Books (General)

[minor sleet]

https://www.tumblr.com/leosmiserables/811559645704536064/obsessed-with-this-bookshop-in-stratford-upon-avon

sad stories of the death of kings

obsessed with this bookshop in stratford-upon-avon having WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE listed as a ”local author”

-# #shakespeare #”support your local authors” and that author is THE BARD #🤪

Tumblr · Mar 19, 2026, 11:39 PM

[alpine drum]

ΓAMJIET

[sleek jungle]

Л

[cloud socket]

oooh Tapestry of Fate is also out today; this month is really raining book releases huh

[cunning pivot]

DCC 8 is out (I guess I should read the final version) as is Crypt Currency on KU (which I just started from the kickstarter)

A great week for self published stuff.

[raw musk]

Parade of Horribles... 3 I guess? Audible is being funky with the chapters: ||So Chandra's trying to pull a Britney on Donut eh? Hmm I wonder how Matt feels about that||

[velvet umbra]

oh I love when an audiobook is new and so everything is just "track 1, track 2, track 3"

[long sorrel]

All Hail Chaos is out!

[ivory cypress]

three releases today

man

the new Amina al-Sirafi book is out today too

[spring turtle]

Yep

[ivory cypress]

I should say, three big/relevant to me releases

there are book releases every Tuesday

[velvet umbra]

my wallet asks not to be reminded of this fact

[raw musk]

Ayy it updated!

PoH 3 (for real this time): ||Oh poor Donut. I can't imagine what she's going through. That war crime spell is going to haunt her||

[analog geode]

TINAMD spoilers big ||Well she does get divorced, of a sort…||

[true falcon]

Is the midnight library good?

[raw musk]

PoH 5: ||Ooh we're getting consequences for DeeeeeeeWATAAAAAHH! This will be good||

[hollow hedge]

DCC through This Inevitable Ruin ||honestly I just did a re-listen from February to April and I've already forgotten so much again||

[raw musk]

PoH 6: ||Wait. The same driver can't drive twice in a row. What happens if only 1 team member makes it across the finish line?||

[little dock]

https://youtu.be/QTk6BtBipPk?si=e6-z2RFOo577jdmI

There’s a 1 hour recap

[true falcon]

I haven’t even finish the first book yet!

[little dock]

Yeah, that was for jmcgit haha but if you’re going straight through, you may not need that

[true falcon]

lol.

[hollow hedge]

yeah, that's not really the kind of thing I watch, but thanks anyway

[true falcon]

I wish I can finish this book but maybe sometime when I can have full reading

[cunning pivot]

I can't wait to see y'all hit the end of PoH.

This book is a wild ride (pun intended)

PoH end general ||Mat said at an event he ended up scrapping the last bit of the boom and going with the wildest possible version he had come up with. It shows.||

[wind sinew]

So, turns out I misread. Not signed and numbered but...

[opaque sundial]

Just started Two Towers and in the book version ||when Aragon, Gimli, and Legolas met Éomer and say they're looking for hobbits one of his companions goes, "Hobbits? You mean creatures of children's tales?"

Buddy. You're talking to an elf. ||

[analog geode]

||Theres elves all over, but hobbits almost never leave the shire or interact with the outer world||

[opaque sundial]

||I know, I just always find it funny when characters in fantasy settings dismiss something as being too fanciful||

[long sorrel]

this is my book store emailing me trying to push me to "buy this books that we know are in your mind"

I have all 3, I even bought two of these IN YOUR STORE

pls

[raw musk]

PoH 20: ||A province boss?!?! I know everyone is OP at this point, but are they this OP?||

[velvet umbra]

with all the data that gets collected on consumers these days I feel like "know that I purchased your (typically only bought once) product and stop advertising it to me" is a reasonable ask idk

[long sorrel]

yeah lol

I'm currently reading the leftmost

but I didn't buy it there (not that one nor the previous one on the series)

So it's also kinda funny it's telling me to buy book 2 in a series for which it shouldn't know whether I have book 1 or not

It's also, in hindsight, funny that the Kingfisher book it's recommending me is the only one I've bought from them lol

[velvet umbra]

She's gotta be the author I've read the most without buying any of the books

my library has always available copies for half of them and the rest are usually available or short wait

[raw musk]

PoH 21: ||That wasn't that bad||

[alpine drum]

Kingfisher is who got me to update my Libby account to my new local library

[long sorrel]

Yeah, well, I don't live in US so most of her books aren't available in print here anyhow, but definitely more than just Nettle & Bone

oh my god

I did the bad thing of going and to look up what's available

why is this cover so gorgeous!?

@buoyant whale

[buoyant whale]

👀

[long sorrel]

There's a total of 8 books that I can buy in print (in spanish), which is very little compared to her catalogue

[velvet umbra]

she also just has a ton of books like I hadn't even heard of this one

[long sorrel]

Well, that's a skill issue on your part 😌

That's one of her old fairytales retellings

you might have seen this cover

If you've ever seen it at all

[velvet umbra]

I also don't even know which ones are all available necessarily since she would be in what minimum 4 different sections of the bookstore

[wide hearth]

Assassin's Apprentice finished, 4.5/5, huge fun, can't wait to read more

[wind sinew]

I saw this and omg YES!!!!!

Showed that snake who's bo- princess

DCC Book 7 question ||How did Justice Light die, can someone remind me? I remember the trap he set off... 😭 ||

[true falcon]

Got my library card but no umbrella academy tho

[abstract kiln]

Gate of feral gods 18 || 1
||

[untold leaf]

Finished Tommy and Tuppence book one. Really good, really liked it.

Onto Artemis by Andy Weir now.

[true falcon]

Reading

[hollow hedge]

DCC ||He activated some trap that destroyed the Nothing and emptied it into the later floors. I think he died when he activated it, but he was also alone on a destroyed 9th floor without a way out at the time, I think?||

[light drum]

The Golden Enclaves 13|| THATS HORRIBLE LIKE WHAT THE HELL. Also im pretty sure this means Orion is a mawmouth||

[true falcon]

Finished!

[potent linden]

Bookstore haul from today is Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler and Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse

[minor sleet]

Octavia Butler my beloved

Was just telling someone* that I’ve never read a book by her that was fantastic and somewhat upsetting

*the only ex im still on good terms with, who called me to gossip about an advice column

[analog geode]

did you mean wasnt

[minor sleet]

Yes I did

I gotta start proofreading stuff before I hit the arrow button

[buoyant sedge]

Discord should have an inbuilt ai that reads messages before they're posted and rejects them if it thinks you made a mistake

/s

[minor sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/grr-grrr-grrrr-grrrrr-angry-gif-6489729110128211559

[junior dew]

The incandescent through chapter 28 || SHOOK. I went back and relistened to chapter 27. I was so not ready for this and it took me a minute to really clock what was going on. This book is peakkkkkkkk ||

This book is absolutely about to take the spot of favorite book of the year so far I think

40 ish minutes to go

[ivory cypress]

👀

[spring turtle]

mine comes tomorrow 😔

[minor sleet]

When I am Dictator of World Publishing I will ensure that every book has its number in the series on the spine and that the order of title & author placement on the spine is standardized

Working in a bookstore, the fact that those things are not drove me crazy

[cloud socket]

Also got up to ch 26 in The Sun and the Star and [+ Heroes of Olympus] ||aww the black edged pages were Nico recalling his time in Tartarus up until he got captured, including meeting Nyx. I know it's shared source material but I'm reminded of Hades the video game when she calls him "son of Hades" (that, and Hypnos is present in the scene). Since they did enter through the Door of Orpheus, I'm wondering if there's lingering doubt about each other...||

@ripe tide did you read the Nico books, btw?

[wind sinew]

DCC 7||It was Samantha. She accidentally summoned Emberus who then proceeded to set the floor on fire. Justice Light stayed behind to activate the trap and died.||

[hollow hedge]

DCC ||yep, checking it says it was the fire that killed him, but I suppose the question is whether he had another way out if he had another 5 minutes, I suppose he would||

[wind sinew]

DCC ||Maybe, but he seemed to have kinda given up at that stage. Don't blame him.||

[junior dew]

Yeah The Incandescent is definitely my favorite read so far this year

[ivory cypress]

🥳 yayyyyy

that feels good

[junior dew]

Haha. What a lovely read, damn

[ivory cypress]

it was nice, right!!

i aww'ed SO much

[junior dew]

It really was! Incandescent all || Walden’s POV was so much fun. The dynamic between her and Lauren was super enjoyable. Even her and Dawbury or whatever the spelling is was a fun dynamic as it was ongoing with Walden being like “I know this is dumb alright? Just gotta get it out of my system this one time” and then proceeding to be like “alright fine not just that one time”. And having the magical school setting from the teacher POV was a breath of fresh air. Really well written book. Fantastic audiobook narration. Super fun twist. Love the way it wrapped up with her and Lauren and their awkward struggle to romance. And the dynamic between Walden and her students was really cute as well. And Walden teaching the phoenix 😂 Really well paced book. Good balance of downtime and big stuff happening. Damn, I loved that ||

Yay for random impulse reads

[proven token]

Anji Kills a King 1
||Mm yes that king was just killed||

[somber timber]

Faith of beasts 1 || ah yes sustain a population where not everybody is at an age to have children oh and feed them in the war machine. Also knowing what we know from Livesuit really really changes… everything ||

[solid locust]

Has anyone read war and peace by tolstoi?

Would you reccommend it

[ripe tide]

I did.

[long sorrel]

Saint of Bright Doors has like, amazing prose, amazing narration, the setting is interesting, the MC is well written and interesting, but it just isn't hooking me in any way.

Like there's all this elements that I feel should defs hook me in but they don't make a whole in my brain that's actually working

I've read half of the book in a "kind of out of curiosity" state?

Like, I want to read more of this descriptions, I'm not not having fun either.

But itd be all the same if I didn't continue reading, too

[minor sleet]

Reading witness for the dead and the main character walks past a group of cats and one of them said “mrow”

[long sorrel]

You sure it wasn't Thara?

[wind sinew]

OMG, a Logen Ninefingers reference. The first law got into the dungeon crawler world

[minor sleet]

No it was very clearly the cat who mrowed

[long sorrel]

Are you sure sure!?

[minor sleet]

Yeah

[raw musk]

PoH 71 30 seconds left: ||Oh no. "Linus" is about about to poison everyone isn't he? Or at least try||

[bold halo]

Woke up mad about not having winds of winter yet

[noble yarrow]

Has anyone read the Realm of the Elderlings, I just started the Liveship Traders Trilogy and it's a bit slow at the start, so I'm wondering if I should take a break to read Isles of the Emberdark (finally got it); or it will pick up to the engagement levels of the first trilogy and I can power through then go to Isles?

