I finished Fool Moon by Jim Butcher, and started The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid. It’s a thin book, and I am almost at the end.

The book is interesting, though I didn’t like the writing style much, but I guess it suits the story, the way it’s told.

What about you? What have you been reading?

Edit: So, I made this post 2 days ago, but turned out there was some issue between lemmy.world and discuss.online so my posts and comments weren’t showing up here. It seems the issue is resolved now. So, that’s why the date is 2 days old, and thread is posted late.

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I’m currently rereading Terry Pratchett’s Witches subseries of the Discworld books. I’ve also been working my way through everything by Charles Stross, which I am absolutely loving

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Nice! I have been thinking about starting the Discworld series, once I am done with Dresden Files. I have read a few of the novels, but not near enough the full series. I have few of the starting one, so going to start in the written / published order.

Have you read any other subseries of Discworld, which one is your currently your favourite?

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My favorite Discworld book is his last, The Shepherd’s Crown. After doing the whole library, I felt it ending well. Then you read the afterword by Rob Wilkins… you get all the feels.

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That’s why I’m reading Witches again, so I can end up on that one

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Haven’t read that, will look forward to it, but its going to be a while before I reach that point.

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I’ve read all of them multiple times. I’ve never been able to pick out a favorite. All of them have amazing bits. I do think that either Guards or Rincewind would be good subseries to start with

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Yeah, I think Guards Guards is a pretty good choice to recommend, if someone has never read Discworld. As for Rincewind, the first couple of books are generally considered the weakest by most people. So not sure about that.

I like reading in published order, so I am just going to go with that.

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Just started Jade City by Fonda Lee. Heard nothing but good things about this series and it has started off pretty well. Good characterisations.

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Looked it up, looks pretty interesting. Would love to hear how you find the whole series, once you are done with it.

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I’m not the fastest reader, so it might be a couple of months before I finish them. 😂

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Haha, take your time. No need to rush through.

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Currently reading The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing. Excellent both as ethnography and as multivalent critique of capitalism.

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It looks like just a book about mushrooms! Do share what you thought about the book.

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Lord of the Rings, all three in one volume. Oppenheimer next

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Nice! I gave away my copies of LoTR to someone. I should get a nice omnibus version now too.

As for Oppenheimer, a quick search shows there are multiple books, which one are you going to read.

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If I had to guess (based on the number of reviews on Amazon), I would think it was American Prometheus.

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Ah, nice. Do share how you like the book. The movie has kind of made me interested in reading about Oppenheimer, even though I haven’t seen it yet. But I am not interested enough to read multiple books, so would pick a one that most people think is good and then go with that one.

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Currently making my way through The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch.

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These books are pretty high on my wishlist, how are you liking the series?

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I’ve been enjoying them! They’re a fun read so far. I haven’t gotten too far into the third book yet, but the first two were excellent reads.

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Nice. Thanks for your input!

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