oathbringer (brandon sanderson) - i love this book and this series so much it's about war and honor and swords
nick drake (patrick humphries) - an honestly mid (but well researched) biography on nick drake but if i don't finish it the book wins
the eye of the world (robert jordan) - if i wasn't reading oathbringer at the same time i'd be demolishing this i like it a lot
Jul 17, 2024
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Not a huge fantasy novel person, but I read the Game of Thrones books. Waiting forever for the new ones to come out, as a joke decided to try reading the entire Wheel of Time series (14 loooong books) while I waited. I’m on book 7 of 14. Can’t/won’t turn back now.
Feb 5, 2024
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I actually reread them last year, and finally finished all of them (Robert Jordan, the author, died back when I was reading them as a young teen, so there was a long gap between the 11th book and the final 3 books while the publishers tried to find another author to finish the series using Jordan's notes and input from his wife/editor, hence why I never finished the series as a kid).
I was motivated to reread them because the Amazon WoT series is such complete and utter shit, and I wanted to make sure I wasn't misremembering the books, because I remembered really liking them. In fact, I was initially drawn to them as a teen because after reading LOTR and seeing all of the movies in theaters, I needed something new to fill that gaping hole of loss you feel after finishing a good series, and WoT did that nicely.
Anyway, turns out the books are still great, even as an adult. In fact, I appreciated them even more this time around. Which makes it such a shame that the Amazon series is just absolutely butchering it (they're following only like 5% of the books' plot and inventing the other 95% from scratch). Talk about a crime against art. I definitely recommend the books though! They were a fun, easy, and epic diversion during the depressing latter half of winter. So much so that I'm trying to turn it into a habit. Non-fiction during spring, summer, and fall, and fiction during winter.
Feb 28, 2024
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Fates & Furies - Lauren Groff, liked this a lot
The Fourth Wing series - fantasy has made it possible for me to get back to reading in the way that I used to when I was a kid. Just absolutely mainlining books. And it kinda makes me feel like a kid, too! But this series is FOR SURE not for children lol 👀
The Southern Reach trilogy - now a quartet! Next on my TBR is the new installment, Absolution. Really hoping for some answers but sheeesh this series is mysterious and gorgeous. Super weird science fiction.
Birnam Wood - I attempted to start this and didn’t like the first couple chapters. Has anyone read and can you tell me if it’s worth it?
Song of Achilles and Circe - stunning, gorgeous, obsessed, loved. I think I preferred Circe but SoA really had me sobbing lol.
The Shadow of What Was Lost - book 1 in a trilogy by James Islington. Picked it up because I loved The Will of the Many and the second isn’t out yet. I’d say not even close to as good as TWOTM but still an entertaining read. Will likely pick up the second from the library soon.
Nov 11, 2024
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Nov 12, 2024
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i love going to a party and saying "i should leave soon it's my turn to take stephen to day care in the morning." i don't have a kid. it's these sick little thrills that make life worth living.
Jan 10, 2025
tweet from @ web design museum with an archive of cool navigation bars from my childhood. gorgeous and lost.
Feb 28, 2025