Dusty Chalk Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Finished those four books within a week of each other. Also finished reading: Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong -- I wept openly. Packs a wallop of a punch towards the end. Couldn't put it down for the last 1/4 of the book or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 The Undead Kama Sutra, Mario Acevedo Sent from mah Droid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Finished that on the flight back, now on to Feed, by Mira Grant. Feed because (a) zombies, and (b ) bloggers (newsfeed, geddit?). Pretty cool concept -- zombies have long since taken over part of the world, but lots of survivors. Bloggers are the real news outlets, because of the speed with which news travels. I particularly enjoy the relationship between the main character and her brother (of course, who wouldn't?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Feed, by Mira Grant.Holy shit, I cannot express how amazing this was. BEST ZOMBIE BOOK EVAR Alright, I haven't read any other zombie books, but still... BEST ZOMBIE BOOK EVAR Maybe it's because I'm struggling with snot and whatnot, but the emotional roller coaster that this book put me through is easily the most intense I've read in decades. Just amazing. Definitely reading the next two the day they come out; also going back and reading her fantasy fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 (edited) If some of you enjoyed the Saunders piece from a page back, and haven't read them yet, don't miss out on: CivilWarLand in Bad Decline and Pastoralia. The short Sea Oak is online. AT SIX MR. FRENDT comes on the P.A. and shouts, "Welcome to Joysticks!" Then he announces Shirts Off. We take off our flightjackets and fold them up. We take off our shirts and fold them up. Our scarves we leave on. Thomas Kirster's our beautiful boy. He's got long muscles and bright-blue eyes. The minute his shirt comes off two fat ladies hustle up the aisle and stick some money in his pants and ask will he be their Pilot. He says sure. He brings their salads. He brings their soups. Edited February 16, 2011 by blessingx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
en480c4 Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Feed, by Mira Grant. Looking forward to this... It's all queued up on the Kindle. Just need to finish Bitten, another of your recommendations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 I enjoyed World War Z and look forward to the movie. Maybe I will expand my zombie reading to a second book with Feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 As I'm a little defensive of titles I love, if anyone wants to do a sci-fi-ish feed double-feature, M. T. Anderson's FEED is also a great young adult read. Less zombies, more implanted Internet receivers. "We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck. We went on a Friday, because there was shit-all to do at home. It was the beginning of spring break. Everything at home was boring. Link Arwaker was like, "I'm so null," and Marty was all, "I'm null too, unit," but I mean we were all pretty null, because for the last like hour we'd been playing with three uninsulated wires that were coming out of the wall." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 I love the concept of a good double feature. Just need to finish Bitten, another of your recommendations!Yeah, I'm really -ing on Kelley Armstrong right now, after just having finished Waking the Witch and Made to be Broken in fairly rapid succession. Easily my favorite current author. Try to get as far as Stolen (eventually). Or actually, you won't discover that she can write in different "voices" until you get to Dime-Store Magic and Industrial Magic, since both Bitten and Stolen are written from Elena's POV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
en480c4 Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Ended up going with something else before Feed... http://www.amazon.com/Hangmans-Daughter-Oliver-Pötzsch/dp/1935597051/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298236503&sr=8-1 Really enjoying it so far... Well written, interesting characters and a cool story. And damn the Kindle's exceptionally convenient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Started Woken Furies (Takeshi "Micky" Kovacs book 3), Richard K. Morgan and Rosemary and Rue, Seanan McGuire (same author as Feed). Totally loved the Weekend at Bernie's scene done cyberpunk from the former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 It's a nice change from work reading, which is all i've really done much of lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future by Mike Resnick Just started reading this. Edited February 28, 2011 by Salt Peanuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 You know, I never finished it either. I should go back and reread and finish this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Finished Woken Furies -- liked. Finished Rosemary and Rue, A Local Habitation, and An Artificial Night. Seanan McGuire is easily my favorite recent discovery. She's not perfect, but I find myself just whizzing through her books, feeling very involved, caring for what happens to whom, and in particular, I really love the long-term relationships she sets up. There's one that is set up from the very beginning as a love/hate thing, but she tells us through action rather than thought or narrative. I mean, eventually even Toby (the main character) realizes that the feelings run deeper than what she initially believed, but the actions come first, the thoughts afterward. Started Steel Remains. Will probably start Late Eclipses shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diebenkorn Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 You know, I never finished it either. I should go back and reread and finish this time. definitely worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Steve -- you should read Steel Remains, I think you'd like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonShine Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Just started: Just finished: Recently finished: Also reading (well, listening on audiobook): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Finished Steel Remains -- greatly enjoyed the resolution. The sex scene(s?), not so much. Started Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire -- yeah, I'm smitten. My favorite recent-discovery author. Has a dark streak, great sense of humor, and a nice mind's eye for fantastical things. Some of the things that happen can be a little too deus ex machina (or rather, dei ex machina), but you know, who cares? That's my superpower: the ability to shrug during fiction. But do you know what she does best? Love. Love of brother, love of sister, love of comrade, love of commander, love of subordinate*...all of its forms, she does well. Even dysfunctional love. Even unrecognized love (e.g. love of the main subject, from the main subject's point of view, without the main subject even realizing it). I think that's what I like best about her. Really going to has a sad when I finish this one, because I will have read everything she's written until the next one comes out. * Try not to read that in Ronald Reagan voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) Belatedly getting to Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections. Also... Edited April 20, 2011 by blessingx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolink24 Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) Musashi, written by Eiji Yoshikawa and translated by Charles Terry, for the second time. It's a beast of a book, about 1000 pages long (of decidedly small print, mind you), and I feel like I didn't really get it the first time. It's really enjoyable though. Edited April 22, 2011 by revolink24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Started Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire -- yeah, I'm smitten. My favorite recent-discovery author.My ex has me beat -- she was on vacation, and she read all four books in three days. I've started reading The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong. It's her tween-targeted series. So far, so good, but kind of predictable (I'm sure she'll fix that eventually). It answers the question, How do you make a short, stuttering, late-blooming teen charismatic? By getting insider her mind and showing how she thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit on the Kindle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryzon Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Ender's Game just an easy read. I'm only about 30 pages in and its a pretty good book so far : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 That's the single fastest book I ever read (in a day). Me: Finished The Summoning, started The Awakening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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