What Are You Reading in September 2010?

[Sandikal]

I finally went back and finished Un Lun Dun by China Mieville.   The first hundred pages really irritated me, but it picked up after that and I zoomed through the rest.  It definitely seemed like it was for middle-grade readers, but the slow beginning would probably discourage them.

I also finished Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis and I can't recommend it enough.  There is no way to describe this book that does it justice.  None whatsoever.  It was released on Audible right after I finished reading it.  Read it or listen to it, it's a terrific book.

I'm still working on The Stand by Stephen King.  It's one of those books that you can set aside for a couple of days and pick right back up where you left off.

I'm also reading Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory.  It's fabulous so far.  Like Bitter Seeds, it's a very creative and unusual book that can't adequately be described.

[Talia]

I finally went back and finished Un Lun Dun by China Mieville.   The first hundred pages really irritated me, but it picked up after that and I zoomed through the rest.  It definitely seemed like it was for middle-grade readers, but the slow beginning would probably discourage them.

I also finished Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis and I can't recommend it enough.  There is no way to describe this book that does it justice.  None whatsoever.  It was released on Audible right after I finished reading it.  Read it or listen to it, it's a terrific book.

I'm still working on The Stand by Stephen King.  It's one of those books that you can set aside for a couple of days and pick right back up where you left off.

I'm also reading Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory.  It's fabulous so far.  Like Bitter Seeds, it's a very creative and unusual book that can't adequately be described.

I liked Pandemonium a good deal too. Even better, I believe it was his debut novel. Great way to make your start...

[kibitzer]

Just finished "The Whisperers" by John Connolly, one of my very favourite authors. I felt he was coasting a bit with this one, but it's still good.

[Fenrix]

I picked up Treasure Island and I've been very pleasantly surprised and now understand why this is a classic. Made it a third of the way through just while standing in line at Dragon*Con this past weekend.

[DKT]

I finally went back and finished Un Lun Dun by China Mieville.   The first hundred pages really irritated me, but it picked up after that and I zoomed through the rest.  It definitely seemed like it was for middle-grade readers, but the slow beginning would probably discourage them.

I remember really, really being frustrated with the first 100 pages of Un Lun Dun, too. Once I got past that to the turning point, I realized what he was doing, but damn. Hard to imagine he couldn't have truncated that first 100 pages some and got the same results. Up until that point, the setting was cool but it wasn't until 100+ pages that I got hooked into the story.

Finished reading On Stranger Tides, WindUp Girl, and a couple Hellboy TPBs. Now reading MK Hobson's The Native Star. wOOt!!!!

[Listener]

I'm still reading "Dracula" (the original, by Stoker). It's... well, it's written like books were back then, so it's hard to get through more than 10-20 pages a night before I fall asleep. Still, it's interesting.

[kibitzer]

I'm still reading "Dracula" (the original, by Stoker). It's... well, it's written like books were back then, so it's hard to get through more than 10-20 pages a night before I fall asleep. Still, it's interesting.

Some of the older styles/authors I find OK; some are just like wading through treacle in an old-fashioned diving suit.

[Heradel]

I'm looking forward to starting the Sympathy for the Devil and the Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes anthologies this weekend.