Flights of Fantasy discussion

Last month didn't seem to be a good one for reads overall. How are people doing this month?

I started reading two collections of short stories: Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: Volume 1 and The Pan Book of Horror Stories. So far, I'm enjoying Dick's stories more but that may change as my reading proceeds.

Yup. I sure am!

Here's my current read if anyone wants to joing in. Or just discuss. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


I really want to get started on The Universe of Xuya series sometime this year. There are a LOT of books in that series so I might give it its own thread. IDK. I'm waiting for book 1 to get here: On a Red Station, Drifting

This month so far I've read:

Binti
Re-reads of Murderbot (all)
Sweep of the Blade - online serial in progress
Beyond the Empire
First Test - just started

MrsJoseph wrote: "Yup. I sure am!

Here's my current read if anyone wants to joing in. Or just discuss. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


I really want to get started on The Universe of Xuya series so..."

I've only read short fiction by de Bodard so far and I've had On a Red Station, Drifting on my TBR shelf since 2015. I must get around to reading it at some point (once I can get my hands on a copy).

Let me know if you get a copy! You can join in the read.

MrsJoseph wrote: "Let me know if you get a copy! You can join in the read."

Will do!

I've been steadily making my way through the Sookie Stackhouse serie by Charlaine Harris. Just started the last one this morning!

I'm currently re-re-re-reading Murderbot #4.

I started on Rise of the Seer but IT started kinda grim and I wasn't in the mood.

Also reading:
How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice From White People
Homeland I've started this one before and quit. Let;s see...

MrsJoseph wrote: Also reading:
How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice From White People"

I wish this wasn't so relevant ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Sigh. :(

I added to my TBR though. Does DLH read the audio? *fingers crossed* If so, I'll probably have to reactivate my Audible. Again. LOL

Yup, D.L. is reading it. I'm reading the audio version. ;-)


IKR? This is my 3rd restart in 2018.

I told my hubs to get me an audible membership for the holidays this year. Maybe that's what I'll ask everyone for. lol

LOL! That's a good idea. Mine is for hubby but I take a credit here and there for myself. ;-)

I need to get to the Murderbot books...

I'm finishing up Thud, and then I think I'll start Wintersmith. Catching up on Discworld.

colleen the convivial curmudgeon wrote: "I need to get to the Murderbot books...

I'm finishing up Thud, and then I think I'll start Wintersmith. Catching up on Discworld."


Murderbot is the BEST.

Read Elevation and Beartown. Almost finished with Ghost Road Blues on audio. Also reading Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood and River of Stars. My next audio will probably be A Rage in Harlem, read by Samuel L. Jackson.

James wrote: "Read Elevation and Beartown. Almost finished with Ghost Road Blues on audio. Also reading [book:Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood|29..."

I'm afraid to read King's new one, because I have not enjoyed his last 6 or so offerings. And it doesn't sound good at all. I think I have to just give up on being a Constant Reader.

However, I LOOOOOVED Born a Crime. I listened to the audio, and it is fantastic. Hope you're enjoying it. :D

James wrote: "Read Elevation and Beartown. Almost finished with Ghost Road Blues on audio. Also reading [book:Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood|29..."

That's a deep list, my friend.

Becky wrote: "James wrote: "Read Elevation and Beartown. Almost finished with Ghost Road Blues on audio. Also reading [book:Born a Crime: Stories From a South Africa..."

May I just say that your recent King rant was a thing of beauty? It made me feel warm inside.

MrsJoseph wrote: "May I just say that your recent King rant was a thing of beauty? It made me feel warm inside."

It's one of many lately, unfortunately. I read a friend's review of Elevation, and... I absolutely KNOW that it would be another ranter, and as much as I want to be a King completionist, it's just not enjoyable anymore.

But I'm glad you enjoyed it, lol :P

:-D

I understand, though. Hate reading a favorite author is like...plucking at a wound. It hurts.

Indeed. It's no fun. :(

James wrote: "My next audio will probably be A Rage in Harlem, read by Samuel L. Jackson."

Oh, that sounds like it would be fantastic. Let us know what you think!

I'm reading things but have only finished a very short book this month so far. Lots of stall-outs on the audio front. Audible's unabridged Sense and Sensibility is the one that finally stuck. Finally I have been able to enjoy this story without the movie actors' images completely overwriting the text. (view spoiler)[Alan Rickman and Hugh Laurie overwriting their respective characters isn't a terrible thing, admittedly... (hide spoiler)]

Almost done with The Night Tiger which I won in a Goodreads giveaway. It's going slowly but that seems to be working well for this magical realism-like story.

300 pages into Deadhouse Gates. It was interrupted when Night Tiger showed up, and since I have a BR planned for the end of the month, am unlikely to finish it until sometime in December.

Beth wrote: "300 pages into Deadhouse Gates. It was interrupted when Night Tiger showed up, and since I have a BR planned for the end of the month, am unlikely to finish it until sometime in December."

I keep planing to read that. Own two copies. Both in print. smh

Just finished reading Three Mages and a Margarita - fun, fluffy UF

Also finished up another MB re-read.

Getting ready to start Dark Arts and a Daiquiri.

Also reading Homeland in audio.

I saw that you gave the first Malazan five stars. It's an intimidating project for a couple of reasons, but I figured it would never be finished if it was never started, so why not now, while the mood was there... (I'm starting with the second one, based on several people's recommendations)

Good luck with Malazan, Beth. I couldn't make it through the first one. Gave up after a month of getting nowhere. =\

But the people who like it, REALLY like it, so maybe it'll work for you. :)

OH, and by the way, S&S is my favorite Jane Austen book. I'm glad that you enjoyed it. :D

Beth wrote: "I saw that you gave the first Malazan five stars. It's an intimidating project for a couple of reasons, but I figured it would never be finished if it was never started, so why not now, while the m..."

I struggled with book1, tbh. It was confusing and irritating...but then it became glorious.

When I went to start book 2...and saw a new cast of characters... I put my head down and sighed.

Becky wrote: "But the people who like it, REALLY like it"

Aye, I get that impression. :D All I can say so far is that I'm enjoying it more than I expected. More later!

S&S is my fourth Austen. I barely remember Mansfield Park, which means I'll have to reread it. S&S, P&P and Emma are all so good, for different reasons, and I can't decide what order to put them in!

This month, I finished reading Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: Volume 1 - a four-star read for me (though the stories were somewhat sexist given that they were written in the 1950s) - and the first issue of a new bizarro magazine, Underbelly Magazine: Summer 2018.