Just started Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. Excited to work my way through his kickstarter books.
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Tress is phenomenal! It’s got a lot more whimsy than most of Sandersons books, but still has some great cosmere tie ins
My husband just turned me onto Sanderson recently (I'm listening to them rather than reading reading). I'm reading The Mistborn Saga, book 2, The Well of Ascension, but I really enjoy his style and will be continuing after the first trilogy!
Listening counts, right?
It sure does!
Mistborn is how I discovered Sanderson at the time, great series :)
Listening counts, right?
It’s not for me, but I say it counts :D
I enjoyed it very much. Directly dove into Yumi and the Nightmare Painter next, which is also great so far. They both feel very similar.
Just finished it couple of weeks ago, really enjoyed the writing style in this one.
Nice, didn’t even hear of those, I’ll put them on my to-read :)
Having caught up with Glynn Stewart releases after finishing Wildbow’s Ward, I decided to go for some famous books I never read.
First was Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer. After about 1/4th of the book, I didn’t care about anything. Neither the world nor the main character. Decided to stop there, it seems it’s not for me.
Next up, Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea Again, I stopped after 25%. This time the story was interesting enough, but I couldn’t stand her writing style, everything was written as if it was a prologue and the actual story is starting anytime soon. That just got real annoying when it’s the main story.
Finally, I jumped many years forward (both regarding the release, and the setting), and started Pierce Brown’s Red Rising which I’m enjoying very much so far.
I read three progression fantasy books in the past three days, so I'm going to take a break and get some of my actual work done :D
Card Mage: Slumdog Deckbuilder by Benedict Patrick (book 1 of a new series) was well written and a compelling read, but I'd have enjoyed it a lot more if it was lighthearted.
Overpowered Dungeon Boy by Benjamin Barreth (2 book completed series) was a lighthearted fun read. The OP main character took a while to warm up to, but many of the side characters were easy to root for.
I've just finished The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks, which I absolutely loved. Interesting world and magic system, but most of all great characters.
I'm now reading Mask of Mirrors by M. A. Carrick. It took me some time to get invested, but it's getting there and getting more and more compelling.
Such a great series! I recently started the last book in the trilogy.
Currently reading the Black Company series by Glen Cook. Just started Bleak Seasons. I’m loving it and I’m sad I’m getting close to the end.
Great series, read it a few years ago :)
Re reading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
I have read "Piranesi", and must say it was quite intresting book, but i would like to read something more cozy than that, this time
Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house.
Wow, that sounds like Literature ;)
I'm just reading a Robert E. Howard short story (usually Conan) every week. Tower of the Elephant was really nice, as was The Valley of the Worm (the latter will offend modern sensibilities, fair warning).