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hhh81 · 11-03-2022, 08:22 PM

Heartbreaking beautiful novels
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (really, if you wanna be sad and touched by pain, go read anything from Celeste Ng)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Best reads of the year (2022)
Mistborn trilogy by BrandoSando
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
THE SECOND REBEL BY LINDEN A FUCKING LEWIS--the 3rd book comes out NEXT WEEK and I describe this as Handmaid's Tale meets Red Rising BUT MAKE IT SO MUCH QUEERER. This book made me sit staring at a wall for 15 minutes contemplating what I'd just experienced and being pissed I couldn't reread it right away.
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle -- time-travely murder mystery. Groundhog Day meets Agatha Christie.

My Current TBR
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (currently reading)
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (I've seen PB talk about it--it's been chilling for a few weeks)
Stormlight Archive (I'll get there)
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Last Hero (aforementioned 3rd book by Linden A Lewis)
The Poppy War or Babel, whenever I can get my hands on a copy that isn't $30
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter (he's another bloodydamn Howler, folks!)

Worst book of the year: The Last Shadow by Orson Scott Card. Don't read it, don't do it. Save yourself.

***HabsFanFromOntario*** · 02-14-2023, 08:03 PM

11-03-2022, 08:22 PMhhh81 Wrote: Heartbreaking beautiful novels
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (really, if you wanna be sad and touched by pain, go read anything from Celeste Ng)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Best reads of the year (2022)
Mistborn trilogy by BrandoSando
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
THE SECOND REBEL BY LINDEN A FUCKING LEWIS--the 3rd book comes out NEXT WEEK and I describe this as Handmaid's Tale meets Red Rising BUT MAKE IT SO MUCH QUEERER. This book made me sit staring at a wall for 15 minutes contemplating what I'd just experienced and being pissed I couldn't reread it right away.
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle -- time-travely murder mystery. Groundhog Day meets Agatha Christie.

My Current TBR
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (currently reading)
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (I've seen PB talk about it--it's been chilling for a few weeks)
Stormlight Archive (I'll get there)
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Last Hero (aforementioned 3rd book by Linden A Lewis)
The Poppy War or Babel, whenever I can get my hands on a copy that isn't $30
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter (he's another bloodydamn Howler, folks!)

Worst book of the year: The Last Shadow by Orson Scott Card. Don't read it, don't do it. Save yourself.

I did not know Orson was still writing the Ender series but I'm sad to hear it's garbage.

Henrik · 02-15-2023, 04:37 AM

02-21-2022, 10:41 PMToivo Wrote: I read Dune then saw the movie.

The book slaps, but I didn't care for the movie

Preach. The Movie was just a soundtrack with some pictures slapped onto it

Henrik · 02-15-2023, 05:36 AM

Just finished Blindsight by Peter Watts last night. Can definitely recommend if you are into hard sci-fi, first encounter stuff or noir.

Leoben · 02-15-2023, 08:48 AM

Currently reading The Passage. Reminds me of The Last of Us with vampires. Only halfway through the first book and it’s definitely a good read. Don’t usually go for the end of the world type of stories but the characters are pretty good.

hhh81 · 02-22-2024, 07:06 PM

Hey there, two part post

2024 TBR List
1. Mistborn Era 2 - Brandon Sanderson (DONE)
2. How Long Til Black Future Month - N.K. Jemisin (DONE)
3. Kindred - Octavia Butler
4. The Green Bone Saga (Jade City, Jade War, Jade Legacy) by Fonda Lee
5. Black Leopard Red Wolf - Marlon James
6. Moon Witch Spider King - Marlon James
7. The Sword of Kaigen - M.L. Wong
8. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Brandon Sanderson
9. The Sunlit Man - Brandon Sanderson
10. A Day of Fallen Night - Samantha Shannon
11. Wind and Truth - Brandon Sanderson

Part 2: any Cosmere fans who are also TTRPG folk? I may be trying to piece together a Cosmere themed D&D one shot with some special Cosmere character/class information. I'm looking for one more nerd who wants to join the 2 people we have to test this out as a one shot. I am DMing because I hate myself and keep adding more things. The actual one shot likely won't happen for a few months.

caltroit_red_flames · 12-21-2024, 03:17 PM

Who's reading smut these days? ACOTAR is sitting right there for you.

TipToasty · 12-29-2024, 09:28 AM

I’m mostly reading baby books these days, but I’m excited to start Demon Haunted Works by Carl Sagan soon.

***Frenchie*** · 12-29-2024, 11:23 AM

If you can only do one nice thing for yourself in 2025, please read the Red Rising trilogy

***Seany148*** · 12-29-2024, 12:55 PM

I have a bunch of Quebec books on my list but I'm finally reading Dune, Dead Zone, Battle Royale and Ring. I got House of Leaves as a long term project.

ToeDragon84 · 12-29-2024, 02:50 PM

12-21-2024, 03:17 PMcaltroit_red_flames Wrote: Who's reading smut these days? ACOTAR is sitting right there for you.

Im a huge smut fan myself. My recommendation: L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, Statistical Physics Second Revised and Enlarged Edition.

***Frenchie*** · 01-08-2025, 12:49 PM

A couple of us are doing an Empire of Silence month long book club, which is likely to turn into a full readthrough of the Suneater series (1-6) over the course of the next couple months. If some are interested, shoot me a DM!

***jaypc8237*** · 01-09-2025, 12:54 AM

02-22-2024, 07:06 PMhhh81 Wrote: Hey there, two part post

2024 TBR List
1. Mistborn Era 2 - Brandon Sanderson (DONE)
2. How Long Til Black Future Month - N.K. Jemisin (DONE)
3. Kindred - Octavia Butler
4. The Green Bone Saga (Jade City, Jade War, Jade Legacy) by Fonda Lee
5. Black Leopard Red Wolf - Marlon James
6. Moon Witch Spider King - Marlon James
7. The Sword of Kaigen - M.L. Wong
8. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Brandon Sanderson
9. The Sunlit Man - Brandon Sanderson
10. A Day of Fallen Night - Samantha Shannon
11. Wind and Truth - Brandon Sanderson

Part 2: any Cosmere fans who are also TTRPG folk? I may be trying to piece together a Cosmere themed D&D one shot with some special Cosmere character/class information. I'm looking for one more nerd who wants to join the 2 people we have to test this out as a one shot. I am DMing because I hate myself and keep adding more things. The actual one shot likely won't happen for a few months.

What Trilogy did you finish for Mistborn! Such a good series, all of them

hhh81 · 01-09-2025, 04:29 PM

01-09-2025, 12:54 AMjaypc8237 Wrote: What Trilogy did you finish for Mistborn! Such a good series, all of them

I'm all caught up on the Cosmere now

***jaypc8237*** · 01-09-2025, 10:03 PM

01-09-2025, 04:29 PMhhh81 Wrote: I'm all caught up on the Cosmere now

Doing better than me! I've had the second book of the Wax and Wane series sitting on my nightstand for like 3 months that i haven't touched. May pick it back up tonight!

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