So what are you reading now (Part 4)?
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Full Circle. I'm enjoying the Klingon arc more than I thought I would. That's pretty much the reason I avoided the Spirit Walk book, because Klingons bore me. I like the ships, and their marriage vows are impressive, but all the chest-thumping and bellowing reminds me too much of high school jocks.
I'm confused as to why Worf is an ambassador. That would set the book's opening chapters before Nemesis, wouldn't it?
I'm confused as to why Worf is an ambassador. That would set the book's opening chapters before Nemesis, wouldn't it?
And, for the Halloween season, The Ghosts Of Sleath by James Herbert, cos my copy of The Haunting Of Hill House has disappeared somewhere in the spare room...
Just finished re-reading Full Circle and Unworthy. Good reads.
I just finished Full Circle for the first time, having spent the day entranced by it. I'm definitely impressed...I avoided the Spirit Walk books because of the Klingon arcs, but maybe I should revisit them once I get caught up.
I'll probably start Unworthy, but I feel somewhat guilty for leaving The Good that Men Do again. I started on it a month or so ago, but pre-empted it in favor of the Destiny trilogy and got back into it only for the Voyager books to arrive.
I'll probably start Unworthy, but I feel somewhat guilty for leaving The Good that Men Do again. I started on it a month or so ago, but pre-empted it in favor of the Destiny trilogy and got back into it only for the Voyager books to arrive.
I'm going to try and re-read the entire Aubrey-Maturin series before the new year. I think at the rate I went through Master And Commander, I can do it. I'll start Post Captain later today. That's the longest one, and from there on it should be plain sailing. (Ha! See what I did? 
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I'm going to try and re-read the entire Aubrey-Maturin series before the new year. I think at the rate I went through Master And Commander, I can do it. I'll start Post Captain later today. That's the longest one, and from there on it should be plain sailing. (Ha! See what I did?
After reading through all the Horatio Hornblower books, I picked up Master and Commander. Couldn't get through it, but that book in particular is supposed to be ornery. Maybe trying another book in the series would be easier.
I'm going to try and re-read the entire Aubrey-Maturin series before the new year. I think at the rate I went through Master And Commander, I can do it. I'll start Post Captain later today. That's the longest one, and from there on it should be plain sailing. (Ha! See what I did?
After reading through all the Horatio Hornblower books, I picked up Master and Commander. Couldn't get through it, but that book in particular is supposed to be ornery. Maybe trying another book in the series would be easier.
It picks up after about fifty or sixty pages, and really gets you into the feel of being in that era and setting, but what really pissed me off about that book (and has led to me still not getting round to the others) is how it builds up towards an imminent big climactic battle... And then cuts to the characters celebrating and saying "well, luckily we won that battle and beat the bad guys." The end.
WTF? Where was the climax? He just didn't give us it!
Now, if it's historical accuracy *and* actual bloody storytelling you want for 18th century naval fun, allow me to recommend Alexander Kent's Bolitho series...
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Personally, I think if you didn't like Master And Commander, you probably won't like the series. His style is pretty consistent throughout. And I wouldn't read them out of order, either; the farther on you go the more the plots run into each other and it eventually reads very much like one long novel.I'm going to try and re-read the entire Aubrey-Maturin series before the new year. I think at the rate I went through Master And Commander, I can do it. I'll start Post Captain later today. That's the longest one, and from there on it should be plain sailing. (Ha! See what I did?
After reading through all the Horatio Hornblower books, I picked up Master and Commander. Couldn't get through it, but that book in particular is supposed to be ornery. Maybe trying another book in the series would be easier.
I loved the Hornblower books as well. Should pick those up again at some point too.
Personally, I think if you didn't like Master And Commander, you probably won't like the series. His style is pretty consistent throughout. And I wouldn't read them out of order, either; the farther on you go the more the plots run into each other and it eventually reads very much like one long novel.I'm going to try and re-read the entire Aubrey-Maturin series before the new year. I think at the rate I went through Master And Commander, I can do it. I'll start Post Captain later today. That's the longest one, and from there on it should be plain sailing. (Ha! See what I did?
After reading through all the Horatio Hornblower books, I picked up Master and Commander. Couldn't get through it, but that book in particular is supposed to be ornery. Maybe trying another book in the series would be easier.
I loved the Hornblower books as well. Should pick those up again at some point too.
Might I recommend Naomi Novik's Temeraire series for Napoleonic war stories . . . With DRAGONS!!!
Great stuff.
I'm rereading the TNG relaunch at the moment.
Great stuff.
I'm rereading the TNG relaunch at the moment.
i really need to get back to O'Brian. I never finished the series; about two thirds of the way through I met Laura and got distracted. Considering I read several of the books during a week or two vacation, reading all day with a few handy reference books and nothing to disturb me, I"m not sure when I'll get back to them. You really can't just read them in quick bits and pieces, the way you can read something like the Sharpe novels. You have to fully immerse yourself in them.
Finished 'Rocket Girls' by Housuke Nojiri. About a commercial attempt to put astronauts into space, more or less. Pretty good read.
I just read the 40 pp of this thread! As for ST, I have read about 12 novels this year (mostly TOS) and am reading "The Captain's Table" (omnibus) with an additional 3 novels and working on the 4th. Yearly, I tend to read about just over 60 books with about 1/2 nonfiction and 1/2 fiction. Have read about over 120 ST novels. Also just read the rules for this BBS and am beginning to learn. Tx.
Finished Unworthy. I like Beyer's sense of humor, and eagerly await the Voyager books yet-to-be-written.
My next Trek read will be The Good that Men Do, but right now I'm finishing Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life.
My next Trek read will be The Good that Men Do, but right now I'm finishing Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life.
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