What's everyone reading this week (6/19/23)?

serfraser, 10 months ago

Working my way through Red Sister by Mark Lawrence. My first try of him and I gotta say I'll be checking out the rest of his work. His rep made him sound too uber-grimdark for me, but that was wrong. It's dark, sure, but hardly breaking the Abercrombie scale. And it's just so, so well written.

Slow progress with it, though. In the middle of a house move and looking after my extremely pregnant gf + juggling work around her and the other kids has pushed reading time right down the priority list, sadly.

Esk, 10 months ago

I picked up Red Sister when it came out because I enjoy the magic school trope and loved it! I’m not into grimdark so I’m glad I didn’t know anything about Lawrence at the time because I might not have read it. I enjoyed the whole series but I think Red Sister is the best.

RheingoldRiver, 10 months ago

I'm reading The Final Strife. It's a story about resistance in a world of a strict caste system, but it has a bunch of surprising plot twists & surprises. I'm enjoying it quite a bit!

Esk, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

I’m currently listening to The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart. I’m liking it but not loving it. There are 5 characters who narrate the story and I like some more than others.

I just finished The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud and loved it. But I’ve loved every Stroud I’ve read.