Beyond Reality discussion

Please let us know what you are reading this month, and share your opinions! Any and all genres can be discussed here.

I finished The Furnace (not listed on Goodreads) which was a n interesting graphic novel, but a bit confusing. Now on to Rogue Protocol (love the Murderbot series!!)

Finished Galactic Patrol by E. E. Doc Smith and now jumping 80 years forward in time to Railsea by China Miéville.

Just finished Dan Simmons' The Rise of Endymion, the 4th book in his "Hyperion" series. I feel immolated (like riding with Brunhilde through the flames at the end of the "Ring" Cycle.)

Congrats on finishing the Hyperion Cantos! Which of the 4 did you like the most?

I’m reading FOUNDRYSIDE by Robert Jackson Bennett.

Nick wrote: "Just finished Dan Simmons' The Rise of Endymion, the 4th book in his "Hyperion" series. I feel immolated (like riding with Brunhilde through the flames at the end of the "Ring" Cycle.)"

One of my all-time favorite endings. I cry, did you? :)

I'm between books at the moment. Will probably pick up The Mad Ship next.

Nick wrote: "Just finished Dan Simmons' The Rise of Endymion, the 4th book in his "Hyperion" series."

Count me as another fan of Hyperion Cantos. So excellent!

I am over halfway through Too Like the Lightning. I may postpone Age of Myth, our other BotM for October, and jump into some books I need to read for another group (October and November's installments in the Sword of Truth series) and our own Realm of the Elderlings series.

Ghost in the Stone by Jonathan Moeller

Age of Myth is quite good, but not as good as his Riyria series (both of them). I’m looking forward to reading Age of War when it’s out in Kindle.

Been away again
Read a few things
Spent most of September reading Noble House, it was a slow read, good but slow. Stopped about halfway to read some other stuff

Read
The Fifth Season
Very good

Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
Interesting, most of the stuff I already new plus some new stuff

Persuader
Another enjoyable Jack Reacher book, my only complaint was the back cover blurb, it wasnt even close to the plot of the book

Right now I am reading
The Obelisk Gate

Let Sleeping Dragons Lie by Garth Nix and Sean Williams

Ghost in the Mask by Jonathan Moeller

Ghost in the Surge by Jonathan Moeller

Ghost in the Cowl by Jonathan Moeller

Reading he 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning LESS by Andrew Greer.

Ghost in the Maze byJonathan Moeller

I read A Picture of Murder -- vol 3 in the Lady Hardcastle series, followed by The Diary of a Bookseller and Spinning Silver, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and When You Disappeared all of which I enjoyed. I'm currently about half way through Lady Helena Investigates.

Finished The Obelisk Gate, very good

Read Tour of the Merrimack: Volume One
The second book in the omnibus, The Wolf Star
Not a perfect book, some stuff blatantly sexist, it felt like 3 of 4 novellas slapped together.

Started Assassins' Dawn, the second book Dance of the Hag

The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair

Finished The Iron Trial and have now started The Copper Gauntlet

Ghost in the Hunt by Jonathan Moeller

Ghost in the Razor by Jonathan Moeller

Ghost in the Inferno by Jonathan Moeller

Mary wrote: "Ghost in the Inferno by Jonathan Moeller"

I see you are on a Ghost binge and I assume you are enjoying these books. Can you tell me a little about them without being too spoiler-y? Thanks!

The Cosmic Alliance by Jeramey Kraatz

Kathi wrote: "Mary wrote: "Ghost in the Inferno by Jonathan Moeller"

I see you are on a Ghost binge and I assume you are enjoying these books. Can you tell me a little about the..."

The title Ghosts are the secret agents of the Empire. Our heroine, after being captured by a necromancer, trained with them, and her missions often involve enormous magical dangers.

Mary wrote: "The title Ghosts are the secret agents of the Empire. Our heroine, after being captured by a necromancer, trained with them, and her missions often involve enormous magical dangers."
Sounds good. I’ll have to check them out.

Ghost in the Throne byJonathan Moeller

Ghost in the Pact by Jonathan Moeller

This month I managed to get through Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer and Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind. The first book was thought-provoking, complex, but ultimately unsatisfying (maybe because I didn’t know it was the first of a series). The second was a combination of engrossing sections that moved the plot forward and interminable sermons about philosophy and values.

Starting Robin Hobb’s Ship of Magic.

Ghost in the Winds by Jonathan Moeller

The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman

Rather than getting caught up, it appears I am falling further behind. Looks like I will try to read my November books for this and another group in December. But I am well into the first of the Liveship Traders books and I am enjoying it!