[buoyant whale]

i'd say it definitely does pick up to the same level or higher

[noble yarrow]

Okay that's very promising, I'll stick with it and let the Isles simmer on my shelf for a while

[junior dew]

Liveship trilogy was stellar imo. Well worth continuing

[cloud socket]

oh, I loved Liveship more than I did Farseer (and then Tawny Man is my favorite but needs both prior trilogies for context)

I started Rain Wild Chronicles but not very far into Dragon Keeper

[low hill]

Yes, I think Liveship was better.

[cloud socket]

Hobb's pacing is generally slow, though, even though I did end up staying up late to finish both Golden Fool and Fool's Fate because Stuff Kept Happening

[lusty meteor]

Liveship was a step up from farseer for me. Tawny man was a step above that.

[alpine drum]

Echoing the Liveship love, I would put it a lot higher than Emberdark

[cloud socket]

both do involve boats haha so maybe you're just in a fantasy ship mood

[long sorrel]

I think probably it depends a bit on the mood, like... I've not read Liveship but if you want a lighter read, I think Emberdark is lighter. Just based on what I have read so far of Hobb, this isn't necessarily a good thing, but y'know sometimes you just want the light thing

[noble yarrow]

I really enjoyed the pace of the second half of Royal Assassin, it was refreshing after a year of Sanderlanching

And thank you everyone, I feel inspired

[ancient bay]

that's so good
(ReZero Arc 8) ||The chapter that's meant to be his backstory, and it just tells us things we already know about him and then he cuts in and says "I'm not giving you any more than that"
It's so in character||

[true falcon]

Gonna try again

[raw musk]

What turned you off last time?

PoH 92: ||The AI is terrifying here. He's absolutely insane and has the power of God on his side. But this info dump is positively delicious||

[true falcon]

My summary and reactions for DCC chapters 1-3

||I like how it’s like RPGs but also some of the writing was millennial humor but I liked it||

[raw musk]

PoH 92 28 minutes in: ||Oh no. No no no no no. Don't kill Prepotente Pony. Not now. Please. No||

[true falcon]

||do like the goblin murder tho||

[cloud socket]

ah, yeah. You haven't met one of the main characters, in a way- get to ch7

DCC general/all ||had to check my copy, that's when Donut finally becomes her own crawler||

[raw musk]

DCC (safe for Nathboi): ||The goblin murder is fun||

[true falcon]

I did read that chapter on ||donut can talk|| but not finished the rest of the book because I got distracted

[raw musk]

Gate of the Feral Gods all: ||I like Donut, but I think my favorite character is Samantha||

[true falcon]

I will say the ||tutorial|| drags

[cloud socket]

it is wild to me that Matt is a pantser writer, who maybe just keeps really good track of everything he's said so far

[hollow hedge]

DCC is a series that very much gets better as it goes along, I’ve always said (minor DCC all) ||the AI is its best character but that really doesn’t become evident until later on||

[raw musk]

PoH 94: ||Carl, are you really trying to summon Scolopendra? There's no way this ends well||

[true falcon]

Finished chapter 7

[raw musk]

||LEVEL 5 STORMING HUNDRED?!?!?! ALL THE ATTACKS?!?!?!||

[true falcon]

Finished chapter 8

omg im reading the book faster!

It’s got me hooked!

||I like the toering and hope Carl never gets shoes||

[true falcon]

Ok I finished chapter 9

That’s it for today! I’ll read more tomorrow

(Until I do get back on the book)

[raw musk]

PoH 96: ||Well that's one way to deal with the Emberus problem||

[true falcon]

||Love tally||

[forest sierra]

Finished Faith of Beasts

This series really shouldn't be as painfully average as it is

Why keep the interesting stuff in the background and only give us narrow slices from incomplete chunks of the story as books

The damn novella was cooler

[hollow hedge]

I liked it but wish I liked the human characters more

There’s really only one I connect with at all

[tight kindle]

Macbeth spoilers?

[analog geode]

obviously

[proven token]

||I mean I assume so? Notably any woman could also kill Macbeth, since the literal quote is "no man of woman born"||

[cunning pivot]

Watching intently as you go through this last bit.

[junior dew]

So I’ve suspected for a while that Libby audiobooks are much lower quality but tonight I went to start a new book and the British accent was Britishing hard, which led me to still stumbling in comprehending some stuff being said even after dropping the speed a bunch.

Got home and checked the audible preview and it’s so much clearer.

Libby has you download the book, why is the audio quality so much worse!?

Plus they have the CarPlay bug still where if you hit rewind too many times in rapid succession it jumps back a random number of chapters

Like on one hand yeah it’s free and most of the time the audio is at least still just barely comprehensible enough to not be too much of an issue, and you can generally get around the rewind issue by being slower about rewinding but dang

Guess I’m going to just drop another credit. Getting close to running out so I’ll be able to test out libro.fm soon-ish

(Also the fact that the British accent be Britishing is not a complaint. The narrator is great. It’s just my own auditory processing being bad particularly with the voice being somewhat muffled by whatever Libby is doing)

Still love that Libby exists but I wish I could join the company for a few months just to get into their code base and fix these things lol

[cunning pivot]

This is definitely a "it doesn't save much money on any individual loan but it does in aggregate of millions of them" kind of thing.

Wouldn't be surprised if the publishers also provide worse quality files to Libraries/Libby vs. other outlets.

[junior dew]

That’s fair. Hate it, but it’s fair lol

[true falcon]

I’m mad I got into DCC late

I’m also mad that I have no stores near me that do release parties!

[light ruin]

DCC book 8 sound clip!

[light ruin]

Lol, right?

[light ruin]

||I crave splooge!!||

[light ruin]

||Samantha is one of Matt's two favorite character. The second one is introduced in the next book||

[raw musk]

All I've got left are the epilogues

[cloud socket]

Also, I'm so pleased [Parade of Horribles 57] ||that they got the rights to use "Take On Me" for this book. I know the original patreon post mentioned he had an alternate version of the chapter if they didn't, but after release day I skipped ahead to it and Jeff doesn't disappoint!||

[light ruin]

Give the audiobook a go. That's where the $$$ is!

[light ruin]

Yeah, I was stoked too

[true falcon]

No I did (stopped because I was distracted and busy) I just wanna read it physically again

[cloud socket]

I do need to read the Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret bits attached to the Ace tradpub editions, maybe on the next reread

[raw musk]

PoH all: ||I wish we could have heard Pony sing||

[light ruin]

Just go into a book store and read them all in one go

[cunning pivot]

The fandom will no doubt make this happen in no time.

[cloud socket]

Oh, my husband got them for me for my birthday (a good problem to have- we keep buying each other books)! I just am reading like... fiftymillion other things

[cunning pivot]

I need to read the final release version but I need to go buy a hardcopy for that.

Currently working through Crypt Currency.

[raw musk]

Butcher's Masquerade all: ||Like Wondercrawl!||

[light ruin]

Omg this is my song, this is my song!

[raw musk]

PoH chapters: ||Secret skit? Is this just the Sound Booth Theater ad?||

[cloud socket]

Usually is, I think like Butchers Masquerade ||Wondercrawl is audiobook only||

[true falcon]

No

Only book 1 got the tradpub edition

I think

The rest are hardcovers

Wait book 2 is getting a tradpub release in August

[cloud socket]

by tradpub I mean they were published by Ace, a traditional publisher. I think you're thinking I meant trade paperback?

Versus the self published versions

[true falcon]

Trade paperback

Yes

[raw musk]

PoH final epilogue: ||Oh no. They didn't get saved by Hetot. The crawlers ended up in Sheol. Oh that's bad. Juice Box got access to the store||

[cunning pivot]

Yeah the trades will be coming but they usually are delayed by a year in the US market anyways and since the hardcovers dropped really close together I might expect those to be more spaced out.

[cunning pivot]

Mat teased that the last two books are really just one split in two. He said the only real difference here is he can be much meaner with the cliffhanger in between them this way.

DCC 9/10 ||He is going to go on a killing spree I know it.||

[velvet umbra]

could never in a million years have predicted what I would see when I opened this

[junior dew]

I feel like you should spoiler the last sentence perhaps?

[cunning pivot]

I will just in case but this is just speculation based on Mat just being like that.

[junior dew]

Yeah I just figure it’s best for those of us who haven’t read book 8 yet you know

[raw musk]

||Oh it was Forkith not Juice Box. Ok||

[junior dew]

Speculation about what’s to come in general I think falls under spoilers just because it’s informed by all that has come to date

[raw musk]

Secret skit: ||IT'S PONY SINGING! LET'S GO!!!
He's actually really good. Although Pony seems to be singing a CarlxPony romance song||

[true falcon]

DCC Chapter 11:
||the first boss was crazy because it was trash and giant cockroaches||

[cloud socket]

Oh dang, maybe I will do a DCC 8 reread via audio even though I finished the ebook last month

[true falcon]

That’s enough for today.

I’m going to bed

[quaint tendon]

Audibles chapters for the hobbit are wrong

This in the book is chapter 14 😛

[wind sinew]

Oh this annoyed me so much when I was reading lol

I think it's one particular chapter that was long in the book and audible had it as two separate chapters (Or the other way round)

[old bone]

We will have it this year

[quaint tendon]

Yeah there’s one chapter in this audible version that’s like an hour long

[wind sinew]

Right, but it was two chapters in the book

[royal carbon]

I acquired some books including DCC 8 yesterday. Started DCC 8 last night but I should really go to bed before it is suddenly very late.

[wind sinew]

No you shouldn't

You should read

Reading good

[royal carbon]

Maybe but last night I forgot to hydrate and go to bed at a reasonable time.

[wind sinew]

Keep the trend going? 😬😅

[quaint tendon]

Yeah Im decently sure the extra long one did have a chapter announcement in the middle of it lol.

