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Cool about Drizzt! I enjoyed (what I read of) The Dark Elf trilogy.. I forget how much I read, but, very cool world-building.
I finally finished books 1 and 2 of The Kingkiller books (Rothfuss) and thoroughly enjoyed them. I'm now onto Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy.
I really want to read The Kingkiller books, but not going to until the series is finished. Too many unfinished series in my life.
Finished Words of Radiance, started Oathbringer.
They hit pretty hard back to back with the end of one and right out of the gate in the other.
Getting ready for Wind and Truth?
I might have just bought the whole series as hardcovers (target has pretty solid pricing for their books, even the preorder of Wind and Truth was only $25 shipped) as part of a binge inspired by random friends in another community convincing me I should have physical copies of some of my favorites, lol. But yeah, I'll definitely be impatiently waiting in the finale for a good month.
Wow, that's nice!
They don't seem that big until I put them on a shelf with actual textbooks lol.
That first Passage book starts out so strong, and then just changes to a completely different (and far less interesting) book about 1/3 of the way in. It’s bizarre. I’m surprised you decided to read the sequel. Book one just felt like the publisher pushed Cronin to write a lame walking dead rip off.
Haha, agreed, that was bit jarring when it happened, but then I got used to the characters. I will probably read the third book too, but I don't think I am going to recommend the series to anyone else. At least if I like them 😀
A History of Medieval Europe, from Constantine to Saint Louis. by R.H.C. Davis
Also reading some books about C++ and object oriented design patterns.
That sounds nice. I have read a few history books here and there, but nothing containing proper history of Europe. How are you liking it?
Oooh, nice. Which design patterns book are you reading? I recently started Design Pattern by the Gang of Four, have studied design patterns, but never read the book, so finally taking care of that.
The history book is excellent. It's so interesting to see how society changes over time, and all the power games. Wow, they were violent though.
I have the same design patterns book. It's actually more difficult than the C++ book. But it makes more sense now that I'm using C++ (I tried reading the design patterns book when I was just using JavaScript and it was harder to imagine how to implement the ideas).
Heh, unfortunately most of our history is violent. Though there were many peaceful times too, but those were limited to specific areas. Violence was more prevalent. I'll take a look if our local store has it.
Yeah, Design Patterns book can be a bit dense, I am also reading it very slowly. Also, it's the kind of book that I'll probably consult many times in the future.
Fiction: Currently reading "The empty chair" from the Lincoln Rhyme series by Jeffery Deaver. I am liking it so far and it is good distraction.
Non fiction: "The psychedelic explorer's guide. Safe, therapeutic and sacred journeys" by James Fadiman. Some I like, some I don't but it is interesting learning about somebody else's experience.
I just started Alaska by James Michener today. It's very good so far! I am considering rereading The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann after this. Nothing cozier than a nice delve into a good long story.
At the moment, I am still reading "Amadeo Bordiga in the Italian Communist Party" by Agustín Guillamón. Additionally, I have started "Anatomy of an Epidemic" by Robert Whitaker, which critiques the solutions that current psychiatry proposes in Western societies; it specifically focuses on the United States.