The book I am reading currently
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Just realized this thing exists. Has anyone tried? For reading or watching movies?
mysticrainman
Forerunner
Just finished dune by Frank Herbert because i wanted to see the movies. I feel the books were pretty cool, and finally there are a set of movies (after a very long time) who are doing justice to source material (read lotr)
Now reading dune Messiah.
Now reading dune Messiah.
sporkydork
Contributor
Just finished reading these series by Durgesh Bailoor. The premise looked good and got the set from my local library in paperback. First time I came across this author, although he has written quite a few books.
Zeinah - The Princess of Syrian Refugees - Book 1 & 2.
Book 1 is more fast paced and un-putdownable. I finished reading the set in over a week.
It is the saga of a family based in Aleppo Syria who get caught in the crossfire when Syria is under attack from the rebel forces and the trials they undergo while making their escape.
Zeinah - The Princess of Syrian Refugees - Book 1 & 2.
Book 1 is more fast paced and un-putdownable. I finished reading the set in over a week.
It is the saga of a family based in Aleppo Syria who get caught in the crossfire when Syria is under attack from the rebel forces and the trials they undergo while making their escape.
Currently reading:
- Dune Messiah: Found it a bit harder to get through then compared to the first part, though it picks up pace a couple of chapters in
- Indian Railways by Bibek Debroy: A history of Indian railways inception in pre independence era, picked it up randomly in a bookstore, very interesting read about how Indian railways was shaped and few viewpoints how the conception of railways differed from other industrial giants at that time.
- Dune Messiah: Found it a bit harder to get through then compared to the first part, though it picks up pace a couple of chapters in
- Indian Railways by Bibek Debroy: A history of Indian railways inception in pre independence era, picked it up randomly in a bookstore, very interesting read about how Indian railways was shaped and few viewpoints how the conception of railways differed from other industrial giants at that time.
Has anyone read Dungeon Crawler Carl? I was reading guns, germs, and steel and got quite bored, so picked this up on a whim.
It's very much a pop fantasy book, it probably won't win any literature awards, but it is engrossing to the point of being addictive.
Technically, the genre is LitRPG, which will be familiar to anyone who's visited the HFY subreddit. But what DCC has over HFY posts is that it actually has heart underneath all the power scaling and toilet humour.
There are 7 books released right now, and honest to god, I went through them all in 7 days. The definition of unputdowneable.
Highly recommend it to all sci-fi or RPG fans.
It's very much a pop fantasy book, it probably won't win any literature awards, but it is engrossing to the point of being addictive.
Technically, the genre is LitRPG, which will be familiar to anyone who's visited the HFY subreddit. But what DCC has over HFY posts is that it actually has heart underneath all the power scaling and toilet humour.
There are 7 books released right now, and honest to god, I went through them all in 7 days. The definition of unputdowneable.
Highly recommend it to all sci-fi or RPG fans.
mysticrainman
Forerunner
Just finished Messiah. Kind of depressing tbh. I think herbert set it up more as a runway for children of dune and God emperror. I really like dune but Messiah was underwhelming in almost every way. Not sure if I'll read the other 4 books of the series.
Reading now : mistborn by Brandon sanderson.
ch@ts
Herald
I loved the Mistborn series. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
I just finished "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro. It's really good.
I picked it up because I'd just read "Klara and the Sun", also by Ishiguro. That is the best book I've read in a long time. A haunting, sad, sci-fi reflection of who we humans are.
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Loved the Misborn series. Read a Mashup for Robert Jordan and Brandson Samderson around 2020. Right now, reading one book whenever I can in the Penguin Classic 80 Book series.
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Wanted to do one book a day, but got sidetracked my so many other good books this year!
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Wanted to do one book a day, but got sidetracked my so many other good books this year!
evilsmirker
Beginner
I've got the first two books on Audible, since I heard good things about the series on r/Fantasy. How would you place in terms of genre/theme? The only other LitRPG I've read is the Cradle series- I think all the books were free when the last book came out, so I picked them up.
I just started Mistborn as well! The only other Sanderson book I've read is Elantris, by which I wasn't very impressed. I get that it's one of his earlier works, but the writing seemed weak and the plot a little 'meh. Mistborn seems much better in comparison. I'm halfway through and I'm having fun.
DCC is the only LitRPG I've read, so it's a bit difficult for me to compare with other works. I would say the closest comparison is the Percy Jackson series, it has a similar kind of humour and action, except designed for an adult audience. I feel quite lucky to have been in the target demo for both as they're releasing
.I have heard good things about the audiobook version, but I much prefer actually reading. Much faster and sometimes I want to reread an awesome section immediately.
I'm also a big Brando Sando fan. Mistborn is absolutely the right place to start. Makes it much easier to keep faith in him when the Stormlight books start to drag.