What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? October 15 (discuss.online)

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Finished The Twelve by Justin Cronin. Book 2 of The Passage trilogy! Finally!

It was interesting read, but too long. Too much back story and details that could have been condensed quite a bit. As it is, I didn't like the fist quarter, second quarter was okay, third was interesting, and really enjoyed the last one.

Still one book remaining in the trilogy, but need a break, will come back to after a little while.

Read some more stories from The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft.

Now reading The Crystal Shard by R. A. Salvatore. First book of The Icewind Dale Trilogy, and The Legend of Drizzt / Forgotten Realms series (publication order).

It's my first Drizzt, and first D&D novel and has been on my wishlist for a very long time. Just started it so can't really say much about it, but enjoying it so far.

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

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[-] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago

Just started with Scalzi's Starter Villain. No opinion yet. But it's short, so I should have one soon.

[-] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

I'm reading the Silmarillion, so I can be madder at Rings of Power

[-] captnanonymous@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I just finished (audiobook) The Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno. I am not really a regular reader of horror, but I dug this one a lot.

I've checked out (via Libby) Rakesfall by Vjara Chandrasekara, but haven't started it yet.

[-] pancake@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

I'm reading A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson (Wheel of Time Book 14!). I'm only about halfway through and so far it's been good but I liked the books leading up to it more. We'll see how the second half goes.

[-] b34n5@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

At the moment, I am still reading "Amadeo Bordiga in the Italian Communist Party" by Agustín Guillamón. Additionally, I have started "Anatomy of an Epidemic" by Robert Whitaker, which critiques the solutions that current psychiatry proposes in Western societies; it specifically focuses on the United States.

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago

Just finished King's Fairy Tale. Almost started the dark tower series, but then remembered that I needed to read Moby-Dick. So, that's what I'm reading now.

[-] RonnieB@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

I hope you like in depth descriptions of whales

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

Hmmm, not interested in that. Lol
Is the book fantasy? Like does the whale talk or something? Or is he just talking about going whale hunting(if that's the word).

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky. The book that inspired the game. All the characters are so, so wordy, but I'm enjoying it.

[-] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 22 hours ago

I've been thoroughly enjoying the Infinite Series by Jeremy Robinson. It is a masterwork of scifi, spanning several scifi sub-genres. Each book (that I've read so far) is only loosely connected to the other books - it reminds me a bit of early Marvel movies where at the end Nick Fury shows up. I had read Infinite, not knowing that it was the beginning of a series, and then when I found out I decided I would read the next book, but make no commitments to continue the series. I've not stopped and each book just keeps getting better.

[-] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 18 hours ago

I randomly stumbled across the dark which is much later in the series and really enjoyed it. I've now gone back and started from the beginning with infinite and will be continuing in order. I'm looking forward to it!

[-] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 21 hours ago

Haven't read the series, but apparently you get crossovers in last few books.

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

Finished Words of Radiance, started Oathbringer.

They hit pretty hard back to back with the end of one and right out of the gate in the other.

[-] KammicRelief@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Cool about Drizzt! I enjoyed (what I read of) The Dark Elf trilogy.. I forget how much I read, but, very cool world-building.

I finally finished books 1 and 2 of The Kingkiller books (Rothfuss) and thoroughly enjoyed them. I'm now onto Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy.

[-] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago

Not currently reading anything but just finished The Fisherman by John Langan. I’m just here hoping someone can recommend some good horror from the last few years

[-] Mickey@lemmy.ca 3 points 21 hours ago

I read a lot of horror! Here are some of my recent faves:

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman

[-] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago

What did you think of Ghost Eaters? I found it a bit boring by the end. I finished it and I wouldn't say it was bad but it was a bit of a slog for me by the end.

[-] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I really loathed the fisherman. It felt like a bait and switch, and the framing device felt like I was being asked to accept an insane proposition. Why would they just sit there in that diner for what must have been hours listening to that guy exposit in anachronistic old-timey waffle?

I am baffled by its popularity.

Edit: conversely, and so I’m not being a negative Nancy, The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch was fun and weird and kept me interested.

[-] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago

How are you finding Lovecraft so far? Do you have a favourite out of what you've read so far?

I'm carrying on with Deathlands (of course) but this week I have been throwing in some R L Stine Goosebumps books. I spoke about liking them as a kid with my gf recently and it made me want to revist a few titles I remember as I don't remember the stories themselves.

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 2 points 22 hours ago

Not my usual thing, I'm admittedly a trashy action thriller person, but Yellowface is very much keeping my attention at the moment. It's very well written

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Working my way through book 5 of He Who Fights With Monsters.

Tap for spoiler

Jason has just been diverted from Japan to Indonesia as shit is fucked up.

[-] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

I'm still using reading mostly as a means to fall asleep but I finished Slow Horses on the weekend. Even after watching the TV series the books are very enjoyable.

On to the next one!