reread

I read steelheart and thought it was an okay book. The power sets seemed kinda random though. How was Firefight?