Whatcha readin now? (book, books, reading, read) (3 Viewers)

[TheBaylorKid]

Books I've finished lately include:

• Dungeon Crawler Carl (series) - really enjoyed after putting it off, now listening to it on Soundboard (immersive audiobook version). You'll figure out quickly if you like it. Gets deeper/reveals more and more as the series goes on
• Artemis - liked it, but not as much as The Martian or Project Hail Mary
• Neuromancer - been forever, kinda holds up but at times I found myself skimming
• Bobiverse (series) - enjoyed, felt a bit repetitive in 4 and 5 even if the details changed
• Murderbot #1 (after watching the show) - good, but not enough that I grabbed the Humble Bundle
• Wind and Truth (Stormlight Archive #5) - like it, hard read at times, understand some of the negative opinions by some but for me, felt it mostly came together

after I get done with Harry potter I’m going back to the Bobiverse. Good list you have.

 

[guru_007]

• Wind and Truth (Stormlight Archive #5) - like it, hard read at times, understand some of the negative opinions by some but for me, felt it mostly came together

I was going to make a post about this one a few months back, but forgot

One of the things I'm doing this year is reading at least 1,000 pages per month. Cuts me down on screen time, and I like reading a lot, so this forces me to do so. I really have enjoyed the first four books of the Stormlight Archive and when I started this one, I thought to myself, well, I'll have 1,300+ pages down in 2 weeks, tops.
Boy was I wrong.
This book is terrible. Someone needs to let Sanderson's agent know he does not get paid by the word. You ever know that someone that likes to tell you about their dreams, and you zone out about 15 seconds into it because lets face it, dreams are cool and all if they are YOURS. Someone else's dreams are boring af.
Well, this book was like that friend telling you about his dream for a week. It took me about 6 weeks to finish this one, and tbh, I'll probably tap out of the series after this book.
It may have been more coherent if it was about 1/3 of the length, but we all know that isn't possible for B.S. First books of this series I absolutely flew through, even parts about characters that were less interesting. This one, muck. I don't post many negative reviews about books, but this one is 0 out of 5, do not recommend.

 

[guru_007]

The Wind and Truth audiobook is approximately 62 hours and 48 minutes

 

[TheBaylorKid]

• Wind and Truth (Stormlight Archive #5) - like it, hard read at times, understand some of the negative opinions by some but for me, felt it mostly came together

I was going to make a post about this one a few months back, but forgot

One of the things I'm doing this year is reading at least 1,000 pages per month. Cuts me down on screen time, and I like reading a lot, so this forces me to do so. I really have enjoyed the first four books of the Stormlight Archive and when I started this one, I thought to myself, well, I'll have 1,300+ pages down in 2 weeks, tops.
Boy was I wrong.
This book is terrible. Someone needs to let Sanderson's agent know he does not get paid by the word. You ever know that someone that likes to tell you about their dreams, and you zone out about 15 seconds into it because lets face it, dreams are cool and all if they are YOURS. Someone else's dreams are boring af.
Well, this book was like that friend telling you about his dream for a week. It took me about 6 weeks to finish this one, and tbh, I'll probably tap out of the series after this book.
It may have been more coherent if it was about 1/3 of the length, but we all know that isn't possible for B.S. First books of this series I absolutely flew through, even parts about characters that were less interesting. This one, muck. I don't post many negative reviews about books, but this one is 0 out of 5, do not recommend.

Rothfuss/Martin one side of the spectrum and Sanderson at the other end.

 

[Eephus]

Somebody was looking for non-fic recommendations a little while back. The Kindle version of Killers of the Flower Moon is now $1.99. It's worth a read even if you've seen the movie because the book goes much deeper into the investigation and the formation of the FBI while Scorsese's film (correctly) focused on the victims.

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