📚books

[ocean cedar]

rick riordan made my childhood lmao

[rare gyro]

How's the Apollo series? Is it good? I haven't started it

I'm currently reading Cassandra Claire's Magnus Bane stories

[leaden pollen]

I only read the first two books in the trials of Apollo series b4 I got distracted by other things, but I really enjoyed the series

[barren sluice]

Sorry for late reply and Currently am not reading it due to having to deal with a big move but am looking forward to it

Books was first thing along with my gaming set up I unpacked lol

[vague iris]

I loved the Apollo series, but I need the read the last two books

[solemn dune]

Oh man I love that series

[rare gyro]

Yessss I like CC's shadow world thingy series

But her latest main shadow series I haven't read. Just gonna wait until everything ends

Except magnus bane's of course hehe

[dapper moat]

Anyone read green creek?

[rare gyro]

Not yet! What is it about?

[steel geyser]

https://www.wattpad.com/story/257633547?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_writing&wp_page=create&wp_uname=TheBlueOrchids&wp_originator=bPx0xWEyQBLkwSGQZgC6FO5fcN0CbXY4onG4t4azdqPfLqt8B2urRNOsjv%2FBQysWqY3Eqi5%2BzQJMai8%2FzZmr5N5i38wWXyMA4vX1nXDWU7yOVE16RF44JlWTg6hgLqOr

This is my novel , but i only write it in bahasa indonesia ,hope you like it guys

[spare plume]

I loved the Name of The Wind and Wise Man's Fear! Sadly I don't think we'll ever get the third book...

Any fans of The Dresden Files here?

[dapper moat]

@rare gyro werewolves and witches 😂

[trail dust]

He's made some good progress on it on YouTube lately. He's also announced he's gonna have to split it into 2 more, which he really didn't want to do. I think that's part of what was taking so long

[bitter jungle]

Finished Name of the Wind it was so incredible so im super sad that there’s probably not going to be a third book

[spare plume]

I've heard that before so I really don't want to get my hopes up. Rothfuss is such a tease 😦

Rothfuss, Lynch and Martin are all on my "im sad these books will probably never get finished" shelf lol

[spare plume]

Yasss. do you have Wise Man's Fear? It's really good and not just for a sequel

[bitter jungle]

I actually just got it and am hoping to start it soon

[rare gyro]

Sounds like what I'll like lol. I'll read it once my Magnus Bane is done

I remember purchasing name of the wind when I was in high school.....

I waited too long for the sequel I ended up completely forgetting abt it 😂

[dapper moat]

The author is one if my favourites and he's winning awards for one of his books I believe.
All lgbtq+ friendly too :blush:

[green flame]

Anyone have any good sci-fi novels that have come out lately? Anything especially with Aliens, either invasion or first contact stuff, war

[raw hound]

Gideon the Ninth & the sequel Harrow the Ninth are crazy good. Not properly aliens, but necromancy as science and planet-eating monsters. The tone isn't for everyone's taste (very irreverent, there are memes!) but it's a fantastic ride

I'd also always rec Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie, the short description is a spaceship's AI is trapped in a single person's body and goes on a mission of Revenge against the empire that killed her captain. I have yet to finish the trilogy yet, though

[toxic spoke]

also recommend Ancillary Justice

ohhh, if you want some cool stuff with aliens and alien linguistics, Embassytown by China Mieville is very good.

[tough coyote]

Have you read Old Man's War? It's like Starship Troopers, only better.

[green flame]

Nope. I haven't. Think I will look into that though, thanks for recommendation!

[midnight musk]

I'm partial to The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. It uses real astrophysics as a key plot point, so the distances and times involved have a huge influence. Would highly recommend it.

[spare plume]

If anyone likes Fantasy I can't recommend Scott Lynch's The Gentlemen Bastards series enough

[glass atlas]

It’s pretty good. I stopped at the second book though

Ah. That’s probably why I stopped. There’s a 6 year gap between book 2 and 3

[spare plume]

To be fair, Red Seas under Red Skies is the weakest book in the series. It was good, but definitely not as good as The Lies of Locke Lamora or Republic of Thieves. It was like super random 'hey let's be pirates" lol

[viscid arrow]

what is it about/

?*

[timber hull]

That's a very complicated question. 😛

well, answer, I suppose

loaded question

It's not a high fantasy series (lots of magic), much more low fantasy (some magic, but not easily accessible). It follows Locke Lamora through some crazy hijinks and a much darker subplot that is the overarching theme through the three books. I haven't read the 3rd book yet, but they are my husband's maybe... second favorite series of books, behind the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett

[viscid arrow]

Ooh

I do love dark fantasy

[timber hull]

I think you'd like this!

[viscid arrow]

I'll definitely check it out! Thanks

[glass atlas]

With a bit of Robin Hood in it.

[viscid arrow]

i do love stealing from the rich 😋

[spare plume]

Or as I like to describe it, Godfather meets A Song of Ice and Fire with a little bit of Ocean's <insert number here>

[timber hull]

Now I just wanna read those books again. I still need to read the 3rd one

[spare plume]

If you're into dark / grim fantasy, could I interest you in a little Joe Abercrombie or Robin Hobb?

[timber hull]

The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop is also really good, and has many books now beyond the trilogy

Me: I read so many books! I know so many books!
Someone else: So, what books do you recommend?
Me: what is A Büuk, Preshus?

[viscid arrow]

omg i just realised you got promoted to moderator. congratz lol

[timber hull]

Oh thank you!

[glass atlas]

The prince of thorns is pretty dark and grim

[dapper moat]

I need to get into reading again but my motivation is low

[tranquil hemlock]

I need to finish reading the first book of the series I just started... but my attention span has been so low lately.

[spare plume]

A lot of people are put off by Jorg's actions in the first few moments of the book though. Book needs a LOT of trigger warnings.

[raw hound]

I also recommend A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A Brown. Really good mythology inspired by west Africa!

[rotund widget]

I love Robin Hobb

Anthony Ryan is also good.

[plain gazelle]

Diving in to scream about Discworld, which is the best.

I also just finished a book called Hekla's Children, it's a horror-sort-of and it's pretty good!

[honest sparrow]

Imma just say it so people don't think it's like just a brutal scene. The tw needed for the first scene in Prince of Thorns is rape.

Oh has anyone read Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth? Suuuuch a good series

[plain gazelle]

They're on my TBR along with 5 million other books, I need time to slow down so I can catch up

[silent quarry]

I feel this on a spiritual level

Gideon/Harrow are also on my TBR!

[raw hound]

i have!! they're soooooooo good i absolutely cannot wait for alecto the ninth

i liked gideon the ninth but i LOOOVED harrow the ninth

such a crazy book

[honest sparrow]

I love how Gideon the Ninth was just like "sup dudes here's some memes, good vibes and bones lol"

And Harrow the Ninth was like "Hello, friends, today I bring to you crippling depression and heartbreak enjoy"

I am so beyond pumped for Alecto

[spare dove]

I haven't read Harrow yet but Gideon was definitely that! 😆

[honest sparrow]

Prepare for melancholy and sapphic tension and then more melancholy

[torn prawn]

Figure i share a few of my comics here. It's a book right😂 . I have "actual book" too

[rare gyro]

Wow you have Deceased!

[torn prawn]

yess i tried to get the horror homage by yasmine putri.

[rare gyro]

I wanted to have the Robin one of hers but it's sold out

her art is soooo good

[torn prawn]

I wanted to have her woman of X-men past/present connecting cover but it's sold out too

Her art is amaaazing

[dapper moat]

My friend bought me a book for my bday and im rationing myself to a chapter a night now bc its so wholesome and cute and gah

[timber hull]

what book??

[rugged dagger]

what book?

ooops!

[timber hull]

lol

[dapper moat]

Oop
The house in the crucelen sea

T j klune is a fave author

@timber hull @rugged dagger i recommend it 🥺 ❤️

[torn prawn]

Has anyone read Lore? is it good? seen it on book tiktok a lot

[dim lodge]

I have the same question honestly

[silent quarry]

I'm reading that right now too! It's so good

[dapper moat]

what chapter are you on? I have 7/8 left 😭

[silent quarry]

I think I'm only on chapter 7 right now!

[dapper moat]

🥺 im excited for you theres so much cuteness

@silent quarry have you read green creek?

[silent quarry]

Not yet but it's on my list! 😄

[dapper moat]

I still have 2 to read 😭 😂 im putting them off

[rugged dagger]

oh wow it's sold out!

[spare dove]

I just finished reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, flew through it one day and think I just started down a multi-book rabbit hole.

[dapper moat]

Keep an eye out for it 😂

[dapper moat]

Ooooo 👀 whats it about?

[rough orbit]

The Mistborn series is really good. I inadvertantly annoyed my mother by picking up the final book first XD

[dapper moat]

😂

Will i cry if i read it

[rough orbit]

Oh probably. But it's very good. Sanderson is an excellent writer.

[spare dove]

"For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.

Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.

But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed.

This saga dares to ask a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails?"

Oof that didn't look as long on Amazon lol

[dapper moat]

I'll throw it on my wish to read list

[spare dove]

If you want a free intro to his work he offers the novel Warbreaker for free on his website. I haven't read it yet but I heard it's excellent.

https://www.brandonsanderson.com/warbreaker-rights-and-downloads/

[solemn dune]

Can confirm that anything by Brandon Sanderson is good. I need to reread Stormlight Archives again before reading the fifth book

Tbh my fav thing about Mistborn is the magic system and the world building, the two things Brandon excel at

[dusty pasture]

I just noticed there was a books section! Can I see some shelfies? I've got 7 bookcases, but this one is my favorite.

[safe pike]

My bookshelf lol

[spare dove]

I'm kind of in the middle of moving so mine are all packed away 😭 but I have two bookshelves and a lot of digital books since they're easier on the go

[spare dove]

The Stormlight Archives are the goal I'm reading towards lol

[pseudo mist]

I am rereading the xanth series by piers anthony...I really like the puns

[spare dove]

I've not heard of that but who doesn't love puns?

[pseudo mist]

The xanth series is set in a world where everyone has a magical talent of some nature and the world around them is full of creatures that due to their magical nature are pretty...unorthodox. like.. a Catapult is a big cat that throws things. A lady slipper plant, grows women's shoes. An infantry is a tree with nuts that are shaped like babies who tend to be aggressive and war like. To elaborate on the kinds of puns

He started writing it in the 70s and theres like 40 something books in the series so I am pretty sure a lot of them are pretty cheap to get or listed free in places 😊 I am waiting for his majestys dragon to arrive in the mail to ready that next

[spare dove]

Those are hilarious and clever 🙂

[dusty pasture]

I couldn't get through the Xanth books, Every other sentence ending with a "!" just really got on my nerves.

[spare dove]

Oof

[pseudo mist]

His writing style does change over the years too and tend to slip between fantasy and sci fi a bit much...but I still like them. What are you reading?

[dusty pasture]

Currently I'm rereading the third book in Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker series, and I've started over for the Nth time with Terry Pratchett's Color of Magic

[pseudo mist]

Ooo I just read turtle recall not to long ago.. I love pratchett

[timber hull]

I love Orson Scott Card's writing, but he's a pretty terrible human so I don't read anymore

But the Alvin Maker series is good. I can't wait for him to die so I can enjoy his books again, and that's a fact.

[dusty pasture]

The maker series is the only of his work I really cared for. I agree with you though, as a person, he's not so great.

