What Are You Reading, Part 2

[uglyllama]

The Thrawn Trilogy is very good.  Timothy Zahn (the author) is a great author--all of the books I mentioned are by him.  Is it the best place to start, I'm not sure.  But it's not a bad place at all.  I vaguely remember liking the Hand of Thawn duology better, but I could be mistaken, it's been several years.

[Briar King]

That trilogy is set 5 yrs after ROTJ. They have Truce at Bakura which takes place the day after ROTJ, Shadows of Mindor just a few yrs after ROTJ, Courtship of Princess Leia few yrs ROTJ.

the old legends has a vast number of books. Their should be a timeline in the book for all titles that you can see if they are new printed Legends. It became standard in NJO which you should def read.

[Leiasqz she/her]

I'm currently reading way too many books as usual, but on different mediums (anyone else do that?).

So:

Normal book: Assasin's Price by L.E Modesitt Jr.

Audible: Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

Kindle: Deep Water by Pamela Freeman

.. and then a casual reread of the Wheel of Time when I need to skim something light after a long day at work..

[Ammanas]

59 minutes ago, Leiasqz said:

I'm currently reading way too many books as usual, but on different mediums (anyone else do that?)

I always have a audiobook for exercise and driving (currently on Words of Radiance)

A normal book (currently To Green Angel Tower)

A short story collection bc I can't start a regular book on the same day I finish one so I read short stories for the rest of the day. Don't ask me explain (currently Songs of a Dying Earth).

My third time through the malazan series is very casual. I am reading one book/part that is within every book every month (if that makes sense)

[Left he/him]

1 hour ago, Leiasqz said:

I'm currently reading way too many books as usual, but on different mediums (anyone else do that?).

So:

Normal book: Assasin's Price by L.E Modesitt Jr.

Audible: Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

Kindle: Deep Water by Pamela Freeman

.. and then a casual reread of the Wheel of Time when I need to skim something light after a long day at work..

Awesome to see another Modesitt reader on here! There've been a few other members that read his works, but most have either lost interest in him or aren't very active on the forum. 

I'm about three fourths of the way into Deadhouse Gates now, I've been Very busy so I simply haven't been able to devote the time to reading. I'm putting Faust on hold until I get home for the same reason, I just don't have the time and energy in the day to give it what it deserves. I'll have about two weeks of downtime once I get home so hopefully I'll manage to plow through Faust and Memories of Ice before I leave for BYU. 

 

[Leiasqz she/her]

42 minutes ago, Ammanas said:

I always have a audiobook for exercise and driving (currently on Words of Radiance)

I've been trying for a long time to combine audiobooks and exercise, but it only works with my walks. Any tips on how to get it loud enough to drown out your own workout noise, but not so loud that it makes your ears bleed?

[Leiasqz she/her]

38 minutes ago, Left said:

Awesome to see another Modesitt reader on here! There've been a few other members that read his works, but most have either lost interest in him or aren't very active on the forum. 

Well you know what they say, 1 is 1, 2 is 10

I'll try to be active on the forums, but I'm already noticing I don't have much input on the various fan theories, which (so far) seems the most active part. Which is as it should be.

Guess those other people don't know what they're missing in terms of "constant book flow". With Sanderson and Modesitt combined there is a lot of new reading material each year.

[Briar King]

I tried Recluse 1 a few years ago. Never made it past 125 pgs. That was really boring.

[Ammanas]

31 minutes ago, Leiasqz said:

I've been trying for a long time to combine audiobooks and exercise, but it only works with my walks. Any tips on how to get it loud enough to drown out your own workout noise, but not so loud that it makes your ears bleed?

Do you use the earbuds that are a small cyclinder that you have to put in your ear? It seals off the outside world and works better tham the ones that rest against the eat. This is what I use:

https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-RP-HJE120-PPK-In-Ear-Headphone-Black/dp/B003EM8008/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1501281235&sr=8-3&keywords=Earbud

[Oversleep]

On 25.07.2017 at 8:30 PM, Draginon said:

He has mentioned possibly doing a book showing what Hoid was doing during Mistborn

That paralell to Mistborn thing is what Secret History is.

[Draginon he/him]

27 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

That paralell to Mistborn thing is what Secret History is.

Except that Secret History follows Kelsier post book 1, not Hoid. Brandon's mentioned doing a story about Hoid in Mistborn ala Back to the Future 2 style.

[Kered he/him]

Just opened up The Passage by Justin Cronin. One of my all time favorite books is The Stand. This book/trilogy seems to be in the same vein as The Stand, but a bit more dynamic and a lot more gruesome. If you're looking for a good apocalyptic story with a little bit of technology and supernatural mixed in, I highly recommend it.  

[Oversleep]

50 minutes ago, Draginon said:

Except that Secret History follows Kelsier post book 1, not Hoid. Brandon's mentioned doing a story about Hoid in Mistborn ala Back to the Future 2 style.

