SFF Readalongs led by Kitty G discussion

Hi all :-)
Feel free to post your fantasy suggestions for the month of May. As always it must be either a continuation of a series we've already begun, a standalone, or the first in a series.
May will be a fantasy month again so please don't suggest Sci-fi as they won't be voted in.
Also, as always you can second all those suggestions you want to bump up the list, as the most popular will go into the Poll :-)
Thanks for all voting and your wonderful participation in the group!
Kaitlin

hi i personally dont thing you can go wrong with a good david gemmell book. my favourite and suggestion is ghost king

A few first in a series that I have been planning to start reading:
Promise of Blood
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Theft of Swords
The Black Prism
However, I think some of those in the group might have read some of these already.

There's one book which is not very well-known but I really liked, and as such, do not mind re-reading and engaging in the discussion with the group, Ascension

I've read Theft of Swords, Promise of Blood and The Black Prism. I can recommend them (and I listed them in preference order... for what it's worth). I have no issue doing a re-read.

Out of deep respect for TS and her tastes, I heartily second Ascension. Ghost King also looks good.

I'll also throw some other selections into the ring

The Last Stormlord
The Sentinel Mage
The Fifth Season

Michael wrote: "Out of deep respect for TS and her tastes, I heartily second Ascension"

Aww.. I am very touched :D

Out of those listed by Michael, I second The Last Stormlord.

they all look good, ghost king is awesome also another good gemmell book is Legend or what about a terry pratchett book in memory? possibly 'a colour of magic'

Promise of Blood or The Last Stormlord. Been meaning to read for a while.

i second the golden compass, his dark material is an excellent trilogy that i haven't read in years

I'm going to throw out one I doubt too many will have heard of but one which interests me as it's a self-publised and pretty popular in the UK and that is by Ben Galley.
However I love all the suggestions so far too and I think it will be super exciting whatever gets chosen! Keep them coming :)

I'll second The Last Stormlord and nominate The Innocent Mage.

I'd like to second The Lies of Locke Lamora and Soulless as I have them on my self and wanted to get to them soon. Also, I have a preorder coming in next week called A Crown for Cold Silver that would be fun to discuss with this group.

I would like to change my nomination to Range of Ghosts.

I'd like to nominate The Rook by Daniel O'Malley.

i second Lies of Locke Lamora. i have read it already but i want to do a reread of the series before the new book comes in june. its an amazing book and a group discussion would be fun.

my nomination is Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay.
Tigana was a gret success for me and i want more GGK.

Kaitlin its your month on YearofCosmere right? which means Elantris reread and first go on Emperors Soul. waiting for that as well...

How about Hounded . This Iron Druid series seems to get great reviews. It is also shorter than most and easy to read alongside the next Malazan opus.

Ungar5 wrote: "i second Lies of Locke Lamora. i have read it already but i want to do a reread of the series before the new book comes in june. its an amazing book and a group discussion would be fun.

my nominat..."

Indeed I will also be taking over the Year of Cosmere group in May to host Elantris and The Emperor's Soul :)

The Lies of Locke Lamora

I support the nominations for and as these have been lingering on my tbr shelf for too long! However would also like to nominate the following - just for variety :)

Wonderful! Thanks to all of you we had some wonderful suggestions for May but I'm now closing the suggestions thread so please don't post any more seconds or suggestions as I've already totalled everything up.

In case anyone was interested there were 3 which had a lot of votes and they're the ones I will be putting up for the the poll where everyone can vote but here's the whole list incase there's any you want to add to your 'to-be-read' lists:

The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch - 6
The Last Stormlord - Glenda Larke - 4
Promise of Blood - Brian McClellan - 3
Ghost King - David Gemmell - 2
Ascension - Brian Fuller - 2
Soulless - Gail Carriger - 2
The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman - 2
Theft of Swords - Michael J Sullivan - 1
The Black Prism - Brent Weeks - 1
Legend - David Gemmell - 1
The Sentinel Mage - Emily Gee - 1
The Fifth Season - N K Jemisin - 1
A Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett - 1
The Sword of Shannara - Terry Brooks - 1
Mage’s Blood - David Hair - 1
The Written - Ben Galley - 1
The Innocent Mage - Karen Miller - 1
A Crown for Cold Silver - Alex Marshall - 1
Prince of Thorns - Mark Lawrence - 1
Range of Ghosts - Elizabeth Bear - 1
The Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay - 1
Hounded - Kevin Hearne - 1
The Steel Remains - Richard K Morgan - 1
The Conqueror’s Shadow - Ari Marmell - 1

So thank you all once more, and I will be putting up a poll for the top 3 books asap and sending a link to that when it's up for you all to vote!