EPBOT Readers discussion

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the late start. I have had a really hectic day, trying to both get all my work done and all my chores done so I can go on a small vacation this weekend. Leaving right after work!

This week I finished:

The Obelisk Gate - This was really good, second book in the broken earth series. I really love her world building.

The Stone Sky - I think this was my favorite in the series. It was just really powerful. In the afterword, the author mentioned that she was losing her mother to illness as she wrote it, so the anger and pain she felt came out into her writing. It made it really moving. Really loved the series, different from a lot of fantasy/sci fi i have read.

Magic Steps - Counting this as read because I've got less than a quarter left and it's short. I'll finish it at the airport before I even board the plane, I'm guessing. It's a light read. Kind of annoyed because while it is the first book in the immediate series, i did not realize there was a series before it that it references a lot. I'd have read those first, if I'd known. It's not that it's confusing, just it kind of spoils the previous series when you know "well, obviously these people are fine because here they are in this series".

Not sure what i'll read next, probably just something already on my kindle, or some ipad comics. I'll be really busy on vacation so probably won't have tons of time to read, except on the plane.

How is everyone else doing?

Hello, everyone,

I hope you're vacation is going well, Sheri. I'm jealous!

I forgot to mention last week that I completed the regular part of the PopSugar 40 book reading challenge, having finished up Miss September, which was a pretty wretched book, but there was much rejoicing at finishing the challenge!

This week I'm continuing to chip away at Kushiel's Dart and am about 80% done. This is my "book over 800 pages" prompt for the advanced challenge, so it's taking a while. I'm finding this book kind of "meh." It's not terrible, but I don't find it a page turner, either, and I still really don't "get" why it's so important for the main character to be an anguisette, which is putting me off it a bit. That said, there are characters in the book that I really like, such as Jocellin, so I don't mind reading it. Unless there is a major cliff hanger at the end of the book, I don't see myself taking the time to read the rest of the series, though. And, thanks to tips from this group, I got it off of Tor for free earlier in the summer, so I'm not out of pocket!

I imagine I'll finish it this weekend and I've already lined up my next read and downloaded it from the library. For the "book about a difficult topic," I was going to read The Snow Child, since it's about a couple who can't have a child, but I felt I was kind of wedging this book in there just because I really want to read it. Then, I came across a posting one of my friends made about The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America and decided to read this instead. It's a lot more relevant to some cultural movements going on in Canada right now and can probably inform some of my own work as a post-secondary educator, so it seems like a timely read. There was a lot of coverage about this book in Canada when it came out a few years ago, and I'm looking forward to reading it, even though I know it's going to be a tough one emotionally.

What's everyone else reading?

Stephanie,

It's pretty nice! Glad to have a break from work!

Sorry none of my suggestions seem to be working out for you! I felt like the aguisette part was pretty central to her character. It's what lifted her out of the normal life of a house adept and brought her to DeLaney for the spy craft training. Those who would be in the market for her services wouldn't expect her to see through the fog of their experiences to use anything against them. since her ability was so rare, it put her in the position to have access to the highest levels of society, able to afford her services. It also drove her as a character, since that also is what caused her to make her biggest mistakes, especially with Mellisandre. I will say that the Namah series is less pain based if that is specifically what you find offputting. But again, it's also why I was cautious about my recommendation because I know it's totally not a book series that suits everyone.

Ps in a few hours I'm off to Powells :big starry eyes:

So I've been a lurker on these posts (mostly because I'm not doing a reading challenge), but I'm now doing a self-appointed one. I'm doing a Halloween list (and we'll see if I make it). My list:
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
Sabriel by Garth Nix
A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones
Wish me luck!

Welcome Alexa, and good luck!

Also you're welcome to just pop in to chat about what you're reading, even if it's not for a challenge. :D

You're list sounds great, Alexa! Are these all new reads for you?

Actually, none of them are new reads, but I haven't read several of them in a while

Actually, none of them are completely new, but I haven't read several of them in a while. My biggest problem is that my current job has wacky hours and is farther away than my previous job, so I'm having time management issues.