[timber hull]

My husband is Pratchett obsessed. I've read Mort, and I'd like to start with The Colour of Magic and all that, just haven't had a chance to. But I loved Mort a LOT so

[dusty pasture]

I love Pratchett. I think the world would be a better place if more people read his books.

[pseudo mist]

...I am on the fence about that kind of thing...I can appreciate a story even if the person that wrote it is terrible...and if you hold people that lived 100 years ago to modern standards all of them are horrible.. but if we delete everything in media that was inspired by them then there's not a lot of art to enjoy...so how far do you take it?

[timber hull]

I take it as... If the person can benefit from my purchasing their art today, I don't buy it: see, JK Rowling, Orson Scott Card

[dusty pasture]

I think the answer to that is personal and by artist. OSC I can kind of turn a bit of a blind eye and still enjoy some of his work, but I've given away all my Marion Zimmer Bradley books, I can't read them without feeling sick now.

[timber hull]

But like, if that person is dead? If they, as a person, will not be benefiting from my purchases or enjoyment of their art? I don't mind paying for or enjoying it for what it is.

[pseudo mist]

I dunno perhaps once something is in the public domain so you're not supported monetarily modern jerks? But while I think Rowling is a trash fire person Harry Potter still has a place in my heart away from her.

[timber hull]

Oh. Absolutely. Harry Potter as an entity is still good and the fandom is good and the things fans come up with are good

And I will continue to support fan-made things

But I won't buy anything from her or WB or support any official products

it's that simple.

What did MZB do?

[dusty pasture]

MZB's daughter has set up that all her books money goes to victims of abuse, but I still just can't read it.

[pseudo mist]

Like I see both sides I don't want to give jk Rowling money and am not interested in any new Harry Potter bleeding "new" works that leech but... people act like you can't still hold that story dear

[spare dove]

Terry Pratchett is on my to-read list too

[dusty pasture]

Ongoing sexual abuse of children. It didn't come out until after her death.

[timber hull]

OH EW

EWWWWWWWWWW

WELP

[dusty pasture]

Going back after knowing and noticing how many sex scenes she had in her books of young people, it becomes very disturbing.

[dusty pasture]

You really can't go wrong with any of his books.

[silent quarry]

I really want to check out his works soon!

[dusty pasture]

Pratchett was just a really good person, and his anger really comes out in a lot of his books, especially the later ones after he was diagnosed. He has a way of saying something really important, but in a funny way, so you get the message but it's not quite so bitter.

[spare dove]

What's everyone's favorite author or series?

[pseudo mist]

Terry Pratchett's disc world... and Neil Gaiman but they're like peanut butter and jelly

[rough orbit]

Tamora Pierce, The Magic Circle books, and the later Tortall things.

[spare dove]

I've never read Neil Gaiman but I loved Good Omens!

[spare dove]

Tamora Pierce has always been on my radar but I've never picked up a book of hers.

[pseudo mist]

If you like Pratchett's work they did a lot of collaboration together and have a similar tone to their writing. I reccomend stardust!

[spare dove]

Ohhhh I'll have to check them both out.

[dusty pasture]

Pratchett is at the top of my list, but there are so many seriously good books out there. Katherine Arden's Winter Witch trilogy is fantastic. Naomi Novak's Spinning Silver and Uprooted were both great. I love Gregory Maguire, and I just got around to reading his Egg and Spoon, highly recommended if you like Baba Yaga stories. Let's see....Anything Gaiman, Stephen King (especially the Dark Tower series), Joe Hill's Locke and Key graphic novels are amazing. Jane Lindskold's Firekeeper series is great. I love Anne McCaffrey, Ursula le Guin, Roger Zelazney's Chronicles of Amber got me through high school. I'm sure I've both forgotten someone and spelled everything incorrectly.

[pseudo mist]

I havent gotten to read uprooted yet is it any good?

[spare dove]

Stephen King's Dark Tower series is fantastic! Are the Lock and Keys graphic novels similar to the television adaptation? I read so much in high school but find myself watching more tv these days.

[dusty pasture]

I thought it was very good.

Locke and Key graphic novels are very much darker than the show, but I still really enjoyed the show. They left out one of my very favorite scenes, but I think the visuals might have been difficult/expensive to pull off, so I understand.

[rough orbit]

Also, Seanan McGuire writes wonderful urban fantasy; I adore her October Daye series

[dusty pasture]

Charles de lint is another great one if you like urban fantasy.

[dusty pasture]

I thought it was pretty great. Maybe not as good as Spinning Silver, but I still really enjoyed it. She also came out with A Deadly Education last year that was a pretty fun read. [

[timber hull]

Too Many™️

[silent quarry]

I LOOOOVE Seanan McGuire and her pseudonym, Mira Grant

Hands down my favorite author

[pseudo mist]

I like historical and high fantasy but so often it's just depressing or just full of triggers... I was reccomended game of thrones...so much rape something with outlander... then there's too many that are an excuse for like bad furry porn.

[rough orbit]

I had to wade through Game of Thrones when I first started it, and then I put it down and said "nope" when I tried for a second run. Too many characters I don't care for.

[timber hull]

Oh I've... read the first 4 Song of Ice and Fire books 3 times a piece

.>

[dusty pasture]

Game of Thrones was a tough one for me. Too many people with too many different names, houses, symbols, I couldn't keep anything straight.

[spare dove]

I tried GoT books but I couldn't get into them. Nothing really grabbed me.

[pseudo mist]

I want to read stuff like the first time I read peter pan or lord of the rings and got the action and adventure the swashbuckling of treasure island etc... the lands and creatures and it doesn't have to be about a rape murder fest... it seems like there aren't a lot of stories like that getting written anymore

[dusty pasture]

You can try Brian Jacques's Redwall series. Mice and hares and badgers on adventure.

[spare dove]

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin is next on my list after Sanderson's Stormlight Archives.

[pseudo mist]

What's that series like?

[spare dove]

I probably own the most Mercedes Lackey novels. I got really into the Valdemar series.

[rough orbit]

NK Jemisen is also a good writer. Her stories can get a bit confusing, but they're good.

[timber hull]

C.S Friedman's Coldfire trilogy is really good, anything by Anne Bishop, The Deed of Paksenarrion which is an omnibus by Elizabeth Moon is... FANTASTIC low fantasy. Rachel Aaron/Rachel Bach is a fantastic writer., with her Legend of Eli Monpress being fantastic fiction and her Paradox series awesome sci-fi. Stant Litore is a little-known but "local to me" author out of Colorado who has done the Zombie Bible, which reimagines bible stories with zombies in them; I'm not remotely religious but they are among my favorite books. He also does really fantastic sci fi with his Ansible series, and all of his books are great.

[dusty pasture]

I know I've had some Mercedes Lackey books, but I can't for the life of me think of one right now. I remember being drawn to her books because her covers were always so beautiful

[spare dove]

I've only read the first novel in the series preceding the Stormlight Archives, but Mistborn is fantastic. It's about a ragtag team of thieves plotting to overthrow a dictator using one of the most unique magic systems I've ever read.

[pseudo mist]

Ooo that sounds good...

[spare dove]

I was a bit worries about that looking at it.

[rough orbit]

It depends on where you start. I got lost only a little bit, but she pulled it all together at the end and her stuff is amazing ❤️

[pseudo mist]

I am writing these down and making a book list.. I tried googling books on good reads to find ones that aren't depressing and they reccomended the fault in our stars by john green

[spare dove]

I wish I could loan ebooks 😬

[pseudo mist]

Which while a good book is definitely depressing

[dusty pasture]

Ive started putting books in my amazon wish list, it emails me when they go on sale. I think I've got like 20 books in there right now. 😅

[spare dove]

That's such a good idea!

[pseudo mist]

Same

[timber hull]

Joseph Brassey is also fantastic. The Book of Deacon series by Joseph Lallo was really good, Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastards is a wonderful series...

I read a lot

[dapper moat]

stop adding to my to read list plz 😂

[dusty pasture]

I set my goodreads goal to 50 a year, and I usually make it to about 55 - 60, but damn I had a hard time reaching my goal last year. And I've only finished 3 books so far this year.

[timber hull]

I should say I USED to read a lot.

I haven't read a full book in a long time.

[dusty pasture]

Every time I go on GoodReads now it passive aggressively lets me know how many books behind my goal I'm at

[dapper moat]

😂

[spare dove]

Last year being 2020? That wasn't a normal year tbf

[solemn dune]

Yeah, I read a lot in 2019, total being almost 120 books but I kinda stopped reading altogether in 2020. Just started reading again earlier this year, managed to read LotR, The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon and is currently reading The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin

I will probably read Ancillary Justice next

[toxic spoke]

I read a lot in like, 2017/2018 when i had public transport commutes and read on my phone, but now i can walk to work and podcasts have gone way up

[fresh raptor]

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/39408/beware-of-chicken

[glass atlas]

a story about someone who reincarnates as a chicken?

[fresh raptor]

@glass atlas a story where a guy reincarnates wakes up in a xianxia and goes "nope", subverting the genre.

[glass atlas]

A novel where the guy walks around going, “you just called me a Chicken!!??!! You’ve given me no face. We fight to the death.”

[fresh raptor]

@glass atlas he runs away from from the xianxia tropes, but also has a pet chicken later on

it funny a bit and has nice bits of action and slice of life

[hardy walrus]

Has anyone else read the ACOTAR series (a Court of Thorns and Roses)? the new book just came out o:

[mellow knoll]

Yessss. I was going to get it today but the weather messed with my plans

[dim lodge]

I have not... Is it really as good as everyone says?

[hardy walrus]

omgg let me know pls my friend ordered hers but she got the physical copy and it's not coming in until next week for her

[hardy walrus]

YES omg, the first book hooked me in, but not quite as well as the second book. The author does a really REALLY good job showing readers what a healthy vs unhealthy relationship looks like.

[dim lodge]

Hmm darnit all... I suppose I need to stick it on my list... I was an avid reader when I was young but now I can't barely sit through a book which is so disappointing because I do love reading so much. (Although I can read huge amounts of fanfiction... It's very confusing)

[hardy walrus]

The author also tackles harder topics like trauma, depression, and goes to very dark places but still writes a very realistic outcomes for their characters

[dim lodge]

That honestly sounds really good. I struggle with depression so hopefully a good representation of it is always nice to see

[thin terrace]

i followed a booktuber who reads the series lol. it's entertaining to watch her rant about it. (talking about ACOTAR)

[mellow knoll]

Hopefully I'll get it before then and let you know!

[dapper moat]

Acotar is so so
I enjoyed it when i read it but looking back its not overly great imo. I tend to find its dragged out:sweat_smile:

[thin terrace]

^you aren't alone, i find it meh as well

[dapper moat]

Not shitting on you if you enjoyed it though

[hardy walrus]

oh it dragged me from the depths of my hole too. But I do agree with @dapper moat Im not sure if you're referring to the first book. But the first one was not my wholly my cup of tea. I didn't actually get sucked into it fully until halfway through the second book

[dapper moat]

Just lots of sex
Lots of stuff that is rushed too:joy:

[dim lodge]

Lol

[thin terrace]

sex that causes earthquakes.

[dapper moat]

I forgot that

[hardy walrus]

i mean that sounds like fun ngl

[dapper moat]

😂

[dim lodge]

Wait really? 😂

[hardy walrus]

yes really ^

[dapper moat]

The kingdoms are gorgeous and i would love them to be real places to visit but ehhhhhh

[hardy walrus]

it's got nsfw parts in it, but I wasn't in it for the sex xD

[thin terrace]

their love is so goddamn powerful that it causes disasters.

