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What Are You Reading in July 2015
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Badseedgirl
Posted 2015-07-02 7:41 PM (#10900)
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Location: Middle TN, USA		I have had several books I was on hold for come in at the same time so I am scrambling this month:

I finished The Asylum by John Harwood yesterday

This month I will finish:
The Last Policeman - Ben H. Winters
More Than Human - Theodore Sturgeon

and I plan to read:
Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
Caves of Steel - Asimov (That will finish the YA challenge)

that is all I know for sure, other than these, we will just have to see what I end up picking up!
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daxxh
Posted 2015-07-02 8:59 PM (#10903 - in reply to #10900)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		I had three library holds come in, so I will be reading

The Water Knife - Paolo Bacigalupi
The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
Seveneves - Neal Stephenson

I have already started Words of Radiance, but since I can't renew The Water Knife or Seveneves, I will be reading those before I finish it. I also just got Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds. I will probably sneak that in before I start Seveneves, since I've been waiting for that one.

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DrNefario
Posted 2015-07-03 8:04 AM (#10906 - in reply to #10900)
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Location: UK		I'm hoping to finish the 50s and Published in 2014 challenges in July, with The Enemy Stars by Poul Anderson and something I haven't quite decided yet, maybe Authority by Jeff VanderMeer. Then I want to read Hospital Station by James White, in preparation for Star Surgeon for the 60s challenge, which I'd also like to kick off with The Tomorrow People by Judith Merril.

The Tomorrow People, The Joy Makers and both James Whites came from a nice little second-hand bookshop I will probably be visiting again tomorrow, so who knows what damage will be done to my wallet and my plans.

And I'm currently reading The Red: First Light (the original version) by Linda Nagata.

Apart from that, whatever takes my fancy. Quite possibly Half A War by Joe Abercrombie, which is out in a couple of weeks.
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Weesam
Posted 2015-07-03 6:39 PM (#10910 - in reply to #10906)
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Location: New Zealand		I'm not really sure what I will be reading this month.

Definitely want to finish off Omnibusters challlenge and Gaslamp challenge, which means I have to read Blindsight and Echopraxia by Peter Watts; and Fiendish Schemes by K W Jeter.

Other than that it is a mystery. Maybe make a start at the Series A to Z.
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valashain
Posted 2015-07-04 7:28 AM (#10911 - in reply to #10910)
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Dlw28
Posted 2015-07-04 10:36 PM (#10912 - in reply to #10911)
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Just finished Nemisis Games today and started Elizabeth Bear's Eternal Sky Trilogy. Also listening to the First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and Valentine's Persona. Looking forward to Robinson's new book, Aurora, coming out this month!
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DrNefario
Posted 2015-07-06 7:28 AM (#10917 - in reply to #10912)
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Location: UK		I was all set to start The Enemy Stars when I finished First Light, but at the last second I swerved into Authority. I like to vary genres with every book if I can, and I felt, perhaps wrongly, that Authority was less SFnal, and therefore more different to First Light than The Enemy Stars would be.

My visit to the second-hand bookshop was fairly successful: I came away with In the Hall of the Martian Kings by John Varley, which is a variant title for his collection Persistence of Vision, which is the only book from 1978 in the Definitive Lists that I haven't read. It will be a while before I get to 1978, though, given that I'm only up to 1959. (I also picked up Beyond Apollo, another 70s book, from a charity shop.)
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valashain
Posted 2015-07-08 2:14 PM (#10920 - in reply to #10917)
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Bormgans
Posted 2015-07-17 9:53 AM (#10968 - in reply to #10912)
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Dlw28 - 2015-07-05 5:36 AM Just finished Nemisis Games today and started Elizabeth Bear's Eternal Sky Trilogy. Also listening to the First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and Valentine's Persona. Looking forward to Robinson's new book, Aurora, coming out this month!

 Is The expanse getting better or worse compared the first books?

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Dlw28
Posted 2015-07-17 11:08 AM (#10971 - in reply to #10900)
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That's a good question and I've considered it myself. I was pleased that the story took some new turns with the characters and backed away from some of the easy tropes of space exploration or boogie monsters. But, full disclosure, I do enjoy space operas interspersed with some of the more 'thinky' books I read. If you read it I'd be interested in your take.
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2015-07-17 11:52 AM (#10973 - in reply to #10900)
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I've got to admit I found that the Expanse started to get samey with the third book and I haven't continued, there's so much else to read.

Finished The Goblin Emperor in one, long, sitting. Impressive debut. I rated it at 4 stars but on overnight reflection I think I'll up that to 4.5.

Edited by justifiedsinner 2015-07-17 11:54 AM
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Bormgans
Posted 2015-07-17 12:05 PM (#10974 - in reply to #10973)
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Location: Belgium		I only read the first book but was a bit underwhelmed. It was okay, and when I finished it, I thought I would give the 2nd book a chance like I wrote in my review, but like justified sinner said, there's so much else to read, so maybe now I think I shouldn't even bother. I do enjoy space opera a lot, but I guess my main beef with Leviathan Wakes was that it lacked a bit of depth. Does the series gain depth further on?
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valashain
Posted 2015-07-17 3:40 PM (#10975 - in reply to #10974)
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Location: The Netherlands		I've read Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes. Good book but not spectacular. Right now I'm reading Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson. That book has some very scary things to say about ecosystems.
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Dlw28
Posted 2015-07-17 8:25 PM (#10978 - in reply to #10975)
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Well mileage may vary! I found the first book a bit like a Western. The character, Holden, seemed a bit like the captain in the show Firefly (which I loved)-not too original. In fact Naomi seemed pretty stereotypical too. And the protomolecule was a regular creepy alien thingy. But the protomolecule is more complex and interesting as the series continues and there are more characters that fill in the solar system politics, religions and cultures. By the end of Nemesis I felt like I had a pretty good picture of various factions and what drives them. There are also a few more 3 dimensional female characters. But I get why some folks might not enjoy these books.
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Dlw28
Posted 2015-07-17 8:29 PM (#10979 - in reply to #10900)
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Looking forward to Aurora but got sidetracked by the Water Knife. Pretty grim.

I really really enjoyed the Goblin Emperor!
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valashain
Posted 2015-07-18 2:30 AM (#10982 - in reply to #10979)
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Location: The Netherlands		The Water Knife is what I'll read after I finish Aurora. Promised Hebban a review by the end of July
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2015-07-19 10:07 AM (#10990 - in reply to #10900)
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But now I find out that The Goblin Emperor is not a debut. The author's real name is Sarah Monette and she's been around for a while.
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Badseedgirl
Posted 2015-07-31 3:42 PM (#11051 - in reply to #10990)
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Location: Middle TN, USA		I had a really good month in July. I finished:

The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester (50's challenge)
The Asylum - John Harwood (Australian challenge)
The Last Policeman - Ben Winters (Unloved)
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (Sub-genre Cyberpunk)
More Than Human - Theodore Sturgeon (YA and 50's challenge)
Inkheart - Cornelia Funke (YA and Clear the Shelves)
The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov (YA and Series A-Z) This completed the YA challenge for 2015!
The Long Tomorrow - Leigh Brackett (50's Challenge)
The Scarlet Gospels - Clive Barker (Read the Sequel)

Non-genre:
Just Another Day at the Office - Jay Bonansinga
Death of a Macho Man - M.C. Beaton
Death of a Dentist - M.C. Beaton
Death of a Scriptwriter - M.C. Beaton
Pandora's Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over American Meals - Melanie Warner. Interesting and just a bit scary!
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