I'm about to finish the second book in the mistborn series. Have you guys heard of fictionaries. They are supplemental dictionaries you can load on to your Kindle. So like I have one for Brandon Sanderson's cosamer series. Which is super helpful. I can like click a characters name and get a little synopsis, which with his love for character back stories is helpful. There are like different ones you can download so you don't get spoilers. It is made reading any of these books that have so much character, backstory and exposition way easier
Oh that's neat! I have trouble remembering smaller characters and their descriptions so that would help! Recently finished the first Mistborn book, myself.
I've been reading the Lonesome Dove series, not in order of publication, but in internal chronological order.
Dead Man's Walk
Comanche Moon
Lonesome Dove
Streets of Laredo
I would never have thought to read these books, but I was looking for something to read and my current favourite author, Joe Abercrombie, said Lonesome Dove was the best book he'd ever read so I thought I'd give 'em a whirl. I'm so glad I did. McMurty has such an excellent, calm, matter-of-fact way of telling these stories. I'm most of the way through Lonesome Dove at this point. I think that Comanche Moon is one of the oddest, but most authentic books about mid-19th century Western America I've ever read. The other thing that stands out to me is that each chapter could really be a short story that could stand on its own without any of the other context that the rest of the book provides. It's really a masterclass in storytelling. Can't recommend enough.
I’m reading the Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett. Never read a Pratchett book before, I’m doing the entire Nightwatch series and it’s already one of my favourite book series.
I'm going to try make some progress on them at least this weekend but there's a bunch of things going on with life stuff. Boy do I miss having nothing to do but read.
Just finished Hitler's Secret, a really well written WW2 spy novel. Pretty page turning, I needed something lighter after some of the other things I was reading the well before. A bit unbelievable in parts but I find you usually expect that with thrillers sand it's best just to go with the flow!
Just finished Star Wars: Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray earlier tonight. It was a good read, an interesting look at the bond between Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Also, I’m midway through Legendborn by Tracy Deonn and I’m hooked. It’s a modern day reimagining of Arthurian legend bundled in an urban fantasy/supernatural wrapper.
Just added the first one to my Libby hold list - it sounds interesting. It's only 144 pages though, that's a really short amount of time for a complete story...
They're short but they're paced extremely well. I have never noticed how short they are while actually reading because it's a full and engaging story. I am in love with Murderbot and it's only gotten better as the books go on.
Yeah, most of them are novellas, with a couple of full-length novels. They're all complete stories, though with ongoing threads carrying through, and best read in order.
Recently finished the first Mistborn book which was AMAZING. Everyone was on point about Sanderson's ability to create an amazing climax and keep you invested in those last few hundred pages! I have around 200 pages left of The Eye of the World which has been better than I thought. Feels like going from the Shire to Rivendell but in one book. The world building is great and I am totally here for this series!
Currently, Leviathan Falls, the last book in The Expanse series. I'm a little over halfway through. Which is a little bittersweet, since I've loved this series for a long time now, and I want to know how it ends... but also kinda don't want it to end.
Not sure what'll be next up, but probably one of Babel, The Kaiju Preservation Society, or The House in the Cerulean Sea, depending on my mood.
How exciting! I'm currently reading Caliban's War. I got real busy with school when I was reading it last and ended up setting it down instead of finishing.
Question for you - did you see the TV show before reading the books like me? I'm having a really hard time reconciling my mental picture of both Amos and Fred Johnson from the show and how they're portrayed in the books. The TV show made Amos a certified badass, and he was my favorite character for it. In the books (so far) he's just a stubborn badass mechanic. And visa versa, Fred Johnson is badass war hero in the books, and just kind of 'meh' in the TV show...
I was already a fan of the book series before the show came out - I forget how many of the books were out at that point, but I'd definitely read the first three at least.
So I came at it the other way around, especially with Amos. I remember when Wes Chatham was first announced as Amos, and I thought he looked entirely wrong for the role. But he completely blew me away with his portrayal. He brought so much depth and nuance to Amos, and made me utterly fall in love with a character that I'd previously been kind of 'meh' about. Wes is now my definitive Amos, and I just kind of mentally gloss over the book descriptions that contradict that. He's my favourite character now, though Camina Drummer (the show version) comes a very close second.
I didn't have the same trouble with Fred Johnson though. Neither version was a favourite or 'meh' for me.
Anansi Boys is Neil Gaiman too, right? I read American Gods decades ago in high school and remember being sort of obsessed with it. Have you ever read any of his Sandman comics? They're fantastic.
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