Finished When Moon Hits the Eye by John Scalzi.
The book is divided so that each chapter is a new day, and it’s from perspective of new people. So there is no story of certain people, rather it’s about the “event” and we see things from different people’s point of view throughout the book.
I didn’t know that, so it took some getting used to, but once I had come to terms with that it was a very interesting book.
Highly recommended for soft sci-fi fans.
What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?
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This was my week: “Wow, this fantasy story is great! It has themes, it talks about children’s rights to self determination, and domestic abuse especially from parents, and the sexualisation of girls even when they’ve done nothing to invite it. I wonder who the author is?”
(Posthumously accused of sexual abuse and grooming)
“Oh.” 😑
Listening through Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
My reaction to it is kinda mixed. Some of the humor hits, some of it doesn’t. I suspect part of that is that so much of both the style of humor and the specific jokes have seeped down into culture enough to not be surprising.
Stephen Fry, reading it, is definitely giving a performance.
I’m rereading William Gibson’s Neuromancer, it’s been a while and I forgot how good it is.
ahh, i really want to re-read this, i read it when i was a teenager and i think a revisit would be interesting!
I am reading a non-fiction book about salt. The title of the book is Salt and the author is Mark Kurlansky. I know that sounds super-boring but Kurlansky is really good at deep research and creating narrative from historical events. Higly recommend his books if you are into non-fiction.
I just finished The Reversed Centaur’s Guide to Life by Cory Doctrow a few minutes ago. The central argument is that when a technology exists that makes a human better in a way, that makes the human a centaur (part human, part tech — the usual term for this would be cyborg, but that’s not as funny). What we have now in the age of AI though, Doctrow argues, are a bunch of techs that ride humans to get better. It’s not an anti AI book per se, but does a good job of pointing out how easy it is to fall into the trap of supporting a system that offers nothing in return.
Path of Daggers book 8 from the Wheel of Time series. 21% atm. And some books related to my studies.
I started A Crown of Swords yesterday :)
It’s a pity that I am unable to read such long series, it takes me years and I forget most of what I read before because of how much time passes for me between each book. I have to read plot summaries for all the previous books when I start the next one and the further I go the more I have to catch up. At least there’s the WoT Compendium app.
It sure is a project. Sometimes I read another fiction book in between. And then I can start on the next book. Usually it comes back to me what previously happened. Thanks for the tip, I’ll look into the compendium. Keep on reading!
Sometimes I read another fiction book in between.
Ah, so you keep reading WoT almost book after book. I read book 6 one and a half year ago and started book 7 a couple days ago. In the meantime I probably read a dozen other books in different genres. That’s why I don’t remember.
I forgot that
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Rand was abducted by Aes Sedai
in book 6. That seems important, right? ;)
Thanks for the tip, I’ll look into the compendium.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.silvermast.wotcompendium
I don’t know if there’s an iOS counterpart. It’s a super useful app.
Well, there have been times I wanted to abandon the series. Now I decided I want to finish the entire series. I already have the remaining books on my ereader, that helps.
I just finished Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman this morning! Fantastic read!
That’s been on my list for awhile, hoping to get around to it soon.
Just about to finish Red Dwarf : Titan. The new prequel book co-written by the late Rob Grant. It pulls a lot from the lore of the Red Dwarf universe, but in a good way. It certainly “feels” like Red Dwarf, which is good in my mind.
Yes! Love the red dwarf books, I devoured them after I finished the show. They did a great job at maintaining the vibe of the show.
Thanks for the reminder. I’ve seen the show somewhere around 9999 times but never got around to the books.
Just finished Perdido Street Station definitely recommend as an amazing well built steampunk fantasy. Currently just started Omnivore’s Deception so far a good book exposing the myths specieist’s use to justify their oppression.
I finished The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem! I finally just sat down last night and spent an hour or so getting through the last 20%, and now I wish I’d done that sooner. It’s a neat little story about an unknowable threat on an alien planet; a lot of time is spent with crew scientists conjecturing why things are the way they are, but neither the characters nor the reader ever find out for sure. I found this both refreshing (not having the answers keeps things interesting) and frustrating (lots of dialogue and musing bog down the pacing). The last chapter finally dispenses with so much talking, but then ends somewhat abruptly. I liked it, but more in a “the storytelling was interesting” kind of way.
Still picking out a new book.
I am about halfway through A Parade of Horribles, the latest book in the DCC series. Really having fun with the series and super glad I picked it up
Also started Red Rising by Pierce Brown. Just got to the part where they are broken into houses. I am not sure I am feeling it but going to probably finish the book and see how I feel.
I’ve read all the Red Rising books and it is by and far one of my favourite series. Darrow is an amazing character and although it’s epic sci-fi I didn’t find myself losing track of all the characters. I think I’ve read them twice and listened to the audiobooks.
I didn’t go much on book one of DCC, but I have been bullied into book two by too many people, so I will see how I get on.
I read that trilogy a few years ago. The stakes really ratchet up after the first book. I have heard the 2nd trilogy is pretty good but I haven’t been compelled to check it out myself
Right now I’m listening to Theodor Seuss Geisel’s 1954 masterpiece Horton Hears a Who!.
It’s a wild tale of equality and friendship that seventy-two years later still has a lot to say to readers.
Currently reading: Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time #4). I really enjoyed books 1 and 2 in the series but found 3 to be a bit messy. This so far feels like a return to form and I’m enjoying it much more. The mantis shrimp seem to be an addition to stick to the older framework but I’ll reserve judgment once I’ve seen more from the one character we’ve met
Just finished: Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite. An interesting little premise that blazes through so fast that you don’t really get to examine the scenery or dive into any ideas. It’s not bad, but if it’s aiming to be a cozy mystery the rapid pace seems discordant
Wuthering Heights.
Nice! I read that for the first time about six months ago and thoroughly enjoyed how unhinged every single character was.
I think I was too young when I read it, because I mostly didn’t like any of the characters and didn’t understand their motivations. I thought it was well written, I just didn’t enjoy. I think I might enjoy it a lot more now.
Same thing with the movie Sideways. I hated that movie for so long until I watched it recently. Now I understand a lot more what is going with his mental health issues.
That’s still on my reading list. How do you like it so far?
It’s intriguing, style is beautiful and it is interesting . It has more humor too (subtle) than I expected.
Working through the last of the audio books for “The wheel of time” series. Been over a year since I started the journey and been loving it. Going to be very bitter sweet when I reach the conclusion.
Been borrowing the audio books from the library
