Spren of Kindness she/her Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 I finished Day Zero! It was better than I expected. I'm usually rather skeptical of YA dystopias (oh, the hypocrisy...), but it was quite enjoyable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbondsmith He/him Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 On 2/23/2021 at 0:41 AM, aneonfoxtribute said: So uh. I'm on chapter 22 of Battle Ground and.... wow. Hide contents I'm not totally sure I like Murphy dying like that. Her dying makes sense, but her dying to RUDOLF? I think her dying doing down fighting an actual threat would have been better. But I'm also not entirely sure this will stick. We'll see Spoiler This is part of why I considered dropping the series. I heavily identified with Murphy, having suffered several injuries that left me with chronic pain and ended my martial arts career in between Skin Game and Peace Talks/Battle Ground. Her arc in these two books was a slap in the face to what I've been through, especially the thoughts that 'I can still do this' vs my body saying 'you definitely can't'. I wouldn't be as salty if she had actually had a mutual kill with the Jotun, but she doesn't even get the dignity of being taken out by her own reckless choice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneonfoxtribute Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Just finished Chapter 31 of Battle Ground and oh my GOD this book is so awesome. People DISLIKE this?! This is like pure unadulterated hype injected straight into my veins. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight he/him Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 1 hour ago, aneonfoxtribute said: Just finished Chapter 31 of Battle Ground and oh my GOD this book is so awesome. People DISLIKE this?! This is like pure unadulterated hype injected straight into my veins. Fans are a contentious bunch Waiting also appears to affect one's enjoyment. Later entries in multi volume series tend to have their lowest ratings right after they are released. I call this phenomena the Theorization Effect. Theorising goes through stages, starting from "I think this will happen" to "wouldn't it be cool if this happened" to "I hope this happens" to "this better happen". The longer the wait, the further along fans get on this path and the more likely they'll be disappointed. There's something similar with shipping, but that's a whole other mess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneonfoxtribute Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 One thing I'm surprised at is how Spoiler Kincaid has yet to be mentioned in the combat. Ivy is in the fight now so it's inconceivable to me that Kincaid isn't somewhere. Maybe I'm speaking too soon but I feel like he should already have been mentioned if he's here and if he's NOT here its weird 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneonfoxtribute Posted February 25, 2021 Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 I finished Battle Ground and yeah. That was awesome. Don't get why people hate it. And with that, aside from some short stories, I am now fully caught up with Dresden. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 I finished Day One and The Great Gatsby. Day One was good, as skeptical as I was (oh the hypocrisy of me making minor comments like this...) but I did not get The Great Gatsby at all. I'm still not sure how it concluded. At least part of it is because it's set in the 20s, and I'm not familiar with that era, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight he/him Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 49 minutes ago, Spren of Kindness said: I finished Day One and The Great Gatsby. Day One was good, as skeptical as I was (oh the hypocrisy of me making minor comments like this...) but I did not get The Great Gatsby at all. I'm still not sure how it concluded. At least part of it is because it's set in the 20s, and I'm not familiar with that era, though. Jay Gatsby was trying to enter into higher class society in order to win his "unrequited" crush. Despite him making a fortune and publically displaying the trappings of wealth, he is never actually accepted as a member of high society and, as a result, is rejected by Daisy. He then gets shot because of some convoluted car pooling. Don't you shush me about spoilers, the modernists care not for your modern day genre conventions! In either event, the meaning of the novel is succinctly summarized in the last line, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” Ponder on that and despair! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 15 minutes ago, Orlionra said: Jay Gatsby was trying to enter into higher class society in order to win his "unrequited" crush. Despite him making a fortune and publically displaying the trappings of wealth, he is never actually accepted as a member of high society and, as a result, is rejected by Daisy. He then gets shot because of some convoluted car pooling. Don't you shush me about spoilers, the modernists care not for your modern day genre conventions! In either event, the meaning of the novel is succinctly summarized in the last line, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” Ponder on that and despair! I thought he shot the other guy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight he/him Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Spren of Kindness said: I thought he shot the other guy. Nah, the other guy shot Jay and then himself because he thought Jay ran over his unfaithful wife. If I recall correctly, it was Daisy who ran over his wife. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, Orlionra said: Nah, the other guy shot Jay and then himself because he thought Jay ran over his unfaithful wife. If I recall correctly, it was Daisy who ran over his wife. Yeah, that's the only thing I was certain happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneonfoxtribute Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) And I have finished Side Jobs. I probably shouldn't have done this as the last thing, I didn't think it would be as good as what came later and it sure wasn't, but it still had good stories. Anyway I am now done with Dresden entirely . Now I can finally catch up on Shardcasts, I've only watched the Taravangian one out of all of the RoW Shardcasts (And the first two Parts of Overlady Reads which I also need to get to) Edited March 9, 2021 by aneonfoxtribute 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying she/her Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 I finished Shadow and Bone and The Dragon Reborn, so now I'm reading The Shadow Rising. I really liked TDR, and so far all my thoughts about WoT have been really positive. Shadow and Bone, though... I can't really decide how I feel about that book. It was fun and didn't take long to read, but the plot didn't actually interest me until about 75% through the book. