Finished The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty, the 2nd book in The Daevabad Trilogy.
Went straight to the sequel, The Empire of Gold, the 3rd and last book in the series.
What about all of you, what have you been reading and listening?
The Tailor of Panama by John Le’Carre
Great book! Really want to do a re-read of his books now I’ve seen the Pigeon Tunnel.
Looked up John Le’Carre, “English author and spy”, that’s an interesting introduction.
I have heard of his “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”, but never read any of his work. How are you liking the book?
Just about finished Inversions by Iain Banks, really enjoyed it despite it being dated with its over abundant male gaze for the women.
Next up is Look to Windward, it’s flawed but enjoyable.
Another three or four weeks and I will have finished my culture reread, will probably fancy something completely different and thinking of rereading LeCarres books.
How is the Culture series? I tried to read the first book a long time ago, but couldn’t get into it.
Also, someone else mentioned Le’Carre above, how do you like his work?
The first Culture book Iain is still finding his feet with the series so it’s skippable if you didn’t like it.
Also the series doesn’t have to be read in order as they are mostly self contained stories although there are references to events from previous books they are very high level, in passing and pretty much spoiler free.
I personally love the universe Iain created for culture, so the books are as much about luxuriating in that than anything else. It’s Hobbiton in space IMO. Some of the stories are a little obvious and some are a little overcomplicated but they are fun.
LeCarre is a wonderful writer, he excels in writing engaging and believable but average people who perform mediocre selfish acts rather than the exceptional performing miracles against all odds yet are somehow still boring people. There’s no Jason Bourne or James Bond here. I would think of it very much like Slow Horses if you have read any of those?
I finished Wool by Hugh Howey a couple of days ago. I’m now reading the second book, Shift.
I also started watching the show.
I am enjoying them. They’re an easy read which is a big plus for me since I’m working at being a daily reader again. I started reading in lieu of Reddit and it’s been great.
Here’s what I’ve read since Reddit shat the bed:
Sleeping Giants
Waking Gods
Only Human
Flowers for Algernon
Shogun
Circe
The Secret History
The Player of Games
I, Robot
The Color of Magic
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles
Annihilation
Wool
Finished in October
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
- Men at Arms
- The Midnight Library
- Feet of Clay
In Progress
- Dracula
- Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Doing a full read through of Discworld, or just City Watch novels?
How did you like Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel? It has been on my to-read pile for ages, but for some reason haven’t gotten to it yet.
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is by Gabrielle Zevin? The plot seems interesting, let me know how you find the book.
My plan is to read the Watch, Death, and Witch series. And Interesting Times as a stand alone.
I really liked Strange and Norrell. It def isn’t for everyone though. It’s pretty slow moving. I like strong character driven books without front to back action sometimes and this one is very well written.
So far I like Tomorrow. Yeah it’s by Gabriel Zevin. I’m not very far into it though. Haven’t had time to read much these last couple of weeks… but yeah it’s been a good read so far! I’ll try to remember to update here when I’m done. (Apologies in advance if I forget).
I’m currently in the middle of a few books, and I’ve got more queued up to read next.
here’s what I’m currently reading:
William Gibson - Neruomancer [The Sprawl, book 1]
Just started the last chapter, can’t wait to read the rest of the sprawl.
the writing is amazing and i can see why it’s so recommended.
Douglas Adams - The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy [Compilation of the entire series in one book]
I’m about half way through book 1, loved the movie and figured i would read the books.
no regrets so far, quite a fun read.
Martha Wells - Rogue Protocol [The Murderbot Diaries, Book 3]
Saw this series recommended years ago on reddit, only semi-recently got around to reading it
it’s an interesting story, and i would recommend it myself.
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray
I don’t really even know what to say about this one, other than I’m enjoying it thus far
and the fact that i can’t read more than a few pages at a time without getting a headache from deciphering some of the wording haha
and here’s what’s all on my to-be-read list (minus continuations of the aforementioned series) in no particular order:
Liu Cixin - Remembrance of Earth’s Past [Series]
Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon [Series]
Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash
Frank Herbert - Dune [Series]
Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird
Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Homer - The Iliad
Dante - The Divine Comedy
I would love some recommendations from you lovely people to add to my backlog :)
That’s a great list of books.
If you like Douglas Adams, try Sir Terry Paratchet’s Discworld series, if you haven’t already read them.
I also have The Murderbot Diaries on my wishlist, from some reddit thread years ago. Haven’t gotten around to them yet though, but seeing you recommend them again, going to prioritise them. Though, I still have many books in my backlog that I have to finish before getting more.
I just realised the series is called “Rememberane of Earth’s Past” and not “The Three-Body Problem”
Well, these are all great books, you can’t really go wrong with any of them, so just have fun!
