Didn’t read as much last week as I’d hoped, nearly done with the third Percy Jackson audiobook though. My sweater is getting big, almost time to move onto the sleeves.
Same here, some weeks are what they are. I spend a lot of time doing a lot of fun stuff, but reading was not on the list! I don’t think it will get better in the next week in this aspect. Unfortunately, there are only 24 hours in a day…
Absolutely, sometimes it’s really more about the journey than the finish line when it comes to reading. Although I do normally read a massive amount of books, it’s a luxury not everyone has due to a multitude of factors. Reading at least one book in a year is more than most people, so any amount that one can achieve that is bigger than 0 is impressive in its own right.
You inspired me to start listening to the series again before the new book next month. Looks like I’m almost caught up with you. What did you think about Sea of Monsters? I thought it was kind of bad the second time through and that was sad to me. I guess that’s the double edge knife of experiencing something with a lot of nostalgia.
I liked it! I kind of lessen my expectations as an adult with those kind of books. I go in knowing that I’m an adult now and that those books are not aimed or written to my demographic, so I more or less just turn my brain off/suspend my disbelief. Some of the stuff honestly did not age well in Sea of Monsters specifically though.
Maybe my expectations were too high after just finishing Thistlefoot… haha.
Definitely agree that some stuff did not age well at all.
Trying to start Malazan.
It’s pretty rough. I know he wants to build up the world naturally, and it’s supposed to feel like a story you stepped into halfway through but… Come on, man.
I hear they don’t explain the magic until book nine… I’m not sure I’d even want to know at the point. I think at that point I’d be like “Haha, there goes the wizards, doing wizard stuff! I think.”
I really liked them, I agree its a very slow build up, but suits for certain moods and timing
Yeah, everyone seems to agree the payoff is worth it.
My problem is I can’t listen to the audiobooks at work because I’ll miss half the details and never figure out what’s going on, but I’ve got too many other things I want to do in my free time to really sit down and get some pages turned.
Re-reading several dialogues of Plato. And recently started David Graeber & David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything.
Attempting to read Proust’s In Search of Lost Time again, let’s see how far I get.
Iron maiden, Katie Perry, Yellawolf, and Fit for an Autopsy.
hi! just came over from hexbear, hope that’s ok
i’m reading record of a spaceborn few by becky chambers, the 3rd book in the wayfarers series. i love cozy sci-fi 😊
welcome! it’s ok, im hoping as lemmy improves we can refed (same thing with nsfw instances). i feel a lot more comfortable after discussing it with people over there and CARC0SA as well. i think as lemmy grows things will def chill out a lot especially as general etiquette forms around inter-instance community interactions, which seems to already be happening.
also: i have some becky chambers on my tbr… is she worth checking out. i love cozy fantasy but have never really thought about giving cozy scifi a try 👀
yeah i’m sure everything will mellow out eventually
also becky chambers is great! i actually read her monk & robot books first, they’re basically an exploration of what a solarpunk society would look like and they’re super wholesome! wayfarers is wholesome too but more focused on found family
i think if you like cozy fantasy then becky chambers work will feel very familiar to you, so i recommend it! :)