What book are you reading these days?

[abhijit]

I am reading Judith Tarr's Queen of the Amazons.

The story focusses on Alexander the Great.

[mendhak]

Wheel of Time Book 3 - The Dragon Reborn

[hairball]

Finished SUE, finally.

[Valleysboy1978]

The Swords of Night and Day - David Gemmell
Read it loads of times but it's always a good read. Think I might start building up the Drenai collection as I'm missing many of them

[FishGuy]

Wolf of the Plains by Conn Iggulden

A historical based fiction about the life of Ghangis Khan

[mendhak]

The Swords of Night and Day - David Gemmell
Read it loads of times but it's always a good read. Think I might start building up the Drenai collection as I'm missing many of them

You seem to be a fast reader as well...

[FishGuy]

I am reading Judith Tarr's Queen of the Amazons.

The story focusses on Alexander the Great.

It's got very poor reviews on Amazon!
I have read Stephen Pressfields "Last of the Amazons" which was interesting but not as good as his "Gates of Fire"

[Valleysboy1978]

You seem to be a fast reader as well...

Yeah, takes me about two to three weeks to read a 400 page hardback novel. Usually depends how good they are though.

[mendhak]

I know what you mean. I've often felt (and been told) that I should slow down but it's very difficult. It's like trying to type slowly. And the books at home keep piling up with me not knowing what to do with them.

[litlewiki]

... (and been told)....

Why should one be worried about other's reading speed?

[mendhak]

It reminds them of their own slowness. And mortality.

[szlamany]

The Runes of the Earth (Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant)...

Stephen Donaldson just finished the next book in the series - should be in print in October...

I can't remember which Wheel of Time book I last read - so I couldn't pick up the next one in the series this weekend.

[hairball]

I am slow.

[Torc]

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
The Eighth book in The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series
by Alexander McCall Smith

Also at the same time

The Moai Murders by Lyn Hamilton
The Protector by Duncan Falconer

[mendhak]

80 pages till the end of Wheel of Time 11.

Book 10 was as boring as it gets, but things seem to have picked up in 11.

[FunkyDexter]

The Complete Chronicles of Conan. Basically it's all the short Conan stories Howard wrote for various magaizines all collected together. Good fun if a little disjointed.

[nemaroller]

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[Valleysboy1978]

Troy: The Shield of Thunder by David Gemmell.
The last book he wrote before dying...R.I.P

[FishGuy]

Troy: The Shield of Thunder by David Gemmell.
The last book he wrote before dying...R.I.P

Part of a trilogy unfortunately, apparrently his wife is going to attempt to finish the set off herself.

[davebat]

just read his old books and change the character/place names and it will be as if he wrote a new book. Good as he was im sure this is what eh did when writing a new book.

[mendhak]

Seems like just about every author has a multi-ology coming out nowadays, and they're all about to die.

I believe that authors in the future should be born with a pencil and begin writing within 2 minutes of leaving the womb.

[zaza]

I am going to tell you what happens at the end of Book 12.

[mendhak]

Everyone knows that Rand dies, after which the author proceeds to use 217 pages to describe how the women start glaring at one another and belittling men and squabbling about the most meaningless gesture that may have unintentionally carried more weight than it was meant to.

Later, the Aiel declare that they have toh towards everyone and wear white. And the bloody dice in Mat's head finally stop.

However, Elayne never stops complaining, thus opening up an opportunity for a new series of books to be written by the author's wife.

[mendhak]

Tom Holt - Tall Stories

[wossname]

Seems like just about every author has a multi-ology coming out nowadays, and they're all about to die.

I believe that authors in the future should be born with a pencil and begin writing within 2 minutes of leaving the womb.

What would they write on pray tell?

[wossname]

"Excession" is OK. The names if the star ships are the best things about it though. There's too much protocol dialog in it for my liking however.

The cover is shiny too.

[zaza]

Everyone knows that Rand dies, after which the author proceeds to use 217 pages to describe how the women start glaring at one another and belittling men and squabbling about the most meaningless gesture that may have unintentionally carried more weight than it was meant to.

Later, the Aiel declare that they have toh towards everyone and wear white. And the bloody dice in Mat's head finally stop.

However, Elayne never stops complaining, thus opening up an opportunity for a new series of books to be written by the author's wife.

Wrong, as per usual.


