IlyaP Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 19 hours ago, Triskele said: Just be prepared for something different. Oh excellent! I'm all for that! Different > More of the Same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaP Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 11 hours ago, ljkeane said: Next up I think I'm going to read The Calculating Stars. My partner is raving about how good this book is. (To add some sprinkles to this book, which I myself want to read.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 11 hours ago, ljkeane said: I actually finished it a while ago but the last book I read was Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House which is a pretty dark urban fantasy. I'm a little surprised to find out she went to Yale considering how down on both Yale and New Haven the book is. In one of the comments about it I saw she said she found writing it cathartic, so it may be that she has some negative experiences from her time at Yale. On the other hand, the chapters Darlington's perspective do seem to have some fondness for New Haven, which might reflect the author's mixed feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tongue Stuck to Wall Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 11/24/2019 at 7:03 PM, IlyaP said: I'm really really enjoying Beneath a Starless Sky: Pillars of Eternity and the Infinity Engine Era of RPGs by David L. Craddock. It was published as a mega long-form piece on Shacknews originally, and later was assembled into an eBook that I picked up on the Kindle store. This book is supremely fascinating! A blurb about the piece from the original article at Shacknews: A highly recommended read. If you've played/enjoyed any cRPG in the last 30 years, you will find something here that's of interest to you. Thanks for drawing my attention to this Ilya. I downloaded it on my Kindle and despite the formatting issues and lack of overall editing you mentioned, found it a fascinating read. I have been a big Bioware from the beginning and somewhere tucked away still have my Baldur's Gate CDs in good condition . I teach high school business management and think the eBook would be a great primer on how the interplay between particularly strong (or not so strong) personalities can truly affect how businesses actually operate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I just finished Gone To Sea In A Bucket by David Black, vol. 1 of his Harry Gilmour series. This is historical fiction about WWII British submariners and the general style feels quite similar to Patrick O’Brian: the culture and mannerisms of the era and of the navy suffuse the writing, and characterization takes precedence over action or dramatic tension. A very good read. I’ll look for more in this series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I finished Shannon's Priory of the Orange Tree and I liked it. My issue with it remains that it felt rushed. It felt like Shannon was going to write a standalone fantasy and that's that. This story could have been better served with multiple volumes. Anyway, when Shannon writes another one in this world I'll buy and read it. I already have several Bone Season books but haven't gotten to them yet. I have had this experience regularly and it got me to thinking about my taste. Maybe...the long, drawn out meandering stories that some dislike...maybe I prefer that. I mean of course I do. Michelle West is my favorite 'modern' fantasy writer and whatever you may think of her work you could never call it rushed. Now I am halfway though Islington's The Light of All That Falls. I like it as well as I expected based on the first two. Good debut trilogy with some ambitious ideas. Islington's reach exceeds his grasp but still a good story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Completed reads for 2019: The Shadow, by Lionel Terry Santa Olivia, by Jacqueline Carey The Testament of Loki, by Joanne M. Harris Saints Astray, by Jacqueline Carey Rerum Novarum: On the Condition of the Working Classes, by Pope Leo XIII The Unholy Consult, by R. Scott Bakker The Consolation of Philosophy, by Boethius The Analects of Confucius What’s Wrong With the World, by G.K. Chesterton The Sorrows of Young Werther, by J.W. von Goethe The Art of War, by Sun Tzu Sophie’s World, by Jostein Gaarder The Decline of the West (2 vols.), by Oswald Spengler The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs (Völsunga saga), by Anonymous