Very busy couple of weeks, so didn’t actually read anything.
Still on Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore, 2nd novel in Icewind Dale series, which is a subseries of Forgotten Realms series (D&D world).
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Lonesome Dove on audiobook. The production quality is pretty bad, but the story is good.
Just finished Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos rising. Next up, the second in the series.
It was such a great book. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series
How is it, if you haven’t read any Star Wars novel, and have only watched the movies?
I will also say that the star wars books, from what I have seen, aren’t sequential. You can start anywhere in the universe and it doesn’t matter, notwithstanding the actual series books, like Thrawn series and whatever. It’s more like Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. It’s a bunch of independent stories set in the same universe.
Any recommendations for interesting starting points?
Not really. I’m pretty new to the Star Wars novels. I’ve literally read two, and they are both part of the same series. But FWIW, I am reading the Thrawn Ascendency series, and it’s pretty damn good.
I am in the same situation. I have not read any other SW books, and have only seen the movies.
It’s great. I can’t put my Kobo down. It’s enthralling, it’s enticing. It’s very well written. I love it.
Cool. Thanks for the info!
Listening to the Salvation sequence by Peter F Hamilton.
And reading, A most elegant equation by David Stipp.
Almost done with The Tommyknockers on audiobook. Still reading Worm (by Wildbow), about 60% done
I dropped Worm somewhere in the middle, a long time ago. Wanted to start it again, but couldn’t find any ebook option, and don’t want to start such a long novel on web again.
I just finished Shades of grey by Jasper Fforde. What a weird fascist dystopian future. It took a long time to get interesting and only the last 15% got me to actually want to know more. I don’t think I will read the rest of the trilogy.
He just released the second book recently after so many years, and while I haven’t read it myself, haven’t heard many great things about it.
I recently started The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I’m a 100 or so pages in, and slowly getting a feel for the characters. It’s a large book, but I’ve got some long flights coming up so hopefully I’ll make a good dent in it :)
How’s the book? I have thought about starting it a few times, but I am afraid it might be too dry or complex.
I’ve just finished Part 1 (around 200 pages out of 1000 - unfortunately the flights I had planned were cancelled, and I didn’t get time to read over the weekend!). So far I’ve been introduced to the characters and the book has explained their natures as well as the dynamics between each of them. It’s quite heavy reading at points, especially some of the religious discussion and the fact that there are a good number of footnotes explaining certain references in the text. That said, the web of interactions and different moralities is quite fascinating. It requires a level of concentration to get through, but there’s enough of an interesting story and exploration of big ideas to keep me hooked so far.
Ahan, thanks for the info.
Children of Dune, Frank Herbert.
Currently I’m reading The Rebel by Albert Camus. I was reading it last month but got interrupted by a hold being available from the library. I’m determined to finish it in the next week or so.
Just started Holly by Stephen King. I have no idea what’s happening. I got it as a gift for Christmas and left the book cover at home so no summary.
I prefer to start books without reading the summaries. Sometimes they spoil some stuff even 50 or 100 pages in.
Perfect Victims And The Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd
It seems to have nice reviews, what do you think about it? Does it cover the conflict for mostly ignorant?
if you are interested in books for the mostly ignorant may I recommend instead: Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide by Ben White
Ten Myths about Israel by Ilan Pappé
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi
For more on israel’s crimes: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein
Environmental Warfare in Gaza: Colonial Violence and New Landscapes of Resistance by Shourideh C. Molavi
Gaza Unsilenced edited by Laila El-Haddad and Refaat Alareer
you may have heard of Refaat Alareer, a prominent Palestinian writer and poet who was assassinated (very much the same way Ghassan Kanafani was) in December 2023. There is a collection of his poems and writings released in memory of him in 2024 called If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose that is also worth a read. There are also way more books, fiction or nonfiction, by Palestinian authors that are very much worthwhile once one gets a better understanding of the history of settler colonialism.
Thanks for the info. I’ll take a look at these.
Not Till We Are Lost
Latest book in the bobiverse.
Great book!
Currently reading Food And Society In Classical Antiquity.
How are you liking it so far?
Almost finished with it. It’s somewhat more of an ‘overview’ than I was expecting, but I’ve learned a lot. And not all of it about antiquity - did you know that whole wheat bread isn’t healthier than white bread? Fuck, I ate wheat bread as a kid for nothing?
Heh, didn’t know that. Good thing I didn’t force myself to eat those 😀 White Bread FTW!
I’m still reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. My area had some unexpected weather a couple weeks ago so I’ve been off my usual routine.
The book is good and I’m about half way through. I want to finish it by tomorrow.
Nice. I should read it sometimes too. It has been on my backlog for so long.
I just finished reading The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey (authors of the Expanse series). Overall I really liked it and am excited for this series! I feel like the characters haven’t hooked me as much as the characters from the Expanse series, but I’m going to give them more time to develop.
I am now reading The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. This one has surprised me how much I’ve enjoyed it so far. I have read his Founders trilogy and Divine Cities books and found them hit or miss.
Felt exactly the same about the Mercy of Gods.
I have started reading ‘The Master and Margarita’. I am only a couple of chapters in and its pretty wild already.
It’s been a long time, but I once read a paperback copy I found. I remember enjoying it.
