Condensation she/her Posted January 20, 2021 Report Share Posted January 20, 2021 Uprooted by Naomi Novik. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPS he/him Posted January 20, 2021 Report Share Posted January 20, 2021 Just finished reading the Darth Bane trilogy by Drew Karpyshyn. So good! Now moving backwards in time to SWTOR: Revan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneonfoxtribute Posted January 20, 2021 Report Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) Started Skin Game. Spoiler Can't wait to see if Hades is still consistently great in every story that puts his name in it. God of War is the only one that I know of where he isn't great. Also Nicodemus. Always a pleasure. I also love how much it feels like a heist movie Edited January 20, 2021 by aneonfoxtribute 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted January 20, 2021 Report Share Posted January 20, 2021 I finished Romeo and Juliet, and currently my only thought is 'well that escalated quickly'. I'm gonna need a couple days to think about that one. I started Rebel Sisters, which is the sequel to War Girls. A little hard to summarize, but it's about two sisters in a futuristic war-torn Nigeria. (Could be wrong on the location, it's been a few months since I read the first one...) It's interesting. Not my usual sphere of sci-fi at all. I feel kind of bad about not liking it very much, but the tenses are taking me out of it a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpggal she/her Posted January 21, 2021 Report Share Posted January 21, 2021 Finished Dragon reborn, Am reading new spring. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 Welp, I finished Rebel Sisters. I really wanted to like it, and it's really good. But the tenses just didn't work for me. I really enjoyed the plot, though, so it balances out. On to some sci-fi recommended to me by Sharders! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneonfoxtribute Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 On chapter 20 of Skin Game Spoiler MICHAEL IS BAAAACK! He hasn't been back for, like, five books 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormingTexan he/him Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 Re-reading The Licanius Trilogy. These books remind me a lot of Brandon's book in that they get better after each read as you pick up stuff you miss initially. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbondsmith Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/23/2021 at 2:22 AM, StormingTexan said: Re-reading The Licanius Trilogy. These books remind me a lot of Brandon's book in that they get better after each read as you pick up stuff you miss initially. Those books definitely get better after the first one. Spoilers coming, but if it's a reread that doesn't matter. Spoiler Caeden is the MVP. The time travel worked against it sometimes, as because the time loop was so stable you sort of know things are going to work out. It would have been nice to have a viewpoint of an 'evil' Venerate to understand how they are so singlemindedly focused on their goal. I also found it interesting that they gave up their precognition to fight against determinism, and ended up being unable to see what was predetermined so they basically have free will. @aneonfoxtribute I'm waiting to see your reactions to the latest books. I... definitely have thoughts about them. I'm reading a non-fiction book called The Silk Roads: A New HIstory of the World as research for a novel, and I'm re-reading the Medoran Chronicles, which is YA but I enjoyed it. Also, the author is Australian and I'm considering submitting a novel to the same publishing house (if I ever finish the darn thing). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Finished A Talent For War, recommended to me by the amazing @Iarwainiel! (I'll post in the thread once I finish everything I got from the recs.) It was good. Spoilery thoughts inside, and probably later in the week there'll be a while bunch of thoughts I put in the thread I made. Spoiler I read most of the book in one go, and it was a fairly quick read. I didn't like that Christopher Sim's brother Tarien and the supposed traitor Talino's name's were so similar. I got them mixed up quite a few times. There were a couple times where I raised my eyebrows at the author's choice of words, but other than that, it was pretty good! I like the concept, and I think it was carried out fairly well. Next up, Starship Troopers! It looks interesting, though I'm a bit apprehensive, thanks to one of the cover blurbs. 'Controversial' is a loaded word and the discussions surrounding the things under that banner are almost never fun. But hopefully I enjoy it! I'm also reading Anne of Avonlea between classes, and it's so good! It's cheerful and poetic and down-to-earth, which is a really nice feeling when you're reading lots of books with really high stakes. It goes by pretty quickly, so I'll probably finish it in a week or so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkum he/him Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Spren of Kindness said: Next up, Starship Troopers! It looks interesting, though I'm a bit apprehensive, thanks to one of the cover blurbs. 'Controversial' is a loaded word and the discussions surrounding the things under that banner are almost never fun. But hopefully I enjoy it! Heinlein has got some Opinions and he makes certain anyone who read his books understands that. but Starship Troopers is a fun read, as I recall, and doesn't go too, too heavy into politics or into his whole....thing.....on sex. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneonfoxtribute Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 So uh just finished chapter 30 of Skin Game and THAT WAS AMAZING! Spoiler Michael is back, baby! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight he/him Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 46 minutes ago, Spren of Kindness said: Next up, Starship Troopers! It looks interesting, though I'm a bit apprehensive, thanks to one of the cover blurbs. 'Controversial' is a loaded word and the discussions surrounding the things under that banner are almost never fun. But hopefully I enjoy it! 'Controversial' is used liberally when advertising Heinlein. Really, the only controversy is that he still gets plenty of shelf space at the book shops. A good way to look at Heinlein is that he's like that weird uncle at Thanksgiving. Sure, he brings the best sides and you enjoy them, but you'll have to ignore his political talk while you do so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormingTexan he/him Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Ok so I have a question. I started reading Dresden Files because so many fans of other books I like recommended the series. I have made it to White Night so a little more than half way. I do not really dislike them and they are entertaining enough but not much is convincing me to keep going. They just seem kind of repetitive I guess? Just wondering if there is a payoff coming or maybe the series is just not for me? If you tell me that something really changes in this back half of the series I may be compelled to keep going, If it is pretty similar to what i have already read maybe I should just stop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iarwainiel I she/her Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Spren of Kindness said: Finished A Talent For War, recommended to me by the amazing @Iarwainiel! (I'll post in the thread once I finish everything I got from the recs.) It was good. Spoilery thoughts inside, and probably later in the week there'll be a while bunch of thoughts I put in the thread I made. Reveal hidden contents I read most of the book in one go, and it was a fairly quick read. I didn't like that Christopher Sim's brother Tarien and the supposed traitor Talino's name's were so similar. I got them mixed up quite a few times. There were a couple times where I raised my eyebrows at the author's choice of words, but other than that, it was pretty good! I like the concept, and I think it was carried out fairly well. Glad you liked it! The idea of humans in far-flung space, and an archaeologist who finds "ancient" spaceships that would be thousands of years in our future, is really interesting to me - like, they can still read paper books that old if they are still intact, but electronic records are totally gone because the media degraded and/or the device to play the recorded data was lost. Just kinda makes you think. Now I'm wanting to go back and reread the series again! