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Read this alone at night. That is all.
Still the best one tbh
I've started re-reading Robert Jordan's 'The Wheel of Time' series. I made it about four books in as a kid before I lost interest, hopefully I'll actually manage to finish this time.
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I've spent most of my academic career studying this stuff and yet this one of the best books I've read. It provides such a unique perspective, especially having visited these countries recently.
i really like fall of reach, mostly because of how in-depth it goes into their training
i just finished reading this:
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but the last novel i read was oathbringer by brandon sanderson
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i haven't had much time to read lately but there are a few books i have on my list, namely peter f. hamilton's newest void book and re-reading bank's the culture series.
Just finished reading Persopolis Rising book 7 of The Expanse, no spoilers ahead but a rant.
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I'm annoyed.
I'm annoyed I had to read the previous two books and this book to finally somewhat continue the story arch of the best aspect of the The Expanse series. Annoyed that its taken this long to FINALLY get to this only for the book to end.
If I had to rate the books within The Expanse series I'm just going to out and say it right now, Leviathan Wakes, book 1, is the best book in the series. Book 5 Nemesis Games being the worst and most annoying.
My biggest gripe with the series is the amount of irritating padding there is throughout. The amount of beating around the bush that is throughout the series as a whole is nothing short of irritating and boring once you spot the patterns (which become very glaring and obvious Abbadons Gate and Cibola Burn).
The series has the unrelenting, unhinged prick trope down to a tee and there's always one of them in every single book (except Leviathan Wakes and bizarrely enough Nemesis Games), it wouldn't be a problem if they weren't so predictable.
All in all though coming back to Persopolis Rising, its not the worst book and it has some awesome moments throughout it that helped keep it interesting despite its dumb padding.
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I'm reading the entire Gaunt's Ghost series, currently on book 3.
Has anyone read the novel series the expanse?
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I've been thinking of picking it up, how would you rate it?
Good series though none of the later books are anywhere near as great as the first one IMO
I have very mixed feelings about it. Its setting is incredibly rich and amazingly well thought, its just inhabited with some really crap characters and has a lot of annoying padding.
I outright gave up trying to care for the characters and just read it for the overall story.
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this is my WWI shelf. This picture is a bit outdated though, I've gotten some new books since then.
I'm currently reading The Silmarillion.
It's taken me 180 pages, but I'm starting to finally get into it.
Reading a manga series called " I am a Hero " about some schizoid character in Japan who tries to cling to whatever human laws and morals still exist. Good book if you're into physiological horror, gore and a not very fan service sort of manga.
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About to crack this bad boy open. Pretty excited!
I've been reading Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. I haven't had a lot of time to get into it because of school but I'm still really liking the philosophy of stoicism. I'm also rereading 1984 for the umpteenth time and it's scarier than ever for obvious reasons. I'm also starting to understand the other charters as foils to Wilson. And finally returned to Catch 22 after dropping it back in 2009. The tongue and cheek humor and morbid sarcasm is kinda delightful and really highlights Yossarian's situation as absolutely absurd. Though I can't tell how much is hyperbolic pessimism and deprecation of his flight mates. He's not an unreliable narrator per se but I don't interpret his narrative at face value either.
I plan on getting that one myself once I finish up with The Southern Reach Trilogy. Speaking of which, should I read Burning Chrome first or would I be fine to dive in straight away?
Only two of the stories in Burning Chrome are related to Neuromancer, if I recall correctly, but honestly I think you'd be fine jumping into it. If you have Burning Chrome on hand, I'd read Johnny Mnemonic and Burning Chrome beforehand, if you want to ease in.
I couldn't finish it for some reason
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This is probably the most wild idea for a non-fic book I have ever read. I keep thinking about that photo of the dude in Mecca with two tabs on his tongue..
I just started reading the first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic. I haven't read a lot of fantasy, but I guess it's as good a book as any to get me started with the genre.
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By James Watson, the dude who discovered it himself (with some others of course). Super interesting and very well written book about DNA. Truly fascinating. Could be a bit more critical of Monsanto, but I'll let it slip because it's such educatitional book.
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Very captivating. A bit heavy on the anthropological/linguistic jargon in the second half but otherwise not difficult to read for people not well educated in those fields (like myself), especially given the subject matter
It really took all my might to do it. It's written in an odd way and requires a lot of attention.
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It's a sci-fi Chinese novel which was gifted to me for my birthday.
This far it has been a charming read, to be sure
Just finished Authority by Jeff VanderMeer. Kind of a slow starter, but the payoff is worth it. I ordered Acceptance, the final book in the trilogy the other day, so hopefully I’ll be getting that soon.
For now, I have to read Dead Man Walking for a class. I’m only a couple pages in, but it seems interesting enough.
Rereading Ulysses with Stuart Gilbert's guide and the Bloomsday Book. It's interesting to see how deep the book goes in even in the most banal moments.
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Eh, so sad because I never touched before this book (and any other Tom Clancy's books)
How is it? I’ve been thinking about reading that one, despite not reading any of his stuff either
Thats a pretty neat cover. Is it like an autobiography or a history book?
oh, I read only part 1 and it's looks like story of agents who created their secret department for destroying terrorists. But my friend said what this book about biohazard weapons and stuff like this. I need read more but haven't enough time for reading
Very late, but Discworld is amazing. Keep in mind the early stuff like Colour of Magic is still getting a bit of a feel for the world and humor, but the Night Watch series starting with Guards! Guards! is probably the strongest Discworld novels and would be pretty easy for someone not huge into fantasy to get into. Sam Vimes and the supporting cast are incredible characters, the sub-series relies more on grizzled cop stereotypes than fantasy elements. Discworld overall isn't too huge on the fantasy, it's a more satirical universe mixing comedy and commentary.
I only got into Pratchett right after he died unfortunately, there was an in memory sale so I picked up almost all of the Discworld novels for super cheap on Google Play Books, read probably 15 of the Discworld novels in a couple of weeks. There's a pretty good guide if you end up wanting to get deeper into Discworld, theres so many books and all of them have cameo characters and references you can miss out on stuff sometimes it can be hard to keep track of what you've read. I found myself coming across Discworld novels I didn't know about even after I thought I had read them all for a while.
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