Jupiter Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, theophilus said: For as much non-fiction as I consume for law school, you think I'd balance it out with fiction when it comes to reading for pleasure. And yet somehow it's almost always more non-fiction... This is a great challenge for me to up my fiction intake. I just want to read one fiction book per month this year. I have two in-progress for 2019: Brave New World, and a collection of Ursula K. LeGuin's short stories. I'll count the two half-books as my one book for January. Would love recommendations for Feb and beyond! What genres do you normally read? 1 Quote New Battle Log, Old Battle Log, Current Challenge 2022 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4 2021 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6 2020 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6, Challenge 7 Link to comment
Scaly Freak Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Mad Hatter said: Yesterday I picked up and finished my first book of the year - Trevor Noah's Born a Crime. There's some dark shit in it but it's told in such an entertaining, often innocent, way it makes it a very enjoyable read. I think this is the third or fourth time I've heard someone recommend this book now... I think I will need to give it a chance. 1 Quote The Great Reading Thread of 2024 “I've always believed that failure is non-existent. What is failure? You go to the end of the season, then you lose the Super Bowl. Is that failing? To most people, maybe. But when you're picking apart why you failed, and now you're learning from that, then is that really failing? I don't think so." - Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020. Rest in peace, great warrior. Personal Challenges, a.k.a.The Saga of Scalyfreak: Tutorial; Ch 1; Ch 2; Ch 3; Ch 4; Ch 5; Ch 6; Intermission; Intermission II; Ch 7; Ch 8; Ch 9; Ch 10; Ch 11; Ch 12 ; Ch 13; Ch 14; Ch 15; Ch 16; Ch 17; Intermission III; Ch 18; Ch 19; Ch 20; Ch 21; Ch 22; Ch 23; Ch 24; Ch 25; Intermission IV; Ch 26; Ch 27; Ch 28; Ch 29; Ch 30; Ch 31; Ch 32; Ch 33; Ch 34; Ch 35; Ch 36; Ch 37; Ch 38; Ch 39; Ch 40; Intermission V; Ch 41; Ch 42; Ch 43; Ch 44; Ch 45; Ch 46; Ch 47; Intermission VI; Ch 48; Ch 49; Ch 50; Ch 51; Intermission VI Link to comment
Scaly Freak Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 12:16 PM, Scalyfreak said: I discovered my library district has them. Holds have been placed. Wow, that was quick! Now I just need to convince the cat till let me up of this chair, so I can go to the library. 4 Quote The Great Reading Thread of 2024 “I've always believed that failure is non-existent. What is failure? You go to the end of the season, then you lose the Super Bowl. Is that failing? To most people, maybe. But when you're picking apart why you failed, and now you're learning from that, then is that really failing? I don't think so." - Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020. Rest in peace, great warrior. Personal Challenges, a.k.a.The Saga of Scalyfreak: Tutorial; Ch 1; Ch 2; Ch 3; Ch 4; Ch 5; Ch 6; Intermission; Intermission II; Ch 7; Ch 8; Ch 9; Ch 10; Ch 11; Ch 12 ; Ch 13; Ch 14; Ch 15; Ch 16; Ch 17; Intermission III; Ch 18; Ch 19; Ch 20; Ch 21; Ch 22; Ch 23; Ch 24; Ch 25; Intermission IV; Ch 26; Ch 27; Ch 28; Ch 29; Ch 30; Ch 31; Ch 32; Ch 33; Ch 34; Ch 35; Ch 36; Ch 37; Ch 38; Ch 39; Ch 40; Intermission V; Ch 41; Ch 42; Ch 43; Ch 44; Ch 45; Ch 46; Ch 47; Intermission VI; Ch 48; Ch 49; Ch 50; Ch 51; Intermission VI Link to comment
theophilus Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, Jupiter said: What genres do you normally read? I run the gamut when I do read fiction: the classics, sci-fi/fantasy, magical realism, things with a post-modern slant. Really any well-written story that makes me feel connected to this crazy thing we call humanity. 1 Quote Chapter 25: Theophilus is Mostly Done Volume 1: Meanderings (2015 - 2020): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 Volume 2: The Bar and the Bellwether (2021): 24 | 25 "May your curse in life be that your hard work is constantly mistaken for talent." Link to comment
Jupiter Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 16 minutes ago, theophilus said: I run the gamut when I do read fiction: the classics, sci-fi/fantasy, magical realism, things with a post-modern slant. Really any well-written story that makes me feel connected to this crazy thing we call humanity. Well, I can recommend some good sci-fi/fantasy books, mostly urban fantasy, as long as you're okay with a little romance? Or I know of a few books that are darker in tone? 1 Quote New Battle Log, Old Battle Log, Current Challenge 2022 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4 2021 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6 2020 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6, Challenge 7 Link to comment
