What is the last m̶e̶ Book you have read?
What is the last m̶e̶ Book you have read?
Hello fellow Kbiners what was the last book you read and did you enjoy it?
I finished Barrayar by Louis Mcmaster Bujold and had a really great time from start to finish. Gripping, funny, and just plain thought provoking, I can see why it won a Hugo award and Locus award.
I recently finished The Stand by King. The long, re-release. 1100+ pages.
It is an interesting post-pandemic dystopia. I got it off someone's "best sci-fi" list. I would say it was good but not great. I would not put it in my top 10 sci-fi.
I got it from the library after being on a waiting list. I am glad I pushed myself to read it/finish it because I have not finished a book in way too long. Great mental exercise but not the best book.
Just finished the Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. As a fan of the original trilogy, I really enjoyed all the worldbuilding and learning more about Panem.
Last one I finished was Look to Windward by Iain Banks.
Yes, I enjoyed it. I read it every 18 months or so. It is my favourite Banks novel.
Currently reading:
Fiction: The galaxy and the ground within by Becky Chambers.
Non Fiction: Twelve Caesars, Images of power from the ancient to the modern by Mary Beard
First read of both novel and author for both fiction and nonfiction.
Wow, I'm also reading Banks and Chambers right now. I just finished Record of a Spaceborn Few and The State of the Art.
Currently on the last book in the 3 part broken earth series by N.K. Jemisin. The Stone Sky. The first book threw me through a loop. Second one is setting up the third one.
I have to try that.
Great world building with well written characters surrounded by interesting concepts is truly a rare gem to unearth. Will have to have a look at some of her other series.
That series is so good!
Such an original concept and well written. A rare combo.
Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Still reading it. Fucking love it!
Been re-reading Eiji Yoshikawa's Musashi because my wife had listened to the audiobook. She loved the story but couldn't keep track of all the characters, so I've been compiling a chapter-by-chapter character guide for her with links when a historical figure shows up in the story.
Nice a book set in the Samurai era sounds like an interesting concept.
Not just an interesting concept. It's an epic based on real events. Miyamoto Musashi actually won a duel by carving a wooden sword out of a broken oar.