What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? February 03 (discuss.online)

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Finished Mistborn: Secret Histories novella. Don't want to spoil, but it was really exciting to read this secret history.

Read Redshirts by John Scalzi. A sci-fi about the "redshirts" in a Star-Trek like universe. Highly recommended for any Star Trek fan.

Started Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire. First book in her October Daye urban fantasy series. This is my first Seanan McGuire book, have heard a lot about her.

Still skimming through The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Caroll.

Putting Ultra-processed Food by Chris van Tulleken on hold for a bit, shouldn't have started multiple non-fiction at once. Will pick it up after finishing the Bullet Journal Method.

Bingo squares covered: Short and Sweed, Award Winner (Hard mode)

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[-] TheLastRadiant@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago

Finished rereading The River Why by David James Duncan, a personal favorite of mine, definitely not for everybody, but a good read nonetheless.

Currently moving onto Oathbringer in the Stormlight Archives after a short break after Words of Radiance. very excited to get back into it!

After that, I am going to start the Mistborn series, which I have only heard good things about.

[-] blueduck@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

Oathbringer can feel like a slog after Words of Radiance.

Unfortunately WoR is by far the best book he’s written so everything else is just a slight disappointment.

Rhythm of War is very good at setting up Wind and Truth… but fails to be entirely satisfying on its own.

The good news is you won’t have to wait years between books, so I can feel like one smooth ride

Big fan of the series by the way. But the pacing of the overall series has its issues

[-] TheLastRadiant@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

So far I am a very big fan of storm light! That being said what I have noticed and talking to a couple people is that he uses a lot of set up and build up which really makes the conclusions worth it but i feel you definitely have to will yourself to get through it atleast in my case but still thoroughly enjoyable!

The funny thing is I started the series thinking that wind and truth was the last one because I didn’t want to wait for more books only to find out that there are five more coming out! But very grateful I have the five of part one to read through without waiting.

[-] blueduck@piefed.social 1 points 22 hours ago

The good news is that WaT has a satisfying conclusion to most of the arcs presented in the first five books. New arcs are started, and they’ll be addressed in the back five.

I think the five books are a satisfying whole, especially if you read the novellas