What Else Are You Reading in 2022? Showing 1,201-1,250 of 1,359

[Bobby]

We got several Ann Patchett novels from my late father-in-law's collection. He was an avid reader and left many books behind so we chose a few that we heard good things about. He read a lot of non-fiction and was not into SFF so most of his books were not ones we would like but we thought we would try Patchett based on recommendation from other relatives.

[Phrynne]

I thoroughly enjoyed The Lost Metal, the final Wax and Wayne. I will miss them!

My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Marc]

aw, saw Greg bear passed away yesterday. loved blood music

[Carro]

Sorry to hear that Marc. Not someone I got into much myself but hearing someone has died when you loved their books can be a bit like losing a friend.

And on another note, came here to say "squee" - I just downloaded At the Feet of the Sun Been waiting for the next "Kip" story and there in my in box when I switched on this morning was the notification that my pre-ordered copy could now be downloaded from Book Funnel.

[Alex]

I started Words of Radiance yesterday. I am eager to jump back into the world of Roshar.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

oooo what a great fall read, hope you like it Alex!

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

I'm still not able to share ALL my exciting book news on account of the mod madness thing going on, but I did find a couple that I am really liking.

Scorpica has so far been a brilliant epic/military fantasy.

Before She Sleeps is hard for me to judge right now. It's very dark and dystopic but I'm not sure what it's saying different? Going to keep reading.

And then all the BOTMs i've missed while I was off gallavanting =S

[Woman Reading]

Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs

Hmm, it's #13 and it's showing. It was a tedious slog at the beginning and the ending (last 25%) redeemed the story so it's a 3☆, maybe 3.5 ☆, for me.


My review -- www.goodreads.com/review/show/4071224502

[Dj]

Allison wrote: gallavanting


Ohhhh, Gallavanting, what a good word.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Gonna break my own rule on thread topics to come and wish everyone celebrating a Happy Thanksgiving, and to give thanks for all of you. These past few years have been particularly difficult globally. I'm so grateful each and every one of you is here and chooses to share in this hobby with us. May you all feel appreciated and find books that you can't put down in the coming year!

[Carro]

Happy Thanksgiving back to you in the USA.

I am in the middle of a lovely long book I keep sneaking a few more pages in whenever I can - At the Feet of the Sun. Talk about getting both what you want and what you need and living in interesting times at the same time. Splendid.

[Colin]

Read a good holiday book: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree. A female orc gives up a life of mercenary warfare to settle down and open a coffee shop. It's fun. It's sweet. Nothing heavy in this, it's as light as the foam on your latte. I can taste the coffees and the baked goods from the descriptions. And there's one helluva cat! I strongly recommend this to lovers of light fantasy and feel-good books. And to all lovers of coffee!

[Marc]

tomorrow I should be starting Ursula k leguin's lathe of heaven. then probably komarr (Lois McMaster bujold)

[Michelle]

Marc wrote: "tomorrow I should be starting Ursula k leguin's lathe of heaven. then probably komarr (Lois McMaster bujold)"

Komarr was excellent!

[Michelle]

Allison wrote: "Gonna break my own rule on thread topics to come and wish everyone celebrating a Happy Thanksgiving, and to give thanks for all of you. These past few years have been particularly difficult globall..."

Happy Thanksgiving!

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

I finished my first read of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory. It chose not to do the things that I love about the first two books in the series. I need to read it again with my expectations adjusted as my disappointment in the lack of octopuses was a distraction throughout.

[Reed]

Different varieties of books that haven’t been read yet

[Bryan]

Thomas wrote: "Another Star Wars novel from me this time with Heir to the Empire. A very entertaining read and I think I'm going to thoroughly enjoy this timeline that continues the Skywalker Saga..."

I am trying out Chaos Rising, Timothy Zahn's newest Thrawn trilogy. So far, I like it.

[Nadine in California]

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine, second in the Teixcalaan series. It's long and unfolds slowly, but that isn't bothering me the way it usually does, maybe because the plot and characters are strong enough to handle the weight.

[Alexandra]

Nadine in California wrote: "A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine, second in the Teixcalaan series. It's long and unfolds slowly, but that isn't bothering me the way it usually does, maybe because the pl..."

I loved A Desolation Called Peace so much! It was a five star read for me :)

[Jacqueline]

I’ve got A Memory Called Empire sitting here so I can reread it before I read A Desolation Called Peace. I couldn’t remember who everyone was when I started it around the time it was released so I thought I’d better reread the first one.

[Leonie]

Have just finished The Lost Metal, which was fabulous. So much Wayne.

