Grailknight Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Small-town Heroes- Wearing the Cape #4 - Astra gets a message from a Trickster that a disaster will strike in the town of Littleton. But Littleton doesn't officially exist! This book puts the narrative back on Astra after using multiple POV's in the last. Lots of world building and plenty of action in a positive and realistic superhero universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 "We are all completely fine". The survivors of assorted horror stories form a support group. (If you look close, you can guess which stories the characters were based on. They guy who survived the Arkansas cannibal family, the Weavers, is out of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, frex.) I liked it. Plus, its short, so it doesn't overstay its welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Hawk- The latest in the Vlad Taltos series. Vlad is tired of running from his former organization, the Jhereg. While recovering from their latest assassination attempt, he recalls a drunken victory conversation from a previous caper. From it, he hits upon an idea that will be lucrative enough to buy off the Jhereg, Now all he has to do is make the proposal to a group that wants him dead, gather and craft an original sorcery and prevent betrayal of the deal while dodging ongoing attempts on his life. One of the better books since the early days of the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Just finished Firefight, the second book in Brandon Sanderson's Reckoners series. Excellent follow-up to Steelheart Post-apocalyptic setting where the supers have wrecked society and the normals must find a way to fight back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Interestingly, if a super uses their powers, they automatically become egotistic, selfish, and lacking empathy. They become villains, every last one, unless they abstain. Very fun idea for a world. It'd be awesome to run as a dark champions game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoneDaddy Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Hollow City, the sequel to Ms. Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children. It delivers very well. Teen lit that is more than a little dark. ReaMde, by Neal Stephenson. It's long and drawn out, but he can write whatever the hell he wants to because he's so damn good at it. Multiple storylines over a few realities and a few continents. I enjoyed it a great deal. Doctor Sleep, by Stephen King. Ever wonder what happened to little Danny Torrence? Read it and find out. A tale of redemption, family, and sacrifice, both by protagonists and antagonists alike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Read Two Hundred and Twenty one Baker Streets, an anthology about different versions of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. My favorite out of the book is the Final Conjuration with Sherlock Holmes summoned by a magician to solve a case of magic murder CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Conquest of Earth by Manly Banister, a 50s SF novel filled with manliness as the salvation of humanity. Not a good book for feminists. http://www.skjam.com/2015/01/17/book-review-conquest-of-earth/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Read Spirits from Beyond and Voices from Beyond by Simon Green. The Ghost Finders investigate a haunted inn, and a haunted radio station. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuSoardGraphite Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Reading book 2 in the stormlight archive by brandon sanderson. it's quite good so far. currently rating about 8.5/10 for me. i'll update when i'm finished. it's a big book (almost 1100 pages!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Read Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest by A.Lee Martinez. Fast food workers are cursed to bring back to life a lost god. They are lessed to please with the help they get on the way CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Read hidden by Ben Jacka. ALex Verus has to deal with some problems when one of his friends disappears. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 The Dead Riders by Elliott O'Donnell; full review at my blog, but notable for one of the least impressive evil Satanic rituals in fiction. "And now is the time at Satan Club when we perform interpretative ballet!" Also some amazingly misleading (lies, honestly) back cover copy. Our hero does not directly face the most evil sorcerer of all time in mortal combat by traveling to Hell. He faces a balding guy with no visible supernatural abilities in an English country house, and lifts not a finger to stop the villain. Instead the villain's wife and mistress both turn on him. http://www.skjam.com/2015/02/01/book-review-the-dead-riders/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Skin Game by Jim Butcher. Several surprises in this, but Mab playing Nicodemus was not what I saw coming. A good read and I like forward to the next. But am I right in thinking that two of the Denarians are now permanently gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Well, their coins are in the Underworld unless Nic got them while our heroes were limping out. Don't think it was possible for Lasciel but Ursiel was right at the edge of the ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Diedre is gone. I don't know if she was holding her coin, or Nic got it. But she is staying with Hades for her afterlife. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Just finished Second Stage Lensmen, and started on Children of the Lens. I do love my classic SF, but I had never been able to get my hands on these until they became available digitally. I've been very impressed - yes they are a product of their time, but has been great to read. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 He has Deidre's coin. He fished it out of her chest while she was dying at his feet. Hannah/Lasciel is under the rocks but he could have grabbed Ursiel from the edge of the ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Doctor Sleep, by Stephen King. Ever wonder what happened to little Danny Torrence? Read it and find out. A tale of redemption, family, and sacrifice, both by protagonists and antagonists alike. I was really surprised how good that book was. As a child of an alcoholic, and one who actually broke the chain, this really rung true. The shining I read as a kid (9 or 10) and really really identified with Danny. I was very trepidations about this - but it was fantastic. Not quite It or The Stand good, but just half a step down like Rose Madder. BoneDaddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 He has Deidre's coin. He fished it out of her chest while she was dying at his feet. Hannah/Lasciel is under the rocks but he could have grabbed Ursiel from the edge of the ice Ursiel's coin remained in Hades Vault. Lasciel remained in Hades Vault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 I can't wait for The Aeronaut's Windlass. Pattern Ghost 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Trashy paperback fantasy "Whetted Bronze" by Manning Norvil; book 2 of the "Odan the Half-God" trilogy. http://www.skjam.com/2015/03/21/book-review-whetted-bronze/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Brandon Sanderson novella The Emperor's Soul, picked up because he was a GoH at MInicon 50. Fantasy involving an imprisoned art forger asked to repair the title object. http://www.skjam.com/2015/04/26/book-review-the-emperors-soul/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 How many books does that dude crank out every year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Read tales from the nightside by Simon Green where the various detectives act to solve mysteries with John Taylor and friends versus Varney the Vampire The Iron Wyrm Affair by Lilith Saintcrow starring a magician and a holmesian genius versus a conspiracy to raise Vortigern CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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