Right now I am on Murderbot Diaries book 5. So good. Martha Wells really captures anxiety and depression from an internal standpoint well without it being overbearing. The character growth of the main character over the series has been lovely to read. (ok so I’m reading Sci-Fi…)
Just finished Sanderson’s Secret Project #3 (and loved it), and now I’m trying out some of Will Wight’s non-Cradle series, starting with Of Sea and Shadow. I ended up getting really into Cradle and sped through most of the series in a few weeks, so I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to get into the rest of his writing.
I just finished SP2 tonight and I’m still processing it.
Oh I read the Elder Empire and enjoyed them well enough. I liked the concept and it was cool seeing the stories from multiple angles, but the eldritch creatures and descriptions got a little strong for my taste. I can’t really do horror and he was right on the borderline of that sometimes.
If I’m being honest I’m too stuck on Across the Spider-Verse to read anything besides Brandon Sanderson’s Secret Project 3 right now, lol. There are many things I probably should be reading, but I’ll get to those once the brainrot simmers down…
SP3 was pretty great, though, definitely recommend it. Didn’t realize he could do romance like that, and it’s still very much a solid Sanderson book in all the other ways you’d hope to see.
Oh didn’t realize SP3 was
SP3
a romance novel
I’ve been trying o avoid all info on it but on a book server I can only be so protected lmao
Whoops, didn’t even think about that! Still not quite used to the level of secrecy around the SPs. I can edit a spoiler tag in if you’d like.
Up to you. It just wasn’t something that even came up in spoiler streams so I just actually wasn’t aware lol I think we all know Lemmy is going to be hard to spoiler-safe. I get my book tomorrow though \o/
The Wandering Inn by pirateaba is fantastic. Been hooked for awhile now.
I have been reading in on/off too. Mostly enjoying it so far, only on ‘book’ 2 currently though.
I am currently reading Ted Chiang’s short story anthology: Stories of Your Life and Others. It is incredible thus far (I just finished Story of Your Life). Very thought provoking!
I just finished SP3 and Redshirts for the book club. It was great on a re-read and I’m really looking forward to the meeting on Sunday. First half of the book is quite different to the second part and I was quite poker-face in last week’s meeting as I didn’t want to give anything away. That Coda 2 though…
As of what I’m actually reading right now - Pratchett’s Thief of Time as my commute audiobook and I’m reading Memory’s Legion (short stories collection from Expanse universe).
The prologue in Redshirts was hilarious though the rest of the book didn’t particularly wow me. I think I’m just not a big Scalzi fan because Old Man’s War was also just kind of “okay” for me. It’s amusing when it plays with tropes, but I think I just didn’t particularly like the characters.
I remember the Codas being a really fun treat though. (Part of that is maybe the way they were so experimental, and at the time I read it I didn’t have a lot of experience with something like them.)
Somebody said in book club discussion that the rest of the book feels like a setup for codas.
lol, I’d believe it.
Currently taking another shot at Neuromancer. I forgot how pulpy it was!
Rereading all the diskworld books during my commutes ATM. Almost through them, on Hat full of Sky currently. It’s amazing that you still pick up new jokes…
Have finally got round to putting secret projects #2 & #3 on my e-reader so might read one of those before I finish diskworld.
Discworld books are great for commute. With a caveat that other people in public transit look at you funny when you start laughing out loud.
I’m currently reading A Thief Of Time on my commute.
I just started The Spear Cuts Through Water last night, which is one I’ve heard a LOT of praise for.
It’s got a frame story inside a frame story and seems to have a fun time playing with the narration and POV. The “primary” story is written in third person narration, but it frequently and randomly throws in miniature first person POVs of minor characters (or groups of characters) – sometimes mid-paragraph, indicated by italics. So you’re just reading along and suddenly there’s a few words or a whole paragraph in first person (in italics) from some bystander who was previously mentioned.
It’s unique in a really fun way. :) Excited to see where it goes.
That does sound really unique and interesting. I’ll be curious how you like it all when you’re done.
I am two thirds of the way through Earth Abides by George R. Stewart. It being published in 1949, there are some dated ideas and problematic sections but overall, it is an enjoyable read with interesting concepts and plot.
Yeah sometimes the older books have some dated things that were acceptable at the time, but they still serve a literary purpose. Glad you’re enjoying it!
Dawn of Yang-chen.
Really only recommended for ATLA fans. The Kyoshi books were fun, and this is following suit so far.
Ghostwater (Cradle #5). I liked the first four books but hadn’t felt completely sucked in yet. I’m enjoying this one the most out of the series so far. I have enjoyed them enough that I bought the entire series.
I just finished Waybound a week or so ago. Cradle is fantastic and only gets better with each book. Ghostwater is where things really start to take off though. You’re in for a treat :D
The Demon Cycle book 2. A lot of real fucked up shit happens but it’s not gratuitous in description and the world and characters are interesting. At night humanity is plagued by demons, which seem to be impossible to kill except by trapping them and exposing them to the sun. They’re held at bay only by wards, a mostly defensive magic system of glyphs. It’s not uncommon for the wards to fail on some way, due to the imperfection of the warder, poor maintenence of the wards, or some mistake to mar them.
I’ve heard of Demon Cycle and read that it’s pretty good. Sounds interesting!
Ah, I just realized that I should warn you that it does contain r*pe. It’s not graphically described and it’s not copious but it’s probably come up at least once a book so far. I don’t think it’s really all that necessary to the plot, either.
Book 1 is The Warded Man.
