GooberTheHat wrote:Most of my book consumption recently has been in the form of audiobook. I think I want to change that, because it's difficult to get lost in a good book when you're not making it your sole focus, which it almost never is if I'm listening to an audiobook.
Kazuo wrote:Set myself a challenge of 35 books this year after managing 31 in 2021. Just writing this as a marker of the commitment really, so carry on.
You'll probably struggle to hit 18 with one every 6 weeks or so... xCos wrote:I shall aim for 18 this year, roughly one every 6 weeks and see how that goes.
tigersgogrrr wrote:You'll probably struggle to hit 18 with one every 6 weeks or so... xCos wrote:I shall aim for 18 this year, roughly one every 6 weeks and see how that goes.
Gremill wrote:2. Saints of Salvation (Peter F Hamilton)
The final book in what has been an absolutely epic (in the true sense of the word) trilogy, spanning 20,000 years and millions of light years. I could not put it down – it's the best sci-fi trilogy I've read since Three Body Problem and may actually best it in many ways. The scope of the story, the superb characters, the bonkers theoretical physics and science, the sheer number of amazing ideas, the sense of place no matter where in the galaxy you are reading about, the action sequences, the giant space battles, the implacable and chilling enemy – all adds up to an incredible thrill ride of desperate chases, heroic last stands and reality/mind-bending brilliance. If you've got any interest at all in sci-fi, pick these books up now!
Raiziel wrote:Have you read Dan Simmons’ two Hyperion books, Grem? If not, I think they’d be your sort of thing.
Cos wrote:Raiziel wrote:Have you read Dan Simmons’ two Hyperion books, Grem? If not, I think they’d be your sort of thing.
That's a great shout. Up there with my all time favourites.
Gremill wrote:3. Southern Bastards, Vol 1-4 (Jason Aaron) Re-read 1-3 after getting 4 for Christmas. Gritty as you'd like story set in rural Alabama- where football is the religion of Craw County and the psychotic Coach Euless Boss is their fire and brimstone back woods preacher. It's dirty, crude and violent with a vulgar, cartoonish art style to match the tone of hard boiled crime and revenge. Recommended.
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acemuzzy wrote:Well nobody helped. So I'm now trying Eight Detectives.
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