What are y'all reading for fun?

[The Almighty Aardvark]

I'm currently reading Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. I've been reading it with my girlfriend, so it's been read through at a slower rate than usual. So far I'm liking it a lot better than the movie

Another book I'm reading is Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton. It's good epic SF, but the frequent references to sex seem a bit unnecessary.

If you haven't read it already, you might be interested in reading The Great North Road, also by Peter F Hamilton. It's a sci fi mystery novel investigating the murder of a clone. It's an interesting twist on a mystery novel, and makes the most of the sci fi setting.

I'm re-reading Abercrombie's First Law trilogy, will almost certainly go through all six books. I had credits available to get a new audiobook, but I had nothing in mind and didn't feel like undergoing the painstaking process of identifying a promising new book to read.

I've only read the trilogy thus far, how are the rest? I know that the other novels don't follow Glotka, Ninefingers and all of the characters from the trilogy, and that's part of the reason why I haven't gotten to them yet.

Do any of the other books give any sort of resolution to those characters? While I thought the end of the trilogy was very good, it did leave a lot hanging.

 

[Elfgore]

I've been on my Warhammer craze right now. Just finished up Knights of Bretonnia and currently reading Blackhearts, which is decent but nothing to amazing. I'm most likely going to finally read the Grey Knights Omnibus that has been sitting on my shelf for years... or going for one of the four I have coming in.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

I've only read the trilogy thus far, how are the rest? I know that the other novels don't follow Glotka, Ninefingers and all of the characters from the trilogy, and that's part of the reason why I haven't gotten to them yet.

Do any of the other books give any sort of resolution to those characters? While I thought the end of the trilogy was very good, it did leave a lot hanging.

I'm of the opinion that Best Served Cold and The Heroes are his best works, and that he's improved as a writer with each outing. If you were a fan of The First Law, the three stand-alones are pretty much must reads.

They're set in the same world, and while they don't have the same POV characters as the trilogy, you'll see a LOT of familiar faces. I'm not going to go into who, as that might constitute spoilers, but the three books continue the chronology of the trilogy, and will definitely give you a KIND of resolution for at least a couple of characters.

If you have the means, I highly...HIGHLY...recommend the audiobooks of the series, as read by Steven Pacey. He does an absolutely fantastic job differentiating his voices and really brings the characters to life. While I think they're great reads regardless, Pacey's audiobooks really do take them to another level. Just be cautious of The Heroes, as the US version had a different narrator (for some stupid reason), so you need to look for the UK version.

 

[gorfias]

I've only read the trilogy thus far, how are the rest?... it did leave a lot hanging.

I'm of the opinion that Best Served Cold and The Heroes are his best works, and that he's improved as a writer with each outing.

While I seriously missed one cripple from the 2nd 3 books, they do improve. Well worth reading (or in my case, listening on audible during a 3 hour round trip commute to and from work).

Listening to Stephen King's "The Stand". So different after "World War Z". That was a zombie Apocalypse with much deprivation. In "The Stand" disease has wiped out 99.97% of humanity. All their stuff, from canned foods to nuclear weapons still available to anyone that finds them. The Villain is less evil Mel Brooks than Evil Mel Gibson, when he's trying to be funny, like in Machete. Wonder why King does that?

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

I just finished reading The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell. It's pretty good, he recycles like 3 pages of content from every book though. Gets really annoying to read the same explanation, almost word for word, for some in-universe contraption every book. A couple of the characters are total cunts and make me want to rip my hair out too. But for the most part it's interesting and engaging. There are 11 books in the series so if you like the first couple of books it'll keep you reading for a couple of days.

I've also pulled out In Search of Lost Time by Proust to re-read when I'm in the mood.

 

[The Almighty Aardvark]

While I seriously missed one cripple from the 2nd 3 books, they do improve. Well worth reading (or in my case, listening on audible during a 3 hour round trip commute to and from work).

I'm of the opinion that Best Served Cold and The Heroes are his best works, and that he's improved as a writer with each outing. If you were a fan of The First Law, the three stand-alones are pretty much must reads.

They're set in the same world, and while they don't have the same POV characters as the trilogy, you'll see a LOT of familiar faces. I'm not going to go into who, as that might constitute spoilers, but the three books continue the chronology of the trilogy, and will definitely give you a KIND of resolution for at least a couple of characters.

That's more or less what I was hoping. It's a great series, and reading the first three books felt like it was, more than anything, setting up the world, helping you to understand it. As much as I liked the unexpected, *cough* less than happy ending, there's something in me that's itching for some sort of justice, and for things to at least end up as good as they started.

If you have the means, I highly...HIGHLY...recommend the audiobooks of the series, as read by Steven Pacey. He does an absolutely fantastic job differentiating his voices and really brings the characters to life. While I think they're great reads regardless, Pacey's audiobooks really do take them to another level. Just be cautious of The Heroes, as the US version had a different narrator (for some stupid reason), so you need to look for the UK version.

Listened to a sample of it. Not sure I'm the biggest fan of the narrator, but that's not really an issue. I prefer reading to audiobooks whenever I have the option.

I always find these regional restriction decisions ridiculous though, especially when they make it impossible for you to buy a product. I mean, great? You're making the only means of someone getting something piracy. How does that work to your benefit?