"What are you reading?" thread.

Simfers

Simfers

I got out of my reading funk, spurred by my wife who gave herself a 50 pages a day objective. Decided to join her, so I finished Cibola Burn, the fourth book of The Expanse. It re-ignited my interest enough that I immediately ordered the five books I didn't have yet.

I then finished Mossflower, the second (publishing order, not chronological) Redwall book. Quite the different experience, LOL.

Now I've started Lovecraft Country. Only 25 pages in, so too early to form an opinion, but I liked the two episodes I saw of the series (I want to finish it, but it's a hard, uncomfortable watch).

After, I'll have its sequel, Destroyer of Worlds, along with Alastair Reynolds' Revenger trilogy (those were my Christmas parents from my parents). The rest of The Expanse should arrive next week.

And looking at my bookshelf, looks like I'm missing a book or two in the Revelation Space series, so I might get on that too.

Busy times ahead!
 
Vrii

Vrii

I'm in the middle of an Expanse re-read myself and I'm surprised by how much they're still grabbing me. "One more chapter" is consistently turning into three or five more chapters.
 
drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Vrii said:
I'm in the middle of an Expanse re-read myself and I'm surprised by how much they're still grabbing me. "One more chapter" is consistently turning into three or five more chapters.
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I have been through the first 3 twice at least. Read once and audiobook second. It's such a great series.

I am reading 11/22/63, again. And the Daily Stoic.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Currently going through Dracula unabridged, loving the parts where Dracula is actually in it...but dear GOD is there so much build up, a literary endurance test old novels were.
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

The original in French at least has real grammatical and vocabulary craftsmanship. It's literary architecture.
I've read it in Dutch and English too, and neither translation was anywhere near as good.

Personally, I think Moby Dick was more of a test of patience and perseverance.
 
drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Have you tried The Count of Monte Cristo? I have only heard that it's the greatest evar. damn is it dense AF. I have tried multiple times and formats.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

AND-finished Dracula, damn fine book albeit...REALLY dated in a lot of ways. I also found the ending interesting in how different it was to most Vampire Lord showdowns, in how it wasn't so much an epic battle, but more an epic strategically made ambush.
 
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