12th July 2005, 11:19 PM
What have I been reading? Hmm... here are a few of the noteworthy ones.
-A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, book 1) - George R. R. Martin (great series, now I need the other two (and to wait for the fourth one... :))
-New Spring - The Novel - Robert Jordan
-War of the Flowers - Tad Williams (a bit more depressing than 'Otherland' or 'Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn', and thus perhaps I wasn't quite as interested, but it shows that Tad Williams can write whatever he wants to the absolute highest level... Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn in fantasy, Otherland in scifi/cyberworld, this in real world/faerie... a great author. But read Otherland or Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn before this. :))
I've read other stuff recently, but I'm not sure if there's anything of note... the rest of this post is older books (stuff I've read this year, but not that recently) that I think are good.
Some other stuff I've read in the last few months... yeah, not summer, but they were good books so I want to mention them anyway. :)
-The Bone Doll's Twin (Tamir Triad Book 1) - Lynn Fwelling
-Hidden Warrior (Tamir Triad Book 2) - Lynn Fwelling (reading these two books of a new prequel trilogy got me to read books one and two of the original series -- Luck in the Shadows and Stalking Darkness)
-The Elder Gods - The Dreamers, Book 1 - David Eddings (very similar to his previous works, and not as complex as works from Jordan, Willams, Goodkind, etc, but still good...)
-Chainfire - The Sword of Truth, book ... 9? 10? - Terry Goodkind (don't have it, but I read it for two hours in the store... and it was quite good. Better than Naked Empire, the previous book in the series, for sure... I'll get it when it comes out in paperback.)
Uh, do books you started a while back and mean to get back to count? :) ... I hope not, because there are too many of those to mention... or how about books I have and mean to read but haven't gotten around to yet? I got a bunch of stuff at the library book sale I haven't read yet... still, I should mention a few.
Nonfiction (history) books -- these mostly fall under the "should read" or "have read part of but haven't read it in a while" (erm, months really...) categories. :)
Alexander the Great - Paul Cartledge
The Life of Greece - Will Durant
Blood for Dignity - David P. Colley
-A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, book 1) - George R. R. Martin (great series, now I need the other two (and to wait for the fourth one... :))
-New Spring - The Novel - Robert Jordan
-War of the Flowers - Tad Williams (a bit more depressing than 'Otherland' or 'Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn', and thus perhaps I wasn't quite as interested, but it shows that Tad Williams can write whatever he wants to the absolute highest level... Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn in fantasy, Otherland in scifi/cyberworld, this in real world/faerie... a great author. But read Otherland or Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn before this. :))
I've read other stuff recently, but I'm not sure if there's anything of note... the rest of this post is older books (stuff I've read this year, but not that recently) that I think are good.
Some other stuff I've read in the last few months... yeah, not summer, but they were good books so I want to mention them anyway. :)
-The Bone Doll's Twin (Tamir Triad Book 1) - Lynn Fwelling
-Hidden Warrior (Tamir Triad Book 2) - Lynn Fwelling (reading these two books of a new prequel trilogy got me to read books one and two of the original series -- Luck in the Shadows and Stalking Darkness)
-The Elder Gods - The Dreamers, Book 1 - David Eddings (very similar to his previous works, and not as complex as works from Jordan, Willams, Goodkind, etc, but still good...)
-Chainfire - The Sword of Truth, book ... 9? 10? - Terry Goodkind (don't have it, but I read it for two hours in the store... and it was quite good. Better than Naked Empire, the previous book in the series, for sure... I'll get it when it comes out in paperback.)
Uh, do books you started a while back and mean to get back to count? :) ... I hope not, because there are too many of those to mention... or how about books I have and mean to read but haven't gotten around to yet? I got a bunch of stuff at the library book sale I haven't read yet... still, I should mention a few.
Nonfiction (history) books -- these mostly fall under the "should read" or "have read part of but haven't read it in a while" (erm, months really...) categories. :)
Alexander the Great - Paul Cartledge
The Life of Greece - Will Durant
Blood for Dignity - David P. Colley
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