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkum he/him Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 28 minutes ago, StormingTexan said: Ok so I have a question. I started reading Dresden Files because so many fans of other books I like recommended the series. I have made it to White Night so a little more than half way. I do not really dislike them and they are entertaining enough but not much is convincing me to keep going. They just seem kind of repetitive I guess? Just wondering if there is a payoff coming or maybe the series is just not for me? If you tell me that something really changes in this back half of the series I may be compelled to keep going, If it is pretty similar to what i have already read maybe I should just stop. I mean, it definitely builds on itself, but it does so in a very repetitive way. if you've gotten that far, and aren't satisfied with it, then i'd say just drop at at that point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Ooklara said: 'Controversial' is used liberally when advertising Heinlein. Really, the only controversy is that he still gets plenty of shelf space at the book shops. A good way to look at Heinlein is that he's like that weird uncle at Thanksgiving. Sure, he brings the best sides and you enjoy them, but you'll have to ignore his political talk while you do so. Okay. I don't really understand most of that because I don't have the 'weird (insert extended family member here)', but that does make me feel better. 44 minutes ago, Iarwainiel said: Glad you liked it! The idea of humans in far-flung space, and an archaeologist who finds "ancient" spaceships that would be thousands of years in our future, is really interesting to me - like, they can still read paper books that old if they are still intact, but electronic records are totally gone because the media degraded and/or the device to play the recorded data was lost. Just kinda makes you think. Now I'm wanting to go back and reread the series again! Yeah, the concept of electronic versus paper records and materials is really interesting to me as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneonfoxtribute Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, StormingTexan said: Ok so I have a question. I started reading Dresden Files because so many fans of other books I like recommended the series. I have made it to White Night so a little more than half way. I do not really dislike them and they are entertaining enough but not much is convincing me to keep going. They just seem kind of repetitive I guess? Just wondering if there is a payoff coming or maybe the series is just not for me? If you tell me that something really changes in this back half of the series I may be compelled to keep going, If it is pretty similar to what i have already read maybe I should just stop. I would say get to Changes, because that is the best book and the one with the most shakeup to the status quo, a shakeup which has thus far remained Edited January 25, 2021 by aneonfoxtribute 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eluvianii he/him Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Finished Cardcaptor Sakura. This may be a case where I prefer the adaptation to the original material in some ways, mainly because the adaptation has a lot more content and more characters that while it can be considered filler, it was fun to watch. That said, the original material is definitely a much tighter story, due to not having to make up explanations for all the things they added in the anime, and because of a couple big plot points they skipped. So yeah, really fun read. Interesting magic, more complex than I expected in a kid's manga, lots of problematic romances though I think they were well handled. Definitely excited to continue on to Tsubasa Chronicle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight he/him Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 46 minutes ago, Spren of Kindness said: Okay. I don't really understand most of that because I don't have the 'weird (insert extended family member here)', but that does make me feel better. Lucky! Though, to be fair, I might be THAT weird uncle in my family! Also, full disclosure, I'm thinking of a different Heinlein book (Magic, Inc.) where it feels like he goes into "I must teach an entire intro to civics course to my readers!" for what feels like half the book. He always has some of that patronizing "I'm turning this pulp sci-fi into a teaching opportunity" in most of his works, but it usually works within the story. And what ends up being "controversial" in Starship Troopers does not show up elsewhere in his works. It's a sort of "what if society worked in this way and space bugs attacked" thought experiment. It's not even his most 'controversial' book. That's apparently Farnham's Freehold. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 Have made it to part 4 of RoW. Grr I have a feeling I’m in for some painfully slow reading sessions now. I’m so ready to end this book already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight he/him Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 Identity Capitalists: The Powerful Insiders Who Exploit Diversity To Maintain Inequality by Nancy Leong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Have made much more progress then I thought I would have made on part 4 these last 2 nights. I mean I still want to beat my head with the book at certain times but I am legit surprised I’ve made it that far in so short a time. In the mood for some GGK but I won’t start that book till I’m done with the 3 I’m currently reading. After Tigana I told myself I would read only the one book once I had started it and not do the multi book reads I’ve gotten in to the last few years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Seventeen pages into Starship Troopers, and I need to express this: Spoiler '...I remembered what Migliaccio had said about not trying for a medal, and stuck to doctrine.' I did not realize how frustrated I have gotten with the 'do the big thing against orders' characters until now. I have no idea what will happen in the next two hundred-odd pages, but this is good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneonfoxtribute Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 On chapter 39 of Skin Game and if Nicodemus wasn't already the best villain in Dresden he sure is now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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