Rand vanquishes the Dark One, who gets his revenge at the last moment by forcing Rand to spend the rest of his days married to Elayne, Egwene and Aviendha. And all live in the same house.

Faile gets kidnapped by a group of small children, and Perrin spends the next 16 books trying to find her. This, conveniently, will help to pay for Robert Jordan's treatment.

Mat finds that a roulette wheel and a Texas Hold'em table have joined the dice in his head, whereupon Martin Liss moves in. The Daughter of the Nine Moons is killed in an epic battle with oceanebelle, who takes her place and forces the Seanchan to eat rice all day.

[oceanebelle]

Wrong, as per usual.


Rand vanquishes the Dark One, who gets his revenge at the last moment by forcing Rand to spend the rest of his days married to Elayne, Egwene and Aviendha. And all live in the same house.

Faile gets kidnapped by a group of small children, and Perrin spends the next 16 books trying to find her. This, conveniently, will help to pay for Robert Jordan's treatment.

Mat finds that a roulette wheel and a Texas Hold'em table have joined the dice in his head, whereupon Martin Liss moves in. The Daughter of the Nine Moons is killed in an epic battle with oceanebelle, who takes her place and forces the Seanchan to eat rice all day.

got to get a hold of THIS book. Hmm at least i'm almost done with the other books i am reading...

One Java Patterns, another is book 6 of the Narnia Series.

[mendhak]

Wrong, as per usual.


Rand vanquishes the Dark One, who gets his revenge at the last moment by forcing Rand to spend the rest of his days married to Elayne, Egwene and Aviendha. And all live in the same house.

Faile gets kidnapped by a group of small children, and Perrin spends the next 16 books trying to find her. This, conveniently, will help to pay for Robert Jordan's treatment.

Mat finds that a roulette wheel and a Texas Hold'em table have joined the dice in his head, whereupon Martin Liss moves in. The Daughter of the Nine Moons is killed in an epic battle with oceanebelle, who takes her place and forces the Seanchan to eat rice all day.

It frightens me to envision ocaenebelle with a shaved head.

[abhijit]

I have started "Chasing Destiny" by by Eric Jerome Dickey.

[mendhak]

After Tall Stories, I read "A short history of tractors in Ukrainian". I think that's something a woman would enjoy more, because it's all about jealousy and family relationships and fighting sisters.

Now reading The "His Dark Materials" Trilogy.
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

It's really good. I like how he combines religion, sci-fi, fantasy and adventure together and also assumes that the reader is intelligent.

The movie coming soon on this should be good.

[timeshifter]

I've all but forgotten how to read...

[zaza]

After Tall Stories, I read "A short history of tractors in Ukrainian". I think that's something a woman would enjoy more, because it's all about jealousy and family relationships and fighting sisters.

Now reading The "His Dark Materials" Trilogy.
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

It's really good. I like how he combines religion, sci-fi, fantasy and adventure together and also assumes that the reader is intelligent.

The movie coming soon on this should be good.

It is a children's book. I suspect you have not done as I instructed and read Stephen Donaldson's Thomas Covenant books, nor have you braved Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow and Thorn quartet.

You will get a slap when next I see you. Which, fortunately, is tomorrow.

[mendhak]

Fortunately, for you, I will be purchasing that book under your careless supervision. Your hands will be spared the anthrax spores that I shall be spraying on my cheeks.

[zaza]

And I thought you just forget to shave.

[oceanebelle]

It frightens me to envision ocaenebelle with a shaved head.

You must hate britney now. :P

[mendhak]

You must still be a fan of hers.


The Subtle Knife (Part 2 in the "His Dark Materials" trilogy). It just gets better and better.

[Valleysboy1978]

The "His Dark Materials" series is okay, ending was a little too religious for my liking but enjoyable and can see the films doing well.

Executive Orders - Tom Clancy

Is it just me or is Tom Clancy hard to read? I feel as though I'm reading a script, not a novel! And his writing is so pro-American it makes me want to puke

[Asgorath]

Raymond E. Feist - King of Foxes (Conclave of Shadows)
I've got all biblography from Raymond Feist, David Eddings, Anne Rice, Marion Bradley, Tolkien.

[oceanebelle]

I think, I will read the book that I found this morning... quite interesting...

about a geek old man of age 90 finally deciding to sleep with a virgin *****...

the title "Memories of My Melancholy *****s"

haven't read reviews though.