I finished Death Masks by Jim Butcher, 5th book in the series. This is probably the best book in the series yet, pretty much no dull moment. And I have heard it just keeps getting better from here, so looking forward to that!
After that, looking for epic fantasy, started The Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty. Read the first book City of Brass and loved it. A different setting from the “medieval European” one we usually get, and thoroughly enjoyable book.
Before starting next book in the series, read Elly Griffith’s The Janus Stone, 2nd book in Dr. Ruth Galloway mystery series. It was a quick but nice read, I’m going to continue with her books.
Just starting The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty, the next (2nd) book in The Daevabad Trilogy.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening?
- Still going with across-the-year reading of Finnegans Wake. Nearing the end of part 3, which seems to be interpreted at the “ideal future”, and soon moving on to part 4: “the actual future”. The Wellington & Napoleon & Tristan & Iseult & Osiris & Set -ishness of it all continues to mystify just over the understandizon. At the moment, I think that Crime and Punishment is going to be next year’s big read.
- Finished Happy Endings by Paul Cornell - the 50th in the Doctor Who Virgin New Adventures series and a cameo-filled celebration of this series so far wrapped around Benny’s wedding. An easy read, but too many cameos overall.
- Reading GodEngine by Craig Hinton - the 51st in the same series, and an interesting (so far) dive into Ice Warrior culture.
- On hold until I have finished the above Flashman’s Waterloo by Robert Brightwell. Quatre Bras is out of the way in this entertaining and well-researched prequel series and Waterloo itself is in the offing. However, I want to finish the the DW novel, since that is a natural pause in that series, before immersing in this again.
And after those I am planning to read Adam Biles’ Beasts of England - a Brexit-parody sequel to Orwell’s Animal Farm released a few weeks back and then Sandra Newman’s Julia - her alternate take on 1984. They seem a good pairing.
I’m nearing the end of Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb.
I really liked the Assassin trilogy, and this one is off to a great start for the Liveship series.
But damn, if she doesn’t give her characters the short end of the stick in pretty much every case.
The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson. I’m loving all of the connections to the wider world and the technological advancements.
Ahan, interesting. Can’t wait to get my hands on.
Assuming you have read rest of the secret projects too, which one is your favourite?
Daevabad trilogy is solid. A nice change on the usual sword and sorcery stuff.
Dresden series is also good on audio. James Marsters does a good job.
The Stars Now Unclaimed. The story is decent but the dialogue is pretty crappy. Seems like I’m always scrounging for sci fi with good characters that can carry concept and story.
I finally finished (my 3rd read of) Gravity’s Rainbow. So now I can focus on some non-fiction that I was trying to read at the same time as GR (that never works). Those would be: Seeing That Frees by Rob Burbea (a book on meditation and buddhist stuff), and Gödel Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter. I have loads of fiction to get to after this, but want to clear the stack of “same time” books first.
Yeah, I can understand that. I have a “same time” book that I have been reading since last 3 years, I think. 😀 I should probably just read it after this one and finish it in a week or so.
3 years!! haha. Yeah, that would probably be a relief to finish. If you’re still enjoying it, that is.
It’s non-fiction essays, I have it in my car, read it when I am waiting in car and don’t have my main book with me. It’s half done, can finish the rest in a few days, and I think it’s about time I do that… I just don’t have any other book to put in car to replace that 😀
