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...I did that. I started the book in the middle of an immensely busy week. It... wasn't a good idea.

But it was a good book, right? :P

Is. I am not quite finished with it. I must say Butcher has improved a great deal since he started.

I just won an advance copy of The Gamble of the Godless by David Maine who was giving it away on another thread. I'll start reading that as soon as it shows up in the mail.

I was planning to read A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin but I got scared off by some negative reviews. (I don't like rape being used as a plot device, sorry.)

Unicorngirl wrote: "I was planning to read A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin but I got scared off by some negative reviews. (I don't like rape being used as a plot device, sorry.) ..."

There is no rape that i can remember, there is rape in the tv show but not in the books.

This month I finished up A Clash of Kings (I'm late to the Ice and Fire Game), tore through Pattern Recognition pretty quickly, and have gotten into The Windup Girl. Of the three, Windup Girl is piquing my interest the most, I think. But I definitely want to read the rest of Gibson's Bigend series (I can't type that character's name without laughing).

I LOVED the windup girl. good stuff

Machavelli wrote: There is no rape that i can remember, there is rape in the tv show but not in the books

That's true but the books (Song of Ice & Fire) are kind of grim. Don't get me wrong, I love them! But they aren't for everyone. Unicorngirl, I won a copy of Gamble of the godless too. I haven't gotten mine yet though.

I'm about to start Spirit Gate by Kate Elliott. Looks like the start of a big series that I can get lost in for the next month or so.

Machavelli wrote: "Unicorngirl wrote: "I was planning to read A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin but I got scared off by some negative reviews. (I don't like rape being used as a plot device, sorry.) ..."

There..."

What? There's definitely rape in the books. Not explicit or described in detail, but often referred to. :/

I made a terrible, terrible mistake and read A Discovery of Witches.

I am rereading Starship Troopers to make up for it.

Stormhawk wrote: I am rereading Starship Troopers to make up for it.

Have you read The Forever War by Joe Haldeman? Sort of the anti-Starship Troopers. But man what a great book...

Finished Doomsday Book yesterday and enjoyed it quite a bit.

I'm finally going back to Malazan with Toll the Hounds next.

@ Brad

Spirit Gate is good, there are three books in that series now, with a definite conclusion to the story arc, but with room to expand should Elliot decide to.

I'm also reading Elliott, Crown of Stars series from me.

I'm reading Blindness by José Saramago, which is amazing and fascinating. Also reading (on audio) A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, also pretty interesting so far.

I really enjoyed Blindness, but I found if I put the book down for any reason, it took me a few minutes to get back into the flow of the writing.

I was looking for something light tonight, so gobbled up some paranormal romance: Stormwalker, Firewalker, and Shadow Walker by Allyson James were read in quick succession. I don't normally enjoy books labeled "romance" because I get bored, but with the magic, dragons, and trickster gods in this series it kept me entertained throughout.

I am reading Room by Emma Donoghue

Brad wrote: "Have you read The Forever War by Joe Haldeman? Sort of the anti-Starship Troopers. But man what a great book..."

I must have ... probably around the time that I was chewing through the Dorsai books. I'm adding it to my queue.

About halfway through On the Beach right now. One of my other Groups has a theme challenge each month ... one of the August themes is "summery title."

On the Beach is about as summery as I get. ;)

I was correct in my assessment of what Ghost Story would do to my productivity. I made it all the way until yesterday day afternoon, then once the box was opened, it was all over for my "to-do" list.

Could have been a bit shorter, but once it gets rolling, it really gets rolling. I am in constant awe of Butcher's world building/plotting. As a reader, I am rarely surprised - I'm one of those people who is always trying to guess what comes next, and I've read/written enough that I'm a pretty good guesser. But at least once per novel, Butcher not only blows my mind, but does it in such a way that I don't feel tricked. Because when you look back at what happened previously, WTF becomes "well, of course that's what was going to happen." Awesome misdirection.

For those who've read it, (view spoiler)[I was right about who shot Harry, but wouldn't have guessed why in about a zillion years. (hide spoiler)]. But now that I've read it, it totally makes sense.

Jensownzoo wrote: "Maria wrote: "Just finished Ilona Andrews, Magic Bleeds (I'm running one book behind in the series on purpose. I hoard this series. It's my favorite.)"

Mine too. One of the few authors that ca..."

Love this series. It restored my enjoyment of urban fantasy after I burned out on it.

Peggy wrote: "I was correct in my assessment of what Ghost Story would do to my productivity. I made it all the way until yesterday day afternoon, then once the box was opened, it was all over for ..."

I had to wait a whole day after I got my copy from the library to actually read it. My daughter (4 months old) kept me up all night and I wound up with 2 hours sleep and had to catch up that night on sleep. Took me about a day to tear through it. Thank goodness for subway rides on my way to and from work! Butcher's just really on the ball lately with his work on the Dresden stuff.

I always find it funny that despite my speed of reading I notice the danged typos that creep in. There were at least two in this book. Don't remember where now, but I guess it's the price of having been an editor. ^_^

Wrapping up Cyteen, just picked up Zoo City based on its nomination for a World Fantasy Award, also plowing through The Count of Monte Cristo.

Kirk wrote: "Wrapping up Cyteen, just picked up Zoo City based on its nomination for a World Fantasy Award, also plowing through The Count of Monte Cristo."

Cyteen is an all time favorite SF of mine. How do you like it?