The first book of the The Cinder Spires by Jim Butcher.
I've only read the prologue and the first chapter so I've yet to form an opinion about the book.
I'm also on a slow re-read of The Final Empire which is a lot of the with the foreshadowing I'm noticing.
edited 27th Feb '16 7:34:42 PM by 32ndfreeze
"But if that happened, Melia might actually be happy. We can't have that." - Handsome Rob
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I was right, that last book didn't take me long at all. Now on Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks by John Curran. Contains details about Christie, as well as experts from (duh) her personal notebooks. Looks to be enlightening, if nothing else.
I'm reading The Traitor Baru Cormorant. It's good, a lot of political maneuvring, mostly about the evils of colonialism (that's kind of a theme with what I'm reading at the moment).
Be not afraid...
The stuff that dreams are made of.
Farewell, my lovely. By Raymond Chandler.
Shoo her in, Effie darling, shoo her in.
The Lotus War. Asian steampunk.
I'm currently halfway though Pact, which I'm enjoying a lot. I also have a copy of Calamity sitting next to my bed I'll read once I'm done with that.
"But if that happened, Melia might actually be happy. We can't have that." - Handsome Rob
Reading (for the third time) The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O'Brian. Every decade to half-decade or so, I decide it's time to revisit the series.
Attempting to read a Lord Dunsany Superpack. It's kind of weird because he appears to have written almost exclusively in one to four page stories and the Gods of Pegana section just seems really abrupt to me. But I read that he was the inspiration for a lot of the more famous and influential authors, so I thought I'd give him a shot. Not really sure what I think of his work, so far.
Ah, Pact! I should really go back and finish that one of these days. I loved the characters.
Be not afraid...
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, by Lois Mc Master Bujold. Part of the overall Vorkosigan Saga mythos, but the short assed little hyperactive main focus character, Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, only shows up on the periphery. This book's more about the man and woman in question referred to in the title.
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I enjoyed it. I feel it's a bit weaker than Worm overall. But is better than it in some aspects. Definitely worth finishing in my opinion.
Cordelia's Honor by Lois Mc Master Bujold. Part of the Vorkosigan Saga, though focused more on the parents of the main series character. Excellent stuff.
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Now that I can get on again...
I'm now reading Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days by Jared Cade. It's a book about Christie's eleven-day disappearance in the 20s. It's good, though I'm getting a tad bored. I think I've been reading too much non-fiction lately.
On another note, I has one of those library moments recently. I was looking for something, and saw an author's name I recognized. Cue my other book, 1001 Midnights by Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller. A collection of 1001 mystery reviews. A tad old (1980s?) but still, that's a lot of content. 
everyfloatingcat
I've been trying to get through Samuel Beckett's "Trilogy" novels in between working on college stuff, and I'm currently about halfway through Malone Dies.
It's definitely an easier read than Molloy, thanks to actually being broken up into paragraphs and having a more comprehensible plotline (such as it is). Malone is quite a witty narrator and hits on a lot of ideas that come up frequently in Bekcett's fiction, and I'm actually surprised at having laughed out loud a few times.
Ho, talk save us!
Cryoburn, by Lois Mc Master Bujold. I've blasted through the omnibus editions and Memory and I've only this and Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen left to do and that's me read all the Vorkosigan Saga books again.
Just finished: "Ten Tiny Breaths" by K.A. Tucker.
About to start: "One Tiny Lie" by K.A. Tucker—actually continuing towards all of her other books, "Four Seconds to Lose," and "Five Ways to Fall" (my personal favorite).
Is it weird that I'm a guy who's somehow into this "New Adult" genre?
Oh, and before "Ten Tiny Breaths," I also reread Zer0es by Chuck Wendig, for the express purpose of eventually starting a work page for it.
Just started Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, the last book (for now and probably for all) in the Vorkosigan Saga.
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Took a little longer than I wanted, but I've finally started on The Phantom Passage by Paul Halter. A mystery about a vanishing street that predicts murders. Should be fun, heard good things about it.
Also, I'm starting to think I should just order a copy of 1001 Midnights instead of just going with the library one. I'm getting some good additions to my TBR list, and I want to be able to take my time with this.
Dead Girl Walking, by Chris Brookmyre. One of his "Jack Parlabane" books, and to be honest, I don't like it much just now. He's done far more immediately engaging yet still thought-provoking books than this one, and that's no error.
Never Trust
Finishing up Sharpe's Trafalgar by Bernard Cornwell. Going to be moving on to Die a Little by Megan Abbot
Trump delenda est
The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss - Max Wirestone
About time I get a book with a geeky gamer girl for a protagonist.
Finished and am rereading 'In Shining Armor' by Elliott James, the fourth Pax Arcana book. It's predictably excellent.
Out of the "Snarky Dresden-esque antihero" sub genre of Urban Fantasy, Pax Arcana is one of the best at having better writing and characterization than The Dresden Files. John, who is basically a supernatural John Wick, is much more introspective and self aware of his own foibles and flaws, and his partner and eventual girlfriend Sig is treated much more equally and written with greater agency than any of Jim Butcher's female characters.
Gave up on the Brookmyre book for now, it's going back to the library tomorrow. Maybe I've a block on print books now I've spent so much time and money on ebooks or something. Re-reading the 1632 series by Eric Flint et al - at the moment I'm ploughing through 1633, and things are going to get really horrible for the Dutch navy in a few pages.
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Alright, moving onto The Decagon House Murders by Yuktio Ayatsuji. Started a whole movement in Japanese detective fiction, and I've heard a lot of good things about it.
edited 16th May '16 4:58:21 PM by Halter7W
Exactly what you think it is, what are you reading right now, what do you think of it so far, etc.
Right now. I'm reading A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie by Robert Barnard. It's a book that serves a study of Agatha Christie and her techniques. It's pretty good, though it's short; I'm pretty sure I'll have it done tomorrow. Part of it is a bibliography, and I'm skipping one chapter because it goes into details about books I haven't read, so there's that.
edited 26th Feb '16 9:34:52 PM by Halter7W