What Are You Reading, Part 2

[lordofsoup]

I enjoyed like the first 15% of atlas shrugged, but I gave up after like 40%.

 

As far as what Im reading Ive started reading web serials including practical guide to evil and the wandering inn.

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

6 minutes ago, lordofsoup said:

I enjoyed like the first 15% of atlas shrugged, but I gave up after like 40%.

This is no mere qualitative review, hahaha, nice.

I never really had the desire to read Atlas Shrugged because of the old saw too much of a good thing... She strikes me as a person who loves to belabor a point.

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Started Skyjacked, and enjoying it so far.  I have Seraphina lined up after that, as a reread.

[Rosharan Chicken he/him]

Deadhouse gates, Malazan book of the fallen

[NameIess]

Just finished Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel. It was pretty good.

[SzethTheHonorblade]

I am currently reading the second series of Fablehaven called Dragonwatch and 1 and 3 in my opinion were kinda bland not gonna lie but 2 and 4 were amazing!

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

im reading The Rising shadow, and then the next two soon after. LOVE wheel of time so far.

[Boomerang Guy he/him]

I am also LOVING the Wheel of Time so far as well.

I am also listening to the Screwtape Letters! 

Oh and The Hobbit as well. Then I'm movig on to LOTR.

[Robin Sedai she/her]

Just finished giant days vol. 1, am now reading Blankets by Craig Thompson. Gorgeous art, and I like the story. Also rereading the Miss Marple mysteries by Agatha Christie.

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Rereading Mistborn: The Final Empire.  I'm definitely going to get through Era One, and then probably go on to Stormlight, though those are a mite harder to put in my school bag.

[+Slowswift he/him]

Recently finished All You Need is Kill, the manga (originally a novel) Edge of Tomorrow was based off. It was really good! Very different from the movie, mostly in a good way, of course. Now I want to see if I can get my hands on the original novel.  

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

Checked out Sweet Silver Blues by Glenn Cook based on a recommendation from @Ammanas . It's the first book in the Garrett P. I. series and it was really good.

It's a hardboiled detective story set in a fantasy world, kind of like Raymond Chandler crossed with Piers Anthony (on one of Piers Anthony's good days). The story is good, the analogies are novel and fun, the mystery is compelling and fully explained, and the characters are great. Garrett, the human beer swilling detective, teams up with a Dark Elf vegan bruiser named Motley Dotes, consults an oracular animate corpse known as the Dead Man, and stays just one jump ahead of all the various factions that are tangled up in the plot who want to rub him out. 

Also just read Dashiell Hammett's first novel, Red Harvest and though it was good, I have to say I liked Sweet Silver Blues better. I think I'm tired of books that lionize anti-heroes. 

[Robin Sedai she/her]

The Bequin series, by Dan Abnett. A reread.

[2EmLee2 she/her]

Recently, I've read The Name of This Book is Secret, My Lady Jane, the Ember in the Ashes series (Reading #3 right now), and I'm rereading the Rithmatist.

[urrutiap]

Currently reading these books

 

Interview with the Vampire

Forrest Gump 2

Chapterhouse of Dune

[Robin Sedai she/her]

Alternately rereading and relistening to Howl's Moving Castle for the umpteenth time. I love Jenny Sterlin as the narrator, she reads the characters exactly how I imagined them.

Edited November 25, 2021 by Robin Hatter

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Finished The Final Empire, as well as Dark Rise by C. S. Pacat.  Dark Rise is pretty good, especially in terms of the writing style.  Making steady progress on The Well of Ascension as well.

Only a few weeks until my yearly Lord of the Rings reread!

[Briar King]

Finished rereread of WoT 3 last night and started rereread of WoT 4.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

Finished Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M Valente. It's about apples and the comfort they bring in the face of horrifying, overwhelming love.

Now I can focus on A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger which if you're not reading, you are robbing yourself of happiness and your future self will never forgive you.

[Robin Sedai she/her]

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, by Fredrik Backman. A reread.

Edited December 1, 2021 by Ookla the Pendragon

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Finished The Well of Ascension, now working on The Hero of Ages.

 

[Boomerang Guy he/him]

Listening to The Hobbit! Narrated by Andy Serkis! Its awesome! 

[Draginon he/him]

Went on a cruise and didn’t want to haul ROW so I brought a couple smaller books to read. Finished Cold Hearted and it was an interesting look at Lady Tremaine, Cinderella’s stepmother, and what would drive a woman to become a wicked stepmother. It did introduce some timeline issues with previous books since the Beast’s book mentioned Cinderella marrying the prince as a recent event before the curse happened but here his story is done by the time Tremaine marries Cinderella’s father.

The other book I started was Fool Moon but I didn’t finish that. I’ll get back to it after finishing ROW which I’m almost done with. This is taking longer than normal for me but it mostly had to do with the Kaladin chapters being very depressing to read and me having gone through that stuff at the same time. Also the war stuff was a pain to read.

[AonDoor he/him]

I just finished the whole Mistborn series again, and I'm going to reread Skyward and Starsight before delving into Cytonic.

[Dunkum he/him]

All the Dune talk recently made me want to reread that.  I've Read Dune 2 or 3 times before, and Dune Messiah and Children of Dune once each, I think and nothing after that.  so this time I decided to t least get through the  Frank Herbert books.  finished God Emperor yesterday and started on Heretics today.