What Are You Reading, Part 2

[NottTheBrave he/him]

Finally finished Oathbringer!  Binged the last three hundred or so pages today.  Really loved the book, but struggled with part 4 a little.

there’s a LOT of momentum at the end of part 3, and part 4, while having some insanely great world building in shadesmare, felt kinda abruptly slow after all that.  

 I was planning on going into dawnshard, then RoW, but I think I’ll hold off.  It’s starting to feel like I finally need to catch up on the other cosmere books first.  And I need to get back to Dresden/wheel of time as well.  I’ve got a LONG reading list still.

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

I finished The Lost World.  It wasn't my favorite book, but it was good.  I didn't agree with some of the things, but it was enjoyable.  I'm gonna read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars next.

[Condensation she/her]

Amber Grey: calm before the storm. It's really good so far! After that I'm rereading Airman by Eoin Colfer and The Limit by... I don't know who.

[Briar King]

Made a tiny bit of progress on RoW yesterday with the work crew off. The lack of hammers definitely helped but hammers or no hammers one particular POV is always so exhausting to sit through for me from bk 1 on. Ugh

Edited December 8, 2020 by Briar King

[aneonfoxtribute]

Finished Part 3 of RoW, speaking of. 

[Condensation she/her]

*sigh*

I love RoW.

And now I'm reading my math textbook because I'm bored.

Edit: Sorry, rereading. I forgot about... those times.

Edited December 8, 2020 by Ookla the Grammatical

[Dunkum he/him]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Grammatical said:

*sigh*

I love RoW.

And now I'm reading my math textbook because I'm bored.

Edit: Sorry, rereading. I forgot about... those times.

which class, specifically?  also, yes, I hav read through  math textbook out of boredom (and done several of the problems too)

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, Dunkum said:

which class, specifically?  also, yes, I hav read through  math textbook out of boredom (and done several of the problems too)

Class? Math 2, the textbook is Algebra 2. The problems? Already done most of the ones I can.

[Flying she/her]

I finished RoW last night, so now I'm going to start reading Ready Player Two. I honestly don't have very high expectations because I haven't really heard anything good about it (and also Daniel Greene's review killed whatever hope I had left). However, I was a huge fan of Ready Player One when I first read it and I'm hoping that the sequel at least has some fun moments. I won't be severely disappointed if it's bad, but I will probably still be disappointed 

Also, a few weeks from now is Christmas break and I'm going to use the two weeks off from school to start reading Wheel of Time. I'll probably only make it through one book, if I'm being honest, but I'm excited to actually start reading the series. I've put it off for years because I'm intimidated, but I think with quarantine I'll have more time to actually read it. 

[Tesh Any pronouns]

The book I'm reading most actively at the moment is The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. It's this historical fiction novel about Dracula and Vlad the Impaler. I'm really enjoying it, if I'm being honest here. (I'm rather fond of gothic horror.)

I'm also listening to both Les Miserables and Oathbringer (again) on audiobook, as well as reading Lord of Chaos (very slowly).

After I finish The Historian, I need to finish both my MB era one reread, as well as my Percy Jackson reread. After that (or before) I'll probably read either Dune or Theft of Swords. I need to read that one Leigh Bardugo book, too...

*cough*

Books.

Edited December 8, 2020 by Ookla the Rōnin

[StormingTexan he/him]

16 hours ago, weiss_kwispies said:

I finished RoW last night, so now I'm going to start reading Ready Player Two. I honestly don't have very high expectations because I haven't really heard anything good about it (and also Daniel Greene's review killed whatever hope I had left). However, I was a huge fan of Ready Player One when I first read it and I'm hoping that the sequel at least has some fun moments. I won't be severely disappointed if it's bad, but I will probably still be disappointed 

I finished it last week. Obviously not going to be as good as the first book but I felt like it was entertaining. I liked it a lot more than Cline's second book Armada. 

[Flying she/her]

Just now, StormingTexan said:

I finished it last week. Obviously not going to be as good as the first book but I felt like it was entertaining. I liked it a lot more than Cline's second book Armada. 

It's good to know that it's still entertaining. I haven't read Armada, but I know people who have and didn't like it, so if Ready Player Two is better than that it should at least be a fun read.

 

[Condensation she/her]

Les Miserables and books by Eoin Colfer!

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

About a quarter through To Sleep in a Sea of Stars.  It's... not what I was expecting.  This is a weird way to describe it, but it feels like... squishy sci-fi?  Spoiler below, don't look if you haven't read it.  Mentions of the Inheritance Cycle as well.

Spoiler

Was Ilnare Angela?  And the cat Solembum?  Ilnare seems like an Alegasian name, and Angela's known for knitting...

 

[aneonfoxtribute]

I'm on Chapter 50 of Ghost Story, planning to finish it today. And damn. 

Spoiler

Harry hired Kincaid to kill him.

 

[aneonfoxtribute]

And that was Ghost Story.

[urrutiap]

books that i bought couple of days ago but haven read them yet

 

Sandworms of Dune

Star Wars Empire Strikes Back Certain Point of View

[Briar King]

7 hours ago, aneonfoxtribute said:

And that was Ghost Story.

Many people feel it’s one of the least favorite of all esp back when it was new. 
 

My RoW progress is not good. I get into it until I get to next entry of the exhausting POV and then usually have to put it down for hours before I get the will to press on. Repeat. 

[aneonfoxtribute]

I don't see that. It's way better than some of the early books. They probably just find it not as epic as Changes was.

My RoW progress is going weirdly. I was reading a couple chapters a day consistently but I haven't been the last few days and idk why. I'm on Part 4 tho so that's something. 

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

I got Legend by Marie Lu, and am now slightly annoyed and slightly pleased, because I finished it in two and a half hours (with a Shardcast break).  I really liked it, though.  Out of all the YA dystopians I've read, this one might be my favorite.

[Condensation she/her]

The Warrior Heir, followed by The Wizard Heir and The Dragon Heir.

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

4 minutes ago, Ookla the Grammatical said:

The Warrior Heir, followed by The Wizard Heir and The Dragon Heir.

I love that series, don't forgot Enchanter and Sorcerer though. Not the best for rereads, but really good the first time round.

[Use the Falchion]

I promised a friend I'd read her current favorite book in exchange for trying Mistborn, so I'll be reading The Inquisitor's Tale sometime soon hopefully. 

Other than that, I've been really enjoying Boom! Comics' Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers run. I just finished Shattered Grid, which was...whelming. I was expecting something more than I got, but I wasn't disappointed either. Maybe there were some crossovers I was missing? I'll have to reread it sometime. Anyways, the comic is great for those who want all of that good Power Rangers feel but don't want to deal with the '90s stuff either. 

[Condensation she/her]

49 minutes ago, Somebody from Sel said:

I love that series, don't forgot Enchanter and Sorcerer though. Not the best for rereads, but really good the first time round.

Oh, really? Huh, I haven't heard of those before. I'll find them!

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

12 minutes ago, Ookla the Grammatical said:

Oh, really? Huh, I haven't heard of those before. I'll find them!

I have the physical copies, you didn't miss an ending to the old characters stories; you don't need to worry. It has new characters and ties up some old threads.