Official Reading/Book Thread

[OblivionWalker 390]

4 hours ago, animal74 said:

I'm slogging through a few books right now...

 

Fiction:

Malice by John Gwynne

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

 

Writing related non-fiction:

Dreams and Wishes by Susan Cooper

A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War by Joseph Loconte

 

I do a combo of physical books, Audible and Libby. Very occasionally ebooks.

Bran Sand, my beloved. You'll have to let me know what you think and I'm very curious about the second nonfiction you mentioned. Probably about the war, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein?

[Scurvy 1,802]

I’m reading Assassin’s Code by Jonathan Mayberry.   Book 4 of the Joe Ledger series.   Pretty good 

 

also reading Tne Gray Man by Mark Greaney.   Re-read for me but good story to get lost in.  

[animal74 1,928]

1 hour ago, OblivionWalker said:

Bran Sand, my beloved. You'll have to let me know what you think and I'm very curious about the second nonfiction you mentioned. Probably about the war, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein?

I've read Sanderson's Legion series and The Emperor's Soul - all very good. I knew it would take me forever to get through the Stormlight Archive so I've been putting it off (I've been stocking them up on Audible). So far not a huge fan of the narrators unfortunately.

 

Yes, the Loconte book is about the socio-economic and philosophical state of Europe and the world leading up to and during WW1 (and WW2) and how it influenced their writing. So far pretty interesting. Listening on Libby.

[OblivionWalker 390]

22 minutes ago, animal74 said:

I've read Sanderson's Legion series and The Emperor's Soul - all very good. I knew it would take me forever to get through the Stormlight Archive so I've been putting it off (I've been stocking them up on Audible). So far not a huge fan of the narrators unfortunately.

 

Yes, the Loconte book is about the socio-economic and philosophical state of Europe and the world leading up to and during WW1 (and WW2) and how it influenced their writing. So far pretty interesting. Listening on Libby.

Stormlight is long, for sure. I’m fortunate that I’ve always been a very fast reader so I can mow through things pretty quickly. I used to listen to more audiobooks at my previous job but I don’t so much any more.

 

I’ll have to see if I can get that at our local library!

[der meister 3,403]

Literally just finished The Last Ronin, a Ninja Turtles omnibus. As a lifelong fan of the franchise, it was truly a "holy shit" experience. Very much returning to the roots of the characters with its grittiness. Absolutely riveting and heartbreaking throughout all 5 issues. Tremendous work.

[animal74 1,928]

I've had a good start to my reading this year.

 

Malice - John Gwynne

Voice of War - Zack Argyle

The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis (reading it to my 11-year-old)

Wheel of the Infinite - Martha Wells

The Darkest Part of the Forest - Holly Black

[fishy 1,757]

6 hours ago, animal74 said:

Malice - John Gwynne

I just read this! I'm really eager to get into the next book, as I found this one really compelling. What did you think of it? 

[Fire Tortorella 2,679]

Got a Kindle a couple of weeks ago and have read more in two weeks than I have in the past 12 months. On a 7 day reading streak, which is 7 days longer than my last streak.

 

Currently reading Knife of Dreams and then will finish the 4 other books in the series. It'll probably take me roughly a month to read each book, so we'll see where I go from there.

[der meister 3,403]

1 hour ago, Fire Tortorella said:

Got a Kindle a couple of weeks ago and have read more in two weeks than I have in the past 12 months. On a 7 day reading streak, which is 7 days longer than my last streak.

 

Currently reading Knife of Dreams and then will finish the 4 other books in the series. It'll probably take me roughly a month to read each book, so we'll see where I go from there.

 

Assuming wheel of time. 

[Aimee 1,181]

Omg ya'll I haven't updated my reading since July. And it would seem I didn't read in August at all lol.

 

It's so long I put it in a spoiler box lol.

 

Get. Fucking. Ready.

 

Spoiler

September

HP and the Prison of Azkaban - She Who Shall Not Be Named (4 stars) audiobook

Percy Jackson: Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan (4 stars) audiobook

Doctor Who: At Childhood's End (2 stars) - audiobook

 

October

Assistant to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer (4.5 stars) paperback

Percy Jackson: Battle of the Labyrinth (4 stars) audiobook

Percy Jackson: Last Olympian (4.25 stars) audiobook

 

November

Divine Dungeon: Dungeon Desolation - Dakota Krout (4 stars) audiobook

Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert (4 stars) paperback

 

January

ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD - Penn Holderness (4 stars) audiobook

Divine Dungeon: Dungeon Eternium - Dakota Krout (3.75 stars) audiobook

Even Though I Knew the End - C.L. Polk (4.25 stars) paperback

The Downloaded - Robert J. Sawyer (4 stars) audiobook

Apprentice to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer (4.5 start) paperback