The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, by Victor Hugo Purgatorio, by Dante Alighieri The Mystery of the Blue Train, by Agatha Christie One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, by Agatha Christie Paradiso, by Dante Alighieri Treatise on Vampires and Revenants: The Phantom World, by Dom Augustin Calmet Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, by Mao Zedong Quadragesimo Anno: On Reconstruction of the Social Order, by Pope Pius XI Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, by Martin Luther A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare Queen Mab, by Percy Bysshe Shelley Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare The Winter’s Tale, by William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare The Republic, by Plato The Symposium, by Plato Utopia, by Sir Thomas More The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), by Karel Čapek Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper The Man Who Was Thursday, by G.K. Chesterton The Last Dragonslayer, by Jasper Fforde The Story of Burnt Njal (Njál’s Saga), by Anonymous The Song of the Quarkbeast, by Jasper Fforde The Tao Teh Ching, by Lao Tzu The Meno, by Plato The Gorgias, by Plato The Ion, by Plato The Poetics, by Aristotle The Eye of Zoltar, by Jasper Fforde The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare As You Like It, by William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare Lost in a Good Book, by Jasper Fforde The Timaeus, by Plato The Critias, by Plato The First Alcibiades, by Plato The Second Alcibiades, by Anonymous The Clitophon, by Plato The Parmenides, by Plato The Theaetetus, by Plato The Well of Lost Plots, by Jasper Fforde The Phaedrus, by Plato The Charmides, by Plato The Lysis, by Plato The Laches, by Plato Confessions, by Saint Augustine of Hippo The Protagoras, by Plato The Philebus, by Plato The Euthydemus, by Plato The Lesser Hippias, by Plato The Greater Hippias, by Plato The Menexenus, by Plato The Theages, by Plato A Presocratics Reader, edited by Patricia Curd The Cratylus, by Plato The Sophist, by Plato Egil’s Saga, by Anonymous The Axiochus, by Anonymous The Demodocus, by Anonymous The Eryxias, by Anonymous The Halcyon, by Anonymous The Hipparchus, by Plato On Justice, by Anonymous On Virtue, by Anonymous The Rival Lovers, by Plato The Sisyphus, by Anonymous All’s Well That Ends Well, by William Shakespeare The Instructions of Shuruppak, by Anonymous Lord of Emperors, by Guy Gavriel Kay The Statesman, by Plato The Minos, by Plato The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, by L. Frank Baum The Laws, by Plato The Epinomis, by Plato The Definitions, by Anonymous The Epigrams, by Anonymous The Epistles, by Plato and Others Henry VIII, by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher The Merry Wives of Windsor, by William Shakespeare Under Heaven, by Guy Gavriel Kay The Discarded Image, by C.S. Lewis Out of the Silent Planet, by C.S. Lewis Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of Invasions, by Anonymous The Battle of Moytura, or, The First Battle of Magh Turedh, by Anonymous Cath Maige Tuired: The Second Battle of Mag Tuired, by Anonymous Tochmarc Étaíne: The Wooing of Etain, by Anonymous Oidheadh Chlainne Lir: The Fate of the Children of Lir, by Anonymous Oidheadh Chlainne Tuireann: The Fate of the Children of Tuireann, by Anonymous The Voyage of Bran, by Anonymous The Settling of the Manor of Tara, by Anonymous The Dream of Oengus, by Anonymous The Story of Tuan mac Carill, by Anonymous The Voyage of Máel Dúin, by Anonymous The Voyage of the Ui Chorra, by Anonymous The Voyage of Snédgus and Mac Riagla, by Anonymous The Voyage of Saint Brendon the Abbot, by Anonymous The Destruction of Da Derga’s Hostel, by Anonymous The Fosterage of the House of the Two Pails, by Anonymous The Invasion of Nemed, by Anonymous The Four Jewels of the Tuatha Dé Danann, by Anonymous The Satire of Caipre upon Bres, by Anonymous How the Dagda Got His Magic Staff, by Anonymous The Taking of the Sid, by Anonymous The Adventures of Leithin, by Anonymous The Founding of Emain Macha, by Anonymous The Battle of Partholon’s Sons, by Anonymous The Adventures of Nera, by Anonymous The Progress of the Sons of Mil from Spain to Ireland, by Anonymous Fintan and the Hawk of Achill, by Anonymous The Cauldron of Poesy, by Anonymous Banshenchus: The Lore of Women, by Anonymous The Fitness of Names, by Anonymous The Roll of the Kings, by Anonymous The Dialogue of Bran’s Druid and the