What Books Are You Reading Right Now?

[Piggy Knowles]

Curious, would I enjoy Neptune's Brood if I thought Saturn's Children was kind of awful? I find Stross is so hit or miss with me - I loved Glasshouse, for example, but hated Saturn's Children practically from the first page.

EDIT: It's worth expanding on that point - I tend to enjoy Stross' ideas, but his characters often fall flat, and I find he can be a bit ham-fisted with his explanations. I really didn't like the main character from Saturn's Children, and I especially found it tedious how he'd shoehorn in constant background or explanation with clunky statements like "My true love's race couldn't have survived this! Thank goodness I was outfitted with [insert his really clever idea for robots, society or nanotech]."