I put the Stormlight Archive 1-3 (as one book on kindle) onto my reader and after a solid week of camping with at least a few hours a day it says I'm 16% of the way in. Holy F this is long. I check goodreads and it says 3800 pages.
It's compelling, though. There are times when I want to know what's going on in another arc and they take a little while to get there, but from a character receiving ethics lessons while contemplating betraying the teacher to a powerful lord contemplating whether he's receiving divine guidance or going insane, I never quite know what anyone is going to do. The cultures are weird (though you can see parts inspired by various cultures around the world and historically), and the magic is building out nicely.
I'm really enjoying it. It's just a touch too much for me to follow at my typical 2x speed audiobook rate, so I'm reading it as an ebook instead and I have a lot less time I can read that way. It's going to take me a fucking while to get through. But of the characters we've seen depth with so far, I really can identify with a lot of them. Maybe not Sadeas (I can "see", but also not), but Kaladin, Dalinar, Adolin, Jasnah, Shallan, I can see where they're all coming from and why they see the choices they do.
Also I really want to play a video game as whatever Szeth is called. It would be tough to execute but it could be really fun.
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!
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.
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 just finished Caliban's War [James S.A. Corey] and All Systems Red [Martha Wells] last night. (thanks for the Murderbot recommendation @fax_of_the_shadow and @windchime) Both of these are sci-fi, however the Murderbot stories appear to be more dystopian future sci-fi than 'high science'. I'd recommend both! All systems Red is a really quick read too, and they even have an audiobook series!
Just started on Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Unfortunately I'm only about 10 pages into it so I can't recommend it just yet. Just it has incredible mentions by sci-fi fans.
Yeah Murderbot isn't heavy Sci-Fi, they're more interesting stories told in a futuristic setting. I finished the 6th one last night and can't wait for the 7th to come out later this year. I am hooked.
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