Copying from the weekly thread, over at [email protected] :

Finished Summer Knight by Jim Butcher. Fourth book of The Dresden Files. Things keep getting worse, stakes keep getting higher, Harry keep going through hell. Same old, same old.

Currently Reading Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King. It was recommended on reddit for books similar to the comic Y: The Last Man. I didn’t used to like Stephen King much before, but I can understand why. Book is 700 pages long, and first 100 or so pages were pretty much just a set up. I didn’t use to have patience for such slow books in my youth, though I am enjoying it now.

What about you guys? What have you been reading?

P.S: I have mentioned the [email protected] (and the weekly thread) a few times here. Didn’t see any rules against that, and am just trying to increase engagement for books-related communities, but if there’s any issue with that, I can stop doing it. (Disclaimer, I am a mod there)

  • @[email protected]
    4•1 year ago

    Nearing the end of Oathbringer (Brandon Sanderson, Stormlight Archive #3).

    There’s something about his world-building that’s just brilliant. Shame it takes me 6 months to read each one!

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Thanks for mentioning fantasticfiction.com, I have seen it mentioned a couple of times, but always thought would check it later and then forgot.

      Generally, I just use LibraryThing (and Wikipedia) and they usually have very uptodate information, but there is no way to subscribe to any author / series and get the updates, you have to manually look up the author / series. So a way to automatically get the update sounds nice.

      The Far Reaches sounds great, I have heard great things about James S.A. Corey, Veronica Roth and John Scalzi. So, should look it up.

        • @[email protected]OPEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          you should really check out ann leckie and her ancillary justice series, probably one of my favorite series in the last 10 years

          Thanks for the recommendation, going to check it out.

    • Jerzy D
      1•1 year ago

      @cwagner @dresden thanks for the recommendations. I’m currently enjoying book 2 of Ravens Shadow by Anthony Ryan. In the LitRpg world I really enjoyed Savage Dominion by Chmilenko, a great series, that has a Discworld tone through out.

  • @MisterBigFartEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Baldur’s Gate 3 has me on a D&D kick so I’ve been making my way through The Cleric Quintet from R.A. Salvatore.

      • @MisterBigFartEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        Salvatore’s Drizzt series is what got me into reading like 20 years ago. I loved them then and now the CQ series is reminding me why. They are very easy reads with likable characters and I think his writing really shines when it comes to action/battle scenes.

  • @positiveWHAT
    2•1 year ago

    I’m slooowly reading Sharp Ends by Joe Abercrombie.