Just finished Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson and started Illusion by Frank Peretti. Also reading Counterfeit Gods by Timothy Keller.
After realising that there are many books I'd want to read but that would never get to the top of my list unless I changed my order of reading books, I've categorised my reading list and read through them by cycling though the different categories. Also, after just ordering and organising some books, I could easily tell you the next 10 (or 20 or 30) books I'm planning on reading:
Raven Calls by CE Murphy, rereading Rage of a Demon King by Raymond E Feist, Star Wars: Darth Plagueis by James Luceno, The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie, The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, and (back to the start of my reading cycle) Wind and Shadow by Kathy Tyers. Also planning on reading simultaneously with the above list Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy and The Complete CS Lewis Signature Series.
I must say that I'm a bit surprised by the coincidental timing of some books already being read in this topic, Mogworld and John Dies at the End are the next comedy books after The Gun Seller while The Witch Watch was my last, the Raymond Feist books are the series I'm currently rereading with Rise of a Merchant Prince being my last read, and Fragile Things is on my list but a bit further down (spot 21 if I counted correctly)
MelasZepheos said:
I think I've been kind of put off reading, which is disappointing because I used to love it. Adult books trying to pretend that all it takes to be considered a serious work of art is to have a sudden and implausible downer ending, children and young adult literature that might be better used as insulation material...
Not a good time to be an avid reader.
I'd have to disagree with this quite a bit. I'm sure our tastes probably aren't very similar but to me it seems hard to believe that there are
no classics,
no highly recommended must reads in your chosen genre/s that you haven't checked out, and
no new authors/series that have books with an interesting premise that you'd be willing to chance on.
eggy32 said:
Also, has anyone read the Republic Commando books? I loved the games and I'd like to see the story furthered.
I can't compare them to the games but I really enjoyed them. They gave a good insight into the lives of several clone troopers, really fleshing out their characters and showing their differences, what drives them, and how they relate to each other. Just about the only thing I like about the Star Wars prequels timeline actually. It's a shame that the cartoon TV series retconned what Mandalorians are and conflict with the books so the series will never be finished.