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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Currently about a third of the way through "Babel: Or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Translator's Rebellion" by R.F. Kuang.

It's pretty good so far, but also I'm really still waiting for the plot to kick into gear, lots of wonderful world building has been taking place so far.

Also, you and I have the same Kobo! I'm a fan of this device, and haven't read a physical book since last June.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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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[–] [email protected] 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...

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Okay. I have the omnibus now, which I understand is the first four novels.

So are the final xeelee sequence titled novels the ending books of the entire series?

Is the series finally ended?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hey I have The Wager in my list, but right now I'm reading The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber, it's excellent. Going really slow because it contains so much information, I read a few pages and that sends me in a research spiral for an hour and a thoughts spirals for the day.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What device is that?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I finished A Memory of Light (the final book in the Wheel of Time Series) and The Last Metal by Brandon Sanderson. Now I'm rereading The Lord of the Rings.

I'm also reading The Recording Engineers Handbook and Complete Vocal Technique.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Dungeon Crawler Carl and Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Sanderson

[–] [email protected] 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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