I just finished Death Masks by Jim Butcher, 5th book of The Dresden Files. Really enjoying the series.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening?
I’m on the final stretch of Well of Ascension in the Mistborn trilogy.
It has it’s weaknesses here and there but all in all it’s been pulling me deeper into the world.Yeah, Well of Ascension is the weakest of the three - as is a little typical for Sanderson it acts as a joiner/primer for the final act in HoA.
Looking forward to the grand finale thats building up rn and what comes next in HoA then!
My pet peeves are the interchangeable/inconsequential nature of soothing and rioting, elend whining to himself for pages on end (“why oh why can’t i protect literally everyone in the entire world at the same time, personally?!”) and honestly sometimes the somewhat clumsy writing. Might just be me in the last point.
While Mistborn is a great entry point into Sanderson for many people, to me, it really feels like a freshman effort. I can’t ever bring myself to do a full reread of those books, as they don’t feel as polished or as well put together as his later work. Well of Ascension especially feels like it’s there because a trilogy needs a middle book.
Finished K. Arsenault Rivera’s The Warrior Moon a few days ago, and . . . hmm. It’s difficult to evaluate fairly, because one part tripped a trigger of mine that almost caused an abrupt interfacing of book with wall. Overall, I guess I enjoyed it despite those bits, and despite the odd pacing that has been a feature of the entire trilogy.
I just finished White Sand by Brandon Sanderson and really enjoyed it.
Listenkng to a couple of shorter Dean Koontz books (currently Odd Thomas) before starting on The Wheel of Time series to give that a try!
Which version did you read? The prose or the graphic novel? He mentioned (last year, I think) that a re-print / definitive edition was coming out, since many people can’t find the graphic novel. Have been waiting for that.
Haven’t read any Koontz book lately, but used to read him a lot. I think after Sanderson, Koontz is the writer I have most books off. Maybe I should check his newer work…
I am an audiobook only “reader” (don’t hate me people! XD) so I listened to the graphic audio version as I really like their output.
Koontz is a more recent discovery for me and I have enjoy most of his stories so far, he sort of scratches that Stephen King itch for me. I’m just working through as many of his books I can get in audiobook and trying to work from oldest to newest.
Heh, no worries, the thread is for both readers and listeners.
And yeah, I basically turned to Koontz because I thought King was too long-winded. Though, I have recently read King and enjoyed it.
It was the opposite for me, I love King and especially the longer stories xD Koontz I found after having listened to everything I could find of King.
@theskyisfalling @dresden don’t do wheel of time. It’s dumb. It’s epic and everything but dumb. Just clumsy writing and concepts. Some super original stuff but truly a lot of schlock.
Oh really? I’d heard that it was worth it. Is it dumb like Disc world, I couldn’t get into that cringe worthy idiocy.
@theskyisfalling I mean discworld is supposed to be funny. This guy named the bad guys Murderalls and all the people are named all fantasy names but one of the main characters is named Matt which felt like when the little grocery cart makes a noise every 10 seconds pushing it down an aisle. The women are the problem and bitchy. The men are quiet. Their problems would dissolve if they talked to each other just a little. The world building is epic and great but execution………
I know it is supposed to be but I listened to the first 7 books trying to get into it as people seem to regard it fairly highly but I just don’t understand the appeal of the 13 year olds humour personally.
I think like discworld I will give the wheel of time a try and see how I like it cause if I don’t try it I may miss out on something I enjoy. I do appreciate your input though and have tempered my expectations some what as prior to this I had only heard that is is “amazing”
I just read Comfort Me With Apples last night and was a bit disappointed. I’ve heard a lot of good things and I did like it a lot until the end when all the strangeness came together into a reveal… and it was just a bit too religious based for my liking. It was clever and the prose was beautiful but I was hoping for something else I guess.
I’m trying to read Kings of the Wyld at the moment, because I picked up the sequel in a bookshop and liked the prose, so figured I should read the first book (obviously).
And… it’s okay… but I can’t help but feel it has this constant undertone of boomer/misogynistic/wife bad humour. I’m a third of the book through and I’m really not engaged with the stakes.
I know what you mean. I think it’s partly because it’s based on D&D which tends to skew very male-heavy and the whole cast is a bunch of old men as well so it has that effect. I did enjoy it a bit more than you but I have yet to continue with the next book (which does seem like it might be better?)
There is also the inverse of the book called Queens of the Wyrd by Timandra Whitecastle which I have but haven’t read yet. Might be what you’re looking for!
Hm. I’ll push through to get to the sequel, seeing as that’s what I was originally interested in.
As for Queens of the Wyrd… It’s a direct mirror of Kings of the Wyld? Ha. I have been wanting to read more female POV by female authors, so I might give it a try if I end up enjoying the plot arc of Kings.