Fantasy Book Club discussion

I´ll link the book (the exact edition) when I finish it.


A bott, Becca - Cethe (Mar 23)
B rooks, Terry; The Sword of Shannara (Feb 24)
C abell, James Branch; Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
D ray, Stephanie; Song of the Nile (Feb 28)
E rikson, Steven; Gardens of the Moon
F averón Patriau, Gustavo; The Antiquarian
G aiman, Neil; Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances (Jan 09)
H earne, Kevin; Hammered
I reman, M.D.; The Axe and the Throne
J maas, Sarah: Throne of Glass (01.10.2017.)
K ushner, Ellen; The Privilege of the Sword (July 10, 2017)
L wrence, Mark; The Wheel of Osheim (Nov 13)
M organ, Richard K.; The Steel Remains*
N atsume Sōseki, Kusamakura (Jan 09)
Ō e Kenzaburō, A Personal Matter
P érez-Reverte, Arturo; The Club Dumas (Mar 3)
Q uinn, Daniel; Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
R Rushdie, Salman; The Satanic Verses*
S ullivan, Michael J.; Age of Myth (Jul 7)
T ukiyama, Gail; Samurai's Garden
V ance, Jack; Suldrun's Garden
W illiams, Tad; Der Drachenbeinthron (The Dragonbone Chair)*
X ianliang, Zhang; Mimosa

* reading at the moment

So far:
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances - 4 stars in total. Liked most of the stories. Was actually debating whether to give it 5 but it´s more of a 4.5 - so I decided 4 is accurate.

Kusamakura - 5 stars. I usually don´t rate classics or books written by people that had been dead for more than 30 years but this book was so beautiful that I´ve made an exception.

Looks good!

You're all do organised. I might steal the idea of writing then linking, it looks really good.

What do you think of The Sword of Shannara? I am currently reading it and am struggling to get through it. I am over halfway through so, I don't want to quit it but I have come close a couple of times.

Joshua wrote: "What do you think of The Sword of Shannara? I am currently reading it and am struggling to get through it. I am over halfway through so, I don't want to quit it but I have come close a couple of ti..."

It started well enough and I was really interested in finding out what happens next but now I'm a bit less excited because for me, too much history of the world revealed so early is a bit bothersome. I would have prefered to find out about things more slowly.

Also, I think the party is to big, to be honest. I would have liked we have gotten more time to get used to Shea, Flick, Menion and Allanon first before other characters (I don't even remember their names) were introduced and joined the quest. Can't really say there's a character I like because I don't know what to think about them. but then, I'm only on page 186 and am planning to read more.

Have you seen tv show? Its airing on tuesdays on MTV but it seems its based on the book 2 of the original trilogy.
http://www.mtv.com/shows/shannara

I really enjoyed the Elfstones of Shannara. By the third book I was kind of sick of the same formula being used for all three books.

Lára wrote: "Joshua wrote: "What do you think of The Sword of Shannara? I am currently reading it and am struggling to get through it. I am over halfway through so, I don't want to quit it but I have come close..."

I have not seen the show. When I saw that they were going to create the show I started the books. I like to read the book or books before I watch the show. But I have to tell you that I might actually watch the show before I move on in reading the rest of the books.

Finnaly done with Sword of Shannara. It wasn´t at all bad.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but you seem to have Andrzej Sapkowski under the wrong letter... I'm looking forward to starting The Last Wish, aslo by him, next week. Very solid progress so far though!

You're right, thanks for pointing it out :)

Finished The Club Dumas. The Ninth Gate is one of my favourite movies and it´s made after The Club Dumas. However, I was slightly disappointed by the book. I expected it to be different than the movie but I didn´t imagine it´d follow two different stories and by the end of the book I was confused and dissatisfied. I just expected more of everything, I guess since the movie is great. I´ve seen the movie so many times and every time I enjoyed it more than the last so I thought reading the book would be pleasant. I kind of wish I haven´t read it.

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie is on my list and I tried to loan it yesterday in my uni library (because they have 3 copies) but it was snatched under my nose. I still can´t get over it.

Karen Marie Moning´s Feverborn was on my list but I´ve tried it and gave up on it so it´s removed from the list, so M and R are open for now.

Updated. Cethe and Song of the Nile added.
But I´m quite slow :(

The Shannara chronicles has started on tv here. I'm quite enjoying it.

Updated. Finished Age of Myth. Was enjoyable. Probably going to read the sequel.

The Wheel of Osheim added and finished. I haven't read the first two books and really enjoyed this one.
It's a 4 stars and I voted for it for the best 2016 fantasy.

I´m behind? xD well I don´t want to change my list, regarding the books I´ve read since setting the thread. I guess I´ll finish it a bit later than I anticipated.

but reading The Privilege of the Sword and The Steel Remains. both are on the list and I´m almost done with them :)

I'm not finished either.

Finally finished The Privilege of the Sword!
Started the book in 2015 actually. I loved it, almost as much as the 1st one! One of my favourites

Lára wrote: "Finally finished The Privilege of the Sword!
Started the book in 2015 actually. I loved it, almost as much as the 1st one! One of my favourites"

They're so good! I still have to read Tremontaine.

Joseph wrote: "Lára wrote: "Finally finished The Privilege of the Sword!
Started the book in 2015 actually. I loved it, almost as much as the 1st one! One of my favourites"

They're so good! I sti..."

I also need to read the Tremontaine! I usually don't check authors (might be bad) so unless I'm really active here or someone else mention it I don't know the news but I checked this one and it appears Tremontaine is gonna be available in print edition :D I don't read ebooks so I'm really excited.

I feel a bit bad, The Steel Remains was a book I´ve read about a half before I went on hiatus and, I (I´ll be honest here) picked it up because it was shelved as queer. From the beginning (2015) I wasn´t a fan of the language used ("fuck" every other word) but I picked it up, again, because I wanted a boy's love book (but not a romance) so... it was a bit slow so I checked some blurbs but to my surprise today´s blurbs contains spoilers! I gave it up since the blurb gave me the whole book in 8 sentances :)
Who needs to read books anymore right?

EDIT: I don´t read descriptions or reviews untill I´m done with the book, unless I want a push up and with this one I needed one but if all descriptions are so revailing, I don´t think I´m going to read many of them

Done with Throne of Glass. I was really interested 1/5 of the book and then everything went too fast so I'm not sure what I think. I might get the book 2