Just finished up American Gods by Neil Gaiman and started the Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child. I’m most of the way through Killing Floor.
How are you liking the Killing Floor? I have been meaning to start the series but couldn't find the starting book at my local bookstore.
So far so good. I have the bad habit of picking up a book or series to compare/contrast with the show or movie and IMO if you enjoy Reacher, you’ll enjoy the books and vice versa.
Reacher the show? Or the Tom Cruise movie? Cause I have only seen the Tom Cruise movie, and I don't recall too much of that.
The show. I’ve honestly never seen the movie. Ol’ Centertooth is too small to be Jack Reacher.
Last weekend I read the first four Murderbot diaries novellas. I read another one during the week, and now I'm reading the full length novel.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells is the first one and you won't want to stop there.
I am slowly reading through Metro 2033 in Russian, and after more than a year I am only halfway done. 😑
I think I spend too much time in a dictionary, where I am clicking through entries when I don't understand a single word (or I am just not 100% sure about it's meaning). Also I think on few occassions I have seen few words that are completely made up (mostly non-existing word forms) by Dmitriy, because even Google Search didn't show anything up :P
Yeah, made up words can be a issue when reading in another language. I tried reading Harry Potter in Spanish and all the made-up words in that made it a bit difficult.
I have started my year-long read for this year: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Two chapters a week will get me through it by December.
Otherwise, I am two thirds through The Rings of Saturn which is a melancholic reflection on death, remnants and legacy over the course of a walking tour of the Suffolk coast, where I live and work. I have been aware of it for ages, and it has finally hit the top of my pile. A thoughtful and easy read, though it does seem a little over-romanticised.
And I am continuing with Peter Frankopan's The Earth Transformed. This is a history of the world taking account of changes in climate and environment: both their effects on history, and human effects on them. Informative, although the detail obscures the main points at times.
Finally, I am continuing with the Doctor Who novel The Death of Art. Some well researched worldbuilding and atmosphere and an enjoyable writing style, but an overcrowded plot that gets bogged down as a result.
I’m reading “Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone”, a delightfully smart and funny locked room mystery
The Robots of Dawn. I'm almost done with all things Asimov, and it's been a wonderful journey. Having done the entire Foundation arc first, it's really enjoyable going back and reading what really works out to be like ultra prequel material for the whole universe. Yes, Asimov is a little boomer in his execution, themes, motifs, and namely characters. White male dominant is frustrating, but the sci-fi is good, and eventually, some million words later, he modernizes somewhat.
I have read his Robot series and half of his Foundation series, should probably go back and finish that.
My shrink, a fellow sci-fi enthusiast, pointed out something interesting. The last book he wrote, which helped to tie his whole universe together, was basically autobiographical. Really changed my perspective on Hari.
Mother of Learning
It's a pretty cool Fantasy/Time-Loop webnovel, but it's a bit long..
I am at page 1500 of 2500 and I'm not a particularly fast reader.
Still trying to read;
But at the moment my university just doesn’t want me to read and to take a bit of steam-off, I either game or watch shows.
I’m working through The Last Unicorn.
Dead Beat is sooo good (“Polka will never die”). It’s often a suggested book for someone to try out the series because it was written and published right before the SciFi TV series was coming out. So Butcher did a some work to smooth out stuff that relied on knowledge from earlier books and he made it pretty seamless.
POLKA WILL NEVER DIE!
The Last Unicorn looks interesting. Going to check it out.
Yeah, the book is pretty good. Hope rest of the series stay like that too.
Hope rest of the series stay like that too.
It doesn’t, it gets even better. Even the community-perceived weak spots in the future have only grown on me.
Listening to Without Remorse by Tom Clancy at the moment.
God did they murder the film.
That was my favorite book of the Ryanverse. Movie was horrible. Had high hopes for it.
Last night I finished Fair Warning. Today I will start reading The Dark Hours - both by Michael Connelly.
Chaos Monkeys revised edition.
It's a lot of the Silicone Valley series with a personal touch and the experiences of the author. I'm halfway trough it and I'm already thinking that will be a bit lost once I finish.
If Anyone knows of a similar topic about the same timeline story please comment and help a reader.
Since you didn't get any recommendation here, maybe just start a thread. Hopefully that will get you some recommendations.
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Just finished The Heir of Novron by Michael J Sullivan and am currently enjoying The Expanse.
Both were/are new to me and have both been gems!
Currently reading The Phoenix Project after postponing it for months, I finally found time during Christmas. So far i’m liking it, though you need to be connected to IT to enjoy it.
I just finished The Other Wind by Ursula K Le Guin, completing my Earthsea readthrough. I loved the series and watching how her growth as a person influenced what she did with that world.
I just started New Spring by Robert Jordan, the Wheel of Time prequel. I've only read the first book of the main series so far and am a bit apprehensive of my decision to dive into such a massive series.
I just started New Spring by Robert Jordan, the Wheel of Time prequel. I’ve only read the first book of the main series so far and am a bit apprehensive of my decision to dive into such a massive series.
If you have only read one book of the main series, I would recommend to wait and read the prequel after 5-6 books. I think that's around the time when it was published too.
Yeah I was originally going to leave it for later but the next book wasn't available at the library and someone told me I should have started at the prequel so I went for it. I'm almost done with it and I have to say it's been a really enjoyable read! Hopefully I don't regret it later on
Ah, no, nothing to regret, I just think you may have enjoyed it more, but I don't really recall it much to be sure of that either. 😀
Well, I just finished Infinite Powers: The Story of Calculus - The Language of the Universe, by Steven Strogatz. Really enjoyed it, interesting for an overview of calculus history and how it affects everyday life.
I think I'll start 2024 reading by a reread of Tolkien's lotr + silmarillion. I, of course, already read it but one it was +20 years ago and two I read a French translation at the time and I want to read the original thing.
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Going to DNF on The Final Girl Support Group, I'm not verse in horror movies and can not connect with all those reference in the book.
Just finished "Dead Silence" by S.A. Barnes, and loved it. Very different take on a deep-space opera.
Now finally venturing into The Expanse, loved the series and want to see what happens after it stopped, but apparently the storylines between books and series don't fully align, so I start at rock bottom, including some of the short story prequels setting the stage. Currently reading "Drive", nicknamed as The Expanse 0.1 (only got 28 pages or so).
As a fan of the game Dead Space, Dead Silence sounds great. Going to check it out.
The Expanse stopped? I was hoping to watch it after reading all the books (which I haven't even started yet). Well, I guess one less thing in my to-watch list.
They brought the series to an end (and a good one!), so you can just go ahead and watch it - I enjoyed it a lot. The books simply extend beyond that, plus they have three prequels and some fillers building the backstories of some characters. Bit of an "extended universe" vibe.
And now I'll check out Dead Space, haven't come across it yet. Thanks!
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