[antipod]

At the moment I have around a hundred pages left of...



After that I'll tackle



Though I haven't gotten it yet. Ordered it last week so most likely it will be here today.

[hamchan]

More people reading Brandon Sanderson puts a smile on my face.

[Daigoro]

I don't know anything about it other than its short and considered one of the best stories (sci-fi or otherwise) ever written. So i'm pretty hyped.

ive been eyeballing this one myself. ive been in the mood for some good sci-fi and saw that one on Amazon. didnt buy it yet, but im interested.

I hope they push the Kindle firmware so I can hide my bloody progress bar soon. That thing kicks my OCD tendencies around like nobody's business.

are they doing this for all models or only certain ones? i have a kindle keyboard and i would really love to disable the progress bar. bugs the shit out of me.

Barry Hughart's last Master Li and Number Ten Ox novel. It slays me what the publishers did to him.

i read one of the books a long time ago and remember loving it. havent reread it since or any of the other books. looks like the tirlogy is on Amazon for $10 on Kindle. i think im going to check it out.

what did the publishers do to him?

edit: im reading his wiki page now.

edit 2: i bought it, so this is what im reading now (the trilogy).

huh i only had Story of the Stone, so i never read the first book! damn. starting it now!

[Something Wicked]

Finished: Orbital Resonance by John Barnes A sweet book about a young girl growing up in a dystopian future. Interesting in how understated it is: our young heroine thinks things are perfectly normal, has no idea that this future seems awful to the reader, and has no notions of revolution and going back to how things were. Good stuff.

I don't remember this Sega Saturn game.

[Ratrat]

Halfway through Kafka on the Shore by Murakami. Also finished Red Seas Under Red Skies which was quite a bit worse than the first book. Adult Locke is an awful character.

[Ichor]

Halfway through The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. Do we know how long he is planning the series to be?

The Kingkiller Chronicle is to be a trilogy, so only one more book. However, Rothfuss has stated that he plans on continuing to write in the world he created for this series for as long as he can. He has yet to say anything about whether or not he will continue Kvothe's tale.

[a secret-boss]

started this last night after reading the first one early that day

I'm surprise I'm 47% already in one reading

[Frost_Ace]

That book and the sequel A Wild Sheep Chase are the only two Murakami books I sold after I read them and don't intend to buy again. Wasn't really bad or anything but I thought it was pretty weak against the rest of his work.

Which one of his books would you suggest me to buy?

[omgkitty]

Which one of his books would you suggest me to buy?

Norwegian Wood if you wan't something more realistic, or The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle if you're feeling a little adventurous.

[T.O.P]

Gonna have a 12+ hours flight on June so i'm preparing something in my eReader

Zombie addict here so i instantly grabbed Feed and Deadline from the previous posts (no ebook in italian yet, gonna try them in eng) :D

Also just bought Hunger Games, want to understand all the fuss around it

[Solstice]

How did you feel about this one after finishing it? I started reading this the other day but I got so bored after chapter 3. I ended up starting to read another book that grabbed me right away. Just wondering if I'm missing out on anything amazing.

In all honesty, I just felt it was OK. There were certain "scenes" that really grabbed me, but overall it was kind of meh. The ending was really weird, too.

[PhoenixSFT]

Picked all three of these up for $.99 as a Kindle Deal of the Day. Absolutely fantastic young adult novels about two teenagers on a planet where everyone can hear each other's thoughts. The ending of the first book is heart-wrenching. I'm about a quarter of the way through the third. You can buy the whole trilogy together as one book on Kindle.

[Defuser]

Near 170 pages in and I still got part 2.

[DirtRiver]

Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card

I finished the Ender's saga last week with the Children of the Mind and was ready for more stories on thi s universe, especially from Bean who was one of my favorite characters from Ender's Game(and is proving to be way more interesting now that he is a main character himself).

Those wanting to read The Forever War: Do it. It's an excellent sci-fi book although sometimes disorienting with how much time passes from each chapter to the next.

[BrokenFiction]

i read one of the books a long time ago and remember loving it. havent reread it since or any of the other books. looks like the tirlogy is on Amazon for $10 on Kindle. i think im going to check it out. what did the publishers do to him? edit: im reading his wiki page now. edit 2: i bought it, so this is what im reading now (the trilogy). huh i only had Story of the Stone, so i never read the first book! damn. starting it now!

I'm on the hunt for non-western fantasy and this is among the best out there. You'll love the first novel!

[MjFrancis]

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.

Just picked it up yesterday and while I've yet to finish the prologue it's promising so far.

[MrOogieBoogie]

Just started this one. My first Dostoevsky novel.

So far so good, but goddamn at all the commas. Still need to get used to that.

[BobsRevenge]

Am I really the only one reading this?



Where are all the liberals at?

[Help Me!]

So far so good, but goddamn at all the commas. Still need to get used to that.

I think that is a translator idiosyncrasy. Dostoevsky is seriously amazing.

[commish]

After that I'll tackle Though I haven't gotten it yet. Ordered it last week so most likely it will be here today.

I am just finishing up book 2 of this series. It's fantastic, so much better than I thought.

[Leeroy3101]

I'm tearing through this right now. Loved the first book and movie. This isn't as good as the first but I still really like it.


I'm in the middle of this, too. It's starting to lose it's momentum but I still enjoy Vonnegut's writing style. His social commentary is still one of the best.


Always wanted to know more about this man. It's dense but I'm really enjoying it.

[The Judge]

First Murakami book I'm reading, 200 pages in and liking it so far.

[Trojita]

Halfway through The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. Do we know how long he is planning the series to be?

Like stated above, it is supposed to be three books to tell Kvothe's story. Remember Kvothe saying he needed three days to tell his story?

