Reading Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski. Book 2 of The Witcher series.
What about all of you? What have you all been reading or listening to lately?
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Work got in the way, so I am still working on Woken Furies by Richard Morgan as a whisper sync and straight reading Watership Down by Richard Adams.
Once I am done with those, I have decided to tackle something a bit heavier than is the norm for me. I’m going to give Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro a go.
How to make an apple pie from scratch. Glad I started it finally, but now I can’t get it done. It’s nicely written and all, but I’m well beyond what my brain is able to imagine now…
Still reading Red Country by Joe Abercrombie, sixth in The First Law series. Absolutely loving it, though I feel I stepped out of Medieval Times and into the Olde West(e). It’s been gripping since the first page, really like it.
And DCC book 6, The Bedlam Bride. Not sure I need to say much about it. If you’re here in this thread in the Fediverse, you’re aware of it, generally, if not specifically.
I just finished He Who Fights With Monsters 9 today and still enjoying it a lot.
Having a brief break with Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds which is a rare non fiction forray that has been dictated by life as it is currently.
I’m about halfway through the second book of ‘He Who Fights With Monsters’. I’m enjoying the series so far.
I looked for similar after reading ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ and stumbled on this.
I prefer it to Carl to be honest. If you want other similar stuff you should try out:
Solo Levelling
Buy Mort: The Shopocalypse Saga
Beware of Chicken
Finished Dungeon Crawler Carl book 2 (Carl’s Doomsday Scenario) last week. Started Roadside Picnic but found the translation unreadable. Might be an audiobook choice if at all.
Currently reading Woken Furies by Richard Morgan. It is book 3 of the Takeshi Kovacs trilogy (Altered Carbon). The cyberpunk techno laden prose is a bit difficult to follow, so I started to whisper sync it (read book and listen to audiobook simultaneously) once I hit chapter 5. As the previous two Kovacs books, it is an excellent stylistic example of the cyberpunk genre, although it tends to not get nearly as political and dystopic as the genre usually does. Maybe book 3 bucks the trend.
Once done I will either finish the Eisenhorn trilogy (Warhammer 40k) or continue reading Book 4 of Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive. Had to drop it after binging the first three in one go.
How are you liking the Eisenhorn trilogy? I got the omnibus and going to start it soon (once I am done with Sword of Destiny and the final The Black Magician’s book)
Did you watch Altered Carbon on Netflix? I liked the books and the series even though they diverge a lot (kinda like GOT). Some things were better in the books (they skipped the whole second book?), but a few things they did better in the series, like having the main baddie being Kovac’s sister and “ressurecting” Quell.
I did. The series diverged on some very fundamental elements, which bugged me, a lot. But, on its own, thw first season was pretty good. I never watched the second.
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett. I’m making my way through the Discworld in release order, excepting Guards, Guards! since I read it first. So far, the reputation of the series that you can feasibly start anywhere rings pretty true!
I’ve been reading some of the Discworld books sporadically. Soul Music most recently.
I had read The Colour of Magic a while back and recall not liking it. More recently, a friend invited me to a Hogfather watching party. I enjoyed it enough that I went ahead and read the book. That prompted me to read the other related novels.
Plus, on the recommendation of said friend, Interesting Times. That one was kind of a miss for me. I don’t care for Rincewind. Also, too much of the book felt like missed references to elements of a previous book.
Guards, Guards! might be the next one I pick up. Or maybe Thief of Time or Hogfather again.
The Witches have been my favourite of the books so far. I’m also going through in release order.
Wyrd Sisters is a good one, but my only problem with Discworld is that almost ALL of them are really good ones. :) I’m glad you’re going in publication order, even if there’s no real wrong way to read them. :) IMHO, that is the best way, even if you bounce around the disc a bit, I think they are more logical to consume as he wrote them since he evolved things as he went along. :)
Finished The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp. Last week I complained it was overlong; turns out it was just a slump in the pacing, as I enjoyed the last 25-ish% much better. I have some minor quibbles with some of the explanations at the end, but overall, I liked it.
Read/finished Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis. This was short and zipped along quickly. I didn’t love the MC’s personality, but the cat-and-mouse aspect was great, so I’ll probably end up putting the next one on my TBR.
Currently ambling my way through The Summer Book by Tove Jansson. Each chapter is a little story about an older woman and her granddaughter, who are living on a Finnish island. If you like the Moomin books, you’ll probably vibe with this as well.
I Shall Wear Midnight, as I get closer to the end of this Discworld readthru.
Don’t sleep on Discworld, and don’t sleep on the Tiffany Aching “young adult” series. imho, “young adult” was probably thrust on Sir Terry for marketing or whatever, or he wanted to get more younger people to read the novels, but whatever the reason, apparently some people avoid the Aching novels, and that’s a loss for them. :)
Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna’ be fooled again!
I’ll always love the Nac Mac Feegles :)
Daft Wullie! Ye ken I said I’d tell ye when ye wuz guilty o’ stupid and inna-pro-pre-ate behavior?
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Sword of Destiny is such a good one, those early Witcher short stories have more punch than the novels honestly. I’m listening to the audiobook of Piranesi again because nothing else scratches that weird quiet itch, plus catching up on a couple of audio drama podcasts on my commute.
Finished up Purity by Jonathan Franzen. Took a little longer to get through than I’d thought, either because I had other things on my mind, or because I reread the confusing parts. There are some complicated strands of plot, told out of chronological order, but I think it eventually fits together sensibly. I’d recommend this one and might take a chance on one of Franzen’s other books.
Finishing up Vagabond by Tim Curry, and nearly done with The Silverblood Promise by James Logan.
I just wrapped up the Disaster Gays Detective Agency by Lev AC Rosen. Sadly, I was disappointed.
SO recommended the Throne of Glass series and that I start with the prequel, I’ve been sitting on the third short story of the book for a while now.
Other than that, I’m in the middle of 3 different light novels:
The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash v13
Mushoku Tensei v16
Seirei Gensouki v27
Judge my choice of light novels, or my inability to finish one before starting another, it’s fine, I’m just as bad when it comes to watching TV shows. I cannot binge watch to save my life.
Rereading the Thomas Covenant series after running across a post about it.
I’m into the second trilogy now and I’m finding that the experience is different than when I was younger. I’m also experiencing it different now that I’ve written long form fiction.
Still loving it, just in new ways.
Never heard of it, just looked it up, and it’s definitely joining the list. Thanks for sharing. I tend towards book series, because I don’t like endings.
Finally finished “rationality from ai to zombies”, I don’t recommend it (repetitious, author arrogant AF). Reading ng the jellyfish problem (someone else here was reading it), its alright, I find myself a little tired of the main character.
I often feel my feelings about books are really dependent on when o come across them.
