What’s everyone reading? I’m on book 10 of the Wheel of Time, and Creatures of Light and Darkness by Alan Dean Foster
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.
Hey, super proud of you for getting outside your comfort zone. Learning a new language is legitimately hard. I’ve been supposed to be learning Japanese for almost 2 years now…but it just won’t stick.
If you want/need an explanation of something, message me on lemmy or matrix, I’ll do me best 👌
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…
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.
Definitely do!
Yeah, fuck the show, was garbage. My wife enjoyed it, and watched most of it if I recall correctly. But being a bit of a purist it just made me really angry…
I only read the 1st book so can’t speak to the rest of them, but imo absolutely not. The TV show’s finale was garbage. That said Episode 6, which deviated quite a lot from the book, I actually preferred to the part in the book that’s supposed to correspond to it.
IMO, yes, it was a good first season with some flaws that will hopefully be improved upon just like the first book was good (not great) and definitely improved upon by subsequent entries.
I’ve read the series 3 times, and am on my 4th read (book 9) right now. Having re-read book 1 in 2019, I had a pretty clear memory of it when the show premiered and was glad to see some repetitive and inconsistent content from book 1 cut and replaced with more integral subject matter (e.g., the warder bond).
Overall, I am most happy to see the world and characters introduced to a larger audience, who seem to be finding the books in the lull between seasons. I also typically give adaptations plenty of leeway to tell the story in a way that works for the new medium. I am psyched to see how they did with season 2.
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.
(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.
Tunnel rat on royal road. I like the premise and the interactions with ai and humanity.
Ouuuuuuu, I’ll have a look
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 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.
Lately I’ve been going through the Cosmere for a second time and I plan on starting Earthsea today!
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Keep us updated on Book of the New Sun?
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Fair enough, I ain’t going anywhere though!
Just started Wheel of Time 4. I just can’t stop reading.
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!
I love the idea of progression fantasy I generally enjoy it in different mediums like web novels or Manhua, I’ve read a couple series I believe could be considered PF like The Demon Accords, Cycle of Arawn, etc… and thoroughly enjoyed them. Do you have any recommendations for some series to read through?
Honestly the only two progression fantasy series that I can recommend are Cradle by Will Wight, and The Immortal Great Souls by Phil Tucker.
Warformed: Stormweaver is also great, but only the first book, Iron Prince, is out.
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.
Oh man I love Book of the Ancestor! It’s got such cool worldbuilding and I’m always a huge sucker for a good magic school setting
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!
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.
