Finished The Novice by Trudi Canavan. The second book in The Black Magician trilogy.
Found the second half to be more interesting than the first half, but that is probably just me.
Started Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman, book 2 of Dungeon Crawler Carl.
What about all of you? What have you all been reading or listening to lately?
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Partway through Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I’ve known of it for years but somehow never picked it up until recently. I’ll probably finish it tomorrow.
I’m also reading A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan. It’s fun, featuring the adventures of an lady in fantasy not-England who’s fascinated by dragons. I’m not that far in, so we’ll see where it goes!
Just finished Prador Moon by Neal Asher. Kind of a vicious war story in a high-tech sci-fi galaxy. I’ve read a couple of this author’s other books, and I’m enjoying getting to know the Polity setting.
I also finished Dragon Champion by EE Knight. This one was a bit more of a struggle to finish. I’m not sure why. It started out strong, following the hatching and life of a dragon in a world that mostly hunts dragons down. I really enjoyed the author’s take on a dragon life stages and how he characterized the main character, but it didn’t quite have that “one more page!” quality for me.