WIR: Ravenor - The Omnibus

My current WIR book is Ravenor: The Omnibus. This is is third time I've start this book. The other two times I didn't make it even 100 pages in before putting it down in place of something else. It was usually a much shorter book that replaced it. This does not mean I couldn't get into the story but rather that I wanted something that was easier to carry around with me. This book is definitely not small, weighing in at 890 pages and in a larger format than normal paperback books. At 115 pages into it this time and enjoying it a lot.

WIR: Ahriman: Exile

I'm back to Warhammer 40k with this Ahriman: Exile. It's based one of my favorites from the 40k universe: Azhak Ahriman, former Librarian of the Thousand Sons.

WIR: Pirate's Honor

This time round tis be a tale of seas and sails: Pirate's Honor.

WIR: Liar's Blade

Back to the Pathfinder Tales books. This time it's Liar's Blade. I'm about half way through and enjoying it a lot.

WIR: Into the Void

And along comes another Star Wars novel. This time it's Dawn of the Jedi : Into the Void, a novel set over 25,000 years before the timeline of the movies. It is set along side the stories covered in the Dawn of the Jedi comic books.

WIR: Book of Sith

So for the past couple of weeks, I have been reading the latest book on my list: The Book of Sith, It's taken me this long to get through it, not due to the content, but rather lack of time. (Most of my free time has been sucked up by Minecraft.) I really wanted to get this when it first came out in the holocron edition, but that one was way too expensive. I'm almost done, one 'chapter' left. I may end up getting the Jedi counterpart to this someday.

WIR: Queen of Thorns

Next up is Queen of Thorns. I'm back to fantasy with another of the Pathfinder Tales books.

WIR: Three in One Post

Since I had not posted anything for quite awhile, I'm going to list the last three books I've read. I think these are the only ones I have not put up already.

First, we have a very unusual story: The Quantum Thief. It is one of the few trans-human stories I've read. As such, it was really, really difficult to get into. I basically forced my way through the first half, hoping things would start making sense. I think by the end of the book, I was less lost then at the beginning.

Next up was yet another Horus Heresy novel: Fear To Tread. It's the story of Horus's attempt at trying to convert the Blood Angels to the powers of Chaos. This one too I found myself force reading at times. I'm not sure if it was the book itself or what. Still a good read overall.

My current book is The Last Four Things. This is a sequel to The Left Hand of God which I have also read.

WIR: Called to Darkness

Back to Pathfinder Tales with this one. Called to Darkness takes us to the frigid Realm of the Mammoth Lords.

WIR: Valkia the Bloody

Once more, back to Warhammer Fantasy. This time around the story follows the eldest daughter of the chieftain of a northern tribe that falls under the sway of Khorne: Valkia the Bloody.

WIR: Treacheries of the Space Marines

I wanted a fantasy book for the next WIR entry, but I couldn't find on my shelves the one I was looking for. So another Warhammer 40k anthology took its place: Treacheries of the Space Marines.

WIR: Daemon World

After two weeks, I have not made much headway with the graph theory book. This is not due to the subject itself directly but rather the time allotted it. I'm going to keep at it but only as a side book for when I have a decent amount of time (at least 30 minutes) available.

So next up is another Warhammer 40k novel called Daemon World.

WIR/Dive Into: Introductory Graph Theory

WIR and Dive Into crossover!? What!? Yes, I decided to use both categories for this one since it's a technical book as opposed to just a non-fiction book.

As much as I would like to pick up another unread fiction book off of my shelves, I think it's time for something more educational. I had started Introductory Graph Theory back towards the beginning of the year but it got placed to the side due to lack of time. Even though I try to read during my random and (up until lately) limited free time, I didn't want to do that random, short duration read of this book. It is one of those that really needs concentration to truly absorb the information contained within. Now that I am not so bogged down by things, I decided to return to it.

Luckily, when I stopped I had just finished chapter one so there is not much I need to recover this time around. Even though I had graph theory back in college, those days are long in the past (sigh); and even then, this book  goes into a lot more detail then was covered in class. I look forward to diving into it.

This is one of two graph theory books I picked up at the same time. The other, A First Course in Graph Theory, is by the same author (well, that one has two); and while it generally covers the same topic, I have read that the two books compliment each other. So I might choose it as the next WIR book.

WIR: Prince of Wolves

Next up on the reading list: Prince of Wolves. This is another (the first actually) Pathfinder Tales novel that deals with Venture Captain Varian Jeggare and his bodyguard Radovan. Both were also in the novel Master of Devils which I've read since this site's beginning but before the start of the WIR section.

WIR: Winter Witch

Poor Age of Legend has been shelved again. This time for good. Not because it's not a good book but because, after starting the second story in it, I realized that I had read the book before. I thought the first story seemed really familiar but figured I had just started it and stopped for whatever reason. But when the second seemed familiar too, I checked on the others. Yup. Been there, done that. Sigh. That's what I get for having so many books with a bunch of them on the "to-be-read" list.

In it's place is one of Paizo's Pathfinder Tales novels, Winter Witch. It concerns the northern frozen lands of Irrisen as well as it's rulers, the winter witches. These mysterious and powerful ladies are headed by none other than that most famous of scary witches, Baba Yaga and her mortal(?) daughters.

WIR: Edge of Destiny

One of the things I like about anthologies is the nice break points for pausing reading. With that in mind, this past weekend I temporarily put aside Age of Legends and started (and have nearly finished) Edge of Destiny, the second book in the GW-GW2 bridging stories. So far, it's been interesting and not filled with "game crunch" parts.

WIR: Age of Legend

Next up on the reading list is Age of Legend. It's an anthology of Warhammer Fantasy stories set during the (duh) Age of Legend.

WIR: Ghosts of Ascalon

Ghosts of Ascalon is the first book bridging the world of Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2. With my current focus on GW2 in addition to my love of background fluff for most any game I play, I felt this (and the follow up book, Edge of Destiny) were worth picking up. There's a third (and final) tie-in book scheduled for early next year that I'm sure I'll get when it comes out.

WIR: The Primarchs

Next up is the Horus Heresy anthology The Primarchs.

WIR: Tesla, Man Out of Time

Today I switch things up and grab a non-fiction book, something I haven't done in quite awhile. This time around it's about a man that doesn't get the credit he deserves: Nikola Tesla.

Tesla: Man Out of Time