HP and the Goblet of Fire - She Who Shall Not Be Named (4.25 stars) audiobook

The Third Gilmore Girl - Kelly Bishop (5 stars) audiobook

All Systems Red - Martha Wells (2 stars) audiobook

HP and the Order of the Phoenix - She Who Shall Not Be Named (4 stars) audiobook

 

February

Eldest - Christopher Paolini (4 stars) paperback

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Timothy Snyder (4 stars) paperback

Magus Rising: Mysteries of Magic - Tesha Geddes (1.75 stars) libby

HP and the Half-Blood Prince - She Who Shall Not Be Named (4 stars) audiobook

The Price of Salt - Patricia Highsmith (3.5 stars) libby

 

March

The Ghosts of Rose Hill - R.M. Romero (4 stars) paperback

Cher: The Memoir, Part 1 - Cher (5 stars) audiobook

Artemis - Andy Weir (4.5 stars) paperback

A Darker Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab (3.5 stars) audiobook

Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo (4 stars) libby

 

April

The Tea Dragon Society - K. O'Neill (3.5 stars) libby

HP and the Deathly Hallows - She Who Shall Not Be Named (4 stars) audiobook

Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb (4 stars) libby

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (re-read, 4.5 stars) paperback

The Lies of the Ajungo - Moses Ose Utomi (4 stars) hardcover

 

Also currently making my way through the audiobook of A Gathering a Shadows and Brisingr. Also just got a notification from libby that Seige and Storm is ready so I might be pausing Brisingr since I just started it yestersay.

 

[Nykonax 1,674]

Just finished  Lessons In Play: An Introduction to Combinatorial Game Theory

 

hopefully can do some real reading this summer. Have a bunch on my list like Children of Time and Breakfast of Champions ( @fishy) 

[Fire Tortorella 2,679]

4 hours ago, der meister said:

 

Assuming wheel of time. 

 

Yes, Wheel of Time.

 

Coincidentally the entire series was on sale on Humblebumble for $18 for the eReader version.

[der meister 3,403]

4 hours ago, Aimee said:

Omg ya'll I haven't updated my reading since July. And it would seem I didn't read in August at all lol.

 

It's so long I put it in a spoiler box lol.

 

Get. Fucking. Ready.

 

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September

HP and the Prison of Azkaban - She Who Shall Not Be Named (4 stars) audiobook

Percy Jackson: Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan (4 stars) audiobook

Doctor Who: At Childhood's End (2 stars) - audiobook

 

October

Assistant to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer (4.5 stars) paperback

Percy Jackson: Battle of the Labyrinth (4 stars) audiobook

Percy Jackson: Last Olympian (4.25 stars) audiobook

 

November

Divine Dungeon: Dungeon Desolation - Dakota Krout (4 stars) audiobook

Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert (4 stars) paperback

 

January

ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD - Penn Holderness (4 stars) audiobook

Divine Dungeon: Dungeon Eternium - Dakota Krout (3.75 stars) audiobook

Even Though I Knew the End - C.L. Polk (4.25 stars) paperback

The Downloaded - Robert J. Sawyer (4 stars) audiobook

Apprentice to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer (4.5 start) paperback

HP and the Goblet of Fire - She Who Shall Not Be Named (4.25 stars) audiobook

The Third Gilmore Girl - Kelly Bishop (5 stars) audiobook

All Systems Red - Martha Wells (2 stars) audiobook

HP and the Order of the Phoenix - She Who Shall Not Be Named (4 stars) audiobook

 

February

Eldest - Christopher Paolini (4 stars) paperback

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Timothy Snyder (4 stars) paperback

Magus Rising: Mysteries of Magic - Tesha Geddes (1.75 stars) libby

HP and the Half-Blood Prince - She Who Shall Not Be Named (4 stars) audiobook

The Price of Salt - Patricia Highsmith (3.5 stars) libby

 

March

The Ghosts of Rose Hill - R.M. Romero (4 stars) paperback

Cher: The Memoir, Part 1 - Cher (5 stars) audiobook

Artemis - Andy Weir (4.5 stars) paperback

A Darker Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab (3.5 stars) audiobook

Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo (4 stars) libby

 

April

The Tea Dragon Society - K. O'Neill (3.5 stars) libby

HP and the Deathly Hallows - She Who Shall Not Be Named (4 stars) audiobook

Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb (4 stars) libby

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (re-read, 4.5 stars) paperback

The Lies of the Ajungo - Moses Ose Utomi (4 stars) hardcover

 

Also currently making my way through the audiobook of A Gathering a Shadows and Brisingr. Also just got a notification from libby that Seige and Storm is ready so I might be pausing Brisingr since I just started it yestersay.

 

 

3.5 for Darker Shade is wild to me. The world building is off the charts. 

 

Your reading list makes me think you'd enjoy Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell though. 

