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I've just started reading The Wager. I'm a sucker for ship based media, and I'm hoping this'll be no exception.

It's my third book of the year after previously reading both A Clash of Kings and How to get rid of a president

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[–] EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago

I just read "Eyes Guts Throat Bones", highly recommend at least reading the "Rath" story

[–] runwaylights@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I finished A Memory of Light (the final book in the Wheel of Time Series) and The Last Metal by Brandon Sanderson. Now I'm rereading The Lord of the Rings.

I'm also reading The Recording Engineers Handbook and Complete Vocal Technique.

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[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Currently about a third of the way through "Babel: Or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Translator's Rebellion" by R.F. Kuang.

It's pretty good so far, but also I'm really still waiting for the plot to kick into gear, lots of wonderful world building has been taking place so far.

Also, you and I have the same Kobo! I'm a fan of this device, and haven't read a physical book since last June.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

"My Heart Is A Chainsaw" by Steven Graham Jones

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm currently reading Fool's Fate, the third in the Tawny Man trilogy, which itself is the 3rd trilogy in the Realm of the Elderlings sequence by Robin Hobb. I've loved every book so far and this is no exception although

spoilerI'm still grieving Nighteyes

Poor Fitz has had a shit life so far. I'm hoping he gets some sort of happiness before the end of this one.

[–] bonegakrejg@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

I'm on the 3rd Liveship Traders book by her right now. So 6 books deep into Elderlings with no plans on stopping. Robin Hobb is a complete genius at character writing.

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[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 1 points 9 months ago

Dungeon Crawler Carl and Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Sanderson

[–] Kraiden@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

It's fucking great!

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just started raft by Stephen Baxter, little concerned when I found out there are a dozen more books, roughly.

Digging the first though, so...

[–] alansuspect@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I read through all of them a couple of years ago, he's one of my favourite writers and all the books are pretty good. They jump around a lot and try different things which keep it interesting, from what I remember.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Okay. I have the omnibus now, which I understand is the first four novels.

So are the final xeelee sequence titled novels the ending books of the entire series?

Is the series finally ended?

[–] 0xb@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Hey I have The Wager in my list, but right now I'm reading The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber, it's excellent. Going really slow because it contains so much information, I read a few pages and that sends me in a research spiral for an hour and a thoughts spirals for the day.

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