What Are You Reading? 3

[Who's Wee Dug]

That's a good book Bouncy I enjoyed it, also Odd and the Frost Giants was a good read.

 

[pip]

I liked Odd a lot but its a tad basic as well.

 

[pip]

I don't think I even made it 2 chapters into A Casual Vacancy before giving up on it.

I'm seconding The Graveyard Book Bouncy!

Have to agree on Casual Vacancy. I finished it but forced my way to the end. Its nasty and crude in parts. Its over the top when it didn't need to be.
It was the reading equivalent of a brick in the face at times.
Haven't even opened the Cuckoo's Calling either

 

[Freebie]

^ Just let me get to the end and we'll see. To be frank, I didn't expect it to be really good; the subject matter doesn't interest me too much.

I will say already when J.K. uses more mature wordings they are a bit like a slap in the face! They seem so forcibly written down in comparison with the obviously more child-friendly Harry Potter books.

 

[raisindot]

Just started Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich.

Finished it in about two days. Reading Evanovich is like eating M&Ms--every time you read one it's almost indistinguishable from the last one, but it's still irresistible.

 

[Catch-up]

Loved Odd and the Frost Giants too.

I think that's a large part of the problem Freebie, she's trying too hard. But hopefully you'll get some enjoyment out of reading it. It's awful to get all the way through a book and wonder why you bothered.

Perfect comparison Raisin!

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Just started Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich.

Finished it in about two days. Reading Evanovich is like eating M&Ms--every time you read one it's almost indistinguishable from the last one, but it's still irresistible.

I read No. 19 in one night!!

 

[chris.ph]

raising steam on my kindle

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Read it for the 1st time on my Kindle, book is for the 2nd.

 

[Sister Jennifer]

Just started Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich.

Finished it in about two days. Reading Evanovich is like eating M&Ms--every time you read one it's almost indistinguishable from the last one, but it's still irresistible.

I haven't read about crazy Stephanie Plum for a couple of years now. I think I overdosed myself on them.

I read Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Next, I was going to read Dr Sleep but after looking at the Bromeliad trilogy topic I think I'll read that again. I haven't read any of TP's books this year yet so that'll be a good start I think.

 

[Ghost]

Not a book per-say but I've gotten in to a long and I mean long running steam punk web comic series
Girl Genius

 

[pip]

Reading the Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley. Its a debut novel and its damn good so far. A decent fantasy similar to Blood Song which was one of my favourite books from last year

 

[Quatermass]

Not a book per-say but I've gotten in to a long and I mean long running steam punk web comic series
Girl Genius

It's really good. There's also not only physical graphic novel releases of the series (it actually started as a print comic), but they've released two novelisations so far: Agatha H and the Airship City and Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess. A third novelisation's on the way.

There's a Discworld reference here:

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070112

Pay attention to the first panel...

 

[Ghost]

thats quite a but further than I read to so far
I didn’t know it was a comic first thank you

 

[Freebie]

Okay, so I finished The Casual Vacancy. I didn't think it was too bad, yet it lacked any excitement, not enough perhaps happened, and nothing too new was brought to the table. I won't be rushing to read it again for the next few years.

Now reading William Goldman - The Princess Bride

 

[Quatermass]

Okay, so I finished The Casual Vacancy. I didn't think it was too bad, yet it lacked any excitement, not enough perhaps happened, and nothing too new was brought to the table. I won't be rushing to read it again for the next few years.

Now reading William Goldman - The Princess Bride

You'll enjoy it.

 

[steeljam]

Reading The Girl with all the Gifts by M R Carey. It was a birthday present. So far it is excellent.

 

[meerkat]

Lindsey Davis : See Delphi and Die. A Marcus Didius Falco who dunnit. Excellent!
The Silver Pigs
A Body in the Bathhouse (incorporates the Villa at Fishbourne)

The above were not read in that order. Ave!

Raising Steam...for the fourth time. It's soooo good!

 

[Tonyblack]

I'm reading the first of the Agatha Raisin Mysteries by M.C. Beaton. They serialised a couple of the books on Radio 4 Extra and they were such fun that I decided to try one. I haven't been disappointed yet. They are written by the same writer that wrote the Hamish Macbeth books.

 

[Ghost]

those are brilliant