Which book are you reading currently? #3

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Just finished Mortalis by Salvatore. My high hopes about it were quite shattered really... I've read several places that this was his best work, but i hardly agree... I read about halfway through it before it finally became remotely interesting, though in the end it was quite enjoyable i think.

So now i've started the next book in the demonwar series, Ascendace. Hopefully this is going to get better. Even though Joacqin so nicely put it in another topic:

Thus i also read out of curiousity. Gotta see this

 

I finished Burning Water and the plot didn't get much better as it went along. There was a surprising lack of focus on the villains given that we were intended to know who they were right from the beginning. The main characters remained interesting but everything else was a mess. Quite a shame really.


I have started on We Few by David Weber and John Ringo. Unfortunately,it looks like it will be no where near as good as the earlier books in the series.

To tell you the truth, I think it would have been better if the series had ended at the end of the previous book - they could have easily tidied up and ended the series and left out the plot point that set-up We Few.

 

i prefer prince of lies to crucible as the definitive "cyric" novel

just finished Annihilation by Athans and is still continuing to be the best FR series ever, bar none.

going to finally finish off the liveship trilogy with ship of destiny

 

Just finished the Eye of the World, nice read, the end felt a little lame though

Now starting on The Da Vinci Code, don't know why I am gonna read it anyway because every tv-show that mentioned the book spoiled the plot...

 

We Few is getting just plain painful to read. I am really wondering if David Weber actually wrote any of this book. So far it is no where near the level of Weber's writing - heck it isn't even up to Ringo's usual level of quality although several of Ringo's irritating writing habits are extremely evident.

Where on Earth was the editor - did he/she think that since this is the fourth book in a series that has sold reasonably well that his/her service were no longer needed?

God am I getting sick and tired of Ringo dreaming up excuses to have female characters with watermelon sized breasts complaining about back pain. I think that this is at least the third seperate book and character that he has used this with. Oh, and the follow up discussion about why men like large breasts is bad about enough to make you either want to vomit or .

 

Re-re-re-reading my 'Cat Who' series, my Amanda Quick series, hubby's Terry Pratchett and any misc books floating around. He's got a doctor's appointment tomorrow, maybe I can bum a ride to the library for some fresh pages.

 

I finished We Few. The second half was much, much better than the first half - I would almost suggest that Ringo wrote the first half and Weber the second half but I somewhat doubt it.

Still, the second half wasn't up to the standards of the first three books in the series. Annoyingly they left things open for them to continue the series. Some authors just don't know when to end a series.

 

I just started Raymond Feist's Talon of the Sliver Hawk - Conclave of Shadows - Book I.

 

I read Lord of Snow & Shadows by Sarah Ash (book I of The Tears of Artamon) last week. It was ok, so I bought Prisoner of the Ironsea Tower, the second book in the series today.

 

I have started on Salvatore's Sea of Swords - pretty standard Salvatore stuff so far.

Edit: I just finished Sea of Swords - it turns out that I have read it before but it was so unmemorable that I didn't realize it until I was about 100 pages in. Oh well, at least it was relatively short so I didn't waste too much time on it.

Edit2: I have started on Homeland (by Salvatore again). So far it has been okay but not particularly noteworthy. Of course that is pretty much to be expected if Salvatore wrote it.

[ August 18, 2005, 14:46: Message edited by: JSBB ]

 

Well, I never thought I'd buy it...or read it...but I am currently at chapter 20 of 'The Da Vinci Code'. So far it's pretty good.

 

I finished Homeland - I would say that it was that it is one of Salvatore's better novels.

I am continuing on with the series so Exile is next up.

 

Definately one of Salvatore's better novels - though the writing style is crappy. I reread it recently-ish, intending to reread the rest of the Dark Elf Trilogy, but decided that there was a fine place to give up

Am still going through Winter's Tale - it's brilliant, but makes for very slow reading. After reading it for a bit my eyes tend to go all blury and I start reading entire paragraphs without absorbing any of it, then have to go back and reread the paragraph.

 

dark elf trilogy was EASILY salvatore's best work imo. not counting the lone drow though. nealry done with sihp of destiny by hobb. moving in to tawny man next.

 

Douglas Coupland - Generation X

 

I just finished _A Storm of Swords_ by G.R.R. Martin. I highly suggest you go to his website and take a look at the man. Was not what I expected, although my girlfriend nailed him spot on.

 

just finished ship of destiny. bit disappointed in how kennit was handled in the conclusion but still, a very good trilogy. starting fool's errand.

 

Almost finished Ship of Destiny. Loving this trilogy so far.

 

That's because you still have 10 more books to read, my friend...The plot thickens, yet it has no ending in sight!!!!

 

I have finished Exile and started on Sojourn. I must admit that I am pleasantly surprised at this series - it is quite a bit better than Salvatore's usual stuff.