Where are you in Fantasyland, September 2017

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Where are you in Fantasyland, September 2017

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1seitherin
sep 1, 2017, 4:06 pm

Still dealing with burnout so The Witchwood Crown is still in a holding pattern.

2humouress
sep 1, 2017, 11:56 pm

I've just left Komarr and am about to embark on the wormhole jump to Barrayar to oversee A Civil Campaign.

3tottman
sep 2, 2017, 10:14 am

I'm in New York with Magicians Impossible by Brad Abraham.

4Zambaco
sep 2, 2017, 11:20 am

Voyaging with Fitz and the Fool in Assassin's Quest.

5zjakkelien
sep 2, 2017, 12:24 pm

I'm reading The lie tree, and it's pretty good so far. I am sure someone here or in the GD recommended it (probably someone who is a member of both groups). Can't remember who though. I was worried that it might be too young, but so far, it isn't at all. Sure, the main character is young and has some young concerns (being accepted by her father, and being embarrassed by her mother), but it doesn't get into this whole angsty atmosphere you can find in some YAF.

6Narilka
sep 3, 2017, 10:09 am

Looks like I'm heading into battle with The Dragon's Path.

7rshart3
sep 3, 2017, 10:33 am

Wandering around an America swarming with deities of every age & variety, in American Gods.

8seitherin
sep 3, 2017, 3:06 pm

Trying to lift my reading funk so I've switched to short stories. Started The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2017 edited by C. C. Finlay.

9Sakerfalcon
sep 4, 2017, 6:26 am

>5 zjakkelien: I loved The lie tree! It's definitely too good to be restricted to young readers.

I'm visiting the arctic city of New Venice in Aurorarama.

10zjakkelien
sep 4, 2017, 11:25 am

>9 Sakerfalcon: Then it was probably you who recommended it! I finished it yesterday and I thought it was quite good. The tree thing was interesting and the story allowed for themes like the relationship between love and acceptance. I liked the ending a lot, when Faith starts to interact with her mother. I also liked how Faith was not immune to the prejudices of her time, even though she experienced them herself. That is after all how bias works... Particular towards the end, we are shown several ways in which women deal with this. And the highly understated relationship between Miss Hunter and the housekeeper was well done!

11mattries37315
sep 4, 2017, 2:38 pm

I'm on the Disc following Tiffany Aching in A Hat Full of Sky.

12curioussquared
sep 4, 2017, 2:41 pm

After 8 months of reading I finally finished Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I loved it! If you like the idea of a Jane Austen or Charles Dickens novel about rival magicians, I highly recommend it. It's long, but the only reason it took me so long to read was that my giant hardcover edition is totally not feasibly portable, and so much of my reading gets done on the bus on my kindle.

13Sakerfalcon
sep 5, 2017, 3:56 am

>10 zjakkelien: I loved that at the end all the women who have seemed to be so oppressed show that they in fact have a lot of power and control. It was very cleverly done.

14infjsarah
sep 5, 2017, 12:15 pm

>Zambaco Coincidentally am also rereading Assassin's Quest on audiobook. Very near the end and am enjoying it as much as I remember doing when I first read it. Liveships reread next. Then reread of Tawny Man before I face the emotional challenge of reading the final trilogy for the first time.

15Zambaco
sep 7, 2017, 3:45 pm

A warning - the final trilogy is very dark.

16Jarandel
sep 11, 2017, 9:15 am

I slowly emerged from her native marshes with the budding witch Tatterwing, her pet metamorphosed knight and her dubious quest in The Dragon Beshrewed.

I'm now in the depths of caverns under the mountains with a pair of brothers kept and trained as fighting slaves by a wolf-man, the leader of an exiled race about to carve a new spot under the sun for themselves in Memorias:Deep in the Arnaks.

18humouress
Redigeret: sep 12, 2017, 6:52 pm

I'm in Homana, currently at war with Solinde, in the Cheysuli omnibus Legacy of the Wolf.

