The Magician King, despite how much The Magicians ended up pissing me off. I actually liked Magician King better.
(And now I want to go back to Florence and Venice!) Have you read The Monster of Florence?
I recently powered through a bunch of stuff...
All four Tana French novels:
In the Woods
The Likeness
Faithful Place
Broken Harbor
I liked all of them, but Likeness was by far my favorite.
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
After all the discussion here about the novel, I decided to read it and couldn't put it down. Kind of glad I saw the film first as I would have been much more disappointed in it if I read the novel first. Particularly with the characterization of the mother, which seemed wildly different. An excellent read, though my only quibble was that with the first person narrative, the mother's voice seemed articulate to the point of distraction at times. Yes, she's a writer (of travel books), but her word choices almost seemed evocative of another period, like Jane Austen or Oscar Wilde.
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
Predictable, but hugely entertaining. An absolute MUST for anyone with an affinity for video game history and classic 80s video games.
Redshirts - John Scalzi
Hilarious and inventive fun for anyone with even the most pedestrian knowledge of Star Trek.
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
A friend recommended it to me because it is being made into a film with Harrison Ford. Very intriguing and for a sci-fi adventure novel with a child protagonist, much more mature than I thought it would be. I'm curious to read more in the series.
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
One of my favorite films and just now getting around to reading the novel. The dialogue is not only exquisite, but often hilarious.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