[wind sinew]

I don't remember it having one but I do remember being annoyed start of every chapter after it 😭

Like nails on a board

[snow vessel]

Most audiobooks I've listened to have been off-set by one or two

Usually because of title/credit "chapters" at the start

[velvet umbra]

tbf they usually don't call them chapters in my experience then

[snow vessel]

Oh I suppose

I think all of the audiobooks I've listened to have just had them labelled as tracks

[velvet umbra]

like if they are not labeled based on the actual contents of the book like this

they just say "Track 1, Track 2, Track 3" not Chapter

presumably that's just the like "under the hood" default labeling and someone has to go in and label them for that player?

cause I've seen it more commonly when I get the book from a lesser known service (i.e. audiobooks.com instead of audible or hoopla instead of libby)

[snow vessel]

I've actually never seen one labelled with chapter names

[somber timber]

Audible has been pretty good about chapter names for a while now

[velvet umbra]

really? how do you get your audiobooks

[snow vessel]

I've been using libro.fm

Everything there has just been tracks

[ivory cypress]

okay, I finished Death of the Author... wow okay

[velvet umbra]

random selection but all mine seem labeled

[velvet umbra]

ah yeah I think I've heard that as a specific downside of that service

[somber timber]

Like even the secret projects audiobook files that we had to put onto an app called bookplayer has the chapter names

[velvet umbra]

Spotify usually unlabeled

[velvet umbra]

yeah it's weird to me it can't just be made inherent to the audio file via the metadata or something

[somber timber]

Speaking of which there are still kindle books where they don’t have real page numbers and it drives me insane

[velvet umbra]

wdym by real page numbers

[somber timber]

Kindle has their own like location thing in the bottom left. Most of the time now you can switch it to real page numbers, but that wasn’t common until like the mid to late 2010s

[velvet umbra]

that sounds super annoying

[somber timber]

It’s just kinda irritating. You can hide it and go to percentage only but it’s not super common anymore.

[junior dew]

Recommend it? I am tempted to try to hit all the hugo nominees this year because I've read 2 of them already.

[bold halo]

Optimistic?

[ivory cypress]

I'm not sure how I think others would think of this one. I really connected with the main character but it's also not very sff, or not the way you would expect. I like it, I like to think I see what it is, but I think it's the most different of the nominees

[long sorrel]

Would you recc it to me?

This is both a harder and easier question

[true falcon]

Alr back to reading dcc

[true falcon]

DCC: Chapters 12-17
||it’s crazy that there’s a drug war with the goblins and llamas because of donut||

[ivory cypress]

it's kinda funny, I'm not sure either, I don't know if there's a similar book that I'm sure you've liked or disliked

[true falcon]

DCC: Chapter 18-19

||they killed babies?!||

https://tenor.com/view/long-tears-gif-11087877242190144149

[opaque sundial]

I love the Ents in Two Towers so much. I already liked them in the movies, but in the books they're so much cooler.
||Treebeard: We're gonna tear down Isengard, the weakest of us is stronger than the strongest of trolls and stones are meaningless.
Merry and Pippin: But isn't Isengard protected by a wizard?
Treebeard: Yeah, it really doesn't matter what's guarding the city.||

[long sorrel]

The ents are the best in the books

in the movies they only manage to capture like.. a fraction of how great they are, and ofc the visual is great but it doesn't work all the same

[true falcon]

Halfway done!

Chapters 20-27

||im glad that everyone got on the second floor and beated two bosses (gymbro lizard and a ball)||

[brazen pilot]

question: what's everyone's favorite Dr. Seuss book

it's gotta be The Butter Battle Book for me

but Yertle the Turtle's up there too

[true falcon]

Maybe the most basic one

Grinch

[raw musk]

PoH all: ||You know who I feel bad about? Khepri. He keeps getting caught in the middle of whatever Carl is doing. He's used for his invulnerability, gets slapped around by various gods, and goes back to the Halls of Ascendency in shame||

[untold leaf]

Oh, The Places You'll Go is my favorite purely for how hopeful and motivational it is. Especially the line where Seuss just breaks the whole rhyming scheme just to say "Kid, you'll move mountains!"

The Butter Battle Book is good too

I seem to remember in some distant past once reading a book by Dr. Seuss that contained no rhyming at all. Just a rather straightforward fun little story with his same typical artstyle, but all prose, no poetry.

[minor sleet]

One Fish Two Fish, for the many, many creatures

Also because he wrote that (and I think Green Eggs and Ham) with the intention of teaching children as a many simple words as possible in one picture book

[low hill]

I don't think I've ever read one.

[true falcon]

28-29

||giant crab woman||

[low hill]

Chapters of what?

[true falcon]

Dungeon crawler Carl

[minor sleet]

One fish two fish?

I made my parents read it to me over and over

[low hill]

No, any Dr Seuss.

[little dock]

Parade of Horribles 77 ||”You can call me Pony if you like” 😭😭||

[true falcon]

DCC chapter 30-31

||dang! That’s a lot of followers!||

[minor sleet]

And you grew up in an English speaking household going to English speaking schools?

[low hill]

Yes. In, in fact, the England.

[minor sleet]

That’s probably why then

American teachers commonly use Dr Seuss books to teach reading

[low hill]

Mmm. I am aware of them, culturally, but I don't recall reading one.

[long sorrel]

Same

[true falcon]

At chapter 40

[quaint tendon]

Nice

[true falcon]

I’ve read 51 chapters today

12+39

[little dock]

Just got a notification that Audible updated Parade of Horrible’s audio for the last chapter. Not sure what that entails.

[ivory cypress]

i saw an announcement on Matt Dinniman's discord, so afaik just correcting some errors

[little dock]

Good to know.

[true falcon]

I finished dungeon crawler Carl!

10/10

[unique turret]

New Achievement!

[true falcon]

||“Dammit donut!”||

[true falcon]

I want more Carl and donut shenanigans!

I want all the books

[cloud socket]

haha such a turnaround from bouncing off of it

[snow vessel]

Finished Prince Lestat & The Realms of Atlantis

[cunning pivot]

And so it begins. Welcome to the Crawl.

[abstract kiln]

Gate of Feral Gods all ||well well well, talk about a plot twist
I genuinely thought Bea was dead. But not only is she alive, but Audette got her and the cat? What in the world does she want with them anyway? Shove them in their face at the next interview? Or something more heinous
How long before she pisses off Carl enough to make him come after her too
Bro is on the warpath, and isn't gonna stop until everything is burnt down||

[mild lance]

Hell Bent Part 1 ||well crap, guess that not-Darlington is doing some other scheme that involves the murders. What I can’t figure yet is how Michelle is involved. Is she helping him hoping to bring back the real Darlington?||

[true falcon]

I might go to the local book shop for book shopping if I can get there

Like more of the Carl books

[snow vessel]

Hmmm starless sea or god emperor of dune...

[old bone]

@lofty glen Absolute CINEMA
Absolute Batman Latest - || https://vxtwitter.com/RWheel0333/status/2054875020799705138?s=20 ||

LotusFire莲花灶 (@RWheel0333)

#dc #absolutebatman 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞

i finished the animation op！references are listed in the end❤️*\(^o^)/*used around 1 month to finish

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(Comics related stuff go here right?)

[quaint tendon]

https://tenor.com/view/rage-emoji-rage-gif-3851471549750385303

[oblique marten]

Surprised DCC doesn't have its own dedicated thread here yet honestly

Anyway APH ||Daaaaaamn what a ride that was||

||Definitely not my favorite in the series, that still belongs to TIR and I really don't see that changing. But that ending was absolutely insane. Very curious to see how it all ends.||

[light drum]

Platform Decay Question ||have we seen Three before?||

[mild lance]

||yeah they got introduced in book 5 (Network Effect I think is the title?||

[potent linden]

Okay I was planning on just summarizing my thoughts on The Candy Shop War 3 afterward (which will end up mostly being me talking about Mull's writing and less about the events of the story, I think) but this one minor thing is annoying me so much I have to complain about it.

Chapter 26 ||"Do you think Lindy would turn on us?" "Who knows, she's tried to destroy us before" what are you dumbasses talking about. You mean before she had her memory wiped and was de-aged and became a whole other character, who then spent a book becoming one of the main characters and proving that she's her own person and on your side even after finding out who she used to be and what you did? Is that what you mean?? Because Lindy hasn't done anything to hurt you guys! What the hell!

Between this and the Zac confrontation a bit ago, which was obviously coming but when it actually happened the dialogue and reasoning took a weird decline for the sake of evil I guess, I am worried that this usually decently thoughtful book is going to stop thinking about how it addresses things for The Drama unnecessarily. ||

Unrelatedly, ||Shardplate should be capitalized damnit 😤 ||

[mild lance]

I made it all the way to the end of Hell Bent thinking this was a duology

Apparently there is a third book coming out this year and I hadn’t heard

Hell Bent all ||solid book overall, better than Ninth House imo. Still had a bit of a problem with not foreshadowing twists imo, but not doing a massive lore dump at the climax helped a lot. Really enjoying all these characters. Alex and Darlington need to get it on already lol||

[low hill]

What did you think?

[snow vessel]

PLATROA all ||So, I will say I knew about the aliens maybe before I even got to book 2/3, so though they were a sudden addition, they weren't totally surprising. I found the Replimoid/Atalantaya story compelling enough to stay interested, and I think tying it to the vampires through Amel worked.||

||I liked Amel and getting to explore him more here. I think its a shame that some of the vampires got less to do, but I'm glad they were at least around (compared to Blood Canticle). I liked Lestat's story in this, and the continuation of the arc from PL of the vampires growing and adapting and looking to the future. I really liked Louis being important again and being the one to solve the problem, and that that came from his experiences in previous books.||

||The vampires did feel a little sidelined though, and a lot of the new lore... kind of feels like maybe it would be better suited for its own series. I like Rhosh as a foil to Lestat but idk... he felt bad about his actions in PL and was pardoned, then he got pardoned again... I'm not really sold on why he keeps being an antagonist. The book also didnt quite hit the same highs as some of my favourites in the series (though it also didnt have lows as low as some of my least favourite moments/books)||

||Surprisingly, despite the aliens and luracastria and all, it kind of feels the most... normal to me? Its plot is a bit more grounded, the philosophical/emotional arc is a bit less extreme than in some other books. It feels more approachable than some of the others, but in being that it does lose some of the really good parts of the series||

I would give it like, slightly above average rating, both in general and compared to the other books. Liked it more than the worst ones but less than my favourites

My top 4 are TQOTD, PL, MTD, TVL. Bottom two are Merrick and Blood Canticle. PLATROA sort of goes somewhere in with the backstory books
-# I skipped B&G and Blackwood Farm

[low hill]

Interesting.

[snow vessel]

What did you think of it?

[low hill]

[Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis] ||I thought it all got a bit silly, really. The stuff with the aliens and the luracastria and so on just suddenly took everything off in a direction that I wasn't expecting or felt that I needed adding to my mopey gay vampire angst...||

[snow vessel]

PLATROA ||it does kind of feel like Anne had an idea for a scifi story... and then just kind of slotted it into this book. It kind of feels more like a crossover to me than Merrick did||

[low hill]

Yeah...

