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also – i just posted this on a whim to get some discussion going in this community. seems to be the largest one out there, so hopefully we get more interaction here! let me know if you’d like to see this weekly or if we could get a bot to do it on a weekly basis. not a mod here or anything i just wanted to see what everyone else is reading
I like the idea of a weekly thread, it’s nice to get new book impressions that way! :)
Lord of Chaos. Book 6 of The Wheel of Time. Almost done. I’m really really enjoying these books.
sounds great! im at The Dragon Reborn at the moment, halfway there. unfortunately my attention span cant read that much in such a short amount of time so ive been stalling forever
I understand that. The books tend to be hard to get going. Redescribing each location and character in each book. But it really starts picking up halfway. I’m about 80% done with the book now.
That all being said, the descriptions are extremely vivid and add so much.
I’m in the middle of a brain-candy cozy mystery “The Diva Cooks a Goose”, which is okay. I’m also reading nonfiction “Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I”. My teen and I are going to see the musical “Six” soon and I’ve been trying to learn a bit about the queens beforehand. I do like this one so far.
I just started Endymion after finishing Fall of Hyperion the other day. The Hyperion duology was fantastic and an instant favorite for me. I’ve heard the Endymion books are good, but different, so trying to temper my expectations a bit. So far so good.
That’s good to hear. I loved Hyperion but have been reluctant to start Endymion because of hearing the same sorts of things about it.
I think I read all 4? Or maybe just the first 3? I forget. None of them were as mindblowing as the 1st book–it set such a high bar–but I fondly remember going through all the books, and want to read them again someday.
I’m reading Black House, by Stephen King and Peter Straub. About half in the novel, I had some difficulties to be taken with it, but I start being hooked up, we will see… My opinion so far is that it’s not at the level of it’s prequel (The talisman, by Stephen King and Peter Straub) that I read just before and was very gripping.
I am reading The Motorcyle Diaries by Che Guevara in spanish.
I really like that book, but I hope you know spanish, otherwise it could be a bit difficult for you. I was able to drastically improve my motorcycle riding skills, but I read mine in english, so it might be a bit different, not sure.
Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The third book in an awesome space opera trilogy.
Mad Ship by Robin Hobb. Every book I read by her further makes her one of my favorite fantasy writers.
Eyes of the Void is the second book. ;) Lords of Uncreation is the third!
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Are these in the same universe as the spider ones?
Trying to get trough Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. I like it but I don’t know why it’s taking me so long to finish. Next on my list is A Hat Full of Sky - I love discworld books so much!
im about to hop into my first discworld book soonish!
Which one did you choose to start with? I started with Equal Rites, witches are the best!
I’ve finally gotten around to “Fire and Fury: Inside the trump White House”, and I have to say: this is an absolute drama story. Like, there’s intrigue and scheming for days.
It’s simultaneously hilarious and horrifying that what feels like reading a kind of soap opera or reality show is a legitimate account of what went on in the White House.
Someone here at lemmy suggested World War Z. Bought it, read it, loved it
what did you like so much about it? i’m just finishing odd thomas by Dean Koontz and need something to read next. I’m not a huge sci-fi fan but I do like thrillers and some horror themes. I’ve ready a few tough books so far this year that i just didn’t get into (perfume, murder room) where they consumed over a month of my time because I could only read one chapter a night because it would put me to sleep.
I just started reading P. Djeli Clark’s A Master of Djinn but I’m not far enough in to know if I’ll really like it. So far so good, though.
I had a hard time getting into that one. You’ll have to come back an update us after you’re done! I’d love to hear if you think it was a worthy read.
Will do!
I am reading ’ “Ataturk, the rebirth of a nation” of Lord Kinross. I liked it so far.
This past week I read A Dreamer’s Tales by Lord Dunsany, and the short stories The Doom that Came to Sarnath and The Cats of Ulthar by H.P. Lovecraft. The latter are part of the book club at !lovecraft and the former to get some background on what Lovecraft was reading at the time.
I’ve just started The Stand by Stephen King. I finished 1Q84 from Murakami few weeks ago and somehow the hunger for again something longer got me. Oh well, this is going to take its own time.
I hear that… I’m on a string of long books myself and it is taking its sweet (but enjoyable) time…
1Q84 is one of my favs that i’ve read in the last few years
I’ve been reading the murderbot diaries by Martha Wells. I’m on the third entry in the series now and really enjoying it.
