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I finished Blameless the other day - have to request the rest of the series from the library - and am now taking a break from fiction to read NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children. It's very interesting and definitely thought-provoking, as both a parent and a teacher.

Also still working on The Complete Oz in bits and pieces on my kindle :)

I'm trying to finish series' that I've started and that are in print. Am starting The High Lord today, then need to continue with group reads for September and then do some catching up with Wheel of Time.

Working on The Last Page and finishing up War of Honor so I can move on to re-reading Crown of Slaves for the group read. Plus, Gone Girl for my new book club.

Then maybe on to Legacy of Kings, just because it will be awesome. And I might get around to finishing Ship of Destiny, if I'm lucky.

I'm working my way through The Shadow Rising and then I think it will be either another Honorverse book or Snow Crash for our group read. Then I will be tackling the next Wheel of Time book.

I am currently reading The Martian Chronicles and Crocodile on the Sandbank.

When I'm through with those in a couple of days, it's on to The Killing Moon for our group read here, followed by Parnassus on Wheels for the Novella Club, then back to sf/f with Yellow Blue Tibia, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Oryx and Crake, and a re-read of Stories of Your Life and Others. Then a bit of historical fiction to cap the month - The Red Tent.

I am also slowly chewing away at The Shadow of the Wind, a 3-month group project I need to have done by the end of October.

I'm thinking of re-reading A Dance With Dragons because some of the conversations here on GR have gotten me interested in somethings I may have missed.

I'm currently reading A Dance With Dragons and Caliban's War.

Would like to read Snow Crash with the group, but I've never managed to read anything by Neal Stephenson.

Need to decide if I'm going to read Prince of Thorns, but that probably depends on whether or not I like Snow Crash...

Candiss wrote: "I am currently reading The Martian Chronicles and Crocodile on the Sandbank.

When I'm through with those in a couple of days, it's on to The Killing Moon for our group read here, followed by Par..."

I *loved* The Red Tent :)

Stephan wrote: "I'm currently reading A Dance With Dragons and Caliban's War.

Would like to read Snow Crash with the group, but I've never managed to read anything by Neal Stephenson.

Need to decide if I'm going..."

You really should read it. Its fast pace, and filled with action unlike other books of his.

I never did finish Windup Girl so it's still in my TBR. I started Necroscope which my husband highly recommends and says is a page-turner but haven't really gotten into it yet. I think I'm having trouble concentrating on anything lately (also wondering if it's harder to get started reading ebooks - I seem to get hooked faster for a paper book). Also picked up a couple of Vernor Vinge books The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge and Marooned in Realtime at our local used book store's labor day sale (good deals, I spent lots of money) and those are calling me more than the books I have on my Ipad

Candiss wrote: "Then a bit of historical fiction to cap the month - The Red Tent. "

Red Tent was excellent, I had a chance to read it with a book club earlier this year. It's a great book for discussion.

I've just finished Against A Dark Background. Ken MacLeod'sNewton's Wake: A Space Opera is next on the download list.

I'm also plugging away at Accelerando, but I'm finding it hard to want to pick it up and continue reading.

After completing Poison Study in the space of a couple of days I'm going to carry on with the rest of the Study series by Maria V. Snyder. A really easy read loving them right now :)

I'll be reading The Name of the wind here in a day or two. I also plan on reading Wool once it shows up in the mail.


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Don't know how I missed out of the Games of Thrones...but I'm currently reading #4 and loving it (despite the so-so reviews :)

Justin wrote: "I'm thinking of re-reading A Dance With Dragons because some of the conversations here on GR have gotten me interested in somethings I may have missed."

That's next on my list!

I'm currently reading The Killing Moon for the group. I've also been reading Ben-Hur on my Kindle which I'm enjoying but is taking longer than I expected. In addition I'm listening to Earth Unaware on audio. I have lots of books on my plate for this month so hopefully I can get to them all on top of my first semester of grad school.