Remind me, you've not read the Mayfair Witches books, right?

[snow vessel]

Nope

I was thinking about it, but... a combination of factors made me decide not to

[low hill]

nods I read them all together this time, because I knew they were going to interleave.

[snow vessel]

I really struggled with Merrick and that kind of killed my motivation to read them.
-# Plus I heard the trigger-warning-type content that I enjoy the least from these books is maybe more prevalent there, so that put me off a little

I might get to them eventually, but if I do it'll be when I'm actually interested in reading them outside of just for the crossover

By the way Vecna, which of the Chronicles is your favourite? Plus favourite vampire?

[quaint tendon]

Hey I’ve only read up to Tehanu when it comes to Earthsea, does anyone here recommend the later additions?

[cunning pivot]

The Other Wind finishes out the series. Tales from Earthsea are short stories in the world but less necessary for it to feel complete in my opinion.

[low hill]

Probably Tale of the Body Thief.
Picking a favourite vampire is difficult, because they're all so whiney... :P

[long sorrel]

My new dracula (left)

@low hill

[low hill]

Nice. :)

[true falcon]

Have y’all heard of aj Finn?

(The persona to a liar)

[snow vessel]

Oooh

[quaint tendon]

Thank you for the reply

[snow vessel]

I think I'm gonna pick up God Emperor of Dune next

Starless sea will be after that

[true falcon]

I need to get a bigger version of dune

[snow vessel]

-# soooooorrry :p

I need to read it for a book club so I will actually get to it

[low hill]

shakes head sadly

I'm not upset, just disapointed...

[snow vessel]

😔

[long sorrel]

I hope you feel the weight of Vecna and I just being disappointed. (And Atrus too, they're just not around to say probably)

[snow vessel]

It'll be my next book!

I can't promise if i read it now that I won't end up rushing it to get to GEOD

This way is better for both 🙏

[low hill]

I will probably do a re-read at some point this year with my new edition.

[long sorrel]

I do want to do a reread but my reading has basically not being going at all 😩

[snow vessel]

My reading has actually been going surprisingly well

[low hill]

It'll be a while, becuse I'm on a Malazan book at the moment...

[long sorrel]

this is my May reading...

[snow vessel]

I was worried earlier this year that I wasn't really going to get to anything

[long sorrel]

Though I've read... but since I only mark when I finish

[snow vessel]

Ahh

It's may right now right

I think I've read two books so far? Which is good for me. Especially PLATROA only taking me a week

[long sorrel]

I've read about 50% of Saint of Bright Doors

[low hill]

Depending on how you want to count it I've read 1-2, plus started Bonehunters and Dracula Daily.

[hoary path]

Blood Over Bright Haven ||I really hope this isn't going to turn into a romance. I'm a little over halfway and Sciona sucks as a human. Like hard. Thomil being this nice feels way forced for how awful she is. If he gets with her I'm gonna be mad lol||

[low hill]

Ah, that is one of the books I have read this month. :P

[long sorrel]

I should aim to actually finish my book this weekend

[hoary path]

I'm liking it a lot, the magic is super interesting. ||I just feel it is going to force a romance when it absolutely should not turn into one.||

Edit: ||Like, idk how you come back from telling someone who's family was turned into mincemeat right in front of their eyes that their family deserved to die in agony. No matter how you apologize, that is completely unforgivable in my eyes. At least for any romance||

[long sorrel]

I want to read other things but I also don't want to not read this

[true falcon]

Me when I have no more Carl books

[quaint tendon]

Mood

[true falcon]

I need more Carl!

[raw musk]

DCC general: ||This is the name that irritates me the most. Her name is spelled Odette||

[hollow hedge]

the price of being audio only, there are always people who get names wrong

[raw musk]

In some ways it's so much worse with Will Wight. For the most part Dinniman is pretty good

[hollow hedge]

I do need to make my way through Cradle again, that was a good time but I don't remember it too well

like the big things, sure, but so many of the little things

[cloud socket]

Carl's Doomsday Scenario ||yeah I wasn't sure if it was Signet like the symbol or Cygnet like the baby swan until I asked a friend||

[hoary path]

Blood over Bright Haven ||I like romance but this book definitely didn't need it. It sticks out so much and is so tropey 😭||

[cloud socket]

||because my brain was like, "half naiad does feel like a clumsy ugly duckling story, if they're going with botched earth narratives"||

[velvet umbra]

This is how I justify having the physical books as more than a vanity/shelf display purchase lol, I check the spellings all the time

[hollow hedge]

I like having audio + ebook for that, I think I might be outright done with paper books

[velvet umbra]

I only read ebooks if I can get them from the library or like a super super cheap bundle

And my library only has the first couple DCC books with super long waits

[hoary path]

The first Witcher book pronounces "Dandelion" as Dan-dill-eon and I can't unhear it

[velvet umbra]

I stopped listening and read all of them in print because of this lmao

[hollow hedge]

reminds me of the reason I didn't listen to the fourth ASOIAF book when its original narrator used a dramatically different pronounciation of Cersei's name like 'Ser Sigh' or something

(that version was deleted around the time ADWD came out and Dotrice was available to record a version)

that's a series that could very much use a new audio verison, I did like Dotrice's performance of the first three books, but he lost a step when he did the next two books a decade later

(and idk if his original recordings aged well in light of the show anyway)

[true falcon]

Might read a couple books on hoopla

Already got the deviant in there

[velvet umbra]

given how insanely popular it is and the fact that if the next book comes out (which from a publisher standpoint still has to be treated as a possibility) they will need a new narrator, it's kind of shocking to me we haven't gotten like a Graphic Audio or other multi-narrator version

stuff like Red Rising and SLA are immensely popular yes but they're dwarfed by ASOIAF and they have this

[hollow hedge]

I suppose the likely explanation is that George considered Roy a friend and wouldn't want to displace his work

[velvet umbra]

certainly possible

[hollow hedge]

he worked hard to get Dotrice on the TV show, and when his health didn't allow him to play Pycelle, he at least managed a smaller role in season 2

I suppose it's possible that they'll do something new with audio whenever the next book is coming, which I don't really expect to be within George's lifetime so they might have a little more flexibility

[quaint tendon]

Parade of horribles general speculation || I’m not saying this is a prediction, but if the ai is designing tracks I feel there’s a non zero chance that of them will be in a disturbingly accurately scaled shape of carls foot||

[raw musk]

How much have you read Thorn?

[true falcon]

The deviant (comics issue 1-4):

||the craziest twist I’ve ever seen in a comic and the gore was more crazy!||

[quaint tendon]

I am on chapter 5

Just fun musings

I have missed DCC

Also Parade of Horribles 5 || oh no Ellie has to talk to a gooner super fan.||

[raw musk]

PoH 5: ||She's putting the gooner fan in his place at least||

[velvet umbra]

me not being caught up on DCC right now:

[quaint tendon]

That’s my girl

[viral fractal]

MOOD

[raw musk]

I think wow fans are in the same boat as door of stone fans

[alpine drum]

imo the existing portion of ASOIAF is much more rewarding to read than the existing portion of Kingkiller

[quaint tendon]

parade of horribles 13 || Womentaurs…and their half mantaur gimp.||

[true falcon]

Finished both volumes of deviant

[abstract kiln]

Butchers masquerade ||...wow, damn donut
I physically recoiled at the sheer vitriol and anger donut displayed out of literally nowhere
Though, I'm glad it went down this way and not with her becoming a boss. Though the definitely not a man whore of a cat Ferdinand is definitely ending up as a boss. I'll give Audette that much, that thanks to her stepping in things went better than they could have. ||

[quaint tendon]

parade of horribles 15 || oh no the gooner is in the dungeon||

[abstract kiln]

Butchers masquerade ||what in the world donut, Carl's supposed to be the insane revolutionary not you 😭 ||

||wait no go back tell me more about the "F those trees in particular" spell ||

[light drum]

Platform Decay up to 6||Im loving these emotion checks||

[light drum]

Platform Decay all ||aka Murderbot's road trip from hell||

[unborn furnace]

Which one should I start?

[raw musk]

The first Red Rising trilogy is complete, but the 7 book series should be wrapping up in the next couple of years. DCC on the other hand just released book 8 with 2 more planned

If you want to join the hype, go with DCC, but beware of gore. If you want sci-fi/care about reading a completed series, go with Red Rising
My vote is for DCC personally

[true falcon]

DCC is a masterpiece of modern literature (for me)

[unborn furnace]

Right

So Democracy has talked

DCC

[true falcon]

Might read project Hail Mary from the library then get my DCC books (shipped or go local shopping)

[raw musk]

https://tenor.com/view/i-love-it-gif-18812641

[unborn furnace]

The best Star Wars film Is revenge of the sith

[unborn furnace]

Like

This rocks

I will boe to Johannes Gutenberg for inventing the printing press

[unborn furnace]

Bow to Johannes Gutenberg

[unborn furnace]

DCC IS AMAZING

[true falcon]

I need to do another re-read when I get the rest of the books

[versed agate]

FoB 30 ||There is too much book left for how much of an end that chapter/sequence felt like. Guess it's about to be Jessyn's Wild Ride||

[true falcon]

Got project Hail Mary on hold for pickup at the library if they get it

[buoyant sedge]

Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!

[true falcon]

(Every library is checked out tho and idk if I can read the ebook on hoopla)

[true falcon]

My neice would love a book here if she can read without the pictures!

[minor sleet]

There’s warrior graphic novels now, as a transition to the already simple books

[potent linden]

Aw that sign is so cute lol

[minor sleet]

Cat sitting on a box set of warriors books would make a killer pin or t shirt design

[quaint tendon]

Oh thatd be cute

[junior dew]

One day I’d be so curious to reread the OG warriors series

Also my gf started the incandescent after I raved about it 👀

[buoyant sedge]

Not sure I read the OG fully. I came in from the start of the third(?) series, then looped back to the second

[junior dew]

I think I read the first 3 series? Maybe 4?

Hard to recall

[minor sleet]

I read through series 5 or 6

The one that ends with ||Firestar’sdeath)||, which felt like a natural off ramp for the series. The one after that was a prequel called “Dawn of the Clans”

[proven token]

Finished Anji Kills a King and was meh on it

Starting Three Parts Dead rn

[true falcon]

Should I read love hypothetical?