[hardy walrus]

^ it is YA LOL

[thin terrace]

nothing wrong with it, it just. goddamn.

[dim lodge]

Lol I mean doesn't sound terrible

[dapper moat]

If you need a pick me up and a laugh i cannot reccomend the house in the ceruclean sea enough

[timber hull]

I have a friend who's obsessed with that series. Is it good?

[dapper moat]

I was in tears laughing the other night

[timber hull]

the court of thorns and roses one

[hardy walrus]

you'll just have to give it a go. I like ACOTAR more than the author's other series

[hardy walrus]

I enjoyed it~ Im reading the newest book rn

[dapper moat]

It depends on what you enjoy

[timber hull]

everything

except non-fiction

[dapper moat]

Give it a shot

slips this here

[hardy walrus]

LOL

[thin terrace]

just know that the first book in ACOTAR is a very very very loose retelling of beauty and the beast

[hardy walrus]

I think I have cerulean sea on my wish list -checking-

[dim lodge]

Love me some beauty and the beast retellings though....

Even if it's a loose retelling

[dapper moat]

It got me out of my reading rut

[thin terrace]

yeah, dont get too attached to the first male lead tho.

[dim lodge]

🤣

[dapper moat]

😂 Talia kills me

[dim lodge]

But the "only if you asked" makes it so much better

[hardy walrus]

is this it?

https://www.amazon.com/House-Cerulean-Sea-TJ-Klune-ebook/dp/B07QPHT8CB/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=cerulean+sea&qid=1613490679&sr=8-1

[dapper moat]

Yeah it is!

[hardy walrus]

yeh I've got a sample of it, that I haven't ready yet o:

I'll put it on my good reads~

[dapper moat]

LINUS IS A PRECIOUS OLD MAN

😂

[dim lodge]

Lol

[dapper moat]

I love that the adults are 40 ish and not 20s😂

[dim lodge]

Has anyone read the mysterious Benedict society? From a little bit I've seen about the house in the cerulean sea it sounds like it might be as enjoyable as the mysterious Benedict society.

[hardy walrus]

I have not o:

is it similar in humor?

[dapper moat]

Ooo i havent

[dim lodge]

I haven't read the house in the cerulean sea but from the little posts about Talia she seems to have a similar feel to Constance. And I have always had a good laugh in the mysterious Benedict society. It's one of my favorite books and always been a go to for road trips

[hardy walrus]

i'll give it a lookie n.n

[dim lodge]

Constance is definitely one of my favorite characters lol if Talia is anything like her I'm sure I would enjoy the house in the cerulean sea

[hardy walrus]

https://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Benedict-Society-Trenton-Stewart-ebook/dp/B000SEHIB2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=mysterious+Benedict+society&qid=1613493522&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

that one?

[dim lodge]

Yep!

[hardy walrus]

woot! added to good reads~

[dim lodge]

👍

[dapper moat]

I'll add it to mine too 😂

The kids at first are like wow okay chill
But they grow on you :pleading_face: :purple_heart:

[ember frost]

Incase anyone wants some interesting biographys "the girl who beat isis" is an amazing story, it's not too graphic but of course there are still very heavy and upsetting topics. In same light 'in order to live' is a great book about a girl who escapes north korea, the girl who wrote it has a YouTube channel now and uploads regularly about her old life in North Korea. If any one has any other good biography books like this please @ me! 💕

[fierce sierra]

The Red Rising series by Pierce Brown is pretty good if you like futuristic sci-fi adventure type stuff.

[trail dust]

Does anyone have good book recommendations for learning about Indonesian culture and lore?

[dusky moon]

maybe you can read Indonesia, Etc by Elizabeth Pisani, as an Indonesian myself, I find Pisani's perspective about my country are quite refreshing.

[trail dust]

Thank you. It's a culture I am not very familiar with and would like to know more about. If you feel like it's a good starting point for your culture, that's even more reassuring

[dusky moon]

yes, just read the book, actually, my lecturer told us to read this book to see the perspective of foreigners about Indonesia, then I found a much better understanding of the diversity, ect.

[glass atlas]

👀 One in 30 of the people on this planet is Indonesian

270.6 million.... what the heck.

[gleaming plinth]

The Guild Codex series by Annette Marie is three (soon to be four) series all following different characters while they navigate different aspects of the same insane world of modern day magic!
You can follow human Tori as she becomes a bartender for a local Guild :tropical_drink:
You can follow Robin as she becomes an unplanned Demon Contractor :smiling_imp:
You can follow Kit as he goes from criminal to Special Agent :police_officer:
And you can follow The Crystal Druid as he navigates the human and Fae world! :gem:

https://annettemarie.ca/spellbound

[wild granite]

I would love to hear what everyone is reading currently book wise!

Also! I have a goodreads account if anyone wants to be friends on there!

[west cradle]

iis it weird that i read idiom dictionary?

i love reference books

[urban nova]

Currently, I'm reading The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen, love her works

Previously, and highly recommended, I read Pachinko by Min Jee Lee

[dapper moat]

The house in the cerulean sea
I'm almost finished it so im dragging tge ending out
Its so good

[verbal berry]

I'm rereading the Harry Potter series and just finished a non-fic called Crazy Love

[hexed tundra]

I love to read anything and everything by colleen houck 🙂📚

[verbal fog]

Whatever you do, don’t read My Immortal (Unless you really want to get a good laugh out of it)

[verbal berry]

Oh nooo I was there when it came out, never 🤣🤣

I tend to only read Hermione centric anyways, usually crossovers 🤷‍♀️🤣

[verbal fog]

Nice nice

[silent chasm]

I'm currently reading Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
it's YA fantasy about a girl who was cursed to have poisonous skin so she can never touch anyone

[quaint rock]

I’m currently reading the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (on Book 6 right now) and a YA book called the Henna Wars!

[rough orbit]

i found my own copy of princess bride. Granted, it's the abridged version, but still. Buttercup is a whole mood; "who needs boys when horses love me?"

[hexed tundra]

I am currently reading the shadow and bone series cause its going to be made into a tv show soon

[dapper moat]

That sounds interesting

[silent chasm]

i'm having a good time with it!

[quaint rock]

Have you read the Six of Crows duology? I highly recommend that one if you haven’t!

[spring grail]

Anyone a fan of Adam Silvera?

[bronze moth]

he wrote "they both die at the end", right? my friend loves that book

[spring grail]

He did!!! I love how he writes tragic but beautiful books

[bronze moth]

i have yet to read it unfortunately 😔 ✊ i've heard a lot of good things tho

[toxic spoke]

i just got Stormsong which is the sequel to Witchmark which was a lot of fun

and most recently i've read Blackfish City which also had some real good things i liked

last year i read The Black Tides of Heaven which, was real close to home in terms of setting and the scene where the protagonist tries pronouns ;-;

[dapper moat]

Guys i want to buy my friend a book but i cant find anything 😅

[toxic spoke]

what do they like?

[dapper moat]

Uh lemme find the list she gave to her siblings

Uh i cant find it
But she enjoys fantasy (dark), lgbtq

I was going to grab her cemetery boys but i know she asked her siblings for it

[toxic spoke]

Gideon the Ninth is about lesbian necromancers in space

[dapper moat]

Ooooooooo

Perfect❤️

Its on the list 😩 i need to know what her siblings got her from the list

[toxic spoke]

VE Schwab has some books that are also fun. A Darker Shade of Magic has portal fantasy stuff i like

Witchmark is some fantasy politics & romance

[dapper moat]

I'll have a look tyy

[toxic spoke]

i really like ann leckie's scifi things a lot, but i haven't read her fantasy book, The Raven Tower, yet

[bronze moth]

has anyone read carry on by rainbow rowell?

[spring grail]

It's on my to read list

[silent chasm]

We Set the Dark on Fire is about a girl who has to choose between the future she worked her entire life for and a revolution and is also gay

[whole zodiac]

@bronze moth Carry On by Rainbow Rowell is like gay Harry Potter, only it's not about the big epic fights against evil it's about all the moments in between with your friends. And the only way it's like HP is that it's got magic and they've been to magic school. So really not like HP but I think it was inspired by. Rainbow Rowell is great at characters

It's the first book in I believe going to be a trilogy. The second book is out and the third is coming out this year

[bronze moth]

it's my favourite book, the sequel is really good as well

[whole zodiac]

It's great

[bronze moth]

yeah i'm planning on preordering the third one

[whole zodiac]

Me too

I've loved everything by Rowell so far

Did you read Fangirl?

[bronze moth]

omg yes, it's what made me buy carry on lol

[whole zodiac]

Me too lol

[dapper moat]

I have
Its good

[sly kite]

Carry On is great! Also, Red White and Royal Blue is amazing too!

[bronze moth]

i've been meaning to check out red white and royal blue

[mortal totem]

red white and royal blue is so wholesome omg

[sly kite]

Definitely check it out

[dapper moat]

Sameee 😅

[rare gyro]

I'll be free thisnweekend, so is there any fantasy book recommendation for me?

I heard Shadow and Bone is good

[bold latch]

yes omg!!! shadow & bone is AMAZING

six of crows (the author's other series) is also incredible

[tired iris]

Have you ever read the beyonder’s trilogy by Brandon Mull? I’d say that’s probably my favorite fantasy series

[slow widget]

The Fallen series by Lauren Kate is 5 books and really good. fantasy romance series

[quasi blade]

The Dresden Files - I love it.

[slow widget]

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow is also another good stand alone one. not really fantasy but it was one of the rare books not in fantasy that grabbed me and hooked him.

[whole zodiac]

If you're interested in urban fantasy Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series is great

[round pilot]

I also recommend the Modern Magick Series by Charlotte English, free to read online on modern-magick.net

(you could also support her by buying ebooks)

[mental bronze]

just read they both die at the end the other week! what an amazing book T__T

[tired iris]

That was a good book

[dapper moat]

@bold latch i have a couple chaps of six of crows to finish then I'll try shadow and bone i think

[bold latch]

niceeee!!!

[dapper moat]

So many books
So little time

[bold latch]

shadow & bone will give u more context to soc!!

[dapper moat]

I need to watch the trailer aaaa

[bold latch]

honestly i feel ya, i have so many things i want to read & re-read but work’s taking up sm time :(

[bold latch]

the trailer is amazing!!! i’ve literally watched it so many times

[dapper moat]

😂

I'll let you know when ive watched it

[bold latch]

yesss pls do!!!!

[dapper moat]

HOLY

IT LOOKS AMSZING

[bold latch]

DOESN’T ITTTTTT

[dapper moat]

I SEE KAZ

Is the other dude a bad guys what

[bold latch]

which one!!

[dapper moat]

Prince caspian dude

[bold latch]

ooooh the darkling???

i don’t want to spoil anything for u haha

[spring grail]

Forgot how much i cried the first time i read it

[mental bronze]

omg yess,,, ||even though the ending is written right there in the title u cant help but root for them to somehow defy fate (or whatever the hell deathcast is) ||

[spring grail]

O know right!!!

The pain in ur heart and gut...

Tio much

[mental bronze]

i thought it would be a fun read and then ended up weeping T__T

10/10 i recommend it

[spring grail]

More happy than not is also a good one!!!

