It has been a while. I have been pretty, and haven’t been around much.
As for the books, I am still in the same place, reading Book 2 of Confederation The Better Part of Valour by Tanya Huff. Though I did spend some time reading a web novel, Book Eater, author is 메켄로 and translator is RainbowTurtle.
What about all of you? Which books have you been reading or listening lately?
Just wrapped up chain-gang all-stars and loved it!
My daughter said Fourth Wing and Iron Flame were pretty frustrating with the betrayal/misunderstanding thing lasting like 500 pages. Do you feel like it was worth the read?
I have iron flame but definitely needed a break after fourth wing. The book was good but I agree that there was a lot of unnecessary drama.
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows, part of the Cthulhu Casebooks trilogy, I’m going through the audiobook, albeit fairly slowly. The premise is that this was part of a once lost/now discovered manuscript that implies that Sherlock Holmes was not only real, but that he also dealt with Lovecraftian gods, cults, and monsters. The setup starts out Lovecraftian enough, with a set of letters describing a manuscript being passed down after an old family member’s death, which then becomes the core story.
So far it feels like a nice blending of the two styles of writing, H.P. Lovecraft and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Lovecraft was a raging anglophile, so I’m sure he would’ve liked the synthesis/remix of works (now both public domain).
My trouble with the audiobook is that I’ve been primarily trying to listen to it before bed. The narrator’s voice work is good, but it’s apparently good enough at putting me to sleep as well. I don’t mean it as an insult, I honestly like the book, the writing, and the narrator, but something about the voice-work is putting me to sleep almost instantaneously. I have trouble sleeping most nights though, so it’s not an unwelcome effect. The problem though is that I’ll have to go through each chapter multiple times before I “get” the whole chapter and actually hear it through to the end.
I’m reading Finders Keepers by Stephen King and listening to Berserker - Adrian Edmondson.
Friend recommended me Project Hail Mary which has been a lot of fun. It’s a sci-fi book by the same guy who wrote The Martian. I usually have trouble paying attention and doze off when reading but this one has surprisingly kept me engaged!
I just finished the first book of the Wheel of Time series. It was interesting. My friend who recommended it said they get better after the third book, after the author wrested more creative control from the publisher. I’m on the library waiting list for the next one.
I’ve been thinking about trying Foundation again. I have a feeling my mind will wander a lot while listening to it, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing because I also need to think out the next part of my homebrew module for a game I GM.
That’s interesting about the creative control. I did notice the books getting better but didn’t know about the impact of publisher interference. Do you have any more info on what sort of things the publisher was pushing for? I’m scared to search for it because of the abundance of spoilers (I’m only on book 5).
