And what’s on your to read shelf?
Fairytale by Stephen King
I read Fairytale a few months ago. Really enjoyed the slow burn.
Good to hear , King does a good slow burn.I’m just at the “game practice” don’t want to spoil anything but you know where I am.
One of the Wheel of Time books.
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Oh, dude! I am a huge Stephen King fan, although I haven’t read as much as you! I really like his short story collections since he notoriously hates writing endings. Might I recommend the short story collections, Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, Different Seasons, and Four Past Midnight? Also, if you liked the The Shining you should totally read it’s sequel Doctor Sleep.
I just rewatched 11.22.63 recently and now I’m listening to the audiobook for it. That one is by far my favorite modern Stephen King book.
@beefbaby182 did an audiobook of The Red Queen (Juan Gómez-Jurado) which was a fun murder mystery. At the end it had an interview between the author and narrator (Scott Brick), which led me to Bricks other narrations (he’s got a wonderful voice and believable accents) - The Omega Factor (Steve Berry) was next. Hoping it will keep leading me on these novels set in other countries - pretty cool to get a taste of cultures alongside a good story
Juggling multiple books:
- Naked Don’t Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins. It is definitely recommended if you are interested in refugee issues, border control and similar topics.
- Mind is Flat by Nick Chater, in which the author argues that we don’t have any kind of mental depth and our mind just makes sense as it goes along. I am not bought in on the idea yet.
- The Strategy Paradox by Michael E. Raynor is an amazing read if you are interested in business strategy. Almost on par with Rumelt’s Good Strategy, Bad Strategy.
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I only do about one or two books a month, but right now I’m hooked on Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Seveneves is good, Anathem is my favourite by him.
Seveneves
Sounds exciting! Thx.
A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.
I didn’t give a description of the plot because I couldn’t come up with something that really conveyed what the book was like. The one you gave is decent, but it doesn’t convey just how much of it is about the people. It’s hard scifi, no nonsense, but the heart and soul of it is its characters.
I only like sci-fi that isn’t toooo sci-fi-y so this sounds right up my street
Huge Stephenson fan.
I want ‘Reamde’ as a Netflix series.
Just finished Reamde recently. Anyone know if the sequel, Fall, is worth reading?
It’s not a sequel; it’s a stand alone using one character. It reads like two novels jammed together. One is about a massive ‘fake news’ story that lives on decades after it’s debunked, and the other is about a computer simulation/afterlife. Not his best, imho.
After a long time of no reading, I started reading on the beach The Handbook of Epictetus. I bought it thanks to the recommendation of PewDiePie of all people in the video he did after losing the first spot in YouTube rankings
Wouldn’t consider myself a bookworm but
Finished recently:
- Handmaid’s tale
- the eerie silence (the german one from Harald Lesch)
- Jesus Video
Reading currently:
- One trillion dollar
And I think the next one is gona be Sci-Fi. Maybe I will check out The Wandering Earth from Liu Cixin. But I am open for recommendations.
If you liked ‘Handmaiden’ look up ‘Walk To The End of the World’ by Suzy McKee Charnas.
Lost Metal by Sanderson.
I’m trying to read the other Sanderson books. Got through Way of Kings, but it was a slog. I don’t love really long books.
So I’ll probably read Tress next and then give Storm Light Archive stuff another shot.
I just finished Lost Metal myself, it was good stuff
I started reading the Wool series after recently watching the Silo TV show. Pretty good so far, the world building is surprisingly fun.
Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky
Keep meaning to read this but wasn’t a fan of his symphonies
one of the greatest new books I’ve read. fantastic.
I freaking loved this book. The epic time scales were just sooo good. The sequel is solid too!
“Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold” by Stephen Fry (Penguin Books).
A funny and entertaining way to learn about Greek mythology through the wit of Stephen Fry.
I highly recommend it.
Neil Gaiman did Norse Mythology. Makes a nice follow up.
Also, have you noticed that ever since ‘Circe,’ it seems like there’s been a spate of Greek myths reimagined?
I’ve also read Norse Mythology, I’ve read most of what Neil Gaiman published.
I’m just working on American Gods now.
If you like Gaiman, try Tanith Lee. Start with ‘Night’s Master,’ the story of a demon prince who toys with humanity every night.
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Finishing up “The demon-haunted world” by Carl Sagan, which is really good but a little repetitive, and I’m a few chapters into Bertrand Russell’s “The Problems of Philosophy”, which is a great little book that summarizes the big questions of philosophy up to that point in time (in Russell’s view, of course).
After those I’m looking to start Richard Feynman “The Pleasure of Finding things out”, since the Sagan book got me wanting more popular science stuff, as well as “the people’s history of the United States”, since that comes recommended from some friends (and will hunting of course!).