[spring grail]

Same

[mental bronze]

i'll give it a read! would u say its better than they both die at the end?

[spring grail]

Uhmm nope.. but it is nice

And by Adam silvera as well

I like What If It's Us more

[misty goblet]

Hello books lover friends, I'm new here ❤️ I saw your conversation and I'm also a fan of Shadow and bones ! I'm currently reading six of crows too 😊

Anyone read "The Mirror Visitor" here ? It's a fantasy book written by a French author and I absolutely recommend it !

[balmy flame]

I haven't even heard it o.o

I'm new here as well. ^-^

[misty goblet]

I guess the book isn't well known outside of France but if you like fantasy book, check this hidden gem :p

[dapper moat]

I'll have to search it later ooo

[glossy schooner]

The Mirror Visitor is probably one of my favorite books (among many, of course). It's not... typical feeling, if you're used to Anne McCaffrey or Tamora Pierce, but it is definitely worth a read. I got it on sale on audible first, then promptly got it on kindle so I could actually read it, then got a hard copy to loan out, a step which most books don't make it to.

[rare gyro]

I have to scroll up to check the recs lol

But thanks! Now I have a list of books to check out.

[dapper moat]

@rare gyro so many recs 🥺

Maybe we could make a good doc with them in

[hollow pagoda]

Are most of the books discussed here fantasy? not that I object, just curious.

[rare gyro]

Hmmm good idea

like a google doc everyone can edit for recs?

[rough prawn]

I believe (and mods or anyone else please correct me if I'm wrong) this channel is for any kind of books people want to talk about? Fantasy has just been what they've discussed the most so far.

[timber hull]

Yeah, it's just literally books/literature. I think most people here just enjoy a lot of fantasy, but there's been discussions about other stuff, and also science fiction, etc.

[hollow pagoda]

Christelle Dabos?

[timber hull]

So feel free to discuss whatever!

[hollow pagoda]

I only read science fiction and fantasy, because those are my favorite genres. But I’ve been an active reader for about 45 years, so some of my favorites are less well known.

[torpid hearth]

Just joined this discord and SO glad to see Shadow and Bone has made an appearance here!

SFF reader here ☺️ 📚

[misty goblet]

Yes ! So happy to see other people who know her 🙂

[misty goblet]

I totally second this! I actually stopped reading for a while and The Mirror Visitor is the book that got me back reading again, it just has something so special

Same here I mostly read SF/Fantasy but I also read other genres so if anyone needs a recommendation feel free to ask!

[severe star]

i have six of crows on audible and i find it so hard to ceep up cass they change the reader for every person 🤔 do anyone else have this problem?😅

[hollow pagoda]

@misty goblet Actually, I had never heard of her, but I wanted to make sure I was looking at the correct author in my eBookstore/Goodreads. Very impressive scores, absolutely worth giving it a try.

Since titles can’t be copyrighted, I try to be careful about making sure that I have the right book. Even more important with music. I think I have at least 100 songs that have the same title as some other song in my library.

[glass atlas]

I keep forgetting to look up that Indonesian culture book someone recommended a week or so ago

Indonesia etc.

[dapper moat]

Yeah i was thinking google doc

[hollow pagoda]

@dapper moat Are you going to set that up, or would you like me to?

[dapper moat]

You're more than welcome to😂

[simple oasis]

Oooh would love to see the doc w/ book recs!!

I'm currently reading Chaos Walking (hoping to finish before the movie is out). Anyone read that series?

[hollow pagoda]

This is pretty bare so far: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14EuUZYfs0U1doXg6ArzQW9a0r1IU6HRnOykQT7d218w/edit

[glossy schooner]

I like it!

[hollow pagoda]

I’ve gone back about two weeks. If someone feels like going back further or double checking to see what I missed, that would be helpful.

[toxic spoke]

a darker shade of magic is in a series and also, along with six of crows, LGBT

or, give me a couple hours to get home and i'll request edit access

[green spire]

yeah! I just finished book two!

[green spire]

what are your thoughts on it so far?

[simple oasis]

Not too far into it yet but the idea of hearing each other’s thoughts is wild. Can be incredibly useful and troublesome. Makes me wish I could hear my dogs thought 😂

I’m excited for be movie though! I think Tom Holland will do great!

[green spire]

yeah I saw a promo and its really interesting how they're doing the 'hear the thoughts' thing

[misty goblet]

oh a darker shade of magic is on my list, I can't wait to read it ! I'm finishing "an ember in the ashes" series first and then I'll read a darker shade of magic ^-^

[misty goblet]

and thanks dmclean for the google doc ! I'll think of other recommendations but I just have so many books I love haha

[rare gyro]

I'll pin the gdoc for the recs

[hollow pagoda]

I wanted to add all of my 5 star books, but that seemed a bit self serving. Fortunately, someone else already recommended several of them.

[hollow pagoda]

Also, should I add all the books in each series? So far I’ve only added book 1, figuring that, with the Goodreads link, people can look up the rest.

[hollow pagoda]

There are two books on my Goodreads list with the same title. Murder of Crows

[copper kettle]

For those of you who like Six of Crows or A Darker Shade of Magic, have you read The Raven Cycle? 👀

[dapper moat]

THE RAVEN CYCLE AAAA

[copper kettle]

have you also read Call Down the Hawk??

[toxic spoke]

Ah, i have read it. [wiggles hand] about my lack of interest in both private schools and boys

[copper kettle]

yknow, thats fair lmao

[hollow pagoda]

Is that a recommendation? I’m trying to capture them in the Google doc.

[silent quarry]

I loved the Grisha books, Shade of Magic series, and The Raven Cycle! But I haven't read King of Scars yet for the Grisha books, or Call Down the Hawk for TRC

[toxic spoke]

please give me edit or commenting access

[hollow pagoda]

I changed the blanket permission to comment. I’ll be happy to add people as editors, if they ask for it through the document.

[copper kettle]

I would definitely recommend it! Along with The Scorpio Races and The Guinevere Deception!

[copper kettle]

Call Down the Hawk moved Declan from one of my least favorite characters to one of my favorites lmao 👀 💦

[hollow pagoda]

Added

[dapper moat]

Not yet heh

[copper kettle]

👀

[dapper moat]

Declan is a babe tho

Wait

No

My brain rn

😂

We stand the dreaming babes 😂

[copper kettle]

wait who did u mix up declan with lmao

surely not kavinsky???

[dapper moat]

Oh lord no

🤣

i love chainsaw and want her myself

Isn't there a sequel coming out for it?
Man i need to get my reading mood on :sweat_smile:

[copper kettle]

A sequel to Call Down the Hawk? Yea it's coming out in May I think

it's called Mister Impossible 😎

[hollow pagoda]

That’s a good chat question: what new book(s) are people waiting for this year?

[spare plume]

Is it too much to hope that Winds of Winter, Doors of Stone, and Thorn of Emberlain get released this year? lol

[hollow pagoda]

Ghost Story taught me not to anticipate book unless they were available for pre-order.

But it also contained one of my all-time favorite pieces of writing, so I forgave Jim Butcher for the delay after ending the previous book with an ugly cliffhanger.

[rare gyro]

This reminds me of The Name of the Wind lol. I got so excited waiting for its rumored sequel, but the wait was too long I ended up forgetting until last year when my sister told me about it

[glossy schooner]

Yeah... Every once in a while I remember those exist and wonder if we'll ever get the last one.

[toxic spoke]

oh! Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

xiran is the woman who's been doing some analysis of the live action mulan, and later, other chinese historical/cultural videos! and she's writing a book about polyamorous mecha pilots, that i Am Here For

[silent chasm]

oooh has that come out?

[toxic spoke]

fall 2021!

[silent chasm]

!! super exciting

[toxic spoke]

wait, oh my god, aristotle and dante dive into the waters of the world is also coming out this year

[timber hull]

I'm pretty sure the sequel or third book from Rothfuss is already out or coming out. I forgot about the sequel too, but now I just want to re-read Name of the Wind and then keep going.

[glossy schooner]

The first 2 are out, but as far as I'm aware the 3rd (and supposedly last) is just out there in the aether waiting to be finished.

[rough orbit]

Rothfuss is worse than GRRM when it comes to actually getting stories done 8p

[rare gyro]

Is there supposed to be a sequel after Wise Man's Fear?

If that's the case then dang it's been 10 years

[hollow pagoda]

Goodreads lists a book titled The Doors of Stone

[dapper moat]

Im excited for Under the Whispering Door

[hollow pagoda]

I have three books on pre-order: Chaos on Catnet (YA, LGBTQ, sf), What Abigail Did That Summer (modern fantasy), and The Last Graduate (YA modern fantasy)

[dapper moat]

So many books so little motivation 😩

[shell kraken]

@shut vale moving here, ive only got a small collectiton so far

[shut vale]

Very cool!

[shell kraken]

ive got a Better Homes cookbook (lacking my fav recipe from the book i grew up with, unfortunately), the Unofficial Legend of Zelda cookbook, the Spice Cookbook (it has a map with all the places spices are uh, either natively found or cultivated, uncertain) and the Encyclopedia of Cookery

[shut vale]

Some of them

[shell kraken]

ohhhhhhhh

the spines on those ones on the left

[shut vale]

I have basically a five shelf bookcase filled with cookbooks

The far left?those aren't cookbooks but they're mark twain printed in the 20s

[shell kraken]

the green one next to them, too

[shut vale]

I'm going to be on the hunt for more of them though but yeah they're awesome

Oh yes that one is neat!!

It's actually a marketing guide from the late 1800s I believe

[shell kraken]

whoa

[shut vale]

1880

[shell kraken]

whoa

[shut vale]

Also got a vincent price cookbook too

[spark lotus]

nice !!

[shell kraken]

if you don't have it, i do highly recommend the spice cookbook. it's pretty and practical

[shut vale]

That one o think I do

But I mostly go after everything pre 1960s

1935

And what I love about these are the little newspaper clippings too

[hollow pagoda]

By Avanelle Day, 1964?

[shell kraken]

yeah!

i love the illustrations in it. and the recipes are great too

we've made the beef ragout and holy shit

[shut vale]

I'll have to check my collection for it and look out for it I just love the ancients so much

[shell kraken]

there's definitely something to having a Really Olld cookbook

i think im gonna like, keep an eye out for more nerdy ones

though a coworker once said he has a good viking cookbook which, idk what's in one of those but i wanna find out

[shut vale]

Nice!

[hollow pagoda]

Geeky fact “viking” was originally a verb.

[shut vale]

I'm on the lookout for prohabition era cocktail ones now

[shell kraken]

not surprised, it does end in -ing

[shell kraken]

oh man those sound like fun

[shut vale]

Yeah!!

One cookbook I have isn't just food recipes either like

There's how to make your own booze and stuff in there

Actually two are like that

[shell kraken]

whoa

[shut vale]

Yeah!!

[shell kraken]

ive made yogurt before (well, more yogurt) but never tried booze

probably won't, either. i dislike the taste of alcohol

[shut vale]

I wouldn't even though I like it, it's more fascinating history lessons than anything

[hollow pagoda]

Added The Spice Cookbook to the recommendation list

[shut vale]

Of you like subscription plans there's one on Etsy that's awesome

I got it for Christmas, but I plan on getting it again when it runs out

[shell kraken]

one of my fav illustrations from the spice cookbook:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/534533150039080971/804439740874096661/20210128_135447.jpg

lobster go NYOOM

[shut vale]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/204240205/vintage-monthly-cookbook-club-6-month it's an awesome one but yeah I love ones with little illistrations

This Chinese cookbook has a bunch of them it was written by nuns just after wwii

[shell kraken]

pics?

