I’m very nearly done with ‘The Precipice’ by Ben Bova. Next is either ‘Rock Rats’ in the same series, or I start the Cosmere series by Brandon Sanderson. I’ve read all the Mistborn novels, and they’re fantastic.
Sanderson writes books faster than I can read, so it’s kind of daunting. Ben Bova is already dead, so I don’t have the same problem with him.
I recently finished the 7th book in the Wheel of Time series, A Crown of Swords. I am currently contemplating whether to start book 8 or read something else to not get burned out. A Crown of Swords is the first book in the series I did not enjoy that much.
Definitely take a break! That’s about the spot where most people struggle to get through. Take your time; there’s a lot of setup, but the pacing is not great.
Also, I think book 8 is The One Without Mat, so it took me forever to get through it.
I first read this book years ago, and what has stuck me ever since was the vivid use of imagery by Cooper. I’ve also watched the movie, but it’s the book that has always stuck with me.
Right now re-reading The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. It’s a weird comic scifi dystopia set in England where literary allusions abound, puns and tropes are plot devices, and Jane Eyre gets kidnapped and makes the ending of the book better. There are so many John Milton’s that they have a numbering scheme. Shakespeare is a target of forgery. It’s also ferociously anti-war, and imagines a world in which Thatcher is alive and well, and the Crimean war had had two charges of the light brigade… And has continued until the 1980s.
I can recommend it on its own for the Richard III is Rocky Horror Picture Show scene.
A phenomenal summer read, light but intelligent. And it happens to be the beginning of a good series.
Letters from my windmill by Daudet, narrated by Stephen Fry. Discovered this audiobook by accident, but couldn’t help listening. Fry and Laurie read Daudet and Jerome, how cool is that?
@Kamirose I‘m reading „Kite runner“ by Khaled Hosseini. It’s a book about friendship, love, betrayal and reparation. I‘m surprised by how much the book catches me: once I start reading, I never want to put it down again.
Eight Thousand Years after the Glassing of Earth, Terran Descent Humanity has largely become a post-scarcity society based on consent and enjoying life. With the discovery of another ancient race beyond the "Great Gulf", events and history collide to draw the Terran Confederacy into war against a hundred million year old empire that has always won and believes it always will. With allies and enemies of multiple species, the Orion Galactic Arm Spur will be wracked by warfare the likes of which have not been seen. Cracked, harried, wounded, and damaged, Terran Descent Humanity willfully throws itself against the universe itself.
"The universe hates you and will take away everything you love, laughing while it does so." - Terran belief.
I am on chapter 907. According to the Royal Road page estimate, that's over 10,000 paperback book pages equivalent. It's a helluva ride, and the price can't be beat.
Vuxten appears around chapter 50, iirc. He's not the first to recur, but he is a fan favourite.
I tend to read it in bursts. I catch up about once every 3 months.
Working my way through the novels set in the Eberron campaign setting from DnD, on the last series from the ones I have, on the second of four of the loosely connected by theme War-Torn series.
Halo: The Fall of Reach. I decided to finally play through all of the games so I purchased the Master Chief collection, played through Halo 1, then read an article detailing the full timeline of events. According to that, I have 3 books to read before I can get to Halo 2. Fall of Reach is the Master Chief’s origin story, while the next book is the novelization of Halo 1, and the third fills in the gap between Halo 1 and 2. Suffice to say, I’ve got a lot to read before I can get to Halo 2, lol. Fortunately, I love reading, so this should be fun.
Currently listening to the mountain man series. A zombie apocalypse story but very different than most. I’m very much enjoying it. These stories are free on audible plus.
I am currently reading, which I do at night when I’m in bed, quantum void, which is the sequel to quantum space. Which I am also very much enjoying. And they are on Kindle Plus. Or whatever it’s called.
I’m a bit of a sci-fi nerd. It’s almost all I read.