Currently reading The Journey to the West, by Wu Cheng'en and translated by Anthony C. Yu. I'm at very beginning and it's pretty challenging but that might be because English is not my native language. I'm liking it though.
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(Audiobooks) I've recently finished book 2 of the Mistborn series - The Well of Ascension. Otherwise i'm trying to get myself through book 2 of the Temeraire series - Throne of Jade. I'm torn, it may be that the narrator is killing it for me, or there's just not enough action for a dragon based story.
Mistborn is such a good series!
I mostly prefer to read over audiobooks as my head narrator is often a lot better than audiobooks narrators.
On my Kindle, I just finished re-reading Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut for the first time in probably 15 years. Helluva book, and reading it as a teenager certainly changed the heading of my moral compass. Still deciding what to read next.
I've also been re-reading my paper copy of This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. It warms my gay little heart.
Popular opinion: Vonnegut is a based author.
I've not read How you lose the time war, but have had it recommended repeatedly.
Popular opinion: Vonnegut is a based author.
Yes, absolutely! Definitely a very rated author. Although I will admit I haven't read much of his. I do have Cat's Cradle on my wishlist, so maybe I'll pick that up.
I've not read How you lose the time war, but have had it recommended repeatedly.
It's fantastic, I love it so much. It's mostly written as an epistolary novella, and at times is very poetic, so it's definitely not for everyone, but I highly recommend it to anyone even kinda into that sorta thing.
But also, I finished Wheel of Time for the first time last year. What a journey! I pretty much binged it so I didn't really experience "the slog", and loved nearly every minute of it. Is this your first read through?
It's mostly written as an epistolary novella, and at times is very poetic
Dang, that sounds......totally up my alley!
Re:WoT
I mostly only have time to read omw to/from work, so even though it was all I was reading, it only got maybe an hour or two a day of my attention. And broken up attention at that, what with changing buses and trains, walking between etc etc.
I did WoT mostly the same! I was reading on my breaks at work, and a bit at home, and I was doing about one book a month. Eventually my work allowed us to use headphones while we worked, so I switched to the audiobook versions and absolutely blazed through Path of Daggers, Winter's Heart, and Crossroads of Twilight, the shortest in about two days. After becoming alarmed at how quickly I went through those, I switched back to just reading, and did the rest like that. I find it's good to savour them, and have more time to process everything. Enjoy the rest of your WoT journey! It's a good one!
I'm going to need to get the last 5 books, I've been buying them in chunks of 5. I also don't really want to give amazon more money, so I'll have to look around for somewhere else to buy the ebooks....
I'm currently halfway through The Last Echo of the Lord of Bells by John Bierce, as well as procrastinating starting Waybound by Will Wight. Progression Fantasy is my thing right now.
I've heard of Waybound, but not The Last Echo, I'll have a gander!
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Currently working on my Cradle series reread for the final book's release. I'm uhh only on book 7 right now so I sorta missed my target date lol. I love how much the series grows from book to book, once book 5 hits hoo boy it's off to the races. Can't wait to finally get caught up to the new book but another part of me is dreading finishing the series and having no more Cradle to look forward to lol
I both love and hate that feeling. Nice to have made it through and seen the characters the whole way through. Yet sad because there's nothing more to look forward to.
Question - Did the TV series 'Wheel of Time' do the book(s) justice?
In my personal opinion? No, but I'm pretty particular about following the set story line in the case of tv/movie adaptations. I did my best to give it a fair go, but only made it about 3 episodes in before I got frustrated and stopped watching it.
Ah ha! I thought the TV show was a bit meh on the character development front. I'll definitely add the book series to my list.
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Red Sister by Mark Lawrence, my first time trying his books after holding back for a long time, and so far so good. I'm doing it for the bingo challenge from that other place which has really motivated me to get through a lot of stuff I've been holding off on for years.
Not heard of it, how you finding it?
Not far into it yet but good prose, and plenty of hints at some interesting worldbuilding to explore. Hope for the best.
Cool! Since making this post, my "To Read" list has nearly quadrupled, but.....ON THE LIST IT GOES!
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I just finished Waybound by Will Wight and enjoyed the series finale! I've also been working my way through the Malazan book of the Fallen, I'm on book 4 House of Chains
I'm currently reading The Deed of Paksennarion by Elizabeth Moon.
I quite enjoyed that series, smashed yhrought it in two weeks in high school. I should dig it up and have another go.
Just started Wheel of Time 4. I just can't stop reading.
May the Schwartz be with you!
Was reading Release That Witch but dropped it pretty fast. Other than that, catching up on the latest volume of Ascendance of a Bookworm, patiently waiting for Re:Zero vol 22 and slowly making my way through the Spice & Wolf audiobooks
I'm reading Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan, and I'm enjoying it a lot! I also enjoyed his other books, the Riyria Revelations!
Tunnel rat on royal road. I like the premise and the interactions with ai and humanity.
Ouuuuuuu, I'll have a look
I'm currently reading "Les Enfants de Ji" from Pierre Grimbert. I like to read some French fantasy authors once in a while. Otherwise, I was taking a break from the Wheel of Time, the next book on my list being the seventh one.
Just about to finish Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay. Great book, this is my second read through. Next up for me is a first time read of All the Seas in the World by the same author.
Currently, I'm reading A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
The chosen mode for the story flow has been a bit challenging for me, but not so much as to overcome my interest in the story. I've enjoyed it much and will see it through.
Such a gorgeous cover too.
I'm reading The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. So far it's excellent. I feel it's criminally underrated on Goodreads.
I'm close to finishing Assassin's Aporentice. Robin Hobb is great at writing characters and their interactions. It feels like Fitz has an organic community all around him.
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The Wheel of Time will always be one of the most impactful books of my life. I really needed it when I was immersed within. I've been wanting to reread for some time, but I've been holding off until I really need again. 💜
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Currently reading Dreadgod by Will Wight with Waybound up next!
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