Finished Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch. Book 2 of Rivers of London series. Our PC is getting better with the magic, and yet is still very new to this. We get a peek at the bigger magic world. Would be interesting to see how it develops further.
Reading Artemis by Andy Weir. Have read his other books and loved them, but this is supposedly different then his other work. Let’s see.
Also, I think I should start working on Book Bingo, if I wait till the end of Bingo year, I would’ve forgotten half of what I have read. If any of you are working your Book Bingo, how far have you reached?
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Just started, premise is interesting, i hope Marcos becomes a bit more than our depressed tour guide for this bleak world.
Berserk by Kentarō Miura Mangas count, don’t they?
Just got the second volume of the english deluxe edition, and so far the drawings alone where worth the price.
The first Volume was basically an action packed rush through a grim dark world fighting demons, but the second volume seems to be a flashback to Guts youth and seems to focus more on Guts inner demons and how growing up as part of a mercenary band shaped and damaged the black swordsman we got to know in volume 1.
Recently finished 1Q84. Thought it was an excellent book. A few flaws here and there, but overall a great read, and worth it for such a long book. Then I make the mistake of looking on YouTube and almost everyone is trashing it (going off the click bait titles). I did not watch any of those stupid videos.
Am currently on book 2 of the Evan Tanner series. A complete change of pace from 1Q84. The plots are absurd, but it’s an easy read. Guilty pleasure. I prefer Block’s later stuff, but he said this series was his most original.
Started reading The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan as my new fiction book. Surprised that it seems pretty good for vampire fiction (though admittedly I have limited experience with the genre), at least the first 50’sh pages.
As my non fiction I just finished reading Schools and styles of Anthropological Theory, ed. Matei Candea. Good enough brief overview of the development and larger discourses affecting anthropology as a discipline.
After finishing Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson I opportunistically picked up Rutger Bregman’s Humankind: A Hopeful History. It’s pretty good, though I find some of his conclusions suspect, in part because I’m inclined to hope they are true. Underneath all this internet grime I am, after all, an optimist with high hopes for humanity. I have to be careful with that pesky confirmation bias.
I also picked up some comic books from the library to have some variety.
Artemis was not as well received as his other works. I saw an interview with the author, and he explained how the main character was not very likable. Not a bad book overall, but not as good as some of his other works.
Link to the interview -> https://pca.st/episode/03b05ad5-6e89-43d7-bf05-1160d02f7f58
Yeah, knew about it not being well received, but didn’t know it was because of unlikable main character. Let’s see.
