What are we reading?

[Gusington]

Finishing up The Scourge series by Roberto Calas, one of the few series I have read and probably the first series I have finished. Zombies in medieval England. Very well written, quick paced and funny as Hell in some spots...most of you guys would love it. Later today moving on to Under the Black Flag by David Cordingly, a history of the Age of Pirates. Unless I get swept away by a flood or killed by a tornado first.

[MetalDog]

Good luck with the tornado/flood thing.  And what?  No zombie pirates on the high seas?

[Gusington]

My reading habits have not evolved to that advanced stage yet.

[Gusington]

http://smile.amazon.com/Fell-Cargo-Warhammer-Novels-Abnett/dp/1844163016/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465144640&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=Warhammer+Corsair+pirates

[MetalDog]

See?  Something to aspire to :)

[Gusington]

My aspiration is to one day be writing and publishing the stuff!

THE STUFF [tm].

[Greybriar]

I just started reading Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt.

[MetalDog]

Be interested in your impressions when done, Greybriar.

[bob48]

Just finished 'The Thirty Years War - Complete' by Schiller, and now about to start 'Civil War - The War of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660'

[Gusington]

^Just can't get enough of those good times can you?

[bob48]

;-))

[besilarius]

You'd like to be a writer, Gus?
Something to consider.

[Gusington]

^Uh thanks.I was actually assigned to read Elements of Style in 8th grade, I still have the copy around here somewhere.

[Airborne Rifles]

In the middle of The Thousand Mile War right now. Really enjoying it. Also just finished listening to Ghost Fleet on audio book (enjoyable) and just started Red Phoenix Burning on audio book. The book itself is entertaining enough, but the RFB narrator is the first one I've listened to that makes me want to move on to a different book.

[Martok]

I just finished up Brandon Sanderson's Steelheart a couple days ago, which I didn't realize (til I was done) was the first book in the Reckoners Trilogy.  Now I gotta get my hands on the other two books (Firefight and Calamity), as it was probably his best book yet, at least of the ones I've read so far -- all the more remarkable given that it's not fantasy, sci-fi (well, it sort of is, but not really), or historical fiction, which are my usual fare.  As Sanderson's career has continued, he's definitely gotten better at fleshing out his characters and (even more importantly IMO) improving his pacing; the book moved along well at all points.  I definitely look forward to reading the rest of the trilogy! 

Am now engaging in a bit of lighter reading with the novelization of Star Trek: First Contact, which was gifted to me by a friend.  It's been...okay so far.  It's not bad, but I suspect I (ironically) will end up not enjoying it nearly as much as I did the movie itself. 

On deck after this are two books I checked out the library today:  Mother of Kings by Poul Anderson (I enjoy his sci-fi writing, so I'm curious to see what/how he does with mythical/historical fiction), and Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.  Given that everyone and their mother-in-law has suddenly been recommending the latter to me -- seriously, I've now had five people (including MetalDog) tell me just in the last 3-4 weeks that I need to read this one -- I decided that perhaps I should see what all the fuss is about...   

I just started reading Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt.

If you enjoy it even half as much as I did, Greybriar, it'll have been time well-spent.  The book has lot of fascinating information on the history of D&D, as well as being a love-letter to the game (along with RPG's and wargaming in general).