What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 29 (discuss.online)

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Still Reading The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson. His fourth and final standalone Cosmere "secret project" novel.

About halfway through, not much more to add.

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

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[-] misericordiae@literature.cafe 3 points 5 days ago

Working on No One Will Come Back for Us by Premee Mohamed, since I started it in May.

Finished:

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (science fantasy mystery) | bingo: number, different continent, LGBTQIA+, award HM, game, steppin' up HM, late to the party HM, jerk HM

Necromancer heirs (and their cavaliers) from each of nine houses are invited to take part in a challenge: those that succeed will become the Emperor's new elite.

I liked this more than I thought I would when I started, and I'll probably read the sequels at some point. With that said, although I found the plot reasonably solid, the setup is kinda YA, and what little is mentioned about the wider situation/world building goes almost entirely unexplained. (Also: if you ever see it described as "lesbian necromancers in space", there's only, like, 5 seconds of space.)

Liar Game, Volume 1 by Shinobu Kaitani (thriller-ish seinen manga) | bingo: different continent HM, minority author, adaptation, orange, game

An unrealistically naive college student is forced to participate a mysterious game, which threatens to leave her in massive debt if she loses. To avoid this, she decides to enlist the help of a conman.

I enjoyed the drama adaptation of this back in the day, and this was pretty much 1-to-1 with my memory of the first episode, just more manga-y.

A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny (non-scary horror) | bingo: creature HM. game

Jack the Ripper's dog companion describes each day of October, as they--along with a variety of other Victorian horror characters and their familiars--prepare for a Halloween ritual.

This was fine, but it never super grabbed me. Might be fun to read a chapter a day leading up to Halloween.

[-] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago

A Night in the Lonesome October is on my wishlist. The idea sounds interesting.

lesbian necromancers in space

I would like some Necromancers in space. Or just some well written book from Necromancers point of view. Something not in litRPG.

No One Will Come Back for Us

Hope someone comes back for us.

[-] misericordiae@literature.cafe 2 points 1 day ago

I would like some Necromancers in space. Or just some well written book from Necromancers point of view. Something not in litRPG.

The second book in the series, Harrow the Ninth, is from the PoV of a necromancer, although from my understanding it's also written half in 2nd person and non-linearly for a large portion. (Very much a "don't start here" situation. The first book has a decent amount of skeletons, bone constructs, stealing life essence, death, etc, though, just from an external PoV.)

There's also the Johannes Cabal series by Jonathan L. Howard, which has been sitting on my list for a while. I haven't read it yet, but I did enjoy the other book I read by that author, so it might be worth a look?