dresdenWhat book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? April 14
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Trudging through The Pickwick Papers and recognizing the travelogue of story form from Terry Pratchett to Don Quixote. Plots? Who needs a long plot when you can have lots of little ones?
In the audiobook, cracking up at the number of words containing "v" when Sam Wellington or his father expound on anything.
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theskyisfallingOh no, more time without reading for you :(
I’m still working my way through “The Remaining” books. I finished book 4 yesterday and then did the two nouvellas today that sit in the middle, then straight away started book 5.
To begin with I enjoyed it but thought it was a bit mid, I didn’t really like the hooraaa, US of A patriots vibe that I thought was going to be a lot more prominent throughout to begin with. Thankfully as it has gone on it hasn’t been too heavy with that shit, a little bit of flag worship or how this country used to be so great bits here and there but I have found that it is easy to ignore and the story going on has been worthwhile to ignore that stuff.
I think I realised I was enjoying it more than I thought i was when I got a bit choked up at the scene where his dog was trapped up on the roof of a building and he was struggling through bouts of unconsciousness trying to get back to the dog and I really felt the emotion in that. And I’m a cat person!
So yeh, looking forward to continuing these books!
The Remaining is on of my favorite series! I’ve read the first 6 books at least 3 times each, and then reread the second set of 6, plus the 4 add on novels after that. I love me some post apoc fiction. Also, DJ Molles finds a nice way to make the characters a little more introspective than other series do, which I appreciate. Hope you stick with them!
Oh yeh, I love some post apocalyptic stuff too, I mean I’m nearly 200 books deep into the Deathlands series of books which says it all really xD
I will definitely stick with it for a while, my list only has 11 books on it though including the two novellas trust and faith. I know there is another series of books about Lee that I haven’t looked into yet, I was going to see how I felt at the end to see if I wanted to pick those up.
I haven’t heard of Deathlands before. 200 books might be a bit beyond my attention span haha. As for the Remaining, there are the 6 books, 2 novellas, the prequel (Project Hometown), then the follow on Lee Harden series that has 6 numbered books and 4 other novels interspersed in the timeline.
The official list is here. Enjoy!
Nice, thanks for the info and link, would you recommend the Lee Harden series as well?
And I don’t blame you on Deathlands, I think the mainline books are up to ~165 or so, I completed one spin off that only has 5 books and I’m on about book 10 of 50 of a different spin off and I love it, just been taking a break with some other things as it has Ben around 2 years of constant Deathlands for me to get to the point I’m at xD
It has a lull in the middle where it isn’t as good but it picks back up towards the end. All of the books are some what stand alone stories following the same characters with a pretty loose over arching narrative. The low in the middle are pretty much only connected by the characters and the books sit as standalone stories and I think that’s one reason I liked it less at that point.
Yes, reading the Lee Harden series will wrap up the overall storyline. The Remaining series doesn’t end on a cliffhanger or anything, but the next series evolves it further.
Ah OK, nice! Thanks :D
I'm re-reading the Incarnations of Immortality septology by Piers Anthony. I read them originally as they came out, and I remembered having enjoyed them quite a lot. Upon a re-read, they're not as good as I remembered though certainly not bad. They're also quite a bit more dated than I recalled, but I suppose they weren't at the time of their release. Also IoI is one of Anthony's series with the least amount of his weirdness in it, but it's definitely there.
Currently rereading the “Children of Time”-Series by Adrian Tchaikovsky because the fourth book was just released and I really like to experience the first three again.
I’m a sucker for good Sciency Science Fiction and this series ticks practically all boxes of my special interests.
Also listening to the Warhammer 40k Series “Ciaphas Cain” by Sandy Mitchell, because it’s funny and relaxing.
Also listening to “Sourcery” by Terry Pratchett on my way through the Discworld Series (again)
jordanlundI just picked up a nice edition of Robin Hood by Henry Gilbert, which I’m somewhat ashamed to admit that I did not realize had been adapted from all the old ballads into an actual novel (in 1912!)
Weird Gutennberg has his King Arthur book but not this…