Just started listening to the Crown Tower by Michael J Sullivan. I had read and listened to his magnificent Ryiria Revelations several times, but hadn't touched the prequel series. It's good.
I've been meaning to read his work. Do you think it should be read in the order it was published or can the related series be read in any order?
I would stick with the published order. Start with Theft of Swords. It's all available on hoopla.
You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney, and The Menopause Manifesto by Dr. Jen Gunter.
The first is one I'm taking notes on for work. The second my wife read last month as we're starting to get older and she recommended I read it as well.
The titles sound interesting, I would love to hear your thoughts when you have finished these.
I'll be happy to share!
I just finished Blood Music by Greg Bear and really enjoyed it. I believe I saw the recommendation on lemmy so thanks to whomever recommended it.
I’d like to see it adapted to a show or movie by someone who could capture the more grotesque portions. But I feel like the unique aspects would be lost in translation and it would end up feeling derivative of the genre.
Blood Music looks interesting, going to add it to my list.
What are planning to pick up next?
I just started Tai-Pan by James Clavell. I read Shogun within in the last year and really enjoyed that. I didn’t start this right away because I heard it was part of Clavell’s trilogy but didn’t realize it wasn’t a continuous story so that disappointed me. But I’m over that now so now I can enjoy this story for what it is without that baggage.
I'm currently reading The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons, the followup to Hyperion. I finished Hyperion during the first week of the new year so it was only fitting that I would read the sequel next.
How did you like the Hyperion? It's been a while I have seen it mentioned.
I liked it a lot. So much so that since reading it anytime someone asks me "what's your religion" I say "cult for the Shrike." I even reference it (and Dune) in my profile description here on lemmy.
Profile name based on a book character(s)? Hmm….
Yeah, don't know why people do that...
Heh, I haven’t actually read the series so don’t know what that means, but I can see your love for the series. Maybe it’s time to bump it close to top of my wishlist.
You should definitely read it!
So much to read, so little time...
Though it has been on my wishlist for quite a while, and I am trying to focus on books that have been on the list for long, so should get to it soon-ish.
I just finished Scales of Justice, book #18 in the Inspector Alleyn series by Ngaio Marsh, and I think I need a break from it for a bit. They're nice little cozy mysteries, and I'll go back to them, but I need a change of mood and scenery.
My next planned book is a reread of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan starting with The Eye of The World. I read the first 6(?) or so of this series about 20 years ago when it was still unfinished. Now that there's an ending, I'm going to start over and then finish the series.
Still working through Debt of Honour by Tom Clancy in Audiobook.
Willy Vlautin, The Night Always Comes. Holy shit is it dark but VERY good.
John Danielle, 'Devil House'. Absolutely outstanding. He's such a great artist, musician and writer both.
Just started A Film in Which I Play Everyone by Mary Jo Bang this morning. It's a short poetry book, pretty good so far and I'll probably blast through it today.
After that... I left On Liberty and Fellowship of the Ring unfinished at the end of last year and I should really finish those up. Both really good, both just got left at the bedside for a while for no reason, as is tradition.
How would say it is for a complete poetry newbie?
Good luck with finishing your bedside books! 😀
Thanks!
I'd say that most modern poetry (at least as far as I've read) is basically fine for newbies. Like, if you enjoy or dislike something hard on vague vibes without any deep analysis of understanding there's nothing wrong with that. It's super subjective anyways, even more than normal taste in books.
This one sort of has this lonely, surreal streak to it. Melancholic, almost nostalgic at times. If that sounds interesting to you then check it out and see how it matches your taste!
Thanks for the info! Will check it out!
just finished the Witcher series on Netflix, so i ordered the novels and i'm gonna read them as soon as they arrive :) from what everybody says though it's going to be a bit different from the Netflix adaptation
Yeah, Netflix adaptation was... different. Also, read some articles about how show runners didn't even like the source material, but don't know how authentic those articles were.
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