Had a busy week, so couldn’t get much reading done. So still at pretty much the same place in Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (first book in her October Daye urban fantasy series).
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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Just bought this (the alchemist’s secret by clare marchant) and will start reading tomorrow. it was $2 :D
Finished Metro 2033 the other day, so now I’m continuing with Metro 2034.
Got a big pile of shame (shame on me) but my current reading list (selected out of that pile) is ‘Caesar’ by Shakespeare, a collection of Albert Camus’ dramas and a book by Alberto Angela about love and sexuality in ancient Rome (couldn’t find the title in English so I think it hasn’t been translated?).
I grabbed “The Shadow Out Of Time” by H.P. Lovecraft in the new section of my local library and holy shit!!
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell, and 3rd Murder Bot. Just finished listening to In the Devil’s Snare which was quite enlightening.
I just finished up The Expanse with the final novella after restarting the series on book 7 last week and now I’m back into fantasy land with book 10 of The Wheel of Time, Crossroads of Twilight. Sadly this is the lowest rated of the series and supposedly the “final boss” of “the slog” between books 6 and 11. Robert Jordan is just so easy to read and/or listen to though so I’m still having a good time, even if not a lot happens. I’ll probably plan on polishing off the remaining 4 books after this and then I need to decide what series I’ll start next.
Having recently finished book 10, yeah, it’s sort of difficult. It’s kind of the culmination of Jordan’s navel gazing where the whole book has maybe two chapters that move the plot along, and not a lot at that. Practically nothing happens, and the progress could’ve been just quickly summarized in the next book. Note that I did like the book, and I’m not saying it’s bad or anything, just sort of emblematic of what I find most annoying about Jordan’s writing. Luckily, the next book picks up the pace considerably and develops a sense of urgency.
I’m in the middle of Mossflower, the second redwall book. It’s taking me far longer than I expected to read. I like the writing style but something about it puts me to sleep right away so I’m only reading like 2 pages a night.
I’m also listening to Accomplice to the Villain which is just light and fluffy.
The dead take the A train
“The 22 Murders of Madison May”. A science fiction thriller about a serial killer traveling through parallel dimensions and killing the same young woman in every dimension.
This is my first time using Libby to borrow a book from my public library.
I’m currently reading The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang. It’s Joan of Arc meets Pacific Rim but done really well. I have about 130 pages left before I finish.
Kind of… quit reading for a while since having a new job. But I have “Revenge Of Odessa” on on-hold.
I’m reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
I’m not sure how much I like it. It does a very good job of giving a look into African society around the time of slavery and missionaries, so I can see why it is touted as such an important novel. That said, I don’t love the writing style or the characters.
I recently went to my local library and grabbed a book called Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness written by David Attenborough and Colin Butfield.
I’m only 2 chapters in but it’s about all the things Attenborough has learned about the oceans in his prolific lifetime.
And as usual he makes you feel like shit because of what humanity is doing to the environment while also making you hopeful that humans will change and learn how to live symbiotically with the world around us.
Just finished “Death of the Author” by Nnedi Okorafor and enjoyed it immensely; I’ve been recommending it to everyone. It’s a good blend of Afro-futurism, literary fiction, and sci-fi.
Now on “Helm” by Sarah Hall, and while I’m only partially through it, the writing is absolutely stellar.
For lighter fare, I particularly enjoyed “The Tainted Cup” and Drop of Corruption" by Robert Jackson Bennett.
I completed book 8 of Dungeon Crawler Carl yesterday and now I’m on to the new Dresden novella OutLaw.
I just finished DCC 8 for the second time today. I like to speed through a new book, then go back and read/listen to it at a more leisurely pace to make sure I catch details and highlight themes, foreshadowing, favorite bits, etc. Also to see how I did with my first round of highlighting foreshadowing. 😁
Can’t wait for the next two!
Can’t wait for Mirror Mirror, going to speed up on Dresden Files and catch up by the time it’s released.
Yeah, following it regularly.
