Quick Meme: What’s the Last Book You Read?
By John DeNardo |
Saturday, February 26th, 2011 at
12:20 am
As blogging consumes my life more and more, and subsequently steals time away from reading, I find myself thinking about books a lot more. As silly as it may sound, I feel something akin to pain when I hear about other people reading the books that I so want to read and haven’t gotten to yet.
Today is your chance to hurt me like the whiner I am. Tell me:
Q: What’s the Last Book You Read? Was it good or bad? Why?
Leave your response below!
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Finch by Jeff Vandermeer…Mystery, strange science, monsters, explosions and the most well written genre book I’ve read in years.
“Joe’s Liver” by Paul DiFillipo. A fun romp, great entertainment.
I just reread NINE PRINCES IN AMBER, by Roger Zelazny, after a 30 year gap. It was just as much fun as I remembered it.
Currently I’m reading Gardner Dozois’ YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, 25th volume, which has a lot of really good stuff.
Flight by Sherman Alexie
HARRY POTTER AND THE METHODS OF RATIONALITY
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality
Even though it’s a work of fan fiction it’s one of the best things I’ve ever read. I love the Harry Potter novels but this is far better.
Last book I finished reading was Mercedes Lackey’s “By the Sword.” It wasn’t too bad, really, and it makes a good standalone for the Valdemar series, provided you already know the backstory before going in, that is.
A Matter of Blood by Sarah Pinborough
The Breach by Patrick Lee, lots of fun and the start of a promising series.
Next is Chill by Elizabeth Bear, sequel to the excellent Dust.
Finished Pourtnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth last week. Trying to find time for A Game of Thrones at the moment.
Just finished Watchmen on Friday. A classic work that still has import for today.
I just finished Elizabeth Bear’s excellent Grail, the concluding volume to her Jacob’s Ladder trilogy. Good stuff.
Greg Bear’s Slant. When will he get his groove back? He sorta lost it after Darwin’s Radio…
Way of The Shadows by Brent Weeks. The kind of book that keeps you turning the pages!
Daybreak Zero by John Barnes.
Someone else commented they had just finished McDevitt’s Echo and Rusch’s Diving the Wreck.
Both good books, and I love McDevitt’s books, but I enjoyed Diving better. Can’t wait for more McDevitt though!
The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man by Mark Hodder. Very entertaining steampunk.
Just started reading The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie.
Just finished reading Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. Haunting, excellent.
Under Heaven, by Guy Gavriel Kay. This was the first novel of his I’ve read, and the acclaim is pretty well justified.
And I’m in the middle of Transfinite: The Essential A. E. van Vogt. Gonzo Golden Age Science Fiction! An exhiliarating combination of bewildering and mind-blowing (I think that’s a good thing?!).
Last book I read was Mossflower, by Brian Jacques. Currently working on Kraken, by China Mieville.
The Nemesis List by R J Frith. Compelling but annoying protagonist.
Last week I finished Did Not Survive by Ann Littlewood (a mystery that takes place at a zoo) and am now reading Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
The Graveyard Book by Gaiman. Yes, it was very good.
Before that Rainbow’s End by Vinge. It was okay. Not one of his best storytelling efforts (though the ideas were great).
The City and The City by China Miéville. It was awesome. I think I was halfway through the book before it dawned on me how seamlessly Miéville had woven this bizarre (but oddly familiar in a metaphorical sense) alternate-worlds theme into his story. That he took something so mind-bending, made it seem so completely ”normal” and then wrote a great crime story around it is, to me, pure genius. Loved it loved it.
Last book I finished was Tempting Danger by Eileen Weeks. I’m currently rereading Rowan by Anne McCaffrey since I needed something I know well enough that I can put it aside when needed. Next on my list is Shades of Milk and Honey, which I’m even more excited about since the Nebula nomination.
Harmony by Project Itoh
Just reread Logan’s Run. It was fun to revisit, but doesn’t hold up as well as I’d remembered.
I’m currently reading Brave New Worlds, edited by John Joseph Adams. Great mix of old classics and new voices, and since it’s an anthology, you can read a bit here and a bit there, as you have time. Really enjoying it so far.