Spren of Kindness Posted May 23, 2022 Report Share Posted May 23, 2022 Read The Robber Girl. It's pretty neat, if you like really beautiful, but easy to read prose, I'd recommend giving this one a shot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneonfoxtribute Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 I went ahead and read the final two volumes of Attack on Titan, because I'm done waiting for the anime 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmulatonStromenkiin Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 Please don't tell my parents I'm a supervillain by Richard Roberts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eluvianii Posted May 27, 2022 Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 Finished the first arc of Pact, which isn't saying much, it's only 8 chapters. But I can't believe how much I'm liking this. The magic system is interesting though it's taking its time to be explained. The two protagonists are both amazing at times and frustrating at others. The initial premise is weirdly complex and extremely tense. I keep waiting for the moment when things will settle down a little but every moment feels like a risk. And in general I love the writing style. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wandering Wizard Posted May 27, 2022 Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 I'm reading Shogun by James Clavell on a friends recomendation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormingTexan Posted June 2, 2022 Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 Currently reading The Choice of Magic. It is a very familiar S&S style book but I am enjoying it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urrutiap Posted June 4, 2022 Report Share Posted June 4, 2022 Currently re-reading Star Wars Agents of Chaos 1 and 2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneonfoxtribute Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 I finally finished Cytonic. And now, it's time for me to finally continue on to Crown of Swords 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Sedai Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 Enchanted Glass, by Diana Wynne Jones. I'd forgotten how good a writer she was; I enjoy her books as much, if not more, as I did when I was a kid. Other than that, I've been a bit burned out on reading recently. Been watching a lot of stuff, but this isn't the thread for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Robin Sedai said: Enchanted Glass, by Diana Wynne Jones. I'd forgotten how good a writer she was; I enjoy her books as much, if not more, as I did when I was a kid. Other than that, I've been a bit burned out on reading recently. Been watching a lot of stuff, but this isn't the thread for that. I've been meaning to reread that one! I love her stuff, but I remember I didn't like it when I first read it (young me didn't appreciate character arcs back then). It wasn't bad, I just wasn't quite satisfied, and I'd like to give it another shot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morningtide Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 I'm reading Ink and Bone, which is an amazing book about a possibly evil library and one kid sent to join it. Very good; not Brandon level, but very good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xinoehp512 Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 4 hours ago, Robin Sedai said: Enchanted Glass, by Diana Wynne Jones. Hold up. No way. *frantic googling* Enchanted Glass was written by Diana Wynne Jones!? I mean, in retrospect, it makes sense. I never really paid attention to author names when I was younger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Ajah Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Morningtide said: I'm reading Ink and Bone, which is an amazing book about a possibly evil library and one kid sent to join it. Very good; not Brandon level, but very good. That sounds... oddly like Alcatraz vs the evil librarians. Coincidentally, I am reading Alcatraz vs the Knights of Crystallia. And Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter. And just finished Rythm of War. As well as a Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne. Not to mention the Edge of the World by Kevin J. Anderson. I've been busy. Edit: I forgot to mention, I also just finished the Name of the Wind. Edited June 7, 2022 by The Unknown Novel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lego Mistborn Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 Currently reading Crown of Swords, by Jordan. I just finished Earth Unaware, by Card, and Lord of Chaos, by Jordan as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness Posted June 8, 2022 Report Share Posted June 8, 2022 I'm rereading Chronicle of the Dark Star by Kevin Emerson. It's a trilogy, and I've finished Last Day On Mars and am almost done with The Oceans Between Stars. So, tomorrow will be The Shores Beyond Time. These books honestly have some of my favorite titles, and the writing is really good as well. So far as middle-grade sci-fi goes, this is among the best, and actually is better than almost all the YA sci-fi I've read. I haven't read enough adult sci-fi yet to know what I think about it's standings. Thursday I'll hopefully be starting either Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? or Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elf Posted June 8, 2022 Report Share Posted June 8, 2022 re reading nevernight by jay kristoff probably gonna start reading the secret history by donna tart today 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urrutiap Posted June 11, 2022 Report Share Posted June 11, 2022 Im reading Star Wars Balance Point 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 So, I read both Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, as well as Fall of the Argosi, which seems to be part of a larger universe. I thought it was pretty interesting, and the world seemed fairly unique. The Starless Crown was pretty good. Next up: The last Shadow Children book and The Lost Fleet: Outlands: Boundless. Three layers of titles deep; that's a new one for me. I'm going to read other things, but summer is about to officially begin and I'm not entirely sure of the legality of taking library books across national boundaries, so I'll probably be reading less for a while. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Sedai Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 (edited) the lesson of the moth, which is a 1927 poem by Don Marquis. I really liked it, so I've posted it below. Spoiler the lesson of the moth i was talking to a moth the other evening he was trying to break into an electric light bulb and fry himself on the wires why do you fellows pull this stunt i asked him because it is the conventional thing for moths or why if that had been an uncovered candle instead of an electric light bulb you would now be a small unsightly cinder have you no sense plenty of it he answered but at times we get tired of using it we get bored with the routine and crave beauty and excitement fire is beautiful and we know that if we get too close it will kill us but what does that matter it is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while so we wad all our life up into one little roll and then we shoot the roll that is what life is for it is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of beauty our attitude toward life is come easy go easy we are like human beings used to be before they became too civilized to enjoy themselves and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter i do not agree with him myself i would rather have half the happiness and twice the longevity but at the same time i wish there was something i wanted as badly as he wanted to fry himself Edited June 15, 2022 by Robin Sedai got the date wrong 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shining Silhouette Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, Robin Sedai said: the lesson of the moth, which is a 1912 poem by Don Marquis. I really liked it, so I've posted it below. That's beautiful. That really makes me think. I like things that do that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draginon Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Finally got around to finishing Dame Christie’s The Secret Adversary. I’ve mostly been reading on the shuttle ride at work, usually one chapter each ride, but I got terribly sick during the middle so I needed to take care of myself first so I only just finished it. It was a pretty good mystery, though it’s categorized more as a spy thriller. I had kept going back and forth on who the perp was and I was down to two heading towards the climax and one of the two was correct. Supposedly the perp is one of those ‘you’ll never even guess’ suspects but I had him on my list halfway through after one key person ended up dead and he was one of only three people there so it had to be one of them. Onto the next Christie book, Murder on the Links 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 I'm not sure I'm going to haul my 1200 page Jane Austen collection on a week-long mission trip (it's very nice quality and also heavy), but I estimate I can definitely finish Sense and Sensibility before that if I choose not to bring it. Honestly, I really adore this book. I usually read fantasy and science fiction with quite high stakes, and modern social situations confuse me to no end, but older works like this are just the right level of removed from modern norms that I can enjoy the story, social-event based though it often is, and the writing style is so comforting that even situations that might normally give me second-hand embarrassment do not do so quite so significantly. I might go through in order and read Pride and Prejudice next, but I might also skip over that straight to Mansfield Park. Who knows? I certainly don't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampede Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) Currently going through The Door Into Winter by Rob Howell as well as Ceephay Queen by Joel Shepherd. I’m about 2/3 through the former and just started the latter, but it’s hook 8 of one of my favorite space operas. Lots of good reading of late. Edited June 21, 2022 by Stampede 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The hunter Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 Would the "rangers apprentice" be worth reading? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Ajah Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 1 minute ago, The hunter said: Would the "rangers apprentice" be worth reading? Yes. I kinda fell off later ones, but yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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