[Raucous]

I read and very much enjoying Station Eternity. It starts out as a different take on small town murder mystery series and evolves into first contact, conspiracy, and much more. There are lots players and perspectives in this book. I had doubts about it all coming together by the end but the author pulled it off beautifully.

I've also just started Illuminations. I'm not sure what to think of it. It reads as a MG book in a style that so far hasn't pulled me in. We'll see...

[CBRetriever]

I'm currently reading:

Salvation's Fire by Justina Robson = quite good and as this is a continuation oAdrian Tchaikovsky's Spiderlight, it has a real vibe of Spiderlight. Veru enjoyable

The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu. This is book 3 in the series and two was a hard slog, so I was pleasantly surprised by this one. The (view spoiler)[chapters about the cooking contest were hilarious (hide spoiler)]. I went and bought the 4th book for this reason

A Season of Pure Light by C.J. Erick isn't very good. I don't know if it's the characters, the action or what. Most reviews say it starts slow, but at 25% in, I'm not holding out much hope

Kindness Goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson is pretty good. It' a mystery that reminds me of the movie Renegades with Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips (probably because Phillips also plays the part of Henry Standing Bear in the Longmire series)

Fall of Angels by L.E. Modesitt Jr. which is the 6th book in the series, but so far is the first book in the series timeline. It's kinda a first contact book with the "aliens" being humans who originally colonized the planet. Not too bad

[Jean]

I've just started Sorcery Reborn which isn't what I was expecting, but interesting for sure.

[Araych]

No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor

The chronicles of St. Mary's #5, recommend the series be read in order. Here are the further adventures of Max and the gang, touring the Great Fire of London and the Battle of Thermopylae. Good fun, eh? 4 stars.

[Alexandra]

I finished Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race yesterday. It was a wonderful read, I really liked the mixture of sci-fi and fantasy. The characters were great, too.

[Anna]

I just read the first chapter of Snøsøsteren by Maja Lunde. There is no English edition, but it has been translated into many other languages.

I got this as a (sort of) Christmas present last year. I was about to buy it for myself, but then my Book Fair company jumped on the chance to buy me a Christmas present, and I let them. I didn't know at the time that it's a sort of advent calendar, one chapter a day for December 1st-24th. So I've had to wait an entire year to read it! Yet another reason to tell people I don't want presents.

The first chapter is just an introduction, but I already burst into tears, it's going to be a good December! :D When this ends I'll have The Dark Is Rising daily audio drama, info about that here.

[Dj]

The Planet Savers

The First book of (the seemingly neverending) Darkover Series. I have to say while I like reading series in order I hope that some of the following books make the series worth the reading. This book was mild and while it had some interesting premises going, didn't delve into any of them with any real attention to detail. It was an okay read but I didn't find it anything special.

I have to admit the fifties-style sci-fi ant attack didn't really help much either.

[Dj]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and other Classic Novels

What an amazing book. While you can find a few nitpicks with details they are few and far between. Considering when this book was written and how much of it has been actually achieved I would say that this is one of the best speculative Science Fiction you can lay your hands on. Very different from the Disney movie and I do miss the Seal, but really who would have a seal in an enclosed environment? I would suspect that Seals make terrible pets.

[Eric]

Dj wrote: "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and other Classic Novels

Be sure to read its sequel: The Mysterious Island. Fun stuff.

[Mel]

Despite my many issues with the GR Choice Awards, I've been enjoying buddy reading and discussing some of the candidates.
The Kaiju Preservation Society was fun and frothy. Very much a popcorn book.

I also read several in the Graphic novel category, but was sad to see that my favorites didn't make it through to the final round.
Squire
Crumbs
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

[Woman Reading]

Storm Echo #6 in Nalini Singh's phase 2 Psy-Changeling Trinity series (or #21 in her Psy-Changeling universe)

Singh has created a fascinating alternate world which has kept me interested in the two series for 21 books. For her books, I prefer the UF component to the PNR because the latter's set up is very formulaic, as can be expected for anything still running with so many installments. The romantic pair included a member of the Mercants (third one so far) and a changeling. I liked how their relationship began; no struck-by-lightning situation like Alpha Night.

My review -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ozsaur]

The Candle and the Flame - Really enjoying the setting, but I'm not quite as sold on the characters.

[Dj]

Eric wrote: "Dj wrote: "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and other Classic Novels

Be sure to read its sequel: [bookcover:T..."

I have that one in my TBR Mountain. So I should get to it sometime in the next twenty years. LOL. Maybe sooner now that you have brought it to the fore of my attention.

