What are you currently reading?

Just picked up Findlay and O'Rourke's Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium after several recommendations.

I fucked up.

Sorry

Currently reading 2, depending on the mood:

Eddings: The Redemption of Althalus -for the first time, as I somehow missed out on this younger
Neil Gaiman: Neverwhere - for the 4th time.. one of my favourites
Hmm and some home decor magazines.

Oh, and those who liked Stardust as a movie (Generalxiv, and anyone else, too): I recommend reading the book! By Neil Gaiman. It's longer, the film left out so much and cut corners, and well, it's one of those cases again where 'the book is better'. I'm a fan of Gaiman's.

I'm in the middle of a few books at the moment. Currently:

• Dragon Age: Asunder - David Gaider
• Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass series #3) - Sarah J. Maas
• Frozen Tides (Falling Kingdoms series #4) - Morgan Rhodes
• The Last Goodnight - Howard Blum
• Boston Jacky (Bloody Jack series #11) - L.A. Meyer
• Assassin's Creed: Black Flag - Oliver Bowden

I mostly read on my Kindle but I usually buy books and/or check out books from the library on occasion. Honestly if anyone has any recommendations pass them my way. I love trying out new authors / genres / etc.

The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks.

The Witcher: Sword of Destiny. Really enjoyable so far.

Currently reading Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi. Excellent so far, definitely worth looking up if you like literary fantasy/magical realism. (For the record, I think the conceptual genre division is pretty silly, but that's probably not a subject for this thread ...) Definitely enjoying it more than White Is For Witching, the only other thing by Oyeyemi that I've read. Glad I decided to give her another shot.

Totally agreed, I liked Anansi Boys and American Gods more, as well. I guess Neverwhere will just always stay as my favourite by him, as it was the first one. 
Nice to see someone else who has read Gaiman, I don't know many people who have  - I got my younger brother into reading his books, too, though.

The Song of Ice and Fire series. Only 4% of the way through it.

The Demon Cycle by Peter V Brett and Brent Weeks' Lightbringer.

Both excellent series imo.

Which fanfic have you read and enjoyed?

Just finished:



Just started:

Neil Gaiaman has shown up on recommended lists for years so I finally gave him a whirl a few months ago. I read Neverwhere, Stardust and American Gods. Not sure what to think of him. He's very...whimsical, I guess? He's like the literary version of Tim Burton. I just have a hard time relating to his novels as his protagonists are too credulous. They just sort of go along with all the weirdness and don't really question it or their sanity very often. Maybe the credulousness is a literary device that isn't working for me. I might give him a go again in the future but had to take a break for now.



Oh, let us know how you like the Long Way to A Small, Angry Planet. I really enjoyed it. The many armed Dr. Chef is my favorite.