[shut vale]

Or in the 60s recounting memories and such with the recipes it's a good little book

[shell kraken]

this sounds incredible

[shut vale]

I have to find it first!!

[shell kraken]

also that subscription service sounds... very tempting

$100 for 6 books aint a bad deal, either

[shut vale]

Oh and some of them are on the older side too but

Is one I got fromr them

They're all in good condition

[shell kraken]

ooh, classy

oh, ,lookin at the listing actually reminded me of a fifth cookbook in my shelf

the dr seuss cookbook

it's like, 80% presentation and simple mixed drinks for kids

but it's all from the seuss books

[shut vale]

I got another I put somewhere but

Those are all from them

They wrap all their books in an old vintage map too

Found the Chinese cookbook!

[shell kraken]

oh i love that cover!

[shut vale]

All of their pages have illustrations on them too

[shell kraken]

ooh, that's helpful!

[shut vale]

But yeah every single page has an illustration v.v

[shell kraken]

awwwww the cow is crying from onion oils

[shut vale]

Last one sorry for the spam but just the forward it's a first edition, 1956 too it's just different xD

Correction that's the last one

Once I get things cleaned up I'll share a picture of the bookshelf I honestly want to get a different style one that's lower but hey xS eventually

[shell kraken]

i need to buy a bookshelf i can wall-mount. my current storage is rapidly becoming insufficient

[shut vale]

I have the one bookcase and then two wall mounted 8 foot long book shelves

But hose are less cookbooks more normal reading books and knickknacks

[shell kraken]

my shelving will be primarily for robots tbh

i have a Sizable transformers collection and plans to buy more

[shut vale]

Oh nice

[red pollen]

Reminds me of the German cookbook we have at my moms from right before WW1

[shut vale]

Ooooo

[tired iris]

My best friend would love this, but she would kill me if I did this for her birthday

Heck I forgot to turn off the ping, if you care about that, I apologize

[shut vale]

its okay! xD

i got my computer muted anyways but they have lesser months too if i remember right!

[tired iris]

Anyone here read a decent amount of manga? I want opinions on a couple of series

[gray garden]

I just recently read the time travelers wife and man is it good

[rare gyro]

The cover is beautiful

I read manga. Used to, but not that often these days. What titles are you talking about?

[tired iris]

Black clover and twin star exorcist

Some guy is selling them and if he’s willing to do a trade, I’ve got a series I’m wanting to replace since it’s honestly not going to ever be reread

I just want to know if either or both are worthwhile

[hollow stone]

i like black clover, read it at mangaplus

i've used to read twin star exorcist but dropped it, i forget why
but i love the author previous works, binbogami

[rare gyro]

It honestly depends on your preference. If you're into typical shounen jump series, then Black Clover is definitely for you

Twin Star Exorcist started great but it kinda dragged later on. The world building id pretty goof though

[tired iris]

I’m just trying to figure out if the trade is fair in a way

Because volume wise he’s be getting more

But shojo for shounen is, probably only worth it to the other person if the like it

Oh! The guy does trade

[toxic spoke]

ooh

i'm glad the trade is working out for you, i haven't read black clover or much of twin star exorcist

[tired iris]

Oh I just happened to miss it in the sale description

I have no idea if the guy would take them

[toxic spoke]

ohhh welp, good luck

[hollow pagoda]

Added to list (see pinned messages)

[fiery root]

Anyone tried the Powder Mage series by Brian McClellan? Working through his sequel series now, havent been as hooked on a series in some time.

[shut dock]

Haven't heard of it, what is it about?

[fiery root]

Basically takes place in a nation at a time of political upheaval and the resulting conflicts. Its gunpowder fantasy and follows many of the military figures and others through events triggered at the start. The tech of the time is Napoleonic, and many effects of industry are being felt and adding to the changing circumstances of the world. Among the magic exist a group called Powder mages who can use gunpowder to fuel various abilities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Powder_Mage_trilogy

[shut dock]

O:

That kinda reminds me of Mistborn in a way

I'll have to check this out

[fiery root]

Yea, Sanderson has been an influence for him, he attended some of his writing classes when he was in school.

[shut dock]

Oh that's really cool! Definitely will check it out when I got the time then :3c

[hollow pagoda]

Added to list

[dapper moat]

You're a diamonddd

I'm qaiting for my friend to tell me what books she got from her family to then order er one

Her*

[hollow pagoda]

Maria V Snyder, the YA author also teaches writing, at the university my daughter graduated from.

[tired iris]

Look at this about deal

[hollow stone]

ah junji ito

gyo is the one with the mechanical fish right ?

[tired iris]

I have no idea

I’m only familiar with uzumaki

[rare gyro]

Ahhh gyo

[verbal fog]

Yessss Junji Ito

And yeah, Gyo is the one with the mechanical fish

I also recommend Tomie

That’s such a read

[tired iris]

I was actually just looking at manga of indigo (Canada’s big chain) and that sale was just there and it was really funny to me

[verbal fog]

Tomie was also Junji Ito’s first piece of work, if I recall

If you ever read that you will see how his art has changed throughout it

[tired iris]

Currently I’ve got my eye set on some older rare(ish) manga

[verbal fog]

Ooo~ nice

What kind?

[tired iris]

Hetalia and the first volume of the original Akira print

[verbal fog]

Noice!

Have you been able to find any at a good price?

[tired iris]

Only reason I have my eye on them is because of that

If they do trades I might be able to get away with getting them rather cheap

Because I have some volumes of jojo that are technically duplicates

Somehow my aunt managed to have an easier time finding the paper back ones (which have been out of stock for years) then she did the hardcover books sold currently

So the paperback ones are sort of rare, might be able to trade for that volume of akira

[verbal fog]

Ohh I see

Wow your aunt was crazy lucky

[rare gyro]

Hetalia is considered as rare now?

The last time I followed up Hetalia is when Vietnam made its appearance

[rare gyro]

I give away some manga I don't read them anymore. I wonder if people will take them

[hollow stone]

give it to me

[rare gyro]

If you're into romance, sure

Though there are some gundam manga

[tired iris]

Well the manga is out of print and doesn’t even exist in Canada’s largest chain book store, so it definitely is considered rare from everything I know

[tired iris]

I know I have no way of getting it, but I’d be curious to see what you have

[hollow pagoda]

There aren’t any manga on the list yet.

[wanton tusk]

I'm just waiting for the latest chapter of AOT rn...

[hollow pagoda]

I don’t recognize that acronym, so I can’t add it to the recommendation list.

[tired iris]

That should be Attack on Titan

[toxic spoke]

i wouldn't recommend AOT without a Lot of caveats about the gore and the nationalism

[neon pulsar]

^^^

Especially later on it gets very antisemitic

[shut dock]

Think that depends on who you ask? I've seen quite a few jewish people say that it's not

[toxic spoke]

i mean, you can find a member of any group with an opinion that differs. that the author decided to include parallels to anti-semitic conspiracy theories and pulls characters and imagery from WWII is something that's fraught at best.

[shut dock]

What I mean is majority of Jewish people I've seen who've actually read it are good with it, most of the people who have a problem with it aren't Jewish

[shut dock]

Given that the right in Japan is pretty different from the right here, I'm calling Occam's razor on that one

[toxic spoke]

i mean, that's your experience with a specific group of jewish people and their opinions of the show shouldn't be used to discredit everyone else's.
and 2, what? where are you from??

[shut dock]

From the US, in the midwest. And fair, what's comfortable for one person isn't for another

[toxic spoke]

i'm on the other side of the world from you

[shut dock]

Ahh yeah makes sense

[toxic spoke]

this isn't something that i understand, japan participated in WWII. i don't know what you're arguing here

[shut dock]

I'm referring to the anti semetic part, there's not many jewish people in japan

Max is .0002% of the population

[toxic spoke]

ah, hm. given that the show makes specific comparisons to that group of characters and jewish people, i'd say that "not knowing" is not a very good justification

[shut dock]

Some of the things have been tools of oppressors throughout time, antisemitism is one of the most recent and most visible ones. Also, it's important to remember that the Jewish compared group are the protagonists, for the most part.

Do agree that you have to be careful on recommendending this series though, it reaaaallly isn't for everyone

[toxic spoke]

i wouldn't call antisemitism "recent" and there's some other stuff with what the author's said on twitter (about koreans), but yeah. i'd describe the show as being "fraught at best" in terms of messages.

[shut dock]

I mean for recent antisemitism stuff, like ww2 and recent news events, it's more on people's minds than other forms of opression. And that private twitter hasn't been proven to be the author's and he's said nothing on his public, so up in the air bout that

Honestly I like the series cause how it handles morality, and how it writes characters on all sides of the conflict. It's all kinds of people

[toxic spoke]

i tend to be most critical of shows like that because if they're not careful, it's very easy for them to be sort of, victim-blamey

[shut dock]

Yeah unfortunately, it's a pretty delicate matter

I like how aot does it though, personally, understand how it rubs people the wrong way though

[frosty patio]

Super excited to see a books section on here. I have been reading Heather Cox Richardsons histories revolving around the Civil War era reconstruction and mistreatment of the original people and POC. But she mentioned in passing the other day two books written in 1912 and 1915 about day to day life of an orphanage asylum. Sounds dreadful right? No they are charming and inspirational. She had such a way of writing that I'm sad she passed young in childbirth. The wonderful books she could have published 😦

[shut dock]

Ooh, I'll have to check those out! What's the titles?

[frosty patio]

@thin terrace Booktubers are a thing? can you reccomend one?

[unborn gulch]

Anyone have a good English translation of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

Or can recommend one?

[shut dock]

Sadly don't know of one....

Would like to read it too, if, anyone knows of one owo/

[frosty patio]

@shut dock That would have helped wouldn't it? The first was Daddy Long Legs. Basically a girl who was raised solely in the orphanage is sent to college and is tasked with writing a letter to her benefactor once a month. These are those letters. The second is the sequel where the original girl hires one of her college friends to take over the running of the dismal orphanage and upgrade it. It's called Dear Enemy and is a series of letters to various people from the new superintendant of the place.

[shut dock]

Thanks much~

[frosty patio]

I second all the Seanan McGuire books, also The NewsFlesh series by her nom de plume Mira Grant (The only zombie books I have ever read). But for Time distortion/travel/epic space battles/ and a plot line you will never see coming, i have to recommend the series " A Soldiers Duty" by Jean Johnson. It follows the adventures of Ia, A 15 yo girl who sees the end of the universe...but also a way to save it. So it's five books worth of her attempts to manipulate time, space, people, into following the one path that will save everything.

[ivory locust]

Who knows that comic book dog man?

[mint gulch]

which one? i know theres a Dav Pilkey spinoff series about a dog, but other than that i got nothin

[neon pulsar]

Omg yeah

The kids at work love that series

[hollow pagoda]

A Soldiers Duty was magnificent.

Added a bunch of stuff to the Google doc, but I could have missed something

[raw tendon]

Has anyone heard of Otherside Picnic by Iori Miyazawa? It's an LGBT japanese horror scifi novel about two college girls who discover another world called "the otherside" where beings that appear in japanese urban legends and creepypasta are real. It also has a manga.

