Finished ‘To sleep in a sea of stars’ by Christopher Paolini - Meh.
Started ‘The City We Became’ by N.K.Jesmin - good so far but early days.
What have you read recently?
Hail Mary was decent, nearly done with Station Eleven now, pretty good. ESJM is a good writer.
Wally Agree on To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. Average at best.
The City We Became is my least favorite book by N.K. Jemisin. Yeah I’ll read the rest of the series as it comes out, but sheesh, what a let down compared to her earlier works.
About to start - Nina Simone’s Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost and Found.
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JonQPublik Which book of hers would you recommend? Not read any of her stuf before. Don’t mind TCWB so far. Bit different from the sci fi stuff I usually read.
The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker. Perfect follow-up to The Golem and the Jinni.
American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett. An utterly strange book that needs a limited series adaptation. Lots of it reminded me of early Twilight Zone stuff, moody and atmospheric.
My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix. Hilarious and gross, but still manages to have a lot of heart (yeah, I said it).
Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor. I’ve enjoyed her Binti series, and this is also wonderful.
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. Very good. Typical Sanderson, but entertaining always.
The Wolf by Leo Carew. Fucking LOVED this. Gotta pick up The Spider.
Unreconciled by W. Michael Gear. Book 4 of The Donovan Series, which altogether is kinda wild west meets star trek. This book goes kinda David Karesh/Waco.
Glimmer by Marjorie B. Kellogg. Great premise, good plot, but the YA romance gets in the way.
Currently reading The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo. ⅔ in and loving it.
Wally The Fifth Season, book 1 in the Broken Earth series. It’s basically a gateway drug. Some parts are written in second tense, which makes for some difficulty. Read the Appendices first. It helps. I did, but still had to bounce back to it frequently for reminders.
The Inheritance trilogy an Dreamblood duology are both wonderful as well.
Finished Adventures In Wonderland: Acid House, Rave and the UK Club Explosion by Sheryl Garratt.
A decent read into the origins of dance music in nightclubs which goes right back to the early 70’s up untill acid house and the rise of the superclubs.
I didn’t enjoy it especially the rise of the Dj’s Frankie Knuckles & Larry Levan plus loads more. I did get bored towards the end but overall it was a good read.
Steven King - Billy Summers is next.
Been going through Ian M. Banks’ Culture-series. Bit amazing that as a scifi-fan I got to be this old before starting them. Great stuff.
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The Wolf sounds like a good one, @JonQPublik, will be giving it a shot.
Holy fuck Dune Messiah is bad and campy af. But will complete it. Don’t think I’m gonna bother with the third part.
Stalingrad had me a bit intimidated, but will give it a go soon too.
Finished Bobby Gillespie’s memoir… my favourite read of the year by some stretch. The way he manages to articulate his passion for music is pretty inspiring… with some very debauched tales from the late 80s and early 90s
Making my way through that. A good addendum to the Narcos series.
Homegrove just started BS as well.
Ninth House was fan-fuckin-tastic.
That’s definitely going on the list.
Amps Also, @Homegrove I reckon a guide to them would be worth a read, might swerve a few and a some of the overlapping bits get lost when you’re on the 8th tome.
JonQPublik Ninth House was fan-fuckin-tastic.
She’s supposedly writing a sequel now. I’m going to reread it next. Just a great book.