What are you currently reading?

[RonClinton]

Ended up -- as I suggested I might earlier in this (?) thread -- DNFing KING SORROW by Joe Hill at around page 250. Just couldn't do it anymore. I can objectively see why many (most?) folks are digging this one since Hill can obviously write, but there were too many issues that ran counter to the type of story I enjoy at the moment and it became abundantly clear that that wasn't going to change, so I finally threw in the towel. Given how much I enjoy Hill's other work, I'm still really looking forward to his next release (a historical horror novel) and just calling KING SORROW a one-off disappointment (well, if one forgets about THE FIREMAN, I suppose).

Read a couple very short novellas to counter the massive tome size of Hill's book: DISPLACED PERSON by Lee Harding and THE STAR OF THE SHOW by Kealan Patrick Burke. The first -- a 1979 novella written, I believe, for the Australian YA market -- was a bit meh and certainly didn't rival Bentley Little's THE IGNORED as the final word on the theme, though it had some interesting scenes. Kealan's novella was, of course, great...each time I read him I'm reminded how his work sings.

[brlesh]

Finished up Little Horn by Gemma Files. I liked more than I disliked in this uneven collection.

After Little Horn, I read the first novella (Storms) in Windhaven by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle. A fantasy coming-of-age story about a young girl who cannot be a flier, but falls in love with flying anyways. A rather predictable plot line, which I enjoyed nonetheless.

This morning I started Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Want to read this before the upcoming movie opens. This is the first thing I’ve ever read by Weir. I have high hopes for this one. My last couple of science fiction reads have not gone very well.

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[RonClinton]

Started CITY HALL by Bentley Little.

[Ben Staad]

I've stopped reading JH novels. I haven't liked any in many years.

- 20th Century Ghosts (One of my favorite collections ever)
- HSB (Very good and I liked this a lot)
- Horns (Okay and enjoyable)
- NOS4A2 (Hated it but read it)
- The Fireman (DNF)
- Strange Weather (DNF)
- Full Throttle (DNF)
- King Sorrow (Didn't purchase)

So you are not alone. I so very much want to like him but it just isn't working for me.

Ended up -- as I suggested I might earlier in this (?) thread -- DNFing KING SORROW by Joe Hill at around page 250. Just couldn't do it anymore. I can objectively see why many (most?) folks are digging this one since Hill can obviously write, but there were too many issues that ran counter to the type of story I enjoy at the moment and it became abundantly clear that that wasn't going to change, so I finally threw in the towel. Given how much I enjoy Hill's other work, I'm still really looking forward to his next release (a historical horror novel) and just calling KING SORROW a one-off disappointment (well, if one forgets about THE FIREMAN, I suppose).

Read a couple very short novellas to counter the massive tome size of Hill's book: DISPLACED PERSON by Lee Harding and THE STAR OF THE SHOW by Kealan Patrick Burke. The first -- a 1979 novella written, I believe, for the Australian YA market -- was a bit meh and certainly didn't rival Bentley Little's THE IGNORED as the final word on the theme, though it had some interesting scenes. Kealan's novella was, of course, great...each time I read him I'm reminded how his work sings.