I am reading mangas these days. Read first 4 volumes of Attack on Titans, but since I am reading these through 3-in-1 omnibus, going to read till 6th volume at least. Will decide the next book after that.
What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?
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Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty. Super interesting so far!
Currently working my way through book 3 of “The Sun Eater” series by Christopher Ruocchio. Enjoying the books so far!
It’s time. I’ve started my annual trek through Middle-earth. I’m reading the first book of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. I’ve been looking forward to this all year long. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to lose myself in Eriador.
I’m on my second attempt at the Lord of the Rings. The first attempt was I think in middle school with a copy from the library.
I hope you enjoy it. At this point, having read it every year for like 20 years, I must conclude that it is my favourite book. That being said, Tolkien’s writing, especially the slower pacing, is definitely not everyone’s cup of tea, so don’t feel bad if you just can’t get into it. There’s plenty of other great books to read.
Not quite reading it every year, but every five years or so. It is such a comforting read and one of my favorites as well.
Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive book 4, Rhythm of War. I opened Way of Kings for the first time 5 weeks ago and 3600ish pages later I’m still engrossed. I’d planned on waiting for the series to finish but I missed chewing through epic fantasy on this scale.
Once I’m caught up through book #5 I’m thinking its time for another go at Malazan.
Other than Martin, Rothfuss and Jordan are there any other works with similar scale/complexity/depth as Stormlight and Malazan?
Have you read the witness stuff yet? I read the first butbhavnt started the second yet.
Its definitely not the same scale, but I got into Glenn Cooks black company from malazan and loved it!
Who wrote The Witness? Not an easy title to search for 😅
I read Black Company yeaaars ago and the grimdark and gritty writing definitely primed me for Malazan. I’ll definitely look into it again!
I partly want 1000+ page epics for the dollar to hour ratio; trying to support my local bookstore but paying $20-30+ for paperbacks stings. The look on bookstore lady’s face when I showed up for #4 a week after buying #3 was definitely worth it, though!
Oh sorry! I mean the witness trilogy by Steven Erikson. A follow up to malazan. The god is not willing was the first of the trilogy. Definitely a touch different stylistically but I really enjoyed the first one. Its Erikson so it’s a pretty long one so might be like what you’re looking for?
Also, Glenn cook released lies weeping, a new chronicle of the black company. I havnt read it yet, but its on my list. Might be worth checking out if you liked the stuff before!
Unconquerable Sun. It’s a sort of Alexander the Great in space with gender norms thrown out the window. Super detailed. Super layered. Amazing writing. Kate Elliott is one of my favorite authors based on this book!
Thank you, added to the list!
Currently reading The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin.I read it decades ago and liked it but with increasing age comes an even deeper appreciation.
We’re recording the next episode of the podcast on Friday, where we’re talking about Delilah S Dawson’s sapphic horror Bloom and I’ll find out then what our next group read is.
I’m having a Mistborn summer, already coming towards the end of #2 of 7! Sandon Branderson sure does write long books, but these are like popcorn, lots of action and easy reads
Sanderson is a machine. I love how prolific he is. Whenever I’m in the mood to read his style, there’s always something new to pick up.
I read the Mistborn books about 10 years ago – and the follow-up series maybe 3 years ago. Very fun!
This week I started The Dresden Files and have made it to the end of the second book in three days. So enjoying it so far!
Thanks for the rec ;p
Oooh, would love to hear what you think of the books as you continue with the series.
My initial thoughts so far are that the writing style / feel reminds me a lot of the Odd Thomas books from Dean Koontz but I will let you know as I go along how I am finding them :D
That’s a very strange comparison, but I only read 1 Odd Thomas book, and that was couple of decades ago, so don’t recall them clearly.
I can’t even put my finger on why it feels similar to me so I can’t quantify that at all, I guess it is just that. A feeling.
Just finished Blindsight by Peter Watts (fucking excellent, possibly a new favourite)
Gonna try tackling House of Leaves again now that I’m all done school!
Interesting, haven’t read a hard sci-fi book in quite a while, going to check it out.
Definitely recommend Blindsight!
Thanks, have added it to my list.
Get echopraxia too (the sequal)!
Planning to! I also really wanna check out the rifters series, I really am quite fond of his style of writing.
I just finished Pachinko. I don’t get the hype. Interesting historical perspective regarding Koreans in Japan that I didn’t have. Decent story premise, but really flat writing. I cared enough to finish the book, but overall it was a big “meh” for me.
Currently working my way through This Inevitable Ruin the 7th book in the DCC series. Really enjoying this series and glad I picked it up.
Also listening to Queens at War the last book in Aliison Weir’s series on English Medieval Queens. Thr series has been a bit hit and miss. Feels at times the Queen being documented isnt always at the forefront, but its a lot of information I never knew.
Reading The Martian after reading and watching Project Hail Mary
I’ve been having a great time reading Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. Highly recommend this book.
Continuing on with my summer reading, I’ve picked up I, Robot (Asimov) and Professor and the Madman (Winchester) from the library.
I also checked out Hatchet (Paulsen). My niece is reading it, figured it’d be fun and quick to join in.
On the listening side, I’ve been going through Disrupting the Game by Reggie Fils-Aime since he reads the audiobook himself. It’s very directed towards the business advice angle, but there’s good biographical and Nintendo history info in there.
I started reading The Enemy by Lee Child. Not my first choice, but a friend gave me all her old books last Christmas so I feel somewhat obligated to read it. It’s easy to read, and it’s thrilling enough to compel me onwards, but the dialogue is vapid and there’s a lot of Clancyisms where the story will focus on over romanticising the army, kplus I think one chapter only existed so the author could use as many homophobic slurs as he knew, which was off-putting.
Every time I see those books I want to start singing “🎶Leeeeee Child, things are gonna get easier.🎵”
Working through the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown I’m on the third book Morning Star at the moment.
I was at a local book store and saw Pierce Brown’s book, but they didn’t had the Red Rising in stock atm. Should get to it soon-ish.
