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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? 08 April

Finished Starsight by Brandon Sanderson. Second book in Cytoverse series. Loved the way the series progressed, though didn't liked the post-ending much. Going to start the novella soon.

Started Three Days to Never by Tim Powers. It's a standalone sci-fi. Don't remember who recommended Tim Powers or when, but he was mentioned in my list, so got couple of his books. I have just started the book, something is happening, but I am not sure what, so no idea what to think about it yet. Let's see how it turns out.

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

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  • I’m working picking up where I left if with the books of the Murderbot Diaries by Margaret Wells. I read the short story Compulsory a couple nights ago, and Rogue Protocol last night. I figure I can get Exit Strategy, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory, and Network Effect for sure done by this time next week.

    Having most of the early works in the series being Novellas or occasionally short stories really makes it fly.

    • Problem with some short stories and novellas is that not all authors/publishers collect them properly, so it can be a pain to find them all. Hope this isn't the case for this one.

      • The Murderbot series (at this point) doesn’t have any of them locked away in collections. They are all available for sale (at least in digital versions) right next to the others.

  • Tiamats Wrath by James S. A. Corey.

    Its been a few years since my first time reading so it's been great going back to it as I'd forgotten most of this one apart from the major points.

    Also I've struggled to want to read something new recently so also re-read Murderbot Diaries and The Martian.

  • The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb. It's the second book in her Liveship trilogy. It's much better than the first one, which was very slow to start.

    I aim to read all her books in The Realm of the Elderlings series eventually (current book I'm on is #5). She's not my most favorite writer, but she's up there.

  • Skyward Flight is fantastic. As are the next two novels in the series. I just finished Defiant a couple weeks ago. Brandon did such a good job concluding the series, I'm so hyped for Stormlight 5's conclusion. I'm also very excited to see how Janci continues in Skyward Legacy.

    I just started Greencloak by Lyndsey Luther, which sounds like it's going to be a fun high fantasy novel in a unique setting. She's also the person Lyn in the Stormlight Archive is based on

    • Brandon did such a good job concluding the series.

      That makes me excited. I wanted to start the novellas right away, but didn't want to burn out so moved to another book, but now I keep thinking about reading those, so maybe I should have just gone ahead and keep reading the series.

      Ah, that's cool about Lyndsey Luther, will check it out.

  • After a reccomendation on here, I'm working my way through the World War series by Harry Turtledove. Currently halfway through Striking The Balance. Excellent series but I must admit to skimming in places in this volume. I feel that it's been padded out a bit. Will keep on though and finish the series. Excellent author and really does go into alternative history scenarios with detail.

    Also, as I have since about 1967, constantly reading The Lord Of The Rings ;-)

  • Decoding Your Cat & How to Read a Book.

    Decoding Your Cat is actually written by the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, and it's about general cat behavior, behavioral issues, the issues cats face in addressing behavioral issues, how to train your cat and debunking cat myths [For example, contrary to popular belief, cats don't actually see us as "clumsy cats". They know we are a different species, but still use cat body language to communicate— though they're still apt to mimic when they can]. Every chapter has anecdotes so that you can get an idea of how conflicts play out between cats and humans. I have already finished this book last month, though I review it every now and then to refresh what I know, but mostly because of the cute cat pictures. Also, I wanted to recommend this book.

    I'm only a fourth into "How to Read a Book" by Mortimer J. Adler, and unfortunately I still haven't done pre-reading on it (ironic, given that the book says that it's one of the first kinds of reading that you must do) so I'm just plowing through it, but from my impression it's an interesting read that offers information that you would otherwise not reflect on. Well, besides the tips on how to read, it tells you why, and those parts are the most interesting to me. I'm currently on the part about words vs terms, and it gives me an insight of how words are used as terms in text from different fields. There are many definitions of a word, but in technical books some words are important that they specify one term, though one term can be described by more than one.

  • Finished:

    The Confession - John Grisham, started exciting, began to slog mid book.

    Make Death Love me - Ruth Rendell

    Started:

    Reason - Miyuki Miyabe

    The Fisherman - John Langan

    Still Ploughing Along:

    Rouges - George RR Martin

    Some of the Best from Tor.com: 15th Anniversary

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