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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? April 22 (discuss.online)
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Still reading Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore.

Also reading some web novels.

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

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[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

Just finished Dungeon Crawler Carl, on the lookout for a new series to get into.

[-] JaymesRS@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Are you looking for more LitRPG stuff or something else?

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Could be anything, I prefer SF&F and a well written plot that's internally consistent.

[-] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Have you read any of the following? I've really enjoyed them the last few years.

  • Murderbot series by Martha Wells
  • Saint of Steel by T. Kingfisher
  • Temeraire by Naomi Novik
  • The Thief by Margaret Whalen Turner
  • The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes
  • This Quest is Broken! By JP Valentine
  • Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinnmann
  • The Chequey Files by Daniel O'Malley
  • Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
  • Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
  • Libriomancer by Jim C Hines
[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Cool! Murderbot, dresden files and rivers of London were pretty good reads. I'll check out the others :)

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Heya! Just thought I'd let you know I worked through most of the series you listed, and really enjoyed them all (except Thief which I DNFed).

[-] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's awesome! I'm curious about Thief and why you DNF'd it. No criticism, just curious about keeping it in my recommendations. It is a pretty slow burn and I'm curious if that was a factor.

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's not the slow burn, I'm very much into books that focus on worldbuilding. I just couldn't get past the language and writing style. It read like a 3rd grade kids book to me, and I just kept getting annoyed. Somebody else who doesn't mind that might like it, just a personal thing.

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