Nothing at my end. Life has been kinda busy lately.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


For details on the c/Books Bingo, check the Midpoint check-in post.

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    Slow Gods, by Claire North. Quite decent so far, shades of the Culture novels but more political. Borrowed a bit from Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “Final Architecture” series in terms of how hyperspace works, but I guess he put his seal of approval on it since he’s endorsing it on the cover

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      A book which resembles my favorite series ever, and which is endorsed by one of my other favorite authors? That’s a hell of an endorsement. Final Architecture was a DNF for me, but I’ve enjoyed basically all of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s other books.

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        Saaaame. Can’t wait to read both his 2026 releases so far, book 4 of the Tyrant Philosophers series, and book 4 of the Children of Time series. I have so many other authors that I wish published as voluminously as he

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          I couldn’t get through the third Children of Time book, but would really like to see what happens to the freed demoness in Tyrant Philosophers .

          Here’s a suggestion.

          ‘Over The Wine Dark Sea’ by Harry Turtledove. Greek traders circa 300 BC.

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            Ooooof, that 3rd Children of Time book actually was a bit flimsy. Added to the lore & mythos of the universe; and that’s about it.

            I loved those first three Tyrant Philosophers books. Felt like he was channelling China Meiville’s Bas Lag novels; but doing a superior job of it.

            I’ll check that out, I haven’t had much exposure to Turtledove