[trim tide]

Just finished Golden Son, book 2 of red rising

Oh my god I loved it

It isnt often I read sci-fi, but man red rising has been great

[snow vessel]

Yess

[light drum]

Its always funny seeing authors favorite words that they specifically use

[snow vessel]

Gosh I have so much I want to read

I'm tempted to go through my storygraph and remove a bunch of old reads/tbr's

I'm also tempted to shuffle my shelves around again...

[velvet umbra]

I have like 10 chapters left

idk if it was a coincidence or these books are just that popular but I was reading it at work (I bring books with me to work all the time but no one ever comments really) and like 3 different people said they were reading it

[trim tide]

Already loving Morning Star

[potent linden]

dooooo iiiiit read even more than the OG, even

[potent linden]

that'd be Omen of the Stars, the fourth published series (and yeah a pretty natural stopping point)

I have about an arc and a half (plus one super edition) to go and then I'll finally be caught up with Warriors again

[sleek jungle]

Finally back to reading there is no antimemetics division!
tinad ch3 ||okay, lots of stuff here. "antimemetic bomb" before the invention of the transistor, designed to eliminate the idea of nazism is cool. I don't fully gork it, but it is cool. If I understood correctly, they pretty much said that (anti)memetic technology is relatively simple, and it spans the entire history of humanity, with antimemetic specialists constantly rediscovering the same stuff, forgetting/deleting knowledge of dangerous memes and memetic threats.||
||No clue how to deal with this numbered not-spider thing. Also, I'm not sure if the distress beacon was set up with the number the spider is associated with, or if it was the old director's personal code.||
||The last question is, why did Sheradin change her name to Quinn? If it were protocol, the old director would've expected it, so I assume she got a new identity to make married life a possibility ||
🍿

the redaction sound effect is a bit too much, imo

tinad second dossier ||antimemetic tallnecks ||

[analog geode]

||I assumed he retired before she got married. Or the memory was eaten somewhere along the way||

[sleek jungle]

Timad p2 ch1 ||rip Morgan. Spider is back, now in a kaiju form with old director as a mouthpiece ||

[sleek jungle]

||I may or may not have completely forgotten that the tradition of changing a last name after marriage is a thing||

[minor sleet]

That’s how I felt. I think the author put all the good bits in the section Tor gave away free online as a promotion

[opaque sundial]

Two Towers
||I gotta say, I'm shocked that the fella named Wormtongue turned out to be evil. Shocked.
-# /s||

[true falcon]

Might not be getting PHM this week because my hold is on queue

[true falcon]

53 people want the same thing as me in the library

[quaint tendon]

parade of horribles 23 || what do you mean this isnt the parade of horribles SysAI!?||

https://tenor.com/view/jennifer-lawrence-what-do-you-mean-hot-ones-gif-4001901854581085955

[true falcon]

It’s not fair! I don’t have books 2-8!

[wraith lynx]

Royal Assassin 12 ||fitz... alright man 😳||

[alpine drum]

||context? I can think of several things that would make yuo react that way||

[wraith lynx]

Ah yes, (RA 12) ||He got HELLA laid and im happy for him! In spite of the mess this will absolutely cause for the both of them||

[alpine drum]

https://klipy.com/gifs/good-for-him-good-for-her--k01KRVQBRRZECHM4Z0YJVKN2JG5

[true falcon]

I finished 8 books this month (1 novel and 7 comics)

[wind sinew]

Operation bounce house||This is going to end badly for our protagonists isn't it? 😭||

[true falcon]

Wish it was at the library

[quaint tendon]

|| does capitalism ever for anyone||

Parade of horribles 29 || wow caprids really love to overreact||

[wind sinew]

The rich?

[quaint tendon]

ah you see

that is what they think

but it consumes all of us eventually

thats the lie that sells the problem

they all think theyll be fine

but they all die. when they have nothing but themselves

[raw musk]

Me?

Idk about that

[quaint tendon]

full automation of the machine isnt actually possible, its a fear tactic used by the owning class because they need your labor

[wind sinew]

So just sociopaths then

[wind sinew]

😂

[quaint tendon]

shrug

sociopaths, billionaires

[wind sinew]

There's a difference?

[quaint tendon]

potato pota-genocidoh

no you just need to wait for my punchline im unfortunately well known for not getting to the point

[wind sinew]

Lmfaooooo

[quaint tendon]

Point is they all drink the same kool aid your every day bootlicker does. They think their wealth will save them in the end. But the unfortunate truth is when all of us are dead or automated away there is no class but the owning class

And then class means nothing g

And thus they will have to eat each other

This all got very manifesto-y on main. Oops

[proven token]

TFE ||Oh hi Elend, didn't see you there ||

[quaint tendon]

https://tenor.com/view/hair-flip-starts-gif-26049460

[wind sinew]

Hallo

[wind sinew]

OBH ||That was a much better ending than I was expecting||

[wide hearth]

Royal Assassin 9 ||Are all wolves able to converse eloquently through the Wit, or is this unique to Fitz? I don't remember the dogs chatting away. Wolves aren't that much more intelligent, are they?||

[quaint tendon]

Parade of horribles 32-33 || oh no gluteus max and Samantha have been on pills for days ||

[opaque sundial]

Two Towers
||Gandalf the White meeting Gimli: You hit me in the head, but it is no matter. You thought I was an enemy, but now you see I am a friend. Let us tell our tales of what happened since we last spoke.||
||Gandalf the White meeting Pippin: I hate you.||

[low hill]

I mean, it's a resonable response...

[tight kindle]

I really need to stop walking into the used books section of the thrift store...

[long sorrel]

You don't!

[analog geode]

why

[true falcon]

Might be going to my first local bookstore tomorrow

[true falcon]

I wanna get Percy Jackson books

[light ruin]

End of PoH book 8

This book is absolutely insane in all the good ways

[versed agate]

uhhhh

[buoyant sedge]

Yeah I think that's a fair reaction

[raw musk]

It's not any less weird in context

[low hill]

Does not compute.

[cloud socket]

haha, this is how I ended up with all the Trials of Olympus books in hardcover because I found the full set at goodwill!

[quaint tendon]

Let me tell yall, as disappointing as most of the PJO audio book performances are. They have nothing on the Magnus narrator idk what happened but those books suck to listen to

I’ll have to try them physically one day cause I’ve heard great things about them

Trials of Apollo is a surprisingly decent listen. Books were super fun. Well

Fun and sad

I don’t think Heroes of Olympus keeps Bernstein, I can’t remember

Those were alright listens. But nothing special

Sadie’s narrator in the Kane chronicles books was. Grating to be honest

Which is a bummer cause those are probably my second favorite books apart from the PG PJO series

[ripe tide]

I imagine you mean heroes of olympus?

[cloud socket]

no, it was definitely the Apollo books... oh it's trials of apollo, isn't it

[ripe tide]

Yes

You were mixing up the titles for both series

[buoyant sedge]

What accent do they go with for her?
Estuary or just general "English"

[quaint tendon]

General English

Might be more specific but I haven’t listened to those books since I was a kid

The Kane chronicles were my first exposure to dual narration

And it soured me on it for a long time

[true falcon]

I’ve never read Percy Jackson and hunger games

As a kid and as an adult

[quaint tendon]

I read the first 2 hunger games books

I checked out after that

APOH 38 || you know, every time in these books I think, “perhaps this time the fault won’t be with Space Capitalism” the books lock in and show me just how much it can be the fault of space capitalism more than I had ever previously imagined ||

|| we need to overthrow the government to save Mordecai||

[trim tide]

Gotta say, the red rising trilogy is the first time ive seen a space war done well

[trim tide]

Also one of my new favorite audiobook people

Tim Gerard Reynolds

Up there with Michael Kramer and Kate Reading

[light drum]

Shroud all ||This book felt loke a lot of other books by Tchacoscky but was a solid read if a bit derivative of the hiveminds. A lot of books are described as X meets Y in terms of books and i couldn't help thinking this was Project Hail Mary meets Children of time except good but not as good|| ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

[long sorrel]

Im back to reading a bit more tonight. Saint of Bright Doors 22 ||It seems this book just won't hook me in no matter what it does Fetter stole the relic and in the back of my mind I understand this is like, the swerve in the plot into a chain of events that sounds really interesting... but I just... don't care?? I wonder if it's my mental state and not this book not hooking me in specifically||

[ivory cypress]

some books i just don't get the hook placed in, disconnected from my opinion of its quality

[long sorrel]

Yeah

[ivory cypress]

saint was one ||that i thought was VERY good but i also had to push myself through the whole time||

[long sorrel]

Hmmm

I can't tell if it's me or the book

It has been a not very good month

[ivory cypress]

:(

[long sorrel]

Though you saying this does make me think it's very likely the book

And I've not been able to push through which is on me

I've a third left now

[ivory cypress]

saint all but still very general ||this is on purpose and by the end i think it's just so clear this is on purpose and part of the vision, but fetter's pov is so vague. this man just floats through his life||

||i do think this must be part of it||

[long sorrel]

I was about to say

||I feel I've not learn anything yet, in 66% of the book||

I mean, many things have happened

But yeah

22 ||Except that the doors area open, I think that's meant to be kinda huge but I'm just like "wtf does that mean" ||

[ivory cypress]

saint ||i did think some things were clearer and in light of the whole book, with all of it see in view, i can see the purpose of it and what this was going for, and i did think moment to moment the writing was stellar but also my MAN, fetter, just. is so incredibly disconnected from his own life, other people, the place he lives in||

[long sorrel]

The baffling thing is that this type of thing would usually drive me forward by pure curiosity

But it isn't

Ah well, back to reading

[ivory cypress]

gl!

[junior dew]

Yeah I think this is all super fair

Parable of the Sower 18 || This book has not been what I expected ||

[light drum]

||How so?||

[junior dew]

|| I think I didn’t know what to expect. I’ve just heard the book is exceptional. I think it’s a slower start than I expected. Has started to pick up a bit recently. ||

[light drum]

Parable of the sower prose/themes||I think the dictation and tone remaining consistent from the normal to the abnormal really adds to the overall character and theme of the book||

[somber timber]

Faith of beasts 2 || oh swarm is cooked. Absolutely cooked. It is in full denial mode except the voice telling it that they’re delusional is coming from inside their own head. Also lol setting up mystery and tension with the which friend is going to die question that the character knows the answer to but won’t name names ||

[tight kindle]

I looked through all 9 boxes of my books for a specific one, and then found it in the first box I checked

[quaint tendon]

APOH 40 || “you straight to video low budget leprechaun” incredible stuff.||

[snow vessel]

Having a bit of a harder time getting into God Emperor of Dune compared to the last few

GEOD 30% or so ||i feel like it's not weird enough to hit the "enjoy it for the weird" vibes yet but it's also not working for me as a normal book. Probably because there's not really a plot yet and I don't feel like there have been character arcs set up yet either...||

[quaint tendon]

APOH 44 || everyone’s gotta leave Jamal alone. ||

[wide hearth]

Royal Assassin 12 ||I was completely absorbed in the awkward romance of it all, then Nighteyes pops in... ||

[cunning pivot]

They did marketing posters for each floor of the DCC dungeon. Spoilers for DCC through Parade of Horribles. https://www.lit-escalates.com/collections/levelup

[minor sleet]

||It’ll get weirder if you stick with it, I promise||

[junior dew]

Parable of the sower through chapter 19 || I haven’t really hit any abnormal as of yet. But the book is solid so far. Curious to see where it goes exactly.

