Last book I finished? The Dragon Reborn. Currently reading? The Princess Diaries.
Last finished was Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer. Currently reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
Project Hail Mary was excellent. Loved every second.
Story-wise, it felt a bit clunkier than the Marsian but I liked the worldbuilding a lot.
Same, I’m flying through it right now. Started it on Monday and already like 3/4 of the way through it.
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi - not high literature by any means, but a fun read nonetheless. Currently reading the sequel, The Ghost Brigades, which is equally as fun :)
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch – a really fun heist-y story set in an engaging and well-crafted fantasy world
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, and I hated it.
It takes a very cool premise, then fills it with incongruences and predictable twists that you understand chapters ahead of the protagonist. Then it all ends up being (SPOILERS AHEAD) a “humans used to literally talk to nature, modern society bad” mumbojumbo with some kind of unexplained multiverse in it.
Do audiobooks count?
Leviathan Falls by James S. A. Corey. It’s the final book in The Expanse series. Really got hooked on it. I haven’t made time to find another book since then though 🤔
I read up to Cibola Burn but then ran out at the time, I haven’t gone back since books beyond that came out. I need to start over. Would you describe it as a satisfying conclusion?
Yes, I was more than happy with the ending. Loose ends were pretty well tied up.
One day there’ll be an expanse movie that covers what the tv series didn’t… one day…
They absolutely do! I don’t understand the snobbery against audiobooks. When Borges lost his sight he had to have books read to him, and just consider the amazing stories he came up with (and the literary devices he developed) to make up for his blindness.
Just finished Harrow the Ninth.
It’s book 2 of the locked tomb and BOY is it a doosey. It’s been a LONG time since I’ve found an author so adept at mystery. And to have one with such style in their writing and characters is quite the combination. I can’t wait to see where Tamsyn Muir goes in books 3 and 4.
I’m about to keep reading the witches arc in Pratchett’s discworld with ‘Witches Abroad’, or I’ll finally finish the Lady Astronaut series with “Relentless Moon” by Mary Robinette Kowal.
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker. Unsurprisingly, I’ve become more conscious of my bedtime, but one small diagram was significant to me— having small periods where you wake up every 3 hours or so was a normal part of sleep. Since then, I’ve become less stressed over the quality of sleep I was getting, which then improved my sleep quality…
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I keep starting some books after this one but I can’t seem to finish anything.
Upgrade by Blake Crouch. Great book.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
I just finished this yesterday! Great read esp since I’m right around the same age as the main characters all the gaming nostalgia rang particularly true to me.
Yeah I’m really liking it so far! I’m at the Both Sides section now and I really like the imagery the book paints in my head.
Currently reading war and peace by Tolstoi
hemingway’s debut the sun also rises, i went in blind and didn’t expect it to be about bull fighting. i enjoyed the vibe of the 1920s travel through spain and france, the aimless plot and the character interactions.
i learned that bullfighting is terrible and cringed at the casual anti-semitism all over the book
I just finished Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Great book, that not only coined terms like “avatar” and “metaverse” (for better or worse), but is also really well written. It somehow manages to find a tone that is consistent for the dystopian worldbuilding, the silly and self-aware things that happen in the world, and the philosophical aspect dealing with culture, religion and free will. Highly recommend!
And I’m currently reading his newest novel, Termination Shock. Quite different, but still has that Stephenson sense of world building that I love.
This was the first book of him I read, but I will definitely check out his other works if they’re all like this!
Everyone goes on about how important this book is, but I got barely 1/3 if the way through and bounced off it hard.
Horses for courses I guess.
I think it laid a lot of groundwork for books that came later. But as you said, not every book is for everybody.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. I enjoyed it very much!
