Anyone read anything good lately? I'm stuck in a loop of re-reading stuff. If I had to pick a genre I'd ask for fantasy recommendations, but I'll try anything.
I've been reading free books on my Kindle lately; it's been a good way to branch out to books that I wouldn't have read or even heard of otherwise (and there are also some great classics for free, too).
In fantasy, I liked "His Majesty's Dragon" by Naomi Novik. It's dragons + the Napoleonic wars. If you've ever read any of the Honor Harrington books, it's vaguely reminiscent, in that it's good military fiction mixed with fantasy/sci-fi. The characters were likable, too. I haven't read the other books in the trilogy yet, but I intend to.
I also read the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb (first book, "Assassin's Apprentice" was free, and I bought the other two). This one was odd: it didn't feel much like fantasy, although it clearly was, and most of the drama was... well, "internalized" is the best word I can think of. Each of the books is really long, but after reading hundreds of pages, it didn't seem like much had happened in the way of plot. The main character was pretty angsty and sometimes quite annoying. And yet for all that, I couldn't stop reading. I think I liked it, but I can't for the life of me figure out why. (How's that for an endorsement?)
And now I'm reading "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", which is seriously Old School sci-fi, but still an excellent book. :)
This reads like a list of what I've been doing lately... reading lots on a Kindle and trying to get around to Naomi Novik's latest :-)
The Farseer books have a special place in my heart, and eternal_fish's too; we have two copies of several and she's been rereading Fool's Fate. The Liveship Traders books by Robin Hobb are great too.
In Honor Harrington withdrawal, I've been branching out to John Ringo... definitely not fantasy, though, and his latest aren't as good as Cally's War (still my favorite).
My current book, based on the author's recent editorial in Asimov's, is Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg. Definitely enjoying that!
In fantasy, I liked "His Majesty's Dragon" by Naomi Novik. It's dragons + the Napoleonic wars. If you've ever read any of the Honor Harrington books, it's vaguely reminiscent, in that it's good military fiction mixed with fantasy/sci-fi. The characters were likable, too. I haven't read the other books in the trilogy yet, but I intend to.
I also read the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb (first book, "Assassin's Apprentice" was free, and I bought the other two). This one was odd: it didn't feel much like fantasy, although it clearly was, and most of the drama was... well, "internalized" is the best word I can think of. Each of the books is really long, but after reading hundreds of pages, it didn't seem like much had happened in the way of plot. The main character was pretty angsty and sometimes quite annoying. And yet for all that, I couldn't stop reading. I think I liked it, but I can't for the life of me figure out why. (How's that for an endorsement?)
And now I'm reading "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", which is seriously Old School sci-fi, but still an excellent book. :)
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The Farseer books have a special place in my heart, and eternal_fish's too; we have two copies of several and she's been rereading Fool's Fate. The Liveship Traders books by Robin Hobb are great too.
In Honor Harrington withdrawal, I've been branching out to John Ringo... definitely not fantasy, though, and his latest aren't as good as Cally's War (still my favorite).
My current book, based on the author's recent editorial in Asimov's, is Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg. Definitely enjoying that!
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