theophilus Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/11/2020 at 5:33 PM, Jupiter said: Well, I can recommend some good sci-fi/fantasy books, mostly urban fantasy, as long as you're okay with a little romance? Or I know of a few books that are darker in tone? I'd probably be more into the darker books than the romance, but I'm open to anything! 2 Quote Chapter 25: Theophilus is Mostly Done Volume 1: Meanderings (2015 - 2020): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 Volume 2: The Bar and the Bellwether (2021): 24 | 25 "May your curse in life be that your hard work is constantly mistaken for talent." Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 Finished the second book of the Daevabad trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty and now I have to wait for the final book... ?Please remind me in the future to not start a series that hasn't been fully released! 7 Quote Link to comment
NeverThatBored Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Mad Hatter said: Finished the second book of the Daevabad trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty and now I have to wait for the final book... ?Please remind me in the future to not start a series that hasn't been fully released! But now you can be hipster about it! "I was reading this trilogy BEFORE they released book 3." 3 Quote Gargoyle Ranger | Level 49 2022 challenges: 49 (current) 2015-2021 challenges: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 || 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 || 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 || 43 | 44 | 45 | | 46 | 47 | 48 || My epic quest | MEATBALL WARS You don't get better at anything unless you start doing it. Being alive is heckn swell. Link to comment
miss_marissa Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/11/2020 at 3:59 AM, Lateral Planet said: Done! It was great, highly recommended. And then today I did a proper audit of my bookcase and identified this many unread books: Oops, that's more than I thought! I've got some work ahead of me this year, but I'm pretty confident it's all good stuff so hopefully it won't be too great a challenge! on the bright side, this isn't nearly as embarassing as my pile was! 4 Quote Current Challenge # 39 | #38 | #37 | #36 | #35 |#34 | #33 | #32 | #31 | #30 | #29 | #28 | #27 | #26 | #25 | # 24 | #23 | #22 | #21 | #20 | #19 | #18 | #17 | #16 | #15 | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9| #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 | Battle Log Instagram | Goodreads Link to comment
bigm141414 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/11/2020 at 1:59 AM, Lateral Planet said: And then today I did a proper audit of my bookcase and identified this many unread books: I am too scared to do this myself. I have a book buying problem that I am pointedly ignoring because books are delicate things and they ALL need to come live on my shelves. 1 6 Quote "Pull the bar like you're ripping the head off a god-damned lion" - Donny Shankle Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 This Sunday I had the whole afternoon and evening to relax. I was tempted to watch a movie, but opted to read instead. Currently reading Beowulf and also (I like to read a few books at a time) Echo. 5 Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 4 hours ago, NeverThatBored said: But now you can be hipster about it! "I was reading this trilogy BEFORE they released book 3." That's a terrible trade off. ? Read a beautifully written dark fairytale novelette today "Even when the world has told us we have ended" by Cat Hellisen (which you can get for free here https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/998051 if interested) 4 1 Quote Link to comment
Akura Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 Finished volume 2 of Monster by Naoki Urasawa. Now... should I really start with Quicksilver....? A Stephenson novel is always a big commitment... ? 4 Quote The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. Instagram food log Link to comment
Lateral Planet Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 3 hours ago, miss_marissa said: on the bright side, this isn't nearly as embarassing as my pile was! I know, it could've been a lot worse! 1 hour ago, bigm141414 said: I am too scared to do this myself. I have a book buying problem that I am pointedly ignoring because books are delicate things and they ALL need to come live on my shelves. I know that feeling! But I'm on a mission to declutter the house, and that involves scrutinsing my collection and trying to shift my focus to quality over quantity. For these unread ones, I'm giving them the chance to prove themselves 3 Quote Link to comment
