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Sorry missed last week's post, just busy with life.

The silver lining is, I don't have to stay "still reading" for yet another week, as I finally finished Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch. Book 3 of Rivers of London series.

Yet another case involving magic in London and the Police solving it.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?


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[–] dkppunk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I just finished Perchance to Dream by Howard Weinstein. It’s the first Star Trek novel I’ve ever read and I went with TNG because it’s my favorite series. I really enjoyed the book and loved how I could hear the voices of Picard, Geordie, Worf, Tori, Riker, all of them in my head. I have mild aphantasia so books based on characters from shows and movies I have watched are a lot easier for me to picture.

I’m currently going through the September/October 2024 Asimov’s Science Fiction periodical that I paused last year. Nice scifi short stories, poems, and novelettes to read until my next book.

On that note, my next book is my vacation book. I had 2 I was thinking of reading, but decided on Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik. I really enjoyed her Starlight’s Shadow series, so when I saw space princess and outlaw soldier romance, I said YES PLEASE!! Please give me more science fiction/space opera romance!

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Started the second Mistborn book by Sanderson. The first one was good and the second is still holding my interest. I think the plot and lore he's created is top notch but his prose and overall writing style is rather meh. I'm about to start taking a shot of Bourbon for everytime a character rolls their eyes or signs in conversation.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago

I am not someone who is a good judge of what is good or bad writing, but this is one of his earliest work and it's said that his later books improve a lot. Though he is generally loved for his world-building and stories, rather than beauty of his prose.

[–] Contrariwise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Still plugging away at The Wandering Inn webserial...now on book 8.

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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Halfway done with The Last Emperox. It's the last book in a space opera trilogy. Mankind is spread across the galaxy in an imperial system that forces all settlements to not be fully self sufficient in order to incentive peaceful coexistence. FTL travel doesn't exist and thus trade can only be done with space ships via a complex network of wormholes.

The whole premise is that network is collapsing, which would leave billions of people stranded with a bleak future of them slowly burning through their last supplies. It follows the actions of the emperor's actions taken to save as many lives as possible while trying to fend off assassination attempts from ambitious short-sighted nobles trying to gain the upper hand during the empire's collapse.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

That sound like a fun series. Will you recommend it?

Edit: Just looked it up, it's by John Scalzi, I have most of his already in my wishlist, so will get it sooner or later.

[–] alternategait@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I definitely recommend it.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I absolutely do. Glad you have it on a list somewhere, it's a good read.

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[–] n0p1lls@feddit.online 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I’m currently reading "Los pazos de Ulloa" by Emilia Pardo Bazán. It’s a literary work that critiques 19th-century Spanish society. Pardo Bazán was heavily influenced by naturalism [1] , a literary movement that was very popular in France, with Zola as its main representative. The book is a classic and a cornerstone of Spanish literature.

[1] Naturalism

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Finished The Dead Zone, now reading project hail Mary by Andy weir. Excellent book!

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I think its better than The Martian and im only 100 pages in!

I’ve finished Takaoka’s Travels and Feminist point of view (not sure of the title in English, which were on deconstructing the male gaze in the cinema)

Starting the tirs book of the Nexus trilogy

[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

The Jewish pirates of the Caribbean by Edward Kritzler

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Heretical Fishing 4

[–] JaymesRS@piefed.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I finished all the Super Powereds related stuff that’s out. The main series and one spin off that may get a sequel in the future. There’s also a potential follow up that happens 20-ish years later.

Fun books in general with a little patience needed for areas where it really could have been tightened up. But I would feel comfortable recommending it to someone. Overall probably high B or low A tier.

Now I’m on to Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell. It’s had pretty good reviews and is quite cozy.

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[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just finished Alchemised. Amazing love story set during a civil war, but also a story about the way we see ourselves and the way we're remembered.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

By SenLinYu?

In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy—and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.

^ This one?

[–] Aralakh@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

That's the one, apparently based off of a Dramione fan-fic from what I got told by my partner.

Quick Edit: check those content warnings.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago

Hmm, I wouldn't have guessed that, but I can see it now.

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[–] alternategait@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I'm reading Lady Eve's Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow and listening to Roll for Love by M.K. England during commutes. They are both pretty fluffy, but fun so far

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I finished Master and Margarita a couple of weeks back - it was great! Surreal and funny, plus a brilliant satire of Russian society at the time. Knowing how certain elements of the plot reflect the author's own experiences make it particularly poignant.

Yesterday I finished reading Old Man's War. Really enjoyed it! An interesting premise, fascinating technology & alien races coupled with some genuinely moving moments. The exploration of the implications of war and life extension were surprisingly well thought out for what I expected to be a comedic/light-hearted novel. I look forward to reading more in the series.

I have just started To Kill a Mockingbird - somehow I've got this far in life without reading it. Will see how it goes!

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[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros, I'm not ashamed to admit.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago

Read what you like, no need for feeling ashamed 😀

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Unzipping Gender: Sex, Cross-Dressing and Culture, by Charlotte Suthrell.

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