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I’m reading Discworld series after some Lemmings suggested it. They’re great! Read Sourcerer and Guards! Guards! And just starting Men at Arms
I laughed so much at the Brotherhood scenes in Guards! When the brothers are bickering, and when the guy has to recite the whole long password but the last line is incorrect.
I like Discworld too.
Death’s End by Cixin Liu
It’s been an on and off affair for a little while now. I had a lot more free time back when I finished the first two, so I’m kinda struggling to get any meaningful reading done. Honestly, at this point I’d be happy just finishing this one by the end of the year.
It was my favourite of the bunch, although IMO it should've been two books instead. But I understand he wanted a trilogy, it being the Three Body Problem and all that.
Enjoy the ride!
I'm in the middle of the Hyperion Cantos series. It's exceptionally good sci-fi, reminds me a lot of games like Elite Dangerous :)
Nice, I just started The Rise of Endymion
One book behind ya :)
Have you read The Expanse? How does it compare?
I loved the Expanse series, but like Hyperion better. Has the literary structure of Canterbury Tales if you've read that. The story spans four books and doesn't click entirely until you reach the last part of the last book. It's fantastic. (I'm rereading the series)
Hyperion is a bit more futuristic, but a lot more asymmetric compared to Expanse, keeping it fresh. It's ideas and ethics go a lot further. It asks and answers questions that people are currently concerned about, or could soon be concerned about, give or take a century or two. I won't spoil it, but it's excellent sci-fi. The author clearly did a lot of research while writing it. :)
Currently: Expanse book #1, Discworld book #1, Code by Charles Petzvold, and Raspberry Pi Operating System Assembly Language: Hands On Guide by Bruce Smith. I tend to switch between them based on my mood
The Color of Magic may be my favorite book of all time.
Raspberry Pi, eh? I have a Raspberry Pi 400.
Lemmy.
Re-reading the Count of Monte Cristo
"Burn Book" by Kara Swisher A book about Big Tech and Tech Giants by the one journalist, who followed the development in Silicon Valley from the beginning. So far I like it very much. Swisher is still convinced, that tech (companies) can make this place a better world, if it wasn't for the irresponsibility of its owners. It's comforting to see her love for tech, her frustration with company leaders, and her firm belief, that it might still work out somehow. I'm curious, how it will go on and what she thinks might help getting tech back on track.
How are you liking F is for Fugitive?
It’s great…the detective was staying at a motel and investigating someone’s murder and played the anti-hero by beating someone up.
I suspect there’s a twist further in the story, but I don’t know for certain: I’m still reading it and I just had it renewed by my local librarian.
Been on a mystery kick lately too. Not much time to physically read so all audiobooks here. Recently finished "Holly" by Stephen King and "Listen for the Lie" by Amy Tintera. Both are great as audiobooks!
Tomorrow, I'm completing "Tell the Machine Good Night" by Katie Williams (SciFi... Just okay ". After I'm excited to move onto "Dungeon Crawler Carl". I heard from many its one of best audiobooks ever!
Recently completed HFM Prescott’s The Man on a Donkey, a wonderful piece of historic fiction about the main actors (and a few fictional ones) of the 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace—a rebellion against the religious changes of Henry VIII. Despite being a scholar of 16th century England I’m not at all interested in historical fiction, but this was quite a beautiful work set as a chronicle and tracing half a dozen characters from their youth until the final suppression of the Pilgrimage in summer 1537. Prescott does get straight to business so I can imagine it would be a bit difficult to place oneself without preexisting knowledge of late medieval/early modern England, but that thrown-in-the-deep-end attitude worked for me.
Edit: word is that Hilary Mantel was deeply influenced by Prescott, as was the playwright of A Man for All Seasons.
Picked up The Book of Elsewhere by China Miéville and Keanu Reeves. It's part of the BRZRKR universe from comic books.
I gotta be honest though, the BRZRKR story is so incredibly visual, it doesn't translate well to a novel.
My library loan for the Expanse second book expired because I was lazy. Also I had a 5h car trip the other day and decided for the first time to start listening to an audio book! It will take me 20ish hours of listening to finish the first book of Lord of the rings but I am kinda exited about it!
Audiobooks are great for commutes. If you got the version narrated by Andy Serkis, be prepared for him to really dig deep into the songs and rhyming.
Nah I've been listening to it in my native tongue!
Currently reading A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine. Liking it so far.
Last finished A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers. Didn't enjoy it as much as The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.
I started reading progression fantasy on Royal Road earlier this year (a site for posting web serials). Here's my current follow list (excluding stories that are on hiatus):
Long way to a small angry planet
I'm currently slogging through the Illuminatas trilogy, things finally feel like they're starting to make sense. Let's hope it stays like that
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,
The Spell Shop
Demon Copperhead
Two Twisted Crowns
I particularly loved the first two, as I couldn't put them down.
Demon Copperhead was a difficult read, emotionally, and I recommend reading it before or after "The Empire of Pain".
The last one is the second (and final) book of The Shepherd King series, which features a very interesting magic system along with great characters
The watery world of Kevin, Tim Dortwell
How to skin a flintmouse, Fred Offerberry
9 sticks to flank priority, Jeffrey Ghinslee
The Yellow Toad, Rudolf Vadonski
Itchy pyjamas and other stories, Max Ipon
Tenerife Tundra: the world's lobster, Carmen Fondadraiyan
Banning Dr Banner, Harriet Klomeister
A house without a home, Theodore Jenkins
Fire of Unknown Deeps, Zack Miriamopolis
Dancing with Dinosaurs: A palaeolithic guide to coprolites, Bear Kotzen
My tiny book of cycle parts, Nomi Klinger
Several of us are ghosts, Johnathan Alterjungman
Strategies to win your enemies, Zyla Ponmadash
Xerox: Bullemia and other copycats, Pulmanor Jee-Artor
Satisfy your inner clown, Cadence Dockdrop
Neal Mcneely Presents: Lime, Barbara Fremdhoven
Valerie's excuse to bludgeon, Val Livmoor
Getting it on with the Jenkins: Lightbulb manufacture, Arthur and Marie Jenkins
Floor exercises for beached whales, Humphrey Hatfordkins
Talking to Daria: 90 short stories, Aston Mershlect
Reading "suck it in and smile" in French to try to get some vocab back after letting my French rust in a ditch for a few years. Enjoying reading French and seeing the spellings of words I used regularly.
That said the story is quite underwhelming with some key points that aren't much of Anything new. Its very short though and easy enough to read despite the language so I'll finish it up soon and move on to a more interesting story
"Come closer" by Sara Gran. I'm half way through it. I loooove spooky books and this fits the bill. ETA: Finished it yesterday and the ending kinda fell flat.
Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind.
I just finished 'the year of the locust'.
It's 85% good spy thriller and the last bit gets a bit weird.
Normally I love weird books but I felt like this one didn't stay on its 'track'.
Still definetly recommend the previous book by the author 'I am pilgrim' it's great.
I'm currently reading The Idiot by Dostoevsky. It's a lot more readable than I was expecting, though keeping track of all the character's names is tricky at times (especially when they have multiple nicknames and alternate between referring to their first and middle names, and surname). I'm about a third of the way through; it feels like I'm yet to get to the 'meat' of the story. So far it has involved a naïve Prince getting to know various people in Russia, and invariably getting muddled up in their affairs. I'm fascinated to see where things go though!