Peter F Hamilton Judas Unchained am more into fantasy normally, but he convinced me to check SF again, looking for more of that now

currently reading with a view to read: , & if i have time

Going back through Ian M Banks having recently finished Transition. Recently finishe Consider Phlebas and just grabbed a copy of Surface Detail before resuming the trail.

This month mainly I plan on going through Weber's safehold series starting with Off Armageddon Reef not sure how far through the series I will make it. I am also going to start going through Elizabeth Moon's Heris Serrano trilogy starting with Hunting Party.

I finished NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children and am now more than a third of the way through Eon: Dragoneye Reborn, which I'm really enjoying.

Just got my advance reader copy of Stormdancer in the mail. Just cracked the spine and loving it so far...

Selena wrote: "Don't know how I missed out of the Games of Thrones...but I'm currently reading #4 and loving it (despite the so-so reviews :)"

I think it has to do more with the glacial pace of Martin's writing as opposed to the actual writing itself

Finished with Miles book Komarr. I liked it, better than the last one Memory. I miss the Dendarii Mercenaries but do enjoy Miles as the Lord Auditor

Started on Pratchett's Guards! Guards!
So far pretty good.

Travis wrote: "This month mainly I plan on going through Weber's safehold series starting with Off Armageddon Reef not sure how far through the series I will make it."

It's an interesting series. Great premise and the action & dialogue scenes are fun. It can drag a bit in places, however, in typical Weber descriptive monologue style.

IMO, if you've read and enjoyed his other work, you'll probably enjoy it.

A little bit like Keith, I am going to try and catch up on Iain M Banks. After reading Surface Detail and really enjoying it (despite a failed attempt at reading Matter), I am now reading Consider Phlebas, but after that will move on to The Killing Moon for the group :)

In the meantime I am also reading A World History by Clive Ponting, but it is taking a backseat to fiction!

Golden Fool, second book in Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy. It's ok so far. I know the character really well at this point since this is Hobb's second trilogy about them.

Ken wrote: "Selena wrote: "Don't know how I missed out of the Games of Thrones...but I'm currently reading #4 and loving it (despite the so-so reviews :)"

I think it has to do more with the glacial pace of Ma..."

I believe you're correct. I'm certainly not zipping through it like I did the first three. Hope I feel more involved with Dance of Dragons!

NMC wrote: "I've already read Snow Crash around a year ago, so I'm not sure if I'll re-read it so soon. I'm currently on Wasteland of Flint."

You can still comment on Snow Crash in the discussion threads. I'd like to read any and all ideas, positive or negative.

So far I've read The Novice and The High Lord. I started Snow Crash but I can't get into it so I think it will be abandoned. I've now started Temeraire which I'm enjoying alot more. For groups I need to read We Need to Talk About Kevin (which I don't fancy but I didn't read last months either!) and The Knife of Never Letting Go. Then I'm three books behind on WOT. Wonder how far I'll get..

I am currently reading Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher.

On my Kindle I'm reading Heir of Novron. I'm happy to be back with characters I enjoy so much and am excited to see how the series ends.

I finished The Shadow Rising (started it before the Olympics in August!!). Next up is Snow Crash. Then I'll either go back to the Honorverse with Torch of Freedom or back to the Wheel of Time with The Fires of Heaven, probably Wheel of Time since I'm already more than a month behind in that group read in another GR group.

So far this month I've finished reading The Halo Revelations and I'm currently half-way through Excelsior. When that's finished, I'll probably start reading Out of the Black or Night of Wolves

Tim wrote: "I'll be reading The Name of the wind here in a day or two. I also plan on reading Wool once it shows up in the mail.


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I have have read and love the 1st 2 books..The wait for the 3rd is killing me lol..

Currently reading Sea without a Shore and Picnic on Paradise.

Up soon:
A Storm of Swords
Tau Zero
Black Powder War
Fortress of Eagles
Warhost of Vastmark
Sky Coyote
and something from the stack of books by Joan Slonczewski
As you can see, I'm trying to read books #2/3/4 in a series -- I often will read only the 1st book in a series, and then not get around to books #2+, even if I LLLOOOVVVEEE book #1. The lure of something brand new ......

