What Are You Reading, Part 2

[Orlion Blight he/him]

Secret History is great! But it relies heavily on its association with other Mistborn books and the Cosmere at large. 

Spoiler

Also, anything taking place in the Cognitive Realm tends to feel disjointed, be it here or in Stormlight. I'm all right with that because it should feel disorienting to the reader, it's a whole different plain of existence! 

 

[Condensation she/her]

Yeah, I can definitely agree with that.

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

I'm about to start Prodigy, the sequel to Legend, both by Marie Lu.  Or I might read the Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel The Promise: Part Two first, since it's shorter.

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, Spren of Kindness said:

I'm about to start Prodigy, the sequel to Legend, both by Marie Lu.  Or I might read the Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel The Promise: Part Two first, since it's shorter.

Ooh, those are both awesome!

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Grammatical said:

Ooh, those are both awesome!

Maybe I'll talk to you about them, if you don't mind.  

 

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, Spren of Kindness said:

Maybe I'll talk to you about them, if you don't mind.  

 

Not at all! Just find that old PM... or start a new one, TBH.

[Attentea she/her]

Now that I've caught up and read RoW and Dawnshard, I'm reading Heart of Iron and its sequel Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston.  She's my other favourite author after Brandon Sanderson. 

[Condensation she/her]

I started and finished White Fang by Jack London last night! It was really good, I was on the verge of crying.

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

I finished Prodigy because I have no self control.  Which means that now I just have the Avatar graphic novel, and then a Lord of the Rings reread.

[Ammanas]

8 hours ago, Condensation said:

 

I started and finished White Fang by Jack London last night! It was really good,

 

Call of the Wild and White Fang are easily his most famous books but my personal favorite is The Sea-Wolf. It’s about a literary critic who survives his ship going under and finds himself onboard a ship captained by basically a Nietzsche spouting tyrant. The protagonist has a completely opposite philosophy on the goodness of people and the world. I like it because is shows how shallow the veneer of civilization can be and also the clashing of those opposing ideologies. I definitely recommend it if you are in the mood for more London and want to try something a little different from White Fang

Edited December 19, 2020 by Ammanas

[+Slowswift]

All I seem to remember about reading Jack London in school are 1) how good he was and 2) how depressed I was afterwards.

[Dunkum he/him]

8 hours ago, Slowswift said:

All I seem to remember about reading Jack London in school are 1) how good he was and 2) how depressed I was afterwards.

Pretty sure I had to read "To Build a Fire" on at least 3 separate occasions throughout grade school.

never did read White Fang or Call of the Wild.  I had a book with both stories in it, but my dog actually ate it, or at last chewed it up enough to make it unreadable

[BreezeCauthon he/him]

11 hours ago, Dunkum said:

never did read White Fang or Call of the Wild.  I had a book with both stories in it, but my dog actually ate it, or at last chewed it up enough to make it unreadable

That is enormously ironic.

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Finished The Promise part two!  Not... not what I was expecting.

On to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring!

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

I'm reading Dune! Just finished Arcanum Unbounded. After Dune I go to the Broken Eye by Brent Weeks.

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

19 hours ago, Somebody from Sel said:

I'm reading Dune! Just finished Arcanum Unbounded. After Dune I go to the Broken Eye by Brent Weeks.

Ooh, what do you think so far?

A quarter through The Fellowship of the Ring!  I'm listening to the combined soundtracks from the Peter Jackson Movies as I go.  This amazing coincidence hapened: I finished 'The Prophecy' FOTR's first track just in time for 'Concerning Hobbits' as I finished the forward and started Chapter One, A Long-Expected Party!  

I'm remembering how much I love Middle-Earth - Sanderson may be in my top two, but Tolkien is number one, and there's a reason.  You can just tell that this is the grandfather of fantasy as we know it, and with good reason.  It feels like coming home.  It feels like a world that if I walk just far enough, I'll find it.

[Condensation she/her]

On 12/18/2020 at 9:13 PM, Slowswift said:

All I seem to remember about reading Jack London in school are 1) how good he was and 2) how depressed I was afterwards.

Ha ha! Yes, very true.

And I finally found the person you're named after! Fairly obscure reference, but a good one.

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

4 hours ago, Spren of Kindness said:

Ooh, what do you think so far?

I'm more than halfway done now, I was much less in (does that english?) back then. I like it, it had a worldbuilding crash in the beginning, but that was fine. I like it, I'm finding the psychology aspect a lot.

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

27 minutes ago, Somebody from Sel said:

I'm more than halfway done now, I was much less in (does that english?) back then. I like it, it had a worldbuilding crash in the beginning, but that was fine. I like it, I'm finding the psychology aspect a lot.

Cool!

[Cosmical Existence she/her]

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. For the billionth time. 

[+Slowswift]

18 hours ago, Condensation said:

Ha ha! Yes, very true.

And I finally found the person you're named after! Fairly obscure reference, but a good one.

 I sometimes feel a little pretentious using the same pseudonym given to JRR friggin' Tolkien, but I liked it and before I could change it people started using it, so it stuck.

 

[Condensation she/her]

5 hours ago, Cosmical Existence said:

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. For the billionth time. 

OMGoodness, yes!!!

I went to the library today! and got a lot of the books people had said they enjoyed. And, to be honest, a lot of Traci Hunter Abramson's books. What can I say? I enjoy them.

Just now, Slowswift said:

 I sometimes feel a little pretentious using the same pseudonym given to JRR friggin' Tolkien, but I liked it and before I could change it people started using it, so it stuck.

I like it! It suits you.

[+Slowswift]

Just now, Condensation said:

I like it! It suits you.

Thanks!

[Condensation she/her]

9 minutes ago, Slowswift said:

Thanks!

You're quite welcome!

[Cosmical Existence she/her]

24 minutes ago, Condensation said:

OMGoodness, yes!!!

 It’s a great series. And makes me a proud Canadian when I find other people who enjoy them. 
 

25 minutes ago, Condensation said:

I went to the library today! and got a lot of the books people had said they enjoyed.

Hey, that’s a great idea.