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Post by Gintigael Gemweaver on Jan 8, 2013 20:17:46 GMT -6
*looking over your shoulder, uncomfortably close*
"Whacha readin?"
I'm finishing up the Dirty Streets of Heaven, a kind of modern noir book with an angel as the main character. I'm not generally a fan of 1st person narrative books, so its slow going.
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Post by Dario Tashavan on Jan 8, 2013 20:20:38 GMT -6
I think the last thing I read was either Eon/Eona a two book fantasy in a feudal pseudo-chinese setting, or the Iron Druid Chronicles, a contemporary fantasy series about a two thousand year old druid and his dog.
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Post by Erian El'ranelen on Jan 8, 2013 20:36:07 GMT -6
The Golden Acorn (nightly reading with our son, next up is The Last Unicorn) and numerous recently acquired RPG books (Tomb of the Lich Queen, Shadows of Esteren Books 0 and 1, and 13th Age). Yes, I read RPG books for fun!
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Post by WxCougar on Jan 8, 2013 20:50:21 GMT -6
I am in between books but will be started Prince of Wolves. It'll be my second RPG book  |
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Post by kvalandur on Jan 8, 2013 21:50:25 GMT -6
I've been occupied with the forums lately, here and over on the Paizo forums. Last book I read was The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Steig Larsson (3ed book in the girl with the dragon tattoo set).
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Post by chaiguy on Jan 9, 2013 1:14:13 GMT -6
The Golden Acorn (nightly reading with our son, next up is The Last Unicorn) and numerous recently acquired RPG books (Tomb of the Lich Queen, Shadows of Esteren Books 0 and 1, and 13th Age). Yes, I read RPG books for fun! It's interesting that you mention reading RPG books for fun, I just finished Legends of the Five Rings Fourth Edition, and Iron Kingdoms. |
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Post by Erian El'ranelen on Jan 9, 2013 8:58:10 GMT -6
Yep, RPG books hit both my need for good fiction (well, the good products do at least...) and my love for mechanically fiddly bits trying to convert flavor into actionable game elements. Shadows of Esteren and The One Ring are at present my top ranking books for this dual purpose.
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Post by Hroderich Gottfrei on Jan 9, 2013 9:44:44 GMT -6
Finished Cold Days (Jim Butcher, Dresden Files) again a week or two ago, been churning my way through Bernard Cornwell's excellent Saxon Stories (2/3 through The Burning Land) currently. If you're a fan of Historical Fiction, I cannot recommend anyone more highly than Cornwell. If more modern fiction (historical and somewhat realistic thriller) is your speed, check out W.E.B. Griffin. Fantastic. Of course, if you haven't started George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, do that. I'll give you the one warning everyone gets about him: Get very, very attached to everyone. <3  |
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Post by Dario Tashavan on Jan 9, 2013 9:50:35 GMT -6
I'm really torn on the last couple Dresden books. I love the series, but I don't like the direction it has been going.
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Post by Hroderich Gottfrei on Jan 9, 2013 9:53:57 GMT -6
I'm enjoying the build up towards apocalypse. It's growing less believable, of course, but I like the increasing "FFFFFFFFFFFF" nature of the bad guys. Seeing the Outsiders was neat. On the other hand, Changes was a book I new would throw a bunch of fans off - it's very much a shakeup from the inherently formulaic practices of the earlier books. Different, I think, but the new direction is one I'm still interested to explore.
If nothing else, I'll probably finish the series even if the story sucks because I love the characters so much.
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Post by Dario Tashavan on Jan 9, 2013 9:55:50 GMT -6
My complaints are mostly with the escalation of force getting kind of out of hand, and the series taking a serious turn toward *dark* tones.
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Post by Hroderich Gottfrei on Jan 9, 2013 9:59:05 GMT -6
My main concern with the force escalation is: We still have 7 case files + Apocalypse trilogy to go... HOW MUCH HIGHER CAN WE RAMP???
Per the very, very, very dark tones of Cold Days - I kinda expected this, and it doesn't really bother me. Dresden has, by this point, been tortured a dozen times, shot burned stabbed and broken over and over. He's seen friends die and get tortured - I feel like the dark themes have always been there, they're just escalating alongside the increasing threat to global stability.
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Post by Dario Tashavan on Jan 9, 2013 10:00:20 GMT -6
Actually, I thought Dresden was holding up well. It was Molly and Karin that were the most jarring for me.
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Post by Hroderich Gottfrei on Jan 9, 2013 10:02:16 GMT -6
I wasn't really surprised by them either. The things that happened to Molly in Changes (and at her age) and compounded by the events between then and Ghost Story set me up to expect her being off. Not that off, granted, but I understand it. Karrin though... =[ </3 Murph.
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