I find this novel interesting because it made me wonder what if a hidden world where urban legends and creepypasta lived did exist? It's scary for sure. For example, if you know the slenderman, then slenderman would appear in that world.

[hollow pagoda]

I think that Heinlein’s novel The Number of the Beast had, as part of its premise, that out there in all of the many universes you could find every fictional universe ever written about. They travelled to Oz in one section.

[tired iris]

Ooh Oz

I know too much about wizard of Oz

[hollow pagoda]

My dad was a member of the International Wizard of Oz club and regularly attended their conferences. I have his collection of all the Baum books and most of the Thompson books plus some of the newer stuff.

[silent quarry]

This sounds SO up my alley, thank you for posting about it!

[raw tendon]

You're welcome! 🙂

[hollow pagoda]

First manga on the list

[raw tendon]

👍

[celest yacht]

Hello 👋
I would like to recommend a couple books/manga (im not entirely sure what i need include so sorry if im missing something or say too much)

• Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston. The first book ive ever willingly reread. Its LGBT kind of young adult vibes I guess but the main characters are all college or older. Its about the son of rhe first women president in the US and is rivalry (and spoilers later romantic interest) with the grandson of the queen. Some sexual content and some homophobia in it and there might be a couple other concerns but thoss are off the top of my head. Filles with a ton of poc and lgbt
  Side note: the author has hee second book, One Last Stop coming out soon with lesbians and I guess a subway or train? Iirc
• No. 6 by Atsuko Asano a nine volume manga that is science fiction and I think its like utopia/dystopia? About a boy who lives in a "perfect" city or w/e meets another boy not from there and his world gets very changed and very complicated. This one is more serious and has some violence and blood depicted iirc and some bug related stuff if that something people do or do not cars for. It is also gay, however the focus is not really on that or any real romantic or romance aspects. Its only lightly touched on.
  -Fruits Basket I cant remember the author but its also a manga. Cant remember the length but I think its a bit more popular so it might be Known by some already. Some references to abuse, physical, mental, and emotional. But mixed with a lot of nice-ness and my ultimate OTP

Hope these were ok, theyre mainly lgbt books as thats kind of the main thing ive been able to read lately...
Also sorry for the long message

[toxic spoke]

No. 6 is really good, tho i definitely prefer the pacing of the Light Novel than the anime

[bronze moth]

since i'm noticing a lot of manga recs, i offer you vinland saga. i don't want to spoil too much but it's about vikings. the mc's dad is killed by a viking and so he decides to follow the viking to kill him so he can avenge hia dad. the character development is wonderful and the art is,, chefs kiss beautiful.

[thin terrace]

Late reply to a late reply but I recommend starting with withcindy! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6i_QSkT7pCQH1llVVGd6cA she's my fav booktuber I watched!

[hollow pagoda]

@celest yacht Feel free to recommend whatever you like. Everyone here is old enough to make informed choices as to what is or is not appropriate for them.

Red, White, and Royal Blue (which I saw my daughter gave 5 stars) No 6, and Vinland Saga added to the list.

[copper kettle]

i've heard RWRB is really good! 🤩

[thorny oxide]

RWRB is a very cute fun book!

[keen pulsar]

Hello, I like books. 👍

I read mainly fictional titles.

[dapper moat]

@celest yacht and anyone else who enjoy manga i highly highly reccomend Shimanami Tasogare- Our Dreams at Dusk
Its an amazing story and has incredible art

[hollow pagoda]

I’m compiling a Google doc list of any books recommended here. See the pinned message for the link.

[keen pulsar]

Cool, thank you

the guardians of time book series by Marianne Curley is pretty good

[toxic spoke]

Oh yeah, Our Dreams at Dusk is so good

additional note, LGBTQ+ themes, and the author is x gender iirc

[dapper moat]

Ohhh i didnt know about the x gender 🥺 💕 @toxic spoke

[astral garnet]

I'm getting back into my Tamora Pierce obsession lately and I'm rereading some of my favorites; I highly recommend the Beka Cooper series, and the Trickster's Curse/Trickster's Queen duo 👏🏾

[whole zodiac]

I'm reading Sandry's book to my daughter right now

I love Tamora Pierce, though, I haven't liked her most recent books

[dim lodge]

Beka Cooper is on my top 5 all time favorite series

[astral garnet]

I've been trying to find the Circle of Magic books in local book stores,, somehow I only have book 2 in my collection 😂

I haven't read any of her recent stuff but I saw that one of them has a male lead and I was like 😬 You lost me Tam...I'm sorry....

[astral garnet]

The ending of the third book was kind of disappointing but over all, definitely one of my top 5 too

[dim lodge]

I hate the ending and love it at the same time.... Also beka cooper is the most recent I have read of her stuff lol

[whole zodiac]

the circle of magic books are my favorite

I love them so much

Will of the Empress is one of my favorite books

yeah, the most recent book that I read from her was a prequel to the Wild Mage series about Numair and I do not care about his story. Plus there were some parts about male puberty that I didn't want to read about lol

[hollow pagoda]

I enjoyed all of the Tamora Pierce books I’ve read, which is all but 3 or 4 books. Let me add a couple to the list.

[hollow pagoda]

@astral garnet added first book of Becka and first book of the Circle stories to the list. They can find the rest from there.

[tired iris]

I doubt anyone is ever going to read it, but I’ll recommend les miserables for the list

[hollow pagoda]

There’s almost 17,000 people who have visited this server so far. No doubt someone out there would like it.

[tired iris]

I guess that’s true

[hollow pagoda]

Not to mention it’s a popular musical. Somebody will read it just because of that.

[humble thicket]

If this is the place for book recommendation then Watership Down is a delightful read. It's one of my all time favourites!

[plain gazelle]

I would like to second watership down, one of the best books I've ever read!

[burnt trellis]

The movie is heavily gory and possibly traumatizing to children though. do NOT pick either up thinking it's a cute bunny story

It's a fantastic book but like. Dark and serious as hell shrouded in "oh look it's about bunny rabbits"

[humble thicket]

The gore is really, really overstated in the movie though. The book doesn't go into bloody detail, so to speak

[pseudo mist]

I just read The Circle and, if you can tolerate mild r/menwritingwomen-tomfoolery, it's really interesting and broadened my mind on information society, privacy, transparency and capitalism/corporatocracy.

[pseudo mist]

Ooh, that's one for the reading list. Thanks for the suggestion!

[plain gazelle]

I would call Watership Down like... YA fantasy levels of violent? It's definitely not a "cute bunny story", it's so good though. I was obsessed with it and with learning Lapin as a kid

[humble thicket]

Yeah, it's definitely one of those books that if animals dying is a hard pass for you, you shouldn't pick it up. But the world and mythology and culture built for the rabbits is so immersive that you can't help but get sucked right into the story.

[plain gazelle]

Weirdly enough, I am usually one of those people - but in Watership Down I like the mythology and everything so much that I cope with it much better

[humble thicket]

I know what you mean, it's so absorbing!

[pseudo mist]

i finished a good girl's guide to murder today !! 10/10 would recommend

[dim lodge]

I just finished the Wrath and the Dawn. Very good.

Second book is on its way to me

[hollow pagoda]

Google doc updated

[silent chasm]

Going to recommend the Bone series by Jeff Smith
it's a down-to-earth fantasy graphic novel about three cousins who are run out of town for being charlatans and one of them finds friendship, adventure and a dragon

[midnight musk]

That was the first graphic novel series I ever read, it was absolutely wonderful

[glossy schooner]

I'm like a day late, but I loved Les Miserables. Read everything except the 60 pages on the battle of waterloo that had all of 1 page relevant to the rest of the story...

[hollow pagoda]

Added to list. And by list, I mean the Google doc.

[tired iris]

Agreed

[gray garden]

Does anyone have any good fxf books? 18+ is okay but maybe dm them instead of putting them in here as it's a pg server unless the mods are okay with it with a warning

[hollow pagoda]

For us old squares, perhaps if we knew what that was, we could help you. A web search turned up nothing useful, though “funny xylophone fail” amuses me.

[gray garden]

Female with female haha

[dim lodge]

Welp I read too much fanfiction. 😬 I immediately knew what that was 😅

I have a great mlp fxf fanfiction I adore but idk if you'd be into that or not.

[hollow pagoda]

Ah, that makes sense, though I’d never seen that particular abbreviation before. The only thing that comes immediately to mind is a rather lovely YA science fiction novel Catfishing on CatNet, which is on the Google doc. There are several other books marked LGBT, but I haven’t read any of them.

I’ve only ever read one piece of fan fiction. I have read same amateur fiction in various genres, some of it excellent. Sturgeon’s Law.

[gray garden]

Sure go ahead and link it and I'll try it out I suppose, and thanks dmclean!

[toxic spoke]

Not Your Sidekick (superheroes), If I Tell You (high school drama), Ascension (spaceship crew), Provenance (scifi politics), Gideon the Ninth (space necromancers),

[thin terrace]

I'm can recommend Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour! Don't ask me why, but 'soft' is the word I would use to discribe it.

[valid lodge]

the abyss surrounds us by emily skrutskie is a great book. it’s YA and it’s a dystopian future filled with pirates, sea monsters, and people who tame said sea monsters. the main character isn’t white for once and the wlw romance isn’t the central plot point. it also has a sequel

[hollow pagoda]

The link for the Google doc is pinned. It’s the only pin in this channel.

[hollow pagoda]

Updated, though @toxic spoke if you could double check that I added the correct books?

[gray garden]

Thanks you guys!

[tired iris]

There is a webtoon I read a couple years back that I can’t quite remember the name of off the top of my head, but it was a pretty wholesome one. I’ll try and remember the name (I believe it was called Always Human)

[gray garden]

Oooh I think I've read that!

But I'll check it out if I haven't!

[rough orbit]

Always Human is a precious webcomic, and I was very sad when it ended.

[silent quarry]

Always Human was really sweet!

[thin terrace]

Oooo just noticed there's a graphic novel sub-section in the doc.

I'm gonna recommend The Wicked + The Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicked_%2B_The_Divine It's an urban fantasy about pop idols who are also deities wrapped up in a murder mystery. Just be forwarned that it talks a lot about heavy stuff, but the cast is LGBTQ+ and the pay off is fantastic!

[hollow pagoda]

@thin terrace It seems like there are a fair number of manga people, so it felt appropriate to have a separate section.

[rough orbit]

Having finished the Princess Bride book (finally) I have to say uh... the movie is better. 8p

[tired iris]

I just got randomly nostalgic and remembered a book series I had when I was a kid

I had to go look it up and was not expecting to see this article

https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=color-words-owly-returns-andy-runton

[celest yacht]

This is a late response but for the fxf books I can think of two manga, one is a really short one called, iirc, i married my best friend to shut up my parents and I'm not sure who its by, and another im not sure the author titled Girlfriends that i only read the first of but it was good. And im sure I know some novels but the first one I think of is a book based on a podcast called Alice Isn't Dead. Both are the same name and the book by Joseph Fink. However while it's good anf id recommend it regardless idk if its quite whats being looked for as romance isnt the main focus. Its a kind of modern sci-fi or fantasy? And about a truck driver looking for her wife and traveling through some very weird and usually unsettling places

[gray garden]

Thank you!