I think so far I like the other stuff I’ve read from Butler more(Lilith’s Brood, Kindred, and Bloodchild collection) but there’s still 2 hours left in the book. Like I mentioned yesterday, I think it had a slower start but it’s starting to pick up a bit I feel ||

[light drum]

Lilith's brood is probably my favorite butler work and ine of my favorite series of all time

[minor sleet]

Lilith Iyapo my beloved

[junior dew]

Oh wow! Yeah it was really good. I should give it another read one day. I thought Kindred was exceptional as well. Possibly my favorite of hers so far?

Butler is great

[minor sleet]

I’ve never read anything by her that wasn’t excellent

[wind sinew]

Been reading piranesi. Good book but slow for my taste maybe

[light drum]

Her prose is also some of the best I've read

[junior dew]

Highly recommend Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

[light drum]

Added to the TBR 😭

[junior dew]

Lmfao I know the feeling. But that and The Girl with The Louding Voice by Abi Dare are some of the best books I’ve ever read

[light drum]

Stoooooop giving me books to add to the TBR 😭

[junior dew]

Never

[light drum]

Im nearing 30 books on it

[junior dew]

🫣

141 standalones and series 😭

But hey, if you never get through your TBR, you always have something new to read 🙂

[light drum]

Do you put all the books of a series for yki TBR or just the first?

[junior dew]

Because I use Margins and can add either a book or a whole series to the TBR, I add the whole series if a book is part of a series.

If I start a series and decide it isn’t for me, I can just remove the whole series from the TBR

A series counts as a single entry in the Margins TBR

[light drum]

Heck

[junior dew]

Though I wish I could see how many books in total it is. I’m curious 😂

And I do wish that once you have read every book in a series it automatically removed the series from the TBR. Recently noticed it doesn’t. I should send that in as a feature request tbh

But yeah I like being able to save the whole series to the TBR. Usually if I start a series I don’t bounce off of it. And this helps to ensure when picking books that I know what I’m getting into when I start it haha

Oh yeah this just came in on Libby yesterday 👀

[royal carbon]

Me trying to find books on my shelves

[long sorrel]

👀

[wraith lynx]

My friend got the complete Red Rising set and is starting it today, my propaganda is once again paying off 😌🔥

[forest sierra]

LOVE this series

Pretty much singlehandedly got me back into reading half a decade ago now

[wide hearth]

Royal Assassin 13 ||Well that sure is a harrowing chapter to read when you have a 3-year-old daughter||

[true falcon]

Library haul

[opaque sundial]

I didn't know it was a book, I'm gonna have to pick that up

[tight kindle]

Went to the bookstore and found City of Miracles by RJB in the used section and therefore cheap and even though it's book 3 I'm tempted because it's on my list to read eventually

[long sorrel]

I mean... if you do get to book 1, you will get to book 3

so why not, RIGHT?

[versed agate]

https://tenor.com/view/ok-right-you-right-i-know-thats-right-yas-gurl-gif-23655273

[analog geode]

great series

[true falcon]

Got my target pickup for dcc books 2&3

(My parent is bringing it)

[true falcon]

It’s technically a miniseries of a comic by my chemical romance singer Gerald way

[abstract kiln]

Butchers masquerade ||I think this is my favorite book so far. I absolutely love the tension, the fights, everything is coming together into a massive storm. The fight with the insect in the town after the con was particularly awesome, and I'm loving this tension at the masquerade, just waiting for all hell to break loose
Because it 100% will
I just wonder, what's gonna be the thing that breaks ||

[long sorrel]

.... eventually

Ahem

[true falcon]

Got em

[cunning pivot]

Don't forget to peek under the dust jackets.

[true falcon]

I did.

[abstract kiln]

Butchers masquerade ||ahem
The book isn't over
Until the fat cat sings||

[hollow hedge]

Parade of Horribles ||or the goat||

[raw musk]

How far along are you in Parade?

[abstract kiln]

Butchers masquerade all ||hahaha
As soon as a prince Rupert's drop was mentioned I knew what was about to occur
Damn, what even happens by skipping an entire floor
Wow||

||...well that's gonna make the 9th floor even more of a mess||

[trim tide]

Morning Star chapter 61 (red rising 3): ||Sevro being woken and immediately swearing loudly is hilarious||

[trim tide]

Chapter 62 language ||"Where's your hand!? You're missing a f%cking hand!?"

• Sevro, immediately after waking from a death sleep||

[unborn furnace]

DCC 4 ||MORDECAI THE RAT IS THE BEST GUY EVER||

[versed agate]

FOB All ||Actually, jumping in with one last guess before Garral's last chapter probably confirms some part of it. The "deathless enemy" is clearly some sort of viral type thing, unable to live without a living substrate. But I think it's also exactly what the universe would look like if there were two Sovrans||

||or not. All it's really done is confirm is that humanity (or at least this human) has no idea about Anjin or The Spy||

[trim tide]

After finishing the red rising trilogy, I can say this is my second favorite trilogy ever

Beating hunger games by far, falling short of Mistborn

In terms of all stories, it is behind LOTR, Mistborn 1-7, and stormlight

I dunno if I will go and read the latter 4 books just yet, I think I will wait till book 7 actually comes out

Not sure what my next read will be

[unborn furnace]

This is Dungeon Crawler Carl

[trim tide]

Is the First Law trilogy any good?

I know Sanderson is friends with Abercrombie

[light drum]

Seveneves 6||I had read nothing about this and thought we were getting close to the climax before I saw there was 24 hours left||

[hollow hedge]

He’s not especially similar but it’s good, some find them a little too cynical but I think it has just the right amount of heart

[forest sierra]

Last Argument of Kings (First Law book 3) is the last book I ever gave a 10/10 3 years ago at this point

I do think it's extremely, almost nauseatingly cynical

That's part of the appeal for me but I think it can throw people off

[trim tide]

Guess i wont know till I try

[quaint tendon]

I remember a series I bounced off of for being too cynical

It was this series uhh

The first book was called Tunnels or something

[quaint tendon]

Yeah i guess it’s just the tunnels series.

Way too much of a constant bummer for me

[velvet umbra]

if the dark/cynical thing is even a little bit up your alley its some of the best

it's more dark observational humor than just straight up edgy though so it's less miserable of a reading experience than you might think

[wind sinew]

I'm excited for these (after I finish the book I'm currently reading of course)

[tight kindle]

https://goodereader.com/blog/kobo-ereader-news/rakuten-kobo-and-storygraph-team-up

Another reason to get a kobo 😭

[oblique zodiac]

hmm

I got introduced to webstories in my fantasy class

basically wattpad for koreans

Solo Leveling is there

webtoons

oh wow there's a whole new world here

So much fantasy!

It's a trend to have a webstory first and then the webtoon(comic version)

A trend that I never followed until now

Im learning a lot about Solo Leveling, which represents korea fantasy, so I might read that

I'm excited to compare western and eastern fantasy

[proud stone]

if solo leveling of all things represents lorean fantasty not a good look on korea

[oblique zodiac]

That's true

We didn't have a LOTR here, so I learned that fantasy had to grow from games, especially Japan games

Hence the game-fantasy genre

[proud stone]

oh yeah im aware i just think solo leveling sucks

didnt knoe you were korea though

[wind sinew]

Lmfaooooo true

[wind sinew]

Funny thing is, 2 years ago I would have vehemently disagreed with you

Now that I actually look at it tho? 😬😬😬

[oblique zodiac]

Solo Leveling 8 ||It's cool so far. Jinu survived the secret quest. He is now a player.||

I just noticed how the main character's name is the same as the guy in Kpop Demon Hunters lol

[versed agate]

it's a popular Korean name afaik

though actually, you would know better than me, no?

[oblique zodiac]

of course lol

and I dont think I met a person named that

[long sorrel]

If anything kdh name is like Solo Leveling

[quaint tendon]

APOH 63 || this war on drugs quote from the sysAI||

https://tenor.com/view/lenin-must-crush-capitalism-undead-communist-communism-gif-20636305

[trim tide]

Okay I forgot to get a new book yesterday night, so i'm now reading Project Hail Mary, which i already had downloaded

Just hadn't read or watched the movie yet

[cloud socket]

oh good, it's a book best gone in blind

[opaque sundial]

Project Hail Mary (literally the first thing you find out) ||I went into the book without knowing what was going on, just like the main character!||

[trim tide]

This is one of few things ive gone in spoiler free

In series I usually succomb to googling

[abstract kiln]

Eye of the bedlam bride ||it's time to d-d-d-DUEL||

[unborn furnace]

Just reading Dungeon Crawler Carl

HOLY COW IS AMAZING

Also, Mordecai is the GOAT

[hollow hedge]

that would be the kind of series to have a holy cow

[abstract kiln]

It really would

[unborn furnace]

Yeah

I love Mordecai, both rat and blue jay

[abstract kiln]

Eye of the bedlam bride ||I figured the peace people were an alliance of previous cookbook people but finally hard confirmation
People of a similar ideal behind him will make accomplishing his goal much, much easier. Shame the stupid goat was there else, perhaps more could have come of it||

[unborn furnace]

Dungeon Crawler Carl 8 ||HOLY CHRIST THE CAT CAN TALK, AND SHE FIRES MISSILES OUT OF HER EYES, AND THE LLAMAS SPIT LAVA||

[lofty glen]

https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2057187204481307037?s=20

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Marvel Comics announces 'AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1000', a milestone issue with a main story by Joe Kelly & Pepe Larraz coming this September.

The issue will feature additional stories from Bendis, Romita Jr., Miller, Momoko, Immonen, Slott, DeMatteis, Gleason, Martin, and Hawley.

