What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? 01 December (discuss.online)

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I was supposed to post this last week, but got delayed because of Thanksgiving. Hope you all had a fun time.

I finished The House at Sea’s End by Elly Griffiths. It was an okay read, not bad, but thinking about getting into another crime series with more action / mystery and less relationship stuff. But I have got the next 5-6 books so will read them.

Read the next Dresden Files novel, Blood Rites by Jim Butcher. I feel the quality of writing has improved a lot since the first couple of novels. This one felt a bit less intense than the last one, but liked the character developments.

Read Jujitsu Kaisen, Vol 4, not much to say about it. More action, more silliness.

Currently reading The Black Company by Glen Cook. I have the omnibus (Chronicles of the Black Company) which has first three books, so may end up reading all three as one book. The writing style is a bit weird, but I think I have gotten used to it.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening? Or have read and listened in last 2-3 weeks?

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[-] Stern@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

All the Pretty Horses by McCarthy. Enjoyable though the lack of quotation marks both annoys and somewhat speeds up reading.

[-] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 10 months ago

No quotations marks for when people are speaking?

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[-] seaQueue@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Just started Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire.

I just finished Scalzi's Interdependency trilogy which was entertaining but very Scalzi. I think the next time I read him I'll take it in smaller doses. Irreverence can be entertaining and refreshing when it's a garnish to another style but Scalzi just keeps scooping more of it into the bowl here.