fitnessgurl Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 3 hours ago, bigm141414 said: I am too scared to do this myself. I have a book buying problem that I am pointedly ignoring because books are delicate things and they ALL need to come live on my shelves. Haha, yes, the more books, the merrier! 4 Quote L3 Human Ranger/Assassin Str. 6 Dex. 2 Sta. 1 Con. 12 Wis. 8 Cha. 3 https://www.nerdfitness.com/character/58014 Motto: Where there is life, there is hope. Soli Deo Gloria Link to comment
Jupiter Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 20 hours ago, theophilus said: I'd probably be more into the darker books than the romance, but I'm open to anything! Okay cool. Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series is a good place to start in the UF genre (this is my favorite series). The first book, Magic Bites, doesn't really have any romance in it (that part doesn't happen till around book 3). It's got a kickass heroine, cool action scenes and fun characters. There's also Jim Butcher's Dresden Files books, about a wizard who solves mysteries and Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid Chronicles, if you're looking for something a little lighter and with more humor. For something darker, I'd go with Rob Thurman's Cal Leandros series, it starts with Nightlife. Also, pretty much anything by Victoria/VE Schwab. She is like the queen of dark stories LOL. The Monsters of Verity duet (YA) and her Villains series are my favorites. If you're looking for a dark superhero story, start with Vicious. Seriously, best superhero story you will ever read. 3 Quote New Battle Log, Old Battle Log, Current Challenge 2022 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4 2021 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6 2020 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6, Challenge 7 Link to comment
Defining Posted January 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 Could've sworn I posted this earlier... 12 hours ago, Mad Hatter said: Finished the second book of the Daevabad trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty and now I have to wait for the final book... ?Please remind me in the future to not start a series that hasn't been fully released! I learned that lesson thanks to Patrick Rothfuss. It sucks. 22 hours ago, theophilus said: I'd probably be more into the darker books than the romance, but I'm open to anything! Holly Black has some easy reading YA urban fantasy stuff that's not squeaky clean! FWIW, I don't think that people should EVER be ashamed of having books on the shelf that they haven't read yet - or the opposite! Books are happy things, there's no space for shame. 4 Quote ...but I'm adorable! Ask anyone who doesn't know me... Link to comment
theophilus Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Jupiter said: Okay cool. Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series is a good place to start in the UF genre (this is my favorite series). The first book, Magic Bites, doesn't really have any romance in it (that part doesn't happen till around book 3). It's got a kickass heroine, cool action scenes and fun characters. There's also Jim Butcher's Dresden Files books, about a wizard who solves mysteries and Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid Chronicles, if you're looking for something a little lighter and with more humor. For something darker, I'd go with Rob Thurman's Cal Leandros series, it starts with Nightlife. Also, pretty much anything by Victoria/VE Schwab. She is like the queen of dark stories LOL. The Monsters of Verity duet (YA) and her Villains series are my favorites. If you're looking for a dark superhero story, start with Vicious. Seriously, best superhero story you will ever read. Thanks a million! I’ll look for these next time I’m out! 2 Quote Chapter 25: Theophilus is Mostly Done Volume 1: Meanderings (2015 - 2020): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 Volume 2: The Bar and the Bellwether (2021): 24 | 25 "May your curse in life be that your hard work is constantly mistaken for talent." Link to comment
NeverThatBored Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 18 hours ago, Akura said: Finished volume 2 of Monster by Naoki Urasawa. Now... should I really start with Quicksilver....? A Stephenson novel is always a big commitment... ? I've never read Quicksilver specifically, but his books are generally worth the commitment! 3 Quote Gargoyle Ranger | Level 49 2022 challenges: 49 (current) 2015-2021 challenges: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 || 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 || 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 || 43 | 44 | 45 | | 46 | 47 | 48 || My epic quest | MEATBALL WARS You don't get better at anything unless you start doing it. Being alive is heckn swell. Link to comment
Jupiter Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 11 hours ago, theophilus said: Thanks a million! I’ll look for these next time I’m out! You're welcome! 1 Quote New Battle Log, Old Battle Log, Current Challenge 2022 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4 2021 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6 2020 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6, Challenge 7 Link to comment
