Reading Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (first book in her October Daye urban fantasy series). About halfway through the book, things are getting interesting, mainly because we are learning more of the world and how it works, still no solution to actual problem though, but I doubt we will get it before the end.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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Last two weeks I finished Ken Macleods’ “Newton’s wake”. An okay book but not a page turner for me. Decided to re-read the bobiverse books after that, I figured it was time since there’s an upcoming new book. I realised later that the new book will be released as an audiobook first… Currently halfway through number four “Heaven’s river”. The book are still great reading them for a second time.
Currently reading Slow Gods by Claire North and I’m really enjoying it so far (I’m about 25% in) - its a sci-fi which tackles many currently relevant questions like end-stage capitalism, gender identity and activism. Your uncle who calls everything woke would hate it.
I really enjoyed this one. Shades of The Culture novels with a dash of cosmic horror
Adding Slow Gods to my backlog, thanks for sharing the recommendation 😊
Reading Project Hail Mary. I’m not really a reader and I bought this when I was drunk with friends. Had a flight coming and figured I might as well read it. I’m enjoying it.
One of the few books (if not the only) that I managed to read in a few days, being a slow reader myself.
Very fun and moving sci-if piece. Goes even better in these uncertain and unhappy times.
It’s a fun read. Wish it had a slightly stronger plot but I get that the focus was on exploration and hard Sci-fi, I didn’t mind.
Book of Night by Holly Black. I’m not sure how I feel about it, despite being nearly halfway through it.
Blindsight by Peter Watts
Really interesting take on a first contact story. Highly recommend.
Blindsight is the first book in a long time that really got into my head and scared me.
This is the one book I keep thinking about when I’m having a bout of existentialism, one of the best first contact type novels I’ve read
Hell yeah! I’m still sub-100 pages but I’m really enjoying it so far!
I finished Esrahaddon and Drumindor to be up to date with Michael J Sullivan’s books. Esrahaddon was one of my favourites to date and returning to Riyria in Drumindor was pretty good.
The “Scottish” speech of the dwarves drove me up the wall though. It was this weird mixture of Scottish, Irish and “nobody speaks like that anywhere” and reminded me of that one time I was in a gas station in Texas when the guy behind the counter asked me if I’m from Ireland (I’m from Scotland) and when I told him that he said knew someone from Glasgow and asked me if I knew them.
Anyhoo, next up was James Herbert’s The Rats which after recommending to someone here I figured I should reread after 25 years or so. It’s done and I’m on the 2nd book, Lair. The titular rats make for a wonderful horror antagonist and Herbert expertly stokes the tension before people get eaten.
Well… did you know them?
I, Jedi by Micheal A Stockpole. Depending on which legends list you go by, it’s either before or after the Jedi Academy trilogy. I’m assuming it takes place in that time frame and a little further.
So I may be reading it out of order, but hey. Luke’s gone and petitioned for his academy, which chronologically already happened.
Been trying to get through super Communicators by Charles Duhigg for ages. Don’t get the time to read much. And the book is also padded out with a lot of chaff. It is interesting though.
Today I’m finishing up Chaos Vector by Megan E. O’Keefe. 2 books in and I really like it. Lots of space opera fun. I’m excited to see where it’s going to go in the third book. There was a pretty big reveal in the middle of this book and it’s keeping me hooked.
After I finish, I’m going to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid. 17, Diper Överlöde since my hold became available from the library. I don’t want to keep some kid waiting, so I’ll get that one done quick. I’ve been reading these since they seem popular with kids and I was curious what kids read these days. When I was a kid it was all about Goosebumps, Animorphs, and His Dark Materials for me.
I will definitely take recommendations on recent scifi stuff kids read if anyone has any.
I finished Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey. I found it to be an easy and pleasant read. It left me wanting to experience more of the world. Good thing there’s still a lot of Pern books for me to explore.
I’m almost done reading The Magicians by Lev Grossman. The pacing is odd and the main characters are insufferable, but I’m enjoying it immensely. I hope it’s able to stick the landing and that the rest of the trilogy will be equally good.
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Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead.
It’s funny, informative, exciting, and not like any other book you’ve read.
A Harlem businessman has to do a little fencing to keep his furniture store open. He’s a good family man who just wants to serve the community by selling good products at a reasonable price. Too bad he has to manage crooks, corrupt cops, and other problems.
Currently reading Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Book 4 in the series. Really good, but jumps around a lot. Certainly not one to read an hour a night. Really needed longer sessions to keep all the characters in my head 😁
I just finished children of memory and struggled with that book a lot because of the time jumps and confusing plot as well, seems like the next book is more of the same, the first 2 books in this series was really interesting, is the 4th book worth it
I’d say yes. It focuses on a new, uplifted animal from the same world as the spiders and fleshes out the aftermath of the original earth conflict.
I’m reading The Devil’s Elixirs by E. T. A. Hoffmann. Published in 1815, it’s a weird gothic horror story about a fallen monk. It’s surprisingly psychologically astute, but I have no idea where it’s going to go from here. I like it. It’s available on Project Gutenberg if you’re interested.
I’m currently listening to Of Blood and Fire by Ryan Cahill. It’s ok. It’s basically Eragon but a little bit darker. I’ve not finished it yet but currently it’s hovering at a solid 6/10 ok but nothing special. It’s a very generic fantasy, I’m interested enough to finish it and probably read some more depending on how good the ending is. I’ve heard the other books in the series get better.
Started reading Red Rising by Pierce Brown, so far it reads like a YA novel which I don’t like, hopefully that changes as I read further
I don’t think the style changes much as the book goes on, but I really like this series.
If the style bothers you, you might have a hard time finishing it.
The first book is about teenagers but they do age as the story goes. By book 4, the main character is around 30. However, the style of storytelling didn’t feel much different to me.
I think the YA gets easier to ignore, but it is consistent throughout the book. I had the same impression and while I made it through the first book I don’t see myself continuing the series.
