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adg211288
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Satirical fantasy. A thoroughly entertaining little read.
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Psydye
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I really need to finish up 'Lord of Chaos', book 6 of the Wheel of Time series. Been on it for months..Probably gonna squeeze in a few chapters tonight.
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adg211288
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Betters the first one I think. Went through this in a few days.
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adg211288
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Second one of these. Think I liked the first a little more but a solid follow-up. A right mindfuck of a book.
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adg211288
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Fortunately I have this one in the original SF Masterworks print without this Godawful discolouration. Amazing book. Not necessarily the easiest reading but compelling and thought provoking. Should probably be recognised more often as an actual classic along with the prior book The Left Hand of Darkness. I'd call both essential reading.
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adg211288
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I feel like these should have been one book rather than two given how much shorter they are against pretty much every other book he's written. I enjoyed the conclusion to the series though. Pretty good and I didn't guess the killer until a couple of pages before the reveal. Dark indeed, especially the ending, which is completely unexpected (in a very depressing, deflating way). I have mixed feelings about this one.
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adg211288
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The 'sequel' to Perdido Street Station, which left me in awe last year. I say sequel in quotes because it's only loosely connected to that book, with a new cast of characters but the story does start as a result of that book's events. Anyway, this is overall the third China Mieville I've read and he's well on his way to being ranked among my favourite authors. He's probably there already actually. This trilogy is proving one of the most unusual fantasy settings I've read and he has a brilliantly descriptive way of writing that really brings his work to life. About 800 pages long this one; read it in a week. A real page turner.
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adg211288
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One of the few sci-fi's I sometimes see on lists of classic novels. Not hard to see why. Actually feels more relevant today than it perhaps ever did consider how everyone seems to be obsessed with gender today.
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adg211288
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First book finished in 2023, though I'd read around half in the last couple of days of 2022. Excellent and dark thriller from Iceland.
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adg211288
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And here's my list of every book finished in 2022: https://www.listchallenges.com/every-book-adam-finished-reading-in-2022
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adg211288
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I've read these two since I last posted here myself:
The first three (rather short) Hainish Cycle books in one volume. I guess you can mostly read this series in any order, but I'm going in publication. I enjoyed this one. An easy to read mystery. I mostly have read the so called Nordic Noirs in this genre, but this one is set in my own country, not quite my neck of the woods but relatively close as far as England goes.
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Vim Fuego
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The Interdependency trilogy (which includes The Last Emperox) is brilliant. The first book of the trilogy is the best, but it's worth seeing through to the end. If you go the audiobook route, they are read by Wil Wheaton, who does a great job of it. I found The Difference Engine a little disappointing in the end. Some excellent ideas, as this was the book that pretty much launched steampunk as we know it today, but the story just didn't quite click.
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adg211288
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Just the Mistborn books. I have The Difference Engine on my reading stack though. I've also picked up the middle book of the trilogy that The Last Emperox belongs to but I haven't found 1 or 3 to read yet.
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Vim Fuego
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https://www.listchallenges.com/all-the-books-patrick-read-in-2022
Since I won't be finishing anything else tomorrow, here's all the books I've read for the year.
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adg211288
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Read these four since my last post: Quite satirical sci-fi. Very entertaining little read. A great cyberpunk thriller. The first Nesbo I've read outside of the Harry Hole series. I prefer the series, but this was a solid, easy and quick read. This numbers among the best books I've ever read.
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adg211288
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I've just binge read the entire The Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy by Elizabeth Moon is just over two weeks:
Followed by a much quicker read of The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell. |
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adg211288
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One thing I will say about The Lost Metal is that if you're not also up to date with The Stormlight Archive, then this has a massive spoiler for Rhythm of War in it.
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Vim Fuego
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I've just finished the first trilogy. Will investigate soon.
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That didn't take many days to read. Been eagerly waiting for this one for a while. I won't say anything about it since I know there's at least one other person here who reads Sanderson, but this did not disappoint.
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