[restive vale]

alice isnt dead!!! i loved that podcast o my gosh i didnt even realise it had a book

[raw tendon]

I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up by Kodama Naoko and Girl Friends by Milk Morinaga

[gray garden]

So happy with all these suggestions thanks guys

[crisp pollen]

if you'd like a few more for the fxf list I was reminded of a couple today: Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi (sci fi novel, narrator is a black women who is attracted to women) and Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (horror mermaids. it's fantastic)

[crisp pollen]

Also, This is How You Lose the Time War - not 100% sure it counts as neither main character is really human and their genders are probably best rendered outside the binary, but they both use she/her pronouns. It's epistolary sci-fi, with some beautiful use of language

[toxic spoke]

heck yeah, ascension

[hollow pagoda]

Ascension was already on the list. Added everything else. @raw tendon is the current champ for “Longest Recommendation Title” but please do not take that as a challenge. 😀

[raw tendon]

😆

[wraith shale]

I got to go to a barnes and noble. I'm thriving

[raw tendon]

Lucky

[hollow pagoda]

My wife and I have an agreement - I only buy ebooks and she doesn’t complain about how much space they take up.

[celest yacht]

My ex and I had over 1000 books when we combined them and I still have probably around 350-400 give or take. There are not enough bookcases for them...

[valid lodge]

ooh yes! does anyone have any recommendations for graphic novels/comics made by small artists? preferably something physical!

i know most of the popular stuff but i want to support smaller creators

[timber hull]

Do you like horror?

A friend of mine, John Lees, is a comic book writer, mostly of horror, and while it's not my bag, I do know that he's a fantastic writer

https://t.co/orA0HjfYMe?amp=1

[hollow pagoda]

We moved 5 years ago, and I had already converted to ebooks. Not having to move 8 bookcases of books and media was tremendously helpful.

[crisp pollen]

If you haven't read Digger I recommend it (http://diggercomic.com/) originally a webcomic (and still available that way) but you can buy physical books if you want them

[valid lodge]

i love horror! i’ll check these both out :-)

[sour bramble]

btw, does anyone have a website recommendation for posting original fiction stories?

[timber hull]

Fiction or Fanfiction?

[peak summit]

wattpad?

[pseudo mist]

DeviantArt kappa

[sour bramble]

fiction, not fanfics

oh hmm people still use wattpad I suppose

[silent chasm]

are you a teen writer, or an adult?

[gray garden]

You can also use ao3, archive of our own, they have tags for original works

I've posted a couple of original works there myself

[silent chasm]

@sour bramble
if you're looking for teen writing: https://www.readbrightly.com/6-great-websites-teen-writers/
i used figment when i was in high school and it looks like it's still functioning
if you're looking for adult writing sites, nanowrimo forums are still a good place but also lmao if you find anything let me know

https://medium.com/@OlvaLoy/15-websites-and-apps-for-creative-fiction-and-short-story-writers-to-post-their-works-online-ffa740ea9ef

sorry i haven't vetted any of these but this list looks promising
https://www.writersdigest.com/be-inspired/writers-digest-best-writing-community-websites-2020

[sour bramble]

Awww that's a lot! Thank you all ^^

Probably teenfic

[gray garden]

I just found a sealed edition of the game of thrones series for 85$ at a used bookstore.. I'm so conflicted if I should get it..

oh it's cheaper online

Omg lmao my husband already has the books on kindle but didn't tell me till now

[pseudo mist]

You should sell if for progit.

[gray garden]

Lol

[hollow pagoda]

People keep asking me why I haven’t read those, and honestly the don’t hold any great interest.

[gray garden]

I've watched the first season and part of the second season and really liked it but I prefer books

[hollow pagoda]

I’ve never watched an adaptation that was as good as the book, and many that were just awful.

[silent chasm]

I think that How to Train Your Dragon is an example of an adaptation that is a work of art on its own
notably this is because of how many liberties and changes it took with the book it was based on (and i think i still prefer the book, but that's primarily for nostalgia reasons) but I do think it's possible to make really good art out of adaptations
they just... shouldn't be or attempt to be 1:1

I think Shadowhunters also makes a good case for being a better series than the books it's based off

[timber hull]

So. The first season of GoT was pretty spot on, and the differences didn't bother me. And I was in the middle of re-reading the books for the third time when I watched it.

Every subsequent season got worse, and by season 3 I would stop watching after 15 minutes because I'd be mad at one more thing they changed. I re-watched the series a few years later around the time season 6 was airing... And I enjoyed it more, but still got irked. But Season 8 was an actual clusterfuck and now i pretend the entire show doesn't exist

I've read the first four books three times a piece though, and I really enjoy them. But they are DENSE

[gray garden]

Okay! And yeah I saw how thick they were and it's a dream come true to have such thick books

I'm the type of person who will enjoy a show for what it is even if it doesn't match the books, except for eragon f the eragon movie

[silent chasm]

I like the eragon movie way more than the books tbh
I think it embraces it's camp and everything about Saphira, her wings, the way she moves, and her emotions, are absolutely wonderful

[gray garden]

Oh yeah Saphira was beautiful I'm just mad it misses out on really important things from the book

It's been years since I've watched it though

I need to reread the first book then read the rest of the series

But it's a book series my former best friend always recommended so its gonna take awhile till I do, wounds still open

[timber hull]

Digi, when you decide to, let me know? I've read the first... three... books? Yeah. I think the first three, but it's been over a decade, so I'd love to re-read them, so if you want a reading partner to share the experience of the books with and stuff, hit me up

[gray garden]

Okay that would be awesome! Mind if I scream about got books too?

[timber hull]

I will never complain about that. 🙂

[gray garden]

Okay!!

Any books you wanna read too lemme know and I can get em and read along with you

One I really recommend is the time travelers wife, can pick it up from a used bookstore for like 6 usd so whatever that translates to in german currency

[hollow pagoda]

Time Traveler’s Wife is already on the Google Doc

I read the first Eragon book right after it came out and I’ve been meaning to go back and read the rest. So many books, so little time.

[hollow pagoda]

How did the book compare to the movie? I only saw the movie, and enjoyed it enough that I’ve been hesitant to read the book.

[carmine sentinel]

Shlee speaking facts on GoT

I was trying to get into wheel of time, by Robert Jordan, but alas I only have the first 5, although I had been promised the rest by my dad for Xmas... As you can infer, I am still waiting

[gray garden]

The book is waaaay better than the movie although the movie is still good! The book has a lot more tragedy in it though so be prepared

But also sweet little happy moments you dont want to miss out on

[hollow pagoda]

Tragedy is a tough thing. My favorite book of the last 12 months was dark and full of death, but also managed to have a Shawshank Redemption level uplifting theme, but then there are books like 1984 that are nothing but tragedy and hopelessness.

[gray garden]

I love torturing myself with tragedy tbh

[pseudo mist]

Love a good dystopian novel ngl.

[silent chasm]

👀 any recs?

[carmine sentinel]

want to read Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep still (i.e. the book bladerunner is based off of)

[waxen thunder]

Book monk who sold his ferari

[restive vale]

no.6 is a rly good dystopian novel series!

i think its been recommended before but its rly interestin because the main characters from the "utopia" but gets his eyes opened to how it actually treats people who arent citizens

plus theres a rly good mlm romance that makes me soft

[hollow depot]

Oh it is really good! The novel is my favorite version! Very Orewllian without the stuff that makes Orwell gross. It can be hard to find translated out of Japanese, but there are fan translations on the internet.

[gray garden]

Ooh I've seen the anime of no. 6!

I needed more gay tho

[restive vale]

yes! i downloaded the 9th avenue fan translation and put it on my kindle i reread it every year 💖

the novels are V Gay shions whole inner monologue is just "nezumi.. 🥺 💖"

[gray garden]

Ahhh I need to read it then

[hollow pagoda]

It was much weirder than the movie.

[carmine sentinel]

Heh, can only guess

[toxic spoke]

speaking of specific gripes with No. 6, i found the anime to be weirdly fast paced and like, very sudden about things happening but I loved the novels so much better in terms of that

[spare plume]

WoT is amazing worldbuilding, but gets reaaaaaally dragging by the 9th and 10th book but worth the slog if you're invested in the world and the story.

It picks up again by the climax though, and the books that they commissioned Sanderson to write were typical Sanderson, by which I mean they were amazing.

tugs braid

[carmine sentinel]

heh, thanks for the words of encouragement
still waiting for the other books though

[glossy schooner]

I could not get into WoT enough to get past like the 8th book. It probably didn't help that I was mostly reading them because I knew Brandon Sanderson finished the series... Someday I'll try again.

[rare gyro]

Last time I read WoT was in high school, so that was....11 years ago. I can't remember the plot anymore haha

[bronze moth]

some manga/manwha recommendations!
jujutsu kaisen : the main character lives a normal life until he encounters a cursed object in a school. i won't continue because spoilers but it's ongoing and really interesting. it has an excellent anime adaptation just about to end.
sweet home : during a zombie apocalypse, a group of people are trapped in an apartment block and have to trust each other, not knowing if the person next to them will turn that very second. it has a netflix series as well, but i recommend reading the manwha first. it's finished and fully on webtoon.

[swift spire]

I watched the sweet home netflix adaptation first and I loved it until the final 3 episodes. Things kinda progressed a bit too fast for no reason, I'm pretty sure the webtoon is better

also jujutsu kaisen (anime) SLAPS, its like SUPER sterotypically shounen, but in the best way possible. It doesn't really add anything new to the genre, its just takes the basics and elevates it to the next level. Apparently all you need for a god tier shounen anime is amazingly animated fight scenes and entertaining characters

[bronze moth]

sweet home kinda spoilers??
||me and my dad adored it, i watched the netflix adaptation first. it did kinda go really fast and we were both confused by the open ending||

[bronze moth]

YESS it might be seen as "generic" but it's generic in the best way possible. imo you don't need a completely unique never-seen-before story for an anime/manga/book to be good, sometimes generic is good 🤭

[carmine sentinel]

just ordered some exciting new books from folio

looking forward to having my own copies of these at long last

[ripe dagger]

was looking at fantasy sales on kobo and found this gem lmfao

[hollow pagoda]

You might also like this: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51177708

[tired iris]

Anyone here know good places to get manga? I’m trying to figure out what id like to get over the next little bit but I cannot find the first volume of one anywhere. it’s sold out in every chapters (Canada’s major book store chain) amazon, rightstuf anime, and a couple other places I’ve looked

And it’s just the one volume

I can’t find everything else no problem

[silent quarry]

Have you tried BookDepository?

[tired iris]

I have now

Out of stock

[silent quarry]

Oh, damn. 😦 The only other thing I can think of would be checking with the publisher on their website and seeing if you can buy it directly from them, or maybe eBay? Good luck! I really hate not being able to find that one specific book or volume I want >_<

[gloomy jolt]

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #24 spoilers
||Welp. Guess Miles' Clone Saga is about to begin. Let's hope they can stick the landing with it||

[white meteor]

If you're in the US, check half.com or Thrift Books :) Both are great places for manga in my experience.

[tired iris]

I am not in the us unfortunately

[lone mirage]

Ya'll should read behind her eyes.

Or the lovely bones

:))

[gray garden]

Ahhh I love the lovely bones, watched the movie growing up but now I have the book!

[pseudo mist]

Oh my God, I was going to watch that eventually! 😮 It's so cool to see y'all recommend it. I'll definitely keep it in mind.

[lone mirage]

Yeah I read the book and then watched the movie, both made me cry.. and I don't usually cry at movies. The book is written in a way that is beautiful yet it leaves you feeling immense pain, unfortunately.

