What are you currently reading?

[Ben Staad]

One of the my favorite reads this Summer Ron.

This is why I like these forums. Book recommendations for books I would have never heard of before.

[mhatchett]

This is why I like these forums. Book recommendations for books I would have never heard of before.

You're right Ben, over the years, I've gotten so many great recommendations for our Forum, lots of well read/wide folks!

[RonClinton]

Ben, I should be able to give my quick take on it in a few days...

[Jargendeli]

Just finished: THE SENTENCE IS DEATH by Anthony Horowitz, ENDURANCE by J. A. Konrath, DARK SITE by Patrick Lee, RECURSION by Blake Crouch. Just started THREE LAWS LETHAL by David Walton.

Jim

[RonClinton]

Just finished: THE SENTENCE IS DEATH by Anthony Horowitz, ENDURANCE by J. A. Konrath, DARK SITE by Patrick Lee, RECURSION by Blake Crouch. Just started THREE LAWS LETHAL by David Walton.

Jim

I really dug RECURSION.

[Tommy]

It is a good story, as are all the Timmy Quinn books.

Absolutely! Mr. Burke is a very talented writer. I will have to post a pic of my KPB collection some day...

[bookworm 1]

Reading Still Life With Cross by Preston and Child. Also working on Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones. Like Crows not quite sure what I feel about Mongrels. I like the story but I don't like the way it's being told. In my experience with Stephen Graham Jones this is an on going problem.He tells good stories but his voice doesn't come through.

[RonClinton]

Reading Still Life With Cross by Preston and Child. Also working on Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones. Like Crows not quite sure what I feel about Mongrels. I like the story but I don't like the way it's being told. In my experience with Stephen Graham Jones this is an on going problem.He tells good stories but his voice doesn't come through.

That’s been my experience as well, unfortunately.

[RonClinton]

Currently reading Fletcher's A BOY AND HIS DOG AT THE END OF THE WORLD. So far, so good, but it is early.

This is a really slow, slow burn, and I’m having trouble keeping up any momentum with it. I’m about 2/3 of the way through, and not sure if I’m going to reach the finish line. Too much meandering and stalled plotting, too much internal exposition about things of no consequence (a page+ describing a fallen tree?), and the basis of the book — chasing a man who stole his dog — is just a tiny fraction of the book, the rest taken up with musings and meandering...there’s little threat, little menace to keep the reader compelled, let alone engaged. This feels like a book in search of a story arc, and settling instead for fractured bits and pieces.

[mhatchett]

There were some laggy parts, maybe I was in a reflective mood, but I enjoyed it. I will say, it is not action driven LOL!!

[RonClinton]

There were some laggy parts, maybe I was in a reflective mood, but I enjoyed it. I will say, it is not action driven LOL!!

Yeah, I wish I was enjoying it as much as you did as I was really looking forward to it based on the theme and the dozens and dozens of glowing reviews, but it’s just not hitting the right notes for me. To my mind, there’s a way to do this kind of reflective, literary’ish post-apocalyptic fiction — Peter Heller’s wonderful THE DOG STARS leaps instantly to mind — but this book swings and misses. I’m determined to finish it, but my expectations are tempered, to say the least.

[mhatchett]

Just finished the Late Edward Wright's Clea's Moon. Looking forward to the next two installments. Striking out in a different direction, Pierce Brown's Red Rising. I've heard good things!

[mhatchett]

If you haven't had a chance, I encourage you to read Stephen King's introduction to Charles Grant's Tales from the Nightside, Arkham House, 1981.

[dannyboy121070]

Wrapping up THE SAVAGE SWORD OF KULL, VOLUME TWO, and just starting THE SPECIAL, by Newman and Steensland. I've hearda lot of great things about it, so I'm pretty excited. Can't go wrong with Newman.

[mhatchett]

Wrapping up THE SAVAGE SWORD OF KULL, VOLUME TWO, and just starting THE SPECIAL, by Newman and Steensland. I've hearda lot of great things about it, so I'm pretty excited. Can't go wrong with Newman.

Or Howard!