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I'm finally reading The Expanse series, currently on book 2 and really loving it!
While I was waiting for book 2 to become available on Libby I read The Spare Man which I also enjoyed. It was a pretty goofy but fun light read (solving a murder on a cruise to Mars).
I'm reading The Anglo-Saxons by Marc Morris. It's non-fiction. Morris' books have a good narrative, but they are scholarly works. I haven't gotten very far into The Anglo-Saxons yet, but one bit I greatly enjoyed was the author drawing parallels between Beowulf and Tolkien's Rohirrim, all while discussing the archaeological evidence for feasting halls and the zeitgeist of the people who'd built those halls.
I just read Uprooted, by Naomi Novik, simply because it was available with no wait time on Libby. What a great find! I devoured it in two days. It has a really nice take on folkloric fantasy and magic, and a nice satisfying arc that explains enough, while leaving a good amount of mystery.
Currently halfway through Mercury Pictures Presents, and almost finished with a reread of EVE: The Burning Life.
Finished up To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini last week. Was a great read, a loooong book though. Just noticed that there is a prequel to the book so perhaps I will read that at some point, though it was not available at my library (at least as e-book).
Currently got nothing to read. And actually due to me being here instead of reddit I am cutting down on internet-time anyway so it would be a good time to start a new book. I have some ideas like Neuromancer, Slaughterhouse five, Project Hail Mary, The Forever War and Arrival but perhaps I'll find something completely different. I also read the Elder Race by Tchaikovsky a few months back and it was great, perhaps I'll read another one of their books next.
Notes from a Dead House by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Very interesting so far. I'm about a third of the way through it.
Currently reading/listening to the Dresden series, on White Night right now, listening while I travel for work and the books are great fun
I just finished I, Robot. I actually didn't expect to find Asimov so compelling. In general, I've never been too into the classic sci-fi authors, instead preferring more modern lighter sci-fi. I'm now reading River of Gods by Candace Millard.
I just started reading Super Supportive by Sleyca, I'm really enjoying it so far
Finished reading The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow (4.5 stars), and now am juggling between Upgrade by Blake Crouch, and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett.
Twig by Wildbow. A long web-series about a group of experiments in the dystopic biopunk 20s Crown States of America
Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alenxandre Dumas.
just finishing The Indifferent Stars Above about the Donner party - really great. these folks were built of different stock than we are.
Just getting started on the last book of the Cradle series by Will Wight. Enjoyed the first 11, and hoping it's as good!
Finished up my reread of Dune and onto Dune Messiah. I also have House of Leaves and Beckett Molloy trilogy in the wings to start at some point.
I'm reading (or rather listening to) The Royal Succession by Maurice Druon - it's a historical fiction series about the kings of France in the 14th century. I've really liked the series so far!
I've just picked picked up The Girls by Emma Cline. Not far into it yet but the premise intrigues me with the combo of historical fiction + disaster girl vibes.