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Where are you in Fantasyland? November 2018

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1seitherin
Nov 2, 2018, 2:20 pm

Still reading Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman. Still dull going.

2mattries37315
Nov 2, 2018, 4:35 pm

Still in Roshar as I'm reading Brandon Sanderson's Oathbringer.

3Narilka
Nov 2, 2018, 8:48 pm

I'm in Ravka for Ruin and Rising.

4humouress
Modifié : Nov 4, 2018, 12:56 am

Just left Quaddie-space and so home to Barrayar via Rho Ceta to finish Diplomatic Immunity.

5ScarletBea
Nov 4, 2018, 4:31 am

I'm in an alternative Wales during Winter in Fforde's Early Riser

6Unreachableshelf
Nov 5, 2018, 9:40 pm

I'm in L.A. in Hollywood Dead.

7Narilka
Nov 10, 2018, 9:15 am

I made a quick stop in Houston for Diamond Fire. Now it's on to the DFZ for some Minimum Wage Magic.

8Jarandel
Nov 10, 2018, 9:52 am

Not in Fantasyland right now, but in post-Soviet Union-collapse Estonia at the beginning of Purge by Sofi Oksanen.

9humouress
Nov 10, 2018, 5:25 pm

I’m in Bitterblue in the Seven Kingdoms, the city named after the queen that rules her as the capital city of Monsea.

10seitherin
Nov 11, 2018, 4:45 pm

Finished Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman. Found it to be rather dull and uninspired.

11Niko
Nov 12, 2018, 8:59 am

About 50 pages into The Well-Favored Man, figuring out what to do about a dragon who's taken up residence on a nearby mountaintop.

(I don't really have a full sense of the setting yet. There seems to be some sort of multiverse or world-hopping deal going on with characters contacting each other from locations that sound like they're in different worlds, not just different cities of the same world?)

12Unreachableshelf
Nov 13, 2018, 11:22 am

I'm in Bruges, under siege by the Chatelaine of Hell, in Armed in her Fashion.

13Narilka
Nov 13, 2018, 7:54 pm

I'm heading back to the world of the Greatcoats with Knight's Shadow.

14Niko
Nov 14, 2018, 11:14 am

>13 Narilka: That one's been on my shortlist to read before the end of the year, too. I'm definitely intrigued to see how the series evolves, because I had some significant highs AND lows with the first book.

15seitherin
Nov 15, 2018, 12:38 am

Adding Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett into my reading rotation.

16humouress
Modifié : Nov 15, 2018, 4:04 pm

I’m in San Francisco with October Daye, warding off faerie with Rosemary and Rue.

17Narilka
Nov 15, 2018, 9:00 pm

>14 Niko: I'm not in far yet, only 6 chapters, but so far so good. I'll let you know.

18Zambaco
Nov 17, 2018, 12:09 pm

I'm in Bryers Guerdon trying to avoid Long Lankin.

19Niko
Nov 18, 2018, 8:54 pm

I accidentally left my previous book at my parents' house, so while I'm working on getting back to pick it up, I took a detour to the land of bears and dragons and valkyries with Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison, a really lovely book for anyone who enjoys books that capture that sort of timelessness of fairy stories. It's a crime this didn't become a well-known children's classic alongside Narnia or E. Nesbit's work and the like.

Coming up next... I'm giving serious thought to stepping back into Malazan for The Crippled God. I loathed Book 9 with a passion (and in general am just not as big a fan of the series as most people who get this far seem to be) but I already own book 10, so feel like I may as well at least give it a shot. I may end up just skimming for chapters about characters I actually care about, but at least I'll finally be done with the series and be able to put it in the rearview.

20Kanarthi
Nov 22, 2018, 10:37 am

>19 Niko: BTW, somehow I had missed that the duology of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom were set in the same world as others series of Leigh Bardugo, so thanks for that tip last month. I will probably check them out, but after a break for a while.... I spend weeks procrastinating finishing the Crooked Kingdom because I wasn't enjoying the payoff as much as the set-up.

After reading Space Opera, which can best be described as throwing Douglas Adams in a blender with Eurovision, I've moved on over the Thanksgiving break to getting into Territory and am digging it so far.

>16 humouress: I'm not super widely read in urban fantasy, but I enjoyed the first couple books of that series as a quick diversion. Probably the second book sticks in my memory the most. What are your thoughts so far?

21mattries37315
Nov 22, 2018, 1:56 pm

I finished Brandon Sanderson's Oathbringer and the anthology Legends: Tales from the Eternal Archives edited by Margaret Weis this week.

22humouress
Modifié : Nov 23, 2018, 12:25 am

>20 Kanarthi: I've now finished Rosemary and Rue which we read as our inaugural book in our brand new book club. Some faults, but fun. I have the second book on my shelves and will get to it sometime. I've written a review but haven't posted it yet; will let you know when I do.

ETA: but it's on my thread, if you're desperate to know ;0)

http://www.librarything.com/topic/294551#6635160

23Narilka
Nov 25, 2018, 11:03 am

>14 Niko: I finished and reviewed Knight's Shadow. Here's a link if you're curious https://www.librarything.com/work/15832591/reviews/141526867

24humouress
Nov 25, 2018, 11:20 am

I’m starting a Journey to the River Sea. Juvenile fiction, not really fantasy, about a girl in the early 20th century going to live by the Amazon River. Engaging, so far.

25drmamm
Nov 27, 2018, 9:38 pm

Here we go! Reading the Prologue of A Memory of Light. Charging into the finish of Wheel of Time.

26Sakerfalcon
Nov 28, 2018, 6:52 am

I'm in Dinetah, following a Trail of lightning. This is a great contemporary fantasy and unless the ending goes horribly wrong, I highly recommend it.

27Lucky-Loki
Modifié : Nov 28, 2018, 7:15 am

I'm taking a small break between prose novels to read some graphic ones, so tonight I'll be in old time-y fairy tale lands reading Jim Henson's Storyteller: Fairies and tomorrow, I'll visit the world of Avatar with The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars. Then it's back to novels, though I have a non-fantasy one coming up first before I return to Victorian times for European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman come mid-December. The first book in the series was decent enough, but a bit bland, and sadly nowhere near as good or engrossing as I hoped it would be. Hoping the second outing is an improvement, as there were definitely elements I liked enough to want to continue.

28humouress
Nov 28, 2018, 7:51 am

I’m on Mars watching Red Rising; probably SF rather than fantasy.

29mattries37315
Nov 29, 2018, 7:52 pm

>28 humouress: I hope you like it better than I did.

30Narilka
Nov 29, 2018, 8:29 pm

I'm heading Skyward.

31humouress
Nov 30, 2018, 2:10 am

>29 mattries37315: I'm reading it for a book club, as someone else's enthusiastic choice. I'm a quarter way in; it took me a couple of chapters to get used to it and I don't like tragedy, but that is the basis for the story, so I can live with it. Now it's changing again as Darrow enters a different society - let's see how it goes.

32seitherin
Déc 1, 2018, 1:08 pm

33cremorn
Déc 14, 2018, 12:12 am

>19 Niko: (malazan) So what did you decide?

34Niko
Déc 14, 2018, 11:44 am

>33 cremorn: LOL! I should've clicked into this thread first. I just posted an update on the Malazan status in the December thread. :)