So what are you reading now? (Part 3)
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Another vote for Naomi Novik's "Temeraire" series. I've read the first 4 books, and am picking up the fifth from the library tomorrow. Also enjoyed Unspoken Truth recently. In the meantime, I'm reading John Byrne's collected Crew series from IDW, featuring Pike's Number One.
On tap is the latest "Sookie Stackhouse" novel, then the new novel by Rick Riordan (of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" fame), The Red Pyramid, if I can wrest it from my daughters.
And still slogging through the "39 Clues" series, reading aloud with my kids. Almost finished with Book 8, Book 9 coming later this month, only one book coming after that. Not very impressed, but it is exposing them to a lot of world history, so it's not all bad.
On tap is the latest "Sookie Stackhouse" novel, then the new novel by Rick Riordan (of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" fame), The Red Pyramid, if I can wrest it from my daughters.
And still slogging through the "39 Clues" series, reading aloud with my kids. Almost finished with Book 8, Book 9 coming later this month, only one book coming after that. Not very impressed, but it is exposing them to a lot of world history, so it's not all bad.
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I started The Affinity Bridge, a steampunk mystery novel by George Mann, on Friday. I'm seriously thinking of putting it down, no matter how curious I might be about the resolution. The premise sounded interesting. The cover art was cool. But (and I say this as one of the worst things I can think of) it reads like something I would have written about two or three years ago, maybe four. There's no spark to the characters whatsoever and the prose is barely on life support.
I have the first book in The Dresden Files on hold at the library, but won't be able to pick it up until Tuesday. Which is fine because I have a short story to write, so I could do without the distraction.
I have the first book in The Dresden Files on hold at the library, but won't be able to pick it up until Tuesday. Which is fine because I have a short story to write, so I could do without the distraction.
Rereading:
Vanguard: Harbinger (with Karen and anyone else who wants to contribute!)
Reading:
Man of Steel, by Dave Conifer - this month's nook Book Clubselection
Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq, by Dr. Dave Hnida
(School is out in two weeks. I'll actually have time to read again!)
Vanguard: Harbinger (with Karen and anyone else who wants to contribute!)
Reading:
Man of Steel, by Dave Conifer - this month's nook Book Clubselection
Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq, by Dr. Dave Hnida
(School is out in two weeks. I'll actually have time to read again!)
Currently reading Counterstrike: The Last World War, Book II, by some guy...
I keep forgetting to reread Sword of Damocles. I kinda breezed through it the first time, and didn't give it too much focus. Right now I'm going through a Joan Didion phase. I finished After Henry, finished The White Album, and am almost finished with Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
I swear, swear, that I will read Sword of Damocles next.
I swear, swear, that I will read Sword of Damocles next.
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I'm finishing up Ghost Ship, which has been very painful. Yes, yes, I know, published before TNG was established, but still, oh, the pain. It's almost like reading a book written by Gene Roddenberry, rest his soul.
I'm on a star trek reading burnout at the moment. So I'm reading some Stephen King, currently on "Duma Key" and then I'll hit his newest one "Under the Dome."
^ Those Hard Case Crime books are like chocolate-covered crack, aren't they? 
^ Those Hard Case Crime books are like chocolate-covered crack, aren't they?
This book ain't half bad, so far...
Uh, oh....
This one was on my list to check out...
....but now...
^ Those Hard Case Crime books are like chocolate-covered crack, aren't they?
That is so true.
And "Somebody owes me Money" is one of the greatest noir titles of all time.
That was what I found interesting about it -- that it felt like the old Bantam and early Pocket novels, back when continuity was looser and authors were freer to put their own offbeat, idiosyncratic spins on the Trek universe.
Yeah, but it was neither offbeat nor idiosyncratic; it was instead generic and pointless. Nothing interesting about the differences from the Prime timeline, and nothing gained either way. Mostly it just felt like an excuse for not really giving much of a crap about continuity.
Yeah. In my opinion, definitely the weakest of the Trek novels so far this year, and it hasn't been an especially inspiring field in the first place.
In any case, next up is Mission: Gamma: Lesser Evil. This book is tiny compared to the other three; how does everyone think the quality compares?
It's been a while, but I think I remember it being my least favorite MG book, and possibly even of the whole series. But... some very very major things happen, so no matter how much you do or don't like it, if you've made it that far in the series you pretty much need to read it. Especially if you're a Vaughn and Prynn fan like me.
Finished the novella The Sorrows of Empire. That was really good. Now I'm going to order the expanded version/novel. From what I've heard, Spock is more morally ambiguous in that one (though personally I think his plan is already very ambiguous from the the ethical standpoint), which can only be a good thing. 
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