dresden

joined 2 years ago
MODERATOR OF
[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 55 minutes ago

I have only read the first book in Thursday Murder Club series, loved the book, but never got around to get the next books. Should do that soon.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 59 minutes ago

How "grim" is it? Compared to his First Law Trilogy

[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 21 hours ago

In this age and time, I sometimes like my fiction to have the characters that are closer to white and black, instead of infinite shades of gray. Obvious good guy vs obvious bad guys, with the good guy winning in the end. At least something should be simple.

Haven't read Tower of Babel, but it has been mentioned before, will check it out.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 1 day ago

LitRPG is an interesting genre, it has some great books, but also lots of pretty low-quality books.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago

As a bit of cynic myself, Hope for Cynics by Jamil Zaki looks like something worth reading.

Towards Eternity also sounds pretty interesting.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago

lol, thanks for expanding your ability to recommend cosmic horror. I'll refer to you again.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 1 day ago

Hehe, have fun!

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago

Ah okay. Thanks for the response.

 

Finished Tripwire by Lee Child, third book in the Jack Reacher series.

Ending was expected, but I guess if you have such a long running series, pretty much ending will always be expected. Bad guy meets Reacher, bad guy loses, Reacher wins. Fun to read though, which is the main point. Going to keep reading them.

Don't think it ticked any of the Bingo boxes though.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


For details on the c/Books bingo challenge that just restarted for the year, you can checkout the initial Book Bingo, and its Recommendation Post. Links are also present in our community sidebar.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What didn't you like about Children of Time? I haven't read it myself yet, but it's one of community favourites.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nice cyberpunk theme going on, which also explains why you are looking for more contemporary authors.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago

10 books to go! (then you will have only 80 or so left!)

[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago

Trust seems interesting. Will take a look.

 

Still reading the third book in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child, Tripwire. More than half-way through, closer to 2/3rd actually.

Not much to say about it. It's bad guy being a bad guy and Reacher being Reacher. Some interesting side characters, would love to see if it means any character development or not.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


For details on the c/Books bingo challenge that just restarted for the year, you can checkout the initial Book Bingo, and its Recommendation Post. Links are also present in our community sidebar.

 

Reading the third book in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child, Tripwire

Liking this more than the second book. Reacher was very passive in that book, so it's nice to see him taking action in this one.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


For details on the c/Books bingo challenge that just restarted for the year, you can checkout the initial Book Bingo, and its Recommendation Post. Links are also present in our community sidebar.

 

Read My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine.

It's a rom-com, which I don't generally read, so I can't judge if it was actually good or not. Personally, it felt too much like one of those K-Dramas, where a poor girl meets super rich guy, who is super handsome, and she keeps thinking about her all the time. Except this one has a Vampire. Not a big fan, but overall it was a fine time pass.

Bingo squares: Jude a book by its cover.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


For details on the c/Books bingo challenge that just restarted for the year, you can checkout the initial Book Bingo, and its Recommendation Post. Links are also present in our community sidebar.

 

Finished Ghost Story by Jim Butcher.

That was some story! Quite different, but also quite similar (to the rest of the series). Also, part of the ending was expected, but was surprised by the rest. Looking forward to where the story goes from here.

Also read The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski. The first Witcher book.

I read it quite a while ago, but hadn't finished the series, so got a boxed set and reading it now. I had forgotten how Fairy Tales heavy this book is.

Bingo squares (for both boooks): Author from a Different Continent (hard mode), Now a Major Motion Picture, Short and Sweet, Based on Folklore, Off your TBR Pile, also possibly Jerk with a Heart of Gold.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


For details on the c/Books bingo challenge that just restarted for the year, you can checkout the initial Book Bingo, and its Recommendation Post. Links are also present in our community sidebar.

 

Started next book in the Dresden Files series, Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. This is book 13, and is pretty unique so far. The previous book "Changes" has changed quite a bit, and now we are living those changes.

Can't put it down, want to see how it develops!

My previous book, Streams of Silver covers 2 bingo squares: Title: [X] of [Y] and Off your TBR pile (hard mode).

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


For details on the c/Books bingo challenge that just restarted for the year, you can checkout the initial Book Bingo, and its Recommendation Post. Links are also present in our community sidebar.

 

Life is still pretty busy, not getting much time for Lemmy, but at least got some time to read now.

Still reading Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore. Book 2 of the series. Am more than halfway through now, if nothing comes up, should be able to finish it this week.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


For details on the c/Books bingo challenge that just restarted for the year, you can checkout the initial Book Bingo, and its Recommendation Post. Links are also present in our community sidebar.

 

Hello everyone!

Have been pretty busy with life, so haven't been reading much, other than some random web novels when I have some time.

Just got back to my usual reading from today, hope will be able to stick to it now. I was reading Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore. Book 2 of the series.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


For details on the c/Books bingo challenge that just restarted for the year, you can checkout the initial Book Bingo, and its Recommendation Post. Links are also present in our community sidebar.

 

Still reading Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore.

Also reading some web novels.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


Book Bingo for this year has officially finished. If you participated in it, check out the Turn in post.

Our next book bingo will be starting soon. Both @JaymesRS@literature.cafe and @misericordiae@literature.cafe are hard at work making it the best Book Bingo yet! Stay tuned!

 

Weekly post was a bit irregular last few weeks, but we are back to Tuesday now.

Got back to reading, read a bit of Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore, also read a few hundred pages of different web novels.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


Bingo Links: Book Bingo | Recommendation Post

 

Very busy couple of weeks, so didn't actually read anything.

Still on Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore, 2nd novel in Icewind Dale series, which is a subseries of Forgotten Realms series (D&D world).

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

Also, Book Bingo is near it's end, so get your Bingo cards ready!


For details, you can checkout the initial Book Bingo, and it's Recommendation Post . Links are also present in our community sidebar.

view more: next ›