NextRead

Seeing as it is the New Year I’ve been thinking about resolutions. I have one: READ MORE! But as I’ve said several times before, there is always more to read. Being more sensible I’m going to try and get at least one review up a week and hopefully if I have some thinner books I’ll get a couple posted. The real question is what types of books? Last year it was debuts and this year? I might have to think about that more. I am going to introduce more crime novels into the mix. I also have some catching up to do. Decisions, decisions, decisions.

Anyway, here are the books that I’ve selected for reading this month:

Starting with Vellum by Hal Duncan. This is one of my catch-up books. I’m 20% in terms of pages read but in terms of story I have no idea. The story leaps through different places, times, versions but the more I’m reading the more it’s making sense. Hal Duncan has a wonderfully poetic writing style that resonates as themes and ideas are explored and the main players in the story emerge and their motivations are revealed. I’ll let you know how it all comes together.

I did promise Dave that In The Woods by Tana French would be next but it’s almost next. I’ll probably read it in parallel. I have mentioned it a couple of times before so I won’t say much more. Though I’ve just found her website here and details of her next book The Likeness. It looks like a sequel which doesn’t sound like a bad thing.

Back to catching up we have The Hounds of Avalon by Mark Chadbourn. The third book in The Dark Age trilogy. This time Chadbourn presents two friends, as different as night and day, who are charged with task to find the dreaming hero, King Arthur, before time runs out. I’ve really kept this one back far too long. I’m looking forward to seeing what surprises he’s held back to the climax of this part of the story. Look for a further Chadbourn post next week.

This turning into a debut month as the final two books are again new voices.  Debatable Space by Philip Palmer and The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes have both been mentioned a couple of posts back so I won’t repeat myself though I will say that Fantasy Book Critic got to Palmer first!

Well this is plan and if I read faster or get caught up in something this might change but that is the top of the pile as it stands.

Tags: Hal Duncan, Jonathon Barnes, Mark Chadbourn, Philip Palmer, reading lists, Tana French, This Month's Reading List