The "What are you reading?" Thread

[macbdog]

Gonna go back and read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy again. Too bad this and the Border Trilogy will never get made into movies.

 

[Hurl Bruce]

Ready Player One is the book I have on deck

I read this one after really looking forward to it.

I found all of the pop culture references fun at the beginning but tiresome after a while.

 

[brownindian]

I am reading this thread. You all suck !!

 

[Jack Brickman]

Finished Calamity. Really liked the Reckoners series. I'd recommend it for sure.

Going to do a re-read of Daniel Abraham's Dagger & Coin series now since the new book is coming out next month.

 

[FiveThous]

This may be old news for some of you but Kingkiller Chronicles is getting a TV, Movie and Video game deal!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...rights-fantasy-book-828557?utm_source=twitter

The complex deal will see the epic fantasy book series developed simultaneously into movies, television series and video games.
Lionsgate has closed a complex multiplatform rights deal the pick up The Kingkiller Chronicle, the best-selling fantasy book series by Patrick Rothfuss.

The deal sets up the simultaneous development of movies, television series and video games with the goal to adapt the many stories across the mediums at the same time.

It also caps off interest and dealmaking that has gone on since mid-July, when Rothfuss met with studios such as Warner Bros., MGM and Lionsgate, among others, at Comic-Con.

Robert Lawrence, whose credits include 1990s classic Clueless as well as the Mark Wahlberg vehicle Rock Star and the drama The Last Castle, will produce. Lawrence was an early chaser of the Kingkiller series and stayed on the series even when it was temporarily set up at Fox Television.



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Kingkiller chronicles the life and times of Kvothe, a magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen.

The first book, The Name of the Wind, was published in 2007 and since then, the second novel as well as three novellas have sold more that 10 million copies. The books are said to be only behind Game of Thrones in terms of best-sellers in modern epic fantasy.

“Honestly, I've never been very interested in a straight-up movie deal,” said Rothfuss. “But Lionsgate was willing to work out something different, a multiplatform deal where they develop the films, TV series, and games simultaneously. That will give us the screen time to develop the characters and show off the world. What's more, through this whole process, they've treated me with amazing respect. I never thought a studio would approach me as a creative partner who understands how stories work."



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Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president Erik Feig and creative executives Jeyun Choi Munford and Jessica Switch will oversee the development on the film side.

Executive vp television Chris Selak will spearhead its development for television while the company’s president of interactive ventures & games Peter Levin will shepherd the gaming side.

“Pat Rothfuss’s imaginative storytelling, the spellbinding character Kvothe and the vivid world of Temerant in The Kingkiller Chronicle series have a passionate and savvy fan base and the potential to reach an even broader audience in adaptation,” said Feig. “It is rare that a property comes along with a world so rich and multilayered that it lends itself to exploration across film, television and video game audiences at the same time.”

Feig also said the books were not only unique to support multiple mediums but that the franchise “even demands multiplatform exploration.”

Rothfuss is repped by Jerry Kalajian of Intellectual Property Group, Matthew Bialer of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates and Matt Sugarman of Weintraub Tobin.

 

[FiveThous]

Anyone here keep a commonplace book to keep their book notes or quotes in? Do you have any kind of organizational system to it if so?

 

[Jack Brickman]

So the new Dagger & Coin book came out recently, and I realized that I barely remembered what the hell happened in the series previously, so I decided to do a re-read. Really good fantasy books. I'd definitely recommend picking them up, especially now that the series is finished.

 

[JustAnotherGuy]

Just read The Lions of Al-Rassan, a historical fiction book about the Muslims/Christians/Jews living in the dying days of the Andalusian Moors. Brilliant novel, the prose is masterful.

Guy Gavriel Kay is one of my favorites. His newest drops this week. (Today?)

 

[natedagg]

Options Volatility & Pricing. I just started. The Amazon link below has reviews that can do a better job than me, who hasn't read it. The common sense idea is that options markets are a level of sophistication above what most professionals even grasp. I understand the basics and the basic strategies, but this book is considered the bible by institutional trade desks.

http://www.amazon.com/Option-Volatility-amp-Pricing-Strategies/dp/155738486X

 

[ChocolateButter]

I've been on a Star Wars kick lately and bought a bunch of old expanded universe novels. Over the past month I've read Kenobi, Shadows of the Empire, Tales of the Bounty Hunters and started the first book of the Thrawn trilogy. Kenobi was great and probably my favorite so far. Shadows didn't live up to my childhood memories and just felt like very lazy writing. I would almost describe it as coming off like high level fan fiction. Tales was another reread from my childhood, decent stories, gets a little weird at times but stays entertaining. Heir to the Empire is really good so far, about halfway through.

I've been thinking about picking up an audiobook for the next time I have to drive a few hours. Feels easier to lose track of time when I listen to things like standup specials while driving. Was leaning towards The Martian because I have heard good things about it and its narrator.

 

[MD13]

Thought I'd give this thread a bump. I just finished reading The Force by Don Winslow, and my god I think it's his best book yet, even better than The Cartel. He looks at police and government corruption from the eyes of a dirty cop and everything that goes into making a "good" man break bad. It's meticulously researched as most Winslow books are of course.

Overall, an instant classic imo and I can't wait to see what James Mangold can do with the film adaptation.

 

[Sebastian]

I've been on a Star Wars kick lately and bought a bunch of old expanded universe novels. Over the past month I've read Kenobi, Shadows of the Empire, Tales of the Bounty Hunters and started the first book of the Thrawn trilogy. Kenobi was great and probably my favorite so far. Shadows didn't live up to my childhood memories and just felt like very lazy writing. I would almost describe it as coming off like high level fan fiction. Tales was another reread from my childhood, decent stories, gets a little weird at times but stays entertaining. Heir to the Empire is really good so far, about halfway through.

I've been thinking about picking up an audiobook for the next time I have to drive a few hours. Feels easier to lose track of time when I listen to things like standup specials while driving. Was leaning towards The Martian because I have heard good things about it and its narrator.

Darth Plagueis and Tarkin are also great.

 

[ChocolateButter]

I've been starting to make my way through all of the Cavs championship books that have been coming out. Read "Return of the King" by Windy and McMenamin which was pretty great. Ended up reading that in a single sitting on a flight out to Oakland. About to start "All In" by Vince McKee. Still need to pick up Chris Parker's and Terry Pluto's books on the subject as well.

Earlier this year I finally read "Don't Put Me In Coach" after @D-Wreck recommended it to me way to long ago. That shit was hilarious.

 

[David.]

"the Prince"

 

[Jack Brickman]

Not sure if anyone else here is reading Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series, but the third book is due out in a couple of months and Tor is releasing the first quarter or so of it for free leading up to the release to promote it. Three chapters drop each week up to chapter 32, at which point the full book releases. Pretty cool way to promote a novel. I wish more publishers did this.

I really enjoyed the first two books. They're a little long-winded, but the world the story is set in is very unique for a fantasy series and there are a lot of great characters.

https://www.tor.com/series/oathbringer/