Prophetess of Lough Foyle, by Anonymous The Metrical Dindsenchas (4 vols), by Anonymous The Prose Tales from the Rennes Dindshenchas, by Anonymous The Bodleian Dinnshenchas, by Anonymous The Edinburgh Dinnschenchas, by Anonymous Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius That Hideous Strength, by C.S. Lewis On the Ruin of Britain, by Gildas The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki, by Anonymous The Laxdoela Saga, by Anonymous The Vampyre, by John Polidori The Saga of Grettir the Strong, by Anonymous The Saga of Gisli, by Anonymous Wise Phuul, by Daniel Stride The Conception of Cú Chulainn, by Anonymous The Boyhood Deeds of Cú Chulainn, by Anonymous The Wooing of Emer by Cú Chulainn, by Anonymous The Recovery of the Tain, by Anonymous The Quarrel of the Pigkeepers, by Anonymous The Tidings of Conchobar, son of Ness, by Anonymous The Birth of Conchobar, by Anonymous The Affliction of the Ulstermen, by Anonymous The Debility of the Ulstermen, by Anonymous The Courtship of Cruinne and Macha, by Anonymous The Battle of the Assembly of Macha, by Anonymous Medb’s Men, or, The Battle of the Boyne, by Anonymous Does Greth Eat Curds, by Anonymous Athirne the Unsociable, by Anonymous The Wooing of Luaine and the Death of Athirne, by Anonymous The Battle of Cumar, by Anonymous The Elopement of Emer With Tuir Glesta, by Anonymous The Training of Cú Chulainn, by Anonymous The Words of Scáthach, by Anonymous Cú Chulainn’s Shield, by Anonymous The Death of Derbforgaill, by Anonymous Something Rotten, by Jasper Fforde Conversations of Socrates, by Xenophon Lysistrata; The Acharnians; The Clouds, by Aristophanes The Iliad, by Homer The Odyssey, by Homer The Aeneid, by Virgil The Theogony, by Hesiod Work and Days, by Hesiod Fragments of Sappho, by Sappho The Argonautica, by Apollonius Rhodius The Conquest of Gaul, by Julius Caesar The Two Gentlemen of Verona, by William Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost, by William Shakespeare Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare Coriolanus, by William Shakespeare Henry VI (3 parts), by William Shakespeare Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare King John, by William Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida, by William Shakespeare Pericles, by William Shakespeare and Another The Two Noble Kinsmen, by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher Edward III, by William Shakespeare and Others Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare Titus Andronicus, by William Shakespeare Hamlet, by William Shakespeare Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare The Tempest, by William Shakespeare Richard III, by William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare Macbeth, by William Shakespeare King Lear, by William Shakespeare Othello, by William Shakespeare Richard II, by William Shakespeare Henry IV (2 parts), by William Shakespeare Henry V, by William Shakespeare Venus and Adonis, by William Shakespeare The Rape of Lucrece, by William Shakespeare The Phoenix and the Turtle, by William Shakespeare A Lover's Complaint, by William Shakespeare The Sonnets, by William Shakespeare To the Queen, by William Shakespeare? The Passionate Pilgrim, by William Shakespeare and Others A Funeral Elegy for Master William Peter, by W.S./Anonymous Epitaph on Elias James, by William Shakespeare Epitaphs on John Combe, by William Shakespeare Shall I Die?, by William Shakespeare? The Shakespeare Apocrypha, ed. C.F. Tucker Brooke Double Falsehood, by Lewis Theobald Edmund Ironside, by Anonymous The Second Maiden's Tragedy, by Thomas Middleton Sejanus: His Fall, by Ben Johnson The Spanish Tragedy, by Thomas Kyd Thomas of Woodstock, by Anonymous Vortigern and Rowena, by William Henry Ireland A Knack to Know a Knave, by Anonymous Famous Victories of Henry V, by Anonymous The Troublesome Reign of King John, by Anonymous King Leir, by Anonymous Romeus and Juliet, by Arthur Brooke The Taming of a Shrew, by Anonymous? Hamlet (First Quarto), by William Shakespeare The Fifth of November, by George Ambrose Rhodes Henry II, by William Henry Ireland The Merry Wives of Windsor (First Quarto), by William Shakespeare The First Part of the Contention, by William Shakespeare The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York, by William Shakespeare The Arraignment of Paris, by George Peele The True Tragedy of Richard III, by Anonymous Richardus Tertius, by Thomas Legge Edward II, by Christopher Marlowe Edward IV (2 parts), by