Did you know, LawMonkey: Steven Brust wrote a FIREFLY novel? It was unauthorised by Whedon, but I thought it was excellent. The characters are perfectly portrayed.
It’s available for free download at ManyBooks.net through Creative Commons.
I finished The Time Traveler’s Wife (making me feel as if of all the people who are ever going to read this, I am the last one to read it), and I liked it better than I thought I would, although it was quite sad. I’m glad I stuck with it on the recommendation of Elendil’s Heir (and as he and Wordman mentioned, I think I’m going to skip the movie). I had a few quibbles with it, but relatively minor. It’s like a good, romantic cry-read.
Currently reading the second of the Game of Thrones novels, it is probably telling that I can’t remember the exact name, something about kings. Swashbuckling and not too heavy in the head, I am finding these fun.
I also picked up On Canaan’s Side, at the recommendation of a friend. I think it’s been getting more press in the UK. I’ve only just started it, but already the writing is simply lovely - very evocative and lyrical.
Oh, and if anyone has small child readers at home, or is looking for a good gift for one, there’s a new picture book by Jon Klassan, I Want My Hat Back, which is A RIOT for parents reading out loud.
Just finished and I was rather underwhelmed. The ultimate motive turned out to be… a stretch, at best.A wealthy bank executive is willing to have a 16-year-old girl (and others) killed because she’s on the verge of finding out that the bank’s founder stole the land he built the bank on from the girl’s ancestor 140 years ago! Really?! This was the weakest of the Rhyme books I’ve read so far (I’ve read all but 3, though I’m not bothering to do them in any order), but I still enjoy Deaver’s style and I like the regular cast of characters quite a bit,so I’m sure I’ll clean up the rest eventually.
Thanks. Glad you saw it through to the end!
The bitter end. :rolleyes:
I won’t bore you by repeating my earlier arguments… esp. since you didn’t deter delphica from finishing the book. 
Nor did I deter myself from finishing it. 
But lord, it fellates with great alacrity.
Whelp, Snuff dropped into my kindle last night, so Reamde goes on the shelf for a week at least. There is no way an unread Pratchett books stays that way in my house for more than five minutes.
I think his Saxon series is a cut above his usual stuff (no pun intended ).
I love me some Sharpe books, but they are written to a formula. These Saxon novels read like quite serious historical fiction and from an interesting and unusual perspective.
I also quite liked The Fort.
Cornwell comes across to me like a genre writer who is attempting to transcend the limits of genre.
I’ll have to try him again. I’ve read all the Sharpe books and one of the American Civil War.
Finished Mockingjay, pretty satisfying way to end the series in my opinion. I applaud the author for killing characters that you expect to live, which is unusual in YA fiction (though getting more common).
About a third of the way through The Knife of Never Letting Go (“Jeez, doesn’t this guy read anything but YA post-apocalyptic fiction?”), and after the first few chapters, where the childish misspellings got on my nerves, it’s getting a lot better.
Just started the Kate Daniels series by IIona Andrew(think I got the first name wrong there…) and loving it. Its a good urban fantasy, great lead players, love the writting and setting… just a fun time read so far.
Still enjoying Robert Ballard’s Return to Midway, about looking for the sunken USS Yorktown and the Japanese carriers sunk in the crucial 1942 naval battle. It’s pretty good, and there are some great illustrations and photos; Ballard’s outsize ego also comes through loud and clear.
You and me both, baby.
I read the Hunger Games series earlier this year (and quite enjoyed it), and now I’ve started on the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth, and I’m really enjoying that. I’ll have to look up “The Knife of Never Letting Go” next.
Oh great, another book for the pile. heh. It’ll have to wait, because after Knife and its series, I already have others lined up: the Escape from Furnace series, the Tomorrow series, and The Compound.
Yeah, I’m still reading it. (You got the first name right, BTW.) There are a couple of shorts that you can only get on the Kindle (which are only OK) if you are interested.
I actually am aware of that–had it sitting around on my computer for ages. Now that I’ve got a Kindle, I think it’s time to start reading it.
First, however, I’ll need to finish Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants by John D. Clark. This is another I’ve had on the agenda for a while–ever since reading the line “It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water — with which it reacts explosively,” in a description of ClF3.
I just finished “Night Watch,” my very first Pratchett. I was expecting something like Christopher Moore or Douglas Adams, maybe a funnier, smarter Xanth novel. Hoo-boy, was I wrong! It’s so much more than any of that. I will now join everybody else in his praise and I understand why an unread one of his books in somebody’s house might only stay like that for five minutes. I can’t wait to explore the rest of Discworld!
Next up, Stephen King’s “Full Dark, No Stars.” I haven’t read any King in a while and I’ve been disappointed in his more recent stuff, but so far, so good.
The first story, 1922, is the best in the collection, IMO. Enjoy it.
Since you’ve read Night Watch, I’d suggest going to Guards Guards next, and then run trough the Vimes and Watch back story…It is one of the best in the discworld universe!