19Narilka
sep 12, 2017, 9:36 pm

I'm off to the Cosmere with The Emperor's Soul.

20Cecrow
sep 13, 2017, 8:30 am

>18 humouress:, Tor.com did a great re-read of the entire Cheysuli series not long ago. I have really good memories of that series and the re-read confirmed it.

21seitherin
sep 13, 2017, 7:41 pm

Started listening to Soulless by Gail Garriger.

22Niko
sep 14, 2017, 10:49 am

Currently enjoying sweet-talking some inanimate objects and other feats of thievery in The Spirit Thief.

23Cecrow
sep 15, 2017, 8:25 am

Reading the surprisingly good The Breaking of Northwall, an out of print relic from the early 1980s. I was able to dislodge the whole Pelbar series from a pile of dust at the back of a 2nd hand store.

24seitherin
sep 16, 2017, 2:44 pm

Finished the audio book of Soulless by Gail Carriger. Didn't particularly like the story but the reader was wonderful.

Added the audio book of Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski to my rotation. Wonderful reader but I have my doubts about the story based on what little I've heard so far.

25curioussquared
sep 17, 2017, 9:03 pm

I started Mad Ship by Robin Hobb, which is a new one for me. When I read the first in this trilogy, Ship of Magic, several years ago, it didn't really grab me, even though I'd loved Hobb's Farseer trilogy. Hopefully this one goes better!

26Narilka
sep 19, 2017, 12:28 pm

Heading to Ankmorpork for a reread of Guards! Guards!.

27Unreachableshelf
sep 21, 2017, 4:21 pm

I'm in the 1880s with The Witches of New York.

28seitherin
sep 22, 2017, 12:52 am

29Sakerfalcon
sep 22, 2017, 7:38 am

I'm in England in the Dark Ages with the Singer.

30Niko
sep 22, 2017, 4:06 pm

Checking out the GreatCoats with Traitor's Blade.

Gotta say, it scored itself a huge negative right out of the gate with ye olde bog standard raped/fridged wife man!pain for the origin story. *yawn*

31seitherin
sep 23, 2017, 4:21 pm

Finished the audio book of Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski. Loved the reader. Story left me lukewarm.

32seitherin
sep 24, 2017, 12:41 am

Finished The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams. I enjoyed my trip back to Osten Ard muchly.

Next up is The Wind in His Heart by Charles de Lint.

33mattries37315
sep 29, 2017, 6:17 pm

I just finished following the epic adventures of Gilgamesh and now I'm headed to the Disc because if I don't I'll be Going Postal.

34humouress
sep 29, 2017, 6:43 pm

Hmm. Thinking of venturing to Rathillien in God Stalk.

35rshart3
sep 29, 2017, 10:30 pm

Just read Swords of Haven by Simon Green, very standard sword & sorcery adventure. It's an omnibus of three original books, Hawk & Fisher, Winner Take All, and The God Killer. One gimmick is that the pair (they're literally a couple, too) are investigators, so each short novel is a murder mystery of sorts. It was all OK -- not very original, but readable. I didn't like them as much as his Nightside series.

36humouress
Redigeret: sep 30, 2017, 12:23 am

>35 rshart3: Have you read his Blue Moon Rising? It's kind of the origin story of Hawke & Fisher, though I think it probably didn't start out that way - I read it when it first came out and though the characters were reminiscent of H&F, I couldn't find any link at the time, until Beyond the Blue Moon came out. The Blue Moon books (especially the first one) do have a different flavour from the H&F books, I thought.

37tottman
sep 30, 2017, 1:52 am

I'm still in New York, this time with An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard. Good month for magician books:)

38rshart3
sep 30, 2017, 6:45 pm

>36 humouress:
thanks, I'll look for them!

39Sakerfalcon
Redigeret: okt 1, 2017, 3:01 am

>37 tottman: I'm looking forward to this one so will be interested to see what you think.

I'm currently in Russia with The bear and the nightingale.

40seitherin
okt 1, 2017, 2:43 pm