Where are you in Fantasyland, December 2016

I'm kicking off December with The Black Prism. What about everyone else?

I am halfway through the lovely Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay. This is my second one of his, and the last of the recommendations from another group's annual challenge. This ties up my yearly list, so after this I'm going freestyle :)

Got some list tidying myself, then very soon I'll be reading Shadowplay, the second volume of Tad William's Shadowmarch.

Just popped in to mark my spot.

>3 Cecrow: I have so many Tad Williams' on my wishlist... They are all huge volumes though, so I keep putting them off, but I'd like to spend more time in his world one day. I assume you liked the first volume of Shadowmarch, since you are taking on the second?

>2 Darth-Heather: I've had Tigana on my TBR for a while now. Are you liking it?

>6 Narilka: I stayed up late last night to finish, and would give it 4 stars. I like the way he doesn't waste a lot of time with introductory-worldbuilding at the start of his books - he just sort of drops you in the setting and gradually colors in the surroundings, so the plot gets underway right from the start. I had to slow down toward the end, as all of the smaller plots and characters get drawn into the finale and I had to remember who all these people are and how they are connected.

This book came highly recommended by fans of GGK, and I'm glad I got to it. I have more of his stuff in my TBR pile; some are parts of series that I won't start until I have every book, but Tigana is a stand-alone (as far as I know, at least. I'm not aware of a sequel, and it does wrap up completely at the end).

I liked A Song for Arbonne just a little bit more. Have you read that one?

>7 Darth-Heather: I have yet to read any GGK yet. I also have The Lions of Al-Rassan in my TBR pile. I keep meaning to try his books as they are always highly recommended and just haven't done it yet.

I'm a fan of GGK. My favourites are the first 3 - The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy. Then Lions of Al Rassan and Tigana, then A Song for Arbonne. I like his characters and his ability in those books to keep me in suspense.

I most prefer the Sarantine Mosaic, Sailing to Sarantium / Lord of Emperors, but just about everything by Kay is great.

>5 Darth-Heather:, If you're new to Tad Williams, I'd recommend The Dragonbone Chair rather than Shadowmarch. There's some new Memory Sorrow & Thorn books coming, so that makes it more current. Shadowmarch has more girl-power, but it probably has greater appeal as "more by this author whose style you already like" than a way to be introduced to him.

>10 Cecrow: I have dipped a toe into Tad Williams - I've read the first two of the Otherland series and of course, Tailchaser's Song which is one of my all time most favorites. I have a long way to go with him though; I have Dragonbone Chair and War of the Flowers in my TBR stack.

I thought War of the Flowers was a bit weak for him and the characters weren't that great. He seems to need the room to breathe that a series allows.

At some point I'll read the new book Jerusalem by Alan Moore, who is brilliant -- but what a doorstop! One could be crushed to death just by the weight of it. And I can't handle quite that much brilliance all at once, these days, esp. by an often dark writer -- since the election (I live in the U.S.) I'm more in need of comfort reading. More on the level of my 50th or so re-reading of LOTR. :-)

I'm on an island in Puget Sound all Summerlong.

And it's back to the world of Misborn with The Well of Ascension.

>15 Narilka:, that's a good one, he really keeps it rolling.

Starting to concede that Shadowplay won't get done before the new year. All that holiday and family stuff getting in the way, intruding on my reading time, geesh.

Read what essentially is a cosy mystery called A Hiss-tory of Magic by Harper Lin that also qualifies as an urban fantasy about modern day witches. It was a surprisingly enjoyable, quick read.

Haven't had a lot of time for reading for a while now, but I did just finish Kendermore, which wasn't as bad as I'd been led to believe. Next it's back to the land of the God King in a reread of Warbreaker.

I'm currently circling around the Disc in search of The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett.

Reading The Wolf in the Attic by Paul Kearney.

I'm reading Abracadaver by Laura Resnick. Pretty interesting so far.

Due to An accident of stars, I've been travelling in Kena and Veksh.

Started The Cormorant by Chuck Wendig and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2016.

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