Very busy couple of weeks, so didn’t actually read anything.
Still on Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore, 2nd novel in Icewind Dale series, which is a subseries of Forgotten Realms series (D&D world).
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Careless People - Satah Wynn-Williams
Not only it is a fascinating look into Facebook, it touches me personally because I’m a Canadian female tech worker in a US based company and her perspective on a lot of thing is very relatable to me.
I just finished Shades of grey by Jasper Fforde. What a weird fascist dystopian future. It took a long time to get interesting and only the last 15% got me to actually want to know more. I don’t think I will read the rest of the trilogy.
Just started Holly by Stephen King. I have no idea what’s happening. I got it as a gift for Christmas and left the book cover at home so no summary.
The Sword and Shield, the history of the KGB. I’m nearly half way through it, it’s fascinating.
Never Split the Difference, a reread of what is typically called the best negotiating book. I’ve not read one better.
I just finished reading The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey (authors of the Expanse series). Overall I really liked it and am excited for this series! I feel like the characters haven’t hooked me as much as the characters from the Expanse series, but I’m going to give them more time to develop.
I am now reading The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. This one has surprised me how much I’ve enjoyed it so far. I have read his Founders trilogy and Divine Cities books and found them hit or miss.
Felt exactly the same about the Mercy of Gods.
I have started reading ‘The Master and Margarita’. I am only a couple of chapters in and its pretty wild already.
It’s been a long time, but I once read a paperback copy I found. I remember enjoying it.
Currently reading Food And Society In Classical Antiquity.
I recently started The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I’m a 100 or so pages in, and slowly getting a feel for the characters. It’s a large book, but I’ve got some long flights coming up so hopefully I’ll make a good dent in it :)
Almost done with The Tommyknockers on audiobook. Still reading Worm (by Wildbow), about 60% done
Just finished Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos rising. Next up, the second in the series.
It was such a great book. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series
I’m reading The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan, the fourth book in The Wheel of Time series. I’m starting to get a bit sick of the characters, frankly. Petty, angry, dishonest liars most of them, looking to make the worst decisions for any given situation. I still like the book, oddly enough, but I wish the characters like, grow up sometime soon.
I gave up near the beginning of this book. Just wasn’t enjoying it and didn’t relish the idea of spending hours and hours on something I wasn’t enjoying.
Currently I’m reading The Rebel by Albert Camus. I was reading it last month but got interrupted by a hold being available from the library. I’m determined to finish it in the next week or so.
Finished the fifth book in the “dungeon crawler Carl” series, and decide to step away from that for a while. The fifth book was a lot longer than the previous four, and this doesn’t work out for me (I know, just weeks ago I complained about the novella format of most murderbot books:)). After that read through “midnight black” by Mark Greaney, which was nice, but not the best in the gray man series imo. Now about a third through John Scalzi’s “the collapsing empire”. So far a nice book, but I liked most books in the “old man’s war” series better.
Reading the Patternmaster books by Octavia E. Butler. Weird but interesting. Definitely not hitting like the Xenogenesis books did but still seem good so far.
Also re-reading the Expanse books because I just read The Mercy of Gods by James SA Corey and it made my love of the expanse series resurface.
Not Till We Are Lost
Latest book in the bobiverse.
Great book!
