And what’s on your to read shelf?
Currently on chapter 85 of Pierce Brown’s Light Bringer, the latest installment of the Red Rising series! Granted, I’m listening to the audiobook, but audiobooks are still books. And man, like the rest of the series, I can’t put this shit down!
After this? Not sure yet. Still waiting on Sanderson’s next book in his Stormlight Archive series. Maybe I’ll re-listen to The Wheel of Time again while the final books of these two series wrap up.
Had to look this up because I thought the Lightbringer was Brent Weeks. Totally different series. I’ll check it out.
I just finished a listen of The Wheel of Time myself. I listened to it while falling asleep. Took about 2 years to get through it that way. I already know the story, and parts of it were fairly easy to fall asleep to makes it a perfect way to deal with insomnia.
Also waiting for the next Sanderson book. Just finished The Lost Metal! So many cosmere tie-ins!
I’m listening to Fool’s Errand by Robin Hobb to fall asleep to now as I’ve read the series before, and reading Ghost Brigade which is book 2 of Old Man’s War.
@Albbi @IronRain found out about Wheel of Time from Tumblr of all places. Started the audiobook series as something to accompany me on long drives or workouts but they keep being checked out at my library app lol. Was interesting to me that you could tell it was written a few decades ago - some of the writing seems a bit dated even though altogether it’s a very well-structured series.
Also absolutely loved Red Rising, didn’t realize there was a new addition!
I finished The Expanse awhile back and that was also fantastic!
A bit of personal advice for TWOT - the first time reading can be considered slow by some, but the opening acts are some of my favorites of all fantasy novels that I’ve read. There’s a certain charm that’s reminiscent of Tolkien, and has a certain depiction that’s speaks to me. But maybe it requires a second reading to really appreciate it.
Either way, happy reading!
Nothing wrong with audiobooks! It’s my preferred way to consume my books. Also if I didn’t listen to audiobooks, then I would never have experienced TGR’s glorious performance in the Red Rising series. I don’t think audiobooks are better for every book, but in the case of Red Rising, I would argue it’s mandatory.
I just finished Lightbringer myself and I absolutely loved it. I’m equally devastated knowing how long it’ll be before we get the next one!
Absolutely agreed about TGR’s amazing talent! He colored - no pun intended - the Red Rising books in such an immersive way, that I can’t imagine the characters and atmosphere as anything other than what his vocal descriptions provided.
And I’m not 100% certain, but I think he mentioned on one of the Red Rising podcasts that the last book should come within a few months of this one, because they were meant to be one final book, but the length didn’t allow his original plans. I certainly hope that’s true!
Just finished a book from the 1930s by a Czech author Karel Čapek called War with the Newts.
It’s sci-fi based on earth in 1930s but what I found the most interesting is
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seeing an author from 1930s write and think on paper (casual racism and sexism, for example),
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the echoes of the looming WWII
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the retro futurism - I love seeing what people from the past imagined would happen with technology. They are often right, often cutely wrong.
Oh! Never read anything from Čapek. Thanks for bringing him to my attention!
TIL: His brother invented the word “robot”, which Karel Čapek used in the book R.U.R.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_%C4%8Capek#Etymology_of_robot
My 6 favorite authors either haven’t published in a long time, or they’ve begun publishing early works that weren’t good enough to get published when they started out. 2 of my other favs have died. This has pushed me out of my comfort zone and delved into Steven Fry’s Mythos series… and I rather like it. Oh, and if anyone sees Patrick Rothfuss around, please smack him upside the back of his head.
I’ve just started Musashi, a Samurai-era historical fiction novel.
I loved Shogun by Clavell and I always get recommended Musashi as being a similar vibe. I’ll have to pick it up sometime
