What Are You Reading, Part 2

[Orlion Blight he/him]

The White-Luck Warrior by R Scott Bakker.

I'm enjoying it thoroughly thus far. Don't judge me! 

[Dunkum he/him]

56 minutes ago, Ammanas said:

Just finished Battle Ground of Dresden Files. Kind of disappointed to tell you the truth. The problem with making a entire book a giant battle scene is it gets boring after awhile. Somehow Joe Abercrombie made it work in the Heroes but it didn’t work so well in this book. Still the book had its moments a few surprises I didn’t see coming. I’ll still be buying the next one. This one and peace talks just felt kind of disjointed and bloated and were the weakest of the series since Fool Moon in my opinion.

Haven't gotten to it yet, but I could imagine how that might be the case, especially in a Dresden Files book, where there is usually (though ot always) some mystery/detective work going on that would have to be cast to the sidelines, if not abandoned entirely, for the kind of thing you describe.

[aneonfoxtribute]

It'll depend on the story around the action for me. I love action scenes in general, but Dresden's hasn't really hooked me a ton (it's probably an issue of me not following along easily in audiobook format compared to actually reading). But so long as the story around it is, like, top tier, then I'll be pleased.

[Condensation she/her]

Just barely reread the Ender's Game series, and I remembered why I usually just read the first book.

[Dunkum he/him]

6 minutes ago, Condensation said:

Just barely reread the Ender's Game series, and I remembered why I usually just read the first book.

second book is pretty good.  but yea, they go off the rails fast.

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, Dunkum said:

second book is pretty good.  but yea, they go off the rails fast.

Yeah... I love the first, though!

"The enemy's gate is down."

[Bearer of all agonies he/him]

10 hours ago, Condensation said:

Just barely reread the Ender's Game series, and I remembered why I usually just read the first book.

I love Enders game!Though I didn't read the rest of the series because Iheard it was terrible. . .

[Condensation she/her]

I mean, you might want to just to know the story, but yeah. It's not my favorite.

[Chasmgoat he/him]

I am reading these posts

[Condensation she/her]

2 minutes ago, Chasmgoat said:

I am reading these posts

I'm reading Mistborn again.

[Bearer of all agonies he/him]

Really? Goats can read? What kind areyou? Oh. Chasmgoat. 

[Chasmgoat he/him]

I am reading the ender's game quintet

[Jaywalk he/him]

I recently finished the Nyxia Triad by Scott Reintgen. I picked up the first book from the library on a whim while browsing the shelves, and by the end of it I was hooked. These characters are my children.

[Condensation she/her]

4 minutes ago, Jaywalk said:

I recently finished the Nyxia Triad by Scott Reintgen. I picked up the first book from the library on a whim while browsing the shelves, and by the end of it I was hooked. These characters are my children.

OhmygoshIlovethatone!!!!!

Sorry. Yes.

[Chasmgoat he/him]

I am reading the clock and I have to go. (@Condensation you go do it. I lost.)

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, Chasmgoat said:

I am reading the clock and I have to go. (@Condensation you go do it. I lost.)

Woo hoo! Thanks, Chasmgoat!

I'm now reading The Q by Beth Brower, I was bored.

[+Slowswift]

I'm reading Symphony for the City of the Dead, a biography of Dmitri Shostakovich, as recommended to me by @Mistrunner... a long time ago. Oops.  With non-fiction, it can really take me some time to get going, unfortunately. I read a few chapters after she rec'd it and actually quite liked it, so I'm glad to finally have found my stride again! I like the author's voice -- it's not too dense or hard to understand, and he just has this quiet wit sprinkled in that I love.

I'm still not very far in, but I think I can recommend it in turn! I'll of course post again when I've finished.

[aneonfoxtribute]

And I have now, finally, after two months, finished The Shadow Rising.

[aneonfoxtribute]

Starting Turn Coat 

[Briar King]

Both good books. How was TSR?

[aneonfoxtribute]

Pretty good. I feel like I remember less from it than the other books though. The two months I took probably has a lot of blame in that, so I'll probably read a summary

[Briar King]

Will be interesting to see what you start making of Fires of Heaven next.

[Condensation she/her]

I'm rereading Tiger's Curse, it's an awesome series by Colleen Houck.

[+Slowswift]

Quick check-in to add something: This book (Symphony for the City of the Dead) is good, but it is by no means lighthearted. The book follows Shostakovich during the early USSR, which is just as brutal as you might expect. There's nothing too graphic as yet, but neither will you be singing about sunshine and flowers. I'm glad that the author does wax witty at points, because yikes.

Edited October 8, 2020 by Slowswift
Added title for context

[xinoehp512 he/him]

On 10/6/2020 at 11:06 AM, Jaywalk said:

I recently finished the Nyxia Triad by Scott Reintgen. I picked up the first book from the library on a whim while browsing the shelves, and by the end of it I was hooked. These characters are my children.

Fun fact: the author of that series attended the same middle school I did. He came and did a signing for at least the first two.