Fantasy Book Club discussion

Hello everyone! What are you guys reading/planning to read this month?

The past couple months have been quite rough for me, so I barely had any time or desire to read... But that means I have plenty of new release I was waiting for to dig into this month! The latest books by M. Sullivan, Rachel Aaron and Mark Lawrence are just waiting for me! :D

My reads for August is to finish Assassin's Quest and then Successor's Promise, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages and and I may continue with Robin Hobb with Ship of Magic.

Finished The Devil in a Forest and decided to continue my "read everything by H. Rider Haggard" project. Next up: Beatrice.

Currently reading The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub.

Femmy wrote: "Currently reading The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub."

I'm about to start The Talisman!

I think we belong to the same SK's fans group :-)

I finished The Queen of Crows last night. It was pretty good. I had less problems with Heloise this time at least.

Next I thought I'd go with more of a classic, Swords and Deviltry.

Religions of China in Practice by Donald S. Lopez Jr.

I'm on to A Dance with Dragons in my ASOIAF reread, and I will be starting The Monster Baru Cormorant once it's delivered :)

I’m reading Inheritance, last of the four that started with Eragon.

I finished Assassin's Quest. What a great story. Robin is such a great author and (view spoiler)[ it has dragons (hide spoiler)].

Just finished Morning Star which was pretty darn awesome. Either going to hit up Blood World or move straight into Iron Gold

Tnkw01 wrote: "I finished Assassin's Quest. What a great story. Robin is such a great author and [spoilers removed]."

Will you read the whole Realm of the Elderlings saga? Next series is Liveship Traders, and it's amazingly good!

Yes I am. I plan on doing Ship of Magic very soon. I seem to have a lot of big books coming up so I don't know if it will be this month or next. Also, I'm really struggling with my current book and it's really slowing me down.

Hey everyone!! Long time, no see to those that have been around a decade or so! Lol

I wanted to pop back in and mention a book I just finished (not quite fantasy but also not not fantasy). It’s likely closer to sci-fi and horror but it’s just a novella and I thought some of my old friends from here would enjoy it.

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson is a very, very strange tale that keeps you reading. I started it because I was an hour early to a hair appointment. Then I was disappointed that the time had arrived.

I read this in 2 sittings and it’s a novella so on my iPhone it was 142 pages long. I don’t come back to the interwebz that often anymore, but this book made me download the GR app again and give you words. It was a Tor free ebook a couple months back. If you downloaded it, give it a shot. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised! :)

Finished Beatrice, which was … fine?, and am starting another H. Rider Haggard novel, this time his sequel to The Iliad & The Odyssey, The World's Desire (which I expect will be much more to my taste).

Finished Recursion. Loved it. Was just as crazy as Dark Matter was.

Starting Hush. I usually have a good time with James Maxey's books.

Monster Hunter Guardian by Larry Correia and Sarah A. Hoyt

Ended up DNFing Swords and Deviltry. I really wasn't enjoying it. So, I'm reading another book instead about a fantasy virtual world called In the Net of Dreams.

Elise wrote: "Ended up DNFing Swords and Deviltry. I really wasn't enjoying it. So, I'm reading another book instead about a fantasy virtual world called In the Net of Dreams."

Net of Dreams Looks interesting. I put it on my TBR list.

I've started The Well of Ascension.

Elise wrote: "Finished Recursion. Loved it. Was just as crazy as Dark Matter was.

Starting Hush. I usually have a good time with James Maxey's books."

I totally forgot Recursion was out, I need to get onto that.

Finished The World's Desire and am starting something considerably more recent: Shadow Captain, Alastair Reynolds' sequel to Revenger (which I loved unreservedly).

Finished The Well of Ascension. Brandon Sanderson is simply the best. He may be the best fantasy author ever. Next on the list is Successor's Promise and then The Hero of Ages.

Finished Shadow Captain (hooray! space pirates!) and started Elizabeth Bear's The Red-Stained Wings.

The Court of Broken Knives

This is so good! I wasn't sure that I'd like it initially but it's really gripping.

I finished Successor's Promise. I was so disappointed. The series was great for the first two books but it went down hill in this one. I've pretty much decided I won't finish the series. I'm now on to The Hero of Ages.

Finished The Red Pyramid the other night. I had several issues with it. Don't think it's as good as Percy Jackson so far, but I still had a pretty fun time reading the book.

Elise wrote: "Finished The Red Pyramid the other night. I had several issues with it. Don't think it's as good as Percy Jackson so far, but I still had a pretty fun time reading the book."

When I see fantasy with an Egyptian theme I remember I still haven't read The Anubis Gates. I'm going to put it on my Free-Spirit list.

Finished The Red-Stained Wings, which was excellent and I can't wait for the third, and started Blue Labyrinth, one of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's Pendergast books, which are trashy as all heck and yet I absorb them like oxygen.

I read these:
Brisingr★★★★☆
Red Seas Under Red Skies★★★★☆
Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water★★★★☆
Messenger’s Legacy★★★★☆
Defy the Worlds★★★★★
Inheritance★★★★★
Kill the Queen★★★★☆
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire★★★★★
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix★★★★★
The Court of Broken Knives★★★★★
A Time of Blood★★★★☆
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince★★★★★

Someone is doing a Harry Potter reread :p

I'll steal Helen's idea. I read these in August:

Blanca & Roja ★★★☆☆
The Goblin Emperor ★★★★☆
Spirit's End ★★★★☆
Super Powereds: Year 1 ★★★★★
Super Powereds: Year 2 ★★★★★
Part-Time Gods ★★★★☆
Trail of Lightning ★★★★☆
Storm of Locusts ★★★★☆
Super Powereds: Year 3 ★★★★★
Hollow Kingdom ★★★★☆

and a few mangas & short stories :)

Lots of stars! Great month for you.

In another group we always list and star our books so I decided to copy it over. Perhaps we should do it every month :))

OK, my turn, for the books I actually completed & rated in August.

The Devil in a Forest ★★★★☆
Beatrice ★★★☆☆
The World's Desire ★★★★☆
Shadow Captain ★★★★★
The Red-Stained Wings ★★★★★

:)

Another great month. I love seeing the stars.

I got (I don't know how to do the stars thing, so I'll just write them)

The Queen of Crows - 3.5 stars
Recursion - 5 stars
The Game (short story by Michael J. Sullivan. There was another short story I read by him, but it's not listed on GR, so I didn't rate it) - 4 stars
The Red Pyramid - 3.5 stars

Also read a very short book about Pennsylvania Dutch expressions, which I gave three stars. I almost finished one other book too, but not quite.

Elise wrote: "I got (I don't know how to do the stars thing, so I'll just write them)

The Queen of Crows - 3.5 stars
Recursion - 5 stars
The Game (short story by..."

Me, I just copy/pasted the stars from one of the earlier messages.

Helen wrote: "Lots of stars! Great month for you.

In another group we always list and star our books so I decided to copy it over. Perhaps we should do it every month :))"

I'm entering every book I read in a shared spreadsheet for a reading competition for another group. I simply copy-pasted my whole month (minus mangas, shorts, etc.) :)

I like the idea though... I'm up for doing this every time, or maybe people can just give their favorite read of the month if they don't feel like listing everything.

Still slugging through Magic's Price for now.

I copied them from someone too :)

Are you not enjoying Magic’s Price Katie? The Vanyel trilogy is one of my all time favourites

I am enjoying it, It's just not gripping me as much as I'd hoped is all. :)