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Allison wrote: "Last Banquet was well done, I thought. What did you think? " ... and so was Nine Last Days ,,,

SA wrote: "Allison wrote: "Last Banquet was well done, I thought. What did you think? " ... and so was Nine Last Days ,,,"

Good to know! I haven't read that one yet :)

Finished Holy Sister. Good wrap up for this trilogy. So satisfying to read something that has an actual ending.

Allison wrote: "SA wrote: "Allison wrote: "Last Banquet was well done, I thought. What did you think? " ... and so was Nine Last Days ,,,"

Good to know! I haven't read that one yet :)"

I thought Banquet was great, and Nine Days is turning out pretty good too (not done yet)

Starting on “The Thing About Ghost Stories,�� by Naomi Kritzer (so far I liked the discussion on what are ghost stories and why we tell them). And since “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society,�� is in the same issue of Uncanny Magazine, I think I'll just read the entire issue while I'm at it.

I finished reading Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Authors, 4th Edition by Carla King, The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks, and Redshirts by John Scalzi. I am reading by One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence. I plan to read The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan next.

Finished Cursor's Fury, the Codex Alera series really does get better as it goes along.

Now back to my unicorn reading theme with The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge

I just finished Castle of Wizardry and I'll start with the fifth and last volume of the series, Enchanters' End Game later tonight. I am glad that I picked up that series which i found very pleasurable to read.

Finished the issue of Uncanny Magazine, I particularly enjoyed “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society,�� it was short but funny. Starting on When We Were Starless by Simone Heller

Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them by Nancy Marie Brown

I finished Sanderson's Reckoners trilogy with Calamity and now I've begun The Alteration.

Spent today finishing The Dragon Keeper, book 1 of the Rain Wild Chronicles. 4.5/5 stars (4/5 on GR) for me, very much enjoyed it. Will be starting book 2, Dragon Haven next.

Finished the Little White Horse, the unicorn content probably amounts to at most two pages of text, but I ended up really enjoying the story anyway. There were silly moments of course like people not being able to tell the difference between a dog and a lion, or where a 13 year old resolves a 400 year long dispute, but hey, all middle grade books have the kids saving the world and the adults being generally good-natured idiots! :)

Now it's bugging me that I still haven't finished the Time Quintet so here goes the last book - An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Also finished We Were Starless, and STET, now working on The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington by P. Djèlí Clark...I did not know people made dentures from other people's teeth, eww, gross.

I'm slowly struggling through Borne by Jeff VanderMeer. The reason I'm having such difficulty is I'm reading it in Italian (a language I have not fully mastered) so things can get a little confusing.
There's a giant flying bear, for example - if I have understood correctly - and stuff gets lost in its fur.
I got it because the Italian hardback is so beautiful - and expensive - that I had to have it, but I will feel guilty if I abandon it as too hard.

Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky was fantastic. It's a fast, entertaining read, yet full of points to ponder. I gave it a 5 star review here:
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Finished the Negro teeth story, and the Witch's Portal, and the Court Magician. Was going to switch to the Raptor Sisters but seems I missed copying it to my eReader, will have to fix that this weekend. And since I have the annoying need to be a completionist, I'll also copy over rest of the 3 magazine issues these stories came from, which will keep me busy for quite a while on my eReader!

The Quantum Magician by Derek Künsken is a fast-paced space opera that's basically a heist/con movie in the space. Imaginative future bio-engineered varieties of humans and a very mismatched team of quirky characters. Fun adventure. (I'd read parts of this before in Analog.)

Just finished Dragon Haven Book 2 of the Rain Wild Chronicles and now starting City of Dragons Book 3 of the Rain Wild Chronicles. 4.5/5 stars for Dragon Haven, definitely enjoying these more than Liveship! Great characters and themes to support the story as well. Also thinking I will indeed be able to use one of these for Lost Civilisation square as I was hoping!

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson. Starting to like this guy a lot.

Time to get ready for the classic group read - The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov. This will be my first Asimov.

I just started The Calculating Stars. Really looking forward to this one!

Forgot I preordered the latest in The Expanse: Tiamat's Wrath until it showed up! After I finished the last book I was reading, and did a quick alpha read as a favor, I started this one a few nights ago.

Andrea wrote: "This will be my first Asimov."

OK. Wow. Not my favorite Asimov, but any Asimov in a storm.

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie was awesome. A two timeline story, told by,... well, it's got that 2nd person "you" thing like Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy for one of its timelines. Gods discover humans, and vice versa, and then the years roll by... This book is not broken into chapters, so it must be read in one sitting. :)

G33z3r wrote: "The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie was awesome. A two timeline story, told by,... well, it's got that 2nd person "you" thing like Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy. Gods di..."

I plan to eventually read Broken Earth and want to get into Ann Leckie so probably The Raven Tower too, but I have to say I'm having trouble wrapping my head around how a story can be told in the second person. Don't think I've ever read anything that has and just seems super awkward despite that both books/series sound great

I’m in the second half of the Raven Tower - the ‘you�� is done quite well here I think it makes sense! I’m really enjoying the POV in fact.
Need to finish it and the Hugo novelettes in time for The Gods Themselves which has the ugliest cover I own I believe.

NekroRider wrote: "I have to say I'm having trouble wrapping my head around how a story can be told in the second person. Don't think I've ever read anything that has and just seems super awkward despite that both books/series sound great..."

I'm temped to sub-divide 2nd-person PoV into two styles. For a pure 2nd person, see, e.g., Halting State & Rule 34. Stross just writes with a "you" PoV, and to confuse matters further, multiple 2nd-person PoVs, so you take your cue to who "you" is from each chapter title. It's a little odd getting into.

Leckie uses a variant in The Raven Tower, which is more like an unseen/unknown narrator telling "you" your own story, and revealing the identity of that unknown narrator / storyteller, if anyone in particular, is left to the end. (Raven Tower also has a first-person narration providing an extensive backstory.)

If anyone has read all of Sanderson Reckoners series, let me know if I should read book 1.5 before book 2. Never sure with these. Thanks.

NekroRider wrote: "G33z3r wrote: "The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie was awesome. A two timeline story, told by,... well, it's got that 2nd person "you" thing like Jemisin's Broken Earth t..."

It takes a bit of getting used to, and in Broken Earth at the end you find out why (which made me want to read it all over again with that in mind). Because yes, you start off not really knowing who the "you" is or who the narrator is, or why you need to be told your own story.

I find it works better in short stories in general, but you do stop noticing it after a while in the novel. In Broken Earth it will be the least complex thing to wrap your head around :)

Andy wrote: "If anyone has read all of Sanderson Reckoners series, let me know if I should read book 1.5 before book 2. Never sure with these. Thanks."

I have read 1 and 1.5. Worth reading 1.5,in my opinion.