Books

Currently on the third book of J. D. Kirk's Bob Hoon series

I've never laughed so much at an audiobook in my life.

Imagine if you took something like The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and made it really Scottish, extra violent and incredibly sweary. That's Bob Hoon

Female villain - "I'd ask you to join our operation, Mr Hoon, but I know exactly what you'd say"

Hoon - "I'd tell you to shove it up your fish-hole, you badly-aimed batch of ejaculate"

Female villain - "Well ok, I didn't know exactly what you'd say..."

If you didn't already read it: O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin Series. He greally goes deep into ships and sailing but the story is still compelling.

Exile

Book 2 in the chronological order of The Legend of Drizzt series

Not sure what happened but I used to knock back 50-80 books a year, now I barely read anymore. I'm trying to get back into it with all the books being on every electronic device so I can read wherever, and I have two physical copies of the books from different releases. Yet I'm still dragging my feet getting through it.

The frustrating thing is once I get into the book I don't want to put it down, but once I stop reading it's hard to start again.

I miss reading.

Incidentally, I was looking at the Kobo readers recently and they look pretty neat!

I'm doing a beta-read. Well written, great ideas, etc. Unfortunately, the book is turning out to be much darker than I'm comfortable with. I'll probably try to get to the halfway point before deciding to give up.

“A” Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton.

I found a book series to read from my local library and the librarian told me Sue passed away before she could finish her book series, so I took it up.

Working my way through He Who Fights with Monsters by Shirtaloon (aka Travis Deverell), currently on Book 7.

Just finished "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" by Gabrielle Devin and currently reading"The Code Book" by Simon Singh.

I read The Wager a few months back. I enjoyed it. If you’re looking for something else in that vane you might try Batavia by Peter  FitzSimons.

I am currently rereading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. It’s a great read, but a little dark.

I just finished Lieutenant Hornblower and am thoroughly enjoying the series. I’ll be starting Hornblower and the Hotspur soon.

Working through Perdido Street Station on my new Kobo. I understand the critiques on pacing, and spending too much time on world building as now, 400 pages in, races, sections of the city, creatures, and cultures are still being introduced. But it has been an enjoyable ride so far, especially with one of the main PoVs being one of my favorite tropes of just "scientist doing science"

Just finished rewatching The Magicians, since it's my favorite darker adult magic TV Show. Now I am about to start The Magicians by Lev Grossman to see what it's like. Heard the books are more nihilistic.