What book(s) are you reading right now?

[IronWing]

I just finished Antiphon and and am starting on Requiem, books three and four of Ken Scholes' Psalms of Isaak series.

I'm also starting on Working God's Mischief, the latest book in Glen Cook's Instrumentalities of the Night series. I like the series but I'm not convinced Cook had any idea where he was going when he wrote it. It is nowhere near as tight as the Black Company or Dread Empire series.

 

[HeXen]

ATOT Bible

 

[highland145]

I just finished Antiphon and and am starting on Requiem, books three and four of Ken Scholes' Psalms of Isaak series.

Any good?

 

[IronWing]

Any good?

Yeah, the writing in the first book, Lamentation, is a bit cliche. The second book, Canticle, is much stronger and also much darker. The writing stays consistently good through Antiphon. Overall, I think the series is worth reading.

 

[disappoint]

ATOT Bible

Any good?

 

[highland145]

Yeah, the writing in the first book, Lamentation, is a bit cliche. The second book, Canticle, is much stronger and also much darker. The writing stays consistently good through Antiphon. Overall, I think the series is worth reading.

Thanks. I'm being dragged to the beach on Wednesday and I'll need something until Saturday. My regular guys have failed me.

 

[5to1baby1in5]

I haven't hardly read any book since I got my Audible account (aside from Texas Holdem books).

So much easier to have someone read to me.

Kind of worried that some part of my brain is atrophying, but not that worried.

 

[Oyeve]

I haven't hardly read any book since I got my Audible account (aside from Texas Holdem books).

So much easier to have someone read to me.

Kind of worried that some part of my brain is atrophying, but not that worried.

I tried audible but found I read much faster.

 

[JTsyo]

Third in the Zone of Thought, Children of Sky. Isn't as engaging as the previous books. Just OK.

 

[Pheran]

Third in the Zone of Thought, Children of Sky. Isn't as engaging as the previous books. Just OK.

I don't think I've read that one yet, but I remember that A Deepness in the Sky wasn't really a sequel/prequel, just a story that happened to be set in the same universe. IMHO A Fire Upon the Deep is one of the greatest SF novels of all time, but it never needed a sequel.

 

[HeXen]

Any good?

The ATOT Bible is just ok. only available digitally but I hope they make a hardback copy one day. Has a lot of characters but they all seem to do a lot of whining and complaining but it's addicting like a soap opera. Not as fantastical as the holy Bible but I'm hoping to see some action in the next chapter though.

 

[zmaster]

name of the wind and wise man's fear
for the fourth time...

 

[highland145]

name of the wind and wise man's fear
for the fourth time...

And Rothfuss needs to get off his ass with the 3rd and not put out addendums.

 

[JujuFish]

And Rothfuss needs to get off his ass with the 3rd and not put out addendums.

I agree with this lupine Mafioso.

 

[highland145]

I agree with this lupine Mafioso.

:awe:

I hope the Fish is well. Good to hear from you.


Everyone loves the fish except Ns1.

 

[zmaster]

hear hear! he is really taking his time and auri's story made no sense whatsoever (the slow regard of silent things)

 

[Muse]

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

I guess it was an article in the newspaper that put this in my radar. Reading it on my Kindle, am ~80% through. It's absorbing from the beginning. I read no fiction whatsoever almost without exception. That this really happened is its most appealing quality, and she relates it with candor. I've put down a lot of very highly regarded books (so many are on my shelves and stacked on the floor), but this one's being read at record pace. A couple of other books that I can say this about: The Perfect Storm, Seabiscuit. Those too are compelling exceptional non-fiction reads. Oh, and Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

 

[Muse]

Got a hand-me-down Kindle from my uncle with a ton of books on it. Having never owned a Kindle, it is all new to me... but I'm loving it so far. Recently finished The Kite Runner & Misery (Stephen King). Just started reading The Stand.

I hope you have at least a Paperwhite Kindle (I have version two of that). Reading on my Kindle Keyboard was rough. The ~$100 upgrade was money so well spent.

I read It. Fiction is not my arena, but I did finish it. It was absorbing, my feeling however was that King strayed from where he should have gone with it, very much so.

 

[CraKaJaX]

I hope you have at least a Paperwhite Kindle (I have version two of that). Reading on my Kindle Keyboard was rough. The ~$100 upgrade was money so well spent.

I read It. Fiction is not my arena, but I did finish it. It was absorbing, my feeling however was that King strayed from where he should have gone with it, very much so.

It's a 4th generation. My only complaint is it's not backlit. Other than that, it's working fine for me.

 

[Muse]

It's a 4th generation. My only complaint is it's not backlit. Other than that, it's working fine for me.

The back lighting is the main feature, it makes all the difference. I caught the PW on sale around Xmas time. I've seen refurbs going for $100 too. If you can afford it, you won't regret the upgrade.

 

[CraKaJaX]

The back lighting is the main feature, it makes all the difference. I caught the PW on sale around Xmas time. I've seen refurbs going for $100 too. If you can afford it, you won't regret the upgrade.

If I did get one, is there a way to transfer all the books from one Kindle to the next? Or am I stuck with all these books on the older generation? I didn't buy all the books myself so they aren't actually on my Amazon/Kindle account. Since my Uncle originally owned the kindle, I'm assuming all the books are still on his account but I don't have access to that...

 

[Muse]

If I did get one, is there a way to transfer all the books from one Kindle to the next? Or am I stuck with all these books on the older generation? I didn't buy all the books myself so they aren't actually on my Amazon/Kindle account. Since my Uncle originally owned the kindle, I'm assuming all the books are still on his account but I don't have access to that...

I don't know the answer, however there's a chance that Amazon will honor the fact that it was gifted to you, particularly by a relative. They tend in my experience to be very friendly to their customers. You can call them and ask:

877-453-4512 = Kindle Support

My hunch is that they'll say yes. They like to keep their customers happy.

 

[Muse]

If I did get one, is there a way to transfer all the books from one Kindle to the next? Or am I stuck with all these books on the older generation? I didn't buy all the books myself so they aren't actually on my Amazon/Kindle account. Since my Uncle originally owned the kindle, I'm assuming all the books are still on his account but I don't have access to that...

My first Kindle was a Kindle Keyboard 3G that I bought used. The content that was on it persisted after I took ownership and registered it. If Amazon doesn't want to make it's content yours, you could get your uncle to buy the backlit Kindle for you, get the content transferred to it, and then you take possession, then using your own account. I presume that would work.

 

[pyonir]

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

I guess it was an article in the newspaper that put this in my radar. Reading it on my Kindle, am ~80% through. It's absorbing from the beginning. I read no fiction whatsoever almost without exception. That this really happened is its most appealing quality, and she relates it with candor. I've put down a lot of very highly regarded books (so many are on my shelves and stacked on the floor), but this one's being read at record pace. A couple of other books that I can say this about: The Perfect Storm, Seabiscuit. Those too are compelling exceptional non-fiction reads. Oh, and Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

That book got me interested in other hiking books and I've read several since (mostly about the Appalachian Trail). Really enjoyed "Wild". I think the hype is a little over done, since there have been a few books before it, but it's made into a movie, so it'll always be over-hyped because of that.

As for myself, I just finished "Ender's Game". I was not impressed.

 

[East_Coaster]

Reading the latest Stephen Hunter book.

Bob Lee Swagger is pretty amazing.