I enjoyed and got through a lot of them, got a little too repetitive for me so I have stepped away and might revisit the series in a couple years
What's everyone reading?
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Amazing choices. Given the noticeable theme of the first two additions, have you read Dostoyevsky?
Writing isn’t the same caliber as the majority of Dresden books but really love all the plays on various mythologies. Never finished the series, think I had one book left and lost track when I was waiting for it to be released
Just starting book 3 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. I am obsessed with this series so far. Very nerdy and I love it. I’m doing this on audible because the voice acting is really damn good.
I am currently reading one of the combined versions of "A Feast of Crows" and "A Dance of Dragons" in the hope that George will release "A Winds of Winter" (I am guessing its written and will come out after he is dead so he doesn't have to listen to the criticism).
That series and rothfuss’s series are never seeing anymore books published, shame to
Yep. The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment. The Idiot is on my list.
I read the Wheel series maybe a decade ago. While I enjoyed it, I came around to thinking maybe Jordan had pasted and copied paragraphs from one book to another.
Currently I’m reading a different kind of John Grisham novel: “A Painted House”. The story is set in 1952, told from the perspective of a 7-year old boy living in the rural South in cotton country.
Earlier this year I read “The Swerve”, subtitled, “How the World Became Modern”. It credits the rediscovery early in the 15th century of an old Roman poem by Lucretius, “On the Nature of Things” with sparking the beginning of the Renaissance and “changed the course of history”.
Aficionados of WWII lit might enjoy the 10 novels Alan Furst wrote about the lead up to that war in Eastern Europe and France, or Eric Ambler, who the jacket blurb on one of his books credits to have “paved the way for such writers as John Le Carre, Len Deighton and Robert Ludlum”.
Currently I’m reading a different kind of John Grisham novel: “A Painted House”. The story is set in 1952, told from the perspective of a 7-year old boy living in the rural South in cotton country.
Earlier this year I read “The Swerve”, subtitled, “How the World Became Modern”. It credits the rediscovery early in the 15th century of an old Roman poem by Lucretius, “On the Nature of Things” with sparking the beginning of the Renaissance and “changed the course of history”.
Aficionados of WWII lit might enjoy the 10 novels Alan Furst wrote about the lead up to that war in Eastern Europe and France, or Eric Ambler, who the jacket blurb on one of his books credits to have “paved the way for such writers as John Le Carre, Len Deighton and Robert Ludlum”.
I actually really love having the voice actors. It makes it so you know which character is speaking and gives you better context to a character overall. It's really helpful especially when there's a of characters and story arcs. I still read books the old fashion way, usually the classics because I feel like it makes them feel more authentic. But the Storm light Archives I've done close to 300 hours over 5 books on audible over many years of my life now. The two voice actors are amazing and I really can't imagine the story without them now. 20 hours to go and I'll be all caught up to Mr Sanderson at least in this story arc. Still got Mistborn to read.
WWII has always fascinated me. I’ve gotten into more of the years leading up to the war as opposed to the ones about actual war time. It’s EASY to find books about Europe. The Coming of The Third Reich by Richard Evans is a great example, and I’ll look into Furst. What is not as easy to find is information about Japan/Asia pre-war. I’ve read Japan 1941 by Eri Hotta and Tower of Skulls by Richard Frank. While great books, they aren’t really what I’ve been searching for. I feel like this “Bankrupting the Enemy” by Edward Miller is going to give me what I want to know more about. I’ve read a lot of books about Roosevelt, and they give a peak into that pre-war environment, but not nearly enough.
If anyone has other suggestions, I’d love to hear them.
Best book that was required reading for one of my poli sci courses was The Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux. After college I re-read that a few times.
Mentioned it awhile back that everyone needs to reread 1984, just got around to doing it myself. Best book not written by Tolkein for my money.
I love that book and I should read it again. It inspired me to read Brave New World which is one of favorite books of all time.
demoncore1031
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Re-reading It Gave Everybody Something to Do by Louise Thoresen. This woman's story about her life with an abusive husband that she shot dead in self defense. He husband, imo, got away with murdering at least 3 people but the book only briefly mentions one of those murders. The wife may not have known about the other 2.
Cyclonepride
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I'd give that title to Animal Farm or Watership Down, but 1984 is right there
One book I found interesting about how Japan built up her air power in the interwar period was “Sunburst’.
Herbert Bix has a book about Hirohito, covers his reign from 1926 to 1989. Supposedly was banned in Japan because it was controversial; he makes a good case that Hirohito was a war criminal. Heard that was the best recent book about him.
Solid picks but won't change my mind. LOTR, specifically, The Hobbit is the only book I favor over 1984.