I've started and tossed Snow Crash twice and so I'll give it a pass. The other BOTM, I'm going to wait until it's out as a mass market paperback.

Deedee wrote: "I often will read only the 1st book in a series, and then not get around to books #2+, even if I LLLOOOVVVEEE book #1. The lure of something brand new ......"

LOL, I hear you. I have the same thing. I read the first book and never continue one with the rest. Even though I rushed out and picked up the rest of the series

Currently reading Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton. It's a good read, well listen (audio booking it). A good Traditional Sci-Fi story in a great traditional Space Opera tradition.

I like it.

Harriett wrote: "I have have read and love the 1st 2 books..The wait for the 3rd is killing me lol..

an..."

Hi Harriett :) It seems a lot of people feel the same way about that book. I liked it too. I have the next book here and will be reading it after I plow through some of the group reads.

Have you heard anything about when the 3rd book will be out? I hope it's just a trilogy. There's nothing that drives me crazier than waiting year after year for the next book release, with no idea when it will end. I made that mistake with Robert Jordan's wheel of time series.


by Robert Jordan

I just finished Sarah's Key (historical fiction about the holocaust); I almost couldn't read it, it was so devastating. I think next I might pick up the copy of The Eye of the World that I won in a FirstReads giveaway.

Brent Weeks second installment of the Lightbringer series just came out so that's what I'll be reading. I devoured The first book of the series The Black Prism so needless to say, I am very much looking forward to it.

Shel wrote: "I just finished Sarah's Key (historical fiction about the holocaust); I almost couldn't read it, it was so devastating. I think next I might pick up the copy of The Eye of the World that I won in ..."

Shel, be careful with The Eye of the World . Once you start it's hard to put down. Not to mention it's part of a 15 book series and the author died after writing book 11. Even if you don't finish, the first 3 books are definitely worth reading. The Eye of the World is easily my favorite fantasy book.

Jared wrote: "Brent Weeks second installment of the Lightbringer series just came out so that's what I'll be reading. I devoured The first book of the series The Black Prism so ne..."

I can't wait to read this book.

Tim wrote: "Shel wrote: "I just finished Sarah's Key (historical fiction about the holocaust); I almost couldn't read it, it was so devastating. I think next I might pick up the copy of The Eye of the World t..."

Tim, I've actually read it and made it through the first 7 books of the series before losing interest, years ago. It's been a VERY long time, and I've been mildly curious about what happens next, so maybe winning this giveaway will give me the impetus to try again.

When I sat down to read last night, though, I was so tired that a gigantic book like that felt like too big of an undertaking, so instead I picked up a memoir that's been sitting on my shelf for a while:
A Blistered Kind of Love: One Couple's Trial by Trail, which was a gift.

Jared wrote: "Brent Weeks second installment of the Lightbringer series just came out so that's what I'll be reading. I devoured The first book of the series The Black Prism so ne..."

I just got my copy today from Amazon, and started reading it. So good so far.

Shel wrote: "Tim wrote: "Shel wrote: "I just finished Sarah's Key (historical fiction about the holocaust); I almost couldn't read it, it was so devastating. I think next I might pick up the copy of The Eye of..."

That's funny Shel, I made it exactly 7 books into that series myself before I gave up on it. I just tried reading book 12 The Gathering Storm and couldn't get past the first 100 pages. There were so many characters, most of whom I had no idea existed. The storyline seems bloated and got away from the core storyline of the original children from the village. Despite that, the first 3 books were so good I still think they're worth reading on their own.

by Robert Jordan

Well in my opinion, the first three books were normal fantasy written in a more readable style.

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and am planning on finishing the Night Huntress series, and working on the Mercy Thompson series..... I have loved the Night Huntress series...if you havent read it yet...and Love PNR you should go for it!!!! Have a great day!!!!!!