The Last Watch by J.S. Dewes. It's a pretty good sci-fi set in space. I am about 40% complete and so far I have been enjoying it. At this point, I would recommend it.
Currently reading: Mort (Terry Pratchett) - fantasy/comedy. The story of Death taking on an apprentice. I'm enjoying it so far and would recommend. I'm a later arriver to the Discworld novels. People have been recommending Pratchett to me for years but I made the mistake of trying to read Discworld in release order (which I later realised isn't at all necessary) and really struggled to get into The Colour of Magic on previous occasions. Finally clicked with it earlier this year and then started moving onto other novels based on recommended reading lists.
Currently listening to: Star Wars: Ahsoka (E K Johnston) - space-fantasy/sci-fi (let's not get started on the debate about what genre Star Wars is...). I'm not far in but I'm a big Star Wars fan and Ahsoka Tano is one of my favourite characters, so I'm excited to see how it goes. Also the audiobook is narrated by Ashley Eckstein (voice of Ahsoka on Clone Wars and Rebels).
Pratchett did a collaboration with Steven Baxter called The Long Earth that was kind of interesting. I don't think the characters were super memorable, but I found the premise and the ways they explored it really compelling.
The Annotated Brothers Grimm Bicentennial Edition Edited by Maria Tatar Fairytales I’m loving it. I’m heading to Efteling later in the year and want to remind myself of all the stories
I read a bunch of the Brother's Grimm fairy tales with my son when he was younger, but I didn't know there was an annotated version. Are the annotations 'inline' or is there a glossary of some sort? I'm just wondering if it translates well to a kindle.
I wouldn’t fancy this version on kindle, not sure how it would work. The main stories are footnoted with the comments to the left and right of the text. I’m away for the next week but I’ll take a few pics when I’m back and share em!
Just finished “god is disappointed in you” by Mark Russell which was very good and am now about 1/3 through “dark matter” by Blake Crouch which I’m enjoying a lot so far.
That is an interesting book by the description of it. As someone completely devoid of religion, I still find that an intriguing concept to just summarize the entire bible. Do you know if it is new/old testament? Pre/post Constantine?
It’s basically a synopsis of the 66 books/letters that make up the Old and New Testaments, each given a few pages or even just a few paragraphs. I’m not religious myself but I would only recommend it to a person of faith with a sense of humour; parts were pretty blasphemous but very funny.
I've been reading The Unbroken by C.L. Clark. It's well written and I like the worldbuilding, but it's a bit of a slog because I'm having hard time actually liking any of the main characters.
The story pacing definitely picks up after the first half, but it's hard to care about the faith of the characters when you're constantly annoyed by their decisions :)
The world building, culture etc is very much on point though.
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