Read any good books lately? Rate them here

[Clueless Morgan]

Gatsby may be overrated, but I still love it. :p

[The Valkyrie]

First three books of the Princess series by Jim C. Hines.

Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty as you've never seen them before.

[Whateverist]

First three books of the Princess series by Jim C. Hines.

Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty as you've never seen them before.

I'm shocked, Beccs.  I think of you as so tough and funny, but it seems you have not lost track of your inner princess.  That's nice.

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Not sure if I've made a plug for Cutting for Stone, a novel written by Ethiopian-born medical doctor/author Abraham Verghese here or not.  If I have, I'm sorry but memory is starting to be an issue for me.  [Pro-tip, avoid major head trauma.]

I read it a few months ago and thought it was wonderful.  I got a sense of living in another place very foreign to me but during times I can recall from my US born perspective.  Pretty detailed account of a life in medicine, albeit in a different place and culture.  I'd be interested in your take as a doctor, Beccs.

The reviews I've read complained about the level of detail and span of time adding to the length of the book.  But for me it was a total page turner which I was sorry to see end.

[The Valkyrie]

I sometimes dress in nice dresses and wear glass slippers while waving a wand.

But it's not easy to do any longer, but wands are good for sticking in the eyes of attackers/policemen/special forces members when they try to get you.




I'll definitely read the book and let you know what I think.

[Ravenshire]

First three books of the Princess series by Jim C. Hines.

Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty as you've never seen them before.

Is this the series that starts out with "Cinder?"

[Ravenshire]

Finished this one last night:

Third in the Mercy Thompson series and, as I had hoped, the author is hitting her stride. After handling werewolf troubles (book 1) and vampire issues (book 2), Mercy must now fend off the Fae Folk and prove her close friend innocent of the murder he's accused of.

A definite improvement from the first two, which were pretty good in their own right.

Current read:

Just started this one and I'm sure (as with all anthologies) there will be good, bad and everything in between.

[thesummerqueen]

[Whateverist]

I'm looking forward to reading a lot more of what I really want very soon. I'll be back to peruse these lists more than once. Thank you.

[Thumpalumpacus]

My other current book right now is Catch 22



Gotta admit that I'm very bored by it.  I'm like 80 pages in (it's ~450 long) and I'm wondering how much longer I have to go in it before it becomes, you know, good.

I've tried to read this three times, but the fourth time is the charm: a dear friend and fellow writer mailed me the annniversary copy pictured in your post and essentially guilted me into reading it. He'd spent a couple of years lauding it, to my gruff disinterest, before he spent fifteen bucks sending it to me, knowing I'd feel obligated to plough through it, which is what I'm doing now.

It's not as dreary as I remember it, but from the standpoint of a writer, it's far too self-aware a book to do service to the story or, even more importantly for this book, the message. Heller spends too much energy engaging in cutesy self-conscious writing (too many apposite opposites!) which detract from what I sense so far as his point (I'm 180 pages in), which is essentially a paean to the individual in his struggle against reality, against mindless bureaucracy, and against human brutality.

I will finish it this time, I know that much, but I can't yet gauge whether the satisfaction will be a worthy payoff.

[Jenny A]

To help avoid a de-rail, I'm creating this thread...

Another author recommended that I'll have to take a look at! Thank you

And the Pendergast novels are wonderful.  Own them all.  My final recommendation to anybody reading today:


I almost feel like this thread should be transferred to the "off topic" section.  But I am still interested in Ant-Theist web organizations.

Yeah, the Amber series was fantastic.

I read a lot

I liked the first couple books of that series and read the rest because the first few had so much promise.  But my final feeling was blah.  I loved Jack of Shadows though which is no more than a novella but says everything the whole Amber series has to say in 150 pages or so.