[der meister 3,403]

1 hour ago, Fire Tortorella said:

 

Yes, Wheel of Time.

 

Coincidentally the entire series was on sale on Humblebumble for $18 for the eReader version.

 

You've gotten past the roughest parts of the series, which is noteworthy. Enjoy!

[Fire Tortorella 2,679]

Just now, der meister said:

 

You've gotten past the roughest parts of the series, which is noteworthy. Enjoy!

 

Ha - to be fair, I started reading the series in 2019 and last started Knife of Dreams in...2021? Pretty sure it was when I was in my last apartment and didn't read it in my house. Maybe 2022 at the latest.

[Aimee 1,181]

2 minutes ago, der meister said:

 

3.5 for Darker Shade is wild to me. The world building is off the charts. 

 

Your reading list makes me think you'd enjoy Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell though. 

My rating may be skewed due to the narrator, I'll admit. The world building I do very much enjoy. The second book has a male and female narrator and I am enjoying them more. So I think I'm going to end up rating book 2 a little higher.

[der meister 3,403]

1 hour ago, Aimee said:

My rating may be skewed due to the narrator, I'll admit. The world building I do very much enjoy. The second book has a male and female narrator and I am enjoying them more. So I think I'm going to end up rating book 2 a little higher.

 

The opening of Book 2 is *chef's kiss*

 

Lila is an icon, IMO

[Scurvy 1,802]

Currently reading Sunrise on the Reaping (hunger games .5) about Haymich's quarter quell reaping. To be honest my wife bought the book at Barnes and Noble and I snagged it before she could start.  I do like being back in the Hunger Games world and getting to know Haymitch before the booze filled mentor of the main series.  A true underdog in every sense of the word who showed great intelligence and I found that despite some lulls I really enjoyed the story.  An insight into some earlier games and the secondary characters were great too.  

[fishy 1,757]

Finished book #100 of the year so far, so here are my 5 star reads up to this point: 

 

- An Honored Vow by Melissa Blair, final book of the Halfling Saga series 

- Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan

- How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

- All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, and Network Effect by Martha Wells, books 1, 2, and 5 of the Murderbot Diaries series. All rereads and just as good as the first time!!!!!!!

- Legendborn, Bloodmarked, and Oathbound by Tracy Deonn, books 1-3 of the Legendborn Cycle. First two were rereads and BETTER the second time. 

- Funny Story by Emily Henry

- Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

- The Foxhole Court, The Raven King, and The King's Men by Nora Sakavic, initial trilogy in the All for the Game series. 

- This is How You Lose the TIme War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. Also a reread 

[Enorama 2,056]

On 4/22/2025 at 9:37 AM, Aimee said:

Artemis - Andy Weir (4.5 stars) paperback

A Darker Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab (3.5 stars) audiobook

 

Seeing these two ratings side by side kills me LOL two of my favourite authors in the game right now but 4.5 stars for Weir's worst book and 3.5 for one of Schwab's best hurts.

[fishy 1,757]

4 minutes ago, Enorama said:

3.5 for one of Schwab's best

this is craaaaaazy ???? ADSOM series is my least favorite of their work. Vicious is literally right there

[Enorama 2,056]

3 minutes ago, fishy said:

this is craaaaaazy ???? ADSOM series is my least favorite of their work. Vicious is literally right there

 

I'm a prime Vicious enjoyer, check my Favourites shelf on Goodreads. I just think ADSOM is 2nd, ahead of Addie LaRue, Gallant, etc.

[solas 2,003]

A few books that I've read recently that I enjoyed:

The Examiner by Janice Hallett

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Godwin by Joseph O'Neill (I think this book may have been created in a lab to appeal to me specifically)

I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

 

Haven't quite been able to keep up my pace from the end of last year as I've been finishing grad school, but I've been reading more lately. Currently reading Yellowface by R.F. Kuang, which I'm just over halfway through but have really enjoyed so far.

 

58 minutes ago, fishy said:

This is How You Lose the TIme War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. Also a reread 

Only gave this four stars on my first read but after getting to the end I think I'm definitely going to have to give it a reread at some point. Really creative book.

[slothfacekilla 125]

I'm making my way through the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, currently on book 6.  I'll have to keep up with this thread for future recommendations!

[OrbitingDeath 3,336]

14 hours ago, slothfacekilla said:

I'm making my way through the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, currently on book 6.  I'll have to keep up with this thread for future recommendations!

GODDAMNIT SLOTH

 

I am making my way through part 7 myself, love em that much that im currently collecting the hardcover editions as they come out. 

My favourite book series of recent times,  and maybe even surpassing the GFL series from Scott Sigler and the Dune series on my all time list. 

 

From quickly looking at your posted list, i have added 'The downloaded' and 'Divine Dungeon' to my to-read list on goodreads, so will get there eventually. 

 

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