There’s a thread about how people find new books, and one of my favorite ways to find things to read was browsing comments from the weekly ‘What are you reading’ threads in r/truelit and r/books. So what is Lemmy reading?
I’m finishing The Passenger, and about to jump into John Williams’ Stoner. Excited to see what is next!
I’m reading The Anglo-Saxons by Marc Morris. It’s non-fiction. Morris’ books have a good narrative, but they are scholarly works. I haven’t gotten very far into The Anglo-Saxons yet, but one bit I greatly enjoyed was the author drawing parallels between Beowulf and Tolkien’s Rohirrim, all while discussing the archaeological evidence for feasting halls and the zeitgeist of the people who’d built those halls.
Essex Dogs. It’s a historical fiction novel about a band of mercenaries aiding England’s invasion of France in the 1300s. It’s my palate cleanser after finished the third Stormlight Archives novel.
Just got a few books from my local library that I’m excited to start. I’m starting off with “Focused Forward: Navigating the Storms of Adult ADHD” by James M. Ochoa which I picked out because it was the smallest book in the ADHD category, ha.
I also got a book on Linux/Unix, Diabetes, a workbook for Bipolar, a healthy snack book, and an organization book. Not too too sure if I’ll be able to finish it all by the time they’re due, but its a nice varied selection.
Finished the sequel to Becky Chamber’s A Psalm For The Wild-Built. Can’t recommend this series more highly for a glimpse into a calming and peaceful alternative future.
How does it compare to A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet? I read that whole series, but the first book was my favorite out of all of them.
I’ve read that series as well. Both are amazing, but I prefer the Monk and Robot (Psalm of the Wild-Built) series a bit more. If you liked A Long Way To A Small Angry Planet, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
I just started it last night! Looking forward to the rest.
Currently I’m finishing the fifth book of the Wheel Of Time by Robert Jordan. Next will be the sixth book of the Wheel Of Time by Robert Jordan :)
Currently reading “Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West,” by Calder Walton.
Love a good Cold War spy book, how is it so far?
Sorry, new to this site, didn’t realize I had a reply! It’s a good read so far, it doesn’t try to cast espionage in a certain light, it presents both historical successes, as well as failures.
Dune: Messiah, second one in the series. Way better than I thought, and honestly don’t get the criticism
I don’t think there’s much criticism around the first 2 or 3. God Emperor (4) is where it starts to get really weird, but it still definitely worth the read as it wraps up most of the original threads. 5 seemed way off to me and i couldn’t finish 6. I loved 1-4 though.
In the edition the edition I have, his son spent a like half the foreword talking about the criticism (which is also a weird way to lead a book) so at the time it was released it seemed to be a thing at least!
Enjoyed it a lot. Curious how much weirder it gets
Currently listening to Dust by Hugh Howey (book 3 of the Wool/Silo books)
Ive also been slowly reading MaddAddam by Margeret Atwood (book 3 of the MaddAddam series)
How is the narration? I’ve noticed that even my favorite books are so boring if the narrator is bad.
