Oh, this got delayed a bit.
I am still reading Valour’s Choice by Tanya Huff. Book 1 of Confederation series. Almost near the end though. Enjoying the book a lot.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening?
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I’m reading Erdogan Pizza by John Dolan. It’s a collection of real travelogues from an utterly unadventurous, shy nerd who keeps managing to get kicked out of third world countries while being dead broke. I couldn’t imagine a greater mismatch between the personality of someone and how they’ve chosen to live their life. Very amusing.
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Yeah, I’ve seen An Idiot Abroad and quiet enjoyed it. Different vibes though, Karl is incurious and is being pushed into it (which is entertaining in it’s own right). John is absolutely doing it of his own volition, though I don’t fully understand why, and is deeply curious. There’s also a palpable sense of desperation and danger that comes from being someone’s life, instead of a well funded work holiday.
They also made a nonfiction book out of this, but I liked the show better.
Honestly I don’t really like Ricky Gervais’s gleeful cruelty or his style of comedy, but I think the show was really good for Karl Pilkington. You could see how mousy he was in the first few episodes, miserably eating the Chinese lady’s toad just because she told him to, and then partway through the first series he kind of finds his balls and he’s yelling at the guy in Jordan “I’m not getting on the fucking camel!” when stuff is unreasonable beyond a certain point.
Travel is good for you.
The series with Warwick Davies is great. Brilliant clash of attitudes / personalities between Karl and Warwick resulting in some both hilarious and uplifting stuff. inkeeping with the trajectory Ricky’s stuff has generally taken.
Wheel of Time. On the fourth book now. Pacing is a little slow but it is interesting enough to keep me reading. Though I really have almost no clue how this story keeps going for several more books. Guess I’ll see :)
The pacing change from the first three books is noticeable but I felt it was welcome. The first three are almost contained quest novels, where they chase a goal and more or less complete it by books end, the scope changes a bit in book four onwards to a larger view of how you pull this disbanded world together to face the final fight. It really doesn’t return to the early books pacing, but once you adjust, I felt at least that the novels now intriguing for the change.
Well, the pacing becomes even slower, and there are books where nothing happens. Still, it’s my favourite series. So, keep reading, and maybe pace yourself so you don’t get burned out.
Rachel Maddow, “Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism”
Been reading through Mistborn Trilogy 2, current on the back half of the Bands of Mourning.
This trilogy has not been as captivating to me as much as Stormlight or Mistborn 1.
I have Elantris queued up to read more of his works next, but I might take a bit of a Sanderson break here soon since I know Horneater and Stormlight 5 are due later this year. I’ve heard good things anbout Earthsea Anyone have some recommendations about where to start those books?
I read through Earthsea last year and I just went in the order they were published in. I would caution that books 1 and 2 feel very different so if you aren’t big on the first one, give the second one a shot before you call it quits.
Ah sounds good. Thanks for the warning!
Just started on a re-read (audiobook) of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, by Douglas Adams, also read by him. Oh I love him as a narrator! Also continuing with Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol.
Ah, were these also on radio or just read as audio books?
I think these were available on the radio. To be honest I got them over the high seas since I didn’t like the audible narrator (don’t remember his name).
Ah, I’ll look up the details.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Cause_(novel)
Quite OK so far.
How is he as a fiction writer? I have come across posts by Doctrow over the years, but have never read any of his fiction.
Just finished Wheel of Time book 2 (The Great Hunt) and about to start book 3 (The Dragon Reborn). I absolutely devoured book 2 so I’m super eager to continue.
Sultan by wasim akram. An autobiography. Quite readable, cowritten with the best cricket writer gideon hague. Finished 70% yesterday, should end it today
Oooh, that seems interesting. Going to check it out.
Always shocked to see a cricket fan on lemmy lol
Uhhh… ahem I am actually not a cricket fan, just sometimes interested in sports books. Like last week someone mentioned (and recommended) Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano, and I added it to my wish list.
Listening to Debt of Honour by Tom Clancy
Been reading some adult books lately by Lillian Lark. Currently on Entranced by the Basilisks.
Harpo Speaks! by Harpo Marx.
How is it? Are you enjoying it?
Finally got my Gideon the Ninth hold to pop up at the library at the right time. 2 hours in and digging it
‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ (2017) George Saunders. A bit late to this title but got restarted with Saunders after finding ‘A Swim in a Pond in the Rain’. Now I have to read/re-read all the Russian short stories but before that, I found a signed, hard-cover, first edition of ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ at my local used bookstore! It’s a trip but I’m along for the ride.
I didn’t expect to see “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain” here. I’m currently reading it and I’m really enjoy all those Russian short stories, but also the commentary on those stories is also pretty great. As someone who doesn’t have a literary background it’s nice to see how it’s done.
I been slacking off lately:
- The Dark Half - Stephen King, 3/4 done.
- Rogue - George RR Martin ed, 1/4 done.
- The Beekeeper’s Apprentice - Laurie R. King, just started.
- Some of the Best from Tor: 15th anniversary - various, 1/5(?) done
Well, you read a lot even when slacking off…
Rogues sounds pretty cool, some really big names in it. How are you liking it?
Rogue is really nice so far, I am currently on story 9 and each of the previous ones are a hit. Particularly “What Do You Do?” by Gillian Flynn, “The Inn of the Seven Blessings” by Matt Hughes, and “A Year and a Day in Old Theradane” by Scott Lynch. Recommend.
I should have finished Stephen King’s “The Dark Half” last month. Haven’t been reading as much.
How to be an antiracist, The Palestine Laboratory, The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine (a translated version instead of the original text and I question my decision every day) and The Dos and Donuts of Love.
And yes I’m a huge mood reader
Interesting reads. “Donuts of Love” sound tasty. 😀