X · May 20, 2026, 7:50 PM

“Peter Parker’s life changes FOREVER”

Yeah I’m sure it will

We’ll just be back at status quo by the end of the book anyway

[analog geode]

MJ dies so she can be with Paul

[lofty glen]

Absolute cinema

Everyday I thank the good lord for making me a Daredevil fan

[quaint tendon]

jeez

i remember asm 900

superior spider-man was fun

its kinda crazy how the current mess of the comics can make you long for something you were iffy about at the time

though i was always a superior fan tbh

i wanted it to have a longer life and have more time to explore its story before it all went kablooey

[abstract kiln]

Eye of the bedlam bride ||huh
Now I see how Mordecai's past is going to tie in
I feel the right thing to do is to go along with this, but... That's not Carl's style||

[unborn furnace]

Yo can I send you a DM?

[abstract kiln]

Uh, sure?

[unborn furnace]

It's about DCC

[junior dew]

Finished Parable of the Sower

I feel like I need to sit with this one a bit. I think that it was good but I expected a bit more? I think Kindred felt a lot more impactful to me?

Parable of the Sower initial thoughts || While I don’t disagree that this is heavy, it’s less so than I expected I suppose? Like idk if I’m just super jaded but it feels in line with what I expect of humanity?

At least compared to stuff like Kindred or some other books I’ve read. I feel like to an extent the degree to which the brutality of the world is kinda swept under the rug and normalized is part of why it didn’t feel as heavy for me as something like Kindred?

Like emotionally it felt very detached in some ways?

Hmmm ||

This one is tricky 🤔

[junior dew]

Wolf worm time

[wraith lynx]

Gonna try to read royal Assassin to wind down tonight~ read some on the train and its 👀👀

[junior dew]

You know, I think I like Kingfisher’s writing

Sworn Soldier series was good. And chapter 1 of this the writing style feels reminiscent of those in some way already with regard to how it’s written

Also Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola so far is FANTASTIC. LOVE the way it’s written. And the audiobook narrator absolutely understood the assignment - she ate and left no crumbs.

Listening with my gf so currently only on chapter 7. Desperate to read more. On track to being one of my favorites of the year so far

[oblique zodiac]

Is Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint popular outside of Korea?

I'm learning about it aswell alongside Solo Leveling, and honestly, it seems better narrative-wise

[mild lance]

It’s fairly common, I’m not sure what the numbers are compared to Limited

[oblique zodiac]

uhhhh

It's a title lol

sorry for the confusion

[snow vessel]

I think its at least somewhat

I feel like I've heard of it a similar amount, but thats obviously not good data

God-Emperor of Dune 57% ||This is starting to get more interesting. I find it fascinating how many contradictions exist within Leto II||

[oblique zodiac]

Solo Leveling & Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint ||Solo Leveling shows Jinu as the strongest. I don't see it that way. Strength isn't weakness gone. True strength is what shines through weakness. That is why I like Omniscient Reader's View better. And that is why I probably won't continue Solo Leveling.||

[zinc flicker]

ORV has a large following. Probably one of the highest for manhwa fandoms.

Solo Leveling has a higher following, but that has an anime that was vastly popular

I think ORV is a lot better tho

Huge ORV fan

ORV also has an anime in the works that might give it a mainstream popularity kick

[ancient bay]

HAHHAHAHAHA I LOVE HIM

[zinc flicker]

The best way to describe it imo is Solo Leveling is a fairly typical power fantasy that is intended to give popcorn wish fulfillment. That’s not bad per se, but it is something very specific and is very good at doing that specific thing.

ORV is more a meta analysis of the genre and a love letter to the power of stories in fueling dynamics between readers and the stories they consume.

[ancient bay]

Solo Leveling seems from the outside to be just a Cultivation story

[frozen glacier]

It’s popular but in like the popular in the community of people who specifically search out insert specific type of media sort of way. But it’s not mainstream even in animanga circles tho expected to be more popular with adaptation success

[zinc flicker]

Similar yea. He uses a game system instead of cultivating

[zinc flicker]

Yea it’s mainstream among fans of Korean manhwa but not anime/manga fans while Solo Leveling is huge in both

[frozen glacier]

It’s at slightly less popularity that solo leveling has before its adaptation

[zinc flicker]

I’d agree, yeah

I don’t think even with an anime ORV would hit SL levels. Probably at best ReZero levels of popularity.

High cult following but not watched by everyone.

[frozen glacier]

Rezero and solo are different level of engagement tho. Solo leveling is more known rezero is more popular in my mind

Even if I dislike it

[ancient bay]

What does ReZero have to do with the conversation?

Other than me randomly posting about it in the middle of the convo

lmao

Oh

nvm I missed MonkeyGirl's statement

[mild lance]

Oh lmao, I read your comment completely differently

[abstract kiln]

I enjoy solo leveling for what it is, hype distilled with awesome art
It doesn't have to be deep in order to be fun to read

And it really bugs me when people are like "it isn't good therefore you're dumb for liking it"
Like bruh I know it isn't high art, I don't need everything I enjoy to be the best thing I've ever read
Sometimes it's just fun to read something cool and hype
Chill

[snow vessel]

Has anyone here read heretics/chapterhouse dune? Are they worth reading?

[low hill]

Are they book 5 & 6?

[snow vessel]

Ya

Part of me wants to read them for the sake of completing the 6. Part of me isnt super enthused to continue past GEOD

[low hill]

Then yes, those are as far as I've read - I've not bothered going any further. I seem to remember that's where things start to get weird, and I'm saying that with full knowledge of what happens in the previous four books. :P

My general rule of thumb would be if you're not enthused about reading them, just don't. :)

[snow vessel]

I suppose

If people said they were super good or something I think my enthusiasm would grow

[low hill]

I probably also last read them like 20 years ago or something, so my memory of their quality is probably hazy.

[vital ibex]

Ive not read past GeoD

I plan to read the last 2 eventually but GeoD is a good stopping point I believe

[low hill]

I refer you to the Holy Text: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fyu4ejt8ao3mb1.jpg

[ripe tide]

Why do you think it’s better? Honestly they have pros and cons but there’s a lot of stories where Omniscient would ruin a lot of the point. Anything with an unreliable narrator for example. It just places a huge gap between characters and readers which is not always what you want

Oh. You mean a book called that. I was totally going to stylistic things.

Ignore me then.

[snow vessel]

Everyone talks about struggling through CoD but it honestly might be my favourite lol

-# and I keep seeing people hype up GEOD but it's in the lower half for me, so far

[jovial tide]

I didn't like any of them nearly as much as the first 😅 , but I definitely enjoyed CoD more than GEoD or DM.

[junior dew]

Wolf worm 2 || “Bugs, the get into everything”. Based on this and a few comments I have seen from Usha and Grey, I am concerned as to how this is going to fare for me ||

[snow vessel]

Honestly the first is my least favourite right now, though i don't entirely blame that on the quality of the book

I read it a few years ago and so I don't think I would've picked up on as much complexity (I sure didn't appreciate Messiah as much as I did this year), and I think it's probably suffers just from me having seen/read a lot of stories inspired by it

[unborn furnace]

That's a bit of my book collection

[proper silo]

I'm like halfway through third volume of Ballad of Song and Wine and I wish I wasn't like... probably the only person here reading it, cause I wanna talk about how great it is! But also how much it hurts me. 😅

Ballad of Song and Wine/Stormlight Archive ||The moment I thought "this character reminds me of Elhokar", I knew he was gonna die horribly, and yet I still had such high hopes for him 😔 ||

[minor sleet]

Huh found that series so confusing and badly paced/rushed I dropped it

It has a big fanbase tho

[proper silo]

Really? I mean, I can see confusing, I felt a dire need to keep notes during the first book just because of all the characters and factions it drops on you, but I feel like once I got ahold of the politics, it became pretty fun

Plus, I like the two main characters a lot. ||I like that they have an active relationship from early on in the story, too||

[minor sleet]

I liked that part. I just felt the author kept adding new characters and acting like they’d been important and present the entire time

[proper silo]

Fair enough, fair enough

[abstract kiln]

Eye of the bedlam bride ||oh now this is interesting, that description very much implies the AI has absolutely no interest in "going into quiet retirement" after the crawl is over. And "she" has been helping it
...I wonder what the AI plans on doing about it, and who she is||

[unborn furnace]

Dungeon Crawler Carl 11||how does the Hoarder look like?||

[cloud socket]

here's a fan sketch from reddit source, I don't think there's anything spoilery in the comments

oh, also the cover for the DCC immersion tunnel episode 2, looks like (immersion tunnel is their version of Graphic Audio- like a radio play with multiple voice actors)

[abstract kiln]

Ew

[unborn furnace]

riiiiiight

I love that book+

great critic of the formats like "Gran Hermano" or "Survivor"

also

I don't understand why in all the cartoons and stuff, all the underwear has to be white and with hearts

[hollow hedge]

it's just canonincally what he wears

[unborn furnace]

I know, but why does the stereotype of underwear is white and with hearts

that's my question

found it: The stereotype of white underwear with hearts comes from mid-20th-century cartoons and slapstick comedy, used as a visual gag to make embarrassed characters look silly when they lost their pants. The heart pattern was chosen because it was considered unmanly, humorous, and distinct from regular clothing.

[abstract kiln]

Bedlam bride ||huh I just had a thought
Carl dreams of directional blasts
What if... What if he figures out how to give his doomsday device a directional blast 👀 something tells me that would likely be enough to essentially one shot pretty much any one thing in the dungeon. That thing is such a giant Chekovs gun but giving it directionality would help deal with the one big drawback on it for something nasty on the later floors||

[raw musk]

I'm gonna need some context here. Which chapter are we talking about here?

[abstract kiln]

Eye of the bedlam bride ||not sure exactly which chapter but it's when Carl is entering the spiders den and he gets a very long description from the AI about secret societies||

[minor sleet]

My quest for Tanith Lee has ended! I finally found a bookstore that can get copies of her out of print works!

Huzzah!

[quaint tendon]

APOH 74-75 || jfc… the AI loopholed past the inability to recreate people by Xing out their eyes like a demented cartoon.||

[raw musk]

PoH 75: ||Not the dogs though. They're all natural||

[quaint tendon]

Like dolphin safe tuna

[light ruin]

Who is she?

[abstract kiln]

Read

Also, I have no idea

[raw musk]

I've got a couple ideas, but that comes from future knowledge

[hollow hedge]

DCC all ||it eventually becomes pretty clear in the seventh book, and then a little more backstory and motives in the eighth even if Agatha doesn’t appear in that one||

[wind sinew]

How many of those books have you read?