Akura Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 5 hours ago, NeverThatBored said: I've never read Quicksilver specifically, but his books are generally worth the commitment! They definitely are! But I'm not always in the mood for such a long book... BTW: I did start the Quicksilver audiobook today. Considering how bad the public transport is right in Munich, I might be finished on Friday... ? 3 1 Quote The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. Instagram food log Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 Started reading the first book in Martha Well's Murderbot series and I love it so far! The murderbot is very endearing. It's a very short read, a novella really, so I got particularly annoyed when I had to go to work instead of finishing it in one sitting. ? 5 Quote Link to comment
Morag Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 I finished "mein bester letzter sommer" by Anne Freytag. It was a recommendation from my still-husband, and his high praise ("it's like an anne bishop book") for the book turned out to be misleading (it's not like anne bishop at all, urgh, so much not), but it turned out to be a good read. Even with the disappointed expectations. I have another one of her books lying on my To Read shelf, thanks to the very same human recommending. Not sure if I feel like reading that one though... the To Read shelf is wide and full, may get into a different book... or get into the second of Anne Freytag's books... not sure at all yet. Goal read 3× per week: making good headway. 3 Quote Katrin the Morag Lvl 22 Cadet, half klingon, c-licensed trainer, mother of two, gaming nerd Current Challenge Road map to Level 50 Link to comment
WolfDreamer Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 LOOK WHAT I FOUND AT A USED BOOK SALE! I've read it before, and of course I've seen the movie, but I didn't own a copy until now. $4, and every bit of it supports a local library, so I got an excellent book and did a good deed. ? 2 Quote Who am I? -- My NF Character Current Challenge: WolfDreamer Enters Spartan Training Past Challenges: Spoiler Winter is Coming, Wolfen Strengthens His Heart, Body, Mind, and Spirit, Wolfen Becomes One of the People, Wolfen Strengthens His Chakras, Wolfen Welcomes Summer and Gets Primal, Soulcon and Spartan, Wolfen Develops Mental Toughness, Wolfen Joins the Wander Society, Soulcon, Spartan, School, and Stranger Things, Wolfen Becomes a Warrior Elite, Wolfen Goes Here and There and Back Again, Wolfen Becomes a Soulcon Warrior Elite, Wolfen Returns to His Roots, Wolfen Wanders in Soul, Spirit, and Body, Wolfen Owns the Day, Wolfen Searches for His Wild Heart, Wolfen Runs for His Life, Wolfen Hits the Trails, Wolfen Becomes an Explorer and Joins the Resistance, Wolfen Goes Back to the Source, Wolfen Begins the Hero's Journey, WolfDreamer Returns to the People, WolfDreamer Pushes Back, WolfDreamer Prioritizes, Burpees, Books, and Brainwork, Burpees, Books, Brainwork, and Bodywork, WolfDreamer Masters the Four Elements, WolfDreamer Continues to Master the Four Elements, WolfDreamer Returns to Sparta, WolfDreamer Returns to Middle Earth, WolfDreamer Continues His Middle Earth Adventure, WolfDreamer and the Fall, WolfDreamer Forges His Own Path, WolfDreamer Has Hope, WolfDreamer Returns to Middle Earth, WolfDreamer Reads Harder, Breathes Harder, and Journals More, WolfDreamer Embraces His Wild Poet, The Mad Poet Becomes Supernatural, WolfDreamer, The Mad Poet, Becomes Superhuman, WolfDreamer Elevates, WolfDreamer Becomes IronBorn, WolfDreamer Wakes the White Wolf, The Mad Poet Recovers by Keeping it Simple, WolfDreamer Clears His Mind to Find His Wild Heart, WolfDreamer Resets, WolfDreamer Strives to Become an Eminently Qualified Peaceful Warrior, WolfDreamer Springs Forward, WolfDreamer Returns (For Real This Time), WolfDreamer is RespaWinning, WolfDreamer Reboots, WolfDreamer Thinks About the Roman Empire “I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.” -- Jack London “I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.” -- Leo Tolstoy "I feel love rising in my chest again Rising like a burning sun into the day..." -- Gungor, "Hurricane" "...wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." 2 Corinthians 3:17b Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, WolfDreamer said: LOOK WHAT I FOUND AT A USED BOOK SALE! I've read it before, and of course I've seen the movie, but I didn't own a copy until now. $4, and every bit of it supports a local library, so I got an excellent book and did a good deed. ? I haven't read or seen it, but oooh it looks shiny! 3 Quote Link to comment
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