[Marc]

Just finished Mary Roach's latest, Fuzz (non-scifi). Gonna read Edward O Wilson's Origin of Creativity, then head back to scifi, either Slaugherhouse Five (Kurt Vonnegut) or the next Vorkosigan novel civil campaign

[Eric]

Completed The Lost Metal . Five stars. Now to wait for Era Three of Mistborn to begin.

[Anna]

There's a *third* era?!

[Mel]

Yeah if I remember correctly it's supposed to be set in a more modern era, like 80s cyberpunk or something. Who knows when it'll come out though.

[Eric]

Anna wrote: "There's a *third* era?!"

Sanderson ended the book with: "The End of Era Two of Mistborn." To me that implies there will be an Era Three. Guess we wait and see.

[Anna]

I've only read the first era, I was kind of hoping I could read some more Sanderson now that something was at an end, but honestly I'm also happy to not read more Sanderson, so it's all good. I think the next chance is halfway point of Stormlight? I don't even remember how many are already out, is it the next book already, or the one after that? I'll know when it comes out, it's on my shelf of upcoming pubs :)

[Mel]

Yeah, that's the thing with Sanderson - since he switches between series it's not best for binge reading. I hear Stormlight 5 completes the first arc, so I may finally pick it up when it comes out.

Also: I went and read Legends & Lattes, and it was exactly the cozy cup of coffee read I was hoping for. :)

[Anna]

Everyone who has loved Legends & Lattes, check out Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne. It's basically the same book, but different enough that you can enjoy both if you're in a cozy fantasy mood.

(The mods went through quite a stack of cozy fantasy and other "happy" books trying to find the perfect contenders for Book Cup. I've read so many books with tea and scones this fall. I'm not complaining.)

[Sarah]

Love a good cozy fantasy in between the space operas - just finished The Quantum Magician and had to balance it out with Howl’s Moving Castle before I could go on to number 2 in the series.

[Anna]

Howl <3

[Michelle]

Anna wrote: "Howl <3"

I was thinking the same when I read Sarah's post!

[Mel]

Anna, I can't think of a better way to spend autumn than to scope out all the cozy fantasy books. Loving the recommendation! I'll definitely have to pick up Can't Spell Treason - it simply comes down to whether I should give in to the urge to binge All The Cozy vs. the urge to hoard and ration them out as palette cleansers.

[Meredith]

Anna wrote: "Everyone who has loved Legends & Lattes, check out Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne. It's basically the same book, but different e..."

That sounds perfectly cozy! It's on my TBR now.

[Anna]

(Off the top of my head) some of the other cozy fantasies I read for Book Cup but didn't end up using:

The House Witch + The House Witch 2 - These are one book
Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons - Slow/quiet countryside "romance" with the vicar while studying "rocks" (I hesitate to call this a romance)
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon - Horny demons (explicit sex scenes)
Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox
Mindtouch - I'm not sure I want to include this, I saw some comments by the author that didn't sit well with me, but I haven't looked into that, so I'm not saying anything one way or the other, just that if you care about these things, do your own research!

And the ones that were on my list but I didn't get to yet, because it was starting to feel like I was reading too much of the same:

A Coup of Tea
Meadowsweet
Fluff: A Wholesome LitRPG

And from my personal TBR, these weren't Book Cup contenders, but they fit the list:

Half a Soul
The Lord of Stariel

(Some of these are narrated by L&L author Travis Baldree btw, so if you like him as a narrator, check out Tsumiko and Meadowsweet.)

edit:

Oh the scifi side:

Astray - So much tea and scones, but also orphans and other not so fun things, altho still a fairly mellow read
The Left Hand of Dog - I don't really like funny haha scifi, so I have no idea what to say about this except that the author is a fan of Star Trek, Doctor Who, Hitchhiker's Guide, etc. and it shows!

[Jacqueline]

I might check some of those out Anna. I’m in the mood for a cosy something. Mystery, fantasy, space adventure. Any will do. This week I’ve been finding new cosy mystery shows to watch. The new season of the Brokenwood Mysteries has been on in New Zealand over the past couple of months and there are some new Hallmark mysteries that I missed as well. Love their cosy mysteries. All have the same plot though. Murder, female florist/baker/doctor/librarian/chef/blogger/photographer/teacher/reporter/carpenter/archeologist/whatever gets in way of hunky detective and helps solve the murder while all the time having some sort of smouldering sexual will they/won’t they thing going on. I tried reading the first book in the Murder She Baked series but didn’t like it as much as the TV movies.

Now where was I? Oh yeah packing for my trip to Melbourne tomorrow so I can see a plastic surgeon. After losing nearly 53kg (approx 117lb) I really need to get rid of a lot of excess skin. Hence the flying to the other end of the country to find a really good one.