IIRC when Brandon talked about that paralell story he did not explicitly mention that it will be Hoid story.

[Draginon he/him]

1 hour ago, Oversleep said:

IIRC when Brandon talked about that paralell story he did not explicitly mention that it will be Hoid story.

This is what Coppermind links to on the subject of the Mistborn Hoid book.

[StormingTexan he/him]

Funny way back in 2012 and we eventually did get a story with Hoid in the background. We find out the answer to the question asked above 4 years later. 

I hope we get the same from Hoid's POV as he's made his cameos through the Cosmere books. 

[Leiasqz she/her]

6 hours ago, Briar King said:

I tried Recluse 1 a few years ago. Never made it past 125 pgs. That was really boring.

Sad to hear that. What made you feel it was boring?

I actually felt that way about both The Fellowship of the Ring (took three tries) and The Eye of the World (took two tries) back in the day, but friends insisted I read them so I tried again.

[Oversleep]

10 hours ago, Draginon said:

This is what Coppermind links to on the subject of the Mistborn Hoid book.

and that's what happened. We've got a paralell novel with Hoid in the background.

[Draginon he/him]

47 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

and that's what happened. We've got a paralell novel with Hoid in the background.

Someone really needs to clean up Coppermind if that's the case.

[Briar King]

22 hours ago, Leiasqz said:

Sad to hear that. What made you feel it was boring?

I actually felt that way about both The Fellowship of the Ring (took three tries) and The Eye of the World (took two tries) back in the day, but friends insisted I read them so I tried again.

Oh heck I couldn't even begin to tell cause I don't remember which says a lot on why it didn't grab me. There was no hook set in my mouth. Lol

[rmmateus he/him]

Hi, I'm new here and already loving this. I'm reading Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville. It's so weird that I can't even say if I'm enjoying it. A lot different from some of his other books. I was thinking of going back to Discworld next, but I'm very hungry for WoT, so I'll probably find myself reading New Spring without realizing it. I think Ruin's telling me to do it

[Steeldancer he/him]

I recently read a book called Blink. It discusses the subconcious mind, and how instant analysis and things are made. It was fascinating. I would highly reccomend it. Its well written, and I think it is very accurate about the fact that sometimes a split decision can be much more accurate than a long, thought out decision. Sadly now I'm reading the Kiterunner, which seems determined to make me lose my faith in humanity. Why it was assigned for summer reading, I have no idea. 

[Briar King]

6 hours ago, rmmateus said:

Hi, I'm new here and already loving this. I'm reading Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville. It's so weird that I can't even say if I'm enjoying it. A lot different from some of his other books. I was thinking of going back to Discworld next, but I'm very hungry for WoT, so I'll probably find myself reading New Spring without realizing it. I think Ruin's telling me to do it

If your doing WoT for the 1st time then yes New Spring is the way to go. Read it once then if you do a series reread don't bother with it. If you have read any of them before then New Spring will be hard to get into.

[Leiasqz she/her]

13 minutes ago, Briar King said:

If your doing WoT for the 1st time then yes New Spring is the way to go. Read it once then if you do a series reread don't bother with it. If you have read any of them before then New Spring will be hard to get into.

Funny, I'd say it's the complete other way around. For a first timer through WoT I wouldn't read New Spring until a bit into the series (or actually, not until it came out in publication order). At least for me it would spoil a lot of the mystery of what was going on in the first book.

[Briar King]

25 minutes ago, Leiasqz said:

Funny, I'd say it's the complete other way around. For a first timer through WoT I wouldn't read New Spring until a bit into the series (or actually, not until it came out in publication order). At least for me it would spoil a lot of the mystery of what was going on in the first book.

That's the way I went on my 1st time. It actually gave some good character building on a few people that I appreciated connecting to when I got to main bks. I didn't find anything spoiled with this order. Still it's a bad book compared to main so if your going to tackle WoT I say get it out of the way as it's a prequel and the bar is lower compared to others so a new reader won't find it near as bad. I've read the series 3 times and only bothered with NS the 1st time. I've had people thank me afterward that went this route and people tell me they wish they had done it cause they couldn't finish it. Lol that 2nd reaction always amuses me haha

[Leiasqz she/her]

Very minor spoilers for WoT here:

Spoiler

What I mean is, if you do New Spring first, you will know exactly what Moiraine and Lan (and later Siuan) are doing, the first time you see them. Part of the mystery of the whole first book is "what are they doing, what is their agenda?". It becomes more of less clear a bit into the second book, but before that, you don't know. At least for me, knowing beforehand would ruin part of the reading experience, because I wouldn't get to puzzle it out on my own.

In other news, finished both the Modesitt book and Alcatraz #5, now off to read Aether of night!