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Finished Red Country and started L.A Noire: The Collected Stories


L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories by Rockstar Games

Finished L.A. Noire and started The Big Sleep


The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Just finished latest book in the Dresden Files. Thinking of rereading "Ready Player One" for a third time, or "Second Shift" in the Wool universe.

Finished The Big Sleep and starting Farewell, My Lovely


Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

How was the L.A. Noire book, Mak? I've never been a fan of Video Game books aside from Knaak and Golden's Warcraft books, but I am intrigued by it.

As more, I wrapped up Neal Stephenson's "Diamond Age, Or a Young Girl's Illustrated Primer." It's right up there with Hyperion, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and Neuromancer as some of the best character-driver Science Fiction. Even better than Snow Crash, and that was amazing as well.

Probably going to start to start in on Wolfheart by Richard A. Knaak now for some fluff reading to contrast the insane amount of Rhetoric I have to read for school coming up this week.

Now that the Wheel of Time series is complete can anyone who's read it give me their opinion of the series? I'm trying to decide if I should pick it up.

Originally Posted by GhostShark How was the L.A. Noire book, Mak? I've never been a fan of Video Game books aside from Knaak and Golden's Warcraft books, but I am intrigued by it.

Well worth the 99 cents. All the stories in it though short are good. I'd definitely recommend it.

Chandler is great. I've read everything by him. (except that one posthumous novel and some of the short stories).

In fact, usually anything published by Black Lizard is guaranteed to be some good noir/mystery fiction.

Started (and finished 3 days later)

Nocturne by Ed McBain


First thing I've read by him. It's pretty generic but still moves at a good pace and the characters aren't weighted down with tacked on drama and back story. Cops are straight out of Law and Order.

Finished Farewell, My Lovely and started The Black Dahlia


The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy


Also going through A Clash of Kings again to refresh me for season 3 on Sunday


A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

Bitterwood by James Maxey



It's an interesting concept, where dragons rule and humans are used as slave labor. But the writing is pretty cheesy (and I'm only 100 pages in)
"He raised his head to the sky and thundered in frustration. Bitterwood!!"

The dragons aren't really written like they're giant winged dragons, either. All the writing of them talking and acting like humans has me picturing them as, well, humans.

I think I'm going to finally dive into the Wheel of Time series now that it's done. Wish me luck!

Dove back into fiction after a long stint of reading bios.

I am absolutely LOVING this book. Reminds me of The Prophecy.

Finished The Black Dahlia and started The Big Nowhere


The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy

Robbie's Wife by Russell Hill.

Noir-esque. Although more on the 'repressed desires, and women who will do you wrong' side of noir than the crime/murder side. Short book and kinda slow moving.

Finished The Big Nowhere and taking a brief breather from the LA Quartet with Masters of Doom


Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner

Brass Man by Neal Asher.


http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414091.Brass_Man

Which I guess is book #3 in a series? Hopefully I'll be able to follow along without reading the other two. There was nothing on the cover to indicate this was book #3 and I had read other things by Asher that take place in the same universe, just not with this character.

Finished World of Warcraft: Wolfheart by Richard A. Knaak. Not his best WoW novel, but certainly not his worst.

Starting The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Marukami.

The Walking Dead

Finished Masters of Doom and on to L.A. Confidential


L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy