What's everybody reading? Got recommendations?

[hillingk]

I just finished City of Djinns by William Dalrymple and I'm starting Maximum City by Suketu Mehta - that certainly feels dystopian even though its non-fiction. I'm on a bit of a travel writing bender.

The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon keeps calling from my bookshelf for a re-read.

[benni]

Currently reading the newly-released Huntress by Malinda Lo; so far, so good. I really loved her beautifully-written Ash, and I think it's great that there's quality LGBT YA SFF fiction out there.

[Hatgirl]

Just finished Cory Doctorow's Little Brother. It reminded me of Gulliver's Travels - very focused on delivering a message. But don't get me wrong, it was excellent and I really enjoyed it.

[RobMRobM]

Finished Jo's Ha'penny and Half a Crown. Good but I liked Farthing the best of the set. Starting fourth Alcatraz book by Sanderson and starting Stephenson's Snow Crash. Waiting on Wise Man's Fear, which is on order. Guess I should do a Name of the Wind re-read while I'm waiting.

[aidan]

About 150 pages into my re-read of A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin. I combination of the show's imminent release and a date for A Dance with Dragons pushed me over the edge and convinced me to finally commit to reading each of the doorstops again.

I first read the series around the time A Storm of Swords was released, and this experience has been very different. If anything, I'm enjoying the novels more than I expected to and am again impressed by Martin's ability to plot and write sympathetic characters. I love-to-hate characters like Joffery, Cersei, Roose Bolton and the rest just as much as I did ten years ago. On the flip side, Arya is just as charming and appealing as ever, Sansa is painful to relate to (in a good way), and Jon's brooding should open the door's to Twilight fans everywhere.

Tremendous series that holds up very well in a re-read.

[Irene]

I've just started HUNGER GANES. So far, it seems worth the hype. :-)

[mama.bookworm]

I just finished an ARC of "Divergent" by Veronica Roth (YA Dystopia). I really enjoyed it. Next up is another YA dystopian novel "Wither" by Lauren DeStefano. I'm also re-reading the Landover series by Terry Brooks (fantasy).

[heathreedy]

In the spirit of dystopian week, I feel I must recommend a novel I finished a couple of months ago called Gun, With Occasional Music, by Jonathan Letham. If you are looking for something funny, but with a surprisingly dark pit at its core, this book is a good choice. I mean, who doesn't love kangaroos wielding firearms and a plethora of dystopian narcotic drugs? Stick this as a quick read in-between whatever fantasy epic you are reading and the next space odyssey on your list, I doubt you will find disappointment.

[Mouette]

I wandered back across http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2011...or-good-books/ and have added immensely to my to-read list, between Rothfuss' recommendations and all the comments.

Just finished: Ghost Story. Loved it. LOVED it. Now pinging between starting a new try on the WOT series since I never did finish the beast, or diving into something called Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (was recommended in the Rothfuss blog). If I had RiddleMaster with me I might start rereading that...

Dead thread needs less deadness. Talk, people.

[Ian P. Johnson]

Mouette, I will lend my mana pool to this thread resurrection.

I'm reading The Chronicles of England, France, and Spain, by Sir John Froissart. It's a primary source view of fourteenth-century Western Europe. I guess reading ASoIaF made me want to look into the actual history of the period that inspired Martin.

On my next bookstore raid, I'm thinking of picking up the first Wild Cards collection, since that's been re-released.