He could always call book Three King Killer Chronicles Day 2.5

I'm on around page 780. It's been an enticing read, but like the first book he needs to hire a decent editor to shorten specific arcs. Trebon took forever in the first book and the same thing happened in the second book with Bandit and Felurian arcs.

[dream]

[Cyan]

Master Li and Number Ten Ox is on my list!

Am I really the only one reading this? Where are all the liberals at?

Eh, if I want my views confirmed, I can just go to PoliGAF. Plus, Krugman sucks.

[CracknutWhirrun]

Re-read


After not having read any Halo books for a good few years, I decided to revisit the series, starting with the fall of reach. While this book isn't a masterpiece, it's still one of my favorite "fun" reads. It provides such an interesting look into the history of the Spartans, it really transcends the source material. Almost makes me want to play some Halo again. Anyone else read any of these books?

[antipod]

I am just finishing up book 2 of this series. It's fantastic, so much better than I thought.

Yeah, I've heard others here at GAF praising the books in some of the previous threads so I kind of had to get them eventually. :)

[Jason Raize '75 - '04]

[DOBERMAN INC]

Stupid,easy read as usual but I enjoy them.

[wenis]

Went to the library a few days ago and picked up

Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever
In Which Brief Stories Are Told
Big Sur

I've got 2 weeks and finished 1 book so far. I might finish early.

[Blatz]

Now reading...

Really looking forward to the Gentlemen Bastards Book 3 and the new Joe Abercrombie book. They should both be out this year, hopefully.

[NekoFever]

Filling a hole in my back catalogue at the moment:



I'm almost finished with Restaurant at the End of the Universe and really like it all so far. The asides and nonsense explanations for things are just brilliant.

[sparky2112]

Eh, if I want my views confirmed, I can just go to PoliGAF. Plus, Krugman sucks.

Not really the place for sayin' that. Just sayin'.

[WhatRobEats]

A Game of Thrones.

It's amazing to me how well HBO has adapted the book into a killer show.

[Cyan]

Not really the place for sayin' that. Just sayin'.

I feel obligated to say that whenever his name comes up. Anyway, I didn't bring him up. ;)

[gcubed]

Filling a hole in my back catalogue at the moment: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/GGqbu.jpg[/IM1G] I'm almost finished with Restaurant at the End of the Universe and really like it all so far. The asides and nonsense explanations for things are just brilliant.

absolutely love those books. Just finished up Neuromancer. Fan-freaking-tastic.

DieH@rd sold me on Feed, i'll give it a try.

[Leeroy3101]

Just finished 2010: Odyssey Two. I'm not a fan. I thought it was decent but I enjoyed the structure of 2001 a lot better than the sequel. I'm not going to finish the series knowing it's more of the same of 2010.

[argon]

Also finishing up A Dance With Dragons, but I don't want it to end so I'm reading very slowly =)

[Dresden]

Also finishing up A Dance With Dragons, but I don't want it to end so I'm reading very slowly =)

Claudius the God is totally rad, too.

[Gattsu25]

Halfway through The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. Do we know how long he is planning the series to be?

Planned trilogy

[heliosRAzi]

Just got done with the Quantum Thief. I thought it was pretty good. Now reading Vampire Hunter D: Raiser of Gales

[Zerokku]

I cannot recommend this enought! BRILIANT zombie novels about post apocaliptic future where mankind managed to survive the initial zombie pandemic, but are still chained in fear [everyone is infected and can potentialy become a zombie]. Fantastic characters, good story, excellent environment, and insane endings [in both novels]. [img]http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/05/340x_grant_feed-mm.jpg[img] [img]http://www.abload.de/img/deadline-coveru7zyp.jpg[img] If you like zombie genre, you can rarely find better books than these two. Both were nominated for Hugo awars for best novel [Feed in 2011, Deadline in 2012 [awaiting results]]. I've listened to audiobooks, and both were great.

Been looking for a quality zombie book besides World War Z, so I'll have to give these a look.

Currently reading/rereading (haven't finished all of them) -


The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

God I love adams's writing.

[meijiko]

Currently reading this until the next Mortal Instruments book comes out in five days. So far I like it better, but TMI is kind of a guilty pleasure of mine.

[Lumiere]

Just finished reading this:



Started this two days ago, I got it earlier last month when it was still in Prime's lending library and it's been very interesting so far.

[Kud Dukan]

Just over half way through it right now.

[BrokenFiction]

Finished Eight Skilled Gentlemen, which was just so amazing I can't put it into words. Barry Hughart is such a talent...I wish he'd come back to writing novels.

Anyway, did a 180 and started Chuck Wendig's new novel BLACKBIRDS:



Which has one of the coolest covers I've ever seen. It's a frenetic read and hard to put down.

[Ceebs]

Finished Eight Skilled Gentlemen, which was just so amazing I can't put it into words. Barry Hughart is such a talent...I wish he'd come back to writing novels. Anyway, did a 180 and started Chuck Wendig's new novel BLACKBIRDS: Which has one of the coolest covers I've ever seen. It's a frenetic read and hard to put down.

I instantly think of Death from Sandman when I see that.

[Cyan]

I instantly think of Death from Sandman when I see that.

Probably intentional given the subject matter. But yeah, badass cover.

[Jintor]

Goddamnit I hope I got paid yesterday and it's just taking time to clear my bank. Can't even afford $5 Kindle books right now :|

[Davedough]

I need a recommendation Lit-GAF.

I have a hankering for Greek Mythology. I want a non-fiction recount of the Greek God structure as a whole from Hades in the Underworld, through Tartalus and all the way up to Mount Olympus, outlining every God and Demigod in their ranks and how they relate to one another. The problem I'm having is finding a book that doesn't read like a dry college text book. Anyone know of something that can satiate that need and preferably has a Kindle format?