Oh, and behind her eyes has a netflix adaption which is good.. the music is captivating to say the least.

[silent chasm]

isn't behind her eyes like weirdly transphobic

[lone mirage]

Transphobic?? No, I don't think it is-- o_O

Are you talking about at the end?? I don't want to spoil it.. spoilers but I feel as if that wasn't transphobic.. I feel like people like to nitpick at things, although rob did have feelings for David towards the end I feel like he also loved Adele. He didn't want to become a woman, but he liked the life that Adele lived, since he didn't come from money or a wealthy background, and she also had a handsome husband.

[silent chasm]

i don't know if it's different in the book but the end of the show is pretty 😬

[lone mirage]

That's astral projection for you.. I don't know how that's deemed transphobic.

I'm genuinely confused that I had to read an article on how it's transphobic.. It's left me baffled.

[silent chasm]

spoilers for the twist ||a man using a woman's body to murder and manipulate people is not great from a trans rights perspective||

[lone mirage]

I don't think they illustrated it to be like that, but I guess it's how the audience perceives things.. he wanted to live her life I guess, since as I am aware he wasn't living it large like Adele was, and then the other lady came along and he wasn't about to be replaced.

I didn't see the transphobia in that.. but I guess people process shows differently.

The article I've read also depicts louise as having "race issues"

I quite enjoyed the show, and watched it in two sittings.. that it never even came to mind.

[silent chasm]

🤷 i'm just saying it's sketchy and potentially upsetting
it feeds on a lot of really harmful tropes about trans women, which if you not aware of them, i don't think it's really helpful to bring them up here but i would warn any queer viewers/readers ahead of time

[lone mirage]

It doesn’t establish him as being trans though that’s what I don’t get.. and he doesn’t want to be a woman— It’s to do with astral projection, a lot of people seemed to have liked it, and this is the first that I’m hearing that it’s transphobic, sorry.

I watched it with a friend and they identify as trans, and he seemed to like it too— I don’t know I guess it’s the way that the mind perceives things.

Well, I guess they need to put a trigger warning like they did with 13 reasons why at the beginning of it now.

[gilded axle]

I don't know if you have, but if you haven't, i recommend Room, by Emma Donoghue, they made a movie but the book is narrated from the pov of the kid and the author does a great job of getting "on the skin" of a 5 year old boy, i found myself gritting my teeth about him at times 😅

[lone mirage]

Just knowing that it’s based off the fritzl case makes me shiver..

[gilded axle]

Eehh, not really, i mean... I'll put it in spoilers just in case, ||it is about a kidnapped woman but they aren't related at all||

It was hard to read but I really liked it, would be cautious because it could potentially be really triggering tho

[carmine sentinel]

mentioned was getting some folio books a while back

here be a snap or two

[hazy patio]

Not sure if anyone is into YA novels here but by any chance has anyone read Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales? (if ur into queer YA romances i highly recommend)

[hollow pagoda]

Author of Sweet Home? There are too many items with that title

[bronze moth]

this is the goodreads link
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54369001-sweet-home

[hollow pagoda]

Author?

I think I have the Google doc up to date, but feel free to ping me or comment if I missed something.

[lone mirage]

Sarah pinborough :))

[hollow pagoda]

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[summer delta]

Hi! Thanks for the recommendation! I just finished reading it and I love it! Some parts definitely had me tearing up; it was wonderful. 🙂

Already saved some of the other lgbtq book recommendations in the pinned doc also~

[hazy patio]

Ohhhh i will have to check it out!! And gosh i love Sophie Gonzales shes one of my newer favorite authors for queer books.

Have you heard of One Last Stop by casie mcquiston? I didnt read red white and royal blue. It felt... a little to rpf-y from the description for me but this one seemed really interesting

[summer delta]

No I haven’t! Just looked it up and wow I’m hooked! Love magical realism and time travel; now I have to excitedly wait till June xD

I’m actually quite new to queer fiction so any recommendations are much welcome

[hazy patio]

Ohhh I pretty much exclusively read queer fiction! I could rec you some books if you'd like!

[summer delta]

Yes!! That would be amazing thank you Have any must-reads?

[hazy patio]

ahhhh Ok I have no idea if u have read these yet or not (i tried to find ur pin and couldnt see it ;-;) but some favorites of mine are Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Boyfriend Material, Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (its sequel a Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy is also good but I thought the first book was better), The Starless Sea and One of Us is Lying!
Most of these are rather RomComy, Boyfriend Material is basically a fake-date trope that is done super well, One of Us is Lying is a Breakfast Club meets murder mystery and Gentleman's guide is a regency era road-trip romp with a tiny bit of fantasy thrown into the mix
Aristotle and Dante is about two Mexican American boys dealing with the feeling of being second generation, who they are and who they want to be. It sounds a lot heavier than it is I promise but its still a bit heavier than the rom-com stuff. Meanwhile The Starless Sea is absolutely beautifully written. Im not sure I can tell you much about it without just quoting the back of the book but it has magic and mystery and is more so about a mysterious Library than it is about romance but the main character is a gay black man and i thought it was great!

I'm also a huge baby so horror always freaks me out too much but if your into the genre I also highly recommend Wilder Girls. it's about a girl and her girlfriend living on an isolated island in a post apocolypse. Warnings I'd like to give you tho is there is a lot of body horror in the book.
I've been trying hard to find more good wlw books out there but idky it's been so hard for me. Most of my recomendations on good reads end up being mlm and then i like them so it just cements more in the algorithm to recommend me mlm books I suppose

[summer delta]

Yay! these are awesome! I'll probably start with One of Us is Lying or Aristotle and Dante, then the rest. Although I'm super squeamish so not sure if I'll pick up Wilder Girls (though the premise and excerpt was interesting!). thanks again for taking the time to share!! 😄

[timber flame]

I LOVE aristole and dante discover the secrets of the universe. that's one of my favourite books. 😭

[hazy patio]

Yeah of course!! Any time! I love sharing books i hope you like them!! And feel free to message me if u wanna talk to someone about them once you’ve finished reading! I know im like that all the time lol

[hazy patio]

Ahhh saaame! It was actually one of the first queer books i ever read. And god did i id with those boys so much being second gen myself. The whole ‘not feeling enough’ really hit home for me as a young teenager lol

[timber flame]

I actually read it cuz my sister recommended it and I knew absolutely NOTHING going into the book. I basically read it annually now, and every time I read it, I just uncover new things I didn't notice before. It's a really nice read. I do remember hearing that their will be a sequel but in Ari's perspective?? I'm not entirely sure ! Don't quote me on that. Hahaha.

[hazy patio]

Ah I remember hearing that! Tho its an old rumor? I remember hearing it the year it was published but i havnt been keeping up with his works sense. I'd be so stoked if we got one in ari's perspective!

[summer delta]

When I looked it up yesterday, I saw that there is a sequel called Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World with the publication date saying oct 12, 2021. 🙂

[hazy patio]

Ohhhh i am excited! it's been a long time coming lol I should reread the first book this october then!

[timber flame]

Ouuuuuuuuuuuu, sequel !!! That's exciting ! So sooon

[hazy patio]

Lol I just preordered the book! Now to wait for october!!

[timber flame]

Nice ! I'll probably do a reread right before i read the sequel !

[hazy patio]

yeah smart idea! God I blow through books in like a day.... lol guess i know what i'm doing october 11th

[celest yacht]

Theres a book I read that reminded me a bit of Aristotle and Dante and i dont know if im just bad at making connections or if it is similar but I'll toss it out as a suggest regardless. Its called We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson. Its a young adult novel about a teenage boy who spends most of the novel figuring out if he thinks the world is worth saving/should be saved from total destruction a task given to him by aliens. Which makes it sound a bit weird and funny (and at some points it is both) but its actually a pretty serious and touches on some more serious topics like loss of loved ones, depression, and some familiar problems. And also several different ways the world could possibly end. I really enjoyed it and while a lot of it is a bit more on the serious side theres definetly some things in it that lighten it some and made it a pretty easy read for me and I've been struggling a ton to get through longer readings lately

[timber flame]

Saaaamr. Especially if the pacing is good and that story is really captivating me. I can just keep going

[timber flame]

Ouuuu. I’ve heard of this ! Never read it. Maybe I’ll pick it up one day !

[hazy patio]

I know right xD Buddy reading is like the only thing that can slow me down and even then I always read the following chapters minutes after talking to my friend i've been reading with.

[hazy patio]

Ohhh I never heard of that book before. I'll give it a go, it sounds fun! As I grow older I have found that serious books are always easier when they're balanced out with lighter elements. I swear the books i read in high school were so damn dark...

[celest yacht]

oh my gosh I know, I had such an issue reading assigned books in school and it ended up with me just eventually not reading them. Although some of that was also because I just don't care to be told what to read and I reacted poorly to it lol

[hazy patio]

Oh god yeah I feel you. I couldnt be bothered to read most of the books assigned. I remember I had tried to read Kite Runner when we were assigned it in class and god.... it was so triggering and dark i threw the book across my room and refused to read another book in that class for the rest of the year.

[timber flame]

Ya, I noticed reading with someone can slow you down especially if you try going by chapter or whatever.
Or it's that awkward waiting time period to wait for whoever you are reading with even though you really want to talk about something.

[hazy patio]

Right! I hate the waiting the most.
My best friend and I both read pretty fast. We often say 'ok we will read x chapters in a night' depending on how easy the read is or how interesting it is so we can just talk right away the next day xD and even that is hard for me to do

[timber flame]

If I am IN a book, I NEED to keep going. Looool

[weary wren]

book buddies ;o;

[steel wraith]

Are comics allowed here as well? :p

[timber hull]

yes. 🙂

[steel wraith]

Okay ^^, currently reading (and i still have a lot to catch up to...) The recent BRZRKR series from Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt & Ron Garney very nice! If you have no problem with some violence (It is bloody) The story is a about a guy who can't die but he wants to die and has made a deal to achieve his goal and he does some jobs for them. Of course we get to know more about his "condition" Next is The Green Lantern Vol. 1: Intergalactic Lawman from Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp. Really a fun read! First Green Lantern comic i'm reading so i'm getting to know more about the universe.

[summer delta]

Just finished reading Aristotle and Dante! Really was a wonderful read 😄 are all these books gonna make me cry haha. thanks again for the recommendation

[hazy patio]

Ohhhh Im glad u liked it!! I promis the others arnt as sad!!

(at least not to my memories xD)

[ripe dagger]

are you ever just so not into a book that you're constantly checking how many pages are left in the chapter, but you don't wanna just drop the book because it's the last book in the series so you feel like you have to finish it? 😞

[dim lodge]

Yes and then I normally set it down anyway because its a waste of my time and I go reread an old favorite to recover

[timber flame]

yes. hundred percent. if i aint feeling it, i start reading a webtoon and after i finish the webtoon's chapter i go back to the book. then i keep doing that until i finish the book. hahaha

[ripe dagger]

im like 7 books behind my reading goal now because this stupid book is taking me so long to read lmao

[silent quarry]

What book is it?

[ripe dagger]

Frost Like Night by Sara Raasch. It's the last book in a YA fantasy trilogy. The first book was really really good, but then the second book was kinda ehhhh but I still got through it just fine. I was hopeful it was just middle book syndrome... looks like it was not lol

[silent quarry]

Oh noooo! I've been meaning to read that series forever 😂 Whomp

[timber flame]

Sameeeee ! 😫