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What are you reading?? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/books@lemmy.ml

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I've just started reading The Wager. I'm a sucker for ship based media, and I'm hoping this'll be no exception.

It's my third book of the year after previously reading both A Clash of Kings and How to get rid of a president

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[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm currently reading Fool's Fate, the third in the Tawny Man trilogy, which itself is the 3rd trilogy in the Realm of the Elderlings sequence by Robin Hobb. I've loved every book so far and this is no exception although

spoiler

I'm still grieving Nighteyes

Poor Fitz has had a shit life so far. I'm hoping he gets some sort of happiness before the end of this one.

[–] bonegakrejg@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm on the 3rd Liveship Traders book by her right now. So 6 books deep into Elderlings with no plans on stopping. Robin Hobb is a complete genius at character writing.

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[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 1 points 1 year ago

Dungeon Crawler Carl and Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Sanderson

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

"My Heart Is A Chainsaw" by Steven Graham Jones

[–] Salix@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just finished rewatching The Magicians, since it's my favorite darker adult magic TV Show. Now I am about to start The Magicians by Lev Grossman to see what it's like. Heard the books are more nihilistic.

[–] Takeshidude@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I just finished Lieutenant Hornblower and am thoroughly enjoying the series. I’ll be starting Hornblower and the Hotspur soon.

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What device is that?

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[–] AxiomPraxis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Working my way through He Who Fights with Monsters by Shirtaloon (aka Travis Deverell), currently on Book 7.

[–] papagoose08@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I read The Wager a few months back. I enjoyed it. If you’re looking for something else in that vane you might try Batavia by Peter FitzSimons.

I am currently rereading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. It’s a great read, but a little dark.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just started raft by Stephen Baxter, little concerned when I found out there are a dozen more books, roughly.

Digging the first though, so...

[–] alansuspect@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read through all of them a couple of years ago, he's one of my favourite writers and all the books are pretty good. They jump around a lot and try different things which keep it interesting, from what I remember.

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[–] Kraiden@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's fucking great!

[–] EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I just read "Eyes Guts Throat Bones", highly recommend at least reading the "Rath" story

[–] vairse@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Working through Perdido Street Station on my new Kobo. I understand the critiques on pacing, and spending too much time on world building as now, 400 pages in, races, sections of the city, creatures, and cultures are still being introduced. But it has been an enjoyable ride so far, especially with one of the main PoVs being one of my favorite tropes of just "scientist doing science"

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