Thomas Heywood Wily Beguiled, by Anonymous Satiromastix, by Thomas Dekker A Warning for Fair Women, by Anonymous George a Greene, by Anonymous A Larum for London, by Anonymous Albumazar, by Thomas Tomkis Tamburlaine (2 parts), by Christopher Marlowe The Battle of Alcazar, by George Peele Henry V (First Quarto), by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet (First Quarto), by William Shakespeare Pericles (First Quarto), by William Shakespeare The Chances, by John Fletcher The Tragedy of Hoffman, by Henry Chettle The Roman Actor, by Philip Massinger A Trick to Catch the Old One, by Thomas Middleton The Witch of Edmonton, by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, and John Ford Selimus, by Robert Greene and Thomas Lodge Grim the Collier of Croydon, by Anonymous The Pedlar's Prophecy, by Robert Wilson The Fair Maid of Bristow, by Anonymous Captain Thomas Stukeley, by Anonymous Nobody and Somebody, by Anonymous Histriomastix, by John Marston Jack Drum's Entertainment, by John Marston The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, by John Knox The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, by Bede Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkess Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I finished up my re-read of the Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks, and now I've started on the new and final book, Burning White. It's very long--I'm only 60% through and I've already put many hours in. It's a bit slow, but I don't mind, given that this is the last book and it'll be nice to have some answers about long-running plot threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaP Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 12 hours ago, The Marquis de Leech said: Completed reads for 2019: 264 books! You beast! That's *amazing*! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 40 minutes ago, IlyaP said: 264 books! You beast! That's *amazing*! Not as impressive as it sounds. Individual Platonic dialogues and Shakespeare plays significantly pads things out - and I had to count them separately, because I didn't read them as an anthology, but rather as individual items (generally online). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, The Marquis de Leech said: Not as impressive as it sounds. Individual Platonic dialogues and Shakespeare plays significantly pads things out - and I had to count them separately, because I didn't read them as an anthology, but rather as individual items (generally online). How do you find time to read so much? (Hope that doesn’t seem rude of me to ask, i don’t mean it to, just genuinely interested) Even with your ‘short’ stuff padding it out thats quite the list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkess Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Well I finished The Burning White and I find myself torn. On the one hand, I found out what happened to a lot of characters and plotlines that I had spent a long time reading about. I even cried twice. On the other hand, halfway into the last book of a 5-book epic fantasy is really NOT the right time to suddenly decide you want to write blatant Christian allegory. It left a really bad taste in my mouth and I think will unfortunately taint the entire series for me. I feel like I got a bit tricked into reading it. Puts me at 36 books for the year, with my goal being 40. Not terrible! I am hoping to read more next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Read two things 1 - A little life - it's sprawling, sad, dark and hopeful. Even though it's 700 pages and can feel a little meandering sometimes, I really enjoyed it. 2 - The Reluctant Fundamentalist - as a brown immigrant in the US/UK this book 100 percent captures my feelings on the two countries and the struggle that *so* many immigrants go through in their minds every day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 On 1/1/2020 at 3:31 PM, HelenaExMachina said: How do you find time to read so much? (Hope that doesn’t seem rude of me to ask, i don’t mean it to, just genuinely interested) Even with your ‘short’ stuff padding it out thats quite the list! A case of making lemons into lemonade - let's just say that last year I wound up with more free time than I would have liked, and after two solid writing years, I decided to catch up on reading. 2020 will (hopefully) be a writing year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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