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 DNF'd Catch-22, and picked up Kingdom of Liars. I'm in a bit of a reading slump right now, so it's going slow. I'm going to get... whatever the first Grisha book is, one of my friends was very excited about the trailer, so I figured I'd pick up the book, and while I won't share the excitement that she has, I still hope to enjoy it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren she/her Posted March 17, 2021 Report Share Posted March 17, 2021 I've recently been kinda obsessed with this manga called Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle. Starts out as just a running gag that the princess is willing to do anything to get good sleep while waiting for the hero to rescue her, but over time turns into a compelling story with real story arcs, a loveable cast of characters, and even a slow burn romance. I can't recommend it enough ugh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draginon he/him Posted March 17, 2021 Report Share Posted March 17, 2021 Got distracted from Colour of Magic for a few days but I finished it yesterday. It wasn’t a LOL funny for me but I did get a few chuckles out of it and appreciated the jokes I did get the reference to. Twoflower was a little groan worthy at the beginning but he grew on me by the end. Rincewind was very enjoyable the whole time. Luggage... it was hit and miss for me but I will say when Rincewind ended up on the airplane in the dragon chapter and Luggage appeared it felt like a horror movie moment and I had to reread a few sentences just to make sure I was reading it right. I won’t give my thoughts on Death since I’ve heard He’s not his normal self in this book and He starts being the Death everyone loves in the next book but solidified in Mort. I was surprised by the lack of footnotes in the book since even I know how famous Pratchett is for having footnotes and there’s only one here and I think it was just to explain the seasons. I hope the rest have way more than that to justify the whole being famous for them. Well onto The Light Fantastic and see how Rincewind survives his cliffhanger to end up doing more ‘adventures’ on the Discworld. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted March 17, 2021 Report Share Posted March 17, 2021 I'm steadily chipping away at Kingdom of Liars, with hopes of doing a five-hour marathon on Saturday to finish it off. I'm also reading Illuminae Files: Gemina, as the library finally got it! That's going pretty well, because it's easy to find a stopping place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight he/him Posted March 18, 2021 Report Share Posted March 18, 2021 After a work related break, I'm finally reading The Unholy Consult, the final book in R Scott Bakker's Aspect Emperor series! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted March 18, 2021 Report Share Posted March 18, 2021 (edited) *crawls out of my room, disoriented* ...what year and universe is it? Yeah, I finished Kingdom of Liars and Gemina. That was a good 900 pages, wildly different themes, but good. Gemina spoilers below: Spoiler I'm a little irritated that they did the cop-out boyfriend death again, but I also didn't like Nik, so... So, now I've got plans to reread Storm Glass and The Lost Planet, both about 300 pages long. I'm seeing a trend here... A fantasy, and then a sci-fi. Does anyone have recommendations for sci-fi stories? Something involving escaping a place, that shows the impact of war, but not super graphic. I can only check the library's new release page so often. Or good dystopians, I feel like I could pick up one or two of those. Edited March 18, 2021 by Spren of Kindness 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urrutiap Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Currently re-reading Star Wars Dark Disciple along with the rest of Star Wars book 1 of Bounty Hunter Wars Trilogy. Next time Im hoping to start reading Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 I read Obsidio, and am currently trudging through WOT 2: The Great Hunt. It's not really going anywhere. I want to like it, but I haven't found anything super interesting so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Finished Gaunts Ghost 7 last night and went onto 8. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 I'm almost halfway through The Great Hunt. Still rather confused, but bluffing works wonders. One spoiler below: Spoiler Selene... I'm not very impressed. I've skimmed pretty much everything she's in because it's so awkward. My current guess is that she turns out to be evil and Rand will go back to his 'true love' Egwene. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkum he/him Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Spren of Kindness said: I'm almost halfway through The Great Hunt. Still rather confused, but bluffing works wonders. One spoiler below: Hide contents Selene... I'm not very impressed. I've skimmed pretty much everything she's in because it's so awkward. My current guess is that she turns out to be evil and Rand will go back to his 'true love' Egwene. Spoiler yea, Selene is...not subtle. if it helps the suspension of disbelief, Rand is a Farm Boy whose only ever seen like 12 books in his entire life and read maybe 4; not a genre savvy fantasy nerd. Edited March 27, 2021 by Dunkum add spoiler tag 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Dunkum said: yea, Selene is...not subtle. if it helps the suspension of disbelief, Rand is a Farm Boy whose only ever seen like 12 books in his entire life and read maybe 4; not a genre savvy fantasy nerd. That's true, but I just really despise this particular trope... cliche... whatever. And the thing is, I'm really bad at spotting what trope is being used, so if I can see it... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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