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.

[sholloman81]

Just finished reading the Thunderstorm LE of Rebecca Rowland's "White Trash & Recycled Nightmares", a first time read and author. For me, this collection was solid but not special. You can tell that the author really knows her craft as all of the stories were put together well and were interesting; however, none of them ever rose to the truly special level for me. Some readers may also not like that the majority of the stories' endings tended to happen "off screen" requiring your imagination to fill in the blanks.

Am now reading the Thunderstorm LE of Tim Waggoner's "Like Death", a first-time read for me.