I've had some stressful stuff going on lately (grad school prelim, moving, etc). I think I read more when I'm stressed. Here's what I've been reading:
Mountain of Black Glass, Tad Williams
Sea of Silver Light, Tad Williams
The Rithmatist, Brandon Sanderson
The Martian, Andy Weir
A Fall of Moondust, Arthur C. Clarke
Inda, Sherwood Smith
Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
Mars, Ben Bova
Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson
Daemon, Daniel Suarez
The Emperor's Soul, Brandon Sanderson
Influx, Daniel Suarez
The Fox, Sherwood Smith
Freedom, Daniel Suarez
I enjoyed Tad William's Otherland series, but it sometimes felt drawn out, as if the author was delaying the action just to explore the cool world he'd created.
The Martian was fantastic and everyone should try it out. This book is so good that the author was able to get a book deal after having self-published it.
Inda and the sequel The Fox were nice high fantasy. I enjoyed the characters in these books
Friday, October 9, 2015
Saturday, May 9, 2015
January, February, March, April (2015!)
The second half of the previous post:
The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin
Otherland V1, City of Golden Shadow, Tad WilliamsThe Last Unicorn, Peter Beagle
The Warded Man, Peter Brett
Flash Forward, Robert Sawyer
Triggers, Robert Sawyer
The Eye of the World, Robert Jordan
The Terminal Experiment, Robert Sawyer
The Skull Throne, Peter Brett
The Desert Spear, Peter Brett
River of Blue Fire, Tad Williams
The Daylight War, Peter Brett
I was anticipating The Westing Game, however I found it to be far less exciting than I'd hoped.
I enjoyed City of Golden Shadow and am looking forward to the rest of the series. Hardcore Scifi though.
Peter Brett's Demon Cycle is fantastic. I'm working my way through the 3rd book right now and have the 4th at the library. Highly recommended for fantasy folks.
All of Robert Sawyers books are OK. Just OK. They're beach reads for scifi people.
And, lastly, yes, I've started The Wheel of Time. Start the clock for how many years it takes me to finish.
The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin
Otherland V1, City of Golden Shadow, Tad WilliamsThe Last Unicorn, Peter Beagle
The Warded Man, Peter Brett
Flash Forward, Robert Sawyer
Triggers, Robert Sawyer
The Eye of the World, Robert Jordan
The Terminal Experiment, Robert Sawyer
The Skull Throne, Peter Brett
The Desert Spear, Peter Brett
River of Blue Fire, Tad Williams
The Daylight War, Peter Brett
I was anticipating The Westing Game, however I found it to be far less exciting than I'd hoped.
I enjoyed City of Golden Shadow and am looking forward to the rest of the series. Hardcore Scifi though.
Peter Brett's Demon Cycle is fantastic. I'm working my way through the 3rd book right now and have the 4th at the library. Highly recommended for fantasy folks.
All of Robert Sawyers books are OK. Just OK. They're beach reads for scifi people.
And, lastly, yes, I've started The Wheel of Time. Start the clock for how many years it takes me to finish.
September, October, November, December, (January, February, March, April posted seperately)... oops.
Turns out I've been delinquent about this for a while now... Lets see how much I can reconstruct, separating 2014 and 2015:
The Broken Eye, Brent Weeks
Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson
The Slow Regard of Silent Things, Patrick Rothfuss
Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson
Independent Study,Joelle Charbonneau
Beyond the Shadows, Brent Weeks
Shadows Edge, Brent Weeks
The Testing, Joelle Charbonneau
Graduation Day, Joelle Charbonneau
Never Let Me Go, Kazou Ishiguro
I'm not going to comment on all of these,there's just too many. I think I'm also missing a couple from when I was in Israel over December/January and using a tablet for reading.
In brief:
-Brent Weeks' Night Angel trilogy is fantastic. I enjoyed it and you will too, if you're at least a little into fantasy.
-Cryptonomicon was great and interesting. Readers will enjoy it, especially those who like math. Quicksilver was somewhat less entertaining.
-Don't bother with Joelle Charbonneau's books. They're trash.
-Never Let Me Go is great and haunting. Readers will enjoy it.
And now for the annual counting-of-books-I've-read...
I only come up with 27! I'm going to blame it on first year of grad school, although probably I'm just making excuses. Here's hoping I get to do more reading this coming year!
The Broken Eye, Brent Weeks
Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson
The Slow Regard of Silent Things, Patrick Rothfuss
Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson
Independent Study,Joelle Charbonneau
Beyond the Shadows, Brent Weeks
Shadows Edge, Brent Weeks
The Testing, Joelle Charbonneau
Graduation Day, Joelle Charbonneau
Never Let Me Go, Kazou Ishiguro
I'm not going to comment on all of these,there's just too many. I think I'm also missing a couple from when I was in Israel over December/January and using a tablet for reading.
In brief:
-Brent Weeks' Night Angel trilogy is fantastic. I enjoyed it and you will too, if you're at least a little into fantasy.
-Cryptonomicon was great and interesting. Readers will enjoy it, especially those who like math. Quicksilver was somewhat less entertaining.
-Don't bother with Joelle Charbonneau's books. They're trash.
-Never Let Me Go is great and haunting. Readers will enjoy it.
And now for the annual counting-of-books-I've-read...
I only come up with 27! I'm going to blame it on first year of grad school, although probably I'm just making excuses. Here's hoping I get to do more reading this coming year!
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