What book did you read last and what book are you currently reading? Would you recommend either of those books?
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Just finished Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky, very much enjoyed that. I've just started Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin. It's off to a cracking start - Rebus is in prison, what the what now?
As ever though I'm reading dozens of books. Most disappointing is John & Paul, A Love Story in Songs, by Ian Leslie. I bought it after going to a talk by the author. I'm a Beatles fan since childhood, so I thought it would be interesting. Well I guess I'm not a REAL Beatles fan, because I'm finding it tedious. Chapter 7 and it's still only 1962! I mean sure, it's fascinating that as a child, George Martin's family shared a communal lavatory with three other families, but please can we get back to the main subject?
Best of the rest is The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, by Steve Brusatte. Section 4 and we're only up to the Cretaceous, lol. I love this book, not just for the critters, but for the paleontologists, some amazing characters with epic stories of working with teeny tiny bones.
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Finished the fifth wheel of time book last week, about done with the sixth. They are awesome books. I cant wait till the main characters start fucking things up. Its coming.... i can feel it in my bones with every page.
Jesus the rings of fire and death at the end. 5 outta 7 for that book right there. God i wish the show wasnt canceled.
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I liked Children of Memory better than the other two.
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Reading: Vladimir Bartol, Alamut
Arguably the best Slovenian book ever. It has a lot to say about power, manipulation, faith etc. Would 100% recommend. -
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I am always reading one of Jarod K Anderson's collections of poems and I recommend them to everyone.
Currently reading, "The Bullet Swallower" by Elizabeth James GarcÃa. Yes, I would recommend it to any fans of magical realism and/or Cormac McCarthy.
Last book I read was "The Mirror and the Light" by Hilary Mantel. I would recommend it only to history nerds like me lol
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Currently working my way through the He Who Fights With Monsters audiobook series. It’s a LitRPG, so it comes with all of the trappings that entails. The main character can be a little insufferable at times, but it’s at least self-aware enough to recognize that and call it out. There have been several laugh-out-loud moments from references that I wasn’t expecting. It’s clear the writer is a big nerd with a fetish for bad 80’s films and philosophy. The narrator (Heath Miller) is fantastic.
My biggest complaint is more about the audiobook format; The series frequently rehashes character abilities. In a regular book, this wouldn’t be a problem. You could just turn the page and skip reading it. But for an audiobook, you can try skipping ahead but you’ll still inevitably end up listening to the same ability description that you have heard twenty times before. It also frequently rehashes things that just happened. That’s more a symptom of it gradually being released on the writer’s Patreon, before it is compiled into a full book. Rehash at the start of a chapter makes sense when you’re only reading a chapter per week. But when you’re listening to the entire book, the rehashes can get redundant.
Overall, I’d suggest it if you enjoy the genre. Even with the complaints, those are relatively minor and I have thoroughly enjoyed it so far.
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Oh man I loved This Is How You Lose The Time War!
Totally. If it had been described it to me, I'd have probably passed on it. But a friend of mine highly recommended it, and I'm glad that I listened. It's more interesting than it sounds, and its such a quick, enjoyable read.
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Last book: Perfume: The story of a murderer by Patrick Süskind. I ravaged through it quite fast and enjoyed the descriptive writing style immensely. It's supposedly a book with many intresting layers, but I loved as a novel about world of smell.
Currently: Though I tend to read several at the time depending on my mood, my main book is Breaking together: A freedom-loving response to collapse by Jem Bendell. I work with environmental stuff and I feel like we are past the point where ecological modernisation is a answer to all of our woes. It is well-written book and you can download it for free.
I loved Perfume. The movie is a lot of fun as well.
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Last: Undivided, by Neal Shusterman
This is the 4th/last in his series that begins with Unwind. I really enjoyed the whole series and recommend for anyone who enjoys dystopian themes and doesn't mind a touch of body horror.Current: Mort, by Terry Pratchett.
I'd read a bunch of the Rincewind Discworld novels ages ago and this is my jumping back in point for that universe. Would recommend to those who like silly fantasy and British humor. -
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Last book was "The Catcher in the Rye" (yes i'm late..) Can't really recommend but i'll definitely never forget that one.
Currently: Looking for Alaska. So many memories of my youth overwhelmed me. (banned in the US!?!?)