[light ruin]

All of them multiple times

[light ruin]

Lol, which person are you referring to?

[abstract kiln]

No idea

She's just referred to as she

I have some suspicions as to who it might be but for now it is a mystery

[wind sinew]

In that case they're probably talking about ||Agatha||

[light ruin]

Oh. Lol. Yeah.

[light ruin]

In the words of donut ||The smelly homeless lady with the squeaky shopping cart?||

[quaint tendon]

APOH 81

https://tenor.com/view/ahoklollmao-noooo-nooo-noo-no-gif-17139315586294057944

[quaint tendon]

APOH 82 || ngl, thought it’d be a cocker spaniel. But that was probably too obvious ||

[quaint tendon]

APOH General || I’m an idiot, that’s Lucia Mar in the weird adult woman form||

I had zero idea who she was supposed to be

[wind sinew]

LMFAO

[terse flax]

I agree. The romance doesn’t start until chapter 33 with one of the most graphic love scenes ever. It was so jarring and hilarious to read. 😂

[little dock]

Paladin’s Strength question: was Clara in the first book? I just started book two and can’t recall if she was.

[ivory cypress]

nope

[little dock]

Okay cool thanks!

[unborn furnace]

Guys

When I finish DCC I'll start Red Rising

[minor sleet]

Started the Hussite trilogy and I’ve missed Sapkowski’s dry wit

[minor sleet]

Look how smug this kittypet from the upcoming WC graphic novel is

[raw musk]

When you finish book 1, or when you finish book 8?

[unborn furnace]

1

[true falcon]

If you start with 8 first then you don’t have enough info on dungeon crawler world

[raw musk]

You think the hooks will let you start another series? It's too late. You will get through all the DCC books before Red Rising

[true falcon]

But rn there’s no books 9 or 10
Just yet so we wait

[raw musk]

We hunger for more. We must consume more. We must feed ourselves

[bronze cave]

Oh hey that reminds me, I’m on DCC book 4

[true falcon]

I need to re-read DCC book 1 for a June read

[bronze cave]

DCC book 4: ||Ive been trying to make myself into a crawler but I can’t quite decide on my class. I’m currently thinking, “Enthusiastic Herbalist”||

[wraith lynx]

Royal Assassin 14 ||Me watching this book hand Fitz an ax to make him even hotter: 😳😳||

[sharp steeple]

Book 4? I thought you started the series last week?!

[true falcon]

I don’t even have all the books so I’ll wait till I buy from Amazon or target

[mortal wren]

I am reading the hunger games for the first time so here’s the question TEAM PETA or TEAM GALE
Mid way through book two btw

[velvet cargo]

Nobody is team Gale.

[quaint tendon]

I’m decently sure Gale is team Gale

Granted I never finished the series so

Idk maybe he had a change of heart

[snow vessel]

Yeah I expect I know how this poll will turn out lol

[cunning pivot]

DCC general ||I think the piece to help this out is to decide what is the thing the AI/Audience is going to stick you with. Did you come in with a plant or perhaps gardening implements? Did something happen on the first floor that somehow got you stuck with an herbalist theme? Perhaps you had a specific knowledge or got an earth hobby related to this that helped out against a plant based enemy or had a plant based solution to something? Because the class options you get are likely to be tied to something around who the dungeon AI/Audience has decided you are.||

[trim tide]

Hello

[vagrant basin]

You’re exactly where I am in my reread lol

Like, same chapter

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It is like interstellar but

I dont hate it

[vagrant basin]

I’ve read this book like 7 times, loved it so much I’m now working my way through the Martian and am looking to purchase Artemis :3

[vagrant basin]

Oh now that’s a dangerous thing to say lol

It’s really good tho

I love both :)

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I really didnt like interstellar, for one particular reason

[vagrant basin]

Oh?

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Insterstellar movie all ||everything was useless. He didnt need to do anything, go anywhere, and nobody needed to die. They clearly figured it out for themselves. Granted most of it is paradoxical, which also bothers me.||

[vagrant basin]

-# to be fair I haven’t seen the movie in years I I can’t have a strong opinion on it

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Its been a minute but thats the gist

[vagrant basin]

||I remember that bothering me yeah||

[trim tide]

||pointless and paradoxical||

Thats what made me hate it

Its a great movie, but the story sucks

[vagrant basin]

||mhm, I still enjoy the movie but I do remember not liking that part||

[trim tide]

Freaking love Nolan's films, but interstellar wasnt it

[vagrant basin]

I need to rewatch it

I hope you enjoy the PHM movie hen I finish the book

U*

It’s truly phenomenal

[trim tide]

Hope so lol

[vagrant basin]

They’re different, but both incredible IMO

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Phm 23 ||this js the first time ive seen alien first contact make sense before. They dont all just speak English. It is very logical, and just enough science for me not to claw my eyes out.||

||spent like 3 hours of the book learning communication||

So well done

[vagrant basin]

||have you read other Andy Weir books? He does realistic science fiction really well||

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||heck the aliens cant even see||

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Honestly no

[vagrant basin]

||it’s so cool I agree||

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First time

[vagrant basin]

I hadn’t either, but now I’m reading more

Almost done with the Martin and absolutely obsessed with it

[trim tide]

Science fiction hasn't really been my thing for a long time

Getting back into it a little

Started with Red Rising (trilogy not full series)

[vagrant basin]

Phm plus Artemis II are making me turn into a space nerd :D

[trim tide]

Now this, next will probably be Ender's game. Haven't read it in YEARS

[vagrant basin]

SAME

I need to reread it so bad

[trim tide]

Heck there are like 7 books

[vagrant basin]

||cousin I see you lurking||

[granite atlas]

I really recommend The Martian, but I recommend the book over the movie, it was really unfortunate as I liked the movie before and now it just kinda exists after reading the book

||mmm yes hello cousin, i am indeed lurking. it is a questionable hour so i am rereading my message / checking that what i’m saying isn’t weird wording||

[trim tide]

Ive heard of it but havent read it yet. Is the movie just a poor adaptation?

Or more of an "inspired by" type thing

[vagrant basin]

IM LOVING IT SO MUCH

He’s so storming hilarious

I keep sending quotes to my friends

[old bone]

Movie is a great adaptation and better than the book

[trim tide]

Oo

Shots fired

[vagrant basin]

Lmao

I haven’t seen the movie

Other than like 10 min when I was a kid and very confused

Learned lots of swear words that day

[ivory cypress]

the Martian is a great adaptation; the book and the movie are great examples of both mediums doing what their medium does best

[old bone]

There's a good amount cut, but idk those were for me proper changes and needed for medium change

[vagrant basin]

This is actually true

I’ve heard the movie’s pretty good

As I’ve been reading it I have been thinking what they would cut

[granite atlas]

I think it does really well actually, but the book has a lot more time to characterize Watney and is more enjoyable to me, I plan to rewatch the movie tomorrow as I just finished a reread.

[ivory cypress]

there are things that the Martian book does that were cut/changed from the movie and honestly, would not have been very good on screen. and what they chose to do for the movie, changes and additions that weren't in the book, were things that movies can hit VERY well. both hit different, both hit so good

the movie doesn't have my favourite arc but you know. I think I agree with whoever cut it that it wouldn't have been the same on screen

[trim tide]

Unrelated to this discussion, I've always been one to read series, long ones at that, but I wanna read more standalone stories

[granite atlas]

Ok, so The Martian book and movie ||I do like the way Watney gets to Hermes in the movie more, and I think it’s pretty decent, but I feel like the movie also misses quite a lot of interesting stuff(haven’t watched the movie in a while, so take that with a grain of salt). But I also really like the ending chapters / the Earthling chapter(…maybe only in audiobook? Doubt)||
-# admittedly, I’ve only listened to the audiobook for The Martian, haven’t read it physically. don’t know if that matters, but detail

[ivory cypress]

the Martian book vs movie ||my favourite arc from the book is the journey to the other ship, when he has to deal with that sand storm, and the nitty gritty of traveling in the rover. and it's the kind of slow building tension and dealing with the physical discomforts that just wouldn't be conveyed as well on screen, I just don't think the emotion could be conveyed. but that's my favourite bit that I was initially disappointed wasn't even in the movie except some travel was a montage, but the movie had a LOT else to recommend it. like the movie, with so many more scenes with the team from Earth, there were so many moments||

[light drum]

Seveneves 5000 years later||You mean the entire book to this pojt was a prologue? This book keeps changing what its about ||

[mortal wren]

is there anyone who has read Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer I could not remember if anyone had when I asked last time it is more comedic so if you’re the more serious type prolly would not recommend, if you have please @ me I been coming up with all sorts of ideas based on the rules outlined

[bronze cave]

DCC general ||My thought was since I'm going to pharmacy school, some sort of drug class, and then I thought it would be cool to do one that did both poisons and healing?||

[abstract kiln]

Oh you're reading DCC too? Seems like its a bit of a trend here now lol

though clearly I have nothing to do with that because I started reading the series on a whim well before the 8th book came out

[cunning pivot]

Makes sense DCC through book 3 ||could be you just got your coat or were heated out of a late lab when the dungeoning happened. The krakaren plotline also gives some good opportunities to tie into the main plot on theme||

[minor sleet]

This does sound like an exceptionally bizarre creature

From “Legend of Exorcism” v1

https://www.tumblr.com/sylvanfreckles/804292069010046976/ive-chosen-my-next-crochet-projectwish-me

Writer, Crafter, Critter, Gamer

I've chosen my next crochet project...wish me luck!...

Tumblr · Dec 29, 2025, 6:24 PM

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[quaint tendon]

Lmao

[trim tide]

Project hail mary chapter 23

||what a twist, I was wondering how he'd joined the mission||

[proper silo]

Ooh, I've had that on my to-read for a while, how is it?

Also, I feel like the writer read that one book at about a guy transmigrating in to a fish before making this creature

[minor sleet]

Straight forward, lighthearted, and silly as of chapter 7

[proper silo]

Nice

[minor sleet]

I like it better than Astrolabe Rebirth and Joyful Reunion by the same author

[proper silo]

I don't think I've heard of those 🤔

[minor sleet]

Joyful Reunion didn’t pick up until volume 2. Tbh all of V1 could’ve been a prologue

[proper silo]

Actually, no, joyful reunion rings some bells

[minor sleet]

Don’t read Astrolabe Rebirth, it’s too rushed and there’s too much sad pathetic blind orphan boy who is only tangentially relevant

[proper silo]

noted

[minor sleet]

Sometimes I think authors just add a side character child to slow the story down