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'Shaman's Crossing' is definitely diffrent from the three other trilogies. So far, I've enjoyed parts one and two of the Soldier Son series, and am reading the third part right now. I think the use of language is good, and the story is very much character-driven (especially 'Forest Mage', which...

I've recently read 'On Stranger Tides', definitely not urban fantasy... maybe they give that name to any kind of fantasy that's in 'this world' in a post-medieval time. It's a straightforward story, but I really liked it; the combination of historical places and people with voodoo and magic was...

For Christmas I got: - 'Swordspoint' by Ellen Kushner - 'New Amsterdam' by Elizabeth Bear - ... and a book voucher for 15 euros

Finished 'On Stranger Tides', which was a great adventure novel, with pirates, voodoo, etc. Tim Powers knows how to tell stories! Nick Hornby's 'High Fidelity' wasn't really the right book at the right time. Really liked other books by him (How to be good, About a boy, The long way down,...)...

Hopefully I'll get Swordspoint for Christmas... it was on the list my in-laws asked for, anyway. ;) Yesterday I was watching snooker and reading at the same time. I love snooker, but my eyes were mainly focused on my book: 'I am Legend', by Richard Matheson. It's all you would want from a...

Fitz from the Farseer and Tawny man books by Robin Hobb springs immediately in mind. Also from Robin Hobb, Malta and Kennit from the Liveship Trader series. I agree with Tyrion Lannister, but would like to add Arya Stark from ASoIaF. Some other authors who write good characters are (IMHO)...

I finished 'The Privilege of the Sword' by Ellen Kushner last Friday. Although the book seemed to start a bit 'fluffy', it had a good purpose; character development. The further I progressed, the more depth the book seemed to contain. I've really enjoyed this book and especially liked the...

You're lucky, Wybren, both great reads! I've finished 'The Devil You Know' by Mike Carey. It was entertaining, not a masterwork however. I like urban fantasy, but this book didn't grab me so much, best thing was the descriptions of London.

I've finished 'Gardens of the Moon': a very, very promising start of the series! At the moment I'm continuing 'The Privilege of the Sword' by Ellen Kushner, 'On Stranger Tides' by Tim Powers and 'The Devil You Know' by Mike Carey.

Yesterday I finished 'Gardens of the Moon'. I loved it and will continue in the Malazan series soon. I'm reading 'On Stranger Tides' by Tim Powers and 'The Privilege of the Sword' by Ellen Kushner, both really enjoying! :)

I'm also foisting more books to others than they give to me. Usually I accept and read the books people lend me, although I've got one friend whose taste is well, not so good. She gave me Eragon as 'a brilliant book', and recently gave me Twillight by Stephanie Meyers, which is, according to...

Finished Orson Scott Card's 'Children of the Mind' yesterday night. It's not a bad book, but it was dragging along in bits, with too much spiritual/philosophical bantering. I don't mind philosophy at all, but it's in this case not embedded in a great story (e.g. 'Speaker for the Dead' in the...

As an easy in-between read I've read 'Bitten' by Kelley Armstrong. It was a bit formulaic, but entertaining if you don't expect too much of it. It seems all those paranormal romances start to look a bit too similar... I'm also still reading 'Gardens of the Moon', which still has its confusing...

Some great fantasy authors I've enjoyed a lot this year: Cornelia Funke Carol Berg Connie Willis Brandon Sanderson Jeff VanderMeer David Anthony Durham Scott Bakker (still have to read Prince of Nothing, Neuropath was -great-) Steven Erikson (reading Gardens of the Moon at the moment, love it so...

Finished 'Acacia' by David Anthony Durham. Although it started off a bit slow, once I really got into the story, it was very good. Towards the ending there were a few plot twists that wouldn't look bad in ASOIAF. In general, I enjoyed myself quite a bit with this book! Yesterday I've started...

I've finished 'The Alchemist' by Michael Scott yesterday, a novel for young adults. Enjoyed it quite a bit, even though I'm not sure how people will read it in about five years. To make it appealing to his (young) audience, Scott seems to have put a lot of new technology in it, which may seem a...

There's quite a lot of people who do read in my surroundings (hurray!), however, they don't all read fantasy, sci-fi and horror. I tend to read a lot of books that haven't been translated to Dutch, so lots of people don't know those authors. Most people know Tolkien of course, whether they've...

My boyfriend likes reading, but is a slow reader. His interest is mainly SF (he's a big Star Trek fan), fantasy as well (he read LOTR years ago). The best argument to let him leave his computer games (he's more a gamer than a reader) however, is making some remarks on how funny the book is. I...

I finished 'Xenocide' by Orson Scott Card last week, liked the moral dilemma's, but found some of the technology described a little bit far-fetched. I'm going to continue this series in 'Children of the Mind'. Also, finished the third part of the Swan's war trilogy by Sean Russel, 'The Shadow...

That's what I found out as well. On a Dutch forum people were extremely enthousiastic about the Axis saga, but for me it was quite disappointing. I thought the characters were ill-developed, one-dimensional